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22-50-22
Section 22-50-22 Exemption of superintendent and physician of state mental health facilities
from attending as witnesses. Neither the superintendent nor a physician of a state mental
health facility or hospital shall be compelled to attend as a witness to testify as an expert
in any case or on any question of insanity or psychological medicine in the state; provided,
that he shall certify, in writing, within 10 days after the service of the summons, that his
absence from the facility or hospital, in his best judgment, will interfere with his or her
professional duties and the welfare of the patients under his care. But defendants in criminal
cases and the state by the consent of the defendant and, in civil cases, either party may
take the deposition of the superintendent or of any of the physicians as to all matters involving
his or their expert opinion when such testimony is admissible. (Code 1896, §2571; Code 1907,
§875; Code 1923, §1460; Code 1940, T. 45, §226.)...
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22-11A-38
Section 22-11A-38 Notification of third parties of disease; rules; who may be notified; liability;
confidentiality; disclosure of information for certain criminal proceedings; penalty. (a)
The State Committee of Public Health is hereby authorized to establish the rules by which
exceptions may be made to the confidentiality provisions of this article and establish rules
for notification of third parties of such disease when exposure is indicated or a threat to
the health and welfare of others. All notifications authorized by this section shall be within
the rules established pursuant to this subsection. (b) Physicians and hospital administrators
or their designee may notify pre-hospital transport agencies and emergency medical personnel
of a patient's contagious condition. In case of a death in which there was a known contagious
disease, the physician or hospital administrator or their designee may notify the funeral
home director. (c) The attending physician or the State Health Officer...
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22-52-31
Section 22-52-31 Proceedings for civil commitment of persons accused of crimes, committed to
custody of Department of Mental Health and determined to be unable to attain capacity to proceed
to trial in foreseeable future; effect of such civil commitment upon statute of limitations,
etc. (a) Upon certification by the superintendent of Bryce or Searcy Hospital or any other
facility so designated by the commissioner that any person accused of a crime and committed
to the custody of the department in one of its facilities has been determined by appropriate
members of the medical staffs of said facilities as designated by the superintendent to be
unable to attain the capacity to proceed to trial in the foreseeable future, the commissioner
or his designee is hereby authorized to petition the judges of probate of Tuscaloosa or Mobile
Counties or any judge of probate where such facility exists for an order of civil commitment
to the Department of Mental Health. All of the subsequent provisions...
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22-52-30
Section 22-52-30 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) CAPACITY
TO PROCEED OR CONTINUE TO TRIAL. Whether or not a defendant accused of a crime: a. Understands
the nature of the charges preferred against him; and b. Is capable of assisting his attorney
in the preparation of the defense of his case. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department
of Mental Health of the State of Alabama. (3) SUPERINTENDENT. The superintendent or director
of Bryce Hospital located in Tuscaloosa County, the superintendent or director of Searcy Hospital
located in Mobile County or the superintendent or director of any such facility as defined
in subdivision (4) of this section. (4) FACILITY. Any state-owned or state-operated hospital
or other facility, whether currently operating or to be operated in the future, utilized for
the diagnosis, care, treatment, training or...
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30-2-1
Section 30-2-1 Grounds; jurisdiction for proceedings; divorce judgment awarded to both parties.
(a) The circuit court has power to divorce persons from the bonds of matrimony, upon a complaint
filed by one of the parties, entitled "In re the marriage of _____ and _____," for
the causes following: (1) In favor of either party, when the other was, at the time of the
marriage physically and incurably incapacitated from entering into the marriage state. (2)
For adultery. (3) For voluntary abandonment from bed and board for one year next preceding
the filing of the complaint. (4) Imprisonment in the penitentiary of this or any other state
for two years, the sentence being for seven years or longer. (5) The commission of the crime
against nature, whether with mankind or beast, either before or after marriage. (6) For becoming
addicted after marriage to habitual drunkenness or to habitual use of opium, morphine, cocaine,
or other like drug. (7) Upon application of either the husband or wife,...
