34-24-405
Section 34-24-405 Annual report. (a) It shall be the duty of the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee to render an annual report to the State Board of Medical Examiners concerning the operations and proceedings of the committee for the preceding year. (b) The committee shall report to the State Board of Medical Examiners any physician or osteopath who in the opinion of the committee is unable to practice medicine or osteopathy with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, narcotics, alcohol, chemicals, or other substances or as a result of any physical or mental condition when it appears that such physician or osteopath is currently in need of intervention, treatment, or rehabilitation, and such physician or osteopath has failed or refused to participate in programs of treatment or rehabilitation recommended by the committee. In any report to the State Board of Medical Examiners made pursuant to the requirements of this...
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34-9-7
Section 34-9-7 Exemption of certain practices and operations. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall apply to the following practices, acts, and operations: (1) The practice of his or her profession by a physician or surgeon holding a certificate of qualification as a medical doctor and licensed as such under the laws of this state, provided he or she shall not practice dentistry as a specialty. (2) The practice of dentistry in the discharge of their official duties by graduate dentists or dental surgeons in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, or other armed services, public health service including, but not limited to, a federally qualified health center authorized and operating under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 254B), provided, however, that such federally qualified health centers shall register pursuant to Section 34-9-7.2 (provided further however, dentists, dental hygienists, and other personnel employed by any public health service which performs...
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36-29-3
Section 36-29-3 Factors to be considered by board in design of health insurance plan. The health insurance plan provided for in this chapter shall be designed by the State Employees' Insurance Board to provide a reasonable relationship between the hospital, surgical, and medical benefits to be included and the expected hospital, surgical, and medical expenses to be incurred by the affected employee and retiree and dependents and to include reasonable controls, which may include, but are not limited to, deductible, copayment, coinsurance, and other cost containment measures to prevent unnecessary utilization of the various hospital, surgical, and medical services available and to provide reasonable assurance of stability in future years for the plan. (Acts 1965, No. 833, p. 1564, §5; Act 2004-647, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 17, §1.)...
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16-25A-12
Section 16-25A-12 Employees may elect not to participate; full state funding; subsequent election to participate. (a) Any board of education, institution, or other employer with employees as defined by Section 16-25A-1, may, upon a majority vote of its employees, elect not to participate in the basic medical plan authorized by the provisions of this article; provided, however, that for any fiscal year ending September 30 the Legislature appropriates the full amount certified pursuant to Section 16-25A-8(b), the board shall declare the plan of insurance coverage to be fully state-funded whereupon all employees of any board of education, institution, or other employer as defined hereinabove shall for that fiscal year and all subsequent fiscal years be declared members of the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan. (b) Any employer electing not to participate in the basic medical plan shall certify to the board the names of their employees otherwise electing hospital/medical...
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22-6-4.1
Section 22-6-4.1 Copayments by persons receiving medical services from physicians or other medical practitioners under program. (a) Medicaid eligible persons shall pay a $2.00 copayment for medical services provided by a physician or other medical practitioner under the Medicaid Program. (b) The $2.00 copayment shall be collected by the provider of services and credited against the Medicaid payment to the provider for the service. (c) Medical services shall include any services covered by the Medicaid Program and rendered by a physician or other medical practitioner. (d) The provisions of this section shall not be effective if they are found by a court of competent jurisdiction to contravene federal laws or federal regulations applicable to the Medicaid Program. (Acts 1980, No. 80-126, p. 189.)...
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27-1-11
Section 27-1-11 Dentists and dental hygienists as "physicians" under health or accident insurance policies. Whenever the terms "physician" and/or "doctor" are used in any policy of health or accident insurance issued in this state or in any contract for the provision of health care, services, or benefits issued by any health, medical or other service corporation existing under, and by virtue of any laws of this state, said terms shall include within their meaning those persons licensed under and in accordance with Chapter 9 of Title 34 in respect to any care, services, procedures, or benefits covered by said policy of insurance or health care contract which the said persons are licensed to perform, any provisions in any such policy of insurance or health care contract to the contrary notwithstanding. This section shall be applicable to all policies in this state, regardless of date of issue, on October 10, 1975. (Acts 1975, No. 1241, p. 2607, §1.)...
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27-20A-2
Section 27-20A-2 Chapter applicable to group, etc., policies. No group, blanket, franchise, or association health insurance policy providing coverage on an expense incurred basis, nor group, blanket, franchise, or association service or indemnity type contract issued by a nonprofit corporation, nor group-type self insurance plan providing protection, insurance, or indemnity against hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, nor health maintenance organization plan shall be issued, delivered, executed, or renewed in this state, or approved for issuance or renewal in this state by the Commissioner of Insurance after 90 days beyond the effective date of this chapter, unless such policy, contract, or plan, at the option of the policyholder or sponsor, provides benefits to any insured, subscriber, or other person covered under the policy, contract, or plan for expenses incurred in connection with the treatment of alcoholism when such treatment is prescribed by a duly licensed doctor of...
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27-30-1
Section 27-30-1 "Mutual aid association" defined. For the purposes of this title, a "mutual aid association," whether otherwise known as a "benefit" or "industrial" company or by whatever other name called, is a corporation whose business is limited to the provision of any of the following payments, aid, or benefits under certificates, policies, or agreements issued to or made with members or policyholders and which payments, aid, or benefits are derived from donations, fees, dues, assessments, or premiums: (1) Upon the birth of any child, or marriage, or sickness, or physical disability of the policyholder or member, or of his dependent, to pay money or render aid; (2) The provision of dental, medical, or surgical attention, or hospital service or attention of any kind as to the member or policyholder or to his dependents; or (3) Upon death of the policyholder or member or of his dependent, to pay money or render aid, including burial benefits or the furnishing of a complete funeral...
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30-3-70
Section 30-3-70 Employers not to discharge or refuse to hire person due to withholding order. No employer shall discharge an employee or refuse to hire a person because of the entry of an order of withholding or service of the same under this article. Any employer who violates this section may be held to be in contempt of court. (Acts 1984, No. 84-445, p. 1035, §11.)...
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32-2-10
Section 32-2-10 Insurance for employees. The state Department of Public Safety is authorized, subject to approval by the Governor, to insure its employees in some insurance company or companies authorized to do business in the State of Alabama against personal injury or death caused by accident or violence while discharging their duties as such employees; provided, the amount of insurance to be procured as to any such employee shall not exceed the amount which would be payable to such employee under the workmen's compensation laws of the State of Alabama if such employee were privately employed; except, that such policy may provide additional benefits not to exceed $10,000.00 per employee for the payment of hospital and medical expenses. The cost of such insurance shall be paid by the state Department of Public Safety out of any funds appropriated to its use in manner provided by law. (Acts 1943, No. 388, p. 606; Acts 1953, No. 722, p. 976.)...
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