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22-21-293
Section 22-21-293 Financial responsibility for out-of-county indigent patients treated at a
regional referral hospital. Ultimate financial responsibility for treatment received at a
regional referral hospital by a certified indigent patient, who is a resident of the State
of Alabama but is not a resident of the county in which the regional referral hospital is
located, shall be the obligation of the county of which the certified indigent patient is
a resident. A county's annual financial responsibility for each of its resident certified
indigent patients receiving treatment at a regional referral hospital shall be limited to
payment for 30 days or the number of days of services allowed per annum for the care of Medicaid
patients through the State Medicaid Program at the time of the patient's hospitalization,
whichever shall be less, at the per diem reimbursement rate currently in effect for the regional
referral hospital under the medical assistance program for the needy under Title...
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22-55-1
Section 22-55-1 Enactment of compact; terms. The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is hereby
enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joining therein
in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH The contracting
states solemnly agree that: Article I The party states find that the proper and expeditious
treatment of the mentally ill and mentally deficient can be facilitated by cooperative action
to the benefit of the patients, their families and society as a whole. Further, the party
states find the necessity of and desirability for furnishing such care and treatment bear
no primary relation to the residence or citizenship of the patient but that, on the contrary,
the controlling factors of community safety and humanitarianism require that facilities and
services be made available for all who are in need of them. Consequently, it is the purpose
of this compact and of the party states to provide the necessary legal basis...
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22-8A-3
by the law of this state to administer or provide health care in the ordinary course of business
or in the practice of a profession. (9) HEALTH CARE PROXY. Any person designated to act on
behalf of an individual pursuant to Section 22-8A-4. (10) LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT. Any medical
treatment, procedure, or intervention that, in the judgment of the attending physician, when
applied to the patient, would serve only to prolong the dying process where the patient has
a terminal illness or injury, or would serve only to maintain the patient in a condition
of permanent unconsciousness. These procedures shall include, but are not limited to, assisted
ventilation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, renal dialysis, surgical procedures, blood transfusions,
and the administration of drugs and antibiotics. Life-sustaining treatment shall not include
the administration of medication or the performance of any medical treatment where, in the
opinion of the attending physician, the medication or...
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27-48-1
Section 27-48-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. A health insurance policy that covers hospital, medical,
or surgical expenses, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations,
medical service organizations, physician-hospital organizations, or any other person, firm,
corporation, joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for, purchases, or
furnishes health care services to patients, insureds, or beneficiaries in this state. For
the purpose of this chapter, a health benefit plan located or domiciled outside of the State
of Alabama is deemed to be subject to the provisions of this chapter if it receives, processes,
adjudicates, pays, or denies claims for health care services submitted by or on behalf of
the State of Alabama or who receive health care services in the State of Alabama. The term
includes, but is not limited to, entities created pursuant to Article 6 of...
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34-24-210.1
(a), which may be performed without prescription or referral, include and are limited to the
following: (1) To a child with a diagnosed developmental disability pursuant to the plan of
care for the child. (2) To a patient of a home health care agency pursuant to the plan of
care for the patient. (3) To a patient in a nursing home pursuant to the plan of care for
the patient. (4) Related to conditioning or to providing education or activities in a wellness
setting for the purpose of injury prevention, reduction of stress, or promotion of
fitness. (5) To an individual for a previously diagnosed condition or conditions for which
physical therapy services are appropriate after informing the health care provider rendering
the diagnosis. The diagnosis shall have been made within the immediately preceding 90 days.
The physical therapist shall provide the health care provider who rendered the diagnosis with
a plan of care for physical therapy services within the first 15 days of...
