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26-23E-2
Section 26-23E-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) That
the percentage of abortion or reproductive health centers that have been subject to adverse
licensure action vastly exceeds the percentage of facilities in any other category that have
similarly been subject to adverse licensure actions. This alarming level of regulatory non-compliance
among abortion and reproductive health centers in Alabama puts abortion patients at unreasonable
risk. (2) At abortion or reproductive health centers, patients are often treated in a manner
inconsistent with a traditional physician/patient relationship. (3) Abortion or reproductive
health centers are not operated in the same manner as ambulatory surgical treatment centers
or physician offices. (4) Abortion involves not only a surgical procedure with the usual risks
attending surgery, but also involves the taking of human life. (5) Abortion is a highly personal
and very sensitive procedure which results in stress...
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16-40A-1
Section 16-40A-1 Legislative findings; purpose of chapter. (a) The Legislature finds that:
(1) Pregnancy and childbirth among unmarried adolescents, particularly young adolescents,
often results in severe adverse health, social, and economic consequences, including: a higher
percentage of pregnancy and childbirth complications; a higher incidence of low birth weight
babies; a higher frequency of developmental disabilities; higher infant mortality and morbidity;
a decreased likelihood of completing school; a greater likelihood that an adolescent marriage
will end in divorce; and higher risks of unemployment and welfare dependency. (2) Drug and
alcohol abuse diminish the strength and vitality of the young people of our nation and state;
an increasing number of substances, both legal and illegal, are being abused by increasing
numbers of school children, even at the grade school level; abuse of any substance causes
human behavior that influences many forces, including school, family,...
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22-15A-3
Section 22-15A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings: (1) BAR AND LOUNGE. Any establishment which is primarily devoted
to the serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by patrons on the premises and in which
the serving of food is only incidental to the consumption of beverages. Although a restaurant
may contain a bar, the term "bar" shall not include the restaurant dining area.
(2) CHILD CARE FACILITY. Any facility caring for children. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department
of Public Health. (4) EMPLOYER. Any person, partnership, association, corporation, or nonprofit
entity that employs five or more persons, including the legislative, executive, and judicial
branches of state government; and any county, city, town, or village or any other political
subdivision of the state; any public authority, commission, agency, or public benefit corporation;
or any other separate corporate instrumentality or unit of state or...
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22-2-10
Section 22-2-10 Council on Dental Health, Council on Animal and Environmental Health, Council
on Prevention of Disease and Medical Care and Council on Health Costs, Administration and
Organization - Chairmen; vacancies; meetings; quorum; compensation. Each such council shall
select from among its members, by majority vote, a chairman; and the chairman of each such
council, by virtue of his selection as chairman, shall be a member of the State Committee
of Public Health with full voting privileges, rights and responsibilities of membership. As
each term expires on each council, the designated association or person responsible for the
original appointment shall fill the vacancy for a five-year term. Appointees who serve less
than five-year terms shall be eligible for reappointment for only one five-year term. A council
member who ceases to be a member of the appointing authority or who no longer is a resident
of the State of Alabama shall automatically cease to be a member of the council...
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22-21-263
Section 22-21-263 New institutional health services subject to review. (a) All new institutional
health services which are subject to this article and which are proposed to be offered or
developed within the state shall be subject to review under this article. No institutional
health services which are subject to this article shall be permitted which are inconsistent
with the State Health Plan. For the purposes of this article, new institutional health services
shall include any of the following: (1) The construction, development, acquisition through
lease or purchase, or other establishment of a new health care facility or health maintenance
organization. A transaction involving the sale, lease, or other transfer or change of control
of an existing health care facility, existing health maintenance organization, or existing
institutional health service is not subject to certificate of need review or approval under
this article unless the transaction also involves implementing one or...
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22-21-311
Section 22-21-311 Definitions. (a) The following words and phrases used in this article, and
others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication
herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) APPLICANT.
A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of a county, municipality,
or educational institution, or two or more thereof, in accordance with the provisions of Section
22-21-313. (2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized, and any public hospital corporation
reincorporated, pursuant to the provisions hereof. (3) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. The resolution
adopted by the governing body of an authorizing subdivision, in accordance with the provisions
of Section 22-21-313 or Section 22-21-341, that authorizes the incorporation of an authority
or the reincorporation of a public hospital corporation. (4) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. Each
county, municipality, and educational institution with...
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22-8A-16
Section 22-8A-16 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION,
EFFECTIVE MARCH 28, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) A task force is
created to serve under the supervision of the Department of Public Health to establish the
Order for PPEL Care form. The task force shall include all of the following representatives:
(1) One representative of urban emergency medical services, appointed by the Governor. (2)
One representative of rural emergency medical services, appointed by the Governor. (3) One
pediatrician caring for medically complex children in an urban area, appointed by the Governor.
(4) One pediatrician caring for medically complex children in a rural area, appointed by the
Governor. (5) Two pediatric specialists from any of the following disciplines, appointed by
the Governor: Oncology, cardiology, neurology, or pulmonology. (6) One pediatric ethicist,
appointed by the Governor. (7) One nurse, appointed by the Alabama Board of...
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27-54-1
Section 27-54-1 Legislative intent; public policy. (a) The Legislature finds the following:
(1) Mental illness affects many citizens of this state each year, resulting in anguish, grief,
desperation, fear, isolation, and a sense of hopelessness of significant levels among victims
and families. (2) Consequences of mental illness include the significant expenditures of public
operating funds for treatment and losses of millions of dollars by businesses in the state
in accidents, absenteeism, nonproductivity, and turnover. Excessive stress and anxiety and
other forms of mental illness clearly contribute to general health problems and costs. (3)
Typical health coverage in this state by some insurers provides individuals and affected families
of mental illness with nonexistent or limited benefits compared to provisions for other illnesses.
(4) Experience in this state and several other states demonstrates that the risk of mental
illness can be insured at reasonable additional cost, provided...
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34-21A-2
Section 34-21A-2 Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed
to them as used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning: (1) BOARD.
The Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board. (2) CONVENTIONAL ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM. An onsite sewage
system consisting of a septic tank, or an Alabama Department of Public Health approved pretreatment
device, with effluent discharging into a subsurface effluent disposal medium, where all portions
of the effluent disposal field sidewalls are installed below the elevation of undisturbed
native soil, including a conventional onsite sewage system as defined by the Alabama Department
of Public Health regulations. (3) ENGINEERED ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM. An onsite sewage system
that varies from conventional onsite sewage system equipment, methods, processes, and installation
procedures in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Alabama Department of Public
Health. (4) GOOD STANDING WITH LOCAL HEALTH...
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45-37-171.40
Section 45-37-171.40 Fees for services - Authorized. (a) The Jefferson County Board of Health
is hereby authorized to designate services rendered by the health department under its control
for which fees may be charged and to establish the fees to be respectively charged for such
services, subject to the disapproval of such fees by the Jefferson County Commission as provided
in Section 45-37-171.42, which authority may be used or not used in accordance with this subpart
as and to the extent deemed necessary or desirable by the board of health. The services which
may be designated pursuant to this subpart as services for which fees may be charged include,
without limitation thereto all of the following: (1) Inspection and certification services
performed in connection with the administration and enforcement of public health and environmental
laws and regulations. (2) Health care services provided through outpatient clinics, home health
care, or other service programs. (3) The...
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