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22-8B-3
Section 22-8B-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) AID IN DYING. The act of a person providing the means or manner for another
person to be able to commit suicide, with actual knowledge that the person deliberately intends
on committing suicide by that means or manner. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITIONAL 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) DELIBERATELY. More than knowing the consequences of an act or action; meaning to consider
carefully; done on purpose; intentional; requiring premeditation; with intent to cause the
death of a person. (4) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be asked to participate
in any way in a health care service, including, but...
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22-8A-6
Section 22-8A-6 Proxy to comply with instructions, intent of patient. An individual designated
to make decisions regarding the providing, withholding, or withdrawing of life-sustaining
treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration for another pursuant to Section
22-8A-4(b) shall make those decisions according to the specific instructions or directions
given to him or her in the designation or other document or by the individual making the designation.
In the absence of specific directions or guidance, the designated proxy shall make those decisions
that conform as closely as possible to what the patient would have done or intended under
the circumstances, taking into account the patient's personal, philosophical, religious and
moral beliefs, and ethical values relative to the decisions. Where possible, the designated
proxy shall determine how the patient would have weighed the burdens and benefits of initiating
or continuing life-sustaining treatment or artificially...
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34-13-1
Section 34-13-1 Definitions. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ACCREDITED SCHOOL or COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE. A school or
college approved by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service and which maintains a course of instruction
of not less than 48 calendar weeks or four academic quarters or college terms and which gives
a course of instruction in the fundamental subjects including, but not limited to, the following:
a. Mortuary management and administration. b. Legal medicine and toxicology as it pertains
to funeral directing. c. Public health, hygiene, and sanitary science. d. Mortuary science,
to include embalming technique, in all its aspects; chemistry of embalming, color harmony;
discoloration, its causes, effects, and treatment; treatment of special cases; restorative
art; funeral management; and professional ethics. e. Anatomy and physiology. f. Chemistry,
organic and inorganic. g. Pathology. h. Bacteriology. i. Sanitation...
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22-19-180
Section 22-19-180 Effect of anatomical gift on advance health care directive. (a) In this section:
(1) "Advance health care directive" means a power of attorney for health care or
a record signed or authorized by a prospective donor containing the prospective donor's direction
concerning a health care decision for the prospective donor. (2) "Declaration" means
a record signed by a prospective donor specifying the circumstances under which a life support
system may be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor. (3) "Health care decision"
means any decision regarding the health care of the prospective donor. (b) If a prospective
donor has a declaration or advance health care directive, and the terms of the declaration
or directive and the express or implied terms of a potential anatomical gift are in conflict
with regard to the administration of measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability
of a part for transplantation or therapy the prospective donor's attending physician...
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38-9F-6
Section 38-9F-6 Sworn petition for relief on behalf of elderly person. (a) If a plaintiff lacks
the physical or mental capacity to seek protection for himself or herself, the following may
file a sworn petition for relief on behalf of the plaintiff: (1) A court appointed guardian.
The petition must include a copy of the court order appointing the petitioner as the plaintiff's
guardian. (2) A court appointed conservator. The petition must include a copy of the court
order appointing the petitioner as the plaintiff's conservator. (3) A temporary guardian appointed
pursuant to Section 26-2A-107. The petition must include a copy of the court order appointing
the petitioner as the plaintiff's temporary guardian. (4) An agent, co-agent, or successor
agent appointed under the plaintiff's validly executed power of attorney who acts within the
authority of the power of attorney. The petition shall include a copy of the power of attorney.
(5) A health care proxy appointed under the plaintiff's...
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22-8A-14
Section 22-8A-14 Filing and recording of living will; fee; inspection; duty of declarant to
provide copy to health care providers. (a) A person may file and have recorded a living will
in the office of the judge of probate in the county where the person resides. For the purpose
of this section, the term "living will" means an advanced directive for health care
as provided for in this chapter, or a similar document. (b) The fee for recording a living
will shall be five dollars ($5), which shall be deposited in the county general fund. In addition,
any other recording fees required by general or local law shall also be collected and shall
be distributed as provided by that law. (c)(1) A living will recorded pursuant to this section
shall not be open for general public inspection, but shall be available for inspection and
copying at the request of emergency medical personnel, hospital personnel, treating physicians,
members of the immediate family, a person with a power of attorney or...
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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-15
Section 22-8A-15 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION,
EFFECTIVE MARCH 28, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The representative
of a qualified minor may execute a directive with respect to the extent of medical treatment,
medication, and other interventions available to provide palliative and supportive care to
the qualified minor by completing and signing an Order for PPEL Care form. Once completed
and signed by the representative, the attending physician may complete and sign the executed
directive and enter the directive into the medical record of the qualified minor. Once properly
entered and received into the medical record, the directive is deemed a valid Order for PPEL
Care; provided, however, it is the intent of this section to recognize the desires as reflected
in communications, including verbal or written statements, of a qualified minor and of the
representative of a qualified minor with respect to the extent of...
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27-1-10.1
Section 27-1-10.1 Insurance coverage for drugs to treat life-threatening illnesses. (a) The
Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The citizens of this state rely upon health
insurance to cover the cost of obtaining health care and it is essential that the citizens'
expectation that their health care costs will be paid by their insurance policies is not disappointed
and that they obtain the coverage necessary and appropriate for their care within the terms
of their insurance policies. (2) Some insurers deny payment for drugs that have been approved
by the Federal Food and Drug Administration, hereafter referred to as FDA, when the drugs
are used for indications other than those stated in the labelling approved by the FDA, off-label
use, while other insurers with similar coverage terms do pay for off-label use. (3) Denial
of payment for off-label use can interrupt or effectively deny access to necessary and appropriate
treatment for a person being treated for a...
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22-21B-4
Section 22-21B-4 Participation in a health care service that violates the conscience of health
care provider; written objection; liability. (a) A health care provider has the right not
to participate, and no health care provider shall be required to participate, in a health
care service that violates his or her conscience when the health care provider has objected
in writing prior to being asked to provide such health care services. (b) When objecting in
writing in accordance with this chapter, no health care provider shall be civilly, criminally,
or administratively liable for declining to participate in a health care service that violates
his or her conscience except when failure to do so would immediately endanger the life of
a patient. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person, health care provider, health care institution,
public or private institution, public official, or any board which certifies competency in
medical or health care specialties to discriminate against any health...
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