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32-6-155.1
Section 32-6-155.1 "Protect Our Environment" distinctive license tag. (a) It is the
intent of the Legislature that an environmental tag be issued by the state to be used as an
instrument to promote safe environmental practices, environmental awareness, environmental
education enhancement, and for the protection of Alabama's precious environment through education.
It is the desire of the Legislature to develop and provide comprehensive environmental education
programs in which students, teachers, citizens, businesses, and governmental entities can
participate in order to promote good environmental practices and thereby protect the environmental
diversity and natural resources of the state. (b) As used in this section, the following words
shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Board of Directors of Legacy, as it may
be constituted from time to time. (2) ENVIRONMENTAL TAG. The environmental tag shall mean,
but is not limited to, the Protect Our Environment distinctive license...
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34-22-60
Section 34-22-60 Establishment; composition. (a) There is established the Board of Optometric
Scholarship Awards which shall establish scholarships to provide for and further optometric
training in pursuance of an optometric degree, of qualified applicants for admission to the
University of Alabama School of Optometry. (b) The Board of Optometric Scholarship Awards
shall be composed of all of the following members: (1) One optometrist from six components
of the component societies of Alabama Optometric Association whose terms of office shall be
staggered, two optometrists being elected for a term of two years; two optometrists being
elected for a term of three years; and two optometrists being elected for a term of four years,
with each successor being elected for a term of four years. (2) The secretary of the Alabama
Optometric Association, or his or her designee, who shall serve as chair of the board. (3)
The Dean of the University of Alabama School of Optometry, or his or her...
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34-30-1
Section 34-30-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The State Board of Social Work Examiners established under
this chapter. (2) SOCIAL WORK. The professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or
communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning, and of preventing or
controlling social problems altering societal conditions as a means towards enabling people
to attain their maximum potential. (3) SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE. The professional application
of social work values, principles, and techniques to one or more of the following ends: Helping
people obtain tangible services, assessment and opinions, counseling with individuals, families,
and groups, helping communities or groups provide or improve social and health services, engaging
in research related to those ends and principles, and administering organizations and agencies
engaging in such practice. The practice of social work...
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34-43-15
Section 34-43-15 Complaints; grounds for suspension; revocation, etc., of license; penalties;
rulemaking authority. (a) Any person may file with the board a written and signed complaint
regarding an allegation of impropriety by a licensee, establishment, or person. Complaints
shall be made in the manner prescribed by the board. Complaints received by the board shall
be referred to a standing investigative committee consisting of a board member, the Executive
Director, the board attorney, and the board investigator. If no probable cause is found, the
investigative committee may dismiss the charges and prepare a statement, in writing, of the
reasons for the decision. (b) If probable cause is found, the board shall initiate an administrative
proceeding. Upon a finding that the licensee has committed any of the following instances
of misconduct, the board may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a license or impose
a civil penalty after notice and opportunity for a hearing pursuant...
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34-9-10
Section 34-9-10 Application; licensure by credentials; special purpose license. (a) Every person
who desires to practice dentistry within the State of Alabama shall file an application prescribed
by the board. Notwithstanding the method of obtaining licensure or any particular requirement
set forth herein, every person as a prerequisite to licensure shall be at least 19 years of
age, of good moral character, a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United
States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation
from the federal government, and a graduate of a dental school or college accredited by the
American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation and approved by the board and
shall satisfy any other requirement set forth in any rule adopted by the board. (b) Licensure
by examination shall be applicable to the following categories: (1) Those individuals who
have never been licensed or taken an examination and whose...
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15-23-60
Section 15-23-60 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) ACCUSED. A person who has been arrested for committing a criminal offense and
who is held for an initial appearance or other proceeding before trial. (2) APPELLATE PROCEEDING.
An oral argument held in open court before the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, the Supreme
Court of Alabama, a federal court of appeals, or the United States Supreme Court. (3) ARREST.
The actual custodial restraint of a person or his or her submission to custody. (4) COMMUNITY
STATUS. Extension of the limits of the places of confinement of a prisoner through work release,
supervised intensive restitution (SIR), and initial consideration of pre-discretionary leave,
passes, and furloughs. (5) COURT. All state courts including juvenile courts. (6) CRIME VICTIM
ADVOCATE. A person who is employed or authorized by a public entity or a private entity that
receives public funding primarily to provide...
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27-1-10.1
Section 27-1-10.1 Insurance coverage for drugs to treat life-threatening illnesses. (a) The
Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The citizens of this state rely upon health
insurance to cover the cost of obtaining health care and it is essential that the citizens'
expectation that their health care costs will be paid by their insurance policies is not disappointed
and that they obtain the coverage necessary and appropriate for their care within the terms
of their insurance policies. (2) Some insurers deny payment for drugs that have been approved
by the Federal Food and Drug Administration, hereafter referred to as FDA, when the drugs
are used for indications other than those stated in the labelling approved by the FDA, off-label
use, while other insurers with similar coverage terms do pay for off-label use. (3) Denial
of payment for off-label use can interrupt or effectively deny access to necessary and appropriate
treatment for a person being treated for a...
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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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27-36A-2
Section 27-36A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply on or after the operative date of the valuation manual as defined by Section 27-36A-15:
(1) ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE. Contracts that incorporate morbidity risk and provide protection
against economic loss resulting from accident, sickness, or medical conditions and as may
be specified in the valuation manual. (2) APPOINTED ACTUARY. A qualified actuary who is appointed
in accordance with the valuation manual to prepare the actuarial opinion required in subsection
(b) of Section 27-36A-4. (3) COMPANY. An entity, which (i) has written, issued, or reinsured
life insurance contracts, accident and health insurance contracts, or deposit-type contracts
in this state and has at least one such policy in force or on claim or (ii) has written, issued,
or reinsured life insurance contracts, accident and health insurance contracts, or deposit-type
contracts in any state and is required to hold a...
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30-7-2
Section 30-7-2 Minimum standards for domestic violence shelters. (a) The following minimum
standards for domestic violence centers shall be used by the Department of Economic and Community
Affairs to determine membership in the coalition or other qualified entity and eligibility
for receiving funds administered by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs. Any
domestic violence center seeking membership shall meet the following qualifications: (1) Be
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation created for the purpose of operating a domestic violence
center; provided, however, it may be affiliated with a larger private organization, but must
be a distinct entity with its own corporate structure and budget. All funding and budget issues
pertaining to the operation of the domestic violence program shall be reported independently
from other activities to the coalition or other qualified entity. (2) Have as its primary
mission the provision of services to victims of domestic violence, as...
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