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16-17A-2
Section 16-17A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER. The teaching, research, and clinical
facilities provided, established, or operated by a constitutionally created public university
in the state or a university that operates a school of medicine. (2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation
organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (3) BOARD. The board of directors of
an authority. (4) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of an authority. (5) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
The state, a county, a municipality, or any department, agency, board, or commission of the
state, a county, or a municipality. (6) HEALTH CARE FACILITY. All property or rights in property,
real or personal, tangible or intangible, useful to an authority in its operations, including
without limitation, the following: a. Facilities necessary or desirable to the operation of
an academic medical center, one or more health sciences schools,...
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22-13A-2
Section 22-13A-2 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature finds all of the following:
(1) Osteoporosis, a bone-thinning disease, is a major public health problem that poses a threat
to the health and quality of life to as many as 25 million Americans. (2) The 1.5 million
fractures each year that result from osteoporosis cause pain, disability, immobility and social
isolation, affecting quality of life and threatening the ability of people to live independently.
(3) Because osteoporosis progresses silently and without sensation over many years, and many
cases remain undiagnosed, the first symptom of the disease is often a fracture, typically
of the hip, spine, or wrist. (4) One of two women and one of five men will suffer an osteoporotic
fracture in their lifetime. (5) A woman's risk of hip fracture is equal to her combined risk
of breast, uterine, and ovarian cancer. (6) The annual direct and indirect costs of osteoporosis
to the health care system are estimated to be as high as...
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22-13A-3
Section 22-13A-3 Purposes of chapter. The purposes of this chapter are as follows: (1)
To create and foster a multi-generational, statewide program to promote public awareness and
knowledge about the causes of osteoporosis, personal risk factors, the value of prevention
and early detection, and the options available for treatment. (2) To facilitate and enhance
knowledge and understanding of osteoporosis by disseminating educational materials, information
about research results, services, and strategies for prevention and treatment to patients,
health professionals, and the public. (3) To utilize educational and training resources and
services that have been developed by organizations with appropriate expertise and knowledge
of osteoporosis and to use available technical assistance. (4) To evaluate existing osteoporosis
services in the community and assess the need for improving the quality and accessibility
of community-based services. (5) To provide easy access to clear, complete, and...
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22-52-12.1
Section 22-52-12.1 Designated mental health facilities; standards of care. (a) The department
shall designate certain mental health facilities that shall have the authority to receive
respondents for evaluation, admission, detention, treatment and discharge pursuant to the
provisions of this chapter. (b) The department shall establish standards of care and services
to be rendered by each designated mental health facility and shall certify those facilities
designated to provide evaluation, admission, detention, treatment and discharge. (c) The probate
judges of the State of Alabama may commit respondents, who meet the criteria for involuntary
commitment, to a designated mental health facility. Provided, however, that such designated
mental health facility shall not be required to accept a committed respondent if they are
unable to provide proper services and treatment. (d) The designated mental health facilities
shall have the authority to contract with public or private mental health...
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38-9-4
Section 38-9-4 Arrangements for protective services; liability of department for protective
services; services to conform to wishes of person to be served; duty of department to ascertain
persons in need of care and protection. (a) Protective services may be arranged when an adult
person is in need of care and protection because of danger to his health or safety; provided,
that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to mean that the department is chargeable
for the cost of such care except where such care is specifically provided for by law or departmental
regulations and funding exists for such purpose. All protective services shall be in conformity
with the wishes of the person to be served unless the person is unable or unwilling to accept
such services, and if the person is unable or unwilling to accept such services, the court
may order such services. The department may be required to provide or arrange for services
only for persons it is equipped to serve and agrees to serve....
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41-10-351
Section 41-10-351 Definitions. The following terms hereafter used in this article shall
have the following respective meanings: (1) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant
to the provisions of this article. (2) BONDS. The bonds issued under the provisions of this
article. (3) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Mental Health. (4) DEPARTMENT. The Department
of Mental Health provided for in Chapter 50 of Subtitle 2 of Title 22. (5) DIRECTORS. The
board of directors of the authority. (6) MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES. Any one or more of the
following: hospitals and other facilities of any kind for treatment and care of the mentally
ill and individuals with an intellectual disability; regional or community-based mental health
centers; regional or community-based facilities for treatment and care of the mentally ill
or individuals with an intellectual disability; regional or community-based centers for the
treatment of alcoholism or drug addiction; and improvements to existing state...
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22-11A-19
Section 22-11A-19 Minor 12 years or older may consent to medical treatment for sexually
transmitted disease; medical care provider may inform parent or guardian. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, a minor 12 years of age or older who may have come into contact
with any sexually transmitted disease as designated by the State Board of Health may give
consent to the furnishing of medical care related to the diagnosis or treatment of such disease,
provided a duly licensed practitioner of medicine in Alabama authorizes such diagnosis and
treatment. The consent of the minor shall be as valid and binding as if the minor had achieved
his or her majority, as the case may be. Such consent shall not be voidable nor subject to
later disaffirmance because of minority. The medical provider or facility of whatever description
providing diagnostic procedures or treatment to a minor patient who has come into contact
with any designated sexually transmitted disease, may, but shall not be...
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27-4A-3
Section 27-4A-3 Generally. (a) Subject to the exceptions and exemptions hereinafter
set forth, for the year beginning on January 1, 1995, and for each year thereafter, every
insurer shall pay to the commissioner a premium tax equal to the percentage, as set out in
this subsection, of the premiums received by the insurer for business done in this state,
whether the same was actually received by the insurer in this state or elsewhere: (1) PREMIUM
TAX ON LIFE INSURANCE PREMIUMS. a. Except as hereinafter provided, the rates of taxation on
life insurance premiums shall be those amounts set out in the following schedule: Year Foreign
Insurers Domestic Insurers 1995 2.9 1.3 1996 2.8 1.6 1997 2.7 1.8 1998 2.5 2.1 Every Year
Thereafter 2.3 2.3 b. Individual life insurance policies in a face amount of greater than
$5,000 and up to and including $25,000, excluding group life insurance policies, shall be
taxed at the rate of one percent per annum. c. Individual life insurance policies in a face...
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38-7-7
Section 38-7-7 License to operate or conduct child-care facility - Department to establish
minimum standards for licensing; factors to be considered; children in need of special treatment;
department to offer consultation. (a) The department shall prescribe and publish minimum standards
for licensing and for approving all child-care facilities, as defined in this chapter. In
establishing such standards the department shall seek the advice and assistance of persons
representative of the various types of child-care facilities. The standards prescribed and
published under this chapter shall include regulations pertaining to: (1) The operation and
conduct of the child-care facility and the responsibility it assumes for child care; (2) The
character, suitability and qualifications of the applicant and other persons directly responsible
for the care and welfare of children served; (3) The general financial ability and competence
of the applicant to provide necessary care for children and to...
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14-14-2
Section 14-14-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall
have the following meanings: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections.
(2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Corrections. (3) GERIATRIC INMATE. A person 55 years of
age or older convicted in this state of a non-capital felony offense and sentenced to the
penitentiary, who suffers from a chronic life-threatening infirmity, life-threatening illness,
or chronic debilitating disease related to aging, who poses a low risk to the community, and
who does not constitute a danger to himself or herself or society. (4) PERMANENTLY INCAPACITATED
INMATE. A state inmate who possesses a permanent, irreversible physical or mental health condition
that prevents him or her from being able to perpetrate a violent physical action upon another
person or self or initiate or participate in a criminal act. The medical or mental health
treatment or need for assistance of such individual must require...
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