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22-11D-8
Section 22-11D-8 Rules and regulations. (a) In accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure
Act, the board, with the advice and after approval of the council, shall promulgate rules
to implement and administer this chapter. Rules promulgated by the board may include, but
are not limited to, the following: (1) Criteria to ensure that severely injured or ill people
are promptly transported and treated at designated trauma centers appropriate to the severity
of the injury. Minimum criteria shall address emergency medical service trauma triage and
transportation guidelines as approved under the board's emergency medical services rules,
designation of health care facilities as trauma centers, interhospital transfers, and a trauma
system governance structure. (2) Standards for verification of trauma and health care center
status which assign level designations based on resources available within the facility. Standards
shall be based upon national guidelines, including, but not...
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22-21-29
Section 22-21-29 Inspections. (a) Every hospital licensed under this article shall be open
to inspection to the extent authorized in this section by employees and agents of the State
Board of Health, under rules as shall be promulgated by the board with the advice and consent
of the advisory board. Employees and agents of the board shall also inspect unlicensed and
suspected unlicensed facilities. Nothing in this section shall authorize the board to inspect
quarters therein occupied by members of any religious group or nurses engaged in work in any
hospital or places of refuge for members of religious orders for whom care is provided, but
any inspection shall be limited and confined to the parts and portions of the hospital as
are used for the care and treatment of the patients and the general facilities for their care
and treatment. No hospital shall, by reason of this section, be relieved from any other types
of inspections authorized by law. (b) All inspections undertaken by the...
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26-1A-404
Section 26-1A-404 Health care powers of attorney executed on or after January 1, 2012. (a)
This section applies to a power of attorney for health care decisions executed on or after
January 1, 2012. (b) A durable power of attorney is a power of attorney by which a principal
designates another his or her attorney in fact or agent in writing and the writing contains
the words "This power of attorney shall not be affected by disability, incompetency,
or incapacity of the principal" or "This power of attorney shall become effective
upon the disability, incompetency, or incapacity of the principal" or similar words showing
the intent of the principal that the authority conferred shall be exercisable notwithstanding
the principal's subsequent disability, incompetency, or incapacity. (c)(1) A principal may
designate under a durable power of attorney an individual who shall be empowered to make health
care decisions on behalf of the principal, in the manner set forth in the Natural Death Act,...
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27-19A-7
Section 27-19A-7 Contracting directly with patient; distribution of information about policy
or plan; payment and reimbursement procedures. The provisions of this chapter do not prohibit
the following conduct and shall be construed to provide that: (1) A dentist may contract directly
with a patient for the furnishing of dental care services to said patient as may be otherwise
authorized by law; (2) Any person providing a health insurance policy or employee benefit
plan, or an employer, or an employee organization may: a. Make available to its insureds,
beneficiaries, participants, employees, or members information relating to dental care services
by the distribution of factually accurate information regarding dental care services, rates,
fees, location, and hours of service, provided such distribution is made upon the request
of any dentist licensed by this state; or b. Establish an administrative mechanism which facilitates
payment for dental care services by insureds, beneficiaries,...
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27-56-10
Section 27-56-10 Vision care providers - Contract requirements; rates; reimbursements; discounts.
(a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) CONTRACTUAL
DISCOUNT. A percentage reduction from a provider's usual and customary rate for covered services
and materials required under a participating provider agreement. (2) COVERED MATERIALS. Materials
for which reimbursement from the insurer or vision care plan is provided to a vision care
provider by an enrollee's plan contract, or for which a reimbursement would be available but
for the application of the enrollee's contractual limitations of deductibles, copayments,
or coinsurance. (3) COVERED SERVICES. Services for which reimbursement from the insurer or
vision care plan is provided to a vision care provider by an enrollee's plan contract, or
for which a reimbursement would be available but for the application of the enrollee's contractual
plan limitations of deductibles, copayments, or...
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22-57-20
Section 22-57-20 Establishment of regional autism centers; constituency board; rules and regulations.
(a)(1) There is established in determined geographic regions of the state one or more autism
centers whose purpose is to provide nonresidential resource and training services for persons
of all ages and of all levels of intellectual functioning who have any of the following: a.
Autism. b. A pervasive developmental disorder that is not otherwise specified. c. As determined
by the Alabama Interagency Autism Coordinating Council, other disability populations which
may receive benefit from the services and activities of the regional centers. (2) Each center
shall be operationally and fiscally independent, and provide evidence-based services within
its geographical region of the state. Service delivery shall be consistent for all centers.
Each center shall coordinate services within and between state and local agencies and school
districts but may not duplicate services provided by those...
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26-1-2
Section 26-1-2 Durable power of attorney; appointment by court of guardian, etc., subsequent
to execution of durable power of attorney; effect of death of principal upon agency relationship;
affidavit by person exercising power of attorney as to lack of knowledge of revocation, etc.;
health care power of attorney. (a) A durable power of attorney is a power of attorney by which
a principal designates another his or her attorney in fact or agent in writing and the writing
contains the words "This power of attorney shall not be affected by disability, incompetency,
or incapacity of the principal" or "This power of attorney shall become effective
upon the disability, incompetency, or incapacity of the principal" or similar words showing
the intent of the principal that the authority conferred shall be exercisable notwithstanding
the principal's subsequent disability, incompetency, or incapacity. (b) All acts done by an
attorney in fact pursuant to a durable power of attorney during any...
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27-1-20
Section 27-1-20 Patient Right to Know Act. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited
as the "Patient Right to Know Act." (b) As used in this section, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ENROLLEE.
A person who purchases individual health care coverage or an employer who purchases a group
health care plan. (2) PROVIDER. A physician, dentist, podiatrist, pharmacist, optometrist,
psychologist, clinical social worker, advanced nurse practitioner, registered optician, licensed
professional counselor, physical therapist, and chiropractor. (c)(1) All persons, firms, corporations,
associations, health maintenance organizations, health insurance services, or preferred provider
organizations, any employer-sponsored health benefit plan, or any similar organization or
entity, providing health, accident, or dental insurance coverage, either directly or indirectly,
shall provide an enrollee with a written description of the...
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36-29-4
Section 36-29-4 Establishment and provisions of health insurance plan; rules and regulations.
The board is hereby empowered and authorized to establish a fully insured or self-insured
health insurance plan for employees and retirees of the State of Alabama and to adopt and
promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of such plan, subject to such limitations
as may be contained in this chapter. Such plan may provide for group hospitalization, surgical,
and medical insurance against the financial costs of hospitalization, surgical, and medical
treatment and care and may also include, among other things, prescribed drugs, medicines,
prosthetic appliances, hospital inpatient and outpatient service benefits, and medical expenses
indemnity benefits, including major medical benefits or such other coverage or benefits as
may be deemed appropriate and desirable by the board. (Acts 1965, No. 833, p. 1564, §3; Act
2004-647, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 17, §1.)...
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41-10-359
Section 41-10-359 Execution and delivery of bonds; designation of bonds for community facilities.
The bonds shall be signed by the president of the authority and attested by its secretary;
provided, that a facsimile of the signatures of both of said officers may be printed or otherwise
reproduced on any of the bonds in lieu of their being manually signed if the proceedings under
which the bonds are issued provide for the manual authentication of such bonds by officers
or employees of the state designated by the authority. The seal of the authority shall be
impressed on the bonds; provided, that a facsimile of said seal may be printed or otherwise
reproduced on any of the bonds in lieu of being manually impressed thereon. Delivery of bonds
so executed shall be valid notwithstanding any changes in officers subsequent to the signing
of such bonds. Fifty percent of the bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall
be designated for community mental illness, mental retardation,...
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