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26-23E-9
Section 26-23E-9 Abortion or reproductive health center requiremetns. An abortion or reproductive
health center shall be classified as ambulatory health care occupancy and shall meet all standards
in the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code 2000 edition, or such standards in any later edition of the
NFPA 101 Life Safety Code that the Board of Health may adopt for facilities classified as
ambulatory health care occupancy. Not later than December 28, 2013, each licensed abortion
or reproductive health center shall submit to the Department of Public Health architectural
drawings and plans and sprinkler system plans and such other materials as may be required
to show compliance or prospective compliance with the applicable life safety code. These shall
be submitted and reviewed pursuant to the Board of Health Rules for Plan Review, including
the payment of plan review fees. Not later than July 1, 2014, each abortion or reproductive
health center shall obtain from the Department of Public Health a...
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27-19A-12
Section 27-19A-12 Dental services - Coverages; fees; exceptions. (a) As used in this section,
the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COVERED PERSON. Any individual,
family, or family member on whose behalf third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical
expenses is provided under an insurance policy, plan, or contract providing for third-party
payment or prepayment of health care or medical expenses. (2) COVERED SERVICES. Dental care
services for which a reimbursement is available under an enrollee's plan contract, or for
which a reimbursement would be available but for the application of contractual limitations
such as deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, waiting periods, annual or lifetime maximums,
frequency limitations, alternative benefit payments, or any other limitation. (3) DENTAL CARE
PROVIDER. A licensed dentist. (4) DENTAL PLAN. Includes any policy of insurance which is issued
by a health care service contractor which provides for coverage of...
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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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11-89-32
Section 11-89-32 Procedure to form special corporation. (a) In order to provide for operation
and financing of one or more, but not all, of its authorized services under Chapter 89, Title
11, by following the procedures set out in this article, any district may establish a separate
public corporation and grant to it the power to finance and operate any, but not all, of the
authorized services of the district. If any district may, by its certificate of incorporation,
provide more than one of fire protection service, sewer service, or water service in its service
area, it may provide that any one or more of the services, but not all of them, may be operated
and financed through a special corporation organized pursuant to this article. The procedure
to organize a special corporation is as follows: The board shall adopt a resolution specifying
that it is necessary or expedient that a special corporation be organized pursuant to this
article to operate and finance one or more, but not all,...
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22-11A-4
Section 22-11A-4 Certain records to be provided to State Health Officer or Bureau of Clinical
Laboratories. (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) CLINICAL MATERIALS. Either of the following: a. A clinical isolate that contains or that
may contain an infectious agent of public health importance. b. Material that contains or
that may contain an infectious agent of public health importance, if an isolate is not available,
in the following order of preference: 1. A patient specimen. 2. Nucleic acid. 3. Other laboratory
material. (2) PROVIDER OF MEDICAL SERVICES. A physician, hospital, laboratory, or other medical
facility or medical professional that renders medical care relating to treatment of possible
or confirmed cases of public health importance. (b) A provider of medical services that is
currently rendering or that has rendered treatment, care, diagnostic services, or laboratory
services to any person suspected of having a notifiable...
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22-13A-3
Section 22-13A-3 Purposes of chapter. The purposes of this chapter are as follows: (1) To create
and foster a multi-generational, statewide program to promote public awareness and knowledge
about the causes of osteoporosis, personal risk factors, the value of prevention and
early detection, and the options available for treatment. (2) To facilitate and enhance knowledge
and understanding of osteoporosis by disseminating educational materials, information about
research results, services, and strategies for prevention and treatment to patients, health
professionals, and the public. (3) To utilize educational and training resources and services
that have been developed by organizations with appropriate expertise and knowledge of osteoporosis
and to use available technical assistance. (4) To evaluate existing osteoporosis services
in the community and assess the need for improving the quality and accessibility of community-based
services. (5) To provide easy access to clear, complete, and...
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27-1-20
Section 27-1-20 Patient Right to Know Act. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited
as the "Patient Right to Know Act." (b) As used in this section, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ENROLLEE.
A person who purchases individual health care coverage or an employer who purchases a group
health care plan. (2) PROVIDER. A physician, dentist, podiatrist, pharmacist, optometrist,
psychologist, clinical social worker, advanced nurse practitioner, registered optician, licensed
professional counselor, physical therapist, and chiropractor. (c)(1) All persons, firms, corporations,
associations, health maintenance organizations, health insurance services, or preferred provider
organizations, any employer-sponsored health benefit plan, or any similar organization or
entity, providing health, accident, or dental insurance coverage, either directly or indirectly,
shall provide an enrollee with a written description of the...
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29-2-120
Section 29-2-120 Legislative findings. The Legislature hereby finds as follows: The Legislature
has the constitutional duty to appropriate and safeguard taxpayers' money; the Legislature
has recognized the need for community services programs; and the Legislature has recognized
the purposes for which Alabama community services grants may be made in Section 41-24-3, specifically
as follows: (1) To enhance the education of the citizenry through activities, expenditures
for capital improvements or equipment, that promote literacy, learning, arts appreciation,
public health and mental health. (2) To promote activities that provide human and social services
which reduce the hardships of old age, poor health or poverty. (3) To promote the marketability,
yield or quality of Alabama-produced agricultural commodities. (4) To promote the preservation,
restoration, development and propagation of Alabama's natural resources, recreational facilities,
environment, history, culture, transportation...
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38-2-6
caring for, receiving, or placing minor children and to revoke such license for cause. (14)
Establish and maintain homes or other agencies for the care of dependent or neglected minor
children or contract with any approved agency or institution for the care of such children,
and, also, receive and care for dependent or neglected minor children committed to its care,
make a careful physical examination and, if possible, a mental examination of every such child,
investigate in detail the personal and family history of the child and its environment,
and place such children in family homes or in approved suitable institutions operating in
accordance with the provisions of this title and supervise such children however placed. (15)
Require reports from courts and institutions, public and private, to the extent and in the
form and manner as required by law. (16) Solicit, receive, and hold gifts, devises, and bequests
of money, real estate, and other things of value to be used in the...
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22-4-8
Section 22-4-8 Statewide Health Coordinating Council - Functions. (a) The Statewide Health
Coordinating Council shall advise and serve as consultants to the State Board of Health regarding
policies and regulations necessary for carrying out this article. (b) In addition, the council
shall perform the following functions: (1) Review annually and coordinate the health systems
plans of each of the health systems agencies; (2) Prepare, review and revise as necessary,
with the assistance of the State Health Planning and Development Agency, and approve or disapprove,
the State Health Plan, which shall be made up of the health systems plans modified to achieve
their coordination and compliance with statewide health planning criteria and standards; (3)
Review the State Medical Facilities Plan, pursuant to Title XVI of the Public Health Service
Act, prepared by the State Health Planning and Development Agency, and approve the plan as
consistent with the State Health Plan and advise and consult...
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