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22-21B-4
Section 22-21B-4 Participation in a health care service that violates the conscience of health
care provider; written objection; liability. (a) A health care provider has the right not
to participate, and no health care provider shall be required to participate, in a health
care service that violates his or her conscience when the health care provider has objected
in writing prior to being asked to provide such health care services. (b) When objecting in
writing in accordance with this chapter, no health care provider shall be civilly, criminally,
or administratively liable for declining to participate in a health care service that violates
his or her conscience except when failure to do so would immediately endanger the life of
a patient. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person, health care provider, health care institution,
public or private institution, public official, or any board which certifies competency in
medical or health care specialties to discriminate against any health...
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25-5-11
Section 25-5-11 Actions against third parties jointly liable with employers for injuries or
death; actions for injury or death resulting from willful conduct; attorney's fees in settlements
with third parties. (a) If the injury or death for which compensation is payable under Articles
3 or 4 of this chapter was caused under circumstances also creating a legal liability for
damages on the part of any party other than the employer, whether or not the party is subject
to this chapter, the employee, or his or her dependents in case of death, may proceed against
the employer to recover compensation under this chapter or may agree with the employer upon
the compensation payable under this chapter, and at the same time, may bring an action against
the other party to recover damages for the injury or death, and the amount of the damages
shall be ascertained and determined without regard to this chapter. If a party, other than
the employer, is a workers' compensation insurance carrier of the...
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25-5-50
Section 25-5-50 Applicability; exemptions; coverage for school boards, volunteer fire departments,
and rescue squads; sports officials. (a) This article and Article 2 of this chapter shall
not be construed or held to apply to an employer of a domestic employee; an employer of a
farm laborer; an employer of a person whose employment at the time of the injury is casual
and not in the usual course of the trade, business, profession, or occupation of the employer;
an employer who regularly employs less than five employees in any one business, other than
the business of constructing or assisting on-site in the construction of new single-family,
detached residential dwellings; or a municipality having a population of less than 2,000 according
to the most recent federal decennial census. An employer who regularly employs less than five
employees in any one business; a farm-labor employer; an employer of a domestic employee;
or a municipality having a population of less than 2,000 according to...
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27-21A-13
Section 27-21A-13 Prohibited practices. (a) No health maintenance organization, or representative
thereof, may cause or knowingly permit the use of advertising which is untrue or misleading,
solicitation which is untrue or misleading, or any form or evidence of coverage which is deceptive.
For purposes of this chapter: (1) A statement or item of information shall be deemed to be
untrue if it does not conform to fact in any respect which is or may be significant to an
enrollee of, or person considering enrollment with a health maintenance organization; (2)
A statement or item of information shall be deemed to be misleading, whether or not it may
be literally untrue, if, in the total context in which such statement is made or such item
of information is communicated, such statement or item of information may be reasonably understood
by a reasonable person, not possessing special knowledge regarding health care coverage, as
indicating any benefit or advantage or the absence of any...
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8-7A-6
Section 8-7A-6 Application for license. (a) A person applying for a license under this chapter
shall do so in a form and in a medium prescribed by the commission. The application shall
contain all of the following information: (1) The legal name, the residential address of the
applicant if the applicant is an individual, the business addresses of the applicant, and
any fictitious or trade name used by the applicant in conducting its business. (2) A list
of any criminal convictions of the applicant and any material litigation in which the applicant
has been involved in the 10-year period preceding the submission of the application. (3) A
description of any money transmission services previously provided by the applicant. (4) A
list of the proposed authorized delegates of the applicant and the locations in this state
where the applicant and its authorized delegates propose to engage in money transmission services.
(5) A list of other states in which the applicant is licensed to engage in...
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25-8-59
Section 25-8-59 Penalties; notice of violation and opportunity to show cause; hearing. (a)
Any employer who violates this chapter, or who fails or refuses to obey within a reasonable
time any lawful order or direction given by the state officials charged with the enforcement
of this chapter, and any parent, guardian, or custodian who suffers or permits a person under
his or her care or control who is under 19 years of age to work in violation of this chapter,
shall be subject to civil penalties in addition to other penalties provided in this chapter.
(b) The department may impose a civil penalty of three hundred dollars ($300) upon the following
determination: An employer has violated a statutory provision of Section 25-8-35(17), 25-8-36,
25-8-37, 25-8-38, 25-8-39, 25-8-40, 25-8-41, 25-8-44(a), 25-8-44(b), 25-8-45, 25-8-54, 25-8-57,
25-8-60, or 25-8-61. (c) The department may impose a civil penalty of one thousand dollars
($1,000) to five thousand dollars ($5,000) upon the following...
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8-19A-9
Section 8-19A-9 License renewal. (a) Each person licensed under this chapter shall renew his
or her license annually by paying the fee for licensing and submitting to the division the
application required by this chapter. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c),
if any material change in the information submitted for licensing occurs before the date for
renewal, a licensee shall submit that information to the division in the manner prescribed
by the division, along with a fee in the amount of ten dollars ($10). (c) If any change is
made to any script, outline, presentation, sales information, or literature used by a licensee
in connection with any solicitation, the new or revised material shall be submitted by the
licensee to the division within 10 days of the change. (d) If any licensee has a change of
address or status required to be disclosed pursuant to Sections 8-19A-5 to 8-19A-7, inclusive,
notification shall be made to the division in writing within 10 days of the...
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16-22A-10
Section 16-22A-10 Confidentiality of information. (a)(1) Any criminal history background information
reports received by the State Department of Education from the Department of Public Safety
shall be confidential, conspicuously marked as confidential, and not further disclosed or
made available for public inspection. (2) Any criminal history background information report
received by a local employing board from the State Department of Education shall be confidential,
conspicuously marked as confidential, and not further disclosed or made available for public
inspection. (b) All criminal history background information reports are specifically excluded
from any requirement of public disclosure as a public record as the Legislature finds these
documents to be sensitive personnel records. (c) Transmittal of any criminal history background
information at any time shall be accomplished in a nontransparent package, sealed, and marked
confidential with instructions to be opened only by the...
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25-4-134
Section 25-4-134 Procedures for collection of delinquent contribution payments. (a) Generally.
The contributions, interest, and penalties required to be paid under this chapter shall be
a first and prior lien upon all property and rights to property, real or personal, of any
employer subject to this chapter. The lien shall arise at the time the contribution report,
or the payment of the contributions, as the case may be, was due to have been filed with or
made to the Department of Labor. The secretary may file in the office of the judge of probate
of any county in this state a certificate which shall show the name of the department for
which it is filed, the amount and nature of the contributions, interest, and penalties for
which a lien is claimed together with any costs that may have accrued, the name of the employer
against whose property a lien for such contributions, interest, and penalties is claimed and
the date thereof. An error in the certificate of the amount shall not...
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25-5-290
Section 25-5-290 Ombudsman program, creation; purpose; members; notification of service; benefit
review conferences. (a) The Department of Industrial Relations shall establish an Ombudsman
Program to assist injured or disabled employees, persons claiming death benefits, employers,
and other persons in protecting their rights and obtaining information available under the
Workers' Compensation Law. (b) Providing that the employer and the employee agree to participate
in the benefit review conference, the ombudsmen shall meet with or otherwise provide information
to injured or disabled employees, investigate complaints, and communicate with employers,
insurance carriers, and health care providers on behalf of injured or disabled employees.
(c) Ombudsmen shall be Merit System employees and demonstrate familiarity with the Workers'
Compensation Law. An ombudsman shall not be an advocate for any person who shall assist a
claimant, employer, or other person in any proceeding beyond the...
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