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22-11A-114
Section 22-11A-114 Reporting categories. (a) All general, critical access, and specialized
hospitals licensed pursuant to Section 22-21-20, shall report data on health care facility
acquired infections for the specific clinical procedures as recommended by the council and
defined by the department, in the following categories: Surgical site infections; ventilator
associated pneumonia and central line related bloodstream infections. (b) The board may promulgate
rules to require health care facilities licensed pursuant to Section 22-21-20, to collect
data on health care facility acquired infection rates either in lieu of or in addition to
the categories specified in this section. (Act 2009-490, p. 900, ยง5.)...
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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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26-19-1
Section 26-19-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the
meanings ascribed, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ACMEC. The Alabama
Center for Missing and Exploited Children created by this chapter within the department. (2)
CJIC. The Criminal Justice Information Center of the state. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama State
Law Enforcement Agency. (4) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. Federal, state and local law enforcement
agencies of this state primarily, and of other states generally. (5) MISSING CHILD. A child
whose whereabouts are unknown to the child's legal custodian, the circumstances of whose absence
indicate that: a. The child did not voluntarily leave the care and control of the custodian,
and the taking of the child was not authorized by law; or b. The child voluntarily left the
care and control of the child's legal custodian without the custodian's consent and without
intent to return. (6) MISSING PERSON. A person 18 years old or older...
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26-23A-5
Section 26-23A-5 Publication of required materials. (a) The Department of Public Health shall
publish within 180 days after October 14, 2002, and shall update on an annual basis, the following
easily comprehensible printed materials: (1) Geographically indexed printed materials designed
to inform the woman of public and private agencies and services available to provide medical
and financial assistance to a woman through pregnancy, prenatal care, upon childbirth, and
while her child is dependent. The materials shall include a comprehensive list of the agencies,
a description of the services offered, and the telephone numbers and addresses of the agencies.
(2) The printed materials shall include a list of adoption agencies geographically indexed
and that the law permits adoptive parents to pay the cost of prenatal care, childbirth, and
neonatal care. (3) Printed materials that inform the pregnant woman of the probable anatomical
and physiological characteristics of the unborn child at...
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20-2-213
Section 20-2-213 Reporting requirements. (a) Each of the entities designated in subsection
(b) shall report to the department, or to an entity designated by the department, controlled
substances prescription information as designated by regulation pertaining to all Class II,
Class III, Class IV, and Class V controlled substances in such manner as may be prescribed
by the department by regulation. (b) The following entities or practitioners are subject to
the reporting requirements of subsection (a): (1) Licensed pharmacies, not including pharmacies
of general and specialized hospitals, nursing homes, and any other health care facilities
which provide inpatient care, so long as the controlled substance is administered and used
by a patient on the premises of the facility. (2) Mail order pharmacies or pharmacy benefit
programs filling prescriptions for or dispensing controlled substances to residents of this
state. (3) Licensed physicians, dentists, podiatrists, or optometrists who...
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22-50-90
Section 22-50-90 Definitions. (a) When used in this article, the following words and terms
shall have the following meanings: (1) CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND INFORMATION. Any information
collected and stored in the criminal record repository of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) reflecting the result of an arrest, detention, or initiation of a criminal proceeding
by criminal justice agencies, including, but not limited to, arrest record information, fingerprint
cards, correctional induction and release information, identifiable descriptions, and notations
of arrests, detention, indictments, or other formal charges. The term shall not include analytical
records or investigative reports that contain criminal intelligence information or criminal
investigation information. (2) DIRECT CARE PROVIDER. A psychiatrist, medical doctor, psychologist,
social worker, community service specialist, therapist, nurse, mental health worker, foster
care provider, police officer, and any other...
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16-17A-8
Section 16-17A-8 Powers of authority. (a) An authority shall have and may exercise any power
granted nonprofit corporations under Title 10A, together with all powers incidental thereto
or necessary or desirable to the discharge thereof, including, without limitation, the following
specific powers: (1) To adopt, maintain, and amend bylaws and a corporate seal. (2) To sue
and, subject to the limitations herein, be sued; provided, however, that no authority entitled
to sovereign immunity shall be denied such immunity. (3) To acquire, construct, equip, and
operate those health care facilities it considers necessary or desirable. (4) To enter into
contracts and agreements, borrow money, incur indebtedness, and issue bonds, notes, debt securities,
or any other evidence of indebtedness. (5) To pledge the general credit of the authority or
any revenues or income of the authority to repayment of any of its indebtedness. (6) To mortgage
or pledge its health care facilities or its other assets or...
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12-15-102
Section 12-15-102 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have
the following meanings: (1) ADULT. An individual 19 years of age or older. (2) AFTERCARE.
Conditions and supervision as the juvenile court orders after release from the Department
of Youth Services. (3) CHILD. An individual under the age of 18 years, or under 21 years of
age and before the juvenile court for a delinquency matter arising before that individual's
18th birthday, or under 19 years of age and before the juvenile court for a child in need
of supervision matter or commitment to the State Department of Mental Health or under 19 years
of age and before the juvenile court for a proceeding initiated under Section 12-15-115(b)(2).
Where a delinquency petition alleges that an individual, prior to the individual's 18th birthday,
has committed an offense for which there is no statute of limitation pursuant to Section 15-3-5,
the term child also shall include the individual subject to the...
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34-21A-2
Section 34-21A-2 Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed
to them as used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning: (1) BOARD.
The Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board. (2) CONVENTIONAL ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM. An onsite sewage
system consisting of a septic tank, or an Alabama Department of Public Health approved pretreatment
device, with effluent discharging into a subsurface effluent disposal medium, where all portions
of the effluent disposal field sidewalls are installed below the elevation of undisturbed
native soil, including a conventional onsite sewage system as defined by the Alabama Department
of Public Health regulations. (3) ENGINEERED ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM. An onsite sewage system
that varies from conventional onsite sewage system equipment, methods, processes, and installation
procedures in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Alabama Department of Public
Health. (4) GOOD STANDING WITH LOCAL HEALTH...
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34-25A-3
Section 34-25A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ACCREDITED FACILITY. A facility where prosthetic, orthotic, prosthetic and orthotic,
or pedorthic care is provided to patients needing such care and has met the requirements of
the board for such designation. The board shall require that all accredited facilities meet
the requirements of a national certifying board, recognized by the state board in prosthetics,
orthotics, and pedorthics accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA)
in the discipline or disciplines for which the application is made and meet any other requirements
of the board. The requirements may include custom and non-custom items the board may determine
are necessary to perform quality care and are typical in the course of business. (2) ACCREDITED
PEDORTHIC FACILITY. A facility where pedorthic care may be provided that has met the requirements
of the board for such designation. An...
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