26-23E-11
Section 26-23E-11 Promulgation of rules. The Board of Health shall publish amended rules
for abortion and reproductive health care centers that are consistent with this chapter by
December 28, 2013. Such rules shall take effect within the time frame required by the Alabama
Administrative Procedure Act. (Act 2013-79, p. 165, §11.)...
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26-23E-10
Section 26-23E-10 Paternity inquiries of pregnant minor child; reporting requirements.
(a) Any minor child under the age of 16 seeking an abortion from an abortion or reproductive
health care facility shall be asked by the physician performing the abortion or his or her
agent to state the name and age of the individual who is believed to be the father of the
unborn child. While the minor child may refuse to provide the father's name and age, she should
be encouraged to do so by the physician or agent consistent with the physician's legal obligation
to reduce the incidence of child abuse when there is reason to suspect that it has occurred.
(b) In addition to any other abuse reporting requirements that may apply to the staff of an
abortion or reproductive health center, if the reported age of the father is two or more years
greater than the age of the minor child, the facility shall report the names of the pregnant
minor child and the father to both local law enforcement and the county...
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26-23E-12
Section 26-23E-12 Violations. (a) Any person other than a physician who performs or
attempts to perform an abortion, including the prescription, dispensing, or administration
of abortion-inducing drug, shall be guilty of a Class C felony. (b) Any person who prescribes,
dispenses, or administers an abortion-inducing drug without first examining the patient in
person shall be guilty of a Class C felony. (c) The administrator of an abortion or reproductive
health center who knowingly and willfully permits the facility to be operated in a manner
that violates Section 26-23E-4, Section 26-23E-5, Section 26-23E-6, or
Section 26-23E-7 shall be guilty of a Class C felony. (d) The administrator of an abortion
or reproductive health center who knowingly and willfully violates subsection (b) of Section
26-23E-10 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (Act 2013-79, p. 165, §12.)...
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22-21B-3
Section 22-21B-3 Definitions. The following words and terms shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in this section, unless otherwise required by their respective context:
(1) CONSCIENCE. The religious, moral, or ethical principles held by a health care provider.
(2) DISCRIMINATION. Discrimination includes, but is not limited to: Hiring, termination, refusal
of staff privileges, refusal of board certification, demotion, loss of career specialty, reduction
of wages or benefits, adverse treatment in the terms and conditions of employment, refusal
to award any grant, contract, or other program, or refusal to provide residency training opportunities.
(3) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be asked to participate in any way in a health
care service, including, but not limited to: A physician, physician's assistant, nurse, nurse's
aide, medical assistant, hospital employee, clinic employee, nursing home employee, pharmacist,
researcher, medical or nursing school faculty, student,...
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22-11D-10
Section 22-11D-10 Statewide Health System Fund. (a) The Statewide Health System Fund
is created. The department shall distribute funding allocated to the department for the purpose
of creating, administering, maintaining, or enhancing the statewide health system. The department
may apply for, receive, and accept gifts and other payments, including property and services,
for the fund from any governmental or other public or private entity or person and may utilize
the fund for activities related to the design, administration, operation, maintenance, or
enhancement of the statewide health system. (b) The methodology of distribution of funds and
allocation of funds shall be established by the council and subsequently adopted by the board
pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act. Fund allocation to health care centers shall
be based upon the designated level of health care and the number of qualified patients directed
through the health care centers, as defined by the rules of the...
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22-11D-9
Section 22-11D-9 Statewide Trauma System Fund. (a) The Statewide Trauma System Fund
is created. The department shall distribute funding allocated to the department for the purpose
of creating, administering, maintaining, or enhancing the statewide trauma system. The department
may apply for, receive, and accept gifts and other payments, including property and services,
for the fund from any governmental or other public or private entity or person and may utilize
the fund for activities related to the design, administration, operation, maintenance, or
enhancement of the statewide trauma system. (b) The methodology of distribution of funds and
allocation of funds shall be established by the council and subsequently adopted by the board,
pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act. Guidelines and parameters for distribution and
allocation of funds is the sole prerogative of the council. Fund allocation to trauma centers
shall be based upon the designated level of trauma care and the...
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22-11A-63
Section 22-11A-63 Investigation by State Health Officer. (a) Upon notification of the
existence of an infected health care worker, the State Health Officer shall undertake an investigation
of the practice of the health care worker. In the investigation, the State Health Officer
shall seek advice of individuals and organizations deemed necessary. The investigation shall
determine if the infected health care worker performs invasive procedures. If the health care
worker is determined not to perform invasive procedures, no review panel shall be established,
no restrictions shall be placed on his or her practice, and all information obtained in the
investigation shall be confidential as provided for in Section 22-11A-69. If the infected
health care worker is determined to perform invasive procedures, the State Health Officer
shall cause an expert review panel to be formed. To the extent possible, the review shall
be conducted so that the identity of the health care worker shall not be...
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26-21-3
Section 26-21-3 Written consent of parent or guardian to performing abortion on unemancipated
minor; written statement where abortion to be performed on emancipated minor; waiver of consent
requirement; coercion; forms. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (d)
of this section and Sections 26-21-4 and 26-21-5 hereof, no physician shall perform
an abortion upon an unemancipated minor unless the physician or his or her agents first obtain
the written consent of either parent or the legal guardian of the minor. (b) The physician
who shall perform the abortion or his or her agents shall obtain or be provided with the written
consent from either parent or legal guardian stating the names of the minor, parent, or legal
guardian, that he or she is informed that the minor desires an abortion and does consent to
the abortion, the date, and the consent shall be signed by either parent or legal guardian.
The signatures of the parents, parent, or legal guardian shall be affixed...
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22-6-153
Section 22-6-153 Contract to provide medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries; enrollment;
grievance procedures; duties of Medicaid Agency. (a) Subject to approval of the federal Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Medicaid Agency shall enter into a contract in each
Medicaid region for at least one fully certified regional care organization to provide, pursuant
to a risk contract under which the Medicaid Agency makes a capitated payment, medical care
to Medicaid beneficiaries. However, the Medicaid Agency may enter into a contract pursuant
to this section only if, in the judgment of the Medicaid Agency, care of Medicaid beneficiaries
would be better, more efficient, and less costly than under the then existing care delivery
system. The Medicaid Agency may contract with more than one regional care organization in
a Medicaid region. Pursuant to the contract, the Medicaid Agency shall set capitation payments
for the regional care organization. (b) The Medicaid Agency shall...
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22-9A-13
Section 22-9A-13 Reports of fetal death; reports of induced termination of pregnancy.
(a) A report of fetal death shall be filed with the Office of Vital Statistics, or as otherwise
directed by the State Registrar, within five days after the occurrence is known if the fetus
has advanced to, or beyond, the twentieth week of uterogestation. (1) When a fetal death occurs
in an institution, the person in charge of the institution or his or her designated representative
shall prepare and file the report. (2) When a fetal death occurs outside an institution, the
physician in attendance shall prepare and file the report. (3) When a fetal death occurs without
medical attendance, the county medical examiner, the state medical examiner, or the coroner
shall determine the cause of fetal death and shall prepare and file the report. (4) When a
fetal death occurs in a moving conveyance and the fetus is first removed from the conveyance
in this state or when a dead fetus is found in this state and...
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