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22-11A-38
Section 22-11A-38 Notification of third parties of disease; rules; who may be notified; liability;
confidentiality; disclosure of information for certain criminal proceedings; penalty. (a)
The State Committee of Public Health is hereby authorized to establish the rules by which
exceptions may be made to the confidentiality provisions of this article and establish rules
for notification of third parties of such disease when exposure is indicated or a threat to
the health and welfare of others. All notifications authorized by this section shall be within
the rules established pursuant to this subsection. (b) Physicians and hospital administrators
or their designee may notify pre-hospital transport agencies and emergency medical personnel
of a patient's contagious condition. In case of a death in which there was a known contagious
disease, the physician or hospital administrator or their designee may notify the funeral
home director. (c) The attending physician or the State Health Officer...
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27-19-20
Section 27-19-20 Optional policy provisions - Insurance with other insurers - Expense-incurred
benefits. (a) There may be a provision as follows: "Insurance with Other Insurers: If
there be other valid coverage, not with this insurer, providing benefits for the same loss
on a provision of service basis or on an expense-incurred basis and of which this insurer
has not been given written notice prior to the occurrence or commencement of loss, the only
liability under any expense-incurred coverage of this policy shall be for such proportion
of the loss as the amount which would otherwise have been payable hereunder plus the total
of the like amounts under all such other valid coverages for the same loss of which this insurer
had notice bears to the total like amounts under all valid coverages for such loss, and for
the return of such portion of the premiums paid as shall exceed the pro rata portion for the
amount so determined. For the purpose of applying this provision when other...
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27-20A-1
Section 27-20A-1 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others
evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication otherwise,
be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) ALCOHOLISM. A chronic disorder
or illness in which the individual is unable, for psychological or physical reasons, or both,
to refrain from the frequent consumption of alcohol in quantities sufficient to produce intoxication
and, ultimately, injury to health and effective functioning. (2) DETOXIFICATION. Supervised
physical withdrawal from alcohol. (3) INPATIENT TREATMENT FOR ALCOHOLISM. Care provided in
a licensed hospital and is normally limited to detoxification where severe medical or psychiatric
complications are present or may be anticipated. (4) SHORT TERM RESIDENTIAL ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT
FACILITY. A state certified facility which provides structured programs of intensive treatment
services for people addicted to alcohol....
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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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27-21A-15
Section 27-21A-15 Powers of insurers and health care service plans. (a) An insurance company
licensed in this state, or a health care service plan authorized to do business in this state,
may either directly or through a subsidiary or affiliate organize and operate a health maintenance
organization under the provisions of this chapter. Notwithstanding any other law which may
be inconsistent herewith, any two or more such insurance companies, health care service plans,
or subsidiaries or affiliates thereof, may jointly organize and operate a health maintenance
organization. The business of insurance is deemed to include the providing of health care
by a health maintenance organization owned or operated by an insurer or a subsidiary thereof.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of insurance and health care service plan laws, Title 10,
Chapter 4, Article 6 and Title 27, an insurer or a health care service plan may contract with
a health maintenance organization to provide insurance or...
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27-49-4
Section 27-49-4 Obstetricians and gynecologists as primary care physicians; direct access to
obstetrician and gynecologist not used as primary care physicians. (a) Each health benefit
plan which is issued, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state on or after
October 1, 1996, shall allow obstetricians and gynecologists as primary care physicians. This
subsection shall not be construed to require an individual obstetrician or gynecologist to
accept primary care physician status if the obstetrician or gynecologist does not wish to
be designated as a primary care physician, nor to interfere with the credentialing and other
selection criteria usually applied by a health benefit plan with respect to other physicians
within its network. (b) For women not using an obstetrician or gynecologist as their primary
care physician, no health benefit plan which is issued, delivered, issued for delivery, or
renewed in this state on or after October 1, 1996, shall require as a condition...
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45-8A-22.116
Section 45-8A-22.116 Disability benefits. (a) Line of Duty Disability Benefit. (1) Effective
for Disabilities Occurring Before October 1, 2012. a. Participants Hired Before July 1, 2002.
A participant, who was hired by the City of Anniston as a sworn police officer or sworn firefighter
before July 1, 2002, who becomes permanently physically or mentally disabled as a result of
injuries received in the line of duty, rendering his or her retirement from service necessary,
shall be entitled to receive a disability benefit equal to the following: 1. Participants
With At Least Three Years of Service. The participant's disability benefit shall equal three
percent times the average of his or her monthly compensation for the last three years preceding
his or her retirement multiplied by 30. 2. Participants With Less Than Three Years of Service.
The participant's disability benefit shall equal three percent times the average of his or
her monthly compensation for all years of continuous service...
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11-99-2
Section 11-99-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) BLIGHTED OR ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED
AREA: a. An area in which the structures, buildings, or improvements, by reason of dilapidation,
deterioration, age, or obsolescence, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation,
or open spaces, high density of population and overcrowding, or the existence of conditions
which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors,
are conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency,
or crime, and are detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare, or b. Any
area which by reason of the presence of a substantial number of substandard, slum, deteriorated,
or deteriorating structures, predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, faulty
lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe
conditions, deterioration of site or other improvements,...
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14-14-5
Section 14-14-5 Medical release application; eligibility factors; revocation; notice. (a) An
inmate, or any concerned person, including, but not limited to, the inmate's attorney, family,
physician, or an employee or official of the department may initiate consideration for medical
furlough by submitting to the department an initial medical release application form along
with supporting documentation. (b)(1) The initial application form shall include the report
of a physician or physicians employed by the department or its health care provider and a
notarized report of at least one other duly licensed physician who is board certified in the
field of medicine for which the inmate is seeking a medical furlough and who is not an employee
of the department. These reports shall each be of the opinion that the inmate is either terminally
ill, permanently incapacitated, or that the inmate suffers from a chronic infirmity, illness,
or disease related to aging. (2) The commissioner shall...
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34-40-9
Section 34-40-9 Professions and occupations not affected; chapter not applicable to certain
persons. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing or restricting any of
the following persons from engaging in the profession or occupation for which they are licensed,
certified, or registered in Alabama as follows: (1) Physicians and surgeons licensed by the
Medical Licensure Commission of Alabama. (2) Dentists licensed by the State Board of Dental
Examiners. (3) Optometrists licensed by the State Board of Optometry. (4) Nurses licensed
by the Alabama Board of Nursing. (5) Chiropractors licensed by the State Board of Chiropractic
Examiners. (6) Podiatrists licensed by the State Board of Podiatry. (7) Physical therapists
licensed by the State Board of Physical Therapy. (8) Occupational therapists licensed by the
State Board of Occupational Therapy. (9) Emergency medical technicians licensed by the State
Department of Public Health. (b) This chapter shall not apply to the...
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