16-33A-1
Section 16-33A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ACHE. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education. (2) ALABAMA RESIDENT. A person who has been domiciled in the State of Alabama for a period of at least 12 consecutive months immediately preceding application for a grant under the Alabama Student Grant Program. The ACHE shall promulgate and enforce regulations further defining and limiting the term domicile so as to limit the benefits of this legislation to bona fide Alabama citizens, based upon criteria including residency of parents and guardians, voter registration of students and parents, driver's license registration, and other facts indicating bona fide citizenship. (3) APPROVED INSTITUTION. Any independent nonprofit postsecondary institution of higher learning located in the State of Alabama which is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of...
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22-21-271.1
Section 22-21-271.1 Certificates of need - Fee increases. (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the staff agency of the State Health Planning and Development Agency or its executive director may not increase or set any fees otherwise authorized relating to the certificate of need process pursuant to this article. (b) Any fee increase by the staff agency of the State Health Planning and Development Agency or its executive director adopted after January 1, 1998, is rescinded and shall not be operative unless readopted in accordance with this section. (c) Any fee increase related to the certificate of need process of the State Health Planning and Development Agency shall be adopted as a rule pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 22 of Title 41. (d)(1) For the purpose of this section, the term "State Health Planning and Development Agency" means the CON review board which is defined as the State Health Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA) in subdivision...
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27-26-2
Section 27-26-2 Purpose of chapter. It is hereby declared by the Legislature of the State of Alabama that the availability of medical liability insurance at reasonable rates for the medical profession, medical institutions, and other health care providers is essential to provide adequate health services to the people of Alabama, and without such insurance, medical services by the medical profession may be curtailed, and that while the need for such insurance is increasing, availability is limited and likely to become increasingly so, unless remedial legislation is enacted. The Legislature further finds and declares that by reason of complicated and highly technical medical concepts, and the existence of sophisticated medical techniques, decisions with respect to optional procedures of diagnosis and treatment have become increasingly complex and are necessarily made on the basis of professional judgment, on which opinions may and often will reasonably vary. It is the purpose of this...
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29-2-273
Section 29-2-273 Goals and objectives; funding. (a) The committee shall make a continuous study of the energy supply for the state and make recommendations for legislation and initiatives that will create the necessary institutional and regulatory changes to accomplish the overall goals and objectives of the state in a manner that benefits the economy and protects the environment. (b) The continuing study conducted by the committee, and recommendations submitted to the Governor and the Legislature, shall be designed to achieve the following goals and objectives, provided that those goals and objectives may be met while still providing reliable and affordable energy to Alabama residents: (1) The expansion of diverse sources of fuels to be used to meet Alabama's current and future energy needs through each of the following methods: a. Encouraging a diverse fuel mix among electric supply generation that promotes reliability and minimizes negative impacts that would result from electric...
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31-4-13
Section 31-4-13 Approval, inspection and supervision of armory construction by State Building Commission. Whenever any new armory construction is to be made by the Armory Commission of Alabama out of any state moneys without federal aid, the Armory Commission of Alabama shall submit the plans and specifications for such new construction to the technical and engineering staff of the Building Commission of 1945 for technical and engineering approval, and all bids asked for and contracts let shall be under the supervision of the technical and engineering staff in consultation with the Armory Commission, and the technical and engineering staff of the Building Commission of 1945 shall inspect, supervise, and approve the construction of such armories. Whenever any new armories are to be built by the Armory Commission of Alabama involving the expenditure of state funds and the expenditure of federal funds, on the basis of matching of state and federal funds, the plans and specifications for...
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34-14C-5
Section 34-14C-5 Exemptions. The licensure requirements of this chapter do not apply to the following entities or practitioners: (1) Home health agencies certified by the State of Alabama to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. (2) Hospital based home medical equipment services, whether or not the services are provided through a separate corporation or other business entity. (3) Health care practitioners legally eligible to order or prescribe home medical equipment, or who use home medical equipment to treat patients in locations other than the patient's residence, including, but not limited to, physicians, nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, optometrists, chiropractors, and podiatrists, except for those practitioners, other than a licensed physician practicing medicine, who provide home medical equipment services in a patient's residence. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting...
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34-17A-21
Section 34-17A-21 Therapists - Privileged communications; exceptions. For the purpose of this chapter, the confidential relations and communications between licensed marriage and family therapists and clients are placed upon the same basis as those provided by law between attorney and client, and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require any such privileged communication to be disclosed, except in the following circumstances: (1) As mandated by law. (2) To prevent a clear and immediate danger to a person or persons. (3) Where the therapist is a defendant in a civil, criminal, or disciplinary action arising from the therapy, in which case client confidences may be disclosed only in the course of that action. (4) Where the client is a defendant in a criminal proceeding and the use of the privilege would violate the defendant's right to a compulsory process or the right to present testimony and witnesses in his or her own behalf, or both. (5) If there is a waiver previously...
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34-21-122
Section 34-21-122 General provisions and jurisdiction. (a) A multistate license to practice registered or licensed practical nursing issued by a home state to a resident in that state shall be recognized by each party state as authorizing a nurse to practice as a registered nurse or as a licensed practical nurse, under a multistate licensure privilege, in each party state. (b) A state shall implement procedures for considering the criminal history records of applicants for initial multistate licensure or licensure by endorsement. The procedures shall include the submission of fingerprints or other biometric-based information by applicants for the purpose of obtaining the criminal history record information of an applicant from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the agency responsible for retaining the criminal records of that state. (c) Each party state shall require an applicant to satisfy all of the following to obtain or retain a multistate license in his or her home state: (1)...
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34-9-10
Section 34-9-10 Application; licensure by credentials; special purpose license. (a) Every person who desires to practice dentistry within the State of Alabama shall file an application prescribed by the board. Notwithstanding the method of obtaining licensure or any particular requirement set forth herein, every person as a prerequisite to licensure shall be at least 19 years of age, of good moral character, a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal government, and a graduate of a dental school or college accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation and approved by the board and shall satisfy any other requirement set forth in any rule adopted by the board. (b) Licensure by examination shall be applicable to the following categories: (1) Those individuals who have never been licensed or taken an examination and whose...
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40-12-128
Section 40-12-128 Mining of iron ore - Levy and amount of tax; limitation of actions. Every person engaged in the business of mining iron ore or operating an iron ore mine in the State of Alabama shall pay to the State of Alabama a license or privilege tax by the twentieth of each month for the privilege of operating said iron ore mine during the current month in which such payment is due an amount equal to $.03 per ton, of 2,240 pounds, on all iron ore mined during the last preceding month in which said mine was operated according to the run of the mine, whether such mine is an open mine or an underground mine, but no such tax shall be paid to any county in this state. Railroad weights shall govern where said iron ore is loaded on railroad cars in determining the amount of iron ore mined. In order that the industrial development of the state may be best preserved and promoted and in order that any deleterious effect of the tax levied in this section may be minimized, the Department of...
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