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38-7-2
Section 38-7-2 Definitions. Terms used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the meanings ascribed to them in this section. When not inconsistent
with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the singular
number include the plural number, and words in the plural number include the singular number,
and the word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory: (1) CHILD. Any
person under 19 years of age, a person under the continuing jurisdiction of the juvenile court
pursuant to Section 12-15-117, or a person under 21 years of age in foster care as
defined by the Department of Human Resources. (2) CHILD-CARE INSTITUTION or INSTITUTION FOR
CHILD CARE. A child-care facility where more than 10 children are received and maintained
for the purpose of providing them with care or training or both, or transitional living program
services, but does not include: a. Any institution for child care which is under the ownership
or control,...
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16-36-62
Section 16-36-62 Local textbook committee. (a) A local textbook committee or committees
shall be appointed by each separate local board of education. The number, size, and composition,
which shall include parents, of the committee or committees shall be determined by each local
board of education. A copy of local school board policies in regard to local textbook committees
shall be kept on file by each local superintendent. Names of each person serving on a local
textbook committee shall also be kept on file by each local superintendent. (b) In order to
qualify as a member of the committee, each member of the local textbook committee and its
secretary shall prepare an affidavit to be filed with the local board of education within
10 days after notice of the member's appointment stating each of the following: (1) The member
agrees to discharge faithfully all the duties imposed upon him or her as a member or as secretary
of the textbook committee. (2) The member has no interest, directly...
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26-16-52
Section 26-16-52 Ad hoc child abuse protection team advisory committee created; composition,
duties, etc.; annual report. Upon October 1, 1985, an ad hoc child abuse protection team advisory
committee shall be created and shall consist of the following members: The Governor of the
State of Alabama or his or her designated representative; the Director of the Department of
Human Resources; the Executive Director of the Child Abuse Trust Fund; the President of the
State Parents Teachers Association; two judges in the State of Alabama that preside over courts
exercising juvenile jurisdiction to be selected by the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme
Court; one representative from the Association of County Department of Human Resources County
Directors to be selected by the Governor; the Executive Director of the Office of Prosecution
Services; the Chairman of the Victims Compensation Commission; and two other members selected
by the President of the Child Abuse Trust Fund. The committee...
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30-3-10
Section 30-3-10 Equal opportunity for blind individuals; supportive parenting services.
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) BLINDNESS. A central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of
a correcting lens. An eye that has a limitation in the field of vision so that the widest
diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees is considered to
have a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less. The term also includes a degenerative condition
that reasonably can be expected to result in blindness. (2) SUPPORTIVE PARENTING SERVICES.
Services that may assist a blind parent or prospective blind parent in the effective use of
non-visual techniques and other alternative methods to enable the parent or prospective parent
to discharge parental responsibilities as successfully as a parent who is not blind. (b) The
Legislature finds the following: (1) Blind individuals should be given equal...
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13A-7-29
Section 13A-7-29 Criminal littering. (a) A person commits the crime of criminal littering
if he or she engages in any of the following acts: (1) Knowingly deposits in any manner litter
on any public or private property or in any public or private waters without permission to
do so. For purposes of this subdivision, any series of items found in the garbage, trash,
or other discarded material including, but not limited to, bank statements, utility bills,
bank card bills, and other financial documents, clearly bearing the name of a person shall
constitute a rebuttable presumption that the person whose name appears on the material knowingly
deposited the litter. Advertising, marketing, and campaign materials and literature shall
not be sufficient to constitute a rebuttable presumption of criminal littering under this
subsection. (2) Negligently deposits, in any manner, glass or other dangerously pointed or
edged objects on or adjacent to water to which the public has lawful access for...
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14-3-30
Section 14-3-30 Temporary confinement of convict pending removal; inmate developing
medical condition which requires treatment. (a) When any convict is sentenced to the penitentiary,
the judge of the court in which the sentence is rendered shall order the inmate to be confined
in the nearest secure jail. The clerk of the court shall at once notify the Department of
Corrections as to the jail where the inmate is confined, forward to the department a copy
of the judgment entry and sentence in the case, and inform the department if any special care
is necessary to guard the inmate. Thereupon, the department shall direct where the inmate
shall be taken for confinement or hard labor. (b) When an inmate sentenced to the custody
of the department and the department is in receipt of a transcript of such sentence, is being
housed in a county jail, and the inmate develops a medical condition which requires immediate
treatment at a medical-care facility outside the county jail, the department...
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15-20A-19
Section 15-20A-19 Adult sex offender - Sexually violent predator. (a) The state, upon
conviction and prior to sentencing, may petition the sentencing court to enter an order declaring
a person convicted in this state of a sexually violent or predatory offense as a sexually
violent predator. (b) At sentencing, a court may declare a person to be a sexually violent
predator. For the purposes of this section, a person is a sexually violent predator
if either of the following applies: (1) The person is a repeat sexually violent offender.
(2) The person commits a sexually violent offense and is likely to engage in one or more sexually
violent offenses in the future. (c) A person is a repeat sexually violent offender for the
purposes of this section if the person is convicted of more than one sexually violent
offense. (d) For the purposes of this section, a sexually violent offense is any of
the following: (1) A sex offense committed by forcible compulsion, violence, duress, menace,
fear of...
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15-25-3
Section 15-25-3 Prosecution for physical or sexual offense or exploitation involving
child under age 16 - Use of closed circuit equipment; competence of victim as witness. (a)
In those criminal prosecutions set out in Section 15-25-1, the court, on motion of
the state or the defendant prior to the trial of the case, may order that the testimony of
any alleged victim of the crime or witness thereto who is under the age of 16 at the time
of the order shall be viewed and heard at trial by the court and the finder of fact by closed
circuit equipment. In ruling on the motion the court shall take into consideration those matters
set out in Section 15-25-2. (b) If the court orders that the victim's or witness's
testimony in court shall be by closed circuit equipment, the testimony shall be taken outside
the courtroom in the judge's chambers or in another suitable location designated by the judge.
(c) Examination and cross-examination of the alleged child victim or witness shall proceed
as...
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22-9A-21
Section 22-9A-21 Disclosure of information from vital records. (a) To protect the integrity
of vital records, to insure their proper use, and to insure the efficient and proper administration
of the system of vital statistics, it shall be unlawful for any person to permit inspection
of, or to disclose information contained in vital records, or to copy or issue a copy of all
or part of any record, except as authorized by this chapter and by rules of the board or by
order of a court of competent jurisdiction. (b) The State Registrar or other custodians of
vital records shall not permit inspection of, or disclose information contained in vital records,
or copy or issue a copy of all or part of any records unless he or she is satisfied that the
applicant is authorized to obtain a copy of the record. (1) The registrant, a member of his
or her immediate family, his or her guardian, and their respective legal representatives,
when acting on their behalf and for their benefit, may, in any...
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38-9-6
Section 38-9-6 Protective placement or other protective services. (a) An interested
person may petition the court to order protective placement or other protective services for
an adult in need of protective services. No protective placement or other protective services
may be ordered unless there is a determination by the court that the person is unable to provide
for his or her own protection from abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional
abuse. Upon a petition, setting forth the facts and name, age, sex, and residence of the person,
the court of the circuit in which the person resides shall appoint a day, not more than 30
days from the filing of the petition, for the hearing on the petition. If, on the hearing
of a petition, the person is not represented by counsel, the court shall appoint a guardian
ad litem to represent him or her. A jury of six persons shall be impanelled for the hearing
to serve as the trier of facts. (b) Costs of court proceedings under this...
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