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14-14-5
Section 14-14-5 Medical release application; eligibility factors; revocation; notice. (a) An
inmate, or any concerned person, including, but not limited to, the inmate's attorney, family,
physician, or an employee or official of the department may initiate consideration for medical
furlough by submitting to the department an initial medical release application form along
with supporting documentation. (b)(1) The initial application form shall include the report
of a physician or physicians employed by the department or its health care provider and a
notarized report of at least one other duly licensed physician who is board certified in the
field of medicine for which the inmate is seeking a medical furlough and who is not an employee
of the department. These reports shall each be of the opinion that the inmate is either terminally
ill, permanently incapacitated, or that the inmate suffers from a chronic infirmity, illness,
or disease related to aging. (2) The commissioner shall...
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22-21-260
Section 22-21-260 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and terms, and
the plurals thereof, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, unless otherwise
required by their respective context: (1) ACQUISITION. Obtaining the legal equitable title
to a freehold or leasehold estate or otherwise obtaining the substantial benefit of such titles
or estates, whether by purchase, lease, loan or suffrage, gift, devise, legacy, settlement
of a trust or means whatever, and shall include any act of acquisition. The term "acquisition"
shall not mean or include any conveyance, or creation of any lien or security interest by
mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or similar financing instrument, nor shall it
mean or include any transfer of title or rights as a result of the foreclosure, or conveyance
or transfer in lieu of the foreclosure, of any such mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement,
or similar financing instrument, nor shall it mean or include any...
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22-52-91
Section 22-52-91 Duty of law enforcement officer, community mental health officer to take into
custody alleged mentally ill persons; detention; admission; hearing. (a) When a law enforcement
officer is confronted by circumstances and has reasonable cause for believing that a person
within the county is mentally ill and also believes that the person is likely to be of immediate
danger to self or others, the law enforcement officer shall contact a community mental health
officer. The community mental health officer shall join the law enforcement officer at the
scene and location of the person to assess conditions and determine if the person needs the
attention, specialized care, and services of a designated mental health facility. If the community
mental health officer determines from the conditions, symptoms, and behavior that the person
appears to be mentally ill and poses an immediate danger to self or others, the law enforcement
officer shall take the person into custody and,...
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27-46-1
Section 27-46-1 Reimbursement or payment for services. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, when any contract or plan of health insurance, or any plan or agreement for health
care services provides for the reimbursement or payment for services which are within the
scope of practice of registered nurses who have passed or who are qualified to take the national
certification examination for the specialty practice of nurse anesthetist as recognized by
the Alabama Board of Nursing, then the insured, or any other person covered by the policy,
plan, contract, or certificate shall be entitled to reimbursement or payment for such services
performed by the certified registered nurse anesthetist, and said certified registered nurse
anesthetist shall be entitled to direct reimbursement by the insurer, unless the certified
registered nurse anesthetist is employed by contract with a group practice of anesthesiologist
or a hospital, then such services shall be reimbursed through the employer....
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27-57-5
Section 27-57-5 Coverage by participating providers; selection criteria and utilization protocols;
maximum benefits, exclusions, etc. (a) This chapter does not require and shall not be construed
to require the coverage of services of providers who are not designated as covered providers,
or who are not selected as a participating provider, by a group health benefit plan or insurer
having a participating network of service providers. Nothing in this chapter is intended to
expand the list or designation of participating providers as specified in any health benefit
plan. (b) Insurers or other issuers of any health benefit plan covered by this chapter shall
continue to be able to establish and apply selection criteria and utilization protocols for
health care providers including the designation of types of providers for which coverage is
provided as well as credentialing criteria used in the selection of providers. (c) A group
health benefit plan, policy, or contract that provides coverage...
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38-7-13
Section 38-7-13 Records to be kept by child-care facility; use and disclosure of information.
Every child-care facility shall keep and maintain such records as the department may prescribe
pertaining to the admission, progress, health and discharge of children under the care of
the facility. Records regarding children and facts learned about children and their relatives
shall be kept confidential by the child-care facility and by the department. The department
is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations governing the custody, use and disclosure
of information in such records. Any person who has arrived at the age of 19 and who was placed
by the department or by a licensed child-placing agency shall have the right to receive from
the department or from the licensed child-placing agency information concerning his placement;
except, that the name and address of a natural parent or relative shall be given by the department
or the licensed child-placing agency only with the consent of...
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16-30A-2
Section 16-30A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words have the following
meanings: (1) DELEGATION. The act of authorizing a competent individual to perform selected
nursing activities supportive to registered nurses or licensed practical nurses in selected
school situations as provided under this chapter, while retaining the accountability for the
outcome if the delegation is to an unlicensed individual. (2) INDIVIDUAL HEALTH PLAN. A document
that outlines health care to be provided to a student in the school setting, developed by
the school nurse in conjunction with the student's parents or guardians and may contain the
orders from the physician, certified registered nurse practitioner operating under a valid
collaborative agreement, or physician assistant operating with a valid supervisory agreement.
(3) SCHOOL. Any primary or secondary public school located in the state. (4) SCHOOL EMPLOYEE.
Any person employed by a public school system located in the...
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22-11A-4
Section 22-11A-4 Certain records to be provided to State Health Officer or Bureau of Clinical
Laboratories. (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) CLINICAL MATERIALS. Either of the following: a. A clinical isolate that contains or that
may contain an infectious agent of public health importance. b. Material that contains or
that may contain an infectious agent of public health importance, if an isolate is not available,
in the following order of preference: 1. A patient specimen. 2. Nucleic acid. 3. Other laboratory
material. (2) PROVIDER OF MEDICAL SERVICES. A physician, hospital, laboratory, or other medical
facility or medical professional that renders medical care relating to treatment of possible
or confirmed cases of public health importance. (b) A provider of medical services that is
currently rendering or that has rendered treatment, care, diagnostic services, or laboratory
services to any person suspected of having a notifiable...
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22-8A-3
Section 22-8A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADULT. Any person
19 years of age or over. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITION AND HYDRATION. A medical treatment
consisting of the administration of food and water through a tube or intravenous line, where
the recipient is not required to chew or swallow voluntarily. Artificially provided nutrition
and hydration does not include assisted feeding, such as spoon or bottle feeding. (3) ADVANCE
DIRECTIVE FOR HEALTH CARE. A writing executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4 which may
include a living will, the appointment of a health care proxy, or both such living will and
appointment of a health care proxy. (4) ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. The physician selected by, or
assigned to, the patient who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the
patient. (5) CARDIOPULMONARY CESSATION. A lack of pulse or...
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22-8A-4
Section 22-8A-4 Advance Directive for Health Care; living will and health care proxy. (a) Any
competent adult may execute a living will directing the providing, withholding, or withdrawal
of life-sustaining treatment and artificially provided nutrition and hydration. Artificially
provided nutrition and hydration shall not be withdrawn or withheld pursuant to the living
will unless specifically authorized therein. (b) A competent adult may execute at any time
a living will that includes a written health care proxy designation appointing another competent
adult to make decisions regarding the providing, withholding, or withdrawal of life-sustaining
treatment and artificially provided nutrition and hydration. Artificially provided nutrition
and hydration shall not be withdrawn or withheld pursuant to the proxy designation unless
specifically authorized therein. A proxy designation made pursuant to this section shall be
accepted in writing by the individual being appointed. The acceptance...
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