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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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22-21-52
Section 22-21-52 Directors - Annual meeting; constitution and bylaws; executive committee.
The directors shall meet annually and shall adopt a constitution and bylaws of the corporation,
said constitution and bylaws to be subject to the approval of the State Board of Health. The
active affairs of the corporation shall be vested in an executive committee composed of not
less than five nor more than nine directors, to be selected by the directors. The executive
committee shall meet monthly, organize itself and shall carry on the affairs of the corporation
in compliance with the laws of the State of Alabama and with the constitution and bylaws of
the corporation. The executive committee shall appoint a medical advisory committee of three
to five members from the medical staffs of the respective hospitals. This medical advisory
committee will be responsible to the executive committee for the professional aspects of the
hospital's operations subject to the rules and regulations adopted by...
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20-2-2
other institution licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct
research with respect to, or to administer a controlled substance in the course of professional
practice or research in this state. (21) PRODUCTION. The manufacture, planting, cultivation,
growing, or harvesting of a controlled substance. (22) STATE. When applied to a part of the
United States, the term includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession
thereof, and any area subject to the legal authority of the United States of America. (23)
ULTIMATE USER. A person who lawfully possesses a controlled substance for his or her own use
or for the use of a member of his or her household or for administering to an animal
owned by him or her or by a member of his or her household. (Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378,
§101; Acts 1976, No. 699, p. 965, §1; Acts 1989, No. 89-242, p. 342, §3; Act 2001-971,
3rd Sp. Sess., p. 873, §2; Act 2016-293, p. 730, §5; Act 2019-502, §1.)...
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41-9-62
Section 41-9-62 Claims within jurisdiction of board generally; employees of municipalities,
counties, etc., not within jurisdiction of board, etc. (a) The Board of Adjustment shall have
the power and jurisdiction and it shall be its duty to hear and consider: (1) All claims for
damages to the person or property growing out of any injury done to either the person or property
by the State of Alabama or any of its agencies, commissions, boards, institutions or departments,
with the exception of claims by employees of the state for personal injury or death arising
out of the course of employment with the State of Alabama, where such employees are covered
by an employee injury compensation program; (2) All claims for personal injuries to or the
death of any convict, and all claims for personal injuries to or the death of any employee
of a city or county board of education, or college or university, arising out of the course
of the employee's employment and where the employee is not covered...
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22-21-50
Section 22-21-50 Proceedings to establish. (a) Any one or more local governing bodies located
in the same or contiguous counties, within a zone determined by the State Board of Health
as a zone for public hospitals, may act to establish a hospital association, a body corporate
and politic. Before taking action to establish a hospital association, each local governing
body involved shall give notice of the time, place and purpose of a public hearing at which
all residents and taxpayers of the local political subdivision shall be given an opportunity
to be heard. Such notice by the local governing body shall be given by publishing or posting
a notice at least 10 days preceding the day on which the hearing is to be held. In determining
whether a hospital association shall be established, the need for additional hospital beds
in the areas affected shall be determined. After such a hearing, the local governing body
shall determine whether to establish a hospital association, and if it is...
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20-2-211
Section 20-2-211 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) CERTIFYING BOARDS. Those boards designated
in subdivision (3) of Section 20-2-2. (2) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. Any drug or medication defined
as a controlled substance within the meaning of subdivision (4) of Section 20-2-2. (3) DEPARTMENT.
The Alabama Department of Public Health. (4) LICENSING BOARD OR COMMISSION. The board, commission,
or other entity that is authorized to issue a professional license to a pharmacist or an authorized
practitioner. (5) PHARMACIST. Any person, as defined in subdivision (17) of Section 34-23-1,
licensed by the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy or otherwise permitted by Alabama or federal
law to practice the profession of pharmacy within this state. (6) PHARMACY. A retail establishment,
as defined in subdivision (18) of Section 34-23-1, licensed by the Alabama State Board of
Pharmacy. (7) PRACTITIONER or...
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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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22-11A-118
Section 22-11A-118 Health Care Data Advisory Council. (a) There is established the Health Care
Data Advisory Council to assist in developing regulations and standards necessary to implement
the provisions of this article, to review and serve as consultants to the board on matters
related to any reports or publications prior to a report or publication release and to serve
as consultants to the board on matters relating to the protection, collection, and dissemination
of health care facility acquired infection data. (b) The council shall consist of 18 members
and be constituted in the following manner: (1) Six hospital members to be appointed by the
Alabama Hospital Association, two of which shall be infection control professionals. (2) Three
members to be appointed by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. (3) Two members
to be appointed by the Business Council of Alabama, at least one of whom represents a small
business, all of whom are purchasers of health care, and none of...
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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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22-2-8
Section 22-2-8 State Health Officer. The State Committee of Public Health shall elect an executive
officer who shall be a physician licensed in the State of Alabama to be known as the State
Health Officer and shall fix his term of office and salary. The qualifications of this individual
shall be determined by the State Committee of Public Health. Before entering upon the duties
of his office, the State Health Officer shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be
approved by the Governor, in the amount of $5,000.00, for the faithful performance of his
duties. The State Health Officer so elected shall, under the direction of the State Committee
of Public Health and with the approval of the State Personnel Board, fix the salaries of the
medical employees of the State Committee of Public Health. When the State Committee of Public
Health is not in session, the State Health Officer, as executive officer of the Department
of Public Health, shall act for said committee and shall have and...
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