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38-5-6
Section 38-5-6 Relatives not legally liable for support, hospital and medical care, etc. No
relative shall be held legally liable to support or to contribute to the support of any applicant
for or recipient of assistance under this chapter. No relative shall be held liable to defray
in whole or in part the cost of any medical care or hospital care or other service rendered
to said recipient pursuant to any provision of this chapter if he is an applicant for or a
recipient of assistance under this chapter at the time such medical care or hospital care
or other service is rendered. (Acts 1963, No. 574, p. 1195, ยง6.)...
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21-6-3
Section 21-6-3 Eligibility requirements. Services available under this chapter may be provided
to any person who: (1) Has made application therefor to the director of the Children's Rehabilitation
Service in the manner prescribed by him; (2) Has a severe disability that causes the person
to be homebound, such disability to be certified by an appropriate medical specialist; (3)
Has not sufficient income or resources, including family income or resources, insurance, workman's
compensation, etc., to meet the cost of home care services applied for, such insufficiency
to be determined by a rehabilitation and Children's Rehabilitation Service staff member; (4)
Is under the care of a family member who is a potential wage earner and will be relieved to
engage in employment outside the home, such circumstances to be certified by a vocational
rehabilitation counselor, and such counselor will be responsible for helping place such family
member in employment; and (5) Is a resident of this state....
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22-18-6
Section 22-18-6 Violations; good Samaritan provisions; scope of privilege; control of emergency
scene; penalties. (a) It shall be a Class A misdemeanor for any person, firm, company, corporation,
organization, facility, or agency to do any of the following: (1) Deliberately hinder, obstruct,
or interfere with an officer, inspector, or duly authorized agent of the board while in the
performance of official duties. (2) Deliberately hinder, obstruct, or interfere with any physician,
licensed nurse, licensed EMSP, or emergency personnel exempt from licensure under this article
while that individual is providing emergency care to a third person or while that individual
is assisting at the scene of an emergency, directing traffic at the scene of an emergency,
or managing or helping to manage the scene of an emergency. (3) Violate subsection (c) or
(d). (4) Offer, provide, or perform, without a license or certificate to do so, an emergency
medical service or other function which, under this...
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22-21B-3
Section 22-21B-3 Definitions. The following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in this section, unless otherwise required by their respective context: (1) CONSCIENCE.
The religious, moral, or ethical principles held by a health care provider. (2) DISCRIMINATION.
Discrimination includes, but is not limited to: Hiring, termination, refusal of staff privileges,
refusal of board certification, demotion, loss of career specialty, reduction of wages or
benefits, adverse treatment in the terms and conditions of employment, refusal to award any
grant, contract, or other program, or refusal to provide residency training opportunities.
(3) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be asked to participate in any way in a health
care service, including, but not limited to: A physician, physician's assistant, nurse, nurse's
aide, medical assistant, hospital employee, clinic employee, nursing home employee, pharmacist,
researcher, medical or nursing school faculty, student,...
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22-50-17
Section 22-50-17 Operation of a facility for care or treatment of mental or emotional illness
or substance abuse, or services to persons with an intellectual disability. (a) No person,
partnership, corporation, or association of persons shall operate a facility or institution
for the care or treatment of any kind of mental or emotional illness or substance abuse or
for providing services to persons with an intellectual disability as defined in this chapter,
without being certified by the department or licensed by the State Board of Health; provided
that nothing in this section shall be construed so as to require a duly authorized physician,
psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, licensed professional counselor operating under
the scope of his or her license, or Christian Science practitioner to obtain a license for
treatment of patients in his private office, unless he keeps two or more patients in his office
for continuous periods of 24 hours or more in one week, or that a church...
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27-1-21
Section 27-1-21 Uniformity of limits applied to fulfillment of certain drug prescriptions.
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(1) ENROLLEE. A person enrolled in a health benefit plan. (2) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. Any individual
or group plan, policy, or contract for health care services issued, delivered, issued for
delivery, renewed in this state by a health care insurer, health maintenance organization,
accident and sickness insurer, fraternal benefit society, nonprofit hospital service corporation,
nonprofit medical service corporation, health care service plan, or any other person, firm,
corporation, joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for, purchases, or
furnishes health care services to patients, insureds, or beneficiaries in this state. The
term includes, but is not limited to, entities created pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter 4
of Title 10. The term shall not include any collective bargaining agreement...
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27-49-3
Section 27-49-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. Any individual or group plan, policy, or contract for health
care services issued, delivered, issued for delivery, renewed in this state by a health care
insurer, health maintenance organization, accident and sickness insurer, fraternal benefit
society, nonprofit hospital service corporation, nonprofit medical service corporation, health
care service plan, or any other person, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other similar
business entity that pays for, purchases, or furnishes health care services to patients, insureds,
or beneficiaries in this state. The term includes, but is not limited to, entities created
pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 10. For the purposes of this chapter, a health
benefit plan located or domiciled outside of the State of Alabama is deemed to be subject
to the provisions of this chapter if it receives, processes,...
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34-23-181
Section 34-23-181 Definitions. The following words shall have the following meanings as used
in this article: (1) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. Any individual or group plan, employee welfare benefit
plan, policy, or contract for health care services issued, delivered, issued for delivery,
or renewed in this state by a health care insurer, health maintenance organization, accident
and sickness insurer, fraternal benefit society, nonprofit hospital service corporation, nonprofit
medical service corporation, health care service plan, or any other person, firm, corporation,
joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for insureds or beneficiaries in
this state. The term includes, but is not limited to, entities created pursuant to Article
6 of Chapter 20 of Title 10A. A health benefit plan located or domiciled outside of the State
of Alabama is deemed to be subject to this article if it receives, processes, adjudicates,
pays, or denies claims for health care services submitted by or...
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38-9-2
Section 38-9-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ABUSE. The infliction of physical pain, injury, or the willful
deprivation by a caregiver or other person of services necessary to maintain mental and physical
health. (2) ADULT IN NEED OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES. A person 18 years of age or older whose
behavior indicates that he or she is mentally incapable of adequately caring for himself or
herself and his or her interests without serious consequences to himself or herself or others,
or who, because of physical or mental impairment, is unable to protect himself or herself
from abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional abuse by others, and who has
no guardian, relative, or other appropriate person able, willing, and available to assume
the kind and degree of protection and supervision required under the circumstances. (3) CAREGIVER.
An individual who has the responsibility for the care of a protected...
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22-6-163
Section 22-6-163 Legislative findings; rules; collaboration; approval of agreements and contracts;
state action immunity; confidentiality of records; additional duties. (a) The Legislature
declares that collaboration among public payers, private health carriers, third party purchasers,
and providers to identify appropriate service delivery systems and reimbursement methods in
order to align incentives in support of integrated and coordinated health care delivery is
in the best interest of the public. Collaboration pursuant to this article is to provide quality
health care at the lowest possible cost to Alabama citizens who are Medicaid eligible. The
Legislature, therefore, declares that this health care delivery system affirmatively contemplates
the foreseeable displacement of competition, such that any anti-competitive effect may be
attributed to the state's policy to displace competition in the delivery of a coordinated
system of health care for the public benefit. In furtherance of...
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