22-21-50
Section 22-21-50 Proceedings to establish. (a) Any one or more local governing bodies located in the same or contiguous counties, within a zone determined by the State Board of Health as a zone for public hospitals, may act to establish a hospital association, a body corporate and politic. Before taking action to establish a hospital association, each local governing body involved shall give notice of the time, place and purpose of a public hearing at which all residents and taxpayers of the local political subdivision shall be given an opportunity to be heard. Such notice by the local governing body shall be given by publishing or posting a notice at least 10 days preceding the day on which the hearing is to be held. In determining whether a hospital association shall be established, the need for additional hospital beds in the areas affected shall be determined. After such a hearing, the local governing body shall determine whether to establish a hospital association, and if it is...
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15-23-60
initial consideration of pre-discretionary leave, passes, and furloughs. (5) COURT. All state courts including juvenile courts. (6) CRIME VICTIM ADVOCATE. A person who is employed or authorized by a public entity or a private entity that receives public funding primarily to provide counseling, treatment, or other supportive assistance to crime victims. (7) CRIMINAL OFFENSE. Conduct that gives a law enforcement officer or prosecutor probable cause to believe that a felony involving physical injury, the threat of physical injury, or a sexual offense, or any offense involving spousal abuse or domestic violence has been committed. (8) CRIMINAL PROCEEDING. A hearing, argument, or other matter scheduled by and held before a trial court but does not include a lineup, grand jury proceeding, or other matter not held in the presence of the court. (9) CUSTODIAL AGENCY. A municipal or county jail, the State Department of Corrections, juvenile detention facility, Department of Youth Services, the...
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22-8A-3
by the law of this state to administer or provide health care in the ordinary course of business or in the practice of a profession. (9) HEALTH CARE PROXY. Any person designated to act on behalf of an individual pursuant to Section 22-8A-4. (10) 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 shall 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 shall not include the administration of medication or the performance of any medical treatment where, in the opinion of the attending physician, the medication or...
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36-15-1
of a municipality or county or officer or governing body of any other elected or appointed body shall submit with the request for an opinion a resolution adopted by the governing body setting forth the facts showing the nature and character of the question which makes the advice or opinion sought necessary to the present performance of some official act that the officer or governing body must perform. d. An officer or governing body shall not submit to the Attorney General moot, private, or personal questions in which the state, county, or public is not materially or primarily interested or questions that are subject to ongoing litigation. Any officer shall submit, with the request for an opinion, a writing setting forth the facts showing the nature and character of the question which makes the advice sought necessary to present performance of some official act that the officer must perform. (2) He or she shall attend, on the part of the state, to all criminal cases pending in the...
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36-25-1
person is associated in a manner different from the manner it affects the other members of the class to which he or she belongs. A conflict of interest shall not include any of the following: a. A loan or financial transaction made or conducted in the ordinary course of business. b. An occasional nonpecuniary award publicly presented by an organization for performance of public service. c. Payment of or reimbursement for actual and necessary expenditures for travel and subsistence for the personal attendance of a public official or public employee at a convention or other meeting at which he or she is scheduled to meaningfully participate in connection with his or her official duties and for which attendance no reimbursement is made by the state. d. Any campaign contribution, including the purchase of tickets to, or advertisements in journals, for political or testimonial dinners, if the contribution is actually used for political purposes and is not given under circumstances from...
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22-19-181
Section 22-19-181 Cooperation between coroner, medical examiner, and procurement organization. (a) A coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or local public health official or a designee shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education when it has been determined that the recovery will not interfere with a death investigation. The organ procurement organization, tissue bank, and eye bank will make every reasonable effort to seek approval and release from the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or designee prior to proceeding with consent approaches to the authorized parties as described in this article. The request for release process will begin with the coroner or designee, who may defer to the medical examiner or designee, who may subsequently defer to the district attorney or designee. At the time of coroner or medical examiner or district...
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22-21-260
Section 22-21-260 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and terms, and the plurals thereof, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, unless otherwise required by their respective context: (1) ACQUISITION. Obtaining the legal equitable title to a freehold or leasehold estate or otherwise obtaining the substantial benefit of such titles or estates, whether by purchase, lease, loan or suffrage, gift, devise, legacy, settlement of a trust or means whatever, and shall include any act of acquisition. The term "acquisition" shall not mean or include any conveyance, or creation of any lien or security interest by mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or similar financing instrument, nor shall it mean or include any transfer of title or rights as a result of the foreclosure, or conveyance or transfer in lieu of the foreclosure, of any such mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or similar financing instrument, nor shall it mean or include any...
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38-9-6
arrangement where appropriate. (e) Any record of the department or other agency pertaining to such a person shall not be open for public inspection. Information in a record shall not be disclosed publicly in such a manner as to identify individuals, but may be made available on application for cause to persons approved by the commissioner of the department or by the court. (f) Placement may be made in an appropriate alternative living arrangement such as a licensed nursing home, licensed personal care facility, or approved foster care home. No person shall be committed to a mental health facility under this chapter. A court may enter orders granting the department additional time to locate an appropriate licensed facility in which to place a person living in an unlicensed facility. (g) If the person is eligible for the adult services program of the department, usual department policies shall be followed in regard to fees or payments, or both. If the person's income or resources, or...
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45-37-123.01
RETIREMENT BENEFIT. A benefit payable pursuant to the terms of subsection (a) of Section 45-37-123.100. (52) SYSTEM or PLAN. The General Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County, which system or plan may sue or be sued, and in such name all of its business shall be transacted. (53) SPOUSE. The legal wife or husband of a member as determined in accordance with federal law. (54) TOTAL DISABILITY. A permanent physical or mental condition of a member resulting from bodily injury, disease, or mental disorder which renders such member incapable of continuing usual and customary employment with the county. The disability of a member shall be determined by a licensed medical advisor. (55) TRUSTEE. The pension board or the person or entity appointed by the pension board and named as trustee herein or in any separate trust forming a part of the plan, and any successors. (56) TRUST FUND. The tax-qualified trust in which certain plan funds are held, disbursed, transferred,...
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45-49-252
Section 45-49-252 Definitions. The following words, phases, or terms as used in this part, unless the context indicates otherwise, shall have the following meanings: (1) ABANDONED PROPERTY. Wrecked or derelict property having no value other than nominal salvage value, if any, which has been left abandoned and unprotected from the elements and shall include wrecked, inoperative, or partially dismantled motor vehicles, trailers, boats, machinery, refrigerators, washing machines, plumbing fixtures, and other similar articles which have no value other than nominal salvage value, if any; and is in a condition violative of Alabama statutes. (2) ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT. The department charged by the Mobile County Commission with the administrative management of this part. (3) COMMISSION. The Mobile County Commission of Mobile County, Alabama. (4) BULKY WASTE. Items whose large size precludes or complicates their handling by normal collection, processing, or disposal methods. (5) BUNDLE. A...
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