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22-11A-111
Section 22-11A-111 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public Health. (2) BOARD.
The State Board of Health. (3) COUNCIL. The Health Care Data Advisory Council. (4) DATA. Patient
information submitted by health care facilities to the Department of Public Health necessary
to carry out the requirements of this article. The information required to be reported by
health care facilities to the department shall be based upon the Federal Centers for Disease
Control and Preventions National Healthcare Safety Network definitions of hospital-acquired
infections and the guidelines for reporting. (5) HEALTH CARE FACILITY. General, critical access,
and specialized hospitals licensed pursuant to Section 22-21-20. (6) HEALTH CARE FACILITY
ACQUIRED INFECTIONS. A localized or systemic condition that: a. Results from adverse reaction
to the presence of an infectious agent or agents or its toxins. b....
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22-4-8
Section 22-4-8 Statewide Health Coordinating Council - Functions. (a) The Statewide Health
Coordinating Council shall advise and serve as consultants to the State Board of Health regarding
policies and regulations necessary for carrying out this article. (b) In addition, the council
shall perform the following functions: (1) Review annually and coordinate the health systems
plans of each of the health systems agencies; (2) Prepare, review and revise as necessary,
with the assistance of the State Health Planning and Development Agency, and approve or disapprove,
the State Health Plan, which shall be made up of the health systems plans modified to achieve
their coordination and compliance with statewide health planning criteria and standards; (3)
Review the State Medical Facilities Plan, pursuant to Title XVI of the Public Health Service
Act, prepared by the State Health Planning and Development Agency, and approve the plan as
consistent with the State Health Plan and advise and consult...
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22-21-41
Section 22-21-41 Duties of State Board of Health. When the State Board of Health receives submittals
of plans, drawings, and specifications for the construction, addition to, or alteration of
health care facilities for the purposes of review and approval, the State Board of Health
shall make reviews of submitted plans, drawings, and specifications and inspections or investigations
of the construction as it deems necessary. In addition, the State Board of Health shall make
a final inspection of the submitted project at the appropriate time. The State Board of Health
shall prescribe by rule the procedure for a licensee, applicant, or submitter to pay fees
required by this article and to submit plans, drawings, and specifications to the State Board
of Health for preliminary review or inspection and approval or recommendation with respect
to compliance with rules of the State Board of Health. In exchange for fees included in the
fee schedule provided herein, the State Board of Health shall...
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22-11A-117
Section 22-11A-117 Studies and publication. The department may undertake a reasonable number
of studies and publish information in collaboration with licensed health care providers based
upon the data obtained pursuant to the provisions of this article. One of the purposes for
such studies will be to provide specific comparative health care facility acquired infection
rates. The department shall allow all health care facilities that have submitted data which
will be used in any report to review and comment on the report prior to its publication or
release for general public use. The department shall include comments of a health care facility,
at the option of the health care facility, in the publication, if the department does not
change the publication based upon those comments. (Act 2009-490, p. 900, §8.)...
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22-11A-68
Section 22-11A-68 Immunity from liability for those involved in investigation. (a) Members
and staff of the State Board of Health, the State Committee of Public Health, the Board of
Medical Examiners, the Medical Licensure Commission, the Board of Nursing, the Board of Dental
Examiners, the Board of Podiatry, physicians, hospitals, other health care facilities, and
other entities and persons required to report or furnish information under this article and
any expert review panels, consultants to any expert review panel, and agents and employees
of the Alabama Department of Public Health shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability
for making reports or furnishing any information required by this article or for actions taken
or actions not taken in the line and scope of official or required duties during their investigations,
hearings, rulings, and decisions. (b) All information collected during the investigation of
an infected health care worker is privileged and shall be...
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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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45-39-30.02
Section 45-39-30.02 Definitions. The following words are defined for the purposes of this article:
(1) COORDINATED SYSTEM OF CARE. The total effort in the county, inclusive of service coordination/case
management, that is directed at meeting the needs of individuals who are at risk of elder
abuse. (2) COUNCIL. The Lauderdale County Council for the Prevention of Elder Abuse. (3) ELDER
ABUSE. The maltreatment of an older person, age 60 or above, by any person, including the
following: a. Emotional/Psychological Abuse. The intentional infliction of mental or emotional
anguish by threat, humiliation, intimidation, or other verbal or nonverbal abusive conduct.
Examples of psychological abuse Examples of psychological abuse include name calling, insulting,
ignoring for extended periods of time, frightening, intimidating, and isolating from friends
and family. b. Material Exploitation. The unauthorized use of funds or any resources of an
elderly individual; the misuse of power of attorney or...
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22-21-261
Section 22-21-261 Legislative findings; purpose of article. The Legislature of the State of
Alabama declares that it is the public policy of the State of Alabama that a certificate of
need program be administered in the state to assure that only those health care services and
facilities found to be in the public interest shall be offered or developed in the state.
It is the purpose of the Legislature in enacting this article to prevent the construction
of unnecessary and inappropriate health care facilities through a system of mandatory reviews
of new institutional health services, as the same are defined in this article. (Acts 1977,
1st Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 1509, §1; Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-770, p. 249, §2.)...
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22-21-271.1
Section 22-21-271.1 Certificates of need - Fee increases. (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding,
the staff agency of the State Health Planning and Development Agency or its executive director
may not increase or set any fees otherwise authorized relating to the certificate of need
process pursuant to this article. (b) Any fee increase by the staff agency of the State Health
Planning and Development Agency or its executive director adopted after January 1, 1998, is
rescinded and shall not be operative unless readopted in accordance with this section. (c)
Any fee increase related to the certificate of need process of the State Health Planning and
Development Agency shall be adopted as a rule pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure
Act, Chapter 22 of Title 41. (d)(1) For the purpose of this section, the term "State
Health Planning and Development Agency" means the CON review board which is defined as
the State Health Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA) in subdivision...
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22-21-276
Section 22-21-276 Injunctive relief; issuance of license for inpatient beds or facilities in
violation of article prohibited; facilities in violation of article not to receive reimbursement
for services. (a) Injunctive relief against violations of this article or any reasonable rules
and regulations of the SHPDA may be obtained from the Circuit Court of Montgomery County,
Alabama, at the instance of the SHPDA, any holder of a certificate of need that is adversely
affected in the exercise of privileges thereunder by such violation or any member of the public
directly and adversely affected by such violation. Upon written request by the SHPDA, it shall
be the duty of the Attorney General of the State of Alabama to furnish such legal services
as may be appropriate and to prosecute such action for injunctive relief to an appropriate
conclusion. (b) The State Board of Health shall not issue a license to operate new inpatient
beds or any health care facility constructed, or acquired in...
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