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22-11D-4
Section 22-11D-4 Verification and certification of trauma or health care center status. (a)
With the advice of and after approval of the council, the board may adopt rules for verification
and certification of trauma or health care center status which assign level designations based
on resources available within the facility. Rules shall be based upon national guidelines,
including, but not limited to, those established by the American College of Surgeons, the
Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, in Hospital and Pre-hospital
Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient, and any published appendices thereto. Rules
specific to rural and urban areas shall be developed and adopted by rule of the board. (b)
Any medical facility that desires to be a designated trauma or other health care center shall
request a designation from the department whereby the medical facility agrees to maintain
a level of commitment and resources sufficient to meet the...
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27-19-103
Section 27-19-103 Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions in this
section apply throughout this article. (1) APPLICANT. In the case of: a. An individual long-term
care insurance policy, the person who seeks to contract for benefits. b. A group long-term
care insurance policy, the proposed certificate holder. (2) CERTIFICATE. Any certificate issued
under a group long-term care insurance policy, which policy has been delivered or issued for
delivery in this state. (3) COMMISSIONER. The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance. (4) GROUP
LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE. A long-term care insurance policy which is delivered or issued for
delivery in this state and issued to any of the following: a. One or more employers or labor
organizations, or to a trust or to the trustees of a fund established by one or more employers
or labor organizations, or a combination thereof, for employees or former employees or a combination
thereof, or for members or former members or a...
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22-30D-7
Section 22-30D-7 Expenditure of funds. (a) Prior to the approval of an expenditure of any funds
under this chapter with respect to payment for costs incurred for investigation, assessment,
and, if necessary, remediation at a particular site, every owner or operator covered by this
chapter, person owning any abandoned drycleaning facility eligible for coverage by this chapter,
or impacted third party filing a request with the board for payment, shall accept responsibility
for the first ten thousand dollars ($10,000), as a deductible amount, of the actual costs
to be incurred with that particular site. Each wholesale distributor covered by this chapter
shall accept responsibility for the first fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), as a deductible
amount, of the actual cost to be incurred with a wholesale distribution facility. An adjacent
landowner shall not be required to accept responsibility for any costs incurred at a site.
(b) Payments from the fund may be obtained from the board by...
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11-91A-2
Section 11-91A-2 Local Government Health Insurance Board; governance and administration of
program. (a) The Local Government Health Insurance Board shall govern and administer the Local
Government Health Insurance Program currently governed and administered by the State Employees'
Insurance Board (SEIB) pursuant to Chapter 29 of Title 36. The transfer of the governance
and administration to the board shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2015, and thereafter
the board shall take all control and responsibility for the program under procedures and authority
set out in this chapter. (b) The program governed and administered by the board shall provide
a reasonable relationship between the health care benefits to be included and the expected
health care expenses to be incurred by affected employees, retirees, and their dependents.
The board may establish a fully insured or self-insured health care plan for employees and
retirees as defined in this chapter and may adopt rules for the...
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22-21B-3
Section 22-21B-3 Definitions. The following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in this section, unless otherwise required by their respective context: (1) CONSCIENCE.
The religious, moral, or ethical principles held by a health care provider. (2) DISCRIMINATION.
Discrimination includes, but is not limited to: Hiring, termination, refusal of staff privileges,
refusal of board certification, demotion, loss of career specialty, reduction of wages or
benefits, adverse treatment in the terms and conditions of employment, refusal to award any
grant, contract, or other program, or refusal to provide residency training opportunities.
(3) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be asked to participate in any way in a health
care service, including, but not limited to: A physician, physician's assistant, nurse, nurse's
aide, medical assistant, hospital employee, clinic employee, nursing home employee, pharmacist,
researcher, medical or nursing school faculty, student,...
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27-21A-1
Section 27-21A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively: (1) AGENT. A person who is appointed or employed by a health maintenance
organization and who engages in solicitation of membership in such organization. This definition
does not include a person enrolling members on behalf of an employer, union, or other organization.
(2) BASIC HEALTH CARE SERVICES. Emergency care, inpatient hospital and physician care, and
outpatient medical services. (3) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Insurance. (4) ENROLLEE.
An individual who is enrolled in a health maintenance organization. (5) EVIDENCE OF COVERAGE.
Any certificate, agreement, or contract issued to an enrollee setting out the coverage to
which he is entitled. (6) HEALTH CARE SERVICES. Any services included in the furnishing to
any individual of medical or dental care, or hospitalization or incident to the furnishing
of such care or hospitalization, as well as the...
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45-17-140
Section 45-17-140 Fire protection service fee. (a) The provisions of this section shall apply
only to those portions of Colbert County located outside the corporate boundaries of the Cities
of Tuscumbia, Sheffield, and Muscle Shoals. (b) The Legislature hereby declares that volunteer
fire departments that receive funds pursuant to this section are organizations which are public
in nature, as they protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the county.
(c)(1) There is hereby levied on the owner of each dwelling and on the owner of each building
or commercial building or facility located in those portions of Colbert County located outside
the corporate boundaries of the Cities of Tuscumbia, Sheffield, and Muscle Shoals a fire protection
service fee of fifty dollars ($50) per year. (2) For the purposes of this section a dwelling
shall be defined as any building, structure, or other improvement to real property used or
expected to be used as a dwelling or residence for one...
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22-19-182
Section 22-19-182 Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction
of coroner or medical examiner. (a) Upon request of a procurement organization, a coroner
or medical examiner shall release to the procurement organization the name, contact information,
and available medical and social history of a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction
of the coroner or medical examiner. Specific operational details regarding visitation, referral
methods, recovery logistics, and efforts to minimize interruptions to the operations of the
coroner and/or medical examiner will be established in the protocols referenced in Section
22-19-181 (d). Section 164.512 of the Health Information Portability and Protection Act, enacted
1996, specifies that a covered entity may use or disclose protected health information to
organ procurement organizations or other entities engaged in the procurement, banking, or
transplantation of cadaveric organs, eyes, or tissues for the...
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27-55-3
Section 27-55-3 Prohibited practices; disclosure of information. (a) No insurer may: (1) Deny,
refuse to issue, renew, or reissue, cancel, or otherwise terminate, restrict, or exclude coverage
on an insurance policy or health benefit plan on the basis of an applicant's or insured's
abuse status, or on the basis of any association, relationship, or assistance to a subject
of abuse. (2) Exclude or limit coverage for a loss, deny benefits, or deny a claim on the
basis of the insured's abuse status, or on the basis of any association, relationship, or
assistance to a subject of abuse, except as otherwise permitted or required by the laws of
this state relating to acts of abuse committed by a life insurance beneficiary. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this section, a liability insurer may include policy provisions
providing that a payment required by this subsection may be denied or, if paid, recovered
by the insurer from the insured, if the claim arose out of an act of abuse by...
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14-14-4
Section 14-14-4 Establishment of furlough program. (a) The department shall establish a medical
furlough program. The commissioner shall adopt the rules and regulations for implementation
of the medical furlough program. For each person considered for medical furlough, the commissioner
shall determine whether the person is a geriatric inmate, permanently incapacitated inmate,
or terminally ill inmate. (b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an inmate who
has not served his or her minimum sentence shall be considered eligible for consideration
for furlough under this chapter. (c) This chapter shall not apply to inmates convicted of
capital murder or a sexual offense. (d) Medical furlough consideration shall be in addition
to any other release for which an inmate may be eligible. (e) The commissioner shall determine
the conditions of release of any inmate pursuant to this chapter, including the appropriate
level of supervision of the inmate, and shall develop a discharge plan...
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