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22-52-92
Section 22-52-92 Applicability to counties. (a) This article shall not be applicable to any
county unless and until the judge of probate with the approval of the county commission of
that particular county makes a finding that there exists in the county provisions for implementation
of the community mental health officer program and the necessary facilities to detain persons
pursuant to this article. In that event, the judge of probate shall open a case under a docket
number and enter therein findings upon the records of the court which shall also expressly
state the intention thereby to invoke this article. Notification and a copy of the court's
findings and statement shall be served on all designated mental health facilities located
within the county, all law enforcement agencies within the county, the Commissioner of the
state Department of Mental Health, the state Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the
Governor of the State of Alabama, and any other persons deemed...
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27-21A-18
Section 27-21A-18 Rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation of a health maintenance organization.
(a) Any rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation of a health maintenance organization
shall be deemed to be the rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation of an insurance company
and shall be conducted under the supervision of the commissioner pursuant to the law governing
the rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation of insurance companies. The commissioner
may apply for an order directing him to rehabilitate, liquidate, or conserve a health maintenance
organization upon any one or more grounds set out in Section 27-32-6, or when in his opinion
the continued operation of the health maintenance organization would be hazardous either to
the enrollees or to the people of this state. Enrollees shall have the same priority in the
event of liquidation or rehabilitation as the law provides to policyholders of an insurer.
(b) A claim by a health care provider for an uncovered...
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34-27B-2
Section 34-27B-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy. (2) DIRECT CLINICAL SUPERVISION.
A situation where a licensed respiratory therapist or physician is available for the purpose
of communication, consultation, and assistance. (3) HEALTHCARE FACILITY. The definition shall
be the same as in Section 22-21-260. (4) MEDICALLY APPROVED PROTOCOL. A detailed plan for
taking specific diagnostic or treatment actions, or both, authorized by the treating physician
of the patient, all of which actions shall be: a. In a hospital or other inpatient health
care facility, approved by the supervising physician of the respiratory therapist or in an
outpatient treatment setting approved by the supervising physician of the respiratory therapist.
b. Except in cases of medical emergency, instituted following an evaluation of the patient
by a physician or otherwise directed by the supervising...
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34-2A-13
Section 34-2A-13 Disciplinary actions; review. (a) The board may discipline its licensees by
the adoption and collection of administrative fines, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000)
per violation, and may institute any legal proceedings necessary to effect compliance with
this chapter. (b) The license of any person practicing or offering to practice assisted living
administration may be revoked or suspended by the board, or the person may be reprimanded,
censured, or otherwise disciplined in accordance with the provisions of this section upon
decision and after due hearing in any of, but not limited to, the following cases: (1) Upon
proof that the person has willfully or repeatedly violated any of the provisions of this chapter
or the rules enacted in accordance with this chapter. (2) Conduct or practices deemed to be
detrimental to the lives, health, safety, or welfare of the residents or patients of any assisted
living facility or health care facility in this state or any...
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38-15-3
to children in a group setting and that has the capacity to provide secure containment. (3)
DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Human Resources. (4) DIRECTOR. The Director of the State
Department of Human Resources. (5) LONG TERM YOUTH RESIDENTIAL FACILITY. A religious, faith-based,
or church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for profit long term residential facility, group
care facility, or similar facility as determined by the director, providing 24-hour nonmedical
care of youth in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for
sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the child and others and
that has the capacity to provide secure containment. (6) PRIVATE ALTERNATIVE BOARDING SCHOOL.
A religious, faith-based, or church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for profit group home that
provides children with 24-hour residential care and supervision, which, in addition to providing
educational services, provides, or holds itself out as providing,...
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11-91A-2
Section 11-91A-2 Local Government Health Insurance Board; governance and administration of
program. (a) The Local Government Health Insurance Board shall govern and administer the Local
Government Health Insurance Program currently governed and administered by the State Employees'
Insurance Board (SEIB) pursuant to Chapter 29 of Title 36. The transfer of the governance
and administration to the board shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2015, and thereafter
the board shall take all control and responsibility for the program under procedures and authority
set out in this chapter. (b) The program governed and administered by the board shall provide
a reasonable relationship between the health care benefits to be included and the expected
health care expenses to be incurred by affected employees, retirees, and their dependents.
The board may establish a fully insured or self-insured health care plan for employees and
retirees as defined in this chapter and may adopt rules for the...
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20-2-213
Section 20-2-213 Reporting requirements. (a) Each of the entities designated in subsection
(b) shall report to the department, or to an entity designated by the department, controlled
substances prescription information as designated by regulation pertaining to all Class II,
Class III, Class IV, and Class V controlled substances in such manner as may be prescribed
by the department by regulation. (b) The following entities or practitioners are subject to
the reporting requirements of subsection (a): (1) Licensed pharmacies, not including pharmacies
of general and specialized hospitals, nursing homes, and any other health care facilities
which provide inpatient care, so long as the controlled substance is administered and used
by a patient on the premises of the facility. (2) Mail order pharmacies or pharmacy benefit
programs filling prescriptions for or dispensing controlled substances to residents of this
state. (3) Licensed physicians, dentists, podiatrists, or optometrists who...
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22-11A-17
Section 22-11A-17 Testing of correctional facility inmates for sexually transmitted diseases;
treatment; discharge of infectious inmates; victim may request results of HIV testing. (a)
All persons sentenced to confinement or imprisonment in any city or county jail or any state
correctional facility for 30 or more consecutive days shall be tested for those sexually transmitted
diseases designated by the State Board of Health, upon entering the facility, and any inmate
so confined for more than 90 days shall be examined for those sexually transmitted diseases
30 days before release. The results of any positive or reactive tests shall be reported as
provided in Section 22-11A-14. Additionally, the results of any positive or negative test
for HIV of a sexual offender shall be provided to the State Health Officer or his or her designee
as provided in Section 22-11A-14. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to
require the testing of any person held in a city or county jail...
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22-11D-8
Section 22-11D-8 Rules and regulations. (a) In accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure
Act, the board, with the advice and after approval of the council, shall promulgate rules
to implement and administer this chapter. Rules promulgated by the board may include, but
are not limited to, the following: (1) Criteria to ensure that severely injured or ill people
are promptly transported and treated at designated trauma centers appropriate to the severity
of the injury. Minimum criteria shall address emergency medical service trauma triage
and transportation guidelines as approved under the board's emergency medical services rules,
designation of health care facilities as trauma centers, interhospital transfers, and a trauma
system governance structure. (2) Standards for verification of trauma and health care center
status which assign level designations based on resources available within the facility. Standards
shall be based upon national guidelines, including, but not...
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22-13A-7
Section 22-13A-7 Advisory Panel on Osteoporosis. The Interagency Council on Osteoporosis shall
establish and coordinate an Advisory Panel on Osteoporosis which shall provide non-governmental
input regarding the Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Program. The membership
of the panel shall include, but is not limited to, persons with osteoporosis, women's health
organizations, public health educators, osteoporosis experts, providers of osteoporosis health
care, persons knowledgeable in health promotion and education, and representatives of national
osteoporosis organizations or their state or regional affiliates. (Acts 1995, No. 95-259,
p. 435, ยง7.)...
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