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31-9B-3
Section 31-9B-3 Providing of information; requirements for emergency and disaster planning
provisions; immunity. (a) All appropriate agencies and community-based service providers,
including, but not limited to, home health care providers, hospices, community mental health
centers, and related facilities, but not including health care facilities which provide inpatient
care to include general and specialized hospitals including ancillary services, skilled nursing
facilities, intermediate care facilities, or any assisted living facility, shall provide information
on the number of individuals with medical needs and shall assist the State Health Department
in the establishment of programs to increase the awareness of medical needs shelters, and
in educating clients and sponsors or caregivers about the procedures that may be necessary
for their safety during disasters. (b) State agencies that regulate or contract with providers
of services, or both, for persons with disabilities or...
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38-13-4
Section 38-13-4 Mandatory criminal history check notice; suitability determinations; checks
on subsequent activity. (a) Every employer, child care facility, adult care facility, the
Department of Human Resources, and child placing agency required to obtain a criminal history
background information check pursuant to this chapter shall obtain, prior to or upon the date
of employment, or issuance of a license or approval or renewal thereof, and maintain in the
agency or personnel file, a request with written consent for the criminal history background
information check and a statement signed by the applicant, volunteer, or employee indicating
whether he or she has ever been convicted of a crime, and if so, fully disclosing all convictions.
The statement shall include a notice and questionnaire the same as or similar to the following:
(1) MANDATORY CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK NOTICE: Alabama law requires that a criminal history
background information check be conducted on all persons who hold a...
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22-11A-117
Section 22-11A-117 Studies and publication. The department may undertake a reasonable number
of studies and publish information in collaboration with licensed health care providers based
upon the data obtained pursuant to the provisions of this article. One of the purposes for
such studies will be to provide specific comparative health care facility acquired infection
rates. The department shall allow all health care facilities that have submitted data which
will be used in any report to review and comment on the report prior to its publication or
release for general public use. The department shall include comments of a health care facility,
at the option of the health care facility, in the publication, if the department does not
change the publication based upon those comments. (Act 2009-490, p. 900, §8.)...
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22-11A-121
Section 22-11A-121 Use of data. (a) The department shall utilize the data and information received
for the benefit of the public. (b) Individual patient data submitted to the department by
health care facilities pursuant to this article shall at all times remain confidential and
privileged from discovery. This article does not expand or repeal any protection from discovery,
privilege, or confidentiality for patient specific information that exists by statute, regulation,
or decision by a court of final jurisdiction. (Act 2009-490, p. 900, §12.)...
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22-4-32
Section 22-4-32 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings: (1) CERTIFICATE OF NEED REVIEW BOARD. The board which reviews all certificate
of need applications as provided in Section 22-21-260(14). (2) COVERED HEALTH CARE REPORTER.
The term includes health care facilities as that term is defined in Section 22-21-260(6);
new institutional health services subject to review as defined in Section 22-21-263; 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 intellectual disabilities as defined in Section
22-50-17; and facilities and distinct units as defined in Section 22-21-263(c). (3) HEALTH
CARE REPORTS. The written reports to SHPDA which are required to be submitted by this article.
(4) HEALTH CARE INFORMATION AND DATA ADVISORY COUNCIL. The body created by this article which
is charged with advising and participating in the...
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22-5A-3
Section 22-5A-3 Duties of State Ombudsman and department. The State Ombudsman and the department
are hereby authorized to investigate complaints concerning health care, domiciliary and residential
care facilities. The State Ombudsman shall promote the well-being and quality of life of long-term
residential health care recipients and encourage the development of community ombudsman activities
at the local level. After appropriate training and approval by the department, community ombudsmen
shall be certified by the department and shall have the powers and responsibilities set forth
in Sections 22-5A-4 and 22-5A-6, subject to the procedures established by the State Ombudsman
pursuant to Section 22-5A-5. The State Ombudsman shall submit to the department an annual
written report documenting the kinds of complaints and problems reported so that the department
can make recommendations concerning needed policy, regulatory, and legislative changes. (Acts
1985, No. 85-657, p. 1029, §3.)...
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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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22-21-20
Section 22-21-20 Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) HOSPITALS. General and specialized
hospitals, including ancillary services; independent clinical laboratories; rehabilitation
centers; ambulatory surgical treatment facilities for patients not requiring hospitalization;
end stage renal disease treatment and transplant centers, including free-standing hemodialysis
units; abortion or reproductive health centers; hospices; health maintenance organizations;
and other related health care institutions when such institution is primarily engaged in offering
to the public generally, facilities and services for the diagnosis and/or treatment of injury,
deformity, disease, surgical or obstetrical care. Also included within the term are long term
care facilities such as, but not limited to, skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care
facilities, assisted living facilities, and specialty...
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22-21-265
Section 22-21-265 Certificates of need - Required for new institutional health service. (a)
On or after July 30, 1979, no person to which this article applies shall acquire, construct,
or operate a new institutional health service, as defined in this article, or furnish or offer,
or purport to furnish a new institutional health service, as defined in this article, or make
an arrangement or commitment for financing the offering of a new institutional health service,
unless the person shall first obtain from the SHPDA a certificate of need therefor. Notwithstanding
any provisions of this article to the contrary, those facilities and distinct units operated
by the Department of Mental Health, and those facilities and distinct units operating under
contract or subcontract with the Department of Mental Health where the contract constitutes
the primary source of income to the facility, shall not be required to obtain a certificate
of need under this article. (b) Notwithstanding all other...
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38-12B-6
Section 38-12B-6 Eligibility; disbursement of funds. (a) To be eligible to participate in the
program, a scholarship applicant shall satisfy all of the following: (1) Be in the legal custody
of the foster care program of the department at the time of graduation from high school or
earning a General Educational Development (GED) high school equivalency certification; or
in the permanent legal custody of the foster care program of the department when his or her
adoption is finalized, at 14 years of age or older, and has graduated from high school or
earned a GED certification. (2) Have net personal assets worth less than thirty thousand dollars
($30,000), subject to adjustment by the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources
to account for inflation. (3) Is younger than 26 years of age at the start of the semester,
training program, or certification program for which tuition or fees are requested from the
program. (4) Is accepted for enrollment in a degree-granting, training, or...
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