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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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15-20A-26
Section 15-20A-26 Juvenile sex offender - Treatment; risk assessment. (a) Upon adjudication
of delinquency for a sex offense, a juvenile sex offender shall be required to receive sex
offender treatment by a sex offender treatment program or provider approved by the Department
of Youth Services. (b) Upon completion of sex offender treatment, the juvenile sex offender
shall be required to undergo a sex offender risk assessment. The treatment provider shall
provide a copy of the risk assessment to the sentencing court, the prosecuting attorney, and
the juvenile probation office not less than 60 days prior to the projected release of the
juvenile sex offender from a facility where the juvenile sex offender does not have unsupervised
access to the public or immediately upon completion of the risk assessment if the juvenile
sex offender is not in a facility where the juvenile sex offender does not have unsupervised
access to the public. (c) Upon receiving the risk assessment, the juvenile...
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20-2-213
Section 20-2-213 Reporting requirements. (a) Each of the entities designated in subsection
(b) shall report to the department, or to an entity designated by the department, controlled
substances prescription information as designated by regulation pertaining to all Class II,
Class III, Class IV, and Class V controlled substances in such manner as may be prescribed
by the department by regulation. (b) The following entities or practitioners are subject to
the reporting requirements of subsection (a): (1) Licensed pharmacies, not including pharmacies
of general and specialized hospitals, nursing homes, and any other health care facilities
which provide inpatient care, so long as the controlled substance is administered and used
by a patient on the premises of the facility. (2) Mail order pharmacies or pharmacy benefit
programs filling prescriptions for or dispensing controlled substances to residents of this
state. (3) Licensed physicians, dentists, podiatrists, or optometrists who...
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22-21-264
Section 22-21-264 Criteria for state agency review. The SHPDA, pursuant to the provisions of
Section 22-21-274, shall prescribe by rules and regulations the criteria and clarifying definitions
for reviews covered by this article. These criteria shall include at least the following:
(1) Consistency with the appropriate State Health Facility and services plans effective at
the time the application was received by the State Agency, which shall include the latest
approved revisions of the following plans: a. The most recent Alabama State Health Plan which
shall include updated inventories and separate bed need methodologies for inpatient rehabilitation
beds, inpatient psychiatric beds and inpatient/residential alcohol and drug abuse beds. b.
Alabama State Health Plan for services to the mentally ill. c. Alabama State Plan for rehabilitation
facilities. d. Alabama developmental disabilities plan. e. Alabama State alcoholism plan.
f. Such other State Plans as may from time to time be...
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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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16-1-1
Section 16-1-1 Definitions. For purposes of this title, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) SCHOLASTIC DAY. Shall
not be less than six hours of actual teaching, exclusive of all recesses or intermission periods
unless otherwise ordered by the county or city board of education. County and city boards
of education and the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall be required to provide each
teacher employed a minimum of 30 minutes of time free of instructional or supervisory responsibilities
each teaching day. This provision shall not be interpreted to deprive any teacher of benefits
exceeding the minimum requirements of this act. (2) SCHOLASTIC WEEK. Shall consist of five
school days each week. (3) SCHOLASTIC MONTH. Shall constitute 20 school days. (4) SCHOLASTIC
YEAR. Shall begin with the first day of July and end with the thirtieth day of June each year.
(5) FISCAL YEAR. From October first to September thirtieth,...
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27-19-38
Section 27-19-38 Coverage of newly born children in health insurance policies. (a) All individual
and group health insurance policies providing coverage on an expense-incurred basis and individual
and group service or indemnity type contracts issued by a nonprofit service corporation which
provide coverage for a family member of the insured or subscriber shall, as to such family
members' coverage, also provide that the health insurance benefits applicable for children
shall be payable with respect to a newly born child of the insured or subscriber from the
moment of birth. (b) The coverage for newly born children shall consist of coverage of injury
or sickness including the necessary care and treatment of medically diagnosed congenital defects
and birth abnormalities, but need not include benefits for routine well-baby care. (c) The
requirements of this section shall apply to all insurance policies and subscriber contracts
renewed, delivered, or issued for delivery in this state, 60...
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40-26B-60
Section 40-26B-60 Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this article the following words have
the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) DISPROPORTIONATE
SHARE HOSPITAL. A hospital meeting the requirements of Section 1923 of the Social Security
Act and other criteria adopted by the Alabama Medicaid Agency in its state plan for medical
assistance under Title XIX of the Social Security Act. (2) FISCAL YEAR. An accounting period
of 12 months beginning on the first day of the first month of the state fiscal year. (3) HOSPITAL.
A facility, which is licensed as a hospital under the laws of the State of Alabama, provides
24-hour nursing services, and is primarily engaged in providing, by or under the supervision
of doctors of medicine or osteopathy, inpatient services for the diagnosis, treatment, and
care or rehabilitation of persons who are sick, injured, or disabled. (4) PUBLICLY-OWNED HOSPITAL.
A hospital created and operating under the authority of a...
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16-13-231
Section 16-13-231 Purposes and plan of apportionment. (a) In addition to all other appropriations
and apportionments of public school money now provided by law and made available for public
schools there shall be apportioned and paid to local boards of education from the Foundation
Program Fund, the amounts to be determined as hereinafter provided and in accordance with
regulations of the State Board of Education. This Foundation Program Fund shall be used principally:
(1) To aid in providing at least a 180 full instructional day minimum school term, or the
hourly equivalent thereof, except as otherwise provided in paragraph c. of subdivision (1)
of subsection (b); and, (2) To assist in the promotion of educational opportunity for all
children in the public schools. (b) The following requirements and procedures, supplemented
when necessary by regulations of the State Board of Education, shall govern the apportionment
of the fund: (1) REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FUND. In order for...
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22-52-10.10
Section 22-52-10.10 Renewal of outpatient commitment order. (a) A petition for renewal of an
outpatient commitment order may be filed by the director of a designated mental health facility
or his or her designee at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the current commitment
order. The petition, together with a copy of the original commitment order and copies of any
subsequent renewal commitment orders, shall be filed with the probate court of the county
where the commitment was originally ordered. The petition shall explain in detail why renewal
of the order is being requested and shall include testimony affirming the facility's belief
that the respondent meets the requirements for renewal pursuant to Section 22-52-10.2. (b)
The judge of probate shall conduct a hearing, within 30 days after the date of petition, to
consider the petition for renewal of the commitment order. (c) Adequate written notice shall
be provided to the respondent prior to the hearing. (d) The hearing shall be...
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