22-21-29
Section 22-21-29 Inspections. (a) Every hospital licensed under this article shall be open to inspection to the extent authorized in this section by employees and agents of the State Board of Health, under rules as shall be promulgated by the board with the advice and consent of the advisory board. Employees and agents of the board shall also inspect unlicensed and suspected unlicensed facilities. Nothing in this section shall authorize the board to inspect quarters therein occupied by members of any religious group or nurses engaged in work in any hospital or places of refuge for members of religious orders for whom care is provided, but any inspection shall be limited and confined to the parts and portions of the hospital as are used for the care and treatment of the patients and the general facilities for their care and treatment. No hospital shall, by reason of this section, be relieved from any other types of inspections authorized by law. (b) All inspections undertaken by the...
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27-44-5
Section 27-44-5 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ACCOUNT. Either of the three accounts created under Section 27-44-6. (2) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Life and Disability Insurance Guaranty Association created under Section 27-44-6. (3) AUTHORIZED ASSESSMENT or the term AUTHORIZED when used in the context of assessments. A resolution by the board of directors has been passed whereby an assessment will be called immediately or in the future from member insurers for a specified amount. An assessment is authorized when the resolution is passed. (4) BENEFIT PLAN. A specific employee, union, or association of natural persons benefit plan. (5) CALLED ASSESSMENT or the term CALLED when used in the context of assessments. A notice that has been issued by the association to member insurers requiring that an authorized assessment be paid within the time frame set forth within...
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31-13-3
Section 31-13-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ALIEN. Any person who is not a citizen or national of the United States, as described in 8 U.S.C. ยง 1101, et seq., and any amendments thereto. (2) BUSINESS ENTITY. Any person or group of persons employing one or more persons performing or engaging in any activity, enterprise, profession, or occupation for gain, benefit, advantage, or livelihood, whether for profit or not for profit. Business entity shall include, but not be limited to, the following: a. Self-employed individuals, business entities filing articles of incorporation, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, foreign corporations, foreign limited partnerships, foreign limited liability companies authorized to transact business in this state, business trusts, and any business entity that registers with the Secretary of State. b. Any business entity that possesses a business...
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36-25A-7
Section 36-25A-7 Executive sessions. (a) Executive sessions are not required by this chapter, but may be held by a governmental body only for the following purposes: (1) To discuss the general reputation and character, physical condition, professional competence, or mental health of individuals, or, subject to the limitations set out herein, to discuss the job performance of certain public employees. However, except as provided elsewhere in this section, discussions of the job performance of specific public officials or specific public employees may not be discussed in executive session if the person is an elected or appointed public official, an appointed member of a state or local board or commission, or a public employee who is one of the classification of public employees required to file a statement of economic interests with the Alabama Ethics Commission pursuant to Section 36-25-14. Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the salary, compensation, and job benefits of...
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41-4-323
Section 41-4-323 Purpose; employees; compensation and benefits; payment of expenses; implementation; additional duties of director. (a) The Office of Indigent Defense Services is established to carry out the administrative duties relating to the provision of indigent defense services. The director shall use existing employees of the Department of Finance and its existing offices, as assigned by the Director of Finance. The director's salary shall not exceed the state salary paid to a district attorney and be paid at the same time and in the same manner that salaries of other state employees are paid. The Director of the Office of Indigent Defense Services shall be entitled to annual and sick leave, insurance, retirement, and other state employee benefits, including cost-of-living raises authorized by the Legislature for state employees. (b) The director may enter into contracts, and accept funds, grants, and charitable donations from any public or private source to pay expenses...
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36-1A-5
Section 36-1A-5 Participation limited to voluntary, charitable, health and human care federations and agencies with a substantial local presence. (a) Participation in the Alabama State Employee Combined Charitable Campaign shall be limited to voluntary, charitable, health and human care federations and agencies with a substantial local presence that provide or support direct health and welfare services to individuals or their families and meet the criteria set forth in this section. "Substantial local presence" is defined as a facility, staffed by professionals or volunteers, available to provide its services and open at least 15 hours a week. Such services must be available to state employees in the local campaign community, unless they are rendered to needy persons overseas. Such services must directly benefit human beings, whether children, youth, adults, the aged, the ill and infirm, or the mentally or physically handicapped. Such services must consist of care, research, or...
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45-37-210
Section 45-37-210 Metropolitan Rapid Rail Study Commission. (a) There is created a rapid rail authority in Jefferson County to be called the Metropolitan Rapid Rail Study Commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission. The commission shall be a body corporate and politic, shall be governed and managed as provided for in this section, and shall have the powers and duties provided for by this section, and other applicable provisions of law. (b) The commission shall be composed of five members as follows: (1) One member appointed by the Jefferson County State Senate Delegation. (2) One member appointed by the Jefferson County State House Delegation. (3) One member appointed by the Board of Directors of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority. (4) One member appointed by the Mayor of the City of Birmingham. (5) One member appointed by the Jefferson County commissioner in charge of roads and transportation. (c)(1) The members shall be appointed to four-year terms and may be...
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22-6-154
Section 22-6-154 Quality assurance committee; collection and publication of information. (a) The Medicaid Agency shall create a quality assurance committee appointed by the Medicaid Commissioner. The members of the committee shall serve two-year terms. At least 60 percent of the members shall be physicians who provide care to Medicaid beneficiaries served by a regional care organization. In making appointments to the committee, the Medicaid Commissioner shall seek input from the appropriate professional associations. (b) The committee shall identify objective outcome and quality measures, including measures of outcome and quality for ambulatory care, inpatient care, chemical dependency and mental health treatment, oral health care, and all other health services provided by coordinated care organizations. Quality measures adopted by the committee shall be consistent with existing state and national quality measures. The Medicaid Commissioner shall incorporate these measures into...
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25-14-9
Section 25-14-9 Written contract; rights and duties of clients; employees, and professional employer organizations. (a) All professional employer organization arrangements shall have a written contract between the client and the professional employer organization recognizing the rights, responsibilities, and duties of each party. The contract shall disclose to the client the services to be rendered by the professional employer organization, including the total administrative fees charged for professional employer organization services, the respective rights and obligations of the parties, and shall provide the following: (1) The professional employer organization reserves a right of direction and control over contract employees and exercises that right in the context of the need to do so according to the terms and conditions of the professional employment agreement. The client, however, as an employer, may retain sufficient direction and control over covered employees necessary to...
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27-14-11.1
Section 27-14-11.1 Contents of policies - Denial or reduction of benefits due to Medicaid eligibility void. (a) For purposes of this section, "private insurer" is defined as any of the following: (1) Any commercial insurance company offering health or casualty insurance to individuals or groups, including both experience-rated contracts and indemnity contracts. (2) Any profit or nonprofit prepaid plan offering either medical services or full or partial payment for the diagnosis or treatment of an injury, disease, or disability. (3) Any organization administering health or casualty insurance plans for professional associations, unions, fraternal groups, employer-employee benefit plans, and any similar organization offering these payments or services, including self-insured and self-funded plans. (4) Any health insurer, including group health plans, as defined in Section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, self-insured plans, service benefit plans, managed care...
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