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22-6-122
Section 22-6-122 Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee - Classification and recommendation
of drugs; assurance of quality patient care; review of pharmaceutical products. (a) The Medicaid
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee shall review and recommend classes of drugs to the Medicaid
Commissioner for inclusion in the Medicaid Preferred Drug Plan. Class means a therapeutic
group of pharmaceutical agents approved by the FDA as defined by the American Hospital Formulary
Service. The classes of anti-retroviral and anti-psychotic drugs shall not be included in
the Medicaid Preferred Drug Plan. (b) The Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee shall
develop its preferred drug list recommendations by considering the clinical efficacy, safety,
and cost effectiveness of a product. Within each covered class, the committee shall review
and recommend drugs to the Medicaid Commissioner for inclusion on a preferred drug list. Generics
and over the counter drugs covered by Medicaid may be...
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45-37-123.22
Section 45-37-123.22 Powers and duties of the pension board. (a) The pension board shall be
responsible for the general administration and proper operation of the plan, and shall administer
the plan for the exclusive benefit of the members and their beneficiaries, subject to the
specific terms of the plan. The pension board shall administer the plan in accordance with
its terms and shall have the power and discretion to construe the terms of the plan and the
act and to determine all questions arising in connection with the administration, interpretation,
and application of the plan. Any such determination by the pension board shall be conclusive
and binding upon all persons. The pension board may establish procedures, correct any defect,
supply any information, or reconcile any inconsistency in such manner and to such extent as
shall be deemed necessary or advisable to carry out the purpose of the plan; provided, however,
that any procedure, discretionary act, interpretation, or...
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22-21-265
Section 22-21-265 Certificates of need - Required for new institutional health service. (a)
On or after July 30, 1979, no person to which this article applies shall acquire, construct,
or operate a new institutional health service, as defined in this article, or furnish or offer,
or purport to furnish a new institutional health service, as defined in this article, or make
an arrangement or commitment for financing the offering of a new institutional health service,
unless the person shall first obtain from the SHPDA a certificate of need therefor. Notwithstanding
any provisions of this article to the contrary, those facilities and distinct units operated
by the Department of Mental Health, and those facilities and distinct units operating under
contract or subcontract with the Department of Mental Health where the contract constitutes
the primary source of income to the facility, shall not be required to obtain a certificate
of need under this article. (b) Notwithstanding all other...
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27-56-10
Section 27-56-10 Vision care providers - Contract requirements; rates; reimbursements; discounts.
(a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) CONTRACTUAL
DISCOUNT. A percentage reduction from a provider's usual and customary rate for covered services
and materials required under a participating provider agreement. (2) COVERED MATERIALS. Materials
for which reimbursement from the insurer or vision care plan is provided to a vision care
provider by an enrollee's plan contract, or for which a reimbursement would be available but
for the application of the enrollee's contractual limitations of deductibles, copayments,
or coinsurance. (3) COVERED SERVICES. Services for which reimbursement from the insurer or
vision care plan is provided to a vision care provider by an enrollee's plan contract, or
for which a reimbursement would be available but for the application of the enrollee's contractual
plan limitations of deductibles, copayments, or...
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34-29-61
Section 34-29-61 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings ascribed by this section: (1) ACCREDITED SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE.
Any veterinary college or division of a university or college that offers the degree of doctor
of veterinary medicine or its equivalent and is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical
Association (AVMA). (2) ANIMAL. Any animal or mammal other than man, including birds, fish,
reptiles, wild or domestic, living or dead. (3) APPLICANT. A person who files an application
to be licensed to practice veterinary medicine or licensed as a veterinary technician. (4)
BOARD. Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. (5) CONSULTING VETERINARIAN. A
veterinarian licensed in another state who gives advice or demonstrates techniques to a licensed
Alabama veterinarian or group of licensed Alabama veterinarians. A consulting veterinarian
shall not utilize this privilege to circumvent the law. (6) DIRECT...
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13A-8-111
Section 13A-8-111 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings: (1) ACCESS. To gain entry to, instruct, communicate with, store data in,
retrieve or intercept data from, alter data or computer software in, or otherwise make use
of any resource of a computer, computer system, or computer network. (2) COMPUTER. An electronic,
magnetic, optical, electrochemical, or other high speed data processing device or system that
performs logical, arithmetic, or memory functions by the manipulations of electronic or magnetic
impulses and includes all input, output, processing, storage, or communication facilities
that are connected or related to the device. (3) COMPUTER NETWORK. The interconnection of
two or more computers or computer systems that transmit data over communication circuits connecting
them. (4) COMPUTER PROGRAM. An ordered set of data representing coded instructions or statements
that when executed by a computer cause the computer to...
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45-37-123.01
Section 45-37-123.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACT. The act adding this part, to be called the General Retirement
System for Employees of Jefferson County Act. (2) ACTIVE MEMBER. An individual who currently
is employed by the county or other entities set forth in subdivision (20) and is making employee
contributions to the system. (3) ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT. Effective July 30, 1984, or such other
dates as set forth in Exhibit A, which is maintained in the office of the pension board, a
form of benefit differing in time, period, or manner of payment from a specific benefit provided
under the plan but having the same value when computed using the mortality tables, the interest
rate, and any other assumptions last adopted by the pension board, which assumptions shall
clearly preclude any discretion in the determination of the amount of a member's benefit.
(4) ACTUARIAL GAIN. As defined in Section...
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13A-9-150
Section 13A-9-150 Public assistance fraud; penalties. (a) For the purposes of this section,
public assistance means money or property provided directly or indirectly to eligible persons
through programs of the federal government, the state, or any political subdivision thereof,
including any program administered by a public housing authority. (b) It shall be unlawful
for an individual or business entity to knowingly do any of the following: (1) Fail, by false
statement, misrepresentation, impersonation, or other fraudulent means, to disclose a material
fact used in making a determination as to the qualification of the person to receive public
assistance. (2) Fail to disclose a change in circumstances in order to obtain or continue
to receive any public assistance to which he or she is not entitled or in an amount larger
than that to which he or she is entitled. (3) Aid and abet another person in the commission
of the prohibitions enumerated in subdivisions (1) and (2). (4) Use,...
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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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12-5A-9
Section 12-5A-9 Participation of eligible employees in Employees' Retirement System; creditable
service; formal leave accounting system; inclusion in health insurance plan. (a) Class specifications
and rates of compensation for employees covered by this chapter, juvenile probation officers,
juvenile probation professional staff, and clerical staff, hereafter called "eligible
employees," and any future employees occupying those positions shall be established by
the Administrative Director of Courts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the compensation of
any employee shall not be diminished as a result of his or her inclusion in the state court
system personnel system. (b) Eligible employees included in the state court system personnel
system pursuant to this chapter shall, on October 1 of the year their county transitions,
be covered by the Employees' Retirement System. An employee who on that date is participating
in a local retirement plan other than a unit administered by the Employees'...
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