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22-4-39
Section 22-4-39 Use of information. (a) SHPDA shall utilize the data and information received
from covered health care reporters for the benefit of the public and public officials. The
data and information obtained by SHPDA pursuant to this article, including a summary, shall
be reported to the SHCC and the Certificate of Need Review Board at least annually. (b) SHPDA
shall follow the advice and guidance of the Health Care Information and Data Council as to
what reports, publications, or studies may be compiled using the data required to be collected
in this article. (c) All approved reports, publications, or studies prepared by SHPDA shall
be public records and shall be made available to the public for a reasonable fee. (d) Covered
health care reports from individual providers shall continue to be available to the public
and the SHPDA may charge a reasonable fee for copies of these reports. (Act 2015-471, ยง10.)...
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27-48-3
Section 27-48-3 Prohibition against plan termination of services, reduction of capitation payment,
or other penalty for health care provider in compliance with chapter; prohibition against
financial encouragement of early discharge from postpartum care. No health benefit plan subject
to the provisions of this chapter shall terminate the services, reduce capitation payment,
or otherwise penalize an attending physician, certified nurse midwife, or other health care
provider who orders medical care consistent with this chapter. No health benefit plan shall
provide, directly or indirectly, any financial incentive or disincentive or grant or deny
any special favor or advantage of any kind or nature to any person to encourage or cause early
discharge of a hospital patient from postpartum care, excluding capitation or global fee arrangements.
Provided nothing contained in this chapter is intended to expand the list or designation of
covered providers as specified in any health benefit plan or...
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11-3A-3
Section 11-3A-3 Adoption procedures for ordinances; administrative fees; penalties. (a) Following
the notice requirements set out in subsection (b), the county commission, by majority vote,
may adopt ordinances for the implementation and enforcement of the powers set out in Section
11-3A-2. The county commission, in its discretion, may hold a separate public hearing on the
adoption of the proposed ordinances except the vote on approval of a proposed ordinance shall
be taken only at a regularly scheduled county commission meeting and only following notice
as set out in subsection (b). The style of all ordinances shall be, "Be it ordained by
the ___ County Commission as follows:" inserting the name of the county as the case may
be. All ordinances adopted by the county commission pursuant to this chapter shall be kept
in a separate book maintained in the county commission office and on a county maintained website
if one is available, and shall be available at all times for public...
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22-11D-4
Section 22-11D-4 Verification and certification of trauma or health care center status. (a)
With the advice of and after approval of the council, the board may adopt rules for verification
and certification of trauma or health care center status which assign level designations based
on resources available within the facility. Rules shall be based upon national guidelines,
including, but not limited to, those established by the American College of Surgeons, the
Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, in Hospital and Pre-hospital
Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient, and any published appendices thereto. Rules
specific to rural and urban areas shall be developed and adopted by rule of the board. (b)
Any medical facility that desires to be a designated trauma or other health care center shall
request a designation from the department whereby the medical facility agrees to maintain
a level of commitment and resources sufficient to meet the...
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22-11A-60
by a rule adopted pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (7) INVASIVE PROCEDURES.
(a) Those medical or surgical procedures characterized by the digital palpation of a needle
tip in a body cavity or by the simultaneous presence of the health care worker's fingers and
a needle or other sharp instrument or object in a poorly visualized or highly confined anatomic
site. (b) Invasive dental procedures shall include those that provide the opportunity for
an intraoral percutaneous injury to the dental health care worker and could result
in the blood of the health care worker coming in contact with the blood or mucous membrane
of the patient as adopted by the Board of Dental Examiners in rules developed pursuant to
Section 22-11A-70. (c) These procedures shall not include physical examinations; blood pressure
checks; eye examinations; phlebotomy; administering intramuscular, intradermal, or subcutaneous
injections; needle biopsies; needle aspirations; lumbar punctures;...
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24-5-14
Section 24-5-14 Penalties; disposition of funds. (a) Whoever violates this article or any regulation
or order issued under this article shall be liable for a civil penalty of not to exceed one
thousand dollars ($1,000) for each such violation. Each violation of any section of this article
or regulation or order shall constitute a separate violation with respect to each manufactured
home or with respect to each failure or refusal to allow or perform an act required thereby,
except that the maximum civil penalty may not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) for
any related series of violations occurring within one year from the date of the first violation.
Before the commission shall impose a civil penalty it shall first advise the violator of its
intention to do so and hold a hearing on the violation no sooner than two weeks after notification
to the person of the commission's intent to impose civil penalties and the indicated violations.
(b) Any individual or a director, officer, or...
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40-26B-73
Section 40-26B-73 Hospital Assessment Account. (a)(1) There is created within the Health Care
Trust Fund referenced in Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 22 of a designated account known
as the Hospital Assessment Account. (2) The hospital assessments imposed under this article
shall be deposited into the Hospital Assessment Account. (3) If the Medicaid Agency begins
making payments under Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 22, while Act 2017-382 is in force,
the hospital intergovernmental transfers imposed under this article shall be deposited into
the Hospital Assessment Account. (b) Moneys in the Hospital Assessment Account shall consist
of: (1) All moneys collected or received by the department from privately operated hospital
assessments imposed under this article; (2) Any interest or penalties levied in conjunction
with the administration of this article; and (3) Any appropriations, transfers, donations,
gifts, or moneys from other sources, as applicable; and (4) If the Medicaid Agency...
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22-21-264
Section 22-21-264 Criteria for state agency review. The SHPDA, pursuant to the provisions of
Section 22-21-274, shall prescribe by rules and regulations the criteria and clarifying definitions
for reviews covered by this article. These criteria shall include at least the following:
(1) Consistency with the appropriate State Health Facility and services plans effective at
the time the application was received by the State Agency, which shall include the latest
approved revisions of the following plans: a. The most recent Alabama State Health Plan which
shall include updated inventories and separate bed need methodologies for inpatient rehabilitation
beds, inpatient psychiatric beds and inpatient/residential alcohol and drug abuse beds. b.
Alabama State Health Plan for services to the mentally ill. c. Alabama State Plan for rehabilitation
facilities. d. Alabama developmental disabilities plan. e. Alabama State alcoholism plan.
f. Such other State Plans as may from time to time be...
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41-16-78
Section 41-16-78 Exceptions. (a) This article shall not apply to any entity that does not receive
state funds. (b) This article shall also not apply to direct health care services provided
by the Alabama Department of Public Health. (c) This article shall not apply to any county
or municipality, or any board, public corporation, authority, public utility district, or
other entity created by any county or municipality, or to the Alabama Municipal Electric Authority
created pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-50A-1, et seq., nor shall it apply to any
local school board, the State Department of Education, or other entity covered under Section
41-16-50, et seq., except as herein provided for future support of computer technology or
any educational and eleemosynary institutions governed by a board of trustees or other similar
governing body, nor shall it apply to any statewide non-profit water and wastewater utility
association. (d) This article shall not apply to any state authority,...
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16-25A-1
Section 16-25A-1 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) EMPLOYEE.
Any person covered by the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan pursuant to Section
16-25A-11 or person who is employed full-time in any public institution of education within
the State of Alabama which provides instruction at any combination of grades K through 14,
exclusively, under the auspices of the State Board of Education or the Alabama Institute for
Deaf and Blind; provided, any person employed part-time by any public institution of education
within the State of Alabama which provides instruction at any combination of grades K through
14, exclusively, under the auspices of the State Board of Education or the Alabama Institute
for Deaf and Blind, shall be included in the definition of employee if such person shall agree
to have deducted from his or her compensation a pro rata...
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