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34-29-132
Section 34-29-132 Euthanasia in emergency situation. Whenever an emergency situation exists
which requires the immediate euthanasia of an injured, diseased, or dangerous animal, a law
enforcement officer, a veterinarian, or an agent or designee of a local animal control unit
may humanely destroy the animal, as provided herein. (1) Whenever any domestic animal is so
injured or diseased as to appear useless and is in a suffering condition, and it reasonably
appears to any officer that the animal is imminently near death and cannot be cured or rendered
fit for service, and the officer has made a reasonable and concerted, but unsuccessful, effort
to locate the owner, the owner's agent, or a veterinarian, then the officer, acting in good
faith and upon reasonable belief, may immediately destroy the animal by shooting the animal
or injecting the animal with a barbiturate drug. If the officer locates the owner or the owner's
agent, the officer shall notify the owner or the owner's agent of...
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12-15-130
Section 12-15-130 Ordering, conduct, and certification of findings of mental and physical examinations
of children; minors or children believed to be individuals with a mental illness or an intellectual
disability; treatment or care for children; payment; authority to order emergency medical
care for children. (a) Where there are indications that a child may be physically ill, a child
with mental illness or an intellectual disability, or an evaluation of a child is needed to
help determine issues of competency to understand judicial proceedings, mental state at the
time of the offense, or the ability of the child to assist his or her attorney, the juvenile
court, on its own motion or motion by the prosecutor, or that of the child's attorney or guardian
ad litem for the child, may order the child to be examined at a suitable place by a physician,
psychiatrist, psychologist, or other qualified examiner, under the supervision of a physician,
psychiatrist, or psychologist who shall certify...
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3-9-1
Section 3-9-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) ANIMAL SHELTER. Any facility operated by or under contract for the state or
any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the state for the purpose
of impounding or harboring seized, stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted dogs, cats, and
other animals; any veterinary hospital or clinic operated by a veterinarian or veterinarians
which operates for such purpose in addition to its customary purposes; and any facility operated,
owned, or maintained by a duly incorporated humane society, animal welfare organization, or
other nonprofit organization for the purpose of providing for and promoting the welfare, protection,
and humane treatment of animals. (2) ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION. Any unincorporated nonprofit
organization or business entity existing for fostering and adopting dogs and cats by the public.
(3) SEXUALLY MATURE ANIMAL. Any dog or cat that has...
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35-11-391
Section 35-11-391 Enforcement of lien. (a) If the charges due for the services named in Section
35-11-390 are not paid within 10 days after demand therefor on the owner of said animal, in
person or by registered or certified mail, addressed to him at the address given when said
animal is delivered to the veterinarian, the veterinarian is authorized to sell the animal
either at public or private sale, and if he does not succeed in selling such animal within
15 days after the date of the demand for payment was made in person or by registered or certified
mail, then the veterinarian may dispose of such animal in any other manner that he deems proper.
(b) When any animal is sold by a veterinarian as authorized in subsection (a) of this section
to satisfy a lien for any of the services enumerated in Section 35-11-390, any surplus realized
from the sale less said charges and any expenses incurred in making the demand for payment
thereof or in connection with the sale shall be paid to the...
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22-21B-4
Section 22-21B-4 Participation in a health care service that violates the conscience of health
care provider; written objection; liability. (a) A health care provider has the right not
to participate, and no health care provider shall be required to participate, in a health
care service that violates his or her conscience when the health care provider has objected
in writing prior to being asked to provide such health care services. (b) When objecting in
writing in accordance with this chapter, no health care provider shall be civilly, criminally,
or administratively liable for declining to participate in a health care service that violates
his or her conscience except when failure to do so would immediately endanger the life of
a patient. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person, health care provider, health care institution,
public or private institution, public official, or any board which certifies competency in
medical or health care specialties to discriminate against any health...
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45-37-243.11
Section 45-37-243.11 Indigent Care Fund. (a) There is hereby established for and in the counties
subject to this subpart a county indigent care fund herein called the Indigent Care Fund.
The Indigent Care Fund shall be used by such counties for any or all of the following purposes:
To acquire by construction, eminent domain, or otherwise a county hospital, hospitals, and/or
clinics, and to operate, equip, and maintain the same for the medical care and treatment of
indigent persons of such county suffering from illness, injury, disability, or infirmity,
including outpatients; and the furnishing of drugs and medicine to such indigent persons,
including outpatient care at the county hospital or at a clinic maintained by the county or
under contract with the county, also the operation of an emergency clinic. In addition, the
county shall be authorized to furnish part of the cost of the medical care for those of the
county able to pay for only part of their own medical care. (b) Such county...
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45-49-170.22
Section 45-49-170.22 Investigations; impounding; judicial determination. (a) An animal control
officer or law enforcement officer of Mobile County shall investigate any incidents involving
any dog reported to be dangerous or a nuisance in the unincorporated areas of Mobile County.
(b) If a dog, which is unowned and has been reported to be dangerous, bites a person, the
dog may be quarantined and destroyed pursuant to subsection of Section 3-7A-9. For purposes
of this subsection, bites means the same as has been exposed as defined in subdivision (5)
of Section 3-7A-1. (c) If there is probable cause to believe that an owned dog is dangerous
or a nuisance and has caused serious physical injury or has caused damage to real or personal
property, the law enforcement officer or animal control officer shall impound the dog pending
disposition of a petition to declare a dog to be dangerous or a nuisance. The county may impound
the dog at the county pound as described in Section 3-7A-7, or may...
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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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45-11-172.02
Section 45-11-172.02 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR
SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 15, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) An animal
control officer or law enforcement officer of the county shall investigate any incidents involving
any dog reported to be dangerous or a nuisance in the unincorporated areas of the county.
(b) If a dog, which is unowned and has been reported to be dangerous, bites a person, the
dog may be quarantined and destroyed pursuant to Section 3-7A-9(b). For purposes of this subsection,
"bites" means the same as "has been exposed" as defined in Section 3-7A-1(5).
(c) If there is probable cause to believe that an owned dog is dangerous or a nuisance and
has caused serious physical injury or has caused damage to real or personal property, the
law enforcement officer or animal control officer shall impound the dog pending disposition
of a petition to declare a dog to be dangerous or a nuisance. The county may impound...
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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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