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22-21B-3
Section 22-21B-3 Definitions. The following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in this section, unless otherwise required by their respective context: (1) CONSCIENCE.
The religious, moral, or ethical principles held by a health care provider. (2) DISCRIMINATION.
Discrimination includes, but is not limited to: Hiring, termination, refusal of staff privileges,
refusal of board certification, demotion, loss of career specialty, reduction of wages or
benefits, adverse treatment in the terms and conditions of employment, refusal to award any
grant, contract, or other program, or refusal to provide residency training opportunities.
(3) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be asked to participate in any way in a health
care service, including, but not limited to: A physician, physician's assistant, nurse, nurse's
aide, medical assistant, hospital employee, clinic employee, nursing home employee, pharmacist,
researcher, medical or nursing school faculty, student,...
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25-5-1
Section 25-5-1 Definitions. Throughout this chapter, the following words and phrases as used
therein shall be considered to have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context
shall clearly indicate a different meaning in the connection used: (1) COMPENSATION. The money
benefits to be paid on account of injury or death, as provided in Articles 3 and 4. The recovery
which an employee may receive by action at law under Article 2 of this chapter is termed "recovery
of civil damages," as provided for in Sections 25-5-31 and 25-5-34. "Compensation"
does not include medical and surgical treatment and attention, medicine, medical and surgical
supplies, and crutches and apparatus furnished an employee on account of an injury. (2) CHILD
or CHILDREN. The terms include posthumous children and all other children entitled by law
to inherit as children of the deceased; stepchildren who were members of the family of the
deceased, at the time of the accident, and were dependent upon him or...
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31-1-6
Section 31-1-6 Professional licenses and certificates for spouses of active duty military personnel.
(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Military Family Jobs Opportunity Act.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (h), and notwithstanding other provisions of law, this
section shall apply to any board, agency, commission, or other entity providing professional
licenses or certificates, or both, for the purpose of employment in the State of Alabama.
On or before January 1, 2019, each board, commission, or agency providing professional licenses
or certificates, or both, shall promulgate rules in conformity with this section for the purpose
of implementing its requirements. The rules shall provide a method of accomplishing both of
the following: (1) The issuance of a license or certificate to an eligible individual if the
requirements for certification or licensure of the original issuing state or governing body
are substantially equivalent to that required in the state,...
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45-37-123.01
Section 45-37-123.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACT. The act adding this part, to be called the General Retirement
System for Employees of Jefferson County Act. (2) ACTIVE MEMBER. An individual who currently
is employed by the county or other entities set forth in subdivision (20) and is making employee
contributions to the system. (3) ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT. Effective July 30, 1984, or such other
dates as set forth in Exhibit A, which is maintained in the office of the pension board, a
form of benefit differing in time, period, or manner of payment from a specific benefit provided
under the plan but having the same value when computed using the mortality tables, the interest
rate, and any other assumptions last adopted by the pension board, which assumptions shall
clearly preclude any discretion in the determination of the amount of a member's benefit.
(4) ACTUARIAL GAIN. As defined in Section...
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7-2A-103
Section 7-2A-103 Definitions and index of definitions. (1) In this article unless the context
otherwise requires: (a) "Buyer in ordinary course of business" means a person who
in good faith and without knowledge that the sale to him or her is in violation of the ownership
rights or security interest or leasehold interest of a third party in the goods, buys in ordinary
course from a person in the business of selling goods of that kind but does not include a
pawnbroker. "Buying" may be for cash or by exchange of other property or on secured
or unsecured credit and includes receiving goods or documents of title under a pre-existing
contract for sale but does not include a transfer in bulk or as security for or in total or
partial satisfaction of a money debt. (b) "Cancellation" occurs when either party
puts an end to the lease contract for default by the other party. (c) "Commercial unit"
means such a unit of goods as by commercial usage is a single whole for purposes of lease
and...
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11-62-1
Section 11-62-1 Definitions. (a) The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and
others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication
herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) AUTHORITY.
Any public corporation organized pursuant to this chapter. (2) AUTHORIZED PURPOSE OBLIGATION.
The term includes either of the following: a. Any lease, note, installment sale contract,
or any other obligation of a user, whether general or special, which was entered into, made,
assumed, or otherwise incurred by the user, in whole or in part, for the purpose of financing
the acquisition or ownership of one or more facilities, for the purpose of obtaining funds
with which to operate one or more facilities or for any combination of those purposes. b.
Any obligation of any kind which was entered into, made, assumed, or otherwise incurred by
the United States of America or any department, agency, or instrumentality...
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11-85-40
Section 11-85-40 Powers of Alabama Development Office and local, regional, and joint planning
commissions as to comprehensive advisory planning and research; comprehensive advisory planning
defined. (a) To facilitate the solution of urban and regional planning problems and to provide
for comprehensive advisory planning, including transportation planning, for the state and
its cities, counties, urban areas, and regions, the Alabama Development Office, the various
regional planning commissions presently authorized to be created, the various county planning
commissions presently authorized to be created, the various joint planning commissions presently
authorized to be created, municipalities, and the various municipal planning commissions presently
authorized to be created are each and all hereby empowered and authorized, within the respective
geographical areas as to which planning power has heretofore been delegated to such respective
office, commissions, or other agencies to perform...
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11-89C-4
Section 11-89C-4 Powers of public corporation; requirements for development or adoption of
rules, procedures, ordinances, etc. (a) When expressly required to comply with storm water
laws, any public corporation created pursuant to this chapter shall have the following powers:
(1) To establish, maintain, and operate an organizational structure pursuant to this chapter,
its original or amended certification, and its bylaws or other rules of procedure, that will
enable it to implement the storm water laws for and on behalf of any governing body that exercises
the option to participate in or with a public corporation, provided that no new or greater
authorities or powers other than those specifically granted to the governing bodies are conferred
upon any public corporation formed pursuant to this chapter. Except for the authority provided
in subdivision (20), authority to enforce the storm water laws is retained wholly and exclusively
to the governing bodies and may not be further...
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11-92B-10
Section 11-92B-10 Powers and duties of authority. An authority shall have the following powers
and duties together with all powers and duties incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge
thereof: (1) To sue or be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) To adopt and to use a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure. (3) To adopt and
alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business. (4) With respect
to property within the operational area of the authority, to acquire, receive, and take title
to by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, to hold, keep, improve, maintain, and impose
restrictive covenants and land use controls, to engage in environmental remediation and restoration
efforts as required under applicable agreements with the United States Department of Defense,
to equip, furnish, develop, and to transfer, convey, donate, sell, lease, grant options to,
assign, encumber with easements and mortgages and...
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34-34A-3
Section 34-34A-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings herein ascribed to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BOARD.
Board of Examiners for Dietetics/Nutrition Practice. (2) COMMISSION ON DIETETIC REGISTRATION
(CDR). Commission on Dietetic Registration that is a member of the National Commission for
Health Certifying Agencies. (3) DEGREE. A baccalaureate or higher degree from a college or
university accredited by the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges or other regional
accreditation agency recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation and the United
States Department of Education. (4) REGISTERED DIETITIAN. A person registered by the Commission
on Dietetic Registration (also defined under Section 34-34-1). (5) LICENSED DIETITIAN/NUTRITIONIST.
A person licensed under this chapter. (6) TEMPORARILY LICENSED DIETITIAN/NUTRITIONIST. A person
temporarily licensed under this chapter. (7) DIETETICS/...
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