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34-24-604
Section 34-24-604 Annual registration. (a) Beginning January 1, 2014, and continuing each year
thereafter: (1) All physicians providing pain management services shall obtain a pain management
registration from the board. (2) All physicians who otherwise meet the criteria established
by the board shall obtain a pain management registration from the board. (b) To register,
a physician applicant shall submit the following to the board: (1) A completed application
on a form prescribed by the board. (2) Proof of a current drug enforcement administration
registration. (3) Proof of an Alabama controlled substances certificate. (4) Proof of a current
registration with the Alabama Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. (5) A list of all registrants
who own, co-own, operate, or provide pain management services in the practice location. (6)
The disclosure of any controlled substances certificate or registration denial, restriction,
or discipline imposed on the registrant, or any disciplinary act...
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34-25A-4
Section 34-25A-4 Referral and consultation limits. (a) A licensed prosthetist, licensed orthotist,
or licensed prosthetist/orthotist may provide services utilizing new prostheses or orthoses
for which he or she is licensed and only under a written order from an authorized health care
practitioner. A consultation with and periodic review by an authorized health care practitioner
is not required for the evaluation, repair, adjusting, or servicing of a prosthesis by a licensed
prosthetist, or licensed prosthetist/orthotist and for the evaluation, repair, adjusting,
or servicing of an orthosis by a licensed orthotist, or licensed prosthetist/orthotist; nor
is an order from an authorized health care practitioner required for maintenance or replacement
of an orthosis or prosthesis to the level of its original prescription for an indefinite period
of time if the original order remains appropriate for the patient's medical needs. (b) Prosthetists
and orthotists must refer persons receiving...
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34-29-61
VETERINARIAN. A person who is validly and currently licensed to practice veterinary medicine
in Alabama. (13) LICENSED VETERINARY TECHNICIAN. A person who is validly and currently licensed
to practice as a veterinary technician in Alabama. (14) PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership,
association, joint venture, cooperative, or corporation or any other group or combination
acting in concert; and whether or not acting as a principal, trustee, fiduciary, receiver,
or as any kind of legal or personal representative, or as the successor in interest,
assigning agent, factor, servant, employee, director, officer, or any other representative
of such person. (15) PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE: a. To diagnose, treat, correct, change,
relieve, or prevent animal disease, deformity, defect, injury, or other physical or
mental condition; including the prescription or administration of any drug, medicine, biologic,
apparatus, application, anesthesia, or other therapeutic or diagnostic...
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45-13-41
Section 45-13-41 License requirements; operation of massage parlor; unlawful activities; violations.
(a) The provisions of this section shall apply to all counties having a population of not
less than 26,000 nor more than 26,800 inhabitants according to the 1970 or any subsequent
federal decennial census. (b) The following words and terms as used in this section shall,
unless the context requires a different meaning, have the meanings respectively ascribed to
them by this section: (1) The term "massage parlor" shall mean any establishment,
building, room, or place other than a regularly licensed hospital, medical clinic, nursing
home, or dispensary, the offices of a physician, a surgeon, or an osteopath, where non-medical,
non-surgical, non-osteopathic, and non-chiropractic manipulative exercises, massages, or procedures
are practiced upon the human body, or any part thereof, for other than cosmetic or beautifying
purposes, with or without the use of mechanical or other devices, by...
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6-5-481
or dentist's office or clinic containing facilities for the examination, diagnosis, treatment,
or care of human illnesses. (4) PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION. Any medical or dental professional
corporation or any medical or dental professional association. (5) PHYSICIAN. Any person licensed
to practice medicine in Alabama. (6) DENTIST. Any person licensed to practice dentistry in
Alabama. (7) HOSPITAL. Such institutions as are defined in Section 22-21-21 as hospitals.
(8) OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. Any professional corporation or any person employed by physicians,
dentists, or hospitals who are directly involved in the delivery of health care services.
(9) MEDICAL LIABILITY. A finding by a judge, jury, or arbitration panel that a physician,
dentist, medical institution, or other health care provider did not meet the applicable standard
of care, and that such failure was the proximate cause of the injury complained of,
resulting in damage to the patient. (Acts 1975, No. 513, p. 148, ยง3.)...
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