36-36-3
Section 36-36-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following respective meanings: (1) ALABAMA RETIRED EDUCATION EMPLOYEES' HEALTH CARE TRUST. The Alabama Retired Education Employees' Health Care Trust created by the state and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board pursuant to this chapter. (2) ALABAMA RETIRED STATE EMPLOYEES' HEALTH CARE TRUST. The Alabama Retired State Employees' Health Care Trust created by the state and the State Employees' Insurance Board pursuant to this chapter. (3) BOARDS. The State Employees' Insurance Board and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board. (4) DEPENDENTS. The spouse and dependent children, as defined by the rules and regulations of the respective boards, of a retired employee who are covered by either the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan pursuant to Chapter 25A of Title 16, as amended from time to time, or the State Employees' Health Insurance Plan...
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22-21-27
Section 22-21-27 Advisory board. (a) There shall be an advisory board of 17 members to assist in the establishment of rules, regulations, and standards necessary to carry out this article and to serve as consultants to the State Health Officer. The board shall meet at least twice each year and at the call of the State Health Officer. The board may meet by electronic means in compliance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act and shall establish rules of procedure for its meetings. The members of the board shall annually elect one of its members to serve as chair. (b) The advisory board shall be constituted in the following manner: (1) Four representatives of hospitals who shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Hospital Association as follows: a. One administrator of a governmental hospital. b. One administrator of a nongovernmental nonprofit hospital. c. One owner or administrator of a proprietary hospital. d. One member of a managing board of a nonprofit hospital. (2)...
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22-5C-2
Section 22-5C-2 State Advisory Council on Palliative Care and Quality of Life. (a) Not later than November 23, 2015, the State Health Department shall establish a State Advisory Council on Palliative Care and Quality of Life within the department. (b) The council membership shall be appointed by the State Health Officer and shall include interdisciplinary palliative care medical, nursing, social work, pharmacy, and spiritual professional expertise; patient and family caregiver advocate representation, and any other relevant appointees the State Health Officer determines appropriate. The State Health Officer shall consider the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state when appointing members. Membership shall specifically include health professionals having palliative care work experience or expertise in palliative care delivery models in a variety of inpatient, outpatient, and community settings such as acute care, long-term care, and hospice and with...
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22-21-28
Section 22-21-28 Rules and regulations. (a) In the manner provided in this section, the State Board of Health, with the advice and after approval by the advisory board, shall have the power to make and enforce, and may modify, amend, and rescind, reasonable rules and regulations governing the operation and conduct of hospitals as defined in Section 22-21-20. All such regulations shall set uniform minimum standards applicable alike to all hospitals of like kind and purpose in view of the type of institutional care being offered there and shall be confined to setting minimum standards of sanitation and equipment found to be necessary and prohibiting conduct and practices inimicable to the public interest and the public health. The board shall not have power to promulgate any regulation in conflict with law nor power to interfere with the internal government and operation of any hospital on matters of policy. The procedure for adopting, amending, or rescinding any rules authorized by this...
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34-23-92.1
Section 34-23-92.1 Legislative findings; rulemaking authority; construction of section. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The power to make rules regulating the practice of pharmacy includes the power to prohibit unlicensed persons from practicing pharmacy and the power to regulate how licensed persons practice pharmacy. (2) A primary goal of the provision of health care is to prioritize patient safety and wellness. (3) The board is in the best position to determine the practice of pharmacy that prioritizes patient safety and wellness. (4) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to immunize the Board of Pharmacy and its members from liability under state and federal anti-trust laws for the adoption of a rule that prioritizes patient safety and wellness but may be anti-competitive when the effect on public safety and wellness is clearly demonstrated and documented by the Board of Pharmacy. (b) Subject to subsection (c), rules adopted...
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34-9-6.1
Section 34-9-6.1 Mobile dental facilities or portable dental operations. (a) For purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) DENTAL HOME. The dental home is the ongoing relationship between the dentist and the patient, inclusive of all aspects of oral health care, delivered in a comprehensive, continuously accessible, coordinated, and family-centered way. (2) MOBILE DENTAL FACILITY. Any self-contained facility in which dentistry or dental hygiene is practiced which may be moved, towed, or transported from one location to another. (3) OPERATOR. A person licensed to practice dentistry in this state or an entity which is approved as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code which employs dentists licensed in the state to operate a mobile dental facility or portable dental operation. (4) PORTABLE DENTAL OPERATION. The use of portable dental delivery equipment which is set up on site to provide dental services outside of a mobile...
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27-21A-3
Section 27-21A-3 Issuance of certificate of authority. (a)(1) Upon receipt of an application for issuance of a certificate of authority, the commissioner shall forthwith transmit copies of such application and accompanying documents to the State Health Officer. (2) The State Health Officer shall determine whether the applicant for a certificate of authority, with respect to health care services to be furnished: a. Has demonstrated the willingness and potential ability to assure that such health care services will be provided in a manner to assure both availability and accessibility of adequate personnel and facilities and in a manner enhancing availability, accessibility, and continuity of service; b. Has arrangements, established in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the State Health Officer, for an on-going quality assurance program concerning health care processes and outcomes; and c. Has a procedure, established in accordance with regulations of the State Health...
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22-11A-118
Section 22-11A-118 Health Care Data Advisory Council. (a) There is established the Health Care Data Advisory Council to assist in developing regulations and standards necessary to implement the provisions of this article, to review and serve as consultants to the board on matters related to any reports or publications prior to a report or publication release and to serve as consultants to the board on matters relating to the protection, collection, and dissemination of health care facility acquired infection data. (b) The council shall consist of 18 members and be constituted in the following manner: (1) Six hospital members to be appointed by the Alabama Hospital Association, two of which shall be infection control professionals. (2) Three members to be appointed by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. (3) Two members to be appointed by the Business Council of Alabama, at least one of whom represents a small business, all of whom are purchasers of health care, and none of...
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22-21-212
Section 22-21-212 Administration of program; rules and regulations. The Hospital Service Program for the Indigent shall be administered by the State Board of Health through the State Health Department. The board shall, subject to the provisions of this article, promulgate and adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper administration of this article, and any such rule or regulation promulgated and adopted by the board shall be binding on any county participating in the Hospital Service Program for the Indigent and shall be complied with by all local agencies or persons responsible for the enforcement of any part of this article. The rules and regulations of the board shall include, among other things: (1) Requirements concerning any reports to be made to the board by any county participating in the program or by any participating hospital in any such county, including both medical and financial reports; (2) Criteria for acceptance of participating hospitals; (3)...
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22-8A-7
Section 22-8A-7 Competency of declarant; liability of participating physician, facility, etc. (a) A competent adult may make decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment and artificially provided nutrition and hydration so long as that individual is able to do so. The desires of an individual shall at all times supersede the effect of an advance directive for health care. (b) If the individual is not competent at the time of the decision to provide, withhold, or withdraw life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration, a living will executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4(a) or a proxy designation executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4(b) is presumed to be valid. For the purpose of this chapter, a health care provider may presume in the absence of actual notice to the contrary that an individual who executed an advance directive for health care was competent when it was executed. The fact of an individual's having executed an advance directive for...
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