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22-56-7
Section 22-56-7 Abuse, exploitation, neglect - Providers to implement written policies and
procedures. All providers of mental health services in Alabama shall develop and implement
written policies and procedures that prohibit abuse, exploitation, or neglect of consumers
in programs operated by the providers. At a minimum, these policies and procedures shall accomplish
the following: (1) Affirm and safeguard the rights of a consumer stated pursuant to this chapter.
(2) Ensure that prompt action is taken to prevent the potential of further abuse while an
investigation is in process. (3) Provide for an immediate and thorough investigation of all
allegations of abuse, exploitation, or neglect by trained, experienced personnel delegated
with all necessary authority. The status of all investigations shall be reported to the administrator(s)
of the program or his or her designated representative on a continuous basis. (4) Establish
reasonable and appropriate corrective action, including...
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22-8A-11
Section 22-8A-11 Surrogate; requirements; attending physician consulted, intent of patient
followed; persons who may serve as surrogate; priority; validity of decisions; liability;
form; declaratory and injunctive relief; penalties. (a) If no advance directive for health
care has been made, or if no duly appointed health care proxy is reasonably available, or
if a valid advance directive for health care fails to address a particular circumstance, subject
to the provisions of subsection (c) hereof, a surrogate, in consultation with the attending
physician, may, subject to the provisions of Section 22-8A-6, determine whether to provide,
withdraw, or withhold life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration
if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The attending physician determines, to a reasonable
degree of medical certainty, that: a. The individual is no longer able to understand, appreciate,
and direct his or her medical treatment, and b. The individual...
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22-8A-3
Section 22-8A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADULT. Any person
19 years of age or over. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITION AND HYDRATION. A medical treatment
consisting of the administration of food and water through a tube or intravenous line, where
the recipient is not required to chew or swallow voluntarily. Artificially provided nutrition
and hydration does not include assisted feeding, such as spoon or bottle feeding. (3) ADVANCE
DIRECTIVE FOR HEALTH CARE. A writing executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4 which may
include a living will, the appointment of a health care proxy, or both such living will and
appointment of a health care proxy. (4) ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. The physician selected by, or
assigned to, the patient who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the
patient. (5) CARDIOPULMONARY CESSATION. A lack of pulse or...
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27-19-105
Section 27-19-105 Regulations for long-term care policies; outline of coverage, policy summary,
and monthly report. (a) The commissioner may adopt regulations that include standards for
full and fair disclosure setting forth the manner, content, and required disclosures for the
sale of long-term care insurance policies, terms of renewability, initial and subsequent conditions
of eligibility, nonduplication of coverage provisions, coverage of dependents, preexisting
conditions, termination of insurance, continuation or conversion, probationary periods, limitations,
exceptions, reductions, elimination periods, requirements for replacement, recurrent conditions,
and definitions of terms. Regulations under this subsection should recognize the developing
and unique nature of long-term care insurance and the distinction between group and individual
long-term insurance policies. (b) No long-term care insurance policy may do any of the following:
(1) Be cancelled, nonrenewed, or otherwise...
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38-13-4
Section 38-13-4 Mandatory criminal history check notice; suitability determinations; checks
on subsequent activity. (a) Every employer, child care facility, adult care facility, the
Department of Human Resources, and child placing agency required to obtain a criminal history
background information check pursuant to this chapter shall obtain, prior to or upon the date
of employment, or issuance of a license or approval or renewal thereof, and maintain in the
agency or personnel file, a request with written consent for the criminal history background
information check and a statement signed by the applicant, volunteer, or employee indicating
whether he or she has ever been convicted of a crime, and if so, fully disclosing all convictions.
The statement shall include a notice and questionnaire the same as or similar to the following:
(1) MANDATORY CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK NOTICE: Alabama law requires that a criminal history
background information check be conducted on all persons who hold a...
