13A-6-21
Section 13A-6-21 Assault in the second degree. (a) A person commits the crime of assault in the second degree if the person does any of the following: (1) With intent to cause serious physical injury to another person, he or she causes serious physical injury to any person. (2) With intent to cause physical injury to another person, he or she causes physical injury to any person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument. (3) He or she recklessly causes serious physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument. (4) With intent to prevent a peace officer, as defined in Section 36-21-60, a detention or correctional officer at any municipal or county jail or state penitentiary, emergency medical personnel, a utility worker, or a firefighter from performing a lawful duty, he or she intends to cause physical injury and he or she causes physical injury to any person. For the purpose of this subdivision, a person who is a peace officer who is...
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21-7-1
and working. (5) PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT. A physiological disorder or condition, disfigurement, or anatomical loss that affects one or more bodily functions, or a mental or psychological disorder that meets one of the diagnostic categories specified in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association, such as an intellectual or developmental disability, organic brain syndrome, traumatic brain injury, post traumatic stress disorder, or mental illness. (6) PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION. A common carrier, airplane, motor vehicle, railroad train, motor bus, streetcar, boat, or other public conveyance or mode of transportation, a hotel, a timeshare that is a transient public lodging establishment, a lodging place, a place of public accommodation, amusement, or resort, and other places to which the general public is invited, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and...
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22-13A-4
organizations to coordinate efforts and maximize state resources in the areas of prevention, education, and treatment of osteoporosis. (7) Identify, and when appropriate, replicate or use successful osteoporosis programs and procure related materials and services from organizations with appropriate expertise and knowledge of osteoporosis. (c) The department shall use, but is not limited to, the following strategies for raising public awareness on the causes and nature of osteoporosis, personal risk factors, value of prevention and early detection, and options for diagnosing and treating the disease: (1) An outreach campaign utilizing print, radio, and television public service announcements, advertisements, posters, and other materials. (2) Community forums. (3) Health information and risk factor assessment at public events. (4) Targeting at-risk populations. (5) Providing reliable information to policy makers. (6) Distributing information through county health departments,...
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22-21-263
Section 22-21-263 New institutional health services subject to review. (a) All new institutional health services which are subject to this article and which are proposed to be offered or developed within the state shall be subject to review under this article. No institutional health services which are subject to this article shall be permitted which are inconsistent with the State Health Plan. For the purposes of this article, new institutional health services shall include any of the following: (1) The construction, development, acquisition through lease or purchase, or other establishment of a new health care facility or health maintenance organization. A transaction involving the sale, lease, or other transfer or change of control of an existing health care facility, existing health maintenance organization, or existing institutional health service is not subject to certificate of need review or approval under this article unless the transaction also involves implementing one or...
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22-8A-4
The acceptance shall be evidenced in writing and attached to the proxy designation. The proxy designation may be a separate document or part of a living will. (1) The designation of an attorney-in-fact, made pursuant to Section 26-1-2, as amended from time to time, who is specifically authorized to make decisions regarding the providing, withholding, or withdrawing of life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration in instances involving terminal illness or injury and permanent unconsciousness, constitutes for purposes of this chapter a proxy designating another individual to act for the declarant pursuant to this subsection, provided, however, that the authority granted to an attorney-in-fact to make such decisions shall be the same as the authority granted in this chapter to a health care proxy. The appointment shall be limited to the specific directions enumerated in the appointment. (2) Any powers granted to a health care proxy in an advance...
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34-25A-4
Section 34-25A-4 Referral and consultation limits. (a) A licensed prosthetist, licensed orthotist, or licensed prosthetist/orthotist may provide services utilizing new prostheses or orthoses for which he or she is licensed and only under a written order from an authorized health care practitioner. A consultation with and periodic review by an authorized health care practitioner is not required for the evaluation, repair, adjusting, or servicing of a prosthesis by a licensed prosthetist, or licensed prosthetist/orthotist and for the evaluation, repair, adjusting, or servicing of an orthosis by a licensed orthotist, or licensed prosthetist/orthotist; nor is an order from an authorized health care practitioner required for maintenance or replacement of an orthosis or prosthesis to the level of its original prescription for an indefinite period of time if the original order remains appropriate for the patient's medical needs. (b) Prosthetists and orthotists must refer persons receiving...
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34-26-46
(11) Aiding or abetting practice as a psychologist or psychological technician by any person not licensed by the board. (12) Conviction of fraud in filing Medicare or Medicaid claims or in filing claims to any third party payor (a copy of the record of conviction, certified to by the clerk of the court entering the conviction, shall be conclusive evidence). (13) Exercising undue influence in such a manner as to exploit the client, patient, student, or supervisee for financial or other personal advantage to the practitioner or a third party. (14) The suspension or revocation by another state of a license to practice as a psychologist or psychological technician for cause other than failure to renew the license (a certified copy of the record of suspension or revocation of the state making such a suspension or revocation shall be conclusive evidence thereof). (15) Refusal to appear before the board after having been ordered to do so in writing by the executive office or chair of...
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27-19-103
would result in economies of acquisition or administration. 3. The benefits are reasonable in relation to the premiums charged. (5) LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE. Any insurance policy or rider advertised, marketed, offered, or designed to provide coverage for not less than 12 consecutive months for each covered person on an expense incurred, indemnity, prepaid, or other basis for one or more necessary or medically necessary diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or personal care services, provided in a setting other than an acute care unit of a hospital. This term includes group and individual annuities and life insurance policies or riders that provide directly or that supplement long-term care insurance. This term also includes a policy or rider that provides for payment of benefits based upon cognitive impairment or the loss of functional capacity. The term shall also include qualified long-term care insurance contracts. Long-term care insurance may be...
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34-27B-2
Section 34-27B-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy. (2) DIRECT CLINICAL SUPERVISION. A situation where a licensed respiratory therapist or physician is available for the purpose of communication, consultation, and assistance. (3) HEALTHCARE FACILITY. The definition shall be the same as in Section 22-21-260. (4) MEDICALLY APPROVED PROTOCOL. A detailed plan for taking specific diagnostic or treatment actions, or both, authorized by the treating physician of the patient, all of which actions shall be: a. In a hospital or other inpatient health care facility, approved by the supervising physician of the respiratory therapist or in an outpatient treatment setting approved by the supervising physician of the respiratory therapist. b. Except in cases of medical emergency, instituted following an evaluation of the patient by a physician or otherwise directed by the supervising...
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38-15-2
Section 38-15-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that there is a substantial need to protect children and youth from abuse and neglect by persons entrusted with their physical custody, and from persons or organizations that advertise, hold themselves out, or lead others to believe that they will provide them with health, therapeutic, rehabilitative, or disciplinary services, and from persons employed or exercising authority over them, and who they depend upon to provide the basic necessities of life. The Legislature further finds that abuse and neglect often take the form of the withholding of the basic necessities of life, including food, water, shelter, clothing, and health care through an affirmative act or omission. It is the intent of the Legislature to implement a baseline of registration and regulation requirements for religious, faith-based, or church nonprofit, other nonprofit, and for profit affiliated youth residential facilities and institutions that have...
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