22-6-220
Section 22-6-220 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) CAPITATION PAYMENT. A payment the state Medicaid Agency makes periodically to the integrated care network on behalf of each recipient enrolled under a contract for the provision of medical services pursuant to this article. (2) COLLABORATOR. A private health carrier, third party purchaser, provider, health care center, health care facility, state and local governmental entity, or other public payers, corporations, individuals, and consumers who are expecting to collectively cooperate, negotiate, or contract with another collaborator, or integrated care network in the health care system. (3) INTEGRATED CARE NETWORK. One or more statewide organizations of health care providers, with offices in each regional care organization region, that contracts with the Medicaid Agency to provide Medicaid benefits to certain Medicaid beneficiaries as defined in subdivision (4) and...
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41-14A-2
Section 41-14A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) AVERAGE MONTHLY BALANCE OF PUBLIC DEPOSITS. The sum of the average daily balances of public deposits, meaning the net average daily balances of public deposits determined without any deduction for deposit insurance, for the reported month and the 11 months preceding that month, divided by 12. (2) BOARD OF DIRECTORS or BOARD. The Board of Directors of the SAFE Program established under Section 41-14A-6. The board of directors shall consist of eight members. (3) COLLATERAL-PLEDGING LEVEL or COLLATERAL-PLEDGING REQUIREMENT. The percentage or percentages of collateral, in relation to one or more levels of public deposits held, required to be pledged by a qualified public depository as determined in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or rules or orders of the board adopted pursuant to this chapter. (4) COVERED PUBLIC ENTITY. The state and its political...
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45-49-170
Section 45-49-170 Mobile County Litter Control Act. (a)(1) Recognizing the rapid growth of the County of Mobile and the need for a healthful, clean, and beautiful environment; and further recognizing that the proliferation and accumulation of litter discarded throughout Mobile County impairs this need and constitutes a public health hazard; and further recognizing the addition need of effective litter control, there is hereby enacted this Mobile County Litter Control Act. (2) The purpose of this section is to accomplish litter control throughout Mobile County and its municipalities. (b) As used in this section unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) LITTER. Any bottles, glass, crockery, cans, scrapmetal, junk, paper, garbage, rubbish, or similar refuse discharged as no longer useful or useable. (2) PERSON. An individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity. (3) PUBLIC PLACE. Any area that is used or held out for use by the public whether owned or operated...
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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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22-18-9
Section 22-18-9 Criminal history background checks. (a) When reviewing an applicant for initial licensure under this article, the Board of Health may require a fingerprint-based state and national criminal background check through the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency for purposes of determining the applicant's suitability for licensure. (b) The applicant shall pay all costs associated with a required criminal background check at the same time the applicant pays the initial licensure fee. (c) Upon receipt of an authorized request and payment from the board, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall promptly cause the criminal background check to be conducted and return the results directly to the board. (d) Results of the criminal background check received by the board shall be privileged and shall not be a public record nor disclosed to any individual within the Board of Health beyond those authorized, as determined by the board. The Board of Health shall comply with rules of...
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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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16-22A-7
Section 16-22A-7 Responsibilities of individuals to provide information. (a) An applicant for certification, applicant for public employment, or public current employee under review with the State Department of Education or local employing board, who has or will have unsupervised access to a child or children in an educational setting, shall, upon request, submit the following items to the State Department of Education: (1) Two functional acceptable fingerprint cards, bearing the fingerprints of the individual, properly executed by a criminal justice agency or other individual properly trained in fingerprinting techniques. (2) Written consent authorizing the release of any criminal history background information to the State Department of Education. (3) Acknowledgment that the applicant for certification, applicant for public employment, or public current employee under review received notice that the State Superintendent of Education will provide a suitability determination, based...
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16-46-6
Section 16-46-6 Permit for solicitation of students. (a) No person representing any private postsecondary institution or other individual or organization offering courses in this state, or from a place of business in this state, whether located within or outside this state, shall sell any course or solicit students therefor in this state for a consideration or remuneration unless a permit is first secured from the Department of Postsecondary Education, with the exception of agents representing schools exempted under Section 16-46-3. If the agent represents more than one school not exempted under Section 16-46-3, a separate permit shall be obtained for each school represented. The application for a permit shall be made on forms to be furnished by the Department of Postsecondary Education and shall be renewed every two years. (b) Upon satisfactory review of an agent, the Department of Postsecondary Education shall issue a pocket card displaying the signature of the person, facial photo,...
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22-4-11
Section 22-4-11 Preparation, adoption, etc., of preliminary state health plan generally; provision in plan for visual care. The State Board of Health, with the advice and consultation of the Statewide Health Coordinating Council, is hereby authorized and empowered to prepare, review and revise as necessary a preliminary state health plan which shall be made up of the health systems plans of the health systems agencies within the state. The state agency may make revisions of the health systems plans to achieve appropriate coordination or to deal more effectively with statewide health needs. The preliminary state health plan shall be submitted to the statewide health coordinating council for approval or disapproval and for its use in developing the State Health Plan. The State Board of Health is authorized to confer with any or all other persons, organizations or governmental agencies that have an interest in public health problems and needs. Any portion of the State Health Plan that...
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34-17A-5
Section 34-17A-5 Exemptions. (a) The following persons shall be exempt from this chapter: (1) A person practicing marriage and family therapy as part of his or her duties as an employee of a recognized educational institution; a federal, state, county, or municipal governmental institution or agency; a public corporation authorized by Section 22-51-2, which is certified by the Alabama Department of Mental Health pursuant to a contract with the State of Alabama; or an organization that is nonprofit while performing those duties for which the employee was employed by the institution, agency, facility, or organization. (2) A person who is a marriage and family therapy intern or person preparing for the practice of marriage and family therapy under qualified supervision in a training institution or facility or supervisory arrangement recognized and approved by the board, provided, that he or she is designated by title as a "marriage and family therapy intern," "marriage therapy intern,"...
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