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27-21A-6
Section 27-21A-6 Fiduciary responsibilities of directors, officers, employees, and partners.
(a) Any director, officer, employee, or partner of a health maintenance organization who receives,
collects, disburses, or invests funds in connection with the activities of such organization
shall be responsible for such funds in a fiduciary relationship to the organization. (b) A
health maintenance organization shall maintain in force a fidelity bond on employees and officers
in an amount not less than $25,000 or such other sum as may be prescribed by the commissioner.
All such bonds shall be written with at least a one-year discovery period and if written with
less than a three-year discovery period shall contain a provision that no cancellation or
termination of the bond, whether by or at the request of the insured or by the underwriter,
shall take effect prior to the expiration of 90 days after written notice of such cancellation
or termination has been filed with the commissioner unless...
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7-9A-516
Section 7-9A-516 What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing. (a) What constitutes filing.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), communication of a record to a filing office
and tender of the filing fee or acceptance of the record by the filing office constitutes
filing. (b) Refusal to accept record; filing does not occur. Filing does not occur with respect
to a record that a filing office refuses to accept because: (1) the record is not communicated
by a method or medium of communication authorized by the filing office; (2) an amount equal
to or greater than the applicable filing fee is not tendered; (3) the filing office is unable
to index the record because: (A) in the case of an initial financing statement, the record
does not provide a name for the debtor; (B) in the case of an amendment or information statement,
the record: (i) does not identify the initial financing statement as required by Section 7-9A-512
or 7-9A-518, as applicable; or (ii) identifies an initial...
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2-21-17
Section 2-21-17 Definitions. When used in this chapter or in rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, the following words and terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them, except
where the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BRAND NAME. Any word, name, symbol or device,
or any combination thereof, identifying the commercial feed of a distributor or licensee and
distinguishing it from that of others. (2) COMMERCIAL FEED. Such term includes customer-formula
feed, as this term is used in this chapter, and means any material whether simple, mixed compound,
ground, unground, organic or inorganic, used as a feed for animals other than man or any material
including minerals, vitamins, antibiotics, anti-oxidants, medicines, drugs, chemicals and
other substances, materials or elements, or parts thereof intended for use or used as an ingredient
or component of a mixture of materials, used as a feed for animals other than man; provided,
that the commissioner, with approval of the board...
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22-8A-3
Section 22-8A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADULT. Any person
19 years of age or over. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITION AND HYDRATION. A medical treatment
consisting of the administration of food and water through a tube or intravenous line, where
the recipient is not required to chew or swallow voluntarily. Artificially provided nutrition
and hydration does not include assisted feeding, such as spoon or bottle feeding. (3) ADVANCE
DIRECTIVE FOR HEALTH CARE. A writing executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4 which may
include a living will, the appointment of a health care proxy, or both such living will and
appointment of a health care proxy. (4) ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. The physician selected by, or
assigned to, the patient who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the
patient. (5) CARDIOPULMONARY CESSATION. A lack of pulse or...
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27-12A-1
Section 27-12A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance or his or her designee.
(2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Insurance. (3) INSURANCE. As defined in Section
27-1-2, and specifically including any contract, arrangement, or agreement, in which one undertakes
to do any one of the following: a. Pay or indemnify another as to loss from certain contingencies
called risks. b. Pay or grant a specified amount or determinable benefit to another in connection
with ascertainable risk contingencies. c. Pay an annuity to another. d. Act as surety. For
the purposes of this chapter, insurance also includes any health benefit plan as defined in
Section 27-53-1. (4) INSURANCE PRODUCER or PRODUCER. As defined in Section 27-7-1. (5) INSURER.
A person entering into agreements, contracts of insurance, arrangements, or reinsurance, or
a health benefit plan, or a group health plan as...
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27-13-20
Section 27-13-20 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise stated, the
following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section. (1)
RATE. The unit charge by which the measure of exposure or the amount of insurance specified
in a policy of insurance or covered thereunder is multiplied to determine the premium. (2)
PREMIUM. The consideration paid, or to be paid, to an insurer for the issuance and delivery
of any binder or policy of insurance. (3) RATE-MAKING. The examination and analysis of every
factor and influence related to, and bearing upon, the hazard and risk made the subject of
insurance, the collection and collation of such factors and influences into rating systems
and the application of such rating systems to individual risks. (4) RATING SYSTEM. Every schedule,
class, classification, rule, guide, standard, manual, table, rating plan, policy, policy form,
or compilation, by whatever name described, containing the rates used by...
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27-13-60
Section 27-13-60 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise stated, the
following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1)
RATE. The unit charge by which the measure of exposure or the amount of insurance specified
in a policy of insurance or covered thereunder is multiplied to determine the premium. (2)
PREMIUM. The consideration paid or to be paid to an insurer for the issuance and delivery
of any binder or policy of insurance. (3) RATE-MAKING. The examination and analysis of every
factor and influence related to and bearing upon the hazard and risk made the subject of insurance;
the collection and collation of such factors and influences into rating plans; systems; and
the application of such rating systems to individual risks. (4) RATING PLAN. Every schedule,
class, classification, rule, guide, standard, manual, table, rating plan, policy, policy form,
or compilation by whatever name described, containing the rates used...
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27-21A-13
Section 27-21A-13 Prohibited practices. (a) No health maintenance organization, or representative
thereof, may cause or knowingly permit the use of advertising which is untrue or misleading,
solicitation which is untrue or misleading, or any form or evidence of coverage which is deceptive.
For purposes of this chapter: (1) A statement or item of information shall be deemed to be
untrue if it does not conform to fact in any respect which is or may be significant to an
enrollee of, or person considering enrollment with a health maintenance organization; (2)
A statement or item of information shall be deemed to be misleading, whether or not it may
be literally untrue, if, in the total context in which such statement is made or such item
of information is communicated, such statement or item of information may be reasonably understood
by a reasonable person, not possessing special knowledge regarding health care coverage, as
indicating any benefit or advantage or the absence of any...
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31-9-16
Section 31-9-16 Immunity of state, etc., from liability for torts resulting from emergency
management activities; exemptions of emergency management workers from license requirements;
powers, duties, etc., of emergency management workers. (a) All functions under this article
and all other activities relating to emergency management are hereby declared to be governmental
functions. (b) Neither the state nor any political subdivision thereof nor other agencies
of the state or political subdivisions thereof, nor, except in cases of willful misconduct,
gross negligence, or bad faith, any emergency management worker, individual, partnership,
association, or corporation complying with or reasonably attempting to comply with this article
or any order, rule, or regulation promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this article or
pursuant to any ordinance relating to blackout or other precautionary measures enacted by
any political subdivision of the state, shall be liable for the death of or...
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34-24-75.1
Section 34-24-75.1 Certificate and limited license under Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
(a) The State Board of Medical Examiners may, at its discretion and subject to the rules and
regulations promulgated by the board, issue a certificate of qualification in behalf of physicians
meeting the requirements for participation in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. The Retired
Senior Volunteer Program is created for the purpose of permitting doctors of medicine and
doctors of osteopathy who are fully retired from the active practice of medicine to obtain
a limited license without cost which would permit the provision of outpatient health care
services at established free clinics operated pursuant to the Volunteer Medical Professional
Act, Section 6-5-660, et seq. Physicians having certificates issued under this section must
perform no fewer than 100 hours of voluntary service annually and must limit their practice
to the confines of an established free medical clinic, as that term is...
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