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22-11A-111
Section 22-11A-111 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public Health. (2)
BOARD. The State Board of Health. (3) COUNCIL. The Health Care Data Advisory Council. (4)
DATA. Patient information submitted by health care facilities to the Department of Public
Health necessary to carry out the requirements of this article. The information required to
be reported by health care facilities to the department shall be based upon the Federal Centers
for Disease Control and Preventions National Healthcare Safety Network definitions of hospital-acquired
infections and the guidelines for reporting. (5) HEALTH CARE FACILITY. General, critical access,
and specialized hospitals licensed pursuant to Section 22-21-20. (6) HEALTH CARE FACILITY
ACQUIRED INFECTIONS. A localized or systemic condition that: a. Results from adverse reaction
to the presence of an infectious agent or agents or its toxins. b....
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22-11A-68
Section 22-11A-68 Immunity from liability for those involved in investigation. (a) Members
and staff of the State Board of Health, the State Committee of Public Health, the Board of
Medical Examiners, the Medical Licensure Commission, the Board of Nursing, the Board of Dental
Examiners, the Board of Podiatry, physicians, hospitals, other health care facilities, and
other entities and persons required to report or furnish information under this article and
any expert review panels, consultants to any expert review panel, and agents and employees
of the Alabama Department of Public Health shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability
for making reports or furnishing any information required by this article or for actions taken
or actions not taken in the line and scope of official or required duties during their investigations,
hearings, rulings, and decisions. (b) All information collected during the investigation of
an infected health care worker is privileged and shall be...
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22-11D-5
Section 22-11D-5 Establishment of council; composition; meetings. (a) There is established
the Statewide Trauma and Health Care Center Advisory Council to assist in developing regulations
and standards necessary to implement this chapter and to serve as consultants to the board
on matters related to the statewide trauma system and other health care centers. (b) The council
shall consist of 11 members and be constituted in the following manner: (1) Four representatives
of hospitals, who shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Hospital Association.
Two of the appointees shall be from hospitals located in urban areas and two shall be from
hospitals located in rural areas of the state. At least two of the appointees shall be from
hospitals that will be designated as trauma centers after the statewide trauma system is established.
(2) Four representatives who shall be licensed physicians, appointed by the Medical Association
of the State of Alabama. (3) One representative...
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22-21-100
Section 22-21-100 Definitions. For the purposes of this division, the following terms
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) HOSPITAL
CORPORATION. A hospital association heretofore or hereafter organized under and pursuant to
the provisions of Act No. 211, General Acts of Alabama 1945, or Article 3 of this chapter,
or a hospital board heretofore or hereafter organized under and pursuant to the provisions
of Division 1 of this article. (2) SECURITIES. Notes, bonds, certificates of indebtedness,
warrants or other evidences of indebtedness. (3) PUBLIC HOSPITAL PURPOSES. Such term includes
the acquisition by purchase, lease or otherwise and the construction, equipment, operation
and maintenance of public hospital facilities or any one or more of such purposes. (4) PUBLIC
HOSPITAL FACILITIES. Such term includes public hospitals, public clinics, public health centers,
nurses' homes and training facilities of any kind. (Acts 1949, No. 640, p. 981, §1.)...
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22-21-223
Section 22-21-223 Appropriation of proceeds of special county tax or funds in county
treasury. In any county in which a special county tax is levied and collected, pursuant to
the provisions of any amendment to the constitution heretofore adopted, for the purpose of
acquiring, constructing, equipping, operating and maintaining public hospitals, public clinics,
public health centers and related public health facilities of any kind, or for any one or
more of the purposes included within the meaning of the term "public hospital purposes,"
the county commission of the county is hereby authorized to appropriate so much of the proceeds
of such tax as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article;
provided, that if any portion of the proceeds of such tax has been heretofore pledged to the
payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, such
portion of the proceeds of the tax as shall have been so pledged shall not be...
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27-21A-4
Section 27-21A-4 Powers of health maintenance organizations. (a) The powers of a health
maintenance organization include, but are not limited to the following: (1) The purchase,
lease, construction, renovation, operation, or maintenance of hospitals, medical facilities,
or both, and their ancillary equipment; (2) The making of loans other than in the ordinary
course of business, to providers under contract with it in furtherance of its program or the
making of loans to a corporation or corporations in which it owns a majority interest for
the purpose of acquiring or constructing medical facilities and hospitals or in furtherance
of a program providing health care services to enrollees. (3) The furnishing of health care
services through providers which are under contract with or employed by the health maintenance
organization. (4) The contracting with any person for the performance on its behalf of certain
functions such as marketing, enrollment, and administration. (5) The purchase,...
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27-54A-2
Section 27-54A-2 Treatment under certain policies and contracts. (a) As used in this
section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.
The design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral
stimuli and consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including
the use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between
environment and behavior. (2) AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. Any of the pervasive developmental
disorders or autism spectrum disorders as defined by the most recent edition of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the edition that was in effect at the
time of diagnosis. (3) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Counseling and treatment programs, including
applied behavior analysis that are both of the following: a. Necessary to develop, maintain,
or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the functioning of an...
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26-25-4
Section 26-25-4 Emergency medical services provider. For the purposes of this chapter,
an emergency medical services provider shall mean a licensed hospital, as defined in Section
22-21-20, which operates an emergency department. An emergency medical services provider does
not include the offices, clinics, surgeries, or treatment facilities of private physicians
or dentists. No individual licensed health care provider, including physicians, dentists,
nurses, physician assistants, or other health professionals shall be deemed to be an emergency
medical services provider under this chapter unless such individual voluntarily assumes responsibility
for the custody of the child. (Act 2000-760, p. 1740, §4.)...
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22-21-7
Section 22-21-7 Itemized statement of services rendered to be furnished patient upon
request; provisions of statement; itemization of services and expenses; action by Attorney
General; payment of claims by insurance companies. (a) For the purposes of this section,
the term "hospital" shall mean any hospital in which human patients are given medical
care. It shall include all emergency rooms or outpatient facilities connected thereto. (b)
Within 10 days following discharge or release from confinement in a hospital or nursing home,
or within 10 days after the earliest date at which the expense from the confinement or service
may be determined, which in the case of long-term confinement may be the monthly charge, the
hospital or nursing home providing the service shall submit to the patient, or to his survivor
or legal guardian as may be appropriate, upon written request, an itemized statement detailing
in language comprehensible to an ordinary layman the specific nature of charges or...
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22-5C-3
Section 22-5C-3 Palliative Care Information and Education Program. (a) There is created
a statewide Palliative Care Information and Education Program in the State Health Department.
The purpose of the palliative care information and education program is to maximize the effectiveness
of palliative care initiatives in the state by ensuring that comprehensive and accurate information
and education about palliative care is available to the public, health care providers, and
health care facilities. The department shall publish on its website information and resources,
including links to external resources, about palliative care for the public, health care providers,
and health care facilities. This information shall include, but not be limited to, continuing
educational opportunities for health care providers; information about palliative care delivery
in the home and in other primary, secondary, and tertiary environments; and consumer educational
materials and referral information for...
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