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22-20-3
Section 22-20-3 Neonatal testing for certain diseases; rules and regulations for treatment
thereof. (a) It shall be the duty of the administrative officer or other persons in charge
of each institution caring for infants 28 days or less of age, or the physician attending
a newborn child or the person attending a newborn child that was not attended by a physician
to cause to have administered to every such infant or child in his care a reliable test for
hypothyroidism and a reliable test for phenylketonuria (PKU), such as the Guthrie test, or
any other test considered equally reliable by the State Board of Health and a reliable test
for sickle cell anemia, sickle cell trait, and/or abnormal hemoglobin and such other tests
relating to mental retardation or other heritable diseases and conditions as are designated
by the Board of Health. Provided, however, that the Board of Health shall designate only conditions
that are detectable by mass screening of newborn infants. Initial mass...
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41-15B-2.2
Section 41-15B-2.2 Allocation of trust fund revenues. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning October
1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues and upon
appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage of the total fund, shall be designated
for the administration of the fund by the council and the Commissioner of Children's Affairs.
(b) For the each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First
Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues, the remainder of the Children First Trust Fund, in
the amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1, shall be allocated as follows: (1) Ten percent
of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Public Health for distribution to one
or more of the following: a. The Children's Health Insurance Program. b. Programs for tobacco
control among children with the purpose being to reduce the consumption...
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34-19-16
Section 34-19-16 Where care may be performed; required forms an duties of licensed midwife.
(a) A licensed midwife may provide midwifery care in the setting of the client's choice, except
a hospital. (b) A licensed midwife shall ensure that the client has signed a midwife disclosure
form provided by the board indicating receipt of a written statement that includes all of
the following information: (1) A description of the licensed midwife's education, training,
and experience in midwifery. (2) Antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum conditions requiring
medical referral, transfer of care, and transport to a hospital. (3) A plan for medical referral,
transfer of care, and transport of the client or newborn or both when indicated by specific
antepartum, intrapartum, or postpartum conditions. (4) Instructions for filing a complaint
against a licensed midwife. (5) A statement that the licensed midwife must comply with the
federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. (6) The...
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22-19-161
Section 22-19-161 Definitions. In this article: (1) "Adult" means an individual who
is at least 18 years of age. (2) "Agent" means an individual: (A) authorized to
make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care;
or (B) expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by any other
record signed by the principal. (3) "Anatomical gift" means a donation of all or
part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation,
therapy, research, or education. (4) "Coroner" means an elected or appointed official
who determines, with the assistance of other forensic scientists and investigators, the cause,
manner, and circumstances surrounding death. (5) "Decedent" means a deceased individual
whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. The term includes a stillborn
infant and, subject to restrictions imposed by law other than this article, a fetus. (6) "Disinterested...
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27-48-2
Section 27-48-2 Coverage for medically necessary inpatient care for mother and newly born child.
(a) Every health benefit plan that provides maternity coverage shall provide coverage for
the following: (1) All medically necessary inpatient care for a mother and her newly born
child as determined by the woman's prenatal care physician, obstetrician-gynecologist, certified
nurse midwife, or the child's attending pediatrician and when consistent with the most recent
version of the "Guidelines for Perinatal Care" prepared by the American Academy
of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, including the administration
of medical tests recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics or the American College
of Obstetricians and Gynecologists or both on the admission and discharge of a mother and
the newborn child to determine whether additional medical care is needed for the mother or
newborn child or both. Included in medically necessary inpatient care is the...
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22-20-3.1
Section 22-20-3.1 Educational information on pertussis to be provided prior to discharge of
newborn child. (a) During the postpartum period, before discharging a newborn child, a hospital
shall provide parents with educational information on pertussis disease. The information provided
to parents shall contain the following statement: Pertussis, whooping cough, can cause serious
illness in infants, children, and adults and can even be life-threatening, especially in infants.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the most effective way
to prevent pertussis is through vaccination of both children and parents. For more information
on protecting your child by obtaining the pertussis vaccination please contact your physician,
county health department, or the Alabama Department of Public Health. (b) Nothing in this
section shall require any hospital to provide or pay for any vaccination against pertussis.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to establish...
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22-11A-16
Section 22-11A-16 Serologic or other biologic sample required to be taken of pregnant women
and of newborns. (a) Every physician or other person permitted by law to attend a pregnant
woman during gestation shall, in the case of each woman so attended, take or cause to be taken
any serologic or other biologic sample of the woman as provided by the State Board of Health.
Any sample shall be submitted to a laboratory approved by the board for testing for those
sexually transmitted diseases for which there exists an effective vaccine or curative treatment
approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration and as provided by the board. (b) Every
physician or other person permitted by law to attend a pregnant woman during delivery shall
take or cause to be taken any serologic or other biologic sample of the woman and any newborn
as provided by the State Board of Health. Any sample shall be submitted to a laboratory approved
by the board for testing for those sexually transmitted diseases...
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34-24-210.1
Section 34-24-210.1 Evaluation and treatment by physical therapist. (a) Without prescription
or referral, a licensed physical therapist may perform an initial evaluation or consultation
of a screening nature to determine the need for physical therapy and may perform the physical
therapy and other services provided in subdivisions (1) to (5), inclusive, of subsection (b).
Implementation of physical therapy shall otherwise be based on the referral of a person licensed
to practice medicine, surgery, dentistry, chiropractic, licensed assistant to a physician
acting pursuant to a valid supervising agreement, or a licensed certified registered nurse
practitioner in a valid collaborative practice agreement with a licensed physician. (b) The
physical therapy and other services referred to in subsection (a), which may be performed
without prescription or referral, include and are limited to the following: (1) To a child
with a diagnosed developmental disability pursuant to the plan of care for...
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22-8A-11
Section 22-8A-11 Surrogate; requirements; attending physician consulted, intent of patient
followed; persons who may serve as surrogate; priority; validity of decisions; liability;
form; declaratory and injunctive relief; penalties. (a) If no advance directive for health
care has been made, or if no duly appointed health care proxy is reasonably available, or
if a valid advance directive for health care fails to address a particular circumstance, subject
to the provisions of subsection (c) hereof, a surrogate, in consultation with the attending
physician, may, subject to the provisions of Section 22-8A-6, determine whether to provide,
withdraw, or withhold life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration
if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The attending physician determines, to a reasonable
degree of medical certainty, that: a. The individual is no longer able to understand, appreciate,
and direct his or her medical treatment, and b. The individual...
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22-18-6
Section 22-18-6 Violations; good Samaritan provisions; scope of privilege; control of emergency
scene; penalties. (a) It shall be a Class A misdemeanor for any person, firm, company, corporation,
organization, facility, or agency to do any of the following: (1) Deliberately hinder, obstruct,
or interfere with an officer, inspector, or duly authorized agent of the board while in the
performance of official duties. (2) Deliberately hinder, obstruct, or interfere with any physician,
licensed nurse, licensed EMSP, or emergency personnel exempt from licensure under this article
while that individual is providing emergency care to a third person or while that individual
is assisting at the scene of an emergency, directing traffic at the scene of an emergency,
or managing or helping to manage the scene of an emergency. (3) Violate subsection (c) or
(d). (4) Offer, provide, or perform, without a license or certificate to do so, an emergency
medical service or other function which, under this...
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