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22-56-7
Section 22-56-7 Abuse, exploitation, neglect - Providers to implement written policies and
procedures. All providers of mental health services in Alabama shall develop and implement
written policies and procedures that prohibit abuse, exploitation, or neglect of consumers
in programs operated by the providers. At a minimum, these policies and procedures shall accomplish
the following: (1) Affirm and safeguard the rights of a consumer stated pursuant to this chapter.
(2) Ensure that prompt action is taken to prevent the potential of further abuse while an
investigation is in process. (3) Provide for an immediate and thorough investigation of all
allegations of abuse, exploitation, or neglect by trained, experienced personnel delegated
with all necessary authority. The status of all investigations shall be reported to the administrator(s)
of the program or his or her designated representative on a continuous basis. (4) Establish
reasonable and appropriate corrective action, including...
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22-8A-4
Section 22-8A-4 Advance Directive for Health Care; living will and health care proxy. (a) Any
competent adult may execute a living will directing the providing, withholding, or withdrawal
of life-sustaining treatment and artificially provided nutrition and hydration. Artificially
provided nutrition and hydration shall not be withdrawn or withheld pursuant to the living
will unless specifically authorized therein. (b) A competent adult may execute at any time
a living will that includes a written health care proxy designation appointing another competent
adult to make decisions regarding the providing, withholding, or withdrawal of life-sustaining
treatment and artificially provided nutrition and hydration. Artificially provided nutrition
and hydration shall not be withdrawn or withheld pursuant to the proxy designation unless
specifically authorized therein. A proxy designation made pursuant to this section shall be
accepted in writing by the individual being appointed. The acceptance...
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16-1-16.1
Section 16-1-16.1 Alabama Council on Family and Children. (a) The Legislature finds that there
is at present a need in Alabama to coordinate, at the state and local level, the efforts of
existing providers of services supporting early childhood development and family involvement
in education. (b) There is hereby established the Alabama Council on Family and Children to
be composed of the Governor, who shall be chairperson; the State Superintendent of Education;
the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources; the State Health Officer; the Commissioner
of the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation; the Chairman of the Children's
Trust Fund; and the Director of the Department of Youth Services, or their designated representatives,
and one additional member from each congressional district to be appointed by the Governor.
Said council shall exist for the purpose of coordinating existing services, at the state and
local level, supporting early childhood development and...
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22-35-4
Section 22-35-4 Alabama Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund. There is hereby
created the Alabama Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund, hereinafter referred
to as the "fund," to be administered by the Secretary-Treasurer of the Retirement
Systems of Alabama. The fund shall be used by the department as a revolving fund for carrying
out the purposes of this chapter. The fund is not an insurance company and the laws relating
to the conduct of business in this state by an insurance company do not apply to the fund.
A decision that underground or aboveground storage tanks are ineligible for benefits under
the fund does not expose the fund, the director, department, or commission to a claim of bad
faith as such terms are used in general insurance law. Further, in no event shall combined
claims against the fund for payment of response actions and third-party claims exceed the
per occurrence indemnification limit set by the commission. Under no circumstances shall...
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27-7-5.1
Section 27-7-5.1 Licenses - Limited license for motor vehicle rental companies. (a) As used
in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) RENTAL AGREEMENT.
Any written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions governing the use of a vehicle
provided by the rental company for rental or lease. (2) RENTAL COMPANY. Any person or entity
in the business of providing rental vehicles to the public under a rental agreement for a
period not to exceed 90 days. (3) RENTAL PERIOD. The term of the rental agreement. (4) RENTER.
Any person obtaining the use of a vehicle from a rental company under the terms of a rental
agreement for a period not to exceed 90 days. (5) VEHICLE OR RENTAL VEHICLE. A motor vehicle
of the private passenger type (including passenger vans, minivans, and sport utility vehicles)
and of the cargo type (including cargo vans, pickup trucks, and trucks with gross vehicle
weight of less than 26,000 pounds, which do not require the operator to...
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22-2-10
Section 22-2-10 Council on Dental Health, Council on Animal and Environmental Health, Council
on Prevention of Disease and Medical Care and Council on Health Costs, Administration and
Organization - Chairmen; vacancies; meetings; quorum; compensation. Each such council shall
select from among its members, by majority vote, a chairman; and the chairman of each such
council, by virtue of his selection as chairman, shall be a member of the State Committee
of Public Health with full voting privileges, rights and responsibilities of membership. As
each term expires on each council, the designated association or person responsible for the
original appointment shall fill the vacancy for a five-year term. Appointees who serve less
than five-year terms shall be eligible for reappointment for only one five-year term. A council
member who ceases to be a member of the appointing authority or who no longer is a resident
of the State of Alabama shall automatically cease to be a member of the council...
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22-5A-4
Section 22-5A-4 Selection of community ombudsmen; training; certification; duties; area plan
to describe program; notification of department as to prospective ombudsmen; advisory committee
on program. (a) Each area agency on aging funded by the department shall select at least one
community ombudsman in each planning and service area established according to regulations
issued pursuant to the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. The community ombudsman shall
be an employee or contractual employee of the area agency on aging and shall certify to having
no association with any health care facility or provider for reward or profit. (b) The duties
of each community ombudsman shall be as follows: (1) To receive, investigate, respond to,
and attempt informally to resolve complaints made by or on behalf of recipients; (2) To report
immediately instances of fraud, abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the department of pensions
and security for investigation and follow-up pursuant to Chapter...
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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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36-1A-4
Section 36-1A-4 Campaign manager selected by bid process; steering committee; local agency
review committee. (a) The Governor of the State of Alabama shall be the ultimate authority
for implementation of the ASECCC, including promulgation of administrative regulations and
procedures not covered in this chapter. (b) The campaign manager shall be selected by the
LARC through a bid process and shall be responsible for managing and administering the local
ASECCC, and for furnishing staff support to each LARC. (c) The State Employee Campaign Steering
Committee shall be responsible to the Governor and shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
(1) Be responsible for policy, oversight, and implementation of procedures pursuant to this
chapter and notifying participating agencies of its rules and procedures pursuant to the administrative
code. (2) Arrange for publication of information about the annual federation and agency application
process. (3) On appeals from applicant...
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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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