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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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22-21-265
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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27-14-11.1
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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12-5A-9
Section 12-5A-9 Participation of eligible employees in Employees' Retirement System;
creditable service; formal leave accounting system; inclusion in health insurance plan. (a)
Class specifications and rates of compensation for employees covered by this chapter, juvenile
probation officers, juvenile probation professional staff, and clerical staff, hereafter called
"eligible employees," and any future employees occupying those positions shall be
established by the Administrative Director of Courts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the compensation
of any employee shall not be diminished as a result of his or her inclusion in the state court
system personnel system. (b) Eligible employees included in the state court system personnel
system pursuant to this chapter shall, on October 1 of the year their county transitions,
be covered by the Employees' Retirement System. An employee who on that date is participating
in a local retirement plan other than a unit administered by the Employees'...
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16-17A-2
Section 16-17A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER. The teaching, research, and clinical
facilities provided, established, or operated by a constitutionally created public university
in the state or a university that operates a school of medicine. (2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation
organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (3) BOARD. The board of directors of
an authority. (4) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of an authority. (5) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
The state, a county, a municipality, or any department, agency, board, or commission of the
state, a county, or a municipality. (6) HEALTH CARE FACILITY. All property or rights in property,
real or personal, tangible or intangible, useful to an authority in its operations, including
without limitation, the following: a. Facilities necessary or desirable to the operation of
an academic medical center, one or more health sciences schools,...
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22-11D-8
Section 22-11D-8 Rules and regulations. (a) In accordance with the Alabama Administrative
Procedure Act, the board, with the advice and after approval of the council, shall promulgate
rules to implement and administer this chapter. Rules promulgated by the board may include,
but are not limited to, the following: (1) Criteria to ensure that severely injured or ill
people are promptly transported and treated at designated trauma centers appropriate to the
severity of the injury. Minimum criteria shall address emergency medical service trauma triage
and transportation guidelines as approved under the board's emergency medical services rules,
designation of health care facilities as trauma centers, interhospital transfers, and a trauma
system governance structure. (2) Standards for verification of trauma and health care center
status which assign level designations based on resources available within the facility. Standards
shall be based upon national guidelines, including, but not...
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34-23-11
Section 34-23-11 Physicians, dentists, registered nurses, etc., exempt from chapter.
(a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent any licensed practitioner of the healing
arts from personally compounding, dispensing, administering, or supplying to his or her patient
drugs and medicines for their use. This chapter shall not apply to the manufacture or sale
at wholesale or retail of patent or proprietary medicines as purchased from a manufacturer
or wholesaler, or to the manufacture or sale at wholesale or retail of packaged, bottled,
or nonbulk chemicals, medicines, medical and dental supplies, cosmetics, and dietary foods
when identified by and sold under a trademark, trade name, or other trade symbol, privately
owned or registered in the United States Patent Office, sold or offered to be sold to the
general public, if the article meets the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act other than prescription legend drugs. (b) A registered nurse in the employment of...
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34-24-125
Section 34-24-125 Chiropractic agreements. (a) For the purposes of this section,
the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) CHIROPRACTOR. A person licensed
to practice chiropractic in this state. (2) CHIROPRACTIC AGREEMENT or AGREEMENT. A contract
between a chiropractor and a patient or his or her legal representative in which the chiropractor
or the chiropractor's chiropractic practice agrees to provide chiropractic services to the
patient for an agreed upon fee and period of time. (3) CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE. A chiropractor
or a chiropractic practice of a chiropractor that charges a periodic fee for chiropractic
services and which does not bill a third party any additional fee for services for patients
covered under a chiropractic agreement. The per visit charge of the practice shall be less
than the monthly equivalent of the periodic fee. (b) A chiropractic agreement is not insurance,
may not be deemed an insurance arrangement, and is not subject to state insurance...
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34-27B-11
Section 34-27B-11 Additional activities permitted under chapter. Nothing in this chapter
shall be construed as preventing or restricting the practice, services, or activities of any
of the following: (1) Any person who is licensed in Alabama or certified by an organization
accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies and acceptable to the state
from engaging in the profession or occupation for which the person is licensed or certified.
(2) Any person employed by the United States government who provides respiratory therapy solely
under the direction or control of the United States government agency or organization. (3)
Any person receiving clinical training while pursuing a course of study leading to registry
or certification in a respiratory therapy educational program accredited by the Council on
Allied Health Education Programs in collaboration with the Committee on Accreditation for
Respiratory Care or their successor organizations. This person will be under direct...
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16-17A-17
Section 16-17A-17 Conveyance of property, etc., to authority; pledge of full faith and
credit. (a) The state, any university, any governmental entity, and any public corporation
is hereby authorized to give, transfer, convey, or sell to any authority or a university affiliate,
with or without consideration: (1) Any of its health care facilities and other properties,
real or personal, and any funds and assets, tangible or intangible, relative to the ownership
or operation of any such health care facilities, including any certificates of need, assurances
of need, or other similar rights appertaining or ancillary thereto, irrespective of whether
they have been exercised. (2) Any taxes, revenues, or funds owned or controlled by it. (3)
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as allowing an authority or university affiliate
to be exempt from compliance with all applicable laws and regulations of the State Certificate
of Need program and the Alabama State Health Planning and Development...
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