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22-8A-4
Section 22-8A-4 Advance Directive for Health Care; living will and health care proxy. (a) Any
competent adult may execute a living will directing the providing, withholding, or withdrawal
of life-sustaining treatment and artificially provided nutrition and hydration. Artificially
provided nutrition and hydration shall not be withdrawn or withheld pursuant to the living
will unless specifically authorized therein. (b) A competent adult may execute at any time
a living will that includes a written health care proxy designation appointing another competent
adult to make decisions regarding the providing, withholding, or withdrawal of life-sustaining
treatment and artificially provided nutrition and hydration. Artificially provided nutrition
and hydration shall not be withdrawn or withheld pursuant to the proxy designation unless
specifically authorized therein. A proxy designation made pursuant to this section shall be
accepted in writing by the individual being appointed. The acceptance...
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28-3-190
Section 28-3-190 Levy of tax; collection; disposition of proceeds by localities; enforcement
and administration; penalties; exclusive nature of tax. (a) Levy. In addition to the excise
tax levied by Article 5A of Chapter 3 of this title and the licenses provided for by Chapter
3A of this title and by Section 28-3-194, and any acts amendatory thereof, supplementary thereto
or substituted therefor, and municipal and county licenses, there is hereby levied a privilege
or excise tax on every person licensed under the provisions of Chapter 3A who sells, stores,
or receives for the purpose of distribution, to any person, firm, corporation, club, or association
within the State of Alabama any beer. The tax levied hereby shall be measured by and graduated
in accordance with the volume of sales by such person of beer, and shall be an amount equal
to one and six hundred twenty-five thousands cents (1.625 cents) for each four fluid ounces
or fractional part thereof. (b) Collection. The tax levied...
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34-13-120.1
Section 34-13-120.1 License requirements; certification. No person may conduct, maintain, manage,
or operate a cremation facility unless licensed to do so by the board. The board may issue
a license to practice as a cremationist after the applicant has satisfied all of the following
requirements: (1) Is at least 21 years of age. (2) Is a citizen of the United States or legally
present in this state. (3) Is a high school graduate or the equivalent. (4) Has successfully
completed a crematory operator training course approved by the board. (5) Has completed a
course in universal precaution and blood-borne pathogens approved by the board. (6) Has submitted
a completed application and supporting documents, as required by the board, and a fee established
by the board that does not exceed three hundred dollars ($300). (7) Has successfully completed
an examination on Alabama funeral service laws and rules. (8) Has submitted to the board a
form, sworn to by the applicant, that contains the...
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34-1A-1
Section 34-1A-1 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADMINISTRATIVE
EMPLOYEE. A person who engages in clerical duties for a licensed company, whose work is restricted
to office duties, and who has access to sensitive client information including, but not limited
to, Social Security numbers, customer privacy codes, customer passwords, and similar information.
(2) ALARM MONITORING COMPANY. Any person, company, corporation, partnership, or business,
or a representative or agency thereof, authorized to provide alarm monitoring services for
alarm systems or other similar electronic security systems whether the systems are maintained
on commercial business property, public property, or individual residential property. (3)
ALARM SYSTEM. Burglar alarms, security cameras, or other electrical or electronic device used
to prevent or detect burglary, theft, shoplifting, pilferage, and...
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34-31-32
Section 34-31-32 Violations; penalties. (a) Any person engaged in business as a certified contractor
or performing the functions of a certified contractor in violation of this chapter shall be
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, as defined by the state criminal code. (b) The board may,
at its discretion, impose late penalties on those certified contractors who fail to renew
certificates by December 31 of each year. The board may also remove certification from any
certified person who fails to renew his or her certificate by the first day of March and require
the person to apply for a new certificate. Furthermore, the board may at its discretion, remove,
revoke, or suspend the certification from any certified contractor who provides substandard
or dangerous service, repair, or installation, or who otherwise violates this chapter, and
may require such person to apply for a new certification. The board may, in its discretion,
also require the successful re-testing of any such person who...
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2-17-20
Section 2-17-20 Refusal or withdrawal of inspection as to establishments deemed unfit to engage
in business because of convictions based upon acquisition, distribution, etc., of unwholesome,
mislabeled or deceptively packaged food, etc.; appeals from determination and order of commissioner.
The commissioner may for such period or indefinitely, as he deems necessary to effectuate
the purposes of this chapter, refuse to provide or withdraw inspection service under this
chapter with respect to any establishment if he determines, after opportunity for a hearing
is accorded to the applicant for or recipient of such service, that such applicant or recipient
is unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection under this chapter because the applicant
or recipient or anyone responsibly connected with the applicant or recipient has been convicted
in any federal or state court of any felony or of one or more violations of any law other
than a felony based upon the acquiring, handling or...
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22-56-2
Section 22-56-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) CONSUMER. A person who receives or uses mental health services. (2) DEPARTMENT.
The Alabama Department of Mental Health. (3) FAMILY MEMBER. A person within the immediate
family or a legal guardian of a mental health consumer. (4) MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. Services
designed to treat or deal with persons with mental illness. (5) MENTAL ILLNESS. A psychiatric
disorder of thought or mood, or both, which significantly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity
to recognize reality, or ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life. "Mental illness"
as used herein specifically excludes the primary diagnoses of epilepsy, intellectual disability,
substance abuse including alcoholism, or a developmental disability, or any combination thereof.
(6) PROGRAM. A program for providing mental health services. (7) PROVIDER. Any agency, corporation,
or individual who provides inpatient,...
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26-23H-3
Section 26-23H-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any
other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be
pregnant with knowledge that the termination by those means will with reasonable likelihood
cause the death of the unborn child. The term does not include these activities if done with
the intent to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, remove a dead unborn
child, to deliver the unborn child prematurely to avoid a serious health risk to the unborn
child's mother, or to preserve the health of her unborn child. The term does not include a
procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of a woman with an ectopic pregnancy, nor does
it include the procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of a woman when the unborn child
has a lethal anomaly. (2) ECTOPIC PREGNANCY. Any pregnancy resulting from...
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27-54-4
Section 27-54-4 Illnesses covered; requirements of benefit plans, etc. (a) All group health
benefit plans shall offer to provide, at a minimum, additional benefits according to this
chapter for a person receiving medical treatment for any of the following mental illnesses
diagnosed by an appropriately licensed provider. (1) Schizophrenia, schizophrenia form disorder,
schizo affective disorder. (2) Bipolar disorder. (3) Panic disorder. (4) Obsessive-compulsive
disorder. (5) Major depressive disorder. (6) Anxiety disorders. (7) Mood disorders. (8) Any
condition or disorder involving mental illness, excluding alcohol and substance abuse, that
falls under any of the diagnostic categories listed in the mental disorders section of the
International Classification of Disease, as periodically revised. (b) All group health benefit
plans, policies, contracts, and certificates executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continue,
or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2001, shall offer, at...
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27-56-2
Section 27-56-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) COVERED PERSON. Any individual, family, or family member on whose behalf third-party
payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses is provided under an insurance policy,
plan, or contract providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health care or medical
expenses. (2) EYE CARE PROVIDER. A licensed optometrist or a licensed ophthalmologist. (3)
INSURANCE POLICY, PLAN, OR CONTRACT PROVIDING FOR THIRD-PARTY PAYMENT OR PREPAYMENT OF HEALTH
OR MEDICAL EXPENSES. Includes an individual or group policy for accident or health insurance,
an individual or group hospital or health care service contract, an individual or group health
maintenance organization contract, an organized delivery system contract, or a preferred provider
organization contract, and any other similar policy, plan, or contract. This term shall not
include any employee welfare benefit plan, as defined...
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