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38-9A-1
Section 38-9A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall
have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) ADULT. An individual 18 years of age or older with a developmental disability. (b) AGENCY.
Any public state agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of Mental Health, Department
of Public Health, and Department of Education. (c) CHILD. An individual under the age of 18
who has a developmental disability or who is at risk for a developmental disability. A child
under the age of six is considered at risk for a developmental disability if the child has
substantial developmental delay or specific congenital or acquired condition that has a high
probability of resulting in a developmental disability if services are not provided. (d) COMMUNITY
COUNCIL. A local council composed of people with a developmental disability and their family
members who supervise the implementation of the program in its...
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22-56-4
Section 22-56-4 Rights. (a) Consumers of mental health services have the same general
rights as other citizens of Alabama. These rights include but are not limited to the following:
(1) The right to exercise rights as a citizen of the United States and the State of Alabama.
(2) The right to be served through general services available to all citizens. (3) The right
to choose to live, work, be educated, and recreate with persons who do not have disabilities.
(4) The right to be presumed competent until a court of competent jurisdiction, abiding by
statutory and constitutional provisions, determines otherwise. (5) The right to vote and otherwise
participate in the political process. (6) The right to free exercise of religion. (7) The
right to own and possess real and personal property. Nothing in this section shall
affect existing laws pertaining to conveyance of real or personal property. (8) The right
to make contracts. (9) The right to obtain a driver's license on the same basis as...
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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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27-7-5.1
Section 27-7-5.1 Licenses - Limited license for motor vehicle rental companies. (a)
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1)
RENTAL AGREEMENT. Any written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions governing the
use of a vehicle provided by the rental company for rental or lease. (2) RENTAL COMPANY. Any
person or entity in the business of providing rental vehicles to the public under a rental
agreement for a period not to exceed 90 days. (3) RENTAL PERIOD. The term of the rental agreement.
(4) RENTER. Any person obtaining the use of a vehicle from a rental company under the terms
of a rental agreement for a period not to exceed 90 days. (5) VEHICLE OR RENTAL VEHICLE. A
motor vehicle of the private passenger type (including passenger vans, minivans, and sport
utility vehicles) and of the cargo type (including cargo vans, pickup trucks, and trucks with
gross vehicle weight of less than 26,000 pounds, which do not require the operator to...
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22-21-20
Section 22-21-20 Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) HOSPITALS. General
and specialized hospitals, including ancillary services; independent clinical laboratories;
rehabilitation centers; ambulatory surgical treatment facilities for patients not requiring
hospitalization; end stage renal disease treatment and transplant centers, including free-standing
hemodialysis units; abortion or reproductive health centers; hospices; health maintenance
organizations; and other related health care institutions when such institution is primarily
engaged in offering to the public generally, facilities and services for the diagnosis and/or
treatment of injury, deformity, disease, surgical or obstetrical care. Also included within
the term are long term care facilities such as, but not limited to, skilled nursing facilities,
intermediate care facilities, assisted living facilities, and specialty...
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25-4-78
Section 25-4-78 Disqualifications for benefits. An individual shall be disqualified
for total or partial unemployment for any of the following: (1) LABOR DISPUTE IN PLACE OF
EMPLOYMENT. For any week in which an individual's total or partial unemployment is directly
due to a labor dispute still in active progress in the establishment in which he or she is
or was last employed. For the purposes of this section only, the term labor dispute
includes any controversy concerning terms, tenure, or conditions of employment, or concerning
the association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing,
or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, regardless of whether the disputants
stand in the proximate relation of employer and employee. This definition shall not relate
to a dispute between an individual worker and his or her employer. (2) VOLUNTARILY QUITTING
WORK. If an individual has left his or her most recent bona fide work voluntarily without
good...
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27-19-103
Section 27-19-103 Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions
in this section apply throughout this article. (1) APPLICANT. In the case of: a. An
individual long-term care insurance policy, the person who seeks to contract for benefits.
b. A group long-term care insurance policy, the proposed certificate holder. (2) CERTIFICATE.
Any certificate issued under a group long-term care insurance policy, which policy has been
delivered or issued for delivery in this state. (3) COMMISSIONER. The Alabama Commissioner
of Insurance. (4) GROUP LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE. A long-term care insurance policy which
is delivered or issued for delivery in this state and issued to any of the following: a. One
or more employers or labor organizations, or to a trust or to the trustees of a fund established
by one or more employers or labor organizations, or a combination thereof, for employees or
former employees or a combination thereof, or for members or former members or a...
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27-21A-2
Section 27-21A-2 Establishment of health maintenance organizations. (a) Notwithstanding
any law of this state to the contrary, any person may apply to the commissioner for and obtain
a certificate of authority to establish and operate a health maintenance organization in compliance
with this chapter. No person shall establish or operate a health maintenance organization
in this state without obtaining a certificate of authority under this chapter. A foreign corporation
may qualify under this chapter, subject to its registration to do business in this state as
a foreign corporation under the provisions of Sections 10-2A-220, et seq. (b) Health maintenance
organizations licensed as of May 29, 1986, shall be issued a certificate of authority in accordance
with Section 27-21A-29. (c) Each application for a certificate of authority shall be
verified by an officer or authorized representative of the applicant, shall be in a form prescribed
by the commissioner, and shall set forth or be...
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27-7-1
Section 27-7-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) BUSINESS ENTITY.
A corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership,
or other legal entity. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance. (3) HOME STATE.
The District of Columbia and any state or territory of the United States in which an insurance
producer maintains his or her principal place of residence or principal place of business
and is licensed to act as an insurance producer. (4) INSURANCE. As defined in Section
27-1-2. (5) INSURANCE PRODUCER or PRODUCER. A person required to be licensed under the laws
of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. (6) INSURER. As defined in Section
27-1-2. For the purposes of this chapter, insurer shall also mean an insurance company licensed
pursuant to Chapter 3, commencing with Section 27-3-1 of this title; a health...
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27-7-19
Section 27-7-19 Licenses - Penalties. (a) The commissioner may place on probation, refuse
to issue or renew, suspend, or revoke the license of any licensee under this chapter, or may
levy a civil penalty in accordance with subsection (c), or any combination of actions, for
any one or more of the following causes: (1) Any cause for which issuance of the license could
have been refused had it then existed and been known to the commissioner. (2) Providing incorrect,
misleading, incomplete, or materially untrue information in any application or in any communication
to the commissioner. (3) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a license through misrepresentation
or fraud. (4) Intentionally misrepresenting the terms of any actual or proposed insurance
contract or application for insurance. (5) Having admitted or been found to have committed
any insurance unfair trade practice or fraud. (6) For inducing, persuading, or advising any
policyholder to surrender or cause to be cancelled any policy of...
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