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6-5-543
Section 6-5-543 Damages against health care provider to be itemized; future damages
over $150,000 to be paid by periodic payments over period of years; judgment to specify payment
terms; requirement to post security or provide evidence of insurance; future damages not to
be reduced to present value; attorney's fees; termination of periodic payments; contempt of
court upon continuing pattern of failure to make payments; modification of judgment; legislative
intent. (a) In any action for injury or damages whether in contract or in tort against a health
care provider based on a breach of the standard of care the damages assessed by the trier
of fact shall be itemized as follows: (1) Past damages, (2) Future damages, (3) Punitive damages.
The trier of fact shall not reduce any future damages to present value. If the trial court
determines that any one or more of the above categories is not recoverable in the action,
that category or categories shall be omitted from the itemization. (b)...
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11-19-19
Section 11-19-19 County board of adjustment. In availing itself of the powers conferred
by this chapter, the county commission shall provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment
and may provide that the said board of adjustment shall, in appropriate cases and subject
to appropriate conditions and safeguards, make special exceptions to the terms of the zoning
ordinance or regulations in harmony with its general purposes and interests and in accordance
with general or specific rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. The board of adjustment shall
consist of five members who shall be appointed from among the residents of the county by the
county commission to serve for a term of three years; provided, that in establishing the board
of adjustment, the county commission may designate the terms of the members first appointed
on such basis that the term of one member will expire each year thereafter. Such members shall
be removable for cause by the county commission upon written...
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11-86A-12
Section 11-86A-12 Powers of authority generally. An authority shall have the following
powers: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as provided in this chapter.
(2) To institute and defend legal proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction and proper
venue; provided, however, that an authority may not be sued in any court other than the courts
of the county of incorporation; provided, further, that the officers, directors, agents, and
employees of an authority may not be sued for their actions on behalf of the authority except
for actions that are known by a person to be unlawful or are performed with reckless disregard
for the lawfulness of the actions. (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the
seal at its pleasure. (4) To establish a fiscal year. (5) To anticipate by the issuance of
its bonds the receipt of any revenues that may be appropriated by or to the authority and
to pledge the proceeds of the appropriations as security for the...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove
barriers to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent
moves and deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children
of military families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty
in the transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in
entrance/age requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children
of military families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling,
sequencing, grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility
for enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic,
and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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34-29-111
Section 34-29-111 Duties of board; Alabama Veterinary Professionals Wellness Committee;
liability. (a) It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Board of Veterinary Medical
Examiners to promote the early identification, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation
of veterinary professionals licensed to practice veterinary medicine or veterinary technology
in Alabama who may be impaired by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs,
narcotics, alcohol, chemicals, or other substances, or as a result of any physical or mental
condition. (b) In order to carry out this obligation the State Board of Veterinary Medical
Examiners may contract with any nonprofit corporation or medical professional association
for the purpose of creating, supporting, and maintaining a committee of veterinary professionals
to be designated the Alabama Veterinary Professionals Wellness Committee. The committee shall
consist of not less than 10 nor more than 15 veterinary professionals licensed...
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11-3-11
Section 11-3-11 Powers and duties generally. (a) The county commission shall have authority:
(1) To direct, control, and maintain the property of the county as it may deem expedient according
to law, and in this direction and control it has the sole power to locate the courts in the
rooms of the courthouse and to designate the rooms to be occupied by the officers entitled
to rooms therein, including the circuit judge if resident in the county, and to change the
location of the courts and the designation of the rooms for officers as it may deem best and
most expedient, and this shall be done by order of the county commission entered upon the
minutes of the county commission at a regular meeting of the county commission. In the event
the courthouse is inadequate to supply office rooms for such officers, the county commission
may lease such office rooms in a convenient location in the county site and pay the rental
from the county fund. (2) To levy a general tax, for general county...
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34-24-193
Section 34-24-193 Board of Physical Therapy - Powers and duties; certification fee;
administrative fines; impaired practitioner program. (a) It shall be the duty of the board
to pass upon the qualifications of applicants for licensing as physical therapists and licensing
as physical therapist assistants, to conduct examinations, to issue licenses and renewals
to physical therapists and physical therapist assistants qualifying under this article and
in a proper case to suspend or revoke the license of such persons. The board may adopt rules
and regulations not inconsistent with law as it may deem necessary for the performance of
its duties; however, the board shall not issue any rules or regulations that require a physical
therapist assistant to be within sight of a consulting physical therapist or a physical therapist
supervisor while working under the direction of that physical therapist or issue any rules,
regulations, or orders inconsistent with Section 34-24-217(b). The board shall...
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44-2-10
Section 44-2-10 Text of compact. The Interstate Compact for Juveniles is enacted into
law and entered into with all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially
as follows: THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES Article I. Purpose. The compacting states
to this interstate compact recognize that each state is responsible for the proper supervision
or return of juveniles, delinquents and status offenders who are on probation or parole and
who have absconded, escaped or run away from supervision and control and in so doing have
endangered their own safety and the safety of others. The compacting states also recognize
that each state is responsible for the safe return of juveniles who have run away from home
and in doing so have left their state of residence. The compacting states also recognize that
Congress, by enacting the Crime Control Act, 4 U.S.C. Section 112 (1965), has authorized
and encouraged compacts for cooperative efforts and mutual assistance in the...
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45-37A-56
Section 45-37A-56 Zoning board of adjustment. (a) The governing body of any city which
may now or hereafter have a population of 300,000 inhabitants or more, according to the last
or any subsequent federal census and which may now or hereafter have in force and effect a
comprehensive zoning ordinance shall provide for the appointment of a zoning board of adjustment
and in the zoning regulations and restrictions adopted by the city pursuant to the authority
of the laws of this state, provide that the zoning board of adjustment, in appropriate cases
and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, shall make special exceptions to the
terms of the zoning ordinance of the city in harmony with its general purpose and intent,
and in accordance with general or specific rules therein contained. The zoning board of adjustment
shall consist of seven members, each to be appointed by the governing body of the city, and
each shall hold office for a term of seven years or until the time as his...
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37-2A-4
Section 37-2A-4 Jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission. (a) Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, the commission shall not have any jurisdiction, right, power,
authority, or duty to regulate, supervise, control, oversee, or monitor, directly or indirectly,
the rates, charges, classifications, provision, or any aspect of broadband service, broadband
enabled services, VoIP services, or information services. (b)(1) The commission may require
incumbent local exchange carriers to unbundle their networks, but the commission shall not
require the carriers to unbundle in a manner that exceeds in degree or differs in kind from
the unbundling requirements of the Federal Communications Commission. (2) Nothing in this
section shall be construed to: a. Affect any entity's obligations under 47 U.S.C. Sections
251 and 252 or a right granted to an entity by these sections. b. Affect any applicable wholesale
tariff. c. Grant, modify, or affect the authority of the commission to...
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