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27-20A-3
Section 27-20A-3 Benefits required. The benefits to be offered under this chapter shall include
inpatient or residential treatment rendered to the insured, subscriber or other person covered,
at a state licensed hospital or at a short term residential alcoholism treatment facility
or detoxification facility duly licensed or certified as such by the Alabama Board of Health
or the Alabama Mental Health Board. Benefits shall also include outpatient treatment rendered
to the insured, subscriber or other person covered, by a duly licensed doctor of medicine
or by an alcoholism treatment facility duly licensed or certified as such by the Alabama Board
of Health or the Alabama Mental Health Board. (Acts 1979, No. 79-436, p. 701, §3.)...
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38-15-4
Section 38-15-4 Registration of certain youth residential institutions or organizations; staff
training plans; rights of children; licensing and inspection of food preparation areas; access
by law enforcement agencies. (a) Commencing on January 1, 2018, the department shall register
any religious, faith-based, or church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for profit affiliated
youth residential facility, youth social rehabilitation facility, community treatment facility
for youths, youth transitional care facility, long term youth residential facility, private
alternative boarding school, private alternative outdoor program, and any organization entrusted
with the residential care of children in any organizational form or combination defined by
this section, whenever children are housed at the facility or location of the program for
a period of more than 24 hours. At a minimum, registered youth residential institution or
organization under this section shall do all of the following: (1) Be...
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22-50-11
Section 22-50-11 Department - Additional and cumulative powers. The Department of Mental Health
is given hereby the following additional and cumulative powers through its commissioner: (1)
It is authorized and directed to set up state plans for the purpose of controlling and treating
any and all forms of mental and emotional illness and any and all forms of mental retardation
and shall divide the state into regions, districts, areas or zones, which need not be geographic
areas, but shall be areas for the purpose of establishing priorities and programs and for
organizational and administrative purposes in accordance with these state plans. (2) It is
designated and authorized to supervise, coordinate, and establish standards for all operations
and activities of the state related to mental health and the providing of mental health services;
and it is authorized to receive and administer any funds available from any source for the
purpose of acquiring building sites for, constructing,...
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27-20A-4
Section 27-20A-4 Extent of coverage. When benefits are provided under this chapter, the benefits
shall provide for a minimum of 30 days of inpatient treatment or its equivalent per calendar
year with the equivalency to be computed based on a formula which equates two days of treatment
in a short term residential alcoholism treatment facility to one day of inpatient treatment
and which equates three sessions of outpatient treatment by a licensed doctor of medicine
or an alcoholism treatment facility to one day of inpatient treatment. (Acts 1979, No. 79-436,
p. 701, §4.)...
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27-20A-2
Section 27-20A-2 Chapter applicable to group, etc., policies. No group, blanket, franchise,
or association health insurance policy providing coverage on an expense incurred basis, nor
group, blanket, franchise, or association service or indemnity type contract issued by a nonprofit
corporation, nor group-type self insurance plan providing protection, insurance, or indemnity
against hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, nor health maintenance organization plan
shall be issued, delivered, executed, or renewed in this state, or approved for issuance or
renewal in this state by the Commissioner of Insurance after 90 days beyond the effective
date of this chapter, unless such policy, contract, or plan, at the option of the policyholder
or sponsor, provides benefits to any insured, subscriber, or other person covered under the
policy, contract, or plan for expenses incurred in connection with the treatment of alcoholism
when such treatment is prescribed by a duly licensed doctor of...
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22-11A-19
Section 22-11A-19 Minor 12 years or older may consent to medical treatment for sexually transmitted
disease; medical care provider may inform parent or guardian. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, a minor 12 years of age or older who may have come into contact with any sexually
transmitted disease as designated by the State Board of Health may give consent to the furnishing
of medical care related to the diagnosis or treatment of such disease, provided a duly licensed
practitioner of medicine in Alabama authorizes such diagnosis and treatment. The consent of
the minor shall be as valid and binding as if the minor had achieved his or her majority,
as the case may be. Such consent shall not be voidable nor subject to later disaffirmance
because of minority. The medical provider or facility of whatever description providing diagnostic
procedures or treatment to a minor patient who has come into contact with any designated sexually
transmitted disease, may, but shall not be...
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34-23-1
Section 34-23-1 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Pharmacy Association. (2)
BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT. Has the same meaning as the term as defined in 42 U.S.C. §262. (3) BOARD
or STATE BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy. (4) CHEMICAL. Any substance of a medicinal
nature, whether simple or compound, obtained through the process of the science and art of
chemistry, whether of organic or inorganic origin. (5) DISPENSE. To sell, distribute, administer,
leave with, give away, dispose of, deliver, or supply a drug or medicine to the ultimate user
or his or her agent. (6) DRUGS. All medicinal substances, preparations, and devices recognized
by the United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary, or any revision thereof, and all
substances and preparations intended for external and internal use in the cure, diagnosis,
mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or animal...
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22-50-17
Section 22-50-17 Operation of a facility for care or treatment of mental or emotional illness
or substance abuse, or services to persons with an intellectual disability. (a) No person,
partnership, corporation, or association of persons shall operate a facility or institution
for the care or treatment of any kind of mental or emotional illness or substance abuse or
for providing services to persons with an intellectual disability as defined in this chapter,
without being certified by the department or licensed by the State Board of Health; provided
that nothing in this section shall be construed so as to require a duly authorized physician,
psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, licensed professional counselor operating under
the scope of his or her license, or Christian Science practitioner to obtain a license for
treatment of patients in his private office, unless he keeps two or more patients in his office
for continuous periods of 24 hours or more in one week, or that a church...
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22-5A-6
Section 22-5A-6 Procedures for resolving complaints. (a) A community ombudsman's access to
any health care facility shall be limited to standard operating hours unless prior arrangements
with the operator of the facility has been made. If the complaint involves more than one provider
or alleges to involve more than one provider, the ombudsman shall investigate all providers.
(b) Any complaint requiring remedial action and deemed valid by the ombudsman shall be identified
and brought to the attention of the administrator or provider involved and followed up in
writing within a reasonable time. Upon receipt of such document, the administrator or provider,
in coordination with the ombudsman, shall establish a course of appropriate remedial action.
If the remedial action is not forthcoming within a reasonable time, the ombudsman must refer
the case to the State Ombudsman who may take any one or more of the following actions: (1)
Allow more time if the State Ombudsman has reason to believe...
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34-9-6.1
Section 34-9-6.1 Mobile dental facilities or portable dental operations. (a) For purposes of
this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) DENTAL HOME. The dental
home is the ongoing relationship between the dentist and the patient, inclusive of all aspects
of oral health care, delivered in a comprehensive, continuously accessible, coordinated, and
family-centered way. (2) MOBILE DENTAL FACILITY. Any self-contained facility in which dentistry
or dental hygiene is practiced which may be moved, towed, or transported from one location
to another. (3) OPERATOR. A person licensed to practice dentistry in this state or an entity
which is approved as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code which
employs dentists licensed in the state to operate a mobile dental facility or portable dental
operation. (4) PORTABLE DENTAL OPERATION. The use of portable dental delivery equipment which
is set up on site to provide dental services outside of a mobile...
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