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22-21-371
Section 22-21-371 Individual, group, blanket or franchise contracts authorized; certificates
of coverage; filing and approval of contracts and certificates; requirements; grounds for
disapproval. (a) Dental service plan contracts may be written on individual, group, blanket
or franchise basis. Each contractual obligation for such dental service(s) must be evidenced
by a contract. Each person covered under a group contract must be issued a certificate of
coverage. (b) No contract or certificate of dental service benefits may be issued in this
state unless a copy of the form has been filed and approved by the commissioner. (c) The commissioner
may not approve any form that does not meet the following requirements: (1) Contracts must
contain a list and description of the dental service payments promised or the dental work
for which expenses are to be reimbursed, and any limits on the amounts to be paid or reimbursed;
(2) Contracts and certificates must indicate the name of the dental...
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22-8A-11
Section 22-8A-11 Surrogate; requirements; attending physician consulted, intent of patient
followed; persons who may serve as surrogate; priority; validity of decisions; liability;
form; declaratory and injunctive relief; penalties. (a) If no advance directive for health
care has been made, or if no duly appointed health care proxy is reasonably available, or
if a valid advance directive for health care fails to address a particular circumstance, subject
to the provisions of subsection (c) hereof, a surrogate, in consultation with the attending
physician, may, subject to the provisions of Section 22-8A-6, determine whether to
provide, withdraw, or withhold life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition
and hydration if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The attending physician determines,
to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, that: a. The individual is no longer able to
understand, appreciate, and direct his or her medical treatment, and b. The individual...
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22-21-265
Section 22-21-265 Certificates of need - Required for new institutional health service.
(a) On or after July 30, 1979, no person to which this article applies shall acquire, construct,
or operate a new institutional health service, as defined in this article, or furnish or offer,
or purport to furnish a new institutional health service, as defined in this article, or make
an arrangement or commitment for financing the offering of a new institutional health service,
unless the person shall first obtain from the SHPDA a certificate of need therefor. Notwithstanding
any provisions of this article to the contrary, those facilities and distinct units operated
by the Department of Mental Health, and those facilities and distinct units operating under
contract or subcontract with the Department of Mental Health where the contract constitutes
the primary source of income to the facility, shall not be required to obtain a certificate
of need under this article. (b) Notwithstanding all other...
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27-45-2
Section 27-45-2 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have
the respective meanings herein set forth, unless the context shall otherwise require: (1)
ALABAMA INSURANCE CODE. Title 27 of the Code of Alabama 1975. (2) INSURER. Such term shall
have the meaning ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (3) PERSON. Such term shall have the meaning
ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (4) COMMISSIONER and DEPARTMENT. Such terms, respectively,
shall have the meanings ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (5) CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION. Any
obligation under covered policies or employee benefit plans. (6) COVERED POLICY OR PLAN. Any
policy, employee benefit plan, or contract within the scope of this article. (7) HEALTH INSURANCE
POLICY. Any individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy, insurance agreement,
or group hospital service contract providing for pharmaceutical services, including without
limitation, prescription drugs, incurred as a result of accident or sickness, or to prevent
same....
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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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40-9-30
Section 40-9-30 Durable medical equipment; exemptions from certain taxes. (a) As used
in this section, the term "durable medical equipment" means equipment which
can stand repeated use, is used to serve a purpose for medical reasons, and is appropriate
and suitable for use in the home. (b) Oxygen or durable medical equipment dispensed under
orders from a duly licensed physician by a participating provider to a recipient of benefits
under the Medicare program shall be exempt from state and local sales and use taxes. (c) A
provider who rents or leases oxygen or durable medical equipment to a recipient of benefits
under the Medicare or Medicaid program under orders from a duly licensed physician shall be
exempt from all state and local rental and leasing taxes. (d) In addition to any other exemptions
provided in subsection (b) or (c), any items used for the treatment of illness or injury or
to replace all or part of a limb or internal body part purchased by or on behalf of an individual...
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22-8B-3
Section 22-8B-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) AID IN DYING. The act of a person providing the means or manner
for another person to be able to commit suicide, with actual knowledge that the person deliberately
intends on committing suicide by that means or manner. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITIONAL
HYDRATION. A medical treatment consisting of the administration of food and water through
a tube or intravenous line, where the recipient is not required to chew or swallow voluntarily.
Artificially provided nutrition and hydration does not include assisted feeding, such as spoon
or bottle feeding. (3) DELIBERATELY. More than knowing the consequences of an act or action;
meaning to consider carefully; done on purpose; intentional; requiring premeditation; with
intent to cause the death of a person. (4) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be
asked to participate in any way in a health care service, including, but...
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27-21B-10
Section 27-21B-10 Enforcement of health care coverage for certain employers. (a) In
any case in which a noncustodial parent is required by a court or administrative order to
provide health care coverage for such child and the employer of the noncustodial parent is
known to the Department of Human Resources, the department shall use the federally required
medical support notice to provide notice to the employer of the requirement for employer-based
health care coverage for the child through the parent of the child who has been ordered to
provide health care coverage for the child unless a court or administrative order stipulates
that alternative health care coverage to employer-based coverage is to be provided for a child
subject to a Title IV-D child support order. In the case of an employer entered in the directory
of new hires pursuant to Section 25-11-5, the department shall send the federal medical
support notice to any employer of a noncustodial parent subject to the order within...
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22-5A-4
Section 22-5A-4 Selection of community ombudsmen; training; certification; duties; area
plan to describe program; notification of department as to prospective ombudsmen; advisory
committee on program. (a) Each area agency on aging funded by the department shall select
at least one community ombudsman in each planning and service area established according to
regulations issued pursuant to the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. The community
ombudsman shall be an employee or contractual employee of the area agency on aging and shall
certify to having no association with any health care facility or provider for reward or profit.
(b) The duties of each community ombudsman shall be as follows: (1) To receive, investigate,
respond to, and attempt informally to resolve complaints made by or on behalf of recipients;
(2) To report immediately instances of fraud, abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the department
of pensions and security for investigation and follow-up pursuant to Chapter...
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22-15A-3
Section 22-15A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) BAR AND LOUNGE. Any establishment which is primarily
devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by patrons on the premises and
in which the serving of food is only incidental to the consumption of beverages. Although
a restaurant may contain a bar, the term "bar" shall not include the restaurant
dining area. (2) CHILD CARE FACILITY. Any facility caring for children. (3) DEPARTMENT. The
Alabama Department of Public Health. (4) EMPLOYER. Any person, partnership, association, corporation,
or nonprofit entity that employs five or more persons, including the legislative, executive,
and judicial branches of state government; and any county, city, town, or village or any other
political subdivision of the state; any public authority, commission, agency, or public benefit
corporation; or any other separate corporate instrumentality or unit of state or...
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