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38-7-15
Section 38-7-15 Conditions precedent to bringing child into state for purposes of adoption
or placement in child-care facility. (a) No person or agency shall bring or send any child
into the State of Alabama for the purpose of placing him or procuring his adoption or placing
him in any child-care facility, as defined herein, without first obtaining the consent of
the department. The department shall have the power to impose and enforce reasonable conditions
precedent to the granting of such consent. Such conditions shall be for the purpose of providing
the same care and protection for the child coming into the State of Alabama for placement
or adoption as are afforded to a child who is born in the State of Alabama, and such conditions
shall include the following: (1) The department shall be authorized to designate an agency
in another state from which said child is being brought or sent, or in which said child's
parents or guardian may be found, to interview said parent or parents or...
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44-1-24
Section 44-1-24 Powers and duties of department generally. The Department of Youth Services
shall perform the following: (1) Provide services for youths who have run away from their
own communities in this state or from their home communities in other states to this state,
and provide such services, care, or cost for the youths as may be required pursuant to the
provisions of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles. (2) Provide for the expansion of local
detention care for youths alleged to be delinquent pending court hearing. (3) Secure the provision
of medical, hospital, psychiatric, surgical, or dental service, or payment of the cost of
such services, as may be needed for committed youths. (4) License and subsidize foster care
facilities or group homes for youths alleged to be delinquent pending hearing before a juvenile
court or adjudged delinquent following hearing, including detention, examination, study, care,
treatment, and training. (5) Establish, maintain, and subsidize programs...
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27-1-16
Section 27-1-16 Standard health insurance claim form; electronic claims form; various
claim forms. (a)(1) The Commissioner of the Department of Insurance shall prescribe a standard
health insurance claim form to be used by all hospitals. The forms shall be prescribed in
a format which allows for the use of generally accepted diagnosis and treatment coding systems
by providers of health care and payors. The standard form shall be accepted and used by all
insurers doing business in the State of Alabama and by all state agencies which pay providers
of health care for hospital services. (2) The Commissioner of the Department of Insurance
shall also prescribe a format for all health insurance claims transmitted or submitted for
payment by electronic or electro-mechanical means. Such a format shall be used by all insurers
doing business in the State of Alabama and by all state agencies which pay providers of health
care for hospital services. (b) An advisory committee of five persons, two...
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38-15-7
Section 38-15-7 Quarterly inspections; information provided to department; information
provided to parents, guardians, etc. (a) All youth residential facilities and organizations
under this section shall be subject to a quarterly inspection by the department or
its designee at a minimum and shall be responsible for providing necessary information as
determined by the department to ensure the safety and welfare of residents. All youth residential
facilities and organizations under this chapter shall provide at a minimum the following to
the department upon request: (1) The names of all children currently enrolled, registered,
or housed at the facility or program. (2) The names of all personnel currently employed or
contracted for employment for or at the facility, institution, or program. (3) The plan of
operation, all written policies, procedures, and standard practices. (4) The child-to-staff
ratios. (5) The staff qualifications and proof of training. (6) Proof of the implementation...
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38-2-6
Section 38-2-6 Duties, powers, and responsibilities of state department. The aim of
the state department shall be the promotion of a unified development of welfare activities
and agencies of the state and of the local governments so that each agency and each governmental
institution shall function as an integral part of a general system. In order to carry out
effectively these aims, it shall be the duty and responsibility of the state department to:
(1) Administer or supervise all forms of public assistance including general home relief,
outdoor and indoor care for persons in need of assistance, also including those duties that
have to do primarily with the determination of need and authorization of relief. (2) Exercise
all the powers, duties, and responsibilities previously vested by law in the State Child Welfare
Department. (3) Provide services to county or municipal governments including the organization
and supervision of counties for the effective carrying out of welfare...
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22-11A-4
Section 22-11A-4 Certain records to be provided to State Health Officer or Bureau of
Clinical Laboratories. (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following
meanings: (1) CLINICAL MATERIALS. Either of the following: a. A clinical isolate that contains
or that may contain an infectious agent of public health importance. b. Material that contains
or that may contain an infectious agent of public health importance, if an isolate is not
available, in the following order of preference: 1. A patient specimen. 2. Nucleic acid. 3.
Other laboratory material. (2) PROVIDER OF MEDICAL SERVICES. A physician, hospital, laboratory,
or other medical facility or medical professional that renders medical care relating to treatment
of possible or confirmed cases of public health importance. (b) A provider of medical services
that is currently rendering or that has rendered treatment, care, diagnostic services, or
laboratory services to any person suspected of having a notifiable...
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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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22-52-30
Section 22-52-30 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
CAPACITY TO PROCEED OR CONTINUE TO TRIAL. Whether or not a defendant accused of a crime: a.
Understands the nature of the charges preferred against him; and b. Is capable of assisting
his attorney in the preparation of the defense of his case. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner
of the Department of Mental Health of the State of Alabama. (3) SUPERINTENDENT. The superintendent
or director of Bryce Hospital located in Tuscaloosa County, the superintendent or director
of Searcy Hospital located in Mobile County or the superintendent or director of any such
facility as defined in subdivision (4) of this section. (4) FACILITY. Any state-owned
or state-operated hospital or other facility, whether currently operating or to be operated
in the future, utilized for the diagnosis, care, treatment, training or...
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26-16-70
Section 26-16-70 Membership; eligibility. (a) For purposes of this section, the
following terms have the following meanings: (1) FORENSIC INTERVIEW. The same meaning as in
Section 12-15-301. (2) LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. The police department for the
municipality and the sheriff's department for the county in which a child advocacy center
is located. (3) MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL. An individual holding a master's or higher degree
in social work, mental health counseling, or other social work related or mental health counseling
related field of study, and who has received special training regarding child maltreatment
and child trauma. (b) In order to become eligible for a full membership in the Alabama Network
of Children's Advocacy Centers, Incorporated, child advocacy centers in this state shall:
(1) Incorporate as a nonprofit agency under the requirements of Section 10A-3-1.01
et seq. (2) Utilize a neutral, child-focused facility where forensic interviews, conducted
jointly by...
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22-11A-17
Section 22-11A-17 Testing of correctional facility inmates for sexually transmitted
diseases; treatment; discharge of infectious inmates; victim may request results of HIV testing.
(a) All persons sentenced to confinement or imprisonment in any city or county jail or any
state correctional facility for 30 or more consecutive days shall be tested for those sexually
transmitted diseases designated by the State Board of Health, upon entering the facility,
and any inmate so confined for more than 90 days shall be examined for those sexually transmitted
diseases 30 days before release. The results of any positive or reactive tests shall be reported
as provided in Section 22-11A-14. Additionally, the results of any positive or negative
test for HIV of a sexual offender shall be provided to the State Health Officer or his or
her designee as provided in Section 22-11A-14. The provisions of this section
shall not be construed to require the testing of any person held in a city or county jail...
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