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22-12D-1
Section 22-12D-1 Office established; purposes. (a) The Office of Women's Health is established
within the Alabama Department of Public Health for the following purposes: (1) To educate
the public and be an advocate for women's health by requesting that the State Department of
Public Health, either on its own or in partnership with other entities, establish appropriate
forums, programs, or initiatives designed to educate the public regarding women's health,
with an emphasis on preventive health and healthy lifestyles. (2) To assist the State Health
Officer in identifying, coordinating, and establishing priorities for programs, services,
and resources the state should provide for women's health issues and concerns relating to
the reproductive, menopausal, and postmenopausal phases of a woman's life, with an emphasis
on postmenopausal health. (3) To serve as a clearinghouse and resource for information regarding
women's health data, strategies, services, and programs that address women's...
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22-8A-2
Section 22-8A-2 Legislative intent. The Legislature finds that competent adult persons have
the right to control the decisions relating to the rendering of their own medical care, including,
without limitation, the decision to have medical procedures, life-sustaining treatment, and
artificially provided nutrition and hydration provided, withheld, or withdrawn in instances
of terminal conditions and permanent unconsciousness. In order that the rights of individuals
may be respected even after they are no longer able to participate actively in decisions about
themselves, the Legislature hereby declares that the laws of this state shall recognize the
right of a competent adult person to make a written declaration instructing his or her physician
to provide, withhold, or withdraw life-sustaining treatment and artificially provided nutrition
and hydration or designate by lawful written form a health care proxy to make decisions on
behalf of the adult person concerning the providing,...
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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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26-16-2
Section 26-16-2 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings herein ascribed to them: (1) CHILD. A person under 18 years of age. (2)
CHILD ABUSE. Harm or threatened harm to a child's health or welfare by a person responsible
for the child's health or welfare, which harm occurs or is threatened through nonaccidental
physical or mental injury; sexual abuse, which includes a violation of any provision of Article
4, Chapter 6, Title 13A. (3) CULTURAL COMPETENCY. The ability of an individual or organization
to understand and act respectfully toward, in a cultural text, the beliefs, interpersonal
styles, attitudes, and behaviors of persons and families of various cultures, including persons
and families of various cultures who participate in services from the individual or organization
and persons of various cultures who provide services for the individual or organization. (4)
DEPARTMENT. The Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention....
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26-16-96
Section 26-16-96 Local child death review teams. (a) There are hereby created local child death
review teams. (b) Each county of the state shall be included in a local multidisciplinary,
multiagency child death review team's jurisdiction. The district attorney shall initiate the
establishment of local teams by convening a meeting of potential team members within 60 days
of September 11, 1997. In the absence of the initiation of a child death review team by the
district attorney within 60 days of September 11, 1997, the local public health representative
will initiate the first team meeting. During this meeting, participants shall recommend whether
to establish a team for that county alone or to establish a team with and for the counties
within that judicial circuit. (c) The local team shall include, but not be limited to, all
of the following members, the first five of whom are ex officio. The ex officio members may
designate representatives from their particular departments or offices...
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27-19-105
Section 27-19-105 Regulations for long-term care policies; outline of coverage, policy summary,
and monthly report. (a) The commissioner may adopt regulations that include standards for
full and fair disclosure setting forth the manner, content, and required disclosures for the
sale of long-term care insurance policies, terms of renewability, initial and subsequent conditions
of eligibility, nonduplication of coverage provisions, coverage of dependents, preexisting
conditions, termination of insurance, continuation or conversion, probationary periods, limitations,
exceptions, reductions, elimination periods, requirements for replacement, recurrent conditions,
and definitions of terms. Regulations under this subsection should recognize the developing
and unique nature of long-term care insurance and the distinction between group and individual
long-term insurance policies. (b) No long-term care insurance policy may do any of the following:
(1) Be cancelled, nonrenewed, or otherwise...
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27-21A-10
Section 27-21A-10 Complaint system. (a)(1) Every health maintenance organization shall establish
and maintain a complaint system which has been approved by the commissioner, after consultation
with the State Health Officer, to provide reasonable procedures for the resolution of written
complaints initiated by enrollees. (2) Each health maintenance organization shall submit to
the commissioner and the State Health Officer an annual report in a form prescribed by the
commissioner, after consultation with the State Health Officer, which shall include: a. A
description of the procedures of such complaint system; b. The total number of complaints
handled through such complaint system and a compilation of causes underlying the complaints
filed; and c. The number, amount, and disposition of malpractice claims and other claims relating
to the service or care rendered by the health maintenance organization made by enrollees of
the organization that were settled during the year by the health...
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36-1-6.1
Section 36-1-6.1 Professional liability coverage for state employees or agents; duties of Finance
Director; self-insurance; costs of insurance. (a) The various state agencies, departments,
boards, or commissions shall determine and report their needs for liability coverage to the
Finance Director, the Insurance Commissioner, and the Attorney General. The Finance Director,
with the advice of the Insurance Commissioner and Attorney General, shall then determine the
type of blanket policy needed to provide basic coverage for deaths, injuries, or damages arising
out of the negligent or wrongful acts or omissions committed by state employees or agents
of the state, including retired licensed physicians and dentists while they are voluntarily
serving at free health care clinics and individuals serving as foster parents licensed or
approved by the Department of Human Resources to maintain homes for a child or children under
the supervision of the department or serving as adult foster care...
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38-13-4
Section 38-13-4 Mandatory criminal history check notice; suitability determinations; checks
on subsequent activity. (a) Every employer, child care facility, adult care facility, the
Department of Human Resources, and child placing agency required to obtain a criminal history
background information check pursuant to this chapter shall obtain, prior to or upon the date
of employment, or issuance of a license or approval or renewal thereof, and maintain in the
agency or personnel file, a request with written consent for the criminal history background
information check and a statement signed by the applicant, volunteer, or employee indicating
whether he or she has ever been convicted of a crime, and if so, fully disclosing all convictions.
The statement shall include a notice and questionnaire the same as or similar to the following:
(1) MANDATORY CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK NOTICE: Alabama law requires that a criminal history
background information check be conducted on all persons who hold a...
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38-9F-6
Section 38-9F-6 Sworn petition for relief on behalf of elderly person. (a) If a plaintiff lacks
the physical or mental capacity to seek protection for himself or herself, the following may
file a sworn petition for relief on behalf of the plaintiff: (1) A court appointed guardian.
The petition must include a copy of the court order appointing the petitioner as the plaintiff's
guardian. (2) A court appointed conservator. The petition must include a copy of the court
order appointing the petitioner as the plaintiff's conservator. (3) A temporary guardian appointed
pursuant to Section 26-2A-107. The petition must include a copy of the court order appointing
the petitioner as the plaintiff's temporary guardian. (4) An agent, co-agent, or successor
agent appointed under the plaintiff's validly executed power of attorney who acts within the
authority of the power of attorney. The petition shall include a copy of the power of attorney.
(5) A health care proxy appointed under the plaintiff's...
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