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41-18-1
Section 41-18-1 Text. Article I. Findings and Purposes. (a) The party states find that
the South has a sense of community based on common social, cultural and economic needs and
fostered by a regional tradition. There are vast potentialities for mutual improvement of
each state in the region by cooperative planning for the development, conservation and efficient
utilization of human and natural resources in a geographic area large enough to afford a high
degree of flexibility in identifying and taking maximum advantage of opportunities for healthy
and beneficial growth. The independence of each state and the special needs of subregions
are recognized and are to be safeguarded. Accordingly, the cooperation resulting from this
agreement is intended to assist the states in meeting their own problems by enhancing their
abilities to recognize and analyze regional opportunities and take account of regional influences
in planning and implementing their public policies. (b) The purposes of...
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34-34A-3
Section 34-34A-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) BOARD. Board of Examiners for Dietetics/Nutrition Practice. (2) COMMISSION ON DIETETIC
REGISTRATION (CDR). Commission on Dietetic Registration that is a member of the National Commission
for Health Certifying Agencies. (3) DEGREE. A baccalaureate or higher degree from a college
or university accredited by the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges or other regional
accreditation agency recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation and the United
States Department of Education. (4) REGISTERED DIETITIAN. A person registered by the Commission
on Dietetic Registration (also defined under Section 34-34-1). (5) LICENSED DIETITIAN/NUTRITIONIST.
A person licensed under this chapter. (6) TEMPORARILY LICENSED DIETITIAN/NUTRITIONIST. A person
temporarily licensed under this chapter. (7) DIETETICS/...
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27-1-16
Section 27-1-16 Standard health insurance claim form; electronic claims form; various
claim forms. (a)(1) The Commissioner of the Department of Insurance shall prescribe a standard
health insurance claim form to be used by all hospitals. The forms shall be prescribed in
a format which allows for the use of generally accepted diagnosis and treatment coding systems
by providers of health care and payors. The standard form shall be accepted and used by all
insurers doing business in the State of Alabama and by all state agencies which pay providers
of health care for hospital services. (2) The Commissioner of the Department of Insurance
shall also prescribe a format for all health insurance claims transmitted or submitted for
payment by electronic or electro-mechanical means. Such a format shall be used by all insurers
doing business in the State of Alabama and by all state agencies which pay providers of health
care for hospital services. (b) An advisory committee of five persons, two...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove
barriers to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent
moves and deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children
of military families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty
in the transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in
entrance/age requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children
of military families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling,
sequencing, grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility
for enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic,
and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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16-5-10
Section 16-5-10 Additional powers and duties of commission. The commission shall exercise
the following powers and duties in addition to those otherwise specified in this article:
(1) To cause to be made such surveys and evaluations of higher education as are believed necessary
for the purpose of providing appropriate information to carry out its powers and duties. (2)
To recommend to the Legislature of Alabama the enactment of such legislation as it deems necessary
or desirable to insure the highest quality of higher education in this state taking into consideration
the orderly development and maintenance of the state system of public higher education to
meet trends in population and the change in social and technical requirements of the economy.
(3) To advise and counsel the Governor, at his request, regarding any area of, or matter pertaining
to, postsecondary education. (4) To establish definitions of a junior college, a community
college, a technical college or institute, a senior...
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22-21-265
Section 22-21-265 Certificates of need - Required for new institutional health service.
(a) On or after July 30, 1979, no person to which this article applies shall acquire, construct,
or operate a new institutional health service, as defined in this article, or furnish or offer,
or purport to furnish a new institutional health service, as defined in this article, or make
an arrangement or commitment for financing the offering of a new institutional health service,
unless the person shall first obtain from the SHPDA a certificate of need therefor. Notwithstanding
any provisions of this article to the contrary, those facilities and distinct units operated
by the Department of Mental Health, and those facilities and distinct units operating under
contract or subcontract with the Department of Mental Health where the contract constitutes
the primary source of income to the facility, shall not be required to obtain a certificate
of need under this article. (b) Notwithstanding all other...
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36-25-1
Section 36-25-1 Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, the following words and
terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BUSINESS. Any corporation, partnership, proprietorship,
firm, enterprise, franchise, association, organization, self-employed individual, or any other
legal entity. (2) BUSINESS WITH WHICH THE PERSON IS ASSOCIATED. Any business of which the
person or a member of his or her family is an officer, owner, partner, board of director member,
employee, or holder of more than five percent of the fair market value of the business. (3)
CANDIDATE. This term as used in this chapter shall have the same meaning ascribed to it in
Section 17-5-2. (4) COMMISSION. The State Ethics Commission. (5) COMPLAINT. Written
allegation or allegations that a violation of this chapter has occurred. (6) COMPLAINANT.
A person who alleges a violation or violations of this chapter by filing a complaint against
a respondent. (7) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. A complaint filed pursuant to this...
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22-21-260
Section 22-21-260 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and terms,
and the plurals thereof, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section,
unless otherwise required by their respective context: (1) ACQUISITION. Obtaining the legal
equitable title to a freehold or leasehold estate or otherwise obtaining the substantial benefit
of such titles or estates, whether by purchase, lease, loan or suffrage, gift, devise, legacy,
settlement of a trust or means whatever, and shall include any act of acquisition. The term
"acquisition" shall not mean or include any conveyance, or creation of any lien
or security interest by mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or similar financing
instrument, nor shall it mean or include any transfer of title or rights as a result of the
foreclosure, or conveyance or transfer in lieu of the foreclosure, of any such mortgage, deed
of trust, security agreement, or similar financing instrument, nor shall it mean or include
any...
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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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27-60-2
Section 27-60-2 Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact. The State of Alabama
hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Interstate Insurance Product
Regulation Compact: ARTICLE I. PURPOSES. The purposes of this compact are, through means of
joint and cooperative action among the compacting states: 1. To promote and protect the interest
of consumers of individual and group annuity, life insurance, disability income, and long-term
care insurance products; 2. To develop uniform standards for insurance products covered under
the compact; 3. To establish a central clearinghouse to receive and provide prompt review
of insurance products covered under the compact and, in certain cases, advertisements related
thereto, submitted by insurers authorized to do business in one or more compacting states;
4. To give appropriate regulatory approval to those product filings and advertisements satisfying
the applicable uniform standard; 5. To improve coordination of...
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