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12-23A-2
Section 12-23A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE. A local committee which may consist of the following members
or their designees: a. The drug court judge, who shall serve as chair. b. The district attorney.
c. The public defender or a member of the criminal defense bar. d. The drug court coordinator.
e. The court clerk. f. A community corrections or court referral officer, or both. g. A pretrial
services provider. h. A law enforcement officer. i. Substance abuse treatment providers. j.
Any other person the chair deems appropriate. (2) ASSESSMENT. A diagnostic evaluation for
placement in a treatment program which shall be performed in accordance with criteria certified
by the Department of Mental Health, Substance Abuse Services Division. (3) CHARGE. As defined
in Section 12-25-32(13). (4) CONTINUUM OF CARE. A seamless and coordinated course of substance
abuse education and treatment designed to meet...
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22-13A-8
Section 22-13A-8 Department authorized to replicate programs and enter into contracts with
organizations with expertise. (a) The department may replicate and use successful osteoporosis
programs and enter into contracts and purchase materials or services, or both, from organizations
with appropriate expertise and knowledge of osteoporosis for services and materials which
may include any of the following: (1) Educational information and materials on the causes,
prevention, detection, treatment, and management of osteoporosis. (2) Training of staff. (3)
Physician and health care professional education and training, and clinical conferences. (4)
Conference organization and staffing. (5) Regional office development and staffing. (6) Nominations
for advisory panels. (7) Support group development. (8) Consultation. (9) Resource library
facilities. (10) Training home health aides and nursing home personnel. (11) Training teachers.
(b) The department may enter into an agreement to work with a...
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26-16-2
Section 26-16-2 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings herein ascribed to them: (1) CHILD. A person under 18 years of age. (2)
CHILD ABUSE. Harm or threatened harm to a child's health or welfare by a person responsible
for the child's health or welfare, which harm occurs or is threatened through nonaccidental
physical or mental injury; sexual abuse, which includes a violation of any provision of Article
4, Chapter 6, Title 13A. (3) CULTURAL COMPETENCY. The ability of an individual or organization
to understand and act respectfully toward, in a cultural text, the beliefs, interpersonal
styles, attitudes, and behaviors of persons and families of various cultures, including persons
and families of various cultures who participate in services from the individual or organization
and persons of various cultures who provide services for the individual or organization. (4)
DEPARTMENT. The Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention....
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26-24-23
Governor, secretary, and Legislature concerning the administration and operation of the prekindergarten
program. (8) Provide leadership for enhancement of school readiness in this state by aggressively
establishing a unified approach to the state's efforts toward enhancement of school readiness.
In support of this effort, the office may develop and implement specific strategies that address
the state's school readiness programs. (9) Safeguard the effective use of federal, state,
local, and private resources to achieve the highest possible level of school readiness
for the state's children. (10) Provide technical assistance to local programs. (11) Assess
gaps in services. (12) By January 2001, adopt a system for measuring school readiness that
provides objective data regarding the expectations for school readiness, and establish a method
for collecting the data and guidelines for using the data. The measurement, the data collection,
and the use of the data must serve the statewide...
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38-12-32
Section 38-12-32 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) CAREGIVER. An individual 21 years of age or older, other than a child's parent,
legal guardian, or legal custodian who is an approved foster parent, who is a relative of
the child, and who has been providing care and support for the child while the child has been
residing in the caregiver's home for at least the last six consecutive months while in the
legal custody of the Department of Human Resources, a designated official for a child-placing
agency, or a successor guardian. (2) CHILD. An individual under 18 years of age who is in
foster care with the caregiver and over whom a court has exercised continuing jurisdiction.
(3) COURT. The juvenile court. (4) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Human Resources. (5) KINSHIP
GUARDIAN. A caregiver who is willing to assume care of a child because of parental incapacity
of a parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or other dependency...
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11-62-1
more facilities, for the purpose of obtaining funds with which to operate one or more facilities
or for any combination of those purposes. b. Any obligation of any kind which was entered
into, made, assumed, or otherwise incurred by the United States of America or any department,
agency, or instrumentality thereof, the state or any instrumentality or political subdivision
thereof, or any corporation, partnership, trust, fund, foundation, corporation, or other legal
entity, whether public or private, or joint venture of any two or more of any of the
foregoing entities, and which is secured, in whole or in part, by a pledge or assignment of
any obligation described in paragraph a. of this subdivision or is payable, in whole or in
part, from payments made in respect of any such obligation, including, without limitation
thereto, any obligation described in either paragraph a. of this subdivision or this paragraph
that is guaranteed by the United States of America or by any department,...
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22-10A-2
counseling is available to those Alabama families who need it. This will include those families
who have a member with a birth defect, mental retardation, or other handicapping disorder
due to genetic factors as well as families identified by screening to be at increased risk
for having a child with one of these problems. (3) Formulate a graduated fee schedule, based
on the ability of the patient to pay, to offset the costs of the program. (c) Each shall expand
its current program to assist private physicians and clinics of the Department of Public
Health, the Children's Rehabilitation Service and the Department of Mental Health in referring
affected members and their families to the program. (d) Each shall extend prenatal testing
to those families meeting criteria for eligibility, including but not limited to the following:
(1) Pregnant women 35 years of age or older. (2) Pregnant women having had a previous Down's
Syndrome child or a child with any other chromosomal disorder. (3)...
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22-21-260
31, rehabilitation centers; public health centers; facilities for surgical treatment of patients
not requiring hospitalization; kidney disease treatment centers, including free-standing hemodialysis
units; community mental health centers and related facilities; alcohol and drug abuse facilities;
facilities for the developmentally disabled; hospice service providers; and home health agencies
and health maintenance organizations. The term health care facility shall not include the
offices of private physicians or dentists, whether for individual or group practices
and regardless of ownership, or Christian Science sanatoriums operated or listed and certified
by the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts, or a veterans' nursing home
or veterans' home owned or operated by the State Department of Veterans' Affairs, not to exceed
150 beds to be built in Bay Minette, Alabama, and a veterans' nursing home or veterans' home
owned or operated by the State Department of...
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26-16-96
Section 26-16-96 Local child death review teams. (a) There are hereby created local child death
review teams. (b) Each county of the state shall be included in a local multidisciplinary,
multiagency child death review team's jurisdiction. The district attorney shall initiate the
establishment of local teams by convening a meeting of potential team members within 60 days
of September 11, 1997. In the absence of the initiation of a child death review team by the
district attorney within 60 days of September 11, 1997, the local public health representative
will initiate the first team meeting. During this meeting, participants shall recommend whether
to establish a team for that county alone or to establish a team with and for the counties
within that judicial circuit. (c) The local team shall include, but not be limited to, all
of the following members, the first five of whom are ex officio. The ex officio members may
designate representatives from their particular departments or offices...
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22-12D-1
program activities for educating the public on women's health initiatives and information,
including the following: a. Health needs throughout an Alabama woman's life. b. Diseases that
significantly affect Alabama women, including heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis. c.
Access to health care for Alabama women. d. Poverty and women's health in Alabama. e. The
leading causes of morbidity and mortality for Alabama women. f. Special health concerns of
minority women. (7) To seek funding from private or governmental entities to carry
out the purposes of this chapter. (8) To prepare materials for publication and dissemination
to the public on women's health. (9) To conduct public educational forums in Alabama to raise
public awareness and to educate citizens about women's health programs, issues, and services.
(10) To coordinate the activities and programs of the Office of Women's Health with other
entities that focus on women's health or women's issues. (11) To provide that the State...
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