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22-50-11
Section 22-50-11 Department - Additional and cumulative powers. The Department of Mental Health
is given hereby the following additional and cumulative powers through its commissioner: (1)
It is authorized and directed to set up state plans for the purpose of controlling and treating
any and all forms of mental and emotional illness and any and all forms of mental retardation
and shall divide the state into regions, districts, areas or zones, which need not be geographic
areas, but shall be areas for the purpose of establishing priorities and programs and for
organizational and administrative purposes in accordance with these state plans. (2) It is
designated and authorized to supervise, coordinate, and establish standards for all operations
and activities of the state related to mental health and the providing of mental health services;
and it is authorized to receive and administer any funds available from any source for the
purpose of acquiring building sites for, constructing,...
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36-25A-7
Section 36-25A-7 Executive sessions. (a) Executive sessions are not required by this chapter,
but may be held by a governmental body only for the following purposes: (1) To discuss the
general reputation and character, physical condition, professional competence, or mental health
of individuals, or, subject to the limitations set out herein, to discuss the job performance
of certain public employees. However, except as provided elsewhere in this section, discussions
of the job performance of specific public officials or specific public employees may not be
discussed in executive session if the person is an elected or appointed public official, an
appointed member of a state or local board or commission, or a public employee who is one
of the classification of public employees required to file a statement of economic interests
with the Alabama Ethics Commission pursuant to Section 36-25-14. Except as provided elsewhere
in this section, the salary, compensation, and job benefits of...
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22-11A-118
Section 22-11A-118 Health Care Data Advisory Council. (a) There is established the Health Care
Data Advisory Council to assist in developing regulations and standards necessary to implement
the provisions of this article, to review and serve as consultants to the board on matters
related to any reports or publications prior to a report or publication release and to serve
as consultants to the board on matters relating to the protection, collection, and dissemination
of health care facility acquired infection data. (b) The council shall consist of 18 members
and be constituted in the following manner: (1) Six hospital members to be appointed by the
Alabama Hospital Association, two of which shall be infection control professionals. (2) Three
members to be appointed by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. (3) Two members
to be appointed by the Business Council of Alabama, at least one of whom represents a small
business, all of whom are purchasers of health care, and none of...
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22-6-151
Section 22-6-151 Regional care organizations; governing board of directors; citizen's advisory
committee; solvency and financial requirements; reporting; provider standards committee. (a)
A regional care organization shall serve only Medicaid beneficiaries in providing medical
care and services. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a regional care organization
shall not be deemed an insurance company under state law. (c)(1) A regional care organization
and an organization with probationary regional care organization certification shall have
a governing board of directors composed of the following members: a. Twelve members shall
be persons representing risk-bearing participants in the regional care organization or organization
with probationary certification. A participant bears risk by contributing cash, capital, or
other assets to the regional care organization. A participant also bears risk by contracting
with the regional care organization to treat Medicaid beneficiaries...
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27-60-2
Section 27-60-2 Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact. The State of Alabama hereby
agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation
Compact: ARTICLE I. PURPOSES. The purposes of this compact are, through means of joint and
cooperative action among the compacting states: 1. To promote and protect the interest of
consumers of individual and group annuity, life insurance, disability income, and long-term
care insurance products; 2. To develop uniform standards for insurance products covered under
the compact; 3. To establish a central clearinghouse to receive and provide prompt review
of insurance products covered under the compact and, in certain cases, advertisements related
thereto, submitted by insurers authorized to do business in one or more compacting states;
4. To give appropriate regulatory approval to those product filings and advertisements satisfying
the applicable uniform standard; 5. To improve coordination of...
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36-27-7.1
Section 36-27-7.1 Participation of employees of counties, cities, towns, public or quasi-public
organizations, etc. - Certain retired employees of Cooperative Extension Service of Auburn
University. (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any retired employee of the Cooperative
Extension Service of Auburn University who has retired under federal civil service retirement
after January 1, 1972, but on or before May 1, 1976, and who would otherwise be eligible to
participate in the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Alabama under the provisions
of Section 36-27-7, shall be allowed prior creditable service under the Employees' Retirement
System for time spent in the employment of the Cooperative Extension Service before retirement
under federal civil service retirement and shall be allowed to participate in the Employees'
Retirement System under the same conditions and with same benefits for such past service as
employees eligible to participate in the Employees' Retirement...
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34-21-93.1
Section 34-21-93.1 Signature authority for health care forms, etc. (a) When any law or rule
requires a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or endorsement by a physician,
the document shall be deemed to authorize a signature, certification, stamp, verification,
affidavit, or endorsement by a certified registered nurse practitioner or certified nurse
midwife for the items listed in this section. The authority in this section for a certified
registered nurse practitioner and a certified nurse midwife shall be subject to an active
collaboration agreement. This section applies to all of the following: (1) Certification of
disability for patients to receive special access parking or disability access parking tags
or placards. (2) A signature required for any of the following: a. The following documents
that require a complete history and physical examination consistent with the examining provider's
scope of practice and certification: 1. Physicals for bus drivers in...
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34-23-1
Section 34-23-1 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Pharmacy Association. (2)
BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT. Has the same meaning as the term as defined in 42 U.S.C. ยง262. (3) BOARD
or STATE BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy. (4) CHEMICAL. Any substance of a medicinal
nature, whether simple or compound, obtained through the process of the science and art of
chemistry, whether of organic or inorganic origin. (5) DISPENSE. To sell, distribute, administer,
leave with, give away, dispose of, deliver, or supply a drug or medicine to the ultimate user
or his or her agent. (6) DRUGS. All medicinal substances, preparations, and devices recognized
by the United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary, or any revision thereof, and all
substances and preparations intended for external and internal use in the cure, diagnosis,
mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or animal...
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36-27-21.3
Section 36-27-21.3 Cost-of-living increases; funding. (a) There is hereby provided, commencing
October 1, 1982, to any person retired prior to October 1, 1981, under the Teachers' Retirement
System or Employees' Retirement System of Alabama and who is receiving a retirement allowance
therefrom, a cost-of-living increase of $1.00 per month for each year of creditable service
attained by said member; provided any person retired under the provisions of Section 36-27-7,
or 36-27-7.1 shall receive an increase of $.50 per month for each year of creditable service
attained by said member. In addition to the foregoing amount an additional $1.00 per month
increase may be granted upon the occurrence of certain conditions set forth in subsection
(e) of this section; provided any person retired under the provisions of Section 36-27-7,
or 36-27-7.1 may receive an additional $.50 per month increase upon the occurrence of certain
conditions pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. Effective...
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40-26B-70
Section 40-26B-70 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ACCESS PAYMENT. A payment by the Medicaid program to an eligible
hospital for inpatient or outpatient hospital care, or both, provided to a Medicaid recipient.
(2) ALL PATIENT REFINED DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUP (APR-DRG). A statistical system of classifying
any non-Medicare inpatient stay into groups for the purposes of payment. (3) ALTERNATE CARE
PROVIDER. A contractor, other than a regional care organization, that agrees to provide a
comprehensive package of Medicaid benefits to Medicaid beneficiaries in a defined region of
the state pursuant to a risk contract. (4) CERTIFIED PUBLIC EXPENDITURE (CPE). A certification
in writing of the cost of providing medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries by publicly owned
hospitals and hospitals owned by a state agency or a state university plus the amount of uncompensated
care provided by publicly owned hospitals and hospitals...
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