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27-21A-4
Section 27-21A-4 Powers of health maintenance organizations. (a) The powers of a health maintenance
organization include, but are not limited to the following: (1) The purchase, lease, construction,
renovation, operation, or maintenance of hospitals, medical facilities, or both, and their
ancillary equipment; (2) The making of loans other than in the ordinary course of business,
to providers under contract with it in furtherance of its program or the making of loans to
a corporation or corporations in which it owns a majority interest for the purpose of acquiring
or constructing medical facilities and hospitals or in furtherance of a program providing
health care services to enrollees. (3) The furnishing of health care services through providers
which are under contract with or employed by the health maintenance organization. (4) The
contracting with any person for the performance on its behalf of certain functions such as
marketing, enrollment, and administration. (5) The purchase,...
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27-36A-2
Section 27-36A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply on or after the operative date of the valuation manual as defined by Section 27-36A-15:
(1) ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE. Contracts that incorporate morbidity risk and provide protection
against economic loss resulting from accident, sickness, or medical conditions and as may
be specified in the valuation manual. (2) APPOINTED ACTUARY. A qualified actuary who is appointed
in accordance with the valuation manual to prepare the actuarial opinion required in subsection
(b) of Section 27-36A-4. (3) COMPANY. An entity, which (i) has written, issued, or reinsured
life insurance contracts, accident and health insurance contracts, or deposit-type contracts
in this state and has at least one such policy in force or on claim or (ii) has written, issued,
or reinsured life insurance contracts, accident and health insurance contracts, or deposit-type
contracts in any state and is required to hold a...
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34-19-16
Section 34-19-16 Where care may be performed; required forms an duties of licensed midwife.
(a) A licensed midwife may provide midwifery care in the setting of the client's choice, except
a hospital. (b) A licensed midwife shall ensure that the client has signed a midwife disclosure
form provided by the board indicating receipt of a written statement that includes all of
the following information: (1) A description of the licensed midwife's education, training,
and experience in midwifery. (2) Antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum conditions requiring
medical referral, transfer of care, and transport to a hospital. (3) A plan for medical referral,
transfer of care, and transport of the client or newborn or both when indicated by specific
antepartum, intrapartum, or postpartum conditions. (4) Instructions for filing a complaint
against a licensed midwife. (5) A statement that the licensed midwife must comply with the
federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. (6) The...
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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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22-17A-6
Section 22-17A-6 Requirements for operation of tattoo facility. A person who owns or operates
a licensed tattoo facility shall do each of the following: (1) Display the license in a conspicuous
place within the customer service area of the tattoo facility. (2) Ensure that an individual
engaged in tattooing in the tattoo facility wears disposable gloves approved by the department
when tattooing, branding, or body piercing, or when cleaning instruments used in tattooing,
branding, or body piercing. (3) Maintain a permanent record of each individual who has been
tattooed, branded, or who has had body piercing performed at a tattoo facility, and make the
records available for inspection by the department or local county health department. The
record shall include, at a minimum, the individual's name, address, age, and signature, the
date, the design, and location of the tattooing, branding, or body piercing, and the name
of the individual performing the tattooing, branding, or body...
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27-19-105
Section 27-19-105 Regulations for long-term care policies; outline of coverage, policy summary,
and monthly report. (a) The commissioner may adopt regulations that include standards for
full and fair disclosure setting forth the manner, content, and required disclosures for the
sale of long-term care insurance policies, terms of renewability, initial and subsequent conditions
of eligibility, nonduplication of coverage provisions, coverage of dependents, preexisting
conditions, termination of insurance, continuation or conversion, probationary periods, limitations,
exceptions, reductions, elimination periods, requirements for replacement, recurrent conditions,
and definitions of terms. Regulations under this subsection should recognize the developing
and unique nature of long-term care insurance and the distinction between group and individual
long-term insurance policies. (b) No long-term care insurance policy may do any of the following:
(1) Be cancelled, nonrenewed, or otherwise...
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16-60-111.4
Section 16-60-111.4 Powers of Board of Trustees. (a) The board shall be authorized to: (1)
Make rules and regulations for the government of community and technical colleges. (2) Prescribe
for the community and technical colleges the courses of study to be offered and the conditions
for granting certificates, diplomas, and degrees. (3) Appoint or terminate the employment
of the presidents of the community and technical colleges. (4) Direct the expenditure of legislative
appropriations of community and technical colleges including, but not limited to, the allocation
of the annual legislative appropriation, as the board determines is in the best interests
of the Alabama Community College System. (5) Prescribe qualifications for faculty and establish,
publish, and maintain an annual salary schedule for each community and technical college employee
classification and tenure requirements for faculty at community and technical colleges. (6)
Accept gifts, donations, and devises and bequests of...
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25-5-313
Section 25-5-313 Schedule of maximum fees. Within 60 days from May 19, 1992, the Workers' Compensation
Medical Services Board shall submit to the Governor an initial schedule of maximum fees for
medical services covered by this article, which schedule shall become effective immediately
upon submission to the Governor. The initial schedule of maximum fees shall be established
by the board in the manner prescribed in this section. The fee for each service in the schedule
shall be exactly equal to an amount derived by multiplying the preferred provider reimbursement
customarily paid on May 19, 1992, by the largest health care service plan incorporated pursuant
to Sections 10-4-100 to 10-4-115, inclusive, by a factor of 1.075, which product shall be
the maximum fee for each such service. In addition the board may submit to the Governor for
approval on or before January 31, 1993, a revised schedule of selected fees for medical services
covered by this article, which fees shall not exceed...
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27-57-2
Section 27-57-2 Coverage; applicability. (a) All group health benefit plans, policies, contracts,
and certificates executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state
on or after August 1, 2004, shall offer, at the time of proposal, sale, or renewal of a policy
subject to this chapter, to include colorectal cancer examinations within the coverage. Such
offer of coverage shall include colorectal cancer examinations for covered persons who are
50 years of age or older, or for covered persons who are less than 50 years of age and at
high risk for colorectal cancer according to current American Cancer Society colorectal cancer
screening guidelines. (b) This chapter shall apply to group accident and sickness insurance
policies issued by a fraternal benefit society, a nonprofit hospital service corporation,
a nonprofit medical service corporation, a group health care plan, a health maintenance organization,
or any similar entity. (Act 2004-502, p. 969, ยง2.)...
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31-9B-3
Section 31-9B-3 Providing of information; requirements for emergency and disaster planning
provisions; immunity. (a) All appropriate agencies and community-based service providers,
including, but not limited to, home health care providers, hospices, community mental health
centers, and related facilities, but not including health care facilities which provide inpatient
care to include general and specialized hospitals including ancillary services, skilled nursing
facilities, intermediate care facilities, or any assisted living facility, shall provide information
on the number of individuals with medical needs and shall assist the State Health Department
in the establishment of programs to increase the awareness of medical needs shelters, and
in educating clients and sponsors or caregivers about the procedures that may be necessary
for their safety during disasters. (b) State agencies that regulate or contract with providers
of services, or both, for persons with disabilities or...
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