34-28A-2
Section 34-28A-2 Declaration of policy and legislative intent. It is declared that the practice of speech-language pathology and audiology is a privilege which is granted to qualified persons by legislative authority in the interest of public health, safety, and welfare, and, in enacting this law, it is the intent of the Legislature to require educational training and licensure of any person who engages in the practice of speech-language pathology or audiology, or both, to encourage better educational training programs, to prohibit the unauthorized and unqualified practice of speech-language pathology or audiology, or both, and the unprofessional conduct of persons licensed to practice speech-language pathology and audiology and to provide for enforcement of this chapter and penalties for its violation. To help insure the availability of the highest possible quality speech-language pathology or audiology services, or both, to the communicatively handicapped people of the state, it is...
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34-9-43.2
Section 34-9-43.2 Legislative findings; rulemaking authority; liability; scope. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The power to make rules regulating the practice of dentistry and dental hygiene includes the power to prohibit unlicensed persons from practicing dentistry and dental hygiene and the power to regulate how licensed persons practice the same. (2) A primary goal of the provision of health care is to prioritize patient health, safety, and welfare. (3) The board is in the best position to determine the dental practices that affect and prioritize the health, safety, and welfare of the public. (4) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to immunize the board, its members, employees, and agents from liability under state and federal anti-trust laws for the adoption of a rule that prioritizes patient health, safety, and welfare but appears to have elements that appear anti-competitive or have an anti-competitive effect when the...
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23-1-371
Section 23-1-371 Formulation, adoption, of aircraft approach plans; airspace reservations. (a) The Legislature finds that an airport hazard endangers the lives and property of the general public, the users of airports, and the occupants of land in their vicinity, and reduces the size of the area available for the landing, taking off, and maneuvering of aircraft, thus tending to destroy or impair the utility of the airport and the public investment therein. Accordingly, the creation, establishment, or maintenance of an airport hazard is a public nuisance and harms the community served by the affected airport; it is therefore necessary in the interest of the public health and safety and general welfare that the creation or establishment of airport hazards be prevented and both the prevention of the creation or establishment of airport hazards and the elimination, removal, alteration, mitigation, abatement, or marking or lighting of existing airport hazards are public purposes for which...
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28-1-6
Section 28-1-6 Issuance of licenses for sale of intoxicating beverages in Class 1 or Class 2 municipalities. (a)(1) All other provisions of law, rules, or regulations to the contrary notwithstanding, the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board shall absolutely have no authority to issue any form of license in a Class 1 municipality, including, but not limited to, off-premises consumption licenses, restaurant licenses, or club licenses, for the retail sale of any form of intoxicating beverages, including, but not limited to, malt liquor, beer, wine, liquor, or other alcoholic beverage regulated by the board, unless one of the following requirements is satisfied: a. The application has first been approved by the governing body of the Class 1 municipality in which the site of the license is situated. b. The denial of approval by the Class 1 governing body has been set aside by order of the circuit court of the county in which the site is situated on the ground that the municipal approval...
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45-37A-350
Section 45-37A-350 Civil action by municipality regarding condition of real property. In the City of Mountain Brook in Jefferson County, whenever by reason of the dilapidated, deteriorated, unsafe, or unhealthful condition of real property or any improvements situated thereupon, the municipality files a civil action in any court of the state to compel the owner or occupant of real property to bring the property or improvements into compliance with any statute, ordinance, or regulation establishing, governing, or regulating public health, sanitation, safety, welfare, or minimum standards of human habitability, or to abate or eliminate a public nuisance created by the conditions, the city, if it prevails in the civil action, may recover as a part of its costs in the action its actual and reasonable attorney's fees and litigation expenses incurred in connection therewith upon a showing by the city that the city afforded the defendant a reasonable opportunity to voluntarily correct or cure...
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34-43-6
Section 34-43-6 Alabama Board of Massage Therapy. (a) There is created the Alabama Board of Massage Therapy. The purpose of the board is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public by ensuring that licensed massage therapists, massage therapy schools, and massage therapy instructors meet prescribed standards of education, competency, and practice. To accomplish this mission, the board shall establish standards pursuant to this chapter to complete all board functions in a timely and effective manner and to provide open and immediate access to all relevant public information. The board shall communicate its responsibilities and services to the public as part of its consumer protection duties. The board shall develop and implement a long range plan to ensure effective regulation and consumer protection. (b) The board shall consist of seven members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. No member of the board shall serve more than two full...
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22-35-8
Section 22-35-8 Rehabilitation of contamination sites. (a) The Legislature finds that in order to provide for the expeditious rehabilitation of contamination sites, voluntary rehabilitation of contamination sites should be encouraged, provided that such rehabilitation is conducted in a manner and to a level of completion which will protect the public health, safety, and welfare and will minimize damage to the environment. To accomplish this purpose, the commission shall promulgate rules and regulations for the approval and compensation of response action contractors or through the use of their own personnel. The state shall not be party to contracts established between an owner or operator and a response action contractor and nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a state contract but to the contrary, it is expressly manifest that these are not state contracts and are expressly exempt from any competitive bid laws. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit a person...
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25-8-61
Section 25-8-61 Minors employed as models. (a) Time and hour restrictions shall be under the authority of the department for persons under 18 years of age who are employed as models. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no person under 16 years of age shall work any hours that interfere with his or her school performance. (b) Any person, firm, agency, or corporation that employs, permits, or suffers any person under 18 years of age to be used in any type of modeling shall have written consent from the parent or guardian of the person, and shall notify the Child Labor Division on a form authorized by the department, and shall comply with all of the following conditions: (1) The parent of the person shall not let the modeling interfere with that person's school performance. (2) The activities enumerated shall not be detrimental to the life, health, safety, welfare, or morals of the person. (3) A parent, guardian, or a responsible adult so designated by the parent or guardian shall accompany...
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6-5-337
Section 6-5-337 Immunity of those involved in equine activities. (a) The Legislature recognizes that persons who participate in equine activities may incur injuries as a result of the risks involved in those activities. The Legislature also finds that the state and its citizens derive numerous economic and personal benefits from equine activities. The Legislature finds, determines, and declares that for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, and to encourage equine activities, this legislation is to limit the civil liability of those involved in equine activities. (b) As used in this section, the following words shall mean the following unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ENGAGES IN AN EQUINE ACTIVITY. Riding, training, providing, or assisting in providing medical treatment of, driving, or being a passenger upon an equine, whether mounted or unmounted, or any person assisting a participant or show management in equine activities. The term...
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11-3A-4
Section 11-3A-4 Alcoholic beverage licenses in Class 3 municipalities with elected county commission chair. (a) This section shall apply to any county with a Class 3 municipality that has an elected county commission chair. (b) All other provisions of law, rules, or regulations to the contrary notwithstanding, the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may not issue in the unincorporated area of any applicable county any form of license, including, but not limited to, off-premise consumption licenses, restaurant licenses, or club licenses, for the retail sale of any form of intoxicating beverages, including, but not limited to, malt liquor, beer, wine, liquor, or other alcoholic beverage regulated by the board, unless one of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The application has first been approved by the county commission. (2) The denial of approval by the county commission has been set aside by order of the circuit court of the county on the grounds that approval by the...
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