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27-21A-14
Section 27-21A-14 Regulation of producers. (a) Unless exempted pursuant to subsection (c),
health maintenance organizations in this state shall only solicit enrollees or otherwise market
their services through producers duly licensed in accordance with Chapters 7 and 8A of this
title. (b) The commissioner shall, after notice and hearing, promulgate such reasonable rules
and regulations as are necessary to provide for the licensing of producers. (c) The commissioner
may, by rule, exempt certain classes of persons from the requirement of obtaining a license
for either of the following reasons: (1) If the functions they perform do not require special
competence, trustworthiness, or the regulatory surveillance made possible by licensing. (2)
If other existing safeguards make regulation unnecessary. (d) Nothing in this section shall
be deemed to prohibit a health maintenance organization from advertising. (Acts 1986, No.
86-471, p. 854, §14; Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §15.)...
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27-21A-22
Section 27-21A-22 Penalties and enforcement. (a) The commissioner may, in lieu of suspension
or revocation of a certificate of authority under Section 27-21A-17, levy an administrative
penalty in an amount not less than $500.00 nor more than $5,000.00, if reasonable notice in
writing is given of the intent to levy the penalty and the health maintenance organization
has a reasonable time within which to remedy the defect in its operations which gave rise
to the penalty citation. The commissioner may augment this penalty by an amount equal to the
sum that he calculates to be the damages suffered by enrollees or other members of the public.
All moneys collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the General Fund.
(b)(1) If the commissioner or the State Health Officer shall for any reason have cause to
believe that any violation of this chapter has occurred or is threatened, the commissioner
or State Health Officer may give notice to the health maintenance organization...
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27-7-1
Section 27-7-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) BUSINESS ENTITY. A corporation,
association, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other
legal entity. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance. (3) HOME STATE. The
District of Columbia and any state or territory of the United States in which an insurance
producer maintains his or her principal place of residence or principal place of business
and is licensed to act as an insurance producer. (4) INSURANCE. As defined in Section 27-1-2.
(5) INSURANCE PRODUCER or PRODUCER. A person required to be licensed under the laws of this
state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. (6) INSURER. As defined in Section 27-1-2.
For the purposes of this chapter, insurer shall also mean an insurance company licensed pursuant
to Chapter 3, commencing with Section 27-3-1 of this title; a health...
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27-52-2
Section 27-52-2 Authority. The plan shall have the general powers and authority granted under
the laws of this state to health insurers and in addition thereto, the specific authority
to do all of the following: (1) Enter into contracts as are necessary or proper to carry out
the provisions and purposes of this article, including the authority, with the approval of
the commissioner, to enter into contracts with similar plans of other states for the joint
performance of common administrative functions, or with persons or other organizations for
the performance of administrative functions. (2) Sue or be sued, including taking any legal
actions necessary or proper to recover or collect assessments due the plan. (3) Take legal
action as necessary to do any of the following: a. To avoid the payment of improper claims
against the plan or the coverage provided by or through the plan. b. To recover any amounts
erroneously or improperly paid by the plan. c. To recover any amounts paid by the...
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34-14C-4
Section 34-14C-4 Licensure; inspections. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
a home medical equipment services provider shall be licensed annually by the board before
the provider may engage in the provision of home medical equipment services. In Alabama, when
a single business entity provides home medical equipment services from more than one location
within the state, each such location shall be licensed. A provider of home medical equipment
services that has a principal place of business outside this state shall maintain at least
one physical location within this state, each of which shall be licensed. (b) A license applicant
shall submit the application for licensing or renewal to the board on a form promulgated and
required by the board. Applicants shall pay a reasonable nonrefundable fee established by
the board at the time the application is submitted. The board shall have the authority to
set reasonable fees for applicants to obtain a license. Upon satisfaction of...
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34-2A-11
Section 34-2A-11 Administrators licensed in other state; licensed nursing home administrators;
acute care hospital administrators, etc. (a) The board may, subject to this chapter and the
rules and regulations of the board prescribing the qualifications for an assisted living administrator
license, issue a license to an assisted living administrator who has been issued a license
by the proper authorities of any other state or issued a certificate of qualification by any
national organization, upon complying with the provisions of licensure, payment of a fee established
by the board pursuant to its rule-making authority, and upon submission of evidence satisfactory
to the board of all of the following: (1) That the other state or national organization maintained
a system and standards of qualification and examinations for an assisted living administrator
license or certificate which were substantially equivalent to those required in this state
at the time the other license or certificate...
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39-2-12
Section 39-2-12 Partial and final payments of contractors by awarding authorities. (a) As used
in this section the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows: (1)
CONTRACTOR. Any natural person, partnership, company, firm, corporation, association, limited
liability company, cooperative, or other legal entity licensed by the Alabama State Licensing
Board for General Contractors. (2) NONRESIDENT CONTRACTOR. A contractor which is neither a.
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Alabama, nor b. maintains its principal
place of business in the State of Alabama. A nonresident contractor which has maintained a
permanent branch office within the State of Alabama for at least five continuous years shall
not thereafter be deemed to be a nonresident contractor so long as the contractor continues
to maintain a branch office within Alabama. (3) RETAINAGE. That money belonging to the contractor
which has been retained by the awarding authority conditioned on...
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27-9A-3
Section 27-9A-3 Independent adjuster defined; exclusions. (a) For purposes of this chapter,
an "independent adjuster" is a person who, for compensation as an independent contractor
or as an employee of an independent contractor, undertakes on behalf of an insurer to ascertain
and determine the amount of any claim, loss, or damage payable under a contract of property,
casualty, or workers' compensation insurance or to effect settlement of such claim, loss,
or damage. This chapter shall not be construed to permit persons not licensed as attorneys
to engage in activities constituting the practice of law. (b) An independent adjuster does
not include any of the following: (1) Attorneys-at-law admitted to practice in this state
when acting in their professional capacity as an attorney. (2) A salaried employee of an insurer.
(3) A person employed solely to obtain facts surrounding a claim or to furnish technical assistance
to a licensed independent adjuster. (4) An individual who is employed...
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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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34-24-360
Section 34-24-360 Restrictions, etc., on license; grounds. The Medical Licensure Commission
shall have the power and duty to suspend, revoke, or restrict any license to practice medicine
or osteopathy in the State of Alabama or place on probation or fine any licensee whenever
the licensee shall be found guilty on the basis of substantial evidence of any of the following
acts or offenses: (1) Fraud in applying for or procuring a certificate of qualification to
practice medicine or osteopathy or a license to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State
of Alabama. (2) Unprofessional conduct as defined herein or in the rules and regulations promulgated
by the commission. (3) Practicing medicine or osteopathy in such a manner as to endanger the
health of the patients of the practitioner. (4) Conviction of a felony; a copy of the record
of conviction, certified to by the clerk of the court entering the conviction, shall be conclusive
evidence. (5) Conviction of any crime or offense which...
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