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34-9-89
Section 34-9-89 Treatment of patients under 12 years of age. When oral conscious sedation
is used on any patient under 12 years of age, the following provisions shall apply: (1) The
drugs, dosages, and techniques used should carry a margin of safety which is unlikely to render
the patient noninteractive and nonarousable. (2) Appropriately sized emergency equipment must
be available. (Act 2005-298, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 563, §10; Act 2011-571, p. 1165, §1.)...
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27-54A-2
Section 27-54A-2 Treatment under certain policies and contracts. (a) As used in this
section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.
The design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral
stimuli and consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including
the use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between
environment and behavior. (2) AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. Any of the pervasive developmental
disorders or autism spectrum disorders as defined by the most recent edition of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the edition that was in effect at the
time of diagnosis. (3) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Counseling and treatment programs, including
applied behavior analysis that are both of the following: a. Necessary to develop, maintain,
or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the functioning of an...
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22-8A-3
Section 22-8A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
ADULT. Any person 19 years of age or over. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITION AND HYDRATION.
A medical treatment consisting of the administration of food and water through a tube or intravenous
line, where the recipient is not required to chew or swallow voluntarily. Artificially provided
nutrition and hydration does not include assisted feeding, such as spoon or bottle feeding.
(3) ADVANCE DIRECTIVE FOR HEALTH CARE. A writing executed in accordance with Section
22-8A-4 which may include a living will, the appointment of a health care proxy, or both such
living will and appointment of a health care proxy. (4) ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. The physician
selected by, or assigned to, the patient who has primary responsibility for the treatment
and care of the patient. (5) CARDIOPULMONARY CESSATION. A lack of pulse or...
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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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22-18-50
Section 22-18-50 Enactment and text of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure
Interstate Compact. The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact
is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein
in form substantially as follows: SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to protect the public
through verification of competency and ensure accountability for patient care related activities
all states license emergency medical services (EMS) personnel, such as emergency medical technicians
(EMTs), advanced EMTs and paramedics. This Compact is intended to facilitate the day to day
movement of EMS personnel across state boundaries in the performance of their EMS duties as
assigned by an appropriate authority and authorize state EMS offices to afford immediate legal
recognition to EMS personnel licensed in a member state. This Compact recognizes that states
have a vested interest in protecting the public's health and safety...
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13A-5-39
Section 13A-5-39 Definitions. As used in this article, these terms shall be defined
as follows: (1) CAPITAL OFFENSE. An offense for which a defendant shall be punished by a sentence
of death or life imprisonment without parole, or in the case of a defendant who establishes
that he or she was under the age of 18 years at the time of the capital offense, life imprisonment,
or life imprisonment without parole, according to the provisions of this article. (2) DURING.
The term as used in Section 13A-5-40(a) means in the course of or in connection with
the commission of, or in immediate flight from the commission of the underlying felony or
attempt thereof. (3) EXPLOSIVES and EXPLOSION. The terms shall have the meanings provided
in Section 13A-7-40(2) and (3). (4) BURDEN OF INTERJECTING THE ISSUE. Shall be defined
as provided in Section 13A-1-2(14). (5) MURDER and MURDER BY THE DEFENDANT. Shall be
defined as provided in Section 13A-5-40(b). (6) PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED and PRIOR CRIMINAL...
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38-6-5
Section 38-6-5 Persons eligible for medical assistance. Medical assistance for the aged
shall be payable under this chapter on behalf of any needy person who has attained the age
of 65 years and who: (1) Has made application therefor in the manner prescribed by the State
Department of Human Resources; (2) Has been certified by the appropriate medical profession
to be in need of medical assistance under this chapter; (3) Has not sufficient income and
resources (including insurance, workers' compensation, etc.) to meet the cost of necessary
medical services; (4) Is a resident of the state; (5) Has not directly or indirectly disposed
of or deprived himself of any property for the purpose of qualifying for the benefits of this
chapter; (6) Is not receiving an old age pension. Medical assistance for the aged shall be
payable under this chapter on behalf of any person who is a patient of an institution, public
or private, where such payments are matchable under the provisions of the Federal...
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13A-5-40
Section 13A-5-40 Capital offenses. (a) The following are capital offenses: (1) Murder
by the defendant during a kidnapping in the first degree or an attempt thereof committed by
the defendant. (2) Murder by the defendant during a robbery in the first degree or an attempt
thereof committed by the defendant. (3) Murder by the defendant during a rape in the first
or second degree or an attempt thereof committed by the defendant; or murder by the defendant
during sodomy in the first or second degree or an attempt thereof committed by the defendant.
(4) Murder by the defendant during a burglary in the first or second degree or an attempt
thereof committed by the defendant. (5) Murder of any police officer, sheriff, deputy, state
trooper, federal law enforcement officer, or any other state or federal peace officer of any
kind, or prison or jail guard, while the officer or guard is on duty, regardless of whether
the defendant knew or should have known the victim was an officer or guard on...
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26-10A-2
Section 26-10A-2 Definitions. The following words and phrases shall have the following
meaning whenever used in this chapter except where the context clearly indicates a different
meaning: (1) ABANDONMENT. A voluntary and intentional relinquishment of the custody of a minor
by parent, or a withholding from the minor, without good cause or excuse, by the parent, of
his or her presence, care, love, protection, maintenance, or the opportunity for the display
of filial affection, or the failure to claim the rights of a parent, or the failure to perform
the duties of a parent. (2) ADOPTEE. The person being adopted. (3) ADULT. A person who is
19 years of age or older or who by statute is otherwise deemed an adult. (4) CONSENT. Voluntarily
agreeing to adoption. (5) FATHER. A male person who is the biological father of the minor
or is treated by law as the father. (6) LICENSED CHILD PLACING AGENCY. Any adoption agency
that is licensed under the provisions of the Alabama Child Care Act of 1971...
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40-9F-31
Section 40-9F-31 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) CERTIFIED HISTORIC STRUCTURE. A property located in Alabama which
is at least sixty years old, unless the structure is an historic structure located within
the boundaries of a National Monument or Park as declared by the United States Congress or
the President of the United States, in which case the federal age provisions shall apply,
and is certified by the Alabama Historical Commission as being individually listed in the
National Register of Historic Places, eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic
Places, or certified by the commission as contributing to the historic significance of a Registered
Historic District. (2) CERTIFIED REHABILITATION. Repairs or alterations to a certified historic
structure that is certified by the commission as meeting the U.S. Secretary of the Interior's
Standards for Rehabilitation which meet the requirements contained in...
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