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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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22-8A-7
Section 22-8A-7 Competency of declarant; liability of participating physician, facility, etc.
(a) A competent adult may make decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment and artificially
provided nutrition and hydration so long as that individual is able to do so. The desires
of an individual shall at all times supersede the effect of an advance directive for health
care. (b) If the individual is not competent at the time of the decision to provide, withhold,
or withdraw life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration, a
living will executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4(a) or a proxy designation executed
in accordance with Section 22-8A-4(b) is presumed to be valid. For the purpose of this chapter,
a health care provider may presume in the absence of actual notice to the contrary that an
individual who executed an advance directive for health care was competent when it was executed.
The fact of an individual's having executed an advance directive for...
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26-2A-135
Section 26-2A-135 Procedure concerning hearing and order on original petition. (a) Upon receipt
of a petition for appointment of a conservator or other protective order because of minority,
the court shall set a date for hearing. If the court determines at any time in the proceeding
that the interests of the minor are or may be inadequately represented, it may appoint an
attorney to represent the minor, giving consideration to the choice of the minor if 14 or
more years of age. An attorney appointed by the court to represent a minor may be granted
the powers and duties of a guardian ad litem. (b) Upon receipt of a petition for appointment
of a conservator or other protective order for reasons other than minority, the court shall
set a date for hearing. Unless the person to be protected has chosen counsel, the court shall
appoint an attorney to represent the person who may be granted the powers and duties of a
guardian ad litem. If the alleged disability is mental illness, mental...
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34-14C-5
Section 34-14C-5 Exemptions. The licensure requirements of this chapter do not apply to the
following entities or practitioners: (1) Home health agencies certified by the State of Alabama
to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. (2) Hospital based home medical equipment
services, whether or not the services are provided through a separate corporation or other
business entity. (3) Health care practitioners legally eligible to order or prescribe home
medical equipment, or who use home medical equipment to treat patients in locations other
than the patient's residence, including, but not limited to, physicians, nurses, physical
therapists, respiratory therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, optometrists,
chiropractors, and podiatrists, except for those practitioners, other than a licensed physician
practicing medicine, who provide home medical equipment services in a patient's residence.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting...
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34-24-602
Section 34-24-602 Authority and intent. (a) Authority. The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners
shall have the jurisdiction and authority necessary to carry out the provisions and intent
of this article. (b) Intent. The article is intended to require physicians to register under
the provisions of this article, and to provide the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners the
following powers and duties with respect to all registrants of the Board of Medical Examiners,
in addition to its existing authority as a certifying board pursuant to the Alabama Uniform
Controlled Substances Act: (1) To adopt, amend, and repeal such rules and regulations in accordance
with the Alabama Pain Management Act for the proper administration and enforcement of this
article. (2) To establish rules regarding the registration of all physicians providing pain
management services. (3) To set reasonable registration and renewal fees. (4) To renew registrations
and set renewal and expiration dates and other deadlines. (5)...
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40-26B-70
Section 40-26B-70 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ACCESS PAYMENT. A payment by the Medicaid program to an eligible
hospital for inpatient or outpatient hospital care, or both, provided to a Medicaid recipient.
(2) ALL PATIENT REFINED DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUP (APR-DRG). A statistical system of classifying
any non-Medicare inpatient stay into groups for the purposes of payment. (3) ALTERNATE CARE
PROVIDER. A contractor, other than a regional care organization, that agrees to provide a
comprehensive package of Medicaid benefits to Medicaid beneficiaries in a defined region of
the state pursuant to a risk contract. (4) CERTIFIED PUBLIC EXPENDITURE (CPE). A certification
in writing of the cost of providing medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries by publicly owned
hospitals and hospitals owned by a state agency or a state university plus the amount of uncompensated
care provided by publicly owned hospitals and hospitals...
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11-47-216
Section 11-47-216 Certificate of incorporation of authorities - Form; execution and acknowledgment;
filing with probate judge; recordation by probate judge; amendment. (a) Within 40 days following
the adoption of the most recent authorizing resolution, the applicants shall proceed to incorporate
an authority by filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which
the principal office of the authority is to be located a certificate of incorporation which
shall comply in form and substance with the requirements of this article and which shall be
in the form and executed in the manner provided in this article and shall also be in the form
theretofore approved by the governing body of each authorizing subdivision. (b) The certificate
of incorporation of the authority shall be signed and acknowledged by the incorporators before
an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgment to deeds. When the certificate
of incorporation is filed for...
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16-1-39
Section 16-1-39 Self-administration of medications by student. (a) Commencing with the 2007-2008
scholastic year, each local board of education and the governing body of each nonpublic school
in the state shall permit the self-administration of medications by a student for chronic
conditions if conducted in compliance with the State Department of Education and State Board
of Nursing Medication Curriculum, as may be amended from time to time by the department and
board. Approved medications may be self-administered if the parent or legal guardian of the
student provides all of the information outlined in the medication curriculum, including,
but not limited to, all of the following: (1) Written and signed authorization for the self-administration
to the chief executive officer of the school. (2) Written and signed acknowledgement that
the school shall incur no liability and that the parent or legal guardian shall indemnify
and hold harmless the school and the employees and agents of the...
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22-31-3
Section 22-31-3 Procedure where part of body to be used for transplantation. (a) When a part
of a donor is proposed to be used for transplantation pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 19
of this title and the death of the donor is determined as set forth in Section 22-31-1, there
shall be an independent confirmation of the death by another medical doctor licensed in Alabama.
Neither the physician making the determination of death nor the physician making the independent
confirmation shall participate in the procedures for removing or transplanting a part. (b)
When a part of a donor is proposed to be used for transplantation pursuant to Article 3 of
Chapter 19 of this title and the death of the donor is determined as set forth in Section
22-31-1, complete patient medical records shall be kept, maintained and preserved. (Acts 1979,
No. 79-165, p. 276, ยงยง3, 4.)...
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22-8A-16
Section 22-8A-16 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION,
EFFECTIVE MARCH 28, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) A task force is
created to serve under the supervision of the Department of Public Health to establish the
Order for PPEL Care form. The task force shall include all of the following representatives:
(1) One representative of urban emergency medical services, appointed by the Governor. (2)
One representative of rural emergency medical services, appointed by the Governor. (3) One
pediatrician caring for medically complex children in an urban area, appointed by the Governor.
(4) One pediatrician caring for medically complex children in a rural area, appointed by the
Governor. (5) Two pediatric specialists from any of the following disciplines, appointed by
the Governor: Oncology, cardiology, neurology, or pulmonology. (6) One pediatric ethicist,
appointed by the Governor. (7) One nurse, appointed by the Alabama Board of...
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