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26-23A-3
Section 26-23A-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug,
or any other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known
to be pregnant. Such use or prescription is not an abortion if done with the intent to save
the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, remove a dead unborn child, or to deliver
an unborn child prematurely in order to preserve the health of both the mother (pregnant woman)
and her unborn child. (2) CONCEPTION. The fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.
(3) EMANCIPATED MINOR. Any minor who is or has been married or has by court order otherwise
been legally freed from the care, custody, and control of her parents. (4) GESTATIONAL AGE.
The time that has elapsed since the first day of the woman's last menstrual period. (5) MEDICAL
EMERGENCY. That condition which, on the basis of the physician's...
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27-19-103
Section 27-19-103 Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions in this
section apply throughout this article. (1) APPLICANT. In the case of: a. An individual long-term
care insurance policy, the person who seeks to contract for benefits. b. A group long-term
care insurance policy, the proposed certificate holder. (2) CERTIFICATE. Any certificate issued
under a group long-term care insurance policy, which policy has been delivered or issued for
delivery in this state. (3) COMMISSIONER. The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance. (4) GROUP
LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE. A long-term care insurance policy which is delivered or issued for
delivery in this state and issued to any of the following: a. One or more employers or labor
organizations, or to a trust or to the trustees of a fund established by one or more employers
or labor organizations, or a combination thereof, for employees or former employees or a combination
thereof, or for members or former members or a...
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34-21-1
Section 34-21-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) ADVISORY COUNCILS. Advisory councils provided
for under the terms of this chapter. (2) BOARD. The Board of Nursing created hereunder. (3)
COMPACT. The Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact provided in Article 7. (4) COORDINATED LICENSE
INFORMATION SYSTEM. A licensing integrated database and process for collecting, storing, and
sharing nurse licensure and enforcement information that includes all licensed registered
nurses and licensed practical/vocational nurses. The system includes all disciplinary history
of each nurse, as administered by a nonprofit organization and controlled by licensing boards.
(5) LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE. A person who is currently licensed to practice practical nursing.
For the purposes of the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact, practical nursing includes practice
as a licensed practical nurse, licensed vocational nurse, or...
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34-24-603
Section 34-24-603 Definitions. Unless otherwise indicated from the context, the terms set out
below, as used in this article shall have the following meanings: (1) APPLICANT. A person
who has submitted or that is in the process of submitting a registration under this article.
(2) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners. (3) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. A drug, substance,
or immediate precursor identified, defined, or listed in Sections 20-2-20 to 20-2-32, inclusive.
(4) HOSPITAL. A health care institution licensed by the Alabama Department of Public Health
and has the same definition as provided in Chapter 420-5-7 of the Alabama Administrative Code.
The term shall include any outpatient facility or clinic that is separated from the hospital
that is owned, operated, or controlled by the hospital. (5) PAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES. Those
medical services that involve the prescription of controlled substances in order to treat
chronic nonmalignant pain by a physician who treats pain. (6)...
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13A-11-231
Section 13A-11-231 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms have
the following meanings: (1) HARASS. To engage in any conduct directed toward a service dog
or handler that is likely to impede or interfere with the performance of a service dog in
its duties or places the health and safety of the service dog or its handler in jeopardy.
Such conduct includes actions which distract, obstruct, or intimidate the service dog, such
as taunting, teasing, or striking. (2) INJURY. Physical or emotional injury to the service
dog. (3) NOTICE. An actual verbal or other communication warning that the behavior of the
person or the dog of the person is harassing toward the performance of a service dog in its
duty or endangering the health and safety of the service dog. (4) SERVICE DOG. A dog that
has been individually trained for the purpose of assisting or accommodating a physician-diagnosed
physical or mental disability or medical condition of a person as that term is used...
