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12-21-5
Section 12-21-5 Copy of hospital records - Admissibility. When the original would be admissible
in any case or proceeding in a court in the state, a certified copy of the hospital records
of any hospital organized or operated under or pursuant to the laws of Alabama, including
records of admission, medical, hospital, occupational, disease, injury and disability histories,
temperature and other charts, X rays and written interpretations thereof, pictures, photographs,
files, written orders, directions, findings and reports and interpretations of physicians,
doctors, surgeons, pathologists, radiologists, specialists, dentists, technicians and nurses,
as well as of all employees of such hospital, forming a part of such hospital records as to
the health, condition, state, injuries, sickness, disease, mental, physical and nervous disorders,
duration and character of disabilities, diagnosis, prognosis, progress, wounds, cuts, contusions,
lacerations, breaks, loss of blood, incisions,...
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13A-6-1
Section 13A-6-1 Definitions. (a) As used in Article 1 and Article 2, the following terms shall
have the meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. Murder, manslaughter,
or criminally negligent homicide. (2) HOMICIDE. A person commits criminal homicide if he intentionally,
knowingly, recklessly or with criminal negligence causes the death of another person. (3)
PERSON. The term, when referring to the victim of a criminal homicide or assault, means a
human being, including an unborn child in utero at any stage of development, regardless of
viability. (b) Article 1 or Article 2 shall not apply to the death or injury to an unborn
child alleged to be caused by medication or medical care or treatment provided to a pregnant
woman when performed by a physician or other licensed health care provider. Mistake, or unintentional
error on the part of a licensed physician or other licensed health care provider or his or
her employee or agent or any person acting on behalf of...
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22-11A-4
Section 22-11A-4 Certain records to be provided to State Health Officer or Bureau of Clinical
Laboratories. (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) CLINICAL MATERIALS. Either of the following: a. A clinical isolate that contains or that
may contain an infectious agent of public health importance. b. Material that contains or
that may contain an infectious agent of public health importance, if an isolate is not available,
in the following order of preference: 1. A patient specimen. 2. Nucleic acid. 3. Other laboratory
material. (2) PROVIDER OF MEDICAL SERVICES. A physician, hospital, laboratory, or other medical
facility or medical professional that renders medical care relating to treatment of possible
or confirmed cases of public health importance. (b) A provider of medical services that is
currently rendering or that has rendered treatment, care, diagnostic services, or laboratory
services to any person suspected of having a notifiable...
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27-1-16
Section 27-1-16 Standard health insurance claim form; electronic claims form; various claim
forms. (a)(1) The Commissioner of the Department of Insurance shall prescribe a standard health
insurance claim form to be used by all hospitals. The forms shall be prescribed in a format
which allows for the use of generally accepted diagnosis and treatment coding systems by providers
of health care and payors. The standard form shall be accepted and used by all insurers doing
business in the State of Alabama and by all state agencies which pay providers of health care
for hospital services. (2) The Commissioner of the Department of Insurance shall also prescribe
a format for all health insurance claims transmitted or submitted for payment by electronic
or electro-mechanical means. Such a format shall be used by all insurers doing business in
the State of Alabama and by all state agencies which pay providers of health care for hospital
services. (b) An advisory committee of five persons, two...
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12-15-101
Section 12-15