22-11C-7
Section 22-11C-7 Confidentiality; disclosure of information. (a) All information reported pursuant to this chapter shall be confidential and privileged. (b) The State Health Officer shall take strict measures to ensure that all identifying information is kept confidential, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. (c) Head and spinal cord injury information may be provided to researchers or research institutions, or both, in connection with head and/or spinal cord injury morbidity and mortality studies upon appropriate review by the State Health Officer. All identifying information regarding an individual patient, health care provider, or health care facility contained in records of interviews, written reports, and statements procured by the State Health Officer or by any other person, agency, or organization acting jointly with the State Health Officer in connection with these studies shall be confidential and privileged and shall be used solely for the purposes of the study....
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22-13-33
Section 22-13-33 Information to be confidential. (a) All information reported pursuant to this article shall be confidential and privileged. (b) The State Health Officer shall take strict measures to ensure that all identifying information is kept confidential, except as otherwise provided in this article. (c) Cancer or benign brain-related tumor information may be provided to researchers or research institutions, or both, in connection with cancer or benign brain-related tumor morbidity and mortality studies upon appropriate review by the State Health Officer. All identifying information regarding an individual patient, health care provider, or health care facility contained in records of interviews, written reports, and statements procured by the State Health Officer or by any other person, agency, or organization acting jointly with the State Health Officer in connection with these studies shall be confidential and privileged and shall be used solely for the purposes of the study....
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22-5D-4
Section 22-5D-4 Coverage and costs. (a) This chapter does not expand the coverage required of an insurer. (b) A health plan, third party administrator, or governmental agency is not required to provide coverage for the cost of an investigational drug, biological product, or device, or the cost of services related to the use of an investigational drug, biological product, or device under this chapter. (c) This chapter does not require any governmental agency to pay costs associated with the use, care, or treatment of a patient with an investigational drug, biological product, or device. (d) This chapter does not require a hospital or other health care facility to provide new or additional services, unless approved by the hospital or facility. (Act 2015-320, §4.)...
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22-8B-4
Section 22-8B-4 Prohibited activity. (a) Any person who deliberately assists another person to commit suicide or provides aid in dying is guilty of a Class C felony. (b) Any physician or health care provider who prescribes any drug, compound, or substance to a patient deliberately to aid in dying or assists or performs any medical procedure deliberately to aid in dying is guilty of a Class C felony. (Act 2017-231, §4.)...
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27-50-3
Section 27-50-3 Health benefit plan. As used in this chapter, the term "health benefit plan" has the following meaning: A health insurance policy, including a self-insured health plan, that covers hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, medical service organizations, physician-hospital organizations, or any other person, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for, purchases, or furnishes health care services to patients, insureds, or beneficiaries in this state. The term does not include accident-only, specified disease, individual hospital indemnity, credit, dental-only, Medicare-supplement, long-term care, or disability income insurance; coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, workers' compensation or similar insurance; or automobile medical-payment insurance. For the purpose of this chapter, a health benefit plan located or domiciled outside of the State of...
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11-91A-7
Section 11-91A-7 Jurisdiction of board; funding; powers of board. The board shall have full, complete, and exclusive jurisdiction over the program and shall allocate funds from its treasury for the fulfillment and accomplishment of its duties and responsibilities in a manner as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The board shall have the general powers and authority granted under the laws of this state for health insurers, and in addition thereto, the specific authority to do all of the following: (a) Subject to compliance with Section 11-91A-8 where applicable, execute a contract or contracts to provide for the administration of the program in accordance with this chapter. The contract or contracts may be executed with one or more agencies or corporations licensed to transact or administer group health care business in this state with similar plans of the state for the joint performance of common administrative functions. (b) Establish, and...
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22-5C-2
Section 22-5C-2 State Advisory Council on Palliative Care and Quality of Life. (a) Not later than November 23, 2015, the State Health Department shall establish a State Advisory Council on Palliative Care and Quality of Life within the department. (b) The council membership shall be appointed by the State Health Officer and shall include interdisciplinary palliative care medical, nursing, social work, pharmacy, and spiritual professional expertise; patient and family caregiver advocate representation, and any other relevant appointees the State Health Officer determines appropriate. The State Health Officer shall consider the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state when appointing members. Membership shall specifically include health professionals having palliative care work experience or expertise in palliative care delivery models in a variety of inpatient, outpatient, and community settings such as acute care, long-term care, and hospice and with...
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22-8B-6
Section 22-8B-6 Construction of chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a physician or health care provider from doing any of the following: (1) Participating in the execution of a person sentenced by a court to death by any means recognized by Alabama law. (2) Following a patient's wishes or health care proxy's instructions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutritional hydration. (3) Prescribing and administering palliative care or pain medication treatment options intended to relieve pain while the illness or condition of the patient follows its natural course. (4) Following the wishes or instructions of an individual which are made in compliance with Chapter 8A. (Act 2017-231, §6.)...
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26-16-112
Section 26-16-112 Definitions. For purposes of this arciclet, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST. A pathologist trained or with experience in forensic pathology, licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in the State of Alabama and board certified by the American Board of Pathology, or under the direct supervision of a physician with these qualifications. (2) INFANT DEATH. The sudden death of an person less than one year of age whose death occurs outside the direct care of a physician in a hospital or other health care setting. (3) SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED INFANT DEATH (SUID). The sudden death of an infant less than one year of age whose death occurs outside the direct care of a physician in a hospital or other health care setting and whose cause of death is not reasonably ascertainable after a thorough investigation and examination by the person signing the death certificate. (Act 2011-705, p. 2184, §3.)...
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34-24-344
Section 34-24-344 Limited waiver of licensing requirements for certain athletic team physicians. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the licensing requirements of this chapter do not apply to any person who holds a current unrestricted license to practice medicine or osteopathy in another state when the person, pursuant to a written agreement with an athletic team located in that state provides medical services to any member of the official traveling party. (b) In providing medical services pursuant to subsection (a), the person may not provide medical services at a health care facility including, but not limited to, a hospital, an ambulatory surgical facility, or any other facility in which medical care, diagnosis, or treatment is provided on an inpatient or outpatient basis. (Act 2015-451, §1.)...
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