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27-1-17
Section 27-1-17 Limitation periods for payment of claims; overdue claims; retroactive
denials, adjustments, etc.; penalties. (a) Each insurer, health service corporation, and health
benefit plan that issues or renews any policy of accident or health insurance providing benefits
for medical or hospital expenses for its insured persons shall pay for services rendered by
Alabama health care providers within 45 calendar days upon receipt of a clean written claim
or 30 calendar days upon receipt of a clean electronic claim. If the insurer, health service
corporation, or health benefit plan is denying or pending the claim, the insurer, health service
corporation, or health benefit plan shall, within 45 calendar days for a written claim and
30 calendar days for an electronic claim, notify the health care provider or certificate holder
of the reason for denying or pending the claim and what, if any, additional information is
required to process the claim. Any undisputed portion of the claim...
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27-44-5
Section 27-44-5 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
ACCOUNT. Either of the three accounts created under Section 27-44-6. (2) ASSOCIATION.
The Alabama Life and Disability Insurance Guaranty Association created under Section
27-44-6. (3) AUTHORIZED ASSESSMENT or the term AUTHORIZED when used in the context of assessments.
A resolution by the board of directors has been passed whereby an assessment will be called
immediately or in the future from member insurers for a specified amount. An assessment is
authorized when the resolution is passed. (4) BENEFIT PLAN. A specific employee, union, or
association of natural persons benefit plan. (5) CALLED ASSESSMENT or the term CALLED when
used in the context of assessments. A notice that has been issued by the association to member
insurers requiring that an authorized assessment be paid within the time frame set forth within...
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22-30D-3
Section 22-30D-3 Definitions. Unless otherwise defined in this chapter, the definitions
of terms included in Section 22-30-3 shall be applicable to this chapter. For the purposes
of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ABANDONED DRYCLEANING
FACILITY. Any real property premises or individual leasehold space located in this state owned
by any person in which a drycleaning facility or wholesale distribution facility formerly
operated; provided, however, that any owner or operator or wholesale distributor who shall
have elected not to be covered by the provisions of this chapter shall not be considered a
person owning or leasing such a facility for the purposes of this chapter. (2) ADJACENT LAND
OWNER. Any owner, lessor, or mortgagee of any real property onto which contamination from
a drycleaning facility, abandoned drycleaning facility, or wholesale distribution facility
of any owner or operator or wholesale distributor who shall have elected to be covered...
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27-31B-8
Section 27-31B-8 Formation of captive insurance companies in this state. (a) A pure
captive insurance company or a protected cell captive insurance company shall be formed as
a stock or mutual insurer, or as a nonprofit or limited liability company with its capital
divided into units and held by the stockholders, members, or other equivalent as allowed by
law. (b) An association captive insurance company, an industrial insured captive insurance
company, or a risk retention group may be formed in any of the following ways: (1) Organized
as a stock insurer with its capital divided into share units and held by the stockholders,
members, or other equivalent as allowed by law. (2) Organized as a mutual insurer without
capital stock, the governing body of which is elected by the member organizations of its association.
(3) Organized as a reciprocal insurer in accordance with Chapter 31 of this title. (4) Organized
as a manager-managed limited liability company. (c) A captive insurance...
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34-21-93.1
Section 34-21-93.1 Signature authority for health care forms, etc. (a) When any law
or rule requires a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or endorsement
by a physician, the document shall be deemed to authorize a signature, certification, stamp,
verification, affidavit, or endorsement by a certified registered nurse practitioner or certified
nurse midwife for the items listed in this section. The authority in this section
for a certified registered nurse practitioner and a certified nurse midwife shall be subject
to an active collaboration agreement. This section applies to all of the following:
(1) Certification of disability for patients to receive special access parking or disability
access parking tags or placards. (2) A signature required for any of the following: a. The
following documents that require a complete history and physical examination consistent with
the examining provider's scope of practice and certification: 1. Physicals for bus drivers
in...
