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12-15-202
Section 12-15-202 Rights of the child. (a) Rights of the child when taken into custody. When
a child is taken into custody, the person taking the child into custody shall inform the child
of all of the following, in language understandable to the child: (1) The reason that the
child is being taken into custody. (2) That the child has the right to communicate with his
or her parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian whether or not that person is present. If
necessary, reasonable means will be provided for the child to do so. (3) The child has the
right to communicate with an attorney. If the child does not have an attorney, one will be
appointed for him or her. If the child has an attorney who is not present, reasonable means
shall be provided for the child to communicate with the attorney. (b) Rights of the child
before being questioned while in custody. Before the child is questioned about anything concerning
the charge on which the child was taken into custody, the person asking the...
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12-15-303
Section 12-15-303 Transfer of dependency proceedings between juvenile courts within the state.
(a) If a dependency proceeding is commenced in a county other than the county of the residence
of the child, the juvenile court in which the proceedings were commenced, on its own motion
or a motion of a party and after consultation with the receiving juvenile court, may transfer
the proceeding before or after adjudication to the county of the residence of the child for
the purpose of adjudication, disposition, supervision, or review as mandated by federal and
state law for children in foster care or in the custody of the state, or any combination thereof.
(b) For purposes of this section, county of the residence of the child means the county in
which the child and legal custodian have established legal residence or have resided for six
or more months of a calendar year. This term shall not include placements by a state department
or agency. (c) Certified copies of all legal and social...
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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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22-21-29
Section 22-21-29 Inspections. (a) Every hospital licensed under this article shall be open
to inspection to the extent authorized in this section by employees and agents of the State
Board of Health, under rules as shall be promulgated by the board with the advice and consent
of the advisory board. Employees and agents of the board shall also inspect unlicensed and
suspected unlicensed facilities. Nothing in this section shall authorize the board to inspect
quarters therein occupied by members of any religious group or nurses engaged in work in any
hospital or places of refuge for members of religious orders for whom care is provided, but
any inspection shall be limited and confined to the parts and portions of the hospital as
are used for the care and treatment of the patients and the general facilities for their care
and treatment. No hospital shall, by reason of this section, be relieved from any other types
of inspections authorized by law. (b) All inspections undertaken by the...
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22-5A-4
Section 22-5A-4 Selection of community ombudsmen; training; certification; duties; area plan
to describe program; notification of department as to prospective ombudsmen; advisory committee
on program. (a) Each area agency on aging funded by the department shall select at least one
community ombudsman in each planning and service area established according to regulations
issued pursuant to the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. The community ombudsman shall
be an employee or contractual employee of the area agency on aging and shall certify to having
no association with any health care facility or provider for reward or profit. (b) The duties
of each community ombudsman shall be as follows: (1) To receive, investigate, respond to,
and attempt informally to resolve complaints made by or on behalf of recipients; (2) To report
immediately instances of fraud, abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the department of pensions
and security for investigation and follow-up pursuant to Chapter...
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26-23A-5
Section 26-23A-5 Publication of required materials. (a) The Department of Public Health shall
publish within 180 days after October 14, 2002, and shall update on an annual basis, the following
easily comprehensible printed materials: (1) Geographically indexed printed materials designed
to inform the woman of public and private agencies and services available to provide medical
and financial assistance to a woman through pregnancy, prenatal care, upon childbirth, and
while her child is dependent. The materials shall include a comprehensive list of the agencies,
a description of the services offered, and the telephone numbers and addresses of the agencies.
(2) The printed materials shall include a list of adoption agencies geographically indexed
and that the law permits adoptive parents to pay the cost of prenatal care, childbirth, and
neonatal care. (3) Printed materials that inform the pregnant woman of the probable anatomical
and physiological characteristics of the unborn child at...
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26-24-23
Section 26-24-23 Duties of office. The Office of School Readiness shall do all of the following:
(1) Establish criteria and administer such programs and services as may be necessary for the
operation and management of a voluntary prekindergarten program. (2) Administer such programs
and services as may be necessary for the operation and management of preschool and certain
child development programs coordinating with the Department of Education for the inclusion
of preschool special education. (3) Ensure that the prekindergarten program provides a developmentally
appropriate preschool program emphasizing growth in language and literacy, math concepts,
science, arts, physical development, and personal and social competence. (4) Receive and disperse
any funds appropriated to the office from the Legislature for the establishment, operation,
and administration of the prekindergarten program. The budget of the office shall be part
of the Department of Early Childhood Education. (5) Assist...
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38-9-6
Section 38-9-6 Protective placement or other protective services. (a) An interested person
may petition the court to order protective placement or other protective services for an adult
in need of protective services. No protective placement or other protective services may be
ordered unless there is a determination by the court that the person is unable to provide
for his or her own protection from abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional
abuse. Upon a petition, setting forth the facts and name, age, sex, and residence of the person,
the court of the circuit in which the person resides shall appoint a day, not more than 30
days from the filing of the petition, for the hearing on the petition. If, on the hearing
of a petition, the person is not represented by counsel, the court shall appoint a guardian
ad litem to represent him or her. A jury of six persons shall be impanelled for the hearing
to serve as the trier of facts. (b) Costs of court proceedings under this...
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22-11A-63
Section 22-11A-63 Investigation by State Health Officer. (a) Upon notification of the existence
of an infected health care worker, the State Health Officer shall undertake an investigation
of the practice of the health care worker. In the investigation, the State Health Officer
shall seek advice of individuals and organizations deemed necessary. The investigation shall
determine if the infected health care worker performs invasive procedures. If the health care
worker is determined not to perform invasive procedures, no review panel shall be established,
no restrictions shall be placed on his or her practice, and all information obtained in the
investigation shall be confidential as provided for in Section 22-11A-69. If the infected
health care worker is determined to perform invasive procedures, the State Health Officer
shall cause an expert review panel to be formed. To the extent possible, the review shall
be conducted so that the identity of the health care worker shall not be...
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22-30D-9
Section 22-30D-9 Liability. (a)(1) Except as otherwise preempted or limited by applicable federal
law, upon reporting to the department and the board of any contamination or suspected contamination,
no owner or operator, wholesale distributor, impacted third party, adjacent landowner, or
person owning any abandoned drycleaning facility who shall have elected to be covered by this
chapter shall be liable to the state or any third party for costs incurred in the investigation
or cleanup of, or equitable relief relating to, or resulting, in whole or in part, from a
preexisting release of any drycleaning agent at, on, or from any drycleaning facility, wholesale
distribution facility, or abandoned drycleaning facility or a new release of any drycleaning
agent, unless such new release resulted from noncompliance with a department approved investigation,
assessment, or remediation plan. (2) Pursuant to the rules and regulations to be adopted by
the department as required by Section 22-30D-4...
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