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22-11D-7
Section 22-11D-7 Designation of trauma care regions; regional trauma advisory councils. (a)
The board shall designate, by rule, trauma care regions, so that all parts of the state are
within such regions. The regional designations shall be made on the basis of efficiency of
delivery of needed trauma care. (b) The board may establish regional trauma advisory councils
as needed. Regional trauma advisory councils shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations
to the council on suggested regional modifications to the statewide trauma system that will
improve patient care and accommodate specific regional needs. Each regional trauma advisory
council shall provide data required by the department or the council to assess the effectiveness
of the statewide trauma system. (c) Each regional trauma advisory council shall have a minimum
of 10 members. The membership of regional trauma advisory councils shall be appointed in the
same manner as the council is appointed and shall be composed of...
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22-11D-8
Section 22-11D-8 Rules and regulations. (a) In accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure
Act, the board, with the advice and after approval of the council, shall promulgate rules
to implement and administer this chapter. Rules promulgated by the board may include, but
are not limited to, the following: (1) Criteria to ensure that severely injured or ill people
are promptly transported and treated at designated trauma centers appropriate to the severity
of the injury. Minimum criteria shall address emergency medical service trauma triage and
transportation guidelines as approved under the board's emergency medical services rules,
designation of health care facilities as trauma centers, interhospital transfers, and a trauma
system governance structure. (2) Standards for verification of trauma and health care center
status which assign level designations based on resources available within the facility. Standards
shall be based upon national guidelines, including, but not...
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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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16-60-195
Section 16-60-195 Advisory councils. The advisory councils for the state vocational trade schools
shall each consist of not less than four nor more than nine members appointed by the Governor
upon the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education. The Governor shall designate
one member as chairman. The members of the councils shall serve for terms of one year and
shall be eligible for reappointment. The membership of each advisory council shall reflect,
as nearly as possible, an equal representation of employer and employee groups or organizations.
The councils shall serve in an advisory capacity to the directors of the state vocational
trade schools and to the State Board of Education in promoting the interests of the individual
schools and the development of the regional trade school program. (Acts 1953, No. 889, p.
1197, ยง 1.)...
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22-50-11
Section 22-50-11 Department - Additional and cumulative powers. The Department of Mental Health
is given hereby the following additional and cumulative powers through its commissioner: (1)
It is authorized and directed to set up state plans for the purpose of controlling and treating
any and all forms of mental and emotional illness and any and all forms of mental retardation
and shall divide the state into regions, districts, areas or zones, which need not be geographic
areas, but shall be areas for the purpose of establishing priorities and programs and for
organizational and administrative purposes in accordance with these state plans. (2) It is
designated and authorized to supervise, coordinate, and establish standards for all operations
and activities of the state related to mental health and the providing of mental health services;
and it is authorized to receive and administer any funds available from any source for the
purpose of acquiring building sites for, constructing,...
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22-32-1
Section 22-32-1 Enactment of Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact.
The Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact is hereby enacted
into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with any and all states legally joining
therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: SOUTHEAST INTERSTATE
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPACT Article I. Policy and Purpose There is hereby
created the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The party
states recognize and declare that each state is responsible for providing for the availability
of capacity either within or outside the state for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste
generated within its borders, except for waste generated as a result of defense activities
of the federal government or federal research and development activities. They also recognize
that the management of low-level radioactive waste is handled most...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers
to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and
deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military
families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the
transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in entrance/age
requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military
families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing,
grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for
enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic,
and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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22-11D-5
Section 22-11D-5 Establishment of council; composition; meetings. (a) There is established
the Statewide Trauma and Health Care Center Advisory Council to assist in developing regulations
and standards necessary to implement this chapter and to serve as consultants to the board
on matters related to the statewide trauma system and other health care centers. (b) The council
shall consist of 11 members and be constituted in the following manner: (1) Four representatives
of hospitals, who shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Hospital Association.
Two of the appointees shall be from hospitals located in urban areas and two shall be from
hospitals located in rural areas of the state. At least two of the appointees shall be from
hospitals that will be designated as trauma centers after the statewide trauma system is established.
(2) Four representatives who shall be licensed physicians, appointed by the Medical Association
of the State of Alabama. (3) One representative...
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22-4-7
Section 22-4-7 Statewide Health Coordinating Council - Establishment; composition; qualifications,
appointment and terms of office of members; officers; meetings; vacancies; appointment of
consultants and task forces; compensation of members of council and members of task forces.
There shall be established an advisory council, to be designated the Statewide Health Coordinating
Council, which shall advise and consult with the State Board of Health as the designated health
planning and development agency in the administration of the health planning and resource
development functions set forth in this article. The council shall have not less than 16 members
appointed by the Governor from a list of not less than five nominees submitted by each health
systems agency which falls, in whole or in part, within the state. Each health systems agency
shall be entitled to not less than two members of the council, and each shall have the same
number of members. Of the representatives of a health...
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38-9A-2
Section 38-9A-2 Individual and Family Support Program. (a) The Individual and Family Support
Program is created and shall be administered through a system of regional support councils
and their affiliated community councils and a state council. One regional support council
is created and incorporated as a private nonprofit corporation in each of the mental retardation
regions as defined by the Department of Mental Health. The regional support councils and their
affiliated community councils may receive and accept funds, real estate, and other items of
value from state agencies and other organizations, and enter into any necessary agreements
and contracts for the purposes of implementing this chapter. Councils may employ adequate
staff personnel including a state coordinator to implement the program. If staff personnel
are employed through a fiscal agent or other entity apart from the council, a memorandum of
understanding which defines the roles and responsibilities of the staff shall...
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