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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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