35-11-233
Section 35-11-233 Assignment of lien; transfer of lien on real property to other security. (a) Any claim for which a lien is provided in this division may be assigned; and the assignee shall thereby be invested with all the rights of the original holder of the lien, and be entitled to all his remedies to enforce them. The assignee shall have the right to consolidate all such claims in one statement to be filed as herein provided; and the length of time for the filing of said claim shall be measured by the greatest length of time for the filing of any class of claims held by the assignee. (b) Any lien claimed on real property under this division may be transferred by any person having an interest in the real property upon which the lien is imposed or the contract under which the lien is claimed, from such real property to other security by first filing with the court in which the action is brought, a copy of the lien which has been duly filed and recorded as required by law, and by...
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7-3-303
Section 7-3-303 Value and consideration. (a) An instrument is issued or transferred for value if: (1) The instrument is issued or transferred for a promise of performance, to the extent the promise has been performed; (2) The transferee acquires a security interest or other lien in the instrument other than a lien obtained by judicial proceeding; (3) The instrument is issued or transferred as payment of, or as security for, an antecedent claim against any person, whether or not the claim is due; (4) The instrument is issued or transferred in exchange for a negotiable instrument; or (5) The instrument is issued or transferred in exchange for the incurring of an irrevocable obligation to a third party by the person taking the instrument. (b) "Consideration" means any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract. The drawer or maker of an instrument has a defense if the instrument is issued without consideration. If an instrument is issued for a promise of performance, the issuer...
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22-21-292
Section 22-21-292 Definitions. For the purpose of this article the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) LOCAL AGENCY. Any county existing or hereafter created pursuant to the laws of this state. (2) INDIGENT. Any person who has resided continuously in this state for not less than one year and who is acutely ill or injured and can be helped markedly by treatment in a hospital, but who is unable to pay the cost of such hospitalization from his own resources or from the resources of those upon whom he is legally dependent. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Human Resources. (4) HOSPITAL. Any state, county, municipal or other public or private hospital licensed under the laws of this state, except a hospital, whether public or private, which is operated primarily for the care and treatment of tuberculosis, mental disorders or any other such chronic disease or illness. (5) REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL. Any hospital that provides services to...
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22-21-294
Section 22-21-294 Certification of indigency; rules. Not later than October 1, 1979, the Department of Human Resources shall adopt rules which provide a statewide eligibility standard to certify residents of each county as indigent for the purposes of this article. These rules shall further provide that certification as indigent for the purposes of this article may occur either prior to a person's admission to a regional referral hospital, or subsequent to such admission for an emergency condition, but in any event if a determination of whether a patient meets or does not meet eligibility standards for certification as indigent for the purpose of this article is not made within 90 days following written notification by the regional referral hospital to the county of residence of the patient's admission to a regional referral hospital, the patient shall be considered to have been a certified indigent patient upon admission. A patient certified as indigent for the purpose of this article...
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22-50-17
Section 22-50-17 Operation of a facility for care or treatment of mental or emotional illness or substance abuse, or services to persons with an intellectual disability. (a) No person, partnership, corporation, or association of persons shall operate a facility or institution for the care or treatment of any kind of mental or emotional illness or substance abuse or for providing services to persons with an intellectual disability as defined in this chapter, without being certified by the department or licensed by the State Board of Health; provided that nothing in this section shall be construed so as to require a duly authorized physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, licensed professional counselor operating under the scope of his or her license, or Christian Science practitioner to obtain a license for treatment of patients in his private office, unless he keeps two or more patients in his office for continuous periods of 24 hours or more in one week, or that a church...
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22-50-21
Section 22-50-21 Police officers for state mental health facilities or hospitals. The State Mental Health Officer may appoint or employ one or more suitable persons to act as police officers to arrest intruders, trespassers, and persons guilty of improper or disorderly conduct on the property of state mental health facilities or hospitals. Such officers shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers and may eject trespassers from the hospital grounds, buildings, or lands or arrest them and may, without warrant, arrest any person guilty of abuse of a patient, of a misdemeanor or disorderly conduct, of stealing or injuring property or other offenses committed on the lands or premises of the hospitals and take such person before a district court judge or other officer charged with trial of such offenders, before whom, upon proper affidavit charging the offense, the person so arrested shall be tried and, if found guilty, convicted as in cases of...
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22-5D-2
Section 22-5D-2 Definitions. As used in this act, the following words have the following meanings: (1) ELIGIBLE PATIENT. An individual who meets all of the following conditions: a. Has a terminal illness, attested to by the patient's treating physician. b. Has considered all other treatment options currently approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration. c. Has received a recommendation from his or her physician for an investigational drug, biological product, or device. d. Has given written, informed consent for the use of the investigational drug, biological product, or device. e. Has documentation from his or her physician that he or she meets the requirements of this subdivision. (2) INVESTIGATIONAL DRUG, BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT, or DEVICE. A drug, biological product, or device that has successfully completed phase 1 of a clinical trial but has not yet been approved for general use by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration and remains under investigation in a U. S. Food and Drug...
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26-14-6
Section 26-14-6 Temporary protective custody. A police officer, a law enforcement official, or a designated employee of the State or County Department of Human Resources may take a child into protective custody, or any person in charge of a hospital or similar institution or any physician treating a child may keep that child in his or her custody, without the consent of the parent or guardian, whether or not additional medical treatment is required, if the circumstances or conditions of the child are such that continuing in his or her place of residence or in the care and custody of the parent, guardian, custodian, or other person responsible for the child's care presents an imminent danger to that child's life or health. However, such official shall immediately notify the court having jurisdiction over juveniles of such actions in taking the child into protective custody; provided, that such custody shall not exceed 72 hours and that a court of competent jurisdiction and the...
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34-22-82
Section 34-22-82 Telemedicine - Protocols; privacy practices. (a) A provider who uses telemedicine in his or her practice shall adopt protocols to prevent fraud and abuse through the use of telemedicine. (b)(1) Privacy practices. a. A provider that communicates with patients by electronic communications other than telephone or facsimile shall provide patients with written notification of the provider's privacy practices before evaluation or treatment. b. The notice of privacy practices shall include language that is consistent with federal standards under 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164 relating to privacy of individually identifiable health information. c. A provider shall make a good faith effort to obtain the patient's written acknowledgment of the notice. (2) Limitations of telemedicine. A provider who uses telemedicine services, before providing services, shall give each patient notice regarding telemedicine services, including the risks and benefits of being treated via telemedicine,...
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34-22-83
Section 34-22-83 Telemedicine - Services; provider-patient relationship; standards of practice; confidentiality. (a) Telemedicine services provided at an established treatment site may be used for all patient visits, including initial evaluations to establish a proper doctor-patient relationship between a provider and a patient. (1) A provider shall be reasonably available onsite at the established medical site to assist with the provision of care. (2) A provider may delegate tasks and activities at an established treatment site to an assistant who is properly trained and supervised or directed. (b) A distant site provider who provides telemedicine services to a patient that is not present at an established treatment site shall ensure that a proper provider-patient relationship is established, which at a minimum includes all of the following: (1) Having had at least one face-to-face meeting at an established treatment site before engaging in telemedicine services. A face-to-face...
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