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22-11A-10
Section 22-11A-10 State Board of Health to investigate reported cases of tuberculosis; voluntary
treatment; probate court may order compulsory treatment and quarantine; cost of treatment;
exercise of religious freedom. Whenever the State Board of Health or its authorized representative
shall discover, as a result of its own investigation or as a result of any report required
by this article, that any person may be afflicted with tuberculosis, the State Board of Health,
through its authorized representative, shall investigate or further investigate the circumstances
and, if after investigation, the representative of the State Board of Health is of the opinion
that an active case of tuberculosis is found, he shall encourage the person infected to take
voluntary treatment to meet the minimum requirements prescribed by the State Board of Health.
If such afflicted person refuses voluntary treatment, than the state board of health, through
its authorized representative, may petition the...
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22-19-142
Section 22-19-142 Request for consent to an anatomical gift; request not required where anatomical
gift would not be suitable for use. (a) When death occurs in a hospital to a patient who has
not made an anatomical gift to take effect upon death, the hospital administrator, or designated
representative, shall request the person described in Section 22-19-42(b), in the order of
priority stated, when persons in prior classes are not available at the time of death, and
in the absence of actual notice of contrary indication by the decedent or one in a prior class,
to consent to the gift of organs of the decedent's body as an anatomical gift. (b) Where such
request is made, pursuant to this section, the request and its disposition shall be noted
in the patient's medical record. (c) Where, based upon medical criteria, such request would
not yield an anatomical gift which would be suitable for use, there is an authorized exception
to the request required by this section. (d) Where, based upon...
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27-4A-3
Section 27-4A-3 Generally. (a) Subject to the exceptions and exemptions hereinafter set forth,
for the year beginning on January 1, 1995, and for each year thereafter, every insurer shall
pay to the commissioner a premium tax equal to the percentage, as set out in this subsection,
of the premiums received by the insurer for business done in this state, whether the same
was actually received by the insurer in this state or elsewhere: (1) PREMIUM TAX ON LIFE INSURANCE
PREMIUMS. a. Except as hereinafter provided, the rates of taxation on life insurance premiums
shall be those amounts set out in the following schedule: Year Foreign Insurers Domestic Insurers
1995 2.9 1.3 1996 2.8 1.6 1997 2.7 1.8 1998 2.5 2.1 Every Year Thereafter 2.3 2.3 b. Individual
life insurance policies in a face amount of greater than $5,000 and up to and including $25,000,
excluding group life insurance policies, shall be taxed at the rate of one percent per annum.
c. Individual life insurance policies in a face...
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34-13A-2
Section 34-13A-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ABGC. The American Board of Genetic Counseling, or its successor
or equivalent. (2) ABMGG. The American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics, or its successor
or equivalent. (3) ACGC. The Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling, or its successor
or equivalent. (4) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Genetic Counseling. (5) EXAMINATION FOR LICENSURE.
The ABGC or ABMGG certification examination, or the examination provided by a successor entity
to the ABGC or ABMGG, to test the competence and qualifications of applicants to practice
genetic counseling. (6) GENETIC COUNSELING. The provision of services by a genetic counselor
to do any of the following: a. Obtain and evaluate individual, family, and medical histories
to determine genetic risk for genetic or medical conditions and diseases in a patient, his
or her offspring, or other family members. b. Discuss the...
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22-19-42
Section 22-19-42 Who may donate all, or part of, body; rights of donees. (a) Any individual
of sound mind and 18 years of age or older may give all, or any part of, his body for any
purposes specified in Section 22-19-43, the gift to take effect upon death. (b) Any of the
following persons, in order of priority stated, when persons in prior classes are not available
at the time of death, and in the absence of actual notice of contrary indications by the decedent
or actual notice of opposition by a member of the same or a prior class, may give all, or
any part of, the decedent's body for any purpose specified in Section 22-19-43: (1) The spouse;
(2) An adult son or daughter; (3) Either parent; (4) An adult brother or sister; (5) A guardian
of the person of the deceased at the time of his death; or (6) Any other person authorized
or under obligation to dispose of the body. (c) If the donee has actual notice of contrary
indications by the decedent or that a gift by a member of a class is...
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