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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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