38-9B-1
Section 38-9B-1 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(1) It is an essential function of state government to provide basic support for persons with
a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities,
whether the impairment is congenital or occurs by reason of accident, injury, age, or disease.
(2) The cost of providing basic support for persons with a mental or physical impairment is
difficult for many citizens to afford, and they are forced to rely upon the government to
provide that support. (3) The families and friends of persons with a mental or physical impairment
desire to supplement, but not replace, the basic support provided by state government and
other governmental programs. (4) Medical, social, and other supplemental services are often
provided by family members and friends of persons with a mental or physical impairment, for
the lifetime of the impaired persons. (5) It is necessary and desirable...
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41-23-251
Section 41-23-251 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares that the health,
safety, and welfare of the people of this state are dependent upon the continued encouragement,
development, growth, and expansion of the private sector within the state. The Legislature
finds that expanding upon current research and development activities in the state would improve
the employment opportunities, products, and services available to the citizens of the state.
Therefore, it is declared to be the purpose of this article to encourage new and continuing
efforts to conduct research and development activities within this state. (Act 2019-404, §2.)...

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9-10B-2
Section 9-10B-2 Legislative findings; exemptions. The Legislature of the State of Alabama hereby
finds and declares that: (1) All waters of the state, whether found on the surface of the
ground or underneath the surface of the ground, are among the basic resources of the State
of Alabama; (2) The use of waters of the state for human consumption is recognized as a priority
use of the state and it is the intent of this chapter that no limitation upon the use of water
for human consumption shall be imposed except in emergency situations after the Office of
Water Resources has considered all feasible alternatives to such limitations; (3) The use
of such waters should be conserved and managed to enable the people of this state to realize
the full beneficial use thereof and to maintain such water resources for use in the future;
(4) The general welfare of the people of this state is dependent upon the dedication of the
water resources of the State of Alabama to beneficial use to the fullest...
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11-106-2
Section 11-106-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds, determines, and declares that
it is desirable for local governments in the state to cooperate with military installations
located within the state in order to encourage compatible land use, help prevent incompatible
urban encroachment upon military installations, and facilitate the continued presence of major
military installations within the state. (Act 2014-13, p. 44, §1.)...
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16-33B-2
Section 16-33B-2 Legislative findings and purposes. The Legislature declares that there exists
within the State of Alabama a lack of sufficient availability of loans to residents of Alabama
who choose to attend a postsecondary educational institution and who have a financial need
in order to pay a portion or all of such residents' educationally related expenses at the
postsecondary educational institution. This chapter establishes a guaranteed student loan
program which is intended to provide increased access to educational loans for Alabama residents.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-733, p. 1484, §2.)...
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22-21B-2
Section 22-21B-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares: (1) It is the public
policy of the State of Alabama to respect and protect the fundamental right of conscience
of individuals who provide health care services. (2) Without comprehensive protection, health
care rights of conscience may be violated in various ways, such as harassment, demotion, salary
reduction, termination, loss of privileges, denial of aid or benefits, and refusal to license,
or refusal to certify. (3) It is the purpose of this chapter to protect religious or ethical
rights of all health care providers to decline to provide, perform, assist, or participate
in providing or performing certain health care services that violate their consciences, where
they have made their objections known in writing in advance. (4) It is the purpose of this
chapter to prohibit discrimination, disqualification, or coercion upon such health care providers
who decline to perform any health care service that violates...
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26-16-111
Section 26-16-111 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares all the following:
(1) Protection of the health and welfare of the infants of this state is a goal of its people
and the unexpected or unexplained death of an infant is an important public health concern
that requires legislative action. (2) Death scene investigations and findings thereof can
be particularly important in accurately diagnosing the manners and causes of infant deaths.
(3) Collecting accurate data on the cause and manner of unexpected infant deaths will better
enable the state to protect infants from preventable deaths and will help reduce the incidence
of infant deaths. (Act 2011-705, p. 2184, §2.)...
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34-24-337
Section 34-24-337 Renewal of certificate; reinstatement of license. (a) Renewal of license.
Every person licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama shall, on
or before December 31 of each succeeding year, apply to the commission for renewal of a certificate
of registration which shall be effective during the next calendar year. All new licenses issued
by the commission, upon application, shall be registered by the commission at the time of
issuance, and a certificate of registration, which shall be effective until and including
the following December 31, shall be issued to the licensee. Each renewal application shall
be made on a form to be furnished by the commission. The application shall give the name of
the applicant in full, his or her address, the date and number of the license issued to the
applicant for the practice of medicine or osteopathy, and such other facts as shall tend to
identify the applicant for registration as the commission shall deem...
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34-24-507
Section 34-24-507 Reciprocity. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this article, the commission
shall only issue a special purpose license to practice medicine or osteopathy across state
lines to an applicant whose principal practice location and license to practice is located
in a state or territory of the United States whose laws permit or allow for the issuance of
a special purpose license to practice medicine or osteopathy across state lines or similar
license to a physician whose principal practice location and license is located in this state.
It is the stated intent of this article that physicians and osteopaths who hold a full and
current license in the State of Alabama be afforded the opportunity to obtain, on a reciprocal
basis, a license to practice medicine or osteopathy across state lines in any state or territory
of the United States as a pre-condition to the issuance of a special purpose license as authorized
by this article to a physician or osteopath licensed in...
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34-24-74
Section 34-24-74 Nonresident consultants; physician accompanying patient being transported
into Alabama for treatment. A doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy licensed to practice
medicine in any state of the United States or the District of Columbia who may be called into
this state in order to treat a patient in consultation with a physician licensed to practice
medicine in this state shall be allowed the temporary privilege of practicing medicine in
this state. This privilege shall be limited to 10 calendar days in a calendar year. A doctor
of medicine or doctor of osteopathy licensed to practice medicine in any state in the United
States or the District of Columbia who accompanies a patient being transported to the State
of Alabama by air or ground transportation for the purpose of receiving medical treatment
at any hospital, clinic, or medical facility in the State of Alabama shall be permitted to
render necessary medical care to the patient while the patient is being...
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