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22-21B-3
Section 22-21B-3 Definitions. The following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in this section, unless otherwise required by their respective context: (1) CONSCIENCE.
The religious, moral, or ethical principles held by a health care provider. (2) DISCRIMINATION.
Discrimination includes, but is not limited to: Hiring, termination, refusal of staff privileges,
refusal of board certification, demotion, loss of career specialty, reduction of wages or
benefits, adverse treatment in the terms and conditions of employment, refusal to award any
grant, contract, or other program, or refusal to provide residency training opportunities.
(3) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be asked to participate in any way in a health
care service, including, but not limited to: A physician, physician's assistant, nurse, nurse's
aide, medical assistant, hospital employee, clinic employee, nursing home employee, pharmacist,
researcher, medical or nursing school faculty, student,...
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26-23E-10
Section 26-23E-10 Paternity inquiries of pregnant minor child; reporting requirements. (a)
Any minor child under the age of 16 seeking an abortion from an abortion or reproductive health
care facility shall be asked by the physician performing the abortion or his or her agent
to state the name and age of the individual who is believed to be the father of the unborn
child. While the minor child may refuse to provide the father's name and age, she should be
encouraged to do so by the physician or agent consistent with the physician's legal obligation
to reduce the incidence of child abuse when there is reason to suspect that it has occurred.
(b) In addition to any other abuse reporting requirements that may apply to the staff of an
abortion or reproductive health center, if the reported age of the father is two or more years
greater than the age of the minor child, the facility shall report the names of the pregnant
minor child and the father to both local law enforcement and the county...
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26-23E-9
Section 26-23E-9 Abortion or reproductive health center requiremetns. An abortion or reproductive
health center shall be classified as ambulatory health care occupancy and shall meet all standards
in the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code 2000 edition, or such standards in any later edition of the
NFPA 101 Life Safety Code that the Board of Health may adopt for facilities classified as
ambulatory health care occupancy. Not later than December 28, 2013, each licensed abortion
or reproductive health center shall submit to the Department of Public Health architectural
drawings and plans and sprinkler system plans and such other materials as may be required
to show compliance or prospective compliance with the applicable life safety code. These shall
be submitted and reviewed pursuant to the Board of Health Rules for Plan Review, including
the payment of plan review fees. Not later than July 1, 2014, each abortion or reproductive
health center shall obtain from the Department of Public Health a...
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34-24-603
Section 34-24-603 Definitions. Unless otherwise indicated from the context, the terms set out
below, as used in this article shall have the following meanings: (1) APPLICANT. A person
who has submitted or that is in the process of submitting a registration under this article.
(2) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners. (3) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. A drug, substance,
or immediate precursor identified, defined, or listed in Sections 20-2-20 to 20-2-32, inclusive.
(4) HOSPITAL. A health care institution licensed by the Alabama Department of Public Health
and has the same definition as provided in Chapter 420-5-7 of the Alabama Administrative Code.
The term shall include any outpatient facility or clinic that is separated from the hospital
that is owned, operated, or controlled by the hospital. (5) PAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES. Those
medical services that involve the prescription of controlled substances in order to treat
chronic nonmalignant pain by a physician who treats pain. (6)...
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38-12B-2
Section 38-12B-2 Develpment and adminstration of program. (a) The State Department of Human
Resources shall develop and administer Fostering Hope, a scholarship program for designated
persons currently or formerly in the state foster care program, including children adopted
from the program at the age of 14 or older. Commencing with the 2016-2017 academic year, the
program, on behalf of participants, shall do either of the following: (1) Pay for tuition
and required fees at any public two-year or four-year institution of higher education in the
state. (2) Pay required fees for job training courses or skill certifications that are offered
by any public two-year or four-year institution of higher education in the state or other
publicly funded training programs in the state, and not considered an associate's degree,
if the courses or certifications are first approved by the department. (b) Payments of tuition
and required fees are considered program scholarships. (Act 2015-121, §2.)...
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20-2-213
Section 20-2-213 Reporting requirements. (a) Each of the entities designated in subsection
(b) shall report to the department, or to an entity designated by the department, controlled
substances prescription information as designated by regulation pertaining to all Class II,
Class III, Class IV, and Class V controlled substances in such manner as may be prescribed
by the department by regulation. (b) The following entities or practitioners are subject to
the reporting requirements of subsection (a): (1) Licensed pharmacies, not including pharmacies
of general and specialized hospitals, nursing homes, and any other health care facilities
which provide inpatient care, so long as the controlled substance is administered and used
by a patient on the premises of the facility. (2) Mail order pharmacies or pharmacy benefit
programs filling prescriptions for or dispensing controlled substances to residents of this
state. (3) Licensed physicians, dentists, podiatrists, or optometrists who...
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20-3-2
Section 20-3-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY. An institution or facility licensed as an assisted
living facility under regulations of the State Board of Health. (2) CHARITABLE CLINIC. The
term includes an established free medical clinic as defined in subdivision (1) of Section
6-5-662 and any community health center provided for under the federal Public Health Service
Law. (3) CHARITABLE PATIENT. For purposes of this chapter, the term shall not include patients
who are eligible to receive drugs under the Alabama Medicaid Program or under any other prescription
drug program funded in whole or in part by the state. (4) DRUGS. All medicinal substances
and preparations 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...
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22-11A-114
Section 22-11A-114 Reporting categories. (a) All general, critical access, and specialized
hospitals licensed pursuant to Section 22-21-20, shall report data on health care facility
acquired infections for the specific clinical procedures as recommended by the council and
defined by the department, in the following categories: Surgical site infections; ventilator
associated pneumonia and central line related bloodstream infections. (b) The board may promulgate
rules to require health care facilities licensed pursuant to Section 22-21-20, to collect
data on health care facility acquired infection rates either in lieu of or in addition to
the categories specified in this section. (Act 2009-490, p. 900, §5.)...
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22-11A-123
Section 22-11A-123 Priority of federal program. This article shall no longer have any force
or effect and shall not be enforceable after the department determines that there has been
an enactment of a United States government program for collecting and disseminating health
care facility acquired infection data which mandates, at a minimum, the reporting, collection,
and dissemination of the same categories of data required in this article. (Act 2009-490,
p. 900, §14.)...
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22-32-2
Section 22-32-2 Members of Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Commission.
The Director of the Bureau of Radiological Health and the Director of the Department of Energy
shall serve as members of the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management
Commission. As directors of departments or agencies of this state, they may designate a subordinate
officer or employee of their department or agency to serve in this stead as permitted by Article
IV A. of the compact. The reference to the "Bureau of Radiological Health" anywhere
in this chapter shall mean the Radiological Health Program of the Department of Public Health.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-328, p. 441, §2; Acts 1983, No. 83-511, p. 720, §2; Acts 1988, No. 88-534,
p. 804, §2.)...
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