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22-6-151
Section 22-6-151 Regional care organizations; governing board of directors; citizen's advisory
committee; solvency and financial requirements; reporting; provider standards committee. (a)
A regional care organization shall serve only Medicaid beneficiaries in providing medical
care and services. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a regional care organization
shall not be deemed an insurance company under state law. (c)(1) A regional care organization
and an organization with probationary regional care organization certification shall have
a governing board of directors composed of the following members: a. Twelve members shall
be persons representing risk-bearing participants in the regional care organization or organization
with probationary certification. A participant bears risk by contributing cash, capital, or
other assets to the regional care organization. A participant also bears risk by contracting
with the regional care organization to treat Medicaid beneficiaries...
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27-55-2
Section 27-55-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, these terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ABUSE. The occurrence of one or more of the following acts by a family or household
member, as defined by subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of Section 15-10-3: a. Attempting
to cause or intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing another person, including a minor
child, bodily injury, severe emotional injury, or psychological trauma or conduct which constitutes
the crime of rape. b. Intentionally following another person, including a minor child, without
proper authority, under circumstances that place the person in reasonable fear of bodily injury
or physical harm. c. Subjecting another person, including a minor child, to false imprisonment
or kidnapping. d. Attempting to cause or intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing damage
to property to intimidate or attempt to control the behavior of another person, including
a minor child. e. Assault, child abuse, criminal...
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41-10-351
Section 41-10-351 Definitions. The following terms hereafter used in this article shall have
the following respective meanings: (1) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant
to the provisions of this article. (2) BONDS. The bonds issued under the provisions of this
article. (3) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Mental Health. (4) DEPARTMENT. The Department
of Mental Health provided for in Chapter 50 of Subtitle 2 of Title 22. (5) DIRECTORS. The
board of directors of the authority. (6) MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES. Any one or more of the
following: hospitals and other facilities of any kind for treatment and care of the mentally
ill and individuals with an intellectual disability; regional or community-based mental health
centers; regional or community-based facilities for treatment and care of the mentally ill
or individuals with an intellectual disability; regional or community-based centers for the
treatment of alcoholism or drug addiction; and improvements to existing state...
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45-41-260.09
Section 45-41-260.09 Zoning; grant of power. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety,
morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the county, the commission,
with the approval of the county commission, may divide the portion of the county within its
zoning jurisdiction into districts of the number, shape, and area as may be found best suited
to carry out the purposes of this article, and to provide within the districts for standards
relating to the use of the land and the types and kinds of structures that may be erected
in the districts, and all home remodeling or modification in the districts. The provision
shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan for the area involved and shall be designed
to lessen congestion in the streets and highways; to secure safety from fire, flood, panic,
and other dangers; to provide for health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light
and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue mixed use of...
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11-88-5
Section 11-88-5 Authorization and procedure for amendment of certificate of incorporation.
(a) The certificate of incorporation of any authority incorporated under the provisions of
this article may at any time and from time to time be amended in the manner provided in this
section. (b)(1) The board of directors of the authority shall first adopt a resolution proposing
an amendment to the certificate of incorporation which shall be set forth in full in the resolution
and which amendment may include: a. A change in the name of the authority; b. The addition
to the service area of the authority of new territory lying within the determining county;
c. Provisions for the operation of a system or facility the operation of which is not then
provided for in the certificate of incorporation of the authority and which the authority
is authorized by this article to operate; d. Any matters which might have been included in
the original certificate of incorporation; e. Provisions for the addition...
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14-14-2
Section 14-14-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the
following meanings: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections. (2)
DEPARTMENT. The Department of Corrections. (3) GERIATRIC INMATE. A person 55 years of age
or older convicted in this state of a non-capital felony offense and sentenced to the penitentiary,
who suffers from a chronic life-threatening infirmity, life-threatening illness, or chronic
debilitating disease related to aging, who poses a low risk to the community, and who does
not constitute a danger to himself or herself or society. (4) PERMANENTLY INCAPACITATED INMATE.
A state inmate who possesses a permanent, irreversible physical or mental health condition
that prevents him or her from being able to perpetrate a violent physical action upon another
person or self or initiate or participate in a criminal act. The medical or mental health
treatment or need for assistance of such individual must require...
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22-21-265.3
Section 22-21-265.3 Certificates of need - All-digital, automated hospital exempt from review
process. The Legislature finds and determines that the well-being and health of the citizens
of the State of Alabama will be enhanced by the development and growth of a state of the art
digital, automated hospital using the latest technological advances in healthcare to lower
healthcare costs, reduce human errors, and provide patients with the best medical care available,
and that it is in the best interest of the state to induce the location of one all-digital,
automated hospital, meeting the requirements of a digital hospital as provided in subsection
(f) of Section 22-21-265, in a county in which is located an accredited medical school and
teaching facility and not less than 3,000 licensed general hospital beds, in order to set
new standards for quality, efficiency, and cost-effective delivery of healthcare services,
and to promote these purposes by exempting from the certificate of need...
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22-27-49
Section 22-27-49 Moratorium on issuance of permits. (a) For the purpose of evaluating solid
waste management problems facing the state and to allow for the development of comprehensive
plans to identify and provide for the state's solid waste management needs, there is hereby
imposed a moratorium on the issuance by the Department of Environmental Management of any
new or modified permits or transfers of existing permits for solid waste management facilities
which receive or are intended to receive wastes not generated by the permittee. Said moratorium
shall not apply to industrial landfills receiving waste generated in state only by the permittee.
Modifications for the limited purposes of changing liner and leachate collection design, changes
in waste streams from within the facility's designated service area, changes in sequence of
fill, and changes to incorporate new technology, or changes intended to bring a facility into
compliance with statutes and regulations are specifically...
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22-52-30
Section 22-52-30 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) CAPACITY
TO PROCEED OR CONTINUE TO TRIAL. Whether or not a defendant accused of a crime: a. Understands
the nature of the charges preferred against him; and b. Is capable of assisting his attorney
in the preparation of the defense of his case. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department
of Mental Health of the State of Alabama. (3) SUPERINTENDENT. The superintendent or director
of Bryce Hospital located in Tuscaloosa County, the superintendent or director of Searcy Hospital
located in Mobile County or the superintendent or director of any such facility as defined
in subdivision (4) of this section. (4) FACILITY. Any state-owned or state-operated hospital
or other facility, whether currently operating or to be operated in the future, utilized for
the diagnosis, care, treatment, training or...
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26-2A-104.1
Section 26-2A-104.1 Corporations as guardians for developmentally disabled. (a) The term "developmentally
disabled" means a person whose impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive
behavior which is manifested before the person attains the age of 22 and results in intellectual
disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy or autism and as defined in Public Law 98-527, the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (Section 102(7)). (b) A private non-profit
corporation organized under the laws of Alabama and qualified under the Internal Revenue Code
as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt corporation as described herein is qualified for designation as
guardian for persons with developmental disabilities and who has been determined by the probate
court to need some degree of guardianship; provided that those corporations qualifying under
this section shall be governed by a board of directors which shall have no fewer than 35 percent
of its membership representing parents or...
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