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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
and working. (5) PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT. A physiological disorder or condition, disfigurement,
or anatomical loss that affects one or more bodily functions, or a mental or psychological
disorder that meets one of the diagnostic categories specified in the most recent edition
of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric
Association, such as an intellectual or developmental disability, organic brain syndrome,
traumatic brain injury, post traumatic stress disorder, or mental illness. (6) PUBLIC
ACCOMMODATION. A common carrier, airplane, motor vehicle, railroad train, motor bus, streetcar,
boat, or other public conveyance or mode of transportation, a hotel, a timeshare that is a
transient public lodging establishment, a lodging place, a place of public accommodation,
amusement, or resort, and other places to which the general public is invited, subject only
to the conditions and limitations established by law and...
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38-9D-2
profit. Examples include stealing jewelry or other property and obtaining the elderly person's
signature for transfer of property or for a will through duress or coercion. c. Neglect. The
intentional or unintentional failure by the caregiver to obtain adequate goods or services
for the elderly person's maintenance and well-being. Examples include a caregiver who fails
to buy groceries or prescription medications. d. Physical Abuse. The intentional use of physical
force that results in bodily injury, pain, or impairment. Examples of physical abuse
include beating, slapping, bruising, cutting, burning, pushing or shoving, excessively restraining,
force-feeding, and physical punishment. e. Self-neglect. Behavior of an elderly person that
threatens his or her own health or safety. Examples are failure to provide oneself with adequate
food, clothing, shelter, medication, safety, and proper hygiene. f. Sexual Abuse. The non-consensual
sexual contact of any kind with an elderly individual....
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45-39-30.02
profit. Examples include stealing jewelry or other property and obtaining the elderly person's
signature for transfer of property or for a will through duress or coercion. c. Neglect. The
intentional or unintentional failure by the caregiver to obtain adequate goods or services
for the elderly person's maintenance and well-being. Examples include a caregiver who fails
to buy groceries or prescription medications. d. Physical Abuse. The intentional use of physical
force that results in bodily injury, pain, or impairment. Examples of physical abuse
include beating, slapping, bruising, cutting, burning, pushing or shoving, excessively restraining,
force-feeding, and physical punishment. e. Self-neglect. Behavior of an elderly person that
threatens his or her own health or safety. Examples are failure to provide oneself with adequate
food, clothing, shelter, medication, safety, and proper hygiene. f. Sexual Abuse. The nonconsensual
sexual contact of any kind with an elderly individual....
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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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