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34-13-1
Section 34-13-1 Definitions. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACCREDITED SCHOOL or COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE. A school
or college approved by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service and which maintains a course of
instruction of not less than 48 calendar weeks or four academic quarters or college terms
and which gives a course of instruction in the fundamental subjects including, but not limited
to, the following: a. Mortuary management and administration. b. Legal medicine and toxicology
as it pertains to funeral directing. c. Public health, hygiene, and sanitary science. d. Mortuary
science, to include embalming technique, in all its aspects; chemistry of embalming, color
harmony; discoloration, its causes, effects, and treatment; treatment of special cases; restorative
art; funeral management; and professional ethics. e. Anatomy and physiology. f. Chemistry,
organic and inorganic. g. Pathology. h. Bacteriology. i. Sanitation...
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36-25A-2
Section 36-25A-2 Definitions. As used in and for determining the applicability of this
chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings solely for the purposes of
this chapter: (1) DELIBERATION. An exchange of information or ideas among a quorum of members
of a subcommittee, committee, or full governmental body intended to arrive at or influence
a decision as to how any members of the subcommittee, committee, or full governmental body
should vote on a specific matter that, at the time of the exchange, the participating members
expect to come before the subcommittee, committee, or full body immediately following the
discussion or at a later time. (2) EXECUTIVE SESSION. That portion of a meeting of a subcommittee,
committee, or full governmental body from which the public is excluded for one or more of
the reasons prescribed in Section 36-25A-7(a). (3) GENERAL REPUTATION AND CHARACTER.
Characteristics or actions of a person directly involving good or bad ethical conduct,...
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15-22-1.1
Section 15-22-1.1 Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. Whereas: The Interstate
Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers was established in 1937, it is the
earliest corrections "compact" established among the states and has not been amended
since its adoption over 62 years ago; Whereas: This compact is the only vehicle for the controlled
movement of adult parolees and probationers across state lines, and it currently has jurisdiction
over more than a quarter of a million offenders; Whereas: The complexities of the compact
have become more difficult to administer, and many jurisdictions have expanded supervision
expectations to include currently unregulated practices such as victim input, victim notification
requirements, and sex offender registration; Whereas: After hearings, national surveys, and
a detailed study by a task force appointed by the National Institute of Corrections, the overwhelming
recommendation has been to amend the document to bring about...
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16-5-7
Section 16-5-7 State university and college electronic faculty and student unit record
system; definitions; state coordinating agency; advisory committee; database reports; failure
to comply with requirements. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words
shall have the following meanings: (1) BIOGRAPHICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ELEMENTS. Include,
but are not limited to, student identification number which shall not be the Social Security
number, sex code, race and ethnic identification code, birth date, country of citizenship,
state of geographic origin on entry, matriculation date, and college graduation date. (2)
CURRENT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY DATA ELEMENTS. Include, but are not limited to, student level,
major area code, credit hours enrolled, cumulative credit hours attempted, cumulative credit
hours earned, cumulative grade point average (GPA), state of current legal residence, residency
status, cumulative quality points, veterans' benefits status, housing status, minor/...
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45-8-90
Section 45-8-90 Economic Development Council - Creation; composition; powers and duties.
(a)(1) For the purposes of promoting industry and trade and economic development and to assist
Calhoun County and the municipalities located therein in their pursuits therefor and to provide
for the exercise by the county and the municipalities of certain powers and authority proposed
to be granted to them by an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama, the act proposing such
amendment being adopted at the same session of the Legislature at which the act adding this
section was adopted, there is hereby created an economic development council for Calhoun
County, which council shall constitute a public corporation under the name Calhoun County
Economic Development Council. (2) This section shall be liberally construed in conformity
with the purposes. (b)(1) The powers and authorities of the Calhoun County Economic Development
Council shall be vested in and performed by a board of directors. (2) The...
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