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12-15-505
Section 12-15-505 State Team established; membership; term; duties; hiring authority. (a) The
State Team is created and shall consist of a representative appointed by the head of the following
departments, agencies, or organizations: The Department of Education, the Department of Human
Resources, the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Public Health, the Department
of Youth Services, and the Alabama Chief Probation Officers Association. (b) The appointments
to the State Team shall be for a term of three years beginning October 1, 1993, and each three
years thereafter and until their successors are appointed, except that the initial appointments
of the representatives of the Department of Human Resources and the Department of Mental Health
shall be for three years; the initial appointments of the representatives of the Department
of Education and the Department of Youth Services shall be for two years; and the initial
appointments of representatives of the Department of...
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14-1-19
Section 14-1-19 Acceptance and redispensing of unused prescription medications. (a) As used
in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CORRECTIONS FACILITY.
Any facility or program controlled or operated by the state Department of Corrections or any
of its agencies or departments and supported wholly or in part by state funds for the correctional
care of persons or any county jail operated and controlled by the county sheriff and a county.
(2) CUSTOMIZED PATIENT MEDICATION PACKAGE. A package that is prepared by a pharmacist for
a specific patient and that contains two or more prescribed solid oral dosage forms. (3) REPACKAGING.
The process by which the pharmacy prepares a prescription it accepts pursuant to this section
in a unit-dose package, unit-of-issue package or customized patient medication package for
immediate dispensing in accordance with a current prescription. (4) UNIT-DOSE PACKAGE. A package
that contains a single-dose drug with the name,...
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16-60-111.4
Section 16-60-111.4 Powers of Board of Trustees. (a) The board shall be authorized to: (1)
Make rules and regulations for the government of community and technical colleges. (2) Prescribe
for the community and technical colleges the courses of study to be offered and the conditions
for granting certificates, diplomas, and degrees. (3) Appoint or terminate the employment
of the presidents of the community and technical colleges. (4) Direct the expenditure of legislative
appropriations of community and technical colleges including, but not limited to, the allocation
of the annual legislative appropriation, as the board determines is in the best interests
of the Alabama Community College System. (5) Prescribe qualifications for faculty and establish,
publish, and maintain an annual salary schedule for each community and technical college employee
classification and tenure requirements for faculty at community and technical colleges. (6)
Accept gifts, donations, and devises and bequests of...
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22-13A-4
Section 22-13A-4 Establishment and promotion of program; duties of officer; strategies for
raising public awareness and educating consumers and professionals. (a) The State Department
of Health, hereinafter referred to as "the department," shall establish, promote,
and maintain an osteoporosis prevention and treatment education program in order to raise
public awareness, educate consumers, educate and train health professionals, teachers, and
human service providers, and for other purposes. (b) For purposes of administering this chapter,
the State Health Officer shall do all of the following: (1) Provide sufficient staff to implement
the Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Program. (2) Provide appropriate training
for staff of the Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Program. (3) Identify the
appropriate entities to carry out the program. (4) Base the program on the most up-to-date
scientific information and findings. (5) Work to improve the capacity of...
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22-21-264
Section 22-21-264 Criteria for state agency review. The SHPDA, pursuant to the provisions of
Section 22-21-274, shall prescribe by rules and regulations the criteria and clarifying definitions
for reviews covered by this article. These criteria shall include at least the following:
(1) Consistency with the appropriate State Health Facility and services plans effective at
the time the application was received by the State Agency, which shall include the latest
approved revisions of the following plans: a. The most recent Alabama State Health Plan which
shall include updated inventories and separate bed need methodologies for inpatient rehabilitation
beds, inpatient psychiatric beds and inpatient/residential alcohol and drug abuse beds. b.
Alabama State Health Plan for services to the mentally ill. c. Alabama State Plan for rehabilitation
facilities. d. Alabama developmental disabilities plan. e. Alabama State alcoholism plan.
f. Such other State Plans as may from time to time be...
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