34-21-2
Section 34-21-2 Board of Nursing generally. (a) There is created the Board of Nursing, which shall be composed of 13 members to be appointed and have the duties and powers enumerated in this section. The membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. In order to insure continuity of administration, the nine board members provided for by Section 3 of Act 427, Regular Session 1975, shall continue to serve to the completion of the term for which they are serving. The Governor, within 60 days of January 1, 1984, shall appoint a tenth member who shall be a licensed practical nurse for a term of four years from a list of nominees furnished him or her by the Alabama Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses, Incorporated, or its successor organization. As the terms of all board members expire, their successors shall be appointed for terms of four years each. Vacancies in unexpired terms shall be filled in...
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21-9-9
Section 21-9-9 Duties of board. The board shall perform all of the following duties: (1) Make rules and regulations for the provision of rehabilitation services. (2) Direct and supervise the expenditure of legislative appropriations for rehabilitation services. (3) Prescribe qualifications for the commissioner, directors, professionals, and administrative and clerical employees. (4) Disseminate information concerning and promoting interest in disability and rehabilitation issues among the citizens of Alabama. (5) Take appropriate action to guarantee rights of and services to people with disabilities. (6) Delegate to any employee of the department any necessary powers and duties. (7) Serve as the governing authority of programs administered by the department, including but not limited to: The administration of the state's plan under the "Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended"; the Social Security Act, Title V, which relates to children with special health care needs; and the...
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22-21-53
Section 22-21-53 Powers. (a) Any district or regional hospital association is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the following powers in addition to others granted in this article: (1) To cooperate with the State Board of Health for the purpose of constructing, equipping, maintaining and operating a hospital by making appropriate application to the State Board of Health; to enter into a cooperative contract with the State Board of Health for this purpose; (2) To act as an agent for the State Board of Health under a cooperative contract to prepare, carry out and operate hospital projects; (3) To provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration or repair of any hospital, or any part thereof; (4) To take over, by purchase, lease or otherwise, any hospital; (5) To manage, as agent of the State Board of Health, any hospital constructed or owned by the association; (6) To arrange, with any appropriate local or state agencies, for the opening or closing of...
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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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34-14C-6
Section 34-14C-6 Denial, suspension, or revocation of license; hearing; notice, penalties; appeal. (a) The board may deny, suspend, or revoke a license as provided in this section. (b) A license may not be denied, suspended, or revoked except by majority vote of the board and with prior notice and opportunity for hearing in accordance with this chapter and the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (c) The board may institute a hearing for denial, suspension, or revocation of a license or any person may file a written complaint with the board seeking the denial, suspension, or revocation of an application for licensure or license issued by the board or the investigation of any unlicensed person or entity providing home medical equipment services. The complaint shall be in a form prescribed by the board. (d) A copy of the charges, including notice of the time and place of hearing, shall be served by certified mail, return receipt requested, at least 21 days before the scheduled hearing...
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion, or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II. This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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9-7-13
Section 9-7-13 Activities deemed permissible uses within coastal area; determination of additional permissible uses. (a) The Legislature of Alabama finds that the following activities shall constitute permissible uses within the coastal area: (1) The accomplishment of emergency decrees of any duly appointed health officer of a county or municipality or of the state acting to protect the public health and safety; (2) The conservation, repletion and research activities of the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium, the Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium; (3) The exercise of riparian rights by the owner of the riparian rights; provided, that the construction and maintenance of piers, boathouses and similar structures shall be on pilings that permit a reasonably unobstructed ebb and flow of the tide; (4) The normal maintenance and repair of bulkheads, piers, roads and highways existing on the...
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22-11A-10
Section 22-11A-10 State Board of Health to investigate reported cases of tuberculosis; voluntary treatment; probate court may order compulsory treatment and quarantine; cost of treatment; exercise of religious freedom. Whenever the State Board of Health or its authorized representative shall discover, as a result of its own investigation or as a result of any report required by this article, that any person may be afflicted with tuberculosis, the State Board of Health, through its authorized representative, shall investigate or further investigate the circumstances and, if after investigation, the representative of the State Board of Health is of the opinion that an active case of tuberculosis is found, he shall encourage the person infected to take voluntary treatment to meet the minimum requirements prescribed by the State Board of Health. If such afflicted person refuses voluntary treatment, than the state board of health, through its authorized representative, may petition the...
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25-5-8
Section 25-5-8 Employers' options to secure payment of compensation. (a) Option to insure risks. An employer subject to this chapter may secure the payment of compensation under this chapter by insuring and keeping insured his or her liability in some insurance corporation, association, organization, insurance association, corporation, or association formed of employers and workers or formed by a group of employers to insure the risks under this chapter, operating by mutual assessment or other plans or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the insurance association, organization, or corporation shall have first had its contract and plan of business approved in writing by the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance of Alabama and have been authorized by the Department of Insurance to transact the business of workers' compensation insurance in this state and under the plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the obligations of employers under law for...
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31-9-8
Section 31-9-8 Emergency powers of Governor. (a) The provisions of this section shall be operative only during the existence of a state of emergency, referred to hereinafter as one of the states of emergency defined in Section 31-9-3. The existence of a state of emergency may be proclaimed by the Governor as provided in this subsection or by joint resolution of the Legislature if the Governor in the proclamation or the Legislature in the resolution finds that an attack upon the United States has occurred or is anticipated in the immediate future, or that a natural disaster of major proportions or a public health emergency has occurred or is reasonably anticipated in the immediate future within this state and that the safety and welfare of the inhabitants of this state require an invocation of the provisions of this section. If the state of emergency affects less than the entire state, the Governor or the Legislature shall designate in the proclamation or resolution those counties to...
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