15-22-1.1
Section 15-22-1.1 Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. Whereas: The Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers was established in 1937, it is the earliest corrections "compact" established among the states and has not been amended since its adoption over 62 years ago; Whereas: This compact is the only vehicle for the controlled movement of adult parolees and probationers across state lines, and it currently has jurisdiction over more than a quarter of a million offenders; Whereas: The complexities of the compact have become more difficult to administer, and many jurisdictions have expanded supervision expectations to include currently unregulated practices such as victim input, victim notification requirements, and sex offender registration; Whereas: After hearings, national surveys, and a detailed study by a task force appointed by the National Institute of Corrections, the overwhelming recommendation has been to amend the document to bring about...
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11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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22-18-40
Section 22-18-40 State Emergency Medical Control Committee. (a) The board shall be assisted in formulating rules and policy pertaining to emergency medical services by the State Emergency Medical Control Committee (SEMCC). Each member of the SEMCC shall have voting privileges. Members of the SEMCC shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of the duties of their office at the same rate paid state employees. The chair of SEMCC may establish subcommittees of SEMCC comprised of representatives from ambulance, fire, rescue, and other EMS groups, as needed. (b) The SEMCC shall be composed as follows: (1) The medical directors of each EMS region designated by the board as ex officio members. (2) One member who shall be a physician appointed by the Alabama Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. (3) One member who shall be a physician appointed by the State Committee on Trauma of the American College of...
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34-24-405
Section 34-24-405 Annual report. (a) It shall be the duty of the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee to render an annual report to the State Board of Medical Examiners concerning the operations and proceedings of the committee for the preceding year. (b) The committee shall report to the State Board of Medical Examiners any physician or osteopath who in the opinion of the committee is unable to practice medicine or osteopathy with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, narcotics, alcohol, chemicals, or other substances or as a result of any physical or mental condition when it appears that such physician or osteopath is currently in need of intervention, treatment, or rehabilitation, and such physician or osteopath has failed or refused to participate in programs of treatment or rehabilitation recommended by the committee. In any report to the State Board of Medical Examiners made pursuant to the requirements of this...
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22-6-123
Section 22-6-123 Considerations for inclusions on preferred drug list; review; adoption of list. (a) Drugs will be considered for the Medicaid preferred drug list based on clinical efficacy, side effect profiles, appropriate usage, and cost effectiveness. (b) The Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee shall perform a thorough review of relevant clinical and medical considerations, including, but not limited to: Medicaid Drug Utilization Review (DUR) data; Surveillance Utilization Review (SUR) data; potential abuse, misuse, or inappropriate use in prescribing and/or dispensing patterns; inconsistency with FDA approved labeling, inconsistency with uses recognized in the American Hospital Formulary Service Drug Information, and the American Medical Association Drug Evaluations, or the U.S. Pharmacopoeia Dispensing Information. (c) The Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee shall recommend and the Medicaid Agency shall adopt an initial Medicaid preferred drug list not later...
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34-24-361
Section 34-24-361 Investigations; reporting offenses; proceedings and actions; privileged information. (a)(1) The State Board of Medical Examiners on its own motion may investigate any evidence which appears to show that a physician or osteopath holding a certificate of qualification to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama is or may be guilty of any of the acts, offenses, or conditions set out in Section 34-24-360. As part of its investigation, the board may require a criminal history background check of the physician or osteopath. In such event, the physician or osteopath shall submit a complete set of fingerprints to the State Board of Medical Examiners. The board shall submit the fingerprints provided by the physician or osteopath to the Alabama Bureau of Investigation (ABI). The fingerprints shall be forwarded by the ABI to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a national criminal history record check. Costs associated with conducting a criminal history...
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22-11A-68
Section 22-11A-68 Immunity from liability for those involved in investigation. (a) Members and staff of the State Board of Health, the State Committee of Public Health, the Board of Medical Examiners, the Medical Licensure Commission, the Board of Nursing, the Board of Dental Examiners, the Board of Podiatry, physicians, hospitals, other health care facilities, and other entities and persons required to report or furnish information under this article and any expert review panels, consultants to any expert review panel, and agents and employees of the Alabama Department of Public Health shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability for making reports or furnishing any information required by this article or for actions taken or actions not taken in the line and scope of official or required duties during their investigations, hearings, rulings, and decisions. (b) All information collected during the investigation of an infected health care worker is privileged and shall be...
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34-38-5
Section 34-38-5 Nonliability of Impaired Professionals' Committee personnel, etc., for actions within scope of function. Any dentist licensed to practice in the State of Alabama, or pharmacist, who shall be duly appointed to serve as a member of the Alabama Impaired Professionals' Committee and any auxiliary personnel, consultants, attorneys, or other employees of the committee shall not be liable to any person for any claim for damages as a result of any decision, opinion, investigation, or action taken by the committee or any individual member of the committee made by him or her within the scope of his or her function as a member of the committee if such decision, opinion, investigation, or action was taken without malice and on a reasonable belief that such action or recommendation was warranted by the facts that were then available. No nonprofit corporation, professional association, health provider, or state or county association that contracts with, or receives funds from, board...
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27-3A-5
Section 27-3A-5 Standards for utilization review agents. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), all utilization review agents shall meet the following minimum standards: (1) Notification of a determination by the utilization review agent shall be mailed or otherwise communicated to the provider of record or the enrollee or other appropriate individual within two business days of the receipt of the request for determination and the receipt of all information necessary to complete the review. (2) Any determination by a utilization review agent as to the necessity or appropriateness of an admission, service, or procedure shall be reviewed by a physician or determined in accordance with standards or guidelines approved by a physician. (3) Any notification of determination not to certify an admission, service, or procedure shall include the principal reason for the determination and the procedures to initiate an appeal of the determination. (4) Utilization review agents shall maintain...
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34-24-70
Section 34-24-70 Qualifications of applicants. (a) The following constitute the requirements for the issuance of a certificate of qualification for a license to practice medicine in this state: (1) MEDICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENT. All applicants for a certificate of qualification shall present a diploma or evidence of graduation from any of the following institutions: a. A college of medicine or school of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education of the American Medical Association. b. A college of osteopathy accredited by the American Osteopathic Association. c. A college of medicine or school of medicine not accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education which is approved by the Board of Medical Examiners. The board may, within its discretion, withhold approval of any college of medicine not designated in either a., or b., above which: 1. Has had its accreditation withdrawn by a national or regional accreditation organization; or 2. Has had its...
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