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29-2-106
Section 29-2-106 State Case Registry of Children in State Care. (a) The Department of Human
Resources, the Department of Mental Health, and the Department of Youth Services shall create
a joint project team to develop a requirements analysis and conceptual design for maintaining
a central repository of case information within 12 months of May 6, 1998, which shall be known
as the State Case Registry of Children in State Care and shall contain records with respect
to the following: (1) The number of children in state care. (2) The amount of funds expended
by federal, state, and local governments for maintenance payments on behalf of children in
state care. (3) The amount of funds expended by federal, state, and local governments for
payments on behalf of each child in state care and their natural parents or guardians. (4)
The types of services being offered to parents and their children in order to keep the family
together. (5) The number of children in foster care eligible for adoption,...
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22-52-90
Section 22-52-90 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings: (1) DESIGNATED MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. A mental health facility
other than a state mental health facility designated by the state Department of Mental Health
to receive persons for evaluation, examination, admission, detention, or treatment pursuant
to the commitment process. (2) COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER. A person who acts as a liaison
between law enforcement and the general public, and who is regularly employed by a municipality
within the county or regularly employed by the county commission or any public body or agency,
including the state Department of Mental Health. A community mental health officer may be
employed jointly or in combination by two or more governments, entities, or agencies authorized
by the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a community mental health
officer shall not be an employee of the Department of Human...
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38-15-3
Section 38-15-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) CHILD. A person under the age of 18 years. (2) COMMUNITY TREATMENT
FACILITY FOR YOUTHS. A religious, faith-based, or church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for
profit youth residential facility that provides mental health treatment services to children
in a group setting and that has the capacity to provide secure containment. (3) DEPARTMENT.
The State Department of Human Resources. (4) DIRECTOR. The Director of the State Department
of Human Resources. (5) LONG TERM YOUTH RESIDENTIAL FACILITY. A religious, faith-based, or
church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for profit long term residential facility, group care
facility, or similar facility as determined by the director, providing 24-hour nonmedical
care of youth in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining
the activities of daily living or for the protection of the child and...
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26-10A-2
Section 26-10A-2 Definitions. The following words and phrases shall have the following meaning
whenever used in this chapter except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) ABANDONMENT. A voluntary and intentional relinquishment of the custody of a minor by parent,
or a withholding from the minor, without good cause or excuse, by the parent, of his or her
presence, care, love, protection, maintenance, or the opportunity for the display of filial
affection, or the failure to claim the rights of a parent, or the failure to perform the duties
of a parent. (2) ADOPTEE. The person being adopted. (3) ADULT. A person who is 19 years of
age or older or who by statute is otherwise deemed an adult. (4) CONSENT. Voluntarily agreeing
to adoption. (5) FATHER. A male person who is the biological father of the minor or is treated
by law as the father. (6) LICENSED CHILD PLACING AGENCY. Any adoption agency that is licensed
under the provisions of the Alabama Child Care Act of 1971...
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22-30-16
Section 22-30-16 Responsibilities of hazardous waste storage and treatment facility and hazardous
waste disposal site operators. (a) The department, acting through the commission, is authorized
to promulgate rules and regulations establishing such standards, applicable to owners and
operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facilities as may be necessary
to protect human health or the environment. In establishing such standards, the department
may, where appropriate, distinguish in such standards between requirements appropriate for
new facilities and for facilities in existence on the date of promulgation of such regulations.
Such standards shall include but not be limited to the following: (1) Unless exempted from
regulation by this chapter or rules promulgated under authority of this chapter, obtaining
a permit from the department or interim status for each treatment, storage or disposal facility;
(2) Assuring that all hazardous wastes are stored, treated or...
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38-7-2
Section 38-7-2 Definitions. Terms used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
have the meanings ascribed to them in this section. When not inconsistent with the context,
words used in the present tense include the future, words in the singular number include the
plural number, and words in the plural number include the singular number, and the word "shall"
is always mandatory and not merely directory: (1) CHILD. Any person under 19 years of age,
a person under the continuing jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 12-15-117,
or a person under 21 years of age in foster care as defined by the Department of Human Resources.
(2) CHILD-CARE INSTITUTION or INSTITUTION FOR CHILD CARE. A child-care facility where more
than 10 children are received and maintained for the purpose of providing them with care or
training or both, or transitional living program services, but does not include: a. Any institution
for child care which is under the ownership or control,...
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38-9-8
Section 38-9-8 Reports by physicians, etc., of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, neglect,
or exploitation - Required; contents; investigation. (a) All physicians and other practitioners
of the healing arts or any caregiver having reasonable cause to believe that any protected
person has been subjected to physical abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional
abuse shall report or cause a report to be made as follows: (1) An oral report, by telephone
or otherwise, shall be made immediately, followed by a written report, to the county department
of human resources or to the chief of police of the city or city and county, or to the sheriff
of the county if the observation is made in an unincorporated territory, except that reports
of a nursing home employee who abuses, neglects, or misappropriates the property of a nursing
home resident shall be made to the Department of Public Health. The requirements to report
suspicion of suspected abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of...
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12-15-133
Section 12-15-133 Filing and inspection of records. (a) The following records, reports, and
information acquired or generated in juvenile courts concerning children shall be confidential
and shall not be released to any person, department, agency, or entity, except as provided
elsewhere in this section: (1) Juvenile legal files (including formal documents as petitions,
notices, motions, legal memoranda, orders, and decrees). (2) Social records, including but
not limited to: a. Records of juvenile probation officers. b. Records of the Department of
Human Resources. c. Records of the Department of Youth Services. d. Medical records. e. Psychiatric
or psychological records. f. Reports of preliminary inquiries and predisposition studies.
g. Supervision records. h. Birth certificates. i. Individualized service plans. j. Education
records, including, but not limited to, individualized education plans. k. Detention records.
l. Demographic information that identifies a child or the family of a...
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38-9-2
Section 38-9-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ABUSE. The infliction of physical pain, injury, or the willful
deprivation by a caregiver or other person of services necessary to maintain mental and physical
health. (2) ADULT IN NEED OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES. A person 18 years of age or older whose
behavior indicates that he or she is mentally incapable of adequately caring for himself or
herself and his or her interests without serious consequences to himself or herself or others,
or who, because of physical or mental impairment, is unable to protect himself or herself
from abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional abuse by others, and who has
no guardian, relative, or other appropriate person able, willing, and available to assume
the kind and degree of protection and supervision required under the circumstances. (3) CAREGIVER.
An individual who has the responsibility for the care of a protected...
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12-15-502
Section 12-15-502 Referral of multiple needs child case to county team. After the filing of
a petition alleging that a child is delinquent, dependent, or in need of supervision, or after
the filing of a petition seeking mental commitment of a minor or child pursuant to Article
4, the juvenile court, on its own motion or motion of a party, may refer the above-referenced
child to the county team for recommendation if the petition alleged or evidence reveals to
the juvenile court that the child may be a multiple needs child. If the case involves a child
in need of supervision, or a status offender as defined in subdivision (4) of Section 12-15-201,
who is at imminent risk of being placed in the legal or physical custody of the Department
of Human Resources, the juvenile court shall refer the case to the county team. This referral
may occur prior to any hearing, or the juvenile court may suspend proceedings during the hearing
or prior to disposition to review the findings and...
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