22-8B-2
Section 22-8B-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) In almost every state, it is a crime to assist a suicide. These bans are long-standing expressions of the commitment of the states to protect and preserve all human life. (2) The state has an interest in protecting vulnerable groups, including the impoverished, the elderly, and disabled persons from abuse, neglect, and mistakes. A ban on assisted suicide reflects and reinforces our belief that the lives of those in vulnerable groups are no less valued than the lives of the young and healthy. (3) The state has an interest in protecting the integrity and ethics of the medical profession, including its obligation to serve its patients as healers and adhere to the principles articulated in the Hippocratic Oath. (4) The state recognizes the close link between physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia where a right to die can easily become a duty to die. A prohibition against assisted suicide is the only...
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22-18-50
or procedures related to specific employees or other matters related to the Commission's internal personnel practices and procedures; c. Current, threatened, or reasonably anticipated litigation; d. Negotiation of contracts for the purchase or sale of goods, services, or real estate; e. Accusing any person of a crime or formally censuring any person; f. Disclosure of trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential; g. Disclosure of information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy; h. Disclosure of investigatory records compiled for law enforcement purposes; i. Disclosure of information related to any investigatory reports prepared by or on behalf of or for use of the Commission or other committee charged with responsibility of investigation or determination of compliance issues pursuant to the Compact; or j. Matters specifically exempted from disclosure by federal or member...
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22-8B-3
employee, researcher, medical or nursing school faculty member, student, or employee, counselor, social worker, or any professional, paraprofessional, or any other person who furnishes or assists in the furnishing of health care services. (5) LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT. Any medical treatment, procedure, or intervention that, in the judgment of the attending physician, when applied to the patient, would serve only to prolong the dying process where the patient has a terminal illness or injury, or would serve only to maintain the patient in a condition of permanent unconsciousness. These procedures include, but are not limited to, assisted ventilation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, renal dialysis, surgical procedures, blood transfusions, and the administration of drugs and antibiotics. Life-sustaining treatment does not include the administration of medication or the performance of any medical treatment where, in the opinion of the attending physician, the medication or treatment...
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20-2-301
Section 20-2-301 Medication assisted treatment. (a)(1) For all patients receiving medication assisted treatment, adequate billing records shall be maintained, in any format, for all patient visits. Billing records shall be maintained for a period of three years from the date of the patient's last treatment. Billing records shall be made for all methods of payment. Billing records shall include, but not be limited to, information detailing all of the following: a. The amount paid for services. b. Method of payment. c. Date of the delivery of services. d. Date of payment. e. Description of services. (2) Records of all bank deposits of cash payments for medication assisted treatment shall be maintained, in any format, for a period of three years. (b) By January 1, 2020, the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners, in consultation with the Public Health Officer of the Department of Public Health and the Alabama Department of Mental Health shall adopt rules under the Alabama Administrative...
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20-3-3
shall be destroyed. (d) A licensed nursing home, hospital, specialty care assisted living facility, assisted living facility, or hospice care program, or an owner, operator, employee, or agent of a licensee, shall not be liable for civil damages or for any criminal liability as a result of any acts or omissions in transferring any drugs pursuant to this section unless the act or omission was the result of willful misconduct. (e) No pharmaceutical manufacturer shall be liable for any claim or injury arising due to a transfer of any legend drug pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, liability for failure to transfer or communicate product or consumer information or the expiration date regarding the transferred drug. (f) The State Board of Health may make rules and regulations to carry out the provisions and purposes of this section. (g) All legend drugs distributed under the authority of this chapter shall be dispensed to a patient, resident, or other user only on the...
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31-9-40
the exchange of medical, fire, police, reconnaissance, welfare, transportation and communications personnel, and equipment and supplies. Article VIII - Compensation. Each party shall provide for the payment of compensation and death benefits to injured members of the emergency forces of that state and representatives of deceased members of the forces in case members sustain injuries or are killed while rendering aid pursuant to this compact, in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death were sustained within their own state. Article IX - Reimbursement. Any party state rendering aid in another state pursuant to this compact shall be reimbursed by the party state receiving the aid for any loss or damage to or expense incurred in the operation of any equipment and the provision of any service in answering a request for aid and for the costs incurred in connection with such requests. Any aiding party state may assume in whole or in part loss, damage, expense, or other...
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25-4-10
situations); (v) In a position which, under or pursuant to the laws of this state or of an Indian tribe, is designated as a major nontenured policymaking or advisory position or a policymaking or advisory position the performance of the duties of which ordinarily does not require more than 8 hours per week; or d. In a facility conducted for the purpose of carrying out a program of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury or providing remunerative work for individuals who because of their impaired physical or mental capacity cannot be readily absorbed in the competitive labor market by an individual receiving such rehabilitation or remunerative work; provided however, if an individual's employment is otherwise characterized as employment under subsection (a) and the individual is performing work under the Javits Wagner O'Day Act or a similar set-aside program under the laws of the United States, the...
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34-24-504
Section 34-24-504 Patient medical records. Any licensee licensed under the provision of this article shall comply with all laws, rules, and regulations governing the maintenance of patient medical records, including patient confidentially requirements, regardless of the state where the medical records of any patient within this state are maintained. (Acts 1997, No. 97-166, p. 238, §5.)...
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20-3-2
Section 20-3-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY. An institution or facility licensed as an assisted living facility under regulations of the State Board of Health. (2) CHARITABLE CLINIC. The term includes an established free medical clinic as defined in subdivision (1) of Section 6-5-662 and any community health center provided for under the federal Public Health Service Law. (3) CHARITABLE PATIENT. For purposes of this chapter, the term shall not include patients who are eligible to receive drugs under the Alabama Medicaid Program or under any other prescription drug program funded in whole or in part by the state. (4) DRUGS. All medicinal substances and preparations recognized by the United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary, or any revision thereof, and all substances and preparations intended for external and internal use in the cure, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of...
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26-23E-6
Section 26-23E-6 Patient care. All patient care in an abortion or reproductive health center must be rendered in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, State Board of Health rules, State Board of Medical Examiners rules, and current standards of care, including all professional standards of practice. (Act 2013-79, p. 165, §6.)...
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