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25-5-77
shall pay an amount not to exceed the prevailing rate or maximum schedule of fees as established
herein of reasonably necessary medical and surgical treatment and attention, physical rehabilitation,
medicine, medical and surgical supplies, crutches, artificial members, and other apparatus
as the result of an accident arising out of and in the course of the employment, as may be
obtained by the injured employee or, in case of death, obtained during the period occurring
between the time of the injury and the employee's death therefrom. If the employee
is dissatisfied with the initial treating physician selected by the employer and if further
treatment is required, the employee may so advise the employer, and the employee shall be
entitled to select a second physician from a panel or list of four physicians selected by
the employer. If surgery is required and if the employee is dissatisfied with the designated
surgeon, he or she may so advise the employer, and the employee shall be...
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34-24-75.1
Section 34-24-75.1 Certificate and limited license under Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
(a) The State Board of Medical Examiners may, at its discretion and subject to the rules and
regulations promulgated by the board, issue a certificate of qualification in behalf of physicians
meeting the requirements for participation in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. The Retired
Senior Volunteer Program is created for the purpose of permitting doctors of medicine and
doctors of osteopathy who are fully retired from the active practice of medicine to obtain
a limited license without cost which would permit the provision of outpatient health care
services at established free clinics operated pursuant to the Volunteer Medical Professional
Act, Section 6-5-660, et seq. Physicians having certificates issued under this section must
perform no fewer than 100 hours of voluntary service annually and must limit their practice
to the confines of an established free medical clinic, as that term is...
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13A-9-150
improperly charted, coded, or billed for any medical or health care service, common practices,
including but not limited to, repayment, even years later, may use as a defense to, or ground
for dismissal of, a prosecution under this section. (i) The introduction into evidence of
a paid state warrant to the order of the defendant is prima facie evidence that the defendant
did receive public assistance from the state. (j) The introduction into evidence of a transaction
history generated by a personal identification number (PIN) establishing a purchase
or withdrawal by electronic benefit transfer is prima facie evidence that the identified recipient
received public assistance from the state. (k)(1) If an original record is admissible in any
case or proceeding in a court in the state, a certified copy of the record in the custody
of any federal or state agency relating to an investigation of public assistance fraud under
this section shall be admissible when certified and affirmed by the...
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26-1A-404
regarding provision, withholding, or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment and artificially
provided nutrition and hydration but only a. if specifically authorized to do so in the durable
power of attorney, b. if the substantive provisions of the durable power of attorney are in
substantial compliance and if the durable power of attorney is executed and accepted in substantially
the same form as set forth in the Alabama Natural Death Act, and c. in instances of terminal
illness or injury or permanent unconsciousness, if the authority is implemented in
the manner permitted under the Alabama Natural Death Act. All durable powers of attorney executed
prior to January 1, 2012, shall be effective to the extent specifically provided therein notwithstanding
the provisions of this subsection. The decisions made by the attorney in fact shall be implemented
in accordance with the same procedures set forth in the Alabama Natural Death Act for health
care proxies. (3) Any authority...
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40-26B-26
Section 40-26B-26 Reduction of revenues; reimbursement computations; quality incentive program.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2020-147 IN THE 2020 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 18, 2020.
THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) No revenues resulting from the privilege assessment
established by this article and applied to increases in covered services or reimbursement
levels or other enhancements of the Medicaid program shall be subject to reduction or elimination
while the privilege assessment is in effect. (b) Every nursing facility participating in the
Medicaid program in the State of Alabama shall be reimbursed according to the reimbursement
methodology contained in Chapter 560-X-22 of the Alabama Medicaid Agency Administrative Code
(Supp. 12/31/95) on January 31, 1998, which methodology is incorporated by reference herein,
except that the following shall apply: (1) The ceiling for the operating cost center described
in Title 560-X-22-.06 (2)(a) of the Alabama Medicaid...
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