34-22-101
Section 34-22-101 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Optometry. (2) IMPAIRED or IMPAIRMENT. The inability of an optometrist to practice optometry 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. (3) IMPAIRED DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY TREATMENT PROGRAM. The Alabama Board of Optometry approved or sponsored program for the detection, intervention, and monitoring of impaired providers. (4) PROFESSIONAL INCOMPETENCE. The inability or failure of an optometrist to practice his or her profession with reasonable skill and safety; however, impairment in and of itself shall not give rise to a presumption of professional incompetence. (5) TREATMENT PROGRAM. A plan of care and rehabilitation services provided by those organizations and persons authorized...
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41-22-22.1
Section 41-22-22.1 Review of board and commission rules and actions by Legislative Services Agency, Legal Division, and Joint Committee on Administrative Regulation Review; fees. (a) The Legislative Services Agency, Legal Division, shall review each rule certified to it by a state board or commission that regulates a profession, a controlling number of the members of which are active market participants in the profession, to determine whether the rule may significantly lessen competition and, if so, whether the rule was made pursuant to a clearly articulated state policy to displace competition. (b) If the Legislative Services Agency, Legal Division, determines that a rule subject to subsection (a) may significantly lessen competition, it shall determine whether the rule was made pursuant to a clearly articulated state policy to displace competition, and shall certify those determinations to the committee. The board or commission shall submit a position paper, a transcript of any...
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22-2-8
Section 22-2-8 State Health Officer. The State Committee of Public Health shall elect an executive officer who shall be a physician licensed in the State of Alabama to be known as the State Health Officer and shall fix his term of office and salary. The qualifications of this individual shall be determined by the State Committee of Public Health. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the State Health Officer shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in the amount of $5,000.00, for the faithful performance of his duties. The State Health Officer so elected shall, under the direction of the State Committee of Public Health and with the approval of the State Personnel Board, fix the salaries of the medical employees of the State Committee of Public Health. When the State Committee of Public Health is not in session, the State Health Officer, as executive officer of the Department of Public Health, shall act for said committee and shall have and...
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27-45-2
Section 27-45-2 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the respective meanings herein set forth, unless the context shall otherwise require: (1) ALABAMA INSURANCE CODE. Title 27 of the Code of Alabama 1975. (2) INSURER. Such term shall have the meaning ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (3) PERSON. Such term shall have the meaning ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (4) COMMISSIONER and DEPARTMENT. Such terms, respectively, shall have the meanings ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (5) CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION. Any obligation under covered policies or employee benefit plans. (6) COVERED POLICY OR PLAN. Any policy, employee benefit plan, or contract within the scope of this article. (7) HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY. Any individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy, insurance agreement, or group hospital service contract providing for pharmaceutical services, including without limitation, prescription drugs, incurred as a result of accident or sickness, or to prevent same....
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34-27B-11
Section 34-27B-11 Additional activities permitted under chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing or restricting the practice, services, or activities of any of the following: (1) Any person who is licensed in Alabama or certified by an organization accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies and acceptable to the state from engaging in the profession or occupation for which the person is licensed or certified. (2) Any person employed by the United States government who provides respiratory therapy solely under the direction or control of the United States government agency or organization. (3) Any person receiving clinical training while pursuing a course of study leading to registry or certification in a respiratory therapy educational program accredited by the Council on Allied Health Education Programs in collaboration with the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care or their successor organizations. This person will be under direct...
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20-2-212
Section 20-2-212 Controlled substances prescription database program; powers and duties of department; trust fund; advisory committee; review committee. (a) The department may establish, create, and maintain a controlled substances prescription database program. In order to carry out its responsibilities under this article, the department is granted the following powers and authority: (1) To adopt regulations, in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, governing the establishment and operation of a controlled substances prescription database program. (2) To receive and to expend for the purposes stated in this article funds in the form of grants, donations, federal matching funds, interagency transfers, and appropriated funds designated for the development, implementation, operation, and maintenance of the controlled substances prescription database. The funds received pursuant to this subdivision shall be deposited in a new fund that is established as a separate...
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25-5-293
and insurers operating in Alabama shall, at the secretary's request, provide the secretary such data as he or she deems necessary to evaluate costs and quality. The data shall be provided in the form and content to the secretary's specifications and in a manner deemed timely by the secretary. The secretary may gather from health care claims intermediaries that operate in Alabama any claims data related to diagnoses and procedures encountered in the treatment of workers'-compensation-type injury and illness in Alabama. Results from all data gathered shall be made available to employers or their representatives for use in decisions regarding the direction of care or to determine appropriateness of reimbursement. (i) Beginning immediately after May 19, 1992, and to be completed within six months thereafter, the secretary may engage an independent firm to identify the initial costs for the program. These initial expenses shall include, but not be limited to, the establishment of a data...
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16-6D-9
Section 16-6D-9 Tax credit claims; administrative accountability; verification of requirements; rules and procedures. (a)(1) An individual taxpayer who files a state income tax return and is not claimed as a dependent of another taxpayer, a taxpayer subject to the corporate income tax levied by Chapter 18 of Title 40, an Alabama S corporation as defined in Section 40-18-160, or a Subchapter K entity as defined in Section 40-18-1 may claim a credit for a contribution made to a scholarship granting organization. If the credit is claimed by an Alabama S corporation or Subchapter K entity, the credit shall pass through to and may be claimed by any taxpayer eligible to claim a credit under this subdivision who is a shareholder, partner, or member thereof, based on the taxpayer's pro rata or distributive share, respectively, of the credit. (2) The tax credit may be claimed by an individual taxpayer or a married couple filing jointly in an amount equal to 100 percent of the total...
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22-37A-6
of the University of Alabama, is designated as the state accreditation agency for lead hazard training. (b) Subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Safe State shall establish a program to review and accredit lead training courses in accordance with Title IV of the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act. (c) Safe State shall establish and maintain a state registry of accredited individuals who have successfully completed accredited lead training courses and who meet all other personal accreditation requirements established by Safe State under this chapter. (d) An individual who provides or participates in the lead hazard reduction activities described in Section 22-37A-5 shall obtain valid Safe State registration and certification from the board prior to engaging in such activities. (e) Subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Safe State shall develop and publish policies and procedures governing the accreditation of lead training courses and the registration...
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12-15-102
law. This term shall not apply to any of the following: a. An offense when committed by a child 16 or 17 years of age as follows: 1. A nonfelony traffic offense or water safety offense other than one charged pursuant to Section 32-5A-191 or 32-5A-191.3 or a municipal ordinance prohibiting the same conduct. 2. A capital offense. 3. A Class A felony. 4. A felony which has as an element the use of a deadly weapon. 5. A felony which has as an element the causing of death or serious physical injury. 6. A felony which has as an element the use of a dangerous instrument against any person who is one of the following: (i) A law enforcement officer or official. (ii) A correctional officer or official. (iii) A parole or probation officer or official. (iv) A juvenile court probation officer or official. (v) A district attorney or other prosecuting officer or official. (vi) A judge or judicial official. (vii) A court officer or official. (viii) A person who is a grand juror, juror, or witness...
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