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13A-6-1
Section 13A-6-1 Definitions. (a) As used in Article 1 and Article 2, the following terms shall
have the meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. Murder, manslaughter,
or criminally negligent homicide. (2) HOMICIDE. A person commits criminal homicide if he intentionally,
knowingly, recklessly or with criminal negligence causes the death of another person. (3)
PERSON. The term, when referring to the victim of a criminal homicide or assault, means a
human being, including an unborn child in utero at any stage of development, regardless of
viability. (b) Article 1 or Article 2 shall not apply to the death or injury to an unborn
child alleged to be caused by medication or medical care or treatment provided to a pregnant
woman when performed by a physician or other licensed health care provider. Mistake, or unintentional
error on the part of a licensed physician or other licensed health care provider or his or
her employee or agent or any person acting on behalf of...
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16-27-4.1
Section 16-27-4.1 Physical qualifications of school bus drivers. (a) A local board of education
may not hire, employ, or enter into any agreement with any person for the purposes of operating
a school bus transporting students to or from school or school related events, unless the
person is physically qualified to drive a school bus. A person is physically qualified to
drive a school bus if that person satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) Has no
loss of a foot, a leg, a hand, or an arm. (2) Has no impairment of any of the following: a.
A hand or a finger which interferes with prehension or power grasping. b. An arm, foot, or
leg which interferes with the ability to perform normal tasks associated with operating a
school bus. c. Any other significant limb defect or limitation which interferes with the ability
to perform normal tasks associated with operating a school bus. (3) Has no established medical
history or clinical diagnosis of diabetes mellitus requiring insulin for...
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22-11A-2
Section 22-11A-2 Persons responsible to report diseases; contents of report; confidential information;
person making report immune from liability. Each physician, dentist, nurse, medical examiner,
hospital administrator, nursing home administrator, laboratory director, school principal,
and day care center director shall be responsible to report cases or suspected cases of notifiable
diseases and health conditions. The report shall contain such information, and be delivered
in such a manner, as may be provided for from time to time by the rules of the State Board
of Health. All medical and statistical information and reports required by this article shall
be confidential and shall not be subject to the inspection, subpoena, or admission into evidence
in any court, except proceedings brought under this article to compel the examination, testing,
commitment or quarantine of any person or upon the written consent of the patient, or if the
patient is a minor, his parent or legal guardian....
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22-8A-3
Section 22-8A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADULT. Any person
19 years of age or over. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITION AND HYDRATION. A medical treatment
consisting of the administration of food and water through a tube or intravenous line, where
the recipient is not required to chew or swallow voluntarily. Artificially provided nutrition
and hydration does not include assisted feeding, such as spoon or bottle feeding. (3) ADVANCE
DIRECTIVE FOR HEALTH CARE. A writing executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4 which may
include a living will, the appointment of a health care proxy, or both such living will and
appointment of a health care proxy. (4) ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. The physician selected by, or
assigned to, the patient who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the
patient. (5) CARDIOPULMONARY CESSATION. A lack of pulse or...
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32-6-49.3
Section 32-6-49.3 Definitions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the following
definitions shall be applicable unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ALCOHOL.
a. Beer, ale, port, or stout and other similar fermented beverages (including sake or similar
products), of any name or description containing one-half of one percentum or more of alcohol
by volume, brewed or produced from malt, wholly or in part, or from any substitute therefor;
b. Wine of not less than one-half of the percentum of alcohol by volume; or c. Any substance
containing any form of alcohol, including, but not limited to, ethanol, methanol, propanol,
and isopropanol. (2) ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION. a. The number of grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters
of blood; or b. The number of grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath; or c. The number
of grams of alcohol per 67 milliliters of urine. (3) COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE. (CDL) means
a license issued in accordance with the requirements of this...
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34-24-521
Section 34-24-521 Definitions. In this compact, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) BYLAWS. Those bylaws established by the interstate commission pursuant to Section 34-24-530
for its governance, or for directing and controlling its actions and conduct. (b) COMMISSIONER.
The voting representative appointed by each member board pursuant to Section 34-24-530. (c)
CONVICTION. A finding by a court that an individual is guilty of a criminal offense through
adjudication, or entry of a plea of guilty or no contest to the charge by the offender. Evidence
of an entry of a conviction of a criminal offense by the court shall be considered final for
purposes of disciplinary action by a member board. (d) EXPEDITED LICENSE. A full and unrestricted
medical license granted by a member state to an eligible physician through the process set
forth in the compact. (e) INTERSTATE COMMISSION. The interstate commission created pursuant
to Section 34-24-530. (f) LICENSE. Authorization by a...
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13A-6-151
Section 13A-6-151 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following, or any combination of the following, meanings ascribed to them by this section:
(1) COERCION. Any of the following: a. Causing or threatening to cause physical injury or
mental suffering to any person, physically restraining or confining any person, or threatening
to physically restrain or confine any person or otherwise causing the person performing or
providing labor or services to believe that the person or another person will suffer physical
injury or mental suffering. b. Implementing any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause
a person to believe that failure to perform an act would result in physical injury, mental
suffering, or physical restraint of any person. c. Destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating,
or withholding from the person or another person, or threatening to destroy, conceal, remove,
confiscate, or withhold from the person or another person, the person's...
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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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22-11A-9
Section 22-11A-9 Tuberculosis cases to be reported; contents of report; reports confidential.
Any physician who diagnoses or treats a case of active tuberculosis, the administrator of
any hospital, dispensary, correctional facility or other institution in which there is a case
of active tuberculosis, the person in charge of any laboratory performing a positive test
for active or suspected active tuberculosis, and pharmacist dispensing anti-tuberculosis medication
shall report this information to the State Health Officer, the county health officer, or their
designee, in the manner provided in Section 22-11A-1. These reports shall include, at a minimum,
the name of the patient and the name and address of the physician. The reports required by
this section shall be confidential and shall not be subject to public inspection, subpoena,
or admission into evidence in any court except proceedings brought under this article to compel
the examination, treatment, commitment or quarantine of any...
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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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