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22-11A-63
Section 22-11A-63 Investigation by State Health Officer. (a) Upon notification of the existence
of an infected health care worker, the State Health Officer shall undertake an investigation
of the practice of the health care worker. In the investigation, the State Health Officer
shall seek advice of individuals and organizations deemed necessary. The investigation shall
determine if the infected health care worker performs invasive procedures. If the health care
worker is determined not to perform invasive procedures, no review panel shall be established,
no restrictions shall be placed on his or her practice, and all information obtained in the
investigation shall be confidential as provided for in Section 22-11A-69. If the infected
health care worker is determined to perform invasive procedures, the State Health Officer
shall cause an expert review panel to be formed. To the extent possible, the review shall
be conducted so that the identity of the health care worker shall not be...
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27-50-3
Section 27-50-3 Health benefit plan. As used in this chapter, the term "health benefit
plan" has the following meaning: A health insurance policy, including a self-insured
health plan, that covers hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, health maintenance organizations,
preferred provider organizations, medical service organizations, physician-hospital organizations,
or any other person, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other similar business entity that
pays for, purchases, or furnishes health care services to patients, insureds, or beneficiaries
in this state. The term does not include accident-only, specified disease, individual hospital
indemnity, credit, dental-only, Medicare-supplement, long-term care, or disability income
insurance; coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, workers' compensation or
similar insurance; or automobile medical-payment insurance. For the purpose of this chapter,
a health benefit plan located or domiciled outside of the State of...
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27-54A-2
Section 27-54A-2 Treatment under certain policies and contracts. (a) As used in this section,
the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS. The design,
implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral stimuli and
consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including the
use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between
environment and behavior. (2) AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. Any of the pervasive developmental
disorders or autism spectrum disorders as defined by the most recent edition of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the edition that was in effect at the
time of diagnosis. (3) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Counseling and treatment programs, including
applied behavior analysis that are both of the following: a. Necessary to develop, maintain,
or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the functioning of an...
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45-49-40.18
Section 45-49-40.18 Enforcement of other sanitation provisions; employment of maid or porter;
penalties; oath of commissioners. (a) Nothing contained in this part shall be construed to
prevent the Department of Public Health or any local board of health or other board or body,
exercising the powers of such local boards, from enacting and enforcing ordinances, codes,
rules, and regulations pertaining to sanitation in barber shops, in excess of this part, for
which authority they have been or may be granted by law. (b) No owner or manager of a barber
shop or barber college shall employ any person as a maid or porter unless the person has on
file a health certificate signed by a licensed practicing physician stating that the employee
is free from any communicable or contagious disease or from a venereal disease. (c) Any person
violating this part shall upon conviction be punished by a fine or not less that fifty dollars
($50) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by...
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15-23-102
Section 15-23-102 Order to submit to testing; designation of attending physician; additional
testing; access to results; post-test counseling. (a)(1) If the district attorney files a
motion under Section 15-23-101, the court shall order the person charged to submit to testing
if the court determines there is probable cause to believe that the person charged committed
the crime of rape, sodomy, sexual misconduct, sexual torture, sexual abuse, assault by bodily
fluids, or any other crime where the victim was compelled to engage in sexual activity by
force or threat of force and the transmission of body fluids was involved. (2) If a warrant,
information, or indictment has been issued and the defendant is in custody or has been served
with the warrant, information, or indictment, the test shall be performed within 48 hours
of service of the court order requiring the defendant to submit to testing. (b) When a test
is ordered under Section 15-23-101, the victim of the crime or a parent or...
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22-18-50
Section 22-18-50 Enactment and text of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate
Compact. The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact is hereby enacted
into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially
as follows: SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to protect the public through verification of competency
and ensure accountability for patient care related activities all states license emergency
medical services (EMS) personnel, such as emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs
and paramedics. This Compact is intended to facilitate the day to day movement of EMS personnel
across state boundaries in the performance of their EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate
authority and authorize state EMS offices to afford immediate legal recognition to EMS personnel
licensed in a member state. This Compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in
protecting the public's health and safety...
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27-1-22
Section 27-1-22 Uniform prescription drug information card or technology. (a) Every health
benefit plan that provides coverage for prescription drugs or devices, or administers a plan,
including, but not limited to, third party administrators for self-insured plans and state
administered plans, excluding the Alabama Medicaid Program, shall issue to its insureds a
card or other technology containing prescription drug information. The uniform prescription
drug information card or technology shall be in the format approved by the National Council
for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) and shall include all of the required fields and conform
to the most recent pharmacy ID card or technology implementation guide produced by NCPDP or
conform to a national format acceptable to the Commissioner of Insurance. If a health care
plan includes a conditional or situational field, it shall conform to the most recent pharmacy
information card or technology implementation guide by the NCPDP or conform...
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34-23-1
Section 34-23-1 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Pharmacy Association. (2)
BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT. Has the same meaning as the term as defined in 42 U.S.C. ยง262. (3) BOARD
or STATE BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy. (4) CHEMICAL. Any substance of a medicinal
nature, whether simple or compound, obtained through the process of the science and art of
chemistry, whether of organic or inorganic origin. (5) DISPENSE. To sell, distribute, administer,
leave with, give away, dispose of, deliver, or supply a drug or medicine to the ultimate user
or his or her agent. (6) DRUGS. All medicinal substances, preparations, and devices recognized
by the United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary, or any revision thereof, and all
substances and preparations intended for external and internal use in the cure, diagnosis,
mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or animal...
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34-39-3
Section 34-39-3 Definitions. In this chapter, the following terms shall have the respective
meanings provided in this section unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:
(1) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Occupational Therapy Association. (2) BOARD. The Alabama State
Board of Occupational Therapy. (3) LICENSE. A valid and current certificate of registration
issued by the Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy. (4) OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. a. The
practice of occupational therapy means the therapeutic use of occupations, including everyday
life activities with individuals, groups, populations, or organizations to support participation,
performance, and function in roles and situations in home, school, workplace, community, and
other settings. Occupational therapy services are provided for habilitation, rehabilitation,
and the promotion of health and wellness to those who have or are at risk for developing an
illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disability,...
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31-9-8
Section 31-9-8 Emergency powers of Governor. (a) The provisions of this section shall be operative
only during the existence of a state of emergency, referred to hereinafter as one of the states
of emergency defined in Section 31-9-3. The existence of a state of emergency may be proclaimed
by the Governor as provided in this subsection or by joint resolution of the Legislature if
the Governor in the proclamation or the Legislature in the resolution finds that an attack
upon the United States has occurred or is anticipated in the immediate future, or that a natural
disaster of major proportions or a public health emergency has occurred or is reasonably anticipated
in the immediate future within this state and that the safety and welfare of the inhabitants
of this state require an invocation of the provisions of this section. If the state of emergency
affects less than the entire state, the Governor or the Legislature shall designate in the
proclamation or resolution those counties to...
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