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22-11A-51
Section 22-11A-51 Informed consent required for HIV testing. (a) Before any HIV test is performed,
the health care provider or testing facility shall obtain from the person a voluntary informed
consent to administer the test. (b) A general consent form should be signed for medical or
surgical treatment which specifies the testing for HIV infection by any antibody tests or
other means and may be considered as meeting the standard of informed consent in subsection
(a). (Acts 1991, No. 91-120, p. 140, §2(a), (b).)...
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22-6-220
Section 22-6-220 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) CAPITATION PAYMENT. A payment the state Medicaid Agency makes
periodically to the integrated care network on behalf of each recipient enrolled under a contract
for the provision of medical services pursuant to this article. (2) COLLABORATOR. A private
health carrier, third party purchaser, provider, health care center, health care facility,
state and local governmental entity, or other public payers, corporations, individuals, and
consumers who are expecting to collectively cooperate, negotiate, or contract with another
collaborator, or integrated care network in the health care system. (3) INTEGRATED CARE NETWORK.
One or more statewide organizations of health care providers, with offices in each regional
care organization region, that contracts with the Medicaid Agency to provide Medicaid benefits
to certain Medicaid beneficiaries as defined in subdivision (4) and...
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22-8A-7
Section 22-8A-7 Competency of declarant; liability of participating physician, facility, etc.
(a) A competent adult may make decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment and artificially
provided nutrition and hydration so long as that individual is able to do so. The desires
of an individual shall at all times supersede the effect of an advance directive for health
care. (b) If the individual is not competent at the time of the decision to provide, withhold,
or withdraw life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration, a
living will executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4(a) or a proxy designation executed
in accordance with Section 22-8A-4(b) is presumed to be valid. For the purpose of this chapter,
a health care provider may presume in the absence of actual notice to the contrary that an
individual who executed an advance directive for health care was competent when it was executed.
The fact of an individual's having executed an advance directive for...
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26-25-4
Section 26-25-4 Emergency medical services provider. For the purposes of this chapter, an emergency
medical services provider shall mean a licensed hospital, as defined in Section 22-21-20,
which operates an emergency department. An emergency medical services provider does not include
the offices, clinics, surgeries, or treatment facilities of private physicians or dentists.
No individual licensed health care provider, including physicians, dentists, nurses, physician
assistants, or other health professionals shall be deemed to be an emergency medical services
provider under this chapter unless such individual voluntarily assumes responsibility for
the custody of the child. (Act 2000-760, p. 1740, §4.)...
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27-1-17.1
Section 27-1-17.1 Payment of providers through electronic funds transfer methods. (a) As used
in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ACH ELECTRONIC
FUNDS TRANSFER. An electronic funds transfer through the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPPA) standard Automated Clearing House network. (2) COVERED HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER. A physician as defined in Section 34-24-50.1; a dentist as defined in Section 34-9-1;
a chiropractor as defined in Section 34-24-120; an individual engaged in the practice of optometry
as defined in Section 34-22-1; other licensed health care professionals as defined in Title
34; a hospital as defined in Section 22-21-20; and a health care facility, or other provider
who or that is accredited, licensed, or certified and who or that is performing within the
scope of that accreditation, license, or certification. (3) HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN. Any hospital
and medical expense incurred policy, health maintenance...
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22-11C-12
Section 22-11C-12 Liability under chapter. (a) No person shall have any claim or cause of action
against the State of Alabama, or its political subdivisions, or any individual arising out
of any acts or omissions which occurred under the provisions of this chapter, if the state,
political subdivisions, or individual is in compliance with this chapter. (b) No person shall
have any claim or cause of action against any person, or the employer or employee of any person,
who participates in good faith in the reporting or receiving, or both, of head or spinal cord
registry data or data for head or spinal cord injury morbidity or mortality studies in accordance
with this chapter. (c) No license of a health care facility or health care provider may be
denied, suspended, or revoked for the good faith disclosure of confidential or privileged
information in the reporting of head or spinal cord injury registry data or data for head
or spinal cord injury morbidity or mortality studies in accordance...
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22-13-35
Section 22-13-35 Liability under article. (a) No person shall have any claim or cause of action
against the State of Alabama, or its political subdivisions, or any individual arising out
of any acts or omissions which occurred under the provisions of this article, if the state,
political subdivisions, or individual is in compliance with this article. (b) No person shall
have any claim or cause of action against any person, or the employer or employee of any person,
who participates in good faith in the reporting or receiving, or both, of cancer registry
data or data for cancer or benign brain-related tumor morbidity or mortality studies in accordance
with this article. (c) No license of a health care facility or health care provider may be
denied, suspended, or revoked for the good faith disclosure of confidential or privileged
information in the reporting of cancer registry data or data for cancer or benign brain-related
tumor morbidity or mortality studies in accordance with this...
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22-4B-2
Section 22-4B-2 Legislative intent. The Legislature of Alabama finds that there exists a critical
shortage of registered nurses who are willing and able to provide health care to citizens
in rural areas of Alabama. Such shortage is particularly acute in rural areas, and has a negative
impact on the availability of care to low income and indigent citizens of Alabama who reside
in rural areas. The Legislature further finds that there are many dedicated employees of the
Alabama Department of Public Health who are disqualified from training as registered nurses
solely by reason of their inability to finance the cost of attending school to obtain the
requisite degree. Such employees are also prevented or retarded in career advancement because
of a lack of education. It is the intent of the Legislature in adopting this chapter to address
the nursing shortage in county health departments and in federally-funded community health
centers in rural areas and to provide opportunities for career...
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22-5A-4
Section 22-5A-4 Selection of community ombudsmen; training; certification; duties; area plan
to describe program; notification of department as to prospective ombudsmen; advisory committee
on program. (a) Each area agency on aging funded by the department shall select at least one
community ombudsman in each planning and service area established according to regulations
issued pursuant to the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. The community ombudsman shall
be an employee or contractual employee of the area agency on aging and shall certify to having
no association with any health care facility or provider for reward or profit. (b) The duties
of each community ombudsman shall be as follows: (1) To receive, investigate, respond to,
and attempt informally to resolve complaints made by or on behalf of recipients; (2) To report
immediately instances of fraud, abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the department of pensions
and security for investigation and follow-up pursuant to Chapter...
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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, §5.)...
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