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36-36-1
Section 36-36-1 Legislative findings. The Legislature of Alabama hereby finds and determines
that the funding of accrued and accruing health care benefits to retired employees and their
dependents is a proper governmental function and purpose of the state. The Governmental Accounting
Standards Board has issued Statements 43 and 45, which set forth standards on accounting and
reporting for post-employment benefits other than pensions by governments. The new standards
will require the state to account for such post-employment benefits on an actuarial basis
during an employee's career rather than on a pay-as-you-go basis during the employee's period
of retirement. The Legislature has determined that it would be advisable for the state to
create irrevocable trusts whereby the state may begin funding those benefits in advance to
address and ultimately offset the state's accrued liabilities for such benefits. Therefore,
the state, the State Employees' Insurance Board, and the Public...
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22-11A-19
Section 22-11A-19 Minor 12 years or older may consent to medical treatment for sexually transmitted
disease; medical care provider may inform parent or guardian. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, a minor 12 years of age or older who may have come into contact with any sexually
transmitted disease as designated by the State Board of Health may give consent to the furnishing
of medical care related to the diagnosis or treatment of such disease, provided a duly licensed
practitioner of medicine in Alabama authorizes such diagnosis and treatment. The consent of
the minor shall be as valid and binding as if the minor had achieved his or her majority,
as the case may be. Such consent shall not be voidable nor subject to later disaffirmance
because of minority. The medical provider or facility of whatever description providing diagnostic
procedures or treatment to a minor patient who has come into contact with any designated sexually
transmitted disease, may, but shall not be...
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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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22-50-17
Section 22-50-17 Operation of a facility for care or treatment of mental or emotional illness
or substance abuse, or services to persons with an intellectual disability. (a) No person,
partnership, corporation, or association of persons shall operate a facility or institution
for the care or treatment of any kind of mental or emotional illness or substance abuse or
for providing services to persons with an intellectual disability as defined in this chapter,
without being certified by the department or licensed by the State Board of Health; provided
that nothing in this section shall be construed so as to require a duly authorized physician,
psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, licensed professional counselor operating under
the scope of his or her license, or Christian Science practitioner to obtain a license for
treatment of patients in his private office, unless he keeps two or more patients in his office
for continuous periods of 24 hours or more in one week, or that a church...
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34-20-4
Section 34-20-4 Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Generally. (a) There is
a Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators composed of seven members, six original
members as set out in this subsection, and an additional consumer member as set out in subsection
(b). The membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic,
urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. The six original members shall be composed
as follows: Three members shall be nursing home administrators duly licensed and registered
under this chapter; one member shall be a physician, licensed under the laws of the State
of Alabama, who is actively concerned in a practice with the care of chronically ill and infirm,
aged patients; one member shall be a hospital administrator; and one member shall be a registered
nurse, licensed in Alabama, who has five years' experience as a geriatric nurse and who is
actively serving as a director of nursing in a geriatric...
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40-26B-70
Section 40-26B-70 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ACCESS PAYMENT. A payment by the Medicaid program to an eligible
hospital for inpatient or outpatient hospital care, or both, provided to a Medicaid recipient.
(2) ALL PATIENT REFINED DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUP (APR-DRG). A statistical system of classifying
any non-Medicare inpatient stay into groups for the purposes of payment. (3) ALTERNATE CARE
PROVIDER. A contractor, other than a regional care organization, that agrees to provide a
comprehensive package of Medicaid benefits to Medicaid beneficiaries in a defined region of
the state pursuant to a risk contract. (4) CERTIFIED PUBLIC EXPENDITURE (CPE). A certification
in writing of the cost of providing medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries by publicly owned
hospitals and hospitals owned by a state agency or a state university plus the amount of uncompensated
care provided by publicly owned hospitals and hospitals...
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6-5-332
Section 6-5-332 Persons rendering emergency care etc., at scene of accident, etc. (a) When
any doctor of medicine or dentistry, nurse, member of any organized rescue squad, member of
any police or fire department, member of any organized volunteer fire department, Alabama-licensed
emergency medical technician, intern, or resident practicing in an Alabama hospital with training
programs approved by the American Medical Association, Alabama state trooper, medical aidman
functioning as a part of the military assistance to safety and traffic program, chiropractor,
or public education employee gratuitously and in good faith, renders first aid or emergency
care at the scene of an accident, casualty, or disaster to a person injured therein, he or
she shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions
in rendering first aid or emergency care, nor shall he or she be liable for any civil damages
as a result of any act or failure to act to provide or arrange for...
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22-11D-10
Section 22-11D-10 Statewide Health System Fund. (a) The Statewide Health System Fund is created.
The department shall distribute funding allocated to the department for the purpose of creating,
administering, maintaining, or enhancing the statewide health system. The department may apply
for, receive, and accept gifts and other payments, including property and services, for the
fund from any governmental or other public or private entity or person and may utilize the
fund for activities related to the design, administration, operation, maintenance, or enhancement
of the statewide health system. (b) The methodology of distribution of funds and allocation
of funds shall be established by the council and subsequently adopted by the board pursuant
to the Administrative Procedure Act. Fund allocation to health care centers shall be based
upon the designated level of health care and the number of qualified patients directed through
the health care centers, as defined by the rules of the...
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22-21B-3
Section 22-21B-3 Definitions. The following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in this section, unless otherwise required by their respective context: (1) CONSCIENCE.
The religious, moral, or ethical principles held by a health care provider. (2) DISCRIMINATION.
Discrimination includes, but is not limited to: Hiring, termination, refusal of staff privileges,
refusal of board certification, demotion, loss of career specialty, reduction of wages or
benefits, adverse treatment in the terms and conditions of employment, refusal to award any
grant, contract, or other program, or refusal to provide residency training opportunities.
(3) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be asked to participate in any way in a health
care service, including, but not limited to: A physician, physician's assistant, nurse, nurse's
aide, medical assistant, hospital employee, clinic employee, nursing home employee, pharmacist,
researcher, medical or nursing school faculty, student,...
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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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