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25-5-290
Section 25-5-290 Ombudsman program, creation; purpose; members; notification of service; benefit
review conferences. (a) The Department of Industrial Relations shall establish an Ombudsman
Program to assist injured or disabled employees, persons claiming death benefits, employers,
and other persons in protecting their rights and obtaining information available under the
Workers' Compensation Law. (b) Providing that the employer and the employee agree to participate
in the benefit review conference, the ombudsmen shall meet with or otherwise provide information
to injured or disabled employees, investigate complaints, and communicate with employers,
insurance carriers, and health care providers on behalf of injured or disabled employees.
(c) Ombudsmen shall be Merit System employees and demonstrate familiarity with the Workers'
Compensation Law. An ombudsman shall not be an advocate for any person who shall assist a
claimant, employer, or other person in any proceeding beyond the...
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9-9-5
Section 9-9-5 Establishment of district - Jurisdiction generally; purposes. (a) The court of
probate of any county of the State of Alabama shall have jurisdiction, power and authority
to establish water management districts, as provided in this article for the following purposes:
(1) To locate and establish levees, drains or canals and to cause to be constructed, straightened,
widened or deepened any ditch, drain or watercourse; (2) To construct for the purposes of
flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization or disposal of water works
of improvement, including levees, embankments, floodwater retarding structures, water storage
structures, outlets and tide gates, flood gates and pumping plants for preventing floods,
providing drainage, reducing sediment and reclaiming wet, swamp or overflowed lands and other
related works of improvement that will carry out the purposes of this article; and (3) To
provide maintenance for such installations. (b) It is hereby declared...
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22-14-3
Section 22-14-3 Purpose of article. It is the purpose of this article to effectuate the policies
set forth in Section 22-14-2 by providing for: (1) A program of effective regulation of sources
of ionizing radiation and machines and devices producing ionizing radiation for the protection
of the occupational and public health and safety; (2) A program to promote an orderly regulatory
pattern within the state, among the states and between the Federal Government and the state
and to facilitate intergovernmental cooperation with respect to use and regulation of sources
of ionizing radiation to the end that duplication of regulation may be minimized; (3) A program
to establish procedures for assumption and performance of certain regulatory responsibilities
with respect to by-product, source and special nuclear materials; and (4) A program to permit
maximum utilization of sources of ionizing radiation consistent with the health and safety
of the public. (Acts 1963, No. 582, p. 1269, ยง2.)...
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22-18-4
Section 22-18-4 Fees of licenses; disposition of funds; qualifications for EMSP licensure.
(a) In addition to all other fees now payable, the Board of Health shall establish, by rule,
a fee for EMSP and air or ground provider service licenses. Each license issued to an EMSP
shall be valid for a period of 24 calendar months. Each license issued to a provider service
shall be valid for a period not to exceed 12 calendar months. The same fee shall be charged
for renewal of a license. No additional fee shall be collected when an EMSP becomes eligible
for reclassification of his or her license to a higher level. (b) All fees collected under
this chapter shall be retained in a separate fund by the Board of Health for the purpose of
enforcing this chapter and shall be disbursed as other funds of the state are disbursed; provided,
that no fee or permit charge authorized under this chapter shall be charged or collected for
the issuing of a permit to a volunteer rescue squad, as defined in...
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37-11-1
Section 37-11-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, is hereby
authorized to execute a compact in substantially the following form with the states of Louisiana
and Mississippi, and the legislature hereby signifies in advance its approval and ratification
of such compact, which compact is as follows: Southern High-Speed Rail Commission. Article
I. The purpose of this compact is to study the feasibility of rapid rail transit service between
the states of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama and to establish a joint interstate commission
to assist in this effort. Article II. This compact shall become effective immediately as to
the states ratifying it whenever the states of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama have ratified
it and Congress has given consent thereto. Any state not mentioned in this article which is
contiguous with any member state may become a party to this compact, subject to approval by
the legislature of each of the member states. Article...
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37-10-3
Section 37-10-3 Powers of State Department of Transportation generally. The department is hereby
authorized to exercise those powers necessary for the state to qualify for rail service continuation
subsidies and for rail safety subsidies which are or may become available pursuant to the
provisions and regulations of the Federal Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act
of 1976 and any subsequent federal legislation, rules or regulations, including, but not limited
to, the authority: (1) To establish a state plan for rail transportation services as part
of an overall plan for all transportation services in the state; (2) To administer and coordinate
the state plan; (3) To provide in the plan for the equitable distribution of federal rail
service continuation subsidies; (4) To promote, supervise and support safe, adequate and efficient
rail service; (5) To employ sufficient trained and qualified personnel for these purposes;
(6) To maintain adequate programs of investigation,...
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22-13-31
Section 22-13-31 Registry established; reporting of confirmed cases. (a) There is hereby established
within the Department of Public Health the Alabama Statewide Cancer Registry for the purpose
of providing accurate and up-to-date information about cancer or benign brain-related tumors
in Alabama and facilitating the evaluation and improvement of cancer or benign brain-related
tumor prevention, screening, diagnosis, therapy, rehabilitation, and community care activities
for the citizens of Alabama. The State Committee of Public Health shall adopt rules necessary
to effect the purposes of this article, including the data to be reported, and the effective
date after which reporting shall be required. For the purposes of this article, cancer means
all malignant neoplasms, regardless of the tissue of origin, including malignant lymphoma,
Hodgkin's disease, and leukemia, but excluding basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the
skin and carcinoma in situ of the cervix. (b) All cases of...
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45-43-170.04
Section 45-43-170.04 Solid waste disposal - Fees; public nuisances. (a) The Lowndes County
Commission shall by resolution provide for the orderly collection of fees charged under this
article. The county commission may establish a periodic payment system and is authorized to
purchase necessary supplies and materials and employ personnel necessary to effectuate any
such periodic payment system. Such periodic payment system may be effected by the county by
negotiating with any one or more public or private utilities providing service in the county
for the periodic billing of such fees and the collection thereof on behalf of the county by
one or more such utilities. Any delinquencies in any such payments shall entitle the county
to pursue any remedy provided in this article including the enforcement of any lien obtained
hereunder. The county may agree to pay reasonable compensation to any such utility for its
services in connection with the collection and payment to the county of all such...
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6-5-333
Section 6-5-333 Dentists, chiropractors, and physicians serving on utilization and quality
control committees, peer review committees, or professional standards review committees; consultants
thereto and employees thereof; dental, chiropractic and medical societies and associations;
appeal to Alabama Dental Association; confidentiality. (a) Any dentist, chiropractor, or physician
licensed to practice medicine in Alabama who serves on a peer review or a utilization and
quality control committee or professional standards review committee or a similar committee
or a committee of similar purpose or any dentist, physician, chiropractor, or individual who
serves as a consultant or employee to one of said committees established either by a dental
society or dental association or by a chiropractic society or chiropractic association or
by a state medical association or county medical society to review any aspect of dental care,
chiropractic care, or medical care at the request of a government...
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11-32-7
Section 11-32-7 Powers of authority. (a) The authority shall exercise powers and duties necessary
to the discharge of its powers and duties in corporate form as follows: (1) Have succession
by its corporate name in perpetuity subject to Section 11-32-20. (2) Sue and be sued in its
own name in civil suits and actions and defend suits against it. (3) Adopt and make use of
a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (4) Adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation
and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) Acquire, receive, take, by purchase, gift, lease,
devise, or otherwise, and hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether
located in one or more counties or municipalities and whether located within or outside the
authorizing county. (6) Make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other
instruments and take other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose
for which the authority was organized, or exercise any...
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