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21-7-4
Section 21-7-4 Right of a person with a disability to be accompanied by service animal;
liability for damages; violations. (a) An individual with a disability has the right to be
accompanied by a service animal in all areas of a public accommodation, including a public
or private school, that the public or customers are normally permitted to occupy. (b) A service
animal shall be under the control of its handler and shall have a harness, collar, leash,
or other tether, unless either the handler is unable because his or her disability prevents
him or her from the use of a harness, collar, leash, or other tether, or the use of a harness,
collar, leash, or other tether would interfere with the safe, effective performance of work
or tasks by the service animal, in which case the service animal shall be otherwise under
the control of the handler by means of voice control, signals, or other effective means. (c)(1)
The trainer of a service animal, while engaged in the training of the animal,...
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38-9A-4
Section 38-9A-4 Community councils. (a) Each regional council shall sanction in accordance
with state and regional council policies and procedures local area affiliate councils within
its region, to be known as community councils, for the purpose of implementing the Individual
and Family Support Program at the local community level. (b) Each community council shall
be composed solely of people with disabilities and their family members. Members shall be
appointed by the respective community councils, within the criteria established by the regional
councils. Membership shall be distributed equitably throughout the local community area and
shall be representative of the prevalent developmental disabilities. (c) Each community council
shall perform the following duties: (1) Determine specific eligibility criteria within the
broad criteria set by the regional council. (2) Receive applications for support funding from
individuals, families, and service programs, and select recipients. (3)...
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21-9-2
Section 21-9-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and
phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) BOARD.
The Board of Rehabilitation Services. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department
of Rehabilitation Services, who shall administer the department. (3) COMPONENT PROGRAMS. The
following programs administered by the department: a. Children's Rehabilitation Service. A
service program that provides educational, medical, and habilitative services including recreational
and physical fitness services for children with special health care needs, including coordination
and support for their families through statewide community-based programs. b. Early Intervention
Program. A program that provides early intervention services for children, up to the age of
three years, who are born with disabling conditions or who are at risk for developmental delay.
c. Adult Vocational Rehabilitation Service. A service program that...
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26-2A-104.1
Section 26-2A-104.1 Corporations as guardians for developmentally disabled. (a) The
term "developmentally disabled" means a person whose impairment of general intellectual
functioning or adaptive behavior which is manifested before the person attains the age of
22 and results in intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy or autism and as defined
in Public Law 98-527, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (Section
102(7)). (b) A private non-profit corporation organized under the laws of Alabama and qualified
under the Internal Revenue Code as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt corporation as described herein
is qualified for designation as guardian for persons with developmental disabilities and who
has been determined by the probate court to need some degree of guardianship; provided that
those corporations qualifying under this section shall be governed by a board of directors
which shall have no fewer than 35 percent of its membership representing parents or...
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21-7-9
Section 21-7-9 Right to housing accommodations. (a) An individual with a disability
shall be entitled to full and equal access, as are other members of the general public, to
any housing accommodation offered for rent, lease, or compensation in this state, subject
to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all individuals.
(b) Nothing in this section shall require any person renting, leasing, or providing
for compensation real property to modify his or her property in any way or provide a higher
degree of care for an individual with a disability than for an individual who is not disabled.
(c)(1) An individual with a disability who has a service animal or who obtains a service animal
shall be entitled to full and equal access to any housing accommodation as provided for in
this section. (2) An individual with a disability may not be required by the housing
accommodation to pay extra compensation for a service animal, but shall be liable for any
damage...
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21-7-1
Section 21-7-1 Declaration of policy; definitions. (a) It is the policy of this state
to encourage and enable the blind, the visually impaired, and the physically disabled to participate
fully in the social and economic life of the state and to engage in meaningful employment.
(b) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) HANDLER. Includes an individual with a disability and a trainer. (2) HOUSING ACCOMMODATION.
Any real property or portion thereof which is used or occupied, or intended, arranged, or
designed to be used or occupied, as the home, residence, or sleeping place of one or more
individuals, but does not include any single-family residence, the occupants of which rent,
lease, or furnish for compensation not more than one room therein. (3) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.
As defined by 42 U.S.C. ยง12102, and further defined as an individual who has a physical or
mental impairment, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric,...
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38-9D-2
Section 38-9D-2 Definitions. The following words are defined for the purposes of this
chapter: (1) COORDINATED SYSTEM OF CARE. The total effort in the state, inclusive of service
coordination/case management, that is directed at meeting the needs of individuals who are
at risk of elder abuse. (2) COUNCIL. The Alabama Interagency Council for the Prevention of
Elder Abuse. (3) ELDER ABUSE. The maltreatment of an older person, age 60 or above, by any
person, including the following: a. Emotional/Psychological Abuse. The intentional infliction
of mental or emotional anguish by threat, humiliation, intimidation, or other verbal or non-verbal
abusive conduct. Examples of psychological abuse include name calling, insulting, ignoring
for extended periods of time, frightening, intimidating, and isolating from friends and family.
b. Material Exploitation. The unauthorized use of funds or any resources of an elderly individual
or the misuse of power of attorney or representative payee status for...
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45-39-30.02
Section 45-39-30.02 Definitions. The following words are defined for the purposes of
this article: (1) COORDINATED SYSTEM OF CARE. The total effort in the county, inclusive of
service coordination/case management, that is directed at meeting the needs of individuals
who are at risk of elder abuse. (2) COUNCIL. The Lauderdale County Council for the Prevention
of Elder Abuse. (3) ELDER ABUSE. The maltreatment of an older person, age 60 or above, by
any person, including the following: a. Emotional/Psychological Abuse. The intentional infliction
of mental or emotional anguish by threat, humiliation, intimidation, or other verbal or nonverbal
abusive conduct. Examples of psychological abuse Examples of psychological abuse include name
calling, insulting, ignoring for extended periods of time, frightening, intimidating, and
isolating from friends and family. b. Material Exploitation. The unauthorized use of funds
or any resources of an elderly individual; the misuse of power of attorney or...
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26-10-22
Section 26-10-22 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have
the following meanings unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) ADOPTION SUBSIDY. A money
payment, services, deferred payment, or any combination thereof that is provided to a child
with special needs or circumstances after submission of an application to the department.
(2) AGENCY. The department or a child welfare agency which is authorized in its license issued
by the department to place children for adoption. (3) APPLICATION. The submission to the department
of a complete application as defined by the department with documentation of the child's special
needs. (4) CHILD. An individual under 19 years of age, or an individual 19 or 20 years of
age and eligible for Title IV-E Federal Funding, who is: a. in the care or custody, or both,
of the department, or a public or voluntary licensed child-placing agency, b. legally free
for adoption and c. in special need or circumstances because he or she is...
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27-54A-2
Section 27-54A-2 Treatment under certain policies and contracts. (a) As used in this
section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.
The design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral
stimuli and consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including
the use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between
environment and behavior. (2) AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. Any of the pervasive developmental
disorders or autism spectrum disorders as defined by the most recent edition of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the edition that was in effect at the
time of diagnosis. (3) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Counseling and treatment programs, including
applied behavior analysis that are both of the following: a. Necessary to develop, maintain,
or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the functioning of an...
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