22-11A-38
Section 22-11A-38 Notification of third parties of disease; rules; who may be notified; liability; confidentiality; disclosure of information for certain criminal proceedings; penalty. (a) The State Committee of Public Health is hereby authorized to establish the rules by which exceptions may be made to the confidentiality provisions of this article and establish rules for notification of third parties of such disease when exposure is indicated or a threat to the health and welfare of others. All notifications authorized by this section shall be within the rules established pursuant to this subsection. (b) Physicians and hospital administrators or their designee may notify pre-hospital transport agencies and emergency medical personnel of a patient's contagious condition. In case of a death in which there was a known contagious disease, the physician or hospital administrator or their designee may notify the funeral home director. (c) The attending physician or the State Health Officer...
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27-19-20
Section 27-19-20 Optional policy provisions - Insurance with other insurers - Expense-incurred benefits. (a) There may be a provision as follows: "Insurance with Other Insurers: If there be other valid coverage, not with this insurer, providing benefits for the same loss on a provision of service basis or on an expense-incurred basis and of which this insurer has not been given written notice prior to the occurrence or commencement of loss, the only liability under any expense-incurred coverage of this policy shall be for such proportion of the loss as the amount which would otherwise have been payable hereunder plus the total of the like amounts under all such other valid coverages for the same loss of which this insurer had notice bears to the total like amounts under all valid coverages for such loss, and for the return of such portion of the premiums paid as shall exceed the pro rata portion for the amount so determined. For the purpose of applying this provision when other...
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27-20A-1
Section 27-20A-1 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) ALCOHOLISM. A chronic disorder or illness in which the individual is unable, for psychological or physical reasons, or both, to refrain from the frequent consumption of alcohol in quantities sufficient to produce intoxication and, ultimately, injury to health and effective functioning. (2) DETOXIFICATION. Supervised physical withdrawal from alcohol. (3) INPATIENT TREATMENT FOR ALCOHOLISM. Care provided in a licensed hospital and is normally limited to detoxification where severe medical or psychiatric complications are present or may be anticipated. (4) SHORT TERM RESIDENTIAL ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT FACILITY. A state certified facility which provides structured programs of intensive treatment services for people addicted to alcohol....
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27-20A-2
Section 27-20A-2 Chapter applicable to group, etc., policies. No group, blanket, franchise, or association health insurance policy providing coverage on an expense incurred basis, nor group, blanket, franchise, or association service or indemnity type contract issued by a nonprofit corporation, nor group-type self insurance plan providing protection, insurance, or indemnity against hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, nor health maintenance organization plan shall be issued, delivered, executed, or renewed in this state, or approved for issuance or renewal in this state by the Commissioner of Insurance after 90 days beyond the effective date of this chapter, unless such policy, contract, or plan, at the option of the policyholder or sponsor, provides benefits to any insured, subscriber, or other person covered under the policy, contract, or plan for expenses incurred in connection with the treatment of alcoholism when such treatment is prescribed by a duly licensed doctor of...
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27-21A-15
Section 27-21A-15 Powers of insurers and health care service plans. (a) An insurance company licensed in this state, or a health care service plan authorized to do business in this state, may either directly or through a subsidiary or affiliate organize and operate a health maintenance organization under the provisions of this chapter. Notwithstanding any other law which may be inconsistent herewith, any two or more such insurance companies, health care service plans, or subsidiaries or affiliates thereof, may jointly organize and operate a health maintenance organization. The business of insurance is deemed to include the providing of health care by a health maintenance organization owned or operated by an insurer or a subsidiary thereof. (b) Notwithstanding any provision of insurance and health care service plan laws, Title 10, Chapter 4, Article 6 and Title 27, an insurer or a health care service plan may contract with a health maintenance organization to provide insurance or...
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27-49-4
Section 27-49-4 Obstetricians and gynecologists as primary care physicians; direct access to obstetrician and gynecologist not used as primary care physicians. (a) Each health benefit plan which is issued, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state on or after October 1, 1996, shall allow obstetricians and gynecologists as primary care physicians. This subsection shall not be construed to require an individual obstetrician or gynecologist to accept primary care physician status if the obstetrician or gynecologist does not wish to be designated as a primary care physician, nor to interfere with the credentialing and other selection criteria usually applied by a health benefit plan with respect to other physicians within its network. (b) For women not using an obstetrician or gynecologist as their primary care physician, no health benefit plan which is issued, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state on or after October 1, 1996, shall require as a condition...
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45-8A-22.116
Section 45-8A-22.116 Disability benefits. (a) Line of Duty Disability Benefit. (1) Effective for Disabilities Occurring Before October 1, 2012. a. Participants Hired Before July 1, 2002. A participant, who was hired by the City of Anniston as a sworn police officer or sworn firefighter before July 1, 2002, who becomes permanently physically or mentally disabled as a result of injuries received in the line of duty, rendering his or her retirement from service necessary, shall be entitled to receive a disability benefit equal to the following: 1. Participants With At Least Three Years of Service. The participant's disability benefit shall equal three percent times the average of his or her monthly compensation for the last three years preceding his or her retirement multiplied by 30. 2. Participants With Less Than Three Years of Service. The participant's disability benefit shall equal three percent times the average of his or her monthly compensation for all years of continuous service...
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11-99-2
Section 11-99-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) BLIGHTED OR ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREA: a. An area in which the structures, buildings, or improvements, by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age, or obsolescence, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open spaces, high density of population and overcrowding, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors, are conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency, or crime, and are detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare, or b. Any area which by reason of the presence of a substantial number of substandard, slum, deteriorated, or deteriorating structures, predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site or other improvements,...
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14-14-5
Section 14-14-5 Medical release application; eligibility factors; revocation; notice. (a) An inmate, or any concerned person, including, but not limited to, the inmate's attorney, family, physician, or an employee or official of the department may initiate consideration for medical furlough by submitting to the department an initial medical release application form along with supporting documentation. (b)(1) The initial application form shall include the report of a physician or physicians employed by the department or its health care provider and a notarized report of at least one other duly licensed physician who is board certified in the field of medicine for which the inmate is seeking a medical furlough and who is not an employee of the department. These reports shall each be of the opinion that the inmate is either terminally ill, permanently incapacitated, or that the inmate suffers from a chronic infirmity, illness, or disease related to aging. (2) The commissioner shall...
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34-40-9
Section 34-40-9 Professions and occupations not affected; chapter not applicable to certain persons. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing or restricting any of the following persons from engaging in the profession or occupation for which they are licensed, certified, or registered in Alabama as follows: (1) Physicians and surgeons licensed by the Medical Licensure Commission of Alabama. (2) Dentists licensed by the State Board of Dental Examiners. (3) Optometrists licensed by the State Board of Optometry. (4) Nurses licensed by the Alabama Board of Nursing. (5) Chiropractors licensed by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. (6) Podiatrists licensed by the State Board of Podiatry. (7) Physical therapists licensed by the State Board of Physical Therapy. (8) Occupational therapists licensed by the State Board of Occupational Therapy. (9) Emergency medical technicians licensed by the State Department of Public Health. (b) This chapter shall not apply to the...
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