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22-21-34
Section 22-21-34 Assisted living facility, etc., rising to level of intermediate care.
Under the circumstances listed below, an assisted living facility or a specialty care assisted
living facility rising to the level of intermediate care may be subject to a civil money penalty
imposed by the Board of Health not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per instance.
The imposition of the penalty may be appealed pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure
Act. All money penalties imposed pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the
Department of Public Health and shall be deposited in the State General Fund. The penalties
shall be deposited in the General Fund and shall not be earmarked for the Department of Public
Health. Failure of an assisted living facility or a specialty care assisted living facility
rising to the level of intermediate care to pay a civil money penalty within 30 days after
its imposition or within 30 days after the final disposition of any appeal shall be...
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22-21-33
Section 22-21-33 Penalties for operation of or referring persons to unlicensed hospital.
(a)(1) Any individual, association, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or
other business entity who operates or causes to be operated a hospital of any kind as defined
in this article or any rules promulgated hereunder, without having been granted a license
by the State Board of Health shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor upon conviction, except
that any individual, association, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or
other business entity who operates or causes to be operated a hospital of any kind as defined
in this article or any rules promulgated hereunder without having been granted a license by
the State Board of Health shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor upon conviction of a second
or any subsequent offense. (2) The State Board of Health, upon determination that a facility
or business is operating as a hospital, within the meaning of this article or...
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22-21-24
Section 22-21-24 License - Fees; expiration and renewal; accreditation. The application
for a license to operate a hospital other than an assisted living facility or a specialty
care assisted living facility rising to the level of intermediate care shall be accompanied
by a standard fee of two hundred dollars ($200), plus a fee of five dollars ($5) per bed for
each bed over 10 beds to be licensed in accordance with regulations promulgated under Section
22-21-28. Increase in a hospital's bed capacity during the calendar year is assessed at the
standard fee of two hundred dollars ($200) plus five dollars ($5) each for the net gain in
beds. The initial licensure fee and subsequent annual licensure renewal fee for an assisted
living facility and for a specialty care assisted living facility rising to the level of intermediate
care shall be two hundred dollars ($200) plus fifteen dollars ($15) for each bed. A license
renewal application for any hospital, as defined by this article, which is...
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22-21-27
Section 22-21-27 Advisory board. (a) There shall be an advisory board of 17 members
to assist in the establishment of rules, regulations, and standards necessary to carry out
this article and to serve as consultants to the State Health Officer. The board shall meet
at least twice each year and at the call of the State Health Officer. The board may meet by
electronic means in compliance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act and shall establish rules
of procedure for its meetings. The members of the board shall annually elect one of its members
to serve as chair. (b) The advisory board shall 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 as follows: a. One administrator of a governmental hospital. b. One administrator
of a nongovernmental nonprofit hospital. c. One owner or administrator of a proprietary hospital.
d. One member of a managing board of a nonprofit hospital. (2)...
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22-21-10
Section 22-21-10 Flu and pneumonia vaccinations for long term care facility residents
and employees. (a) As used in this section, the following words have the following
meanings: (1) EMPLOYEE. An individual who is a part-time or full-time employee of the long
term care facility. (2) LONG TERM CARE FACILITY. The term includes a skilled nursing facility,
intermediate care facility, specialty care assisted living facility or dementia care facility,
or an assisted living facility licensed under this chapter. (b) Each long term care facility
in this state shall conduct an immunization program as provided in this section which
gives residents the opportunity to be immunized annually against the influenza virus and to
be immunized against pneumococcal disease and employees the opportunity to be immunized against
influenza virus. (c) A long term care facility shall notify the resident upon admission of
the immunization program provided by this section and shall request that the resident
agree...
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20-3-3
Section 20-3-3 Transfer of legend drugs to charitable clinic. (a)(1) Legend drugs, except
controlled substances, dispensed to a patient in a hospital, nursing facility, assisted living
facility, or specialty care assisted living facility may be donated and transferred pursuant
to this section to a charitable clinic to be used by charitable patients free of charge
when all of the following conditions are met: a. The drugs are no longer needed by the original
patient. b. The drugs have been maintained in accordance with United States Pharmacopoeia
and National Formulary storage requirements. c. The drugs were dispensed by unit dose or an
individually sealed dose. d. The drugs have not expired. (2) Legend drugs, except controlled
substances, dispensed to a patient cared for by a hospice care program may be donated and
transferred pursuant to this section to a charitable clinic to be used by charitable
patients free of charge when all of the following conditions are met: a. The drugs are...
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22-21-20
Section 22-21-20 Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) HOSPITALS. General
and specialized hospitals, including ancillary services; independent clinical laboratories;
rehabilitation centers; ambulatory surgical treatment facilities for patients not requiring
hospitalization; end stage renal disease treatment and transplant centers, including free-standing
hemodialysis units; abortion or reproductive health centers; hospices; health maintenance
organizations; and other related health care institutions when such institution is primarily
engaged in offering to the public generally, facilities and services for the diagnosis and/or
treatment of injury, deformity, disease, surgical or obstetrical care. Also included within
the term are long term care facilities such as, but not limited to, skilled nursing facilities,
intermediate care facilities, assisted living facilities, and specialty...
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31-9B-3
Section 31-9B-3 Providing of information; requirements for emergency and disaster planning
provisions; immunity. (a) All appropriate agencies and community-based service providers,
including, but not limited to, home health care providers, hospices, community mental health
centers, and related facilities, but not including health care facilities which provide inpatient
care to include general and specialized hospitals including ancillary services, skilled nursing
facilities, intermediate care facilities, or any assisted living facility, shall provide information
on the number of individuals with medical needs and shall assist the State Health Department
in the establishment of programs to increase the awareness of medical needs shelters, and
in educating clients and sponsors or caregivers about the procedures that may be necessary
for their safety during disasters. (b) State agencies that regulate or contract with providers
of services, or both, for persons with disabilities or...
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20-3-2
Section 20-3-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY. An institution or facility licensed
as an assisted living facility under regulations of the State Board of Health. (2) CHARITABLE
CLINIC. The term includes an established free medical clinic as defined in subdivision (1)
of Section 6-5-662 and any community health center provided for under the federal Public
Health Service Law. (3) CHARITABLE PATIENT. For purposes of this chapter, the term shall not
include patients who are eligible to receive drugs under the Alabama Medicaid Program or under
any other prescription drug program funded in whole or in part by the state. (4) DRUGS. All
medicinal substances and preparations recognized by the United States Pharmacopoeia and National
Formulary, or any revision thereof, and all substances and preparations intended for external
and internal use in the cure, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of...
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38-9-6
Section 38-9-6 Protective placement or other protective services. (a) An interested
person may petition the court to order protective placement or other protective services for
an adult in need of protective services. No protective placement or other protective services
may be ordered unless there is a determination by the court that the person is unable to provide
for his or her own protection from abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional
abuse. Upon a petition, setting forth the facts and name, age, sex, and residence of the person,
the court of the circuit in which the person resides shall appoint a day, not more than 30
days from the filing of the petition, for the hearing on the petition. If, on the hearing
of a petition, the person is not represented by counsel, the court shall appoint a guardian
ad litem to represent him or her. A jury of six persons shall be impanelled for the hearing
to serve as the trier of facts. (b) Costs of court proceedings under this...
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