34-22-80
Section 34-22-80 Legislative findings. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that
technological advances are occurring in the practice of optometry, thereby changing the practice
of optometry, and that those technological advances are in the public interest. The Legislature
further finds and declares that the practice of optometry is a privilege and that the state's
ability to regulate and monitor such technological advances is necessary for the protection
of the citizens of this state and for the public interest, health, welfare, and safety. (Act
98-495, p. 956, §1; Act 2014-339, p. 1257, §1.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/34-22-80.htm - 923 bytes - Match Info - Similar pages

34-24-500
Section 34-24-500 Legislative findings and purpose. The Legislature hereby finds and
declares that, because of technological advances and changing practice patterns, the practice
of medicine or osteopathy is occurring with increasing frequency across state lines and that
certain technological advances in the practice of medicine or osteopathy are in the public
interest. The Legislature further finds and declares that the practice of medicine or osteopathy
is a privilege and that the licensure by this state of practitioners located outside this
state engaging in such medical or osteopathic practice within this state and the ability to
discipline such practitioners is necessary for the protection of the citizens of this state
and for the public interest, health, welfare, and safety. (Acts 1997, No. 97-166, p. 238,
§1.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/34-24-500.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

34-9-2
Section 34-9-2 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature hereby declares that the practice
of dentistry and the practice of dental hygiene affect the public health, safety, and welfare
and should be subject to regulation. It is further declared to be a matter of public interest
and concern that the dental profession merit and receive the confidence of the public and
that only qualified dentists be permitted to practice dentistry and only qualified dental
hygienists be permitted to practice dental hygiene in the State of Alabama. All provisions
of this chapter relating to the practice of dentistry and dental hygiene shall be liberally
construed to carry out these objects and purposes. (b) The Legislature also finds and declares
that, because of technological advances and changing practice patterns, the practice of dentistry
and the practice of dental hygiene is occurring with increasing frequency across state lines
and that the technological advances in the practice of dentistry and in...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/34-9-2.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/22-21-265.3.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

41-9-207
Section 41-9-207 Legislative findings and declarations; purpose of article; agencies;
duties and goals. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) The people of this state
have a fundamental interest in the orderly development of the state and its regions; (2) The
state has a positive interest in the preparation and maintenance of long-term, comprehensive
plans for the economic, physical and human resource development of the whole state and of
each of its regions which plans can serve as guides for local governmental units and state
departments and agencies; (3) The continued growth of the state and the readjustment of the
people to the changing economy of the state, present problems which can best be solved by
overall state planning guidance for their solution; (4) Local governmental planning and program
implementation can be strengthened when done in relation to and coordinated with the planning
efforts and program implementation of the state and of the regions of the state;...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/41-9-207.htm - 3K - Match Info - Similar pages

11-65-1
Section 11-65-1 Legislative declarations and findings. The Legislature hereby finds
and declares as follows: (1) As the basis for enacting Act No. 84-131, the Legislature found
and determined that the conduct within Class 1 municipalities in the state of horse racing
events and pari-mutuel wagering thereon will generate additional revenues for governmental
and charitable purposes, provide additional jobs for the residents of the state and benefit
the businesses related to tourism and recreation within any such municipality and throughout
the surrounding areas of the state; it is desirable to permit the qualified voters of any
Class 1 municipality to determine through referendum whether horse racing and pari-mutuel
wagering thereon will be permitted in such municipality; and for each Class 1 municipality
in which horse racing is approved by the voters thereof, it is necessary and desirable to
provide for the establishment of a racing commission to regulate horse racing and pari-mutuel...

alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-65-1.htm - 18K - Match Info - Similar pages

34-27B-1
Section 34-27B-1 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares that the practice
of respiratory therapy in Alabama affects the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens
of Alabama. It, therefore, should be subject to regulation and control, in the public interest
to protect the citizenry against the unauthorized, unqualified, and improper administration
of respiratory therapy and from unprofessional or unethical conduct by persons licensed to
practice respiratory therapy. (Act 2004-518, p. 1038, §1.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/34-27B-1.htm - 832 bytes - Match Info - Similar pages

11-89C-1
Section 11-89C-1 Legislative findings and intent. (a) The Legislature finds and declares
that it is in the public interest and the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of this
state and within the police power of the state, county, and municipal governments to promote
effective and efficient compliance with federal and state laws, rules, regulations, and permits
relating to discharges into and from municipal separate storm sewers, and to promote and authorize
the discovery, control, and elimination, wherever practicable, of that discharge at the local
government level. (b) It is the intention of the Legislature by passage of this chapter to
assist the state in its implementation of the storm water laws, and to supplement the authority
of the governing bodies of all counties and municipalities in the state to enable them to
implement the storm water laws. (c) It is further the intention of the Legislature to authorize
and promote the intercooperation of the governing bodies in...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-89C-1.htm - 4K - Match Info - Similar pages

41-10-540
Section 41-10-540 Legislative findings; construction. The Legislature finds and declares
the following: That the State of Alabama, acting in its own name and through various public
corporations, has made substantial financial contractual commitments for incentives to industries
agreeing to locate or expand their operations in Alabama; that the creation of a state-level
agency with power to fund the commitments is desirable and in the public interest; that by
the passage of this division it is the intention to provide for the creation of Alabama Incentives
Financing Authority with broad powers to meet existing commitments made by the state to industries
committing to locate or expand in the state; and that it is necessary and in the public interest
that the authority pledge for payment of its obligations the funds appropriated to the authority
in order to enable it to fund existing commitments and to carry out functions that are essential
to the public welfare. This division shall be...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/41-10-540.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

41-10-621
Section 41-10-621 Legislative findings and purpose. (a) The Legislature finds and declares
the following: (1) The State of Alabama has a great need from time to time to have access
to financing for economic development and industrial recruitment that does not involve improvements
to revenue-producing facilities. (2) It is desirable and in the public interest to establish
a state-level authority with the power to issue bonds for such general purposes. (3) The Alabama
Supreme Court has held, in effect, that only when the debt of a public corporation is payable
out of a new revenue source will such debt not be considered a debt of the state in contravention
of Section 213 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901; the State of Alabama expects
to receive in the near future new revenues from the settlement of certain litigation between
the state and the tobacco industry. (4) By the passage of this division, it is the intention
of the Legislature to: a. Provide for the creation of a special...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/41-10-621.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages