45-37-171.44
Section 45-37-171.44 Ability to pay fees; increase in costs and fees; funding. No person shall be denied any service because that person, or if a minor, the parent or legal guardian of such person, is unable to pay the fee for such service established pursuant to this subpart. The determination of a person's ability to pay shall be made in confidence and under circumstances that will protect the dignity of the person receiving the service. Using any appropriate standards of ability to pay for health care provided by the United States Government or any agency thereof, the Jefferson County Board of Health may establish a sliding fee scale based on a person's ability to pay. Any provision of this subpart to the contrary notwithstanding, this subpart shall not be interpreted or applied to authorize any increase in the fees, if any, that any person may be required to pay for any examination, treatment, vaccination, inoculation, or other health care service of any kind that, as of September...
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6-5-332.5
Section 6-5-332.5 Persons who rescue child or incapacitated person from unattended motor vehicle; public safety officials. (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CHILD. A person who is under nine years of age. (2) INCAPACITATED PERSON. As defined in Section 26-2A-20. (3) MOTOR VEHICLE. As defined in Section 32-1-1.1. (4) PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL. An individual employed by a law enforcement agency, fire department, or 911 emergency service. (b) No person shall leave a child or an incapacitated person in a motor vehicle unattended in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk of injury or harm to the child or incapacitated person. A vehicle that has an ambient interior temperature of 99 degrees Fahrenheit or less shall be presumed safe. (c) A person who enters a motor vehicle by force or otherwise at the direction of a public safety official for the purpose of removing a child or an incapacitated person from the vehicle shall be immune from...
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21-8-5
Section 21-8-5 Duties of Children's Rehabilitation Service. It is the duty of the Children's Rehabilitation Service, with the advice of the committee, to: (1) Develop standards for determining eligibility for care and treatment under this chapter. (2) Assist in the development and expansion of programs for the care and treatment of persons suffering from hemophilia and related diseases, including home care and medical and dental procedures designed to provide maximum control over bleeding. (3) Extend financial assistance to persons suffering from hemophilia for the purpose of obtaining blood, blood derivatives and concentrates, and other efficacious agents for use in hospital, medical and dental facilities, and in the home. (4) Institute and carry on community educational programs for the detection of hemophilia and for the counseling of individuals and families. (5) Conduct educational programs for physicians, dentists, hospitals, regional health departments, and the public concerning...
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22-11D-2
Section 22-11D-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The State Board of Health. (2) COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. A radio and land line network complying with the board's rules and which provides rapid public access, coordinated central dispatching of services, and coordination of personnel, equipment, and facilities in the trauma and health system. (3) COUNCIL. The Statewide Trauma and Health System Advisory Council. (4) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public Health. (5) DESIGNATION. A formal determination by the department that a hospital is capable of providing designated trauma or other specific health care as authorized by this chapter. (6) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE. The organization responding to a perceived individual's need for immediate medical care in order to prevent loss of life or aggravation of physiological or psychological illness or injury. (7) HEALTH CARE CENTER. A hospital that voluntarily...
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29-2-105
Section 29-2-105 Coordination council - Composition; meetings; duties. (a) The committee shall convene a council composed of the chair of the committee or his or her designee and the commissioner or the commissioner's designee of each department of state government that administers services to children, youth, and their families, including, but not limited to, the Department of Education, the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Public Health, the Medicaid Agency, the Department of Youth Services, the Department of Rehabilitation Services, one member from the Alabama Association of County Directors of Human Resources appointed by that organization, one member from the Alabama Residential Child Care Association appointed by that organization, two members from the Alabama Foster Parent Association appointed by that organization, one member from the Juvenile Court Judges Association appointed by that organization, one guardian ad litem...
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38-14-10
Section 38-14-10 Eligibility for means-tested public benefits. (a) An account owner's savings and matching funds shall not affect his or her eligibility for any means-tested public benefits, including, but not limited to, Medicaid, state children's health insurance programs, TANF, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, supplemental security income, or government-subsidized foster care and adoption payments, and child care or housing payments. (b) Funds deposited in individual development accounts shall not be counted as income, assets, or resources of the account owner for the purpose of determining financial eligibility for assistance or service pursuant to any federal, federally assisted, state, or municipal program based on need. (Act 2011-641, p. 1626, §10.)...
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45-8A-71.01
Section 45-8A-71.01 Definitions. As used in this part, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) APPOINTING AUTHORITY. The mayor or city council, and in the case of a separate board or instrumentality, the governing body or individual designated by the governing body in writing to the board. (2) BOARD. The civil service board created by this part. (3) CITY. The City of Jacksonville in Calhoun County. (4) EMPLOYEE. Any person, including firemen and policemen, not excepted by Section 45-8A-71.02, who is employed in the service of the City of Jacksonville. (5) GOVERNING BODY. The city council and, in the case of a separate board or instrumentality, the governing body of that board or instrumentality. (Act 93-558, p. 917, §2.)...
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16-17A-2
Section 16-17A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER. The teaching, research, and clinical facilities provided, established, or operated by a constitutionally created public university in the state or a university that operates a school of medicine. (2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (3) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority. (4) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of an authority. (5) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. The state, a county, a municipality, or any department, agency, board, or commission of the state, a county, or a municipality. (6) HEALTH CARE FACILITY. All property or rights in property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, useful to an authority in its operations, including without limitation, the following: a. Facilities necessary or desirable to the operation of an academic medical center, one or more health sciences schools,...
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22-17A-6
Section 22-17A-6 Requirements for operation of tattoo facility. A person who owns or operates a licensed tattoo facility shall do each of the following: (1) Display the license in a conspicuous place within the customer service area of the tattoo facility. (2) Ensure that an individual engaged in tattooing in the tattoo facility wears disposable gloves approved by the department when tattooing, branding, or body piercing, or when cleaning instruments used in tattooing, branding, or body piercing. (3) Maintain a permanent record of each individual who has been tattooed, branded, or who has had body piercing performed at a tattoo facility, and make the records available for inspection by the department or local county health department. The record shall include, at a minimum, the individual's name, address, age, and signature, the date, the design, and location of the tattooing, branding, or body piercing, and the name of the individual performing the tattooing, branding, or body...
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22-21-264
Section 22-21-264 Criteria for state agency review. The SHPDA, pursuant to the provisions of Section 22-21-274, shall prescribe by rules and regulations the criteria and clarifying definitions for reviews covered by this article. These criteria shall include at least the following: (1) Consistency with the appropriate State Health Facility and services plans effective at the time the application was received by the State Agency, which shall include the latest approved revisions of the following plans: a. The most recent Alabama State Health Plan which shall include updated inventories and separate bed need methodologies for inpatient rehabilitation beds, inpatient psychiatric beds and inpatient/residential alcohol and drug abuse beds. b. Alabama State Health Plan for services to the mentally ill. c. Alabama State Plan for rehabilitation facilities. d. Alabama developmental disabilities plan. e. Alabama State alcoholism plan. f. Such other State Plans as may from time to time be...
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