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22-18-6
Section 22-18-6 Violations; good Samaritan provisions; scope of privilege; control of
emergency scene; penalties. (a) It shall be a Class A misdemeanor for any person, firm, company,
corporation, organization, facility, or agency to do any of the following: (1) Deliberately
hinder, obstruct, or interfere with an officer, inspector, or duly authorized agent of the
board while in the performance of official duties. (2) Deliberately hinder, obstruct, or interfere
with any physician, licensed nurse, licensed EMSP, or emergency personnel exempt from licensure
under this article while that individual is providing emergency care to a third person or
while that individual is assisting at the scene of an emergency, directing traffic at the
scene of an emergency, or managing or helping to manage the scene of an emergency. (3) Violate
subsection (c) or (d). (4) Offer, provide, or perform, without a license or certificate to
do so, an emergency medical service or other function which, under this...
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22-21-319
Section 22-21-319 Extraordinary power of authority. If and only if its certificate of
incorporation or an appropriate amendment thereto (both of which must, under the terms of
this article, be approved by the governing body of each authorizing subdivision) shall expressly
so provide, an authority shall have, in addition to all other powers granted elsewhere in
this article, the same power of eminent domain as is vested by law in any authorizing subdivision,
in the same manner and under the same conditions as are provided by law for the exercise of
the power of eminent domain by such authorizing subdivision; provided however, that under
no circumstances may an authority exercise the power of eminent domain for the purposes of
providing office facilities for any physician, dentist or other health care professional primarily
for use in his private practice. (Acts 1982, No. 82-418, p. 629, ยง10.)...
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25-5-312
Section 25-5-312 Powers and duties of the board. The board shall exercise general supervision
in all matters related to the provision of medical services provided by physicians, as defined
in Section 25-5-310, rendered to workers under this article. The duties of the board
shall include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Study, develop, and implement any
necessary and reasonable guidelines for medical services and physician care provided by physicians.
In addition, with respect to services provided by physicians, the board shall study, develop,
and recommend to the secretary uniform medical criteria and policies for the conduct of utilization
review, bill screenings, and medical necessity determinations for use by insurance carriers,
self-insurers, and claims administrators. (2) Study, design, and implement standardized uniform
claims processing forms and forms for the reporting of medical information to employers and
insurance companies by physicians. (3) Address and give...
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27-1-10.1
Section 27-1-10.1 Insurance coverage for drugs to treat life-threatening illnesses.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The citizens of this state rely
upon health insurance to cover the cost of obtaining health care and it is essential that
the citizens' expectation that their health care costs will be paid by their insurance policies
is not disappointed and that they obtain the coverage necessary and appropriate for their
care within the terms of their insurance policies. (2) Some insurers deny payment for drugs
that have been approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration, hereafter referred to
as FDA, when the drugs are used for indications other than those stated in the labelling approved
by the FDA, off-label use, while other insurers with similar coverage terms do pay for off-label
use. (3) Denial of payment for off-label use can interrupt or effectively deny access to necessary
and appropriate treatment for a person being treated for a...
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27-20A-1
Section 27-20A-1 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this chapter,
and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication
otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) ALCOHOLISM. A chronic
disorder or illness in which the individual is unable, for psychological or physical reasons,
or both, to refrain from the frequent consumption of alcohol in quantities sufficient to produce
intoxication and, ultimately, injury to health and effective functioning. (2) DETOXIFICATION.
Supervised physical withdrawal from alcohol. (3) INPATIENT TREATMENT FOR ALCOHOLISM. Care
provided in a licensed hospital and is normally limited to detoxification where severe medical
or psychiatric complications are present or may be anticipated. (4) SHORT TERM RESIDENTIAL
ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT FACILITY. A state certified facility which provides structured programs
of intensive treatment services for people addicted to alcohol....
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34-24-125
Section 34-24-125 Chiropractic agreements. (a) For the purposes of this section,
the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) CHIROPRACTOR. A person licensed
to practice chiropractic in this state. (2) CHIROPRACTIC AGREEMENT or AGREEMENT. A contract
between a chiropractor and a patient or his or her legal representative in which the chiropractor
or the chiropractor's chiropractic practice agrees to provide chiropractic services to the
patient for an agreed upon fee and period of time. (3) CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE. A chiropractor
or a chiropractic practice of a chiropractor that charges a periodic fee for chiropractic
services and which does not bill a third party any additional fee for services for patients
covered under a chiropractic agreement. The per visit charge of the practice shall be less
than the monthly equivalent of the periodic fee. (b) A chiropractic agreement is not insurance,
may not be deemed an insurance arrangement, and is not subject to state insurance...
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34-34-2
Section 34-34-2 Rights generally. In addition to other rights granted a dietitian/nutritionist
or registered dietitian, by whatever name, and notwithstanding any other provision of law,
a dietitian/nutritionist or registered dietitian meeting the qualifications set forth in Section
34-34-1, may, upon referral by a health care provider authorized to prescribe dietary treatments:
(1) Assess the nutritional needs of individuals and groups, and determine the source of constraints
in the various practice settings; (2) Establish priorities, goals, and objectives that meet
nutritional needs and are consistent with available resources and constraints; (3) Provide
nutrition counseling in both health and disease; (4) Develop, implement, and manage systems
in nutrition care; (5) Evaluate the needs, make changes, and maintain appropriate standards
of quality in food and nutrition services; for individuals or groups of patients in licensed
institutional facilities or in private office settings....
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41-10-356
Section 41-10-356 Powers of authority. The authority shall have the following powers
among others specified in this article: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until
dissolved as provided in this article; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend,
at law or in equity, in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties
thereto; (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To
make and alter all needful bylaws, rules and regulations for the transaction of the authority's
business and the control of its property and affairs; (5) To provide for the acquisition,
construction, installation, equipping, operation and maintenance of mental health facilities,
including the equipping and improvement of existing mental health facilities; (6) To receive,
take and hold by sale, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, real and personal property of every
description, and to manage the same; (7) To acquire by purchase, gift, or any...
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22-20-3
Section 22-20-3 Neonatal testing for certain diseases; rules and regulations for treatment
thereof. (a) It shall be the duty of the administrative officer or other persons in charge
of each institution caring for infants 28 days or less of age, or the physician attending
a newborn child or the person attending a newborn child that was not attended by a physician
to cause to have administered to every such infant or child in his care a reliable test for
hypothyroidism and a reliable test for phenylketonuria (PKU), such as the Guthrie test, or
any other test considered equally reliable by the State Board of Health and a reliable test
for sickle cell anemia, sickle cell trait, and/or abnormal hemoglobin and such other tests
relating to mental retardation or other heritable diseases and conditions as are designated
by the Board of Health. Provided, however, that the Board of Health shall designate only conditions
that are detectable by mass screening of newborn infants. Initial mass...
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22-6-122
Section 22-6-122 Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee - Classification and recommendation
of drugs; assurance of quality patient care; review of pharmaceutical products. (a) The Medicaid
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee shall review and recommend classes of drugs to the Medicaid
Commissioner for inclusion in the Medicaid Preferred Drug Plan. Class means a therapeutic
group of pharmaceutical agents approved by the FDA as defined by the American Hospital Formulary
Service. The classes of anti-retroviral and anti-psychotic drugs shall not be included in
the Medicaid Preferred Drug Plan. (b) The Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee shall
develop its preferred drug list recommendations by considering the clinical efficacy, safety,
and cost effectiveness of a product. Within each covered class, the committee shall review
and recommend drugs to the Medicaid Commissioner for inclusion on a preferred drug list. Generics
and over the counter drugs covered by Medicaid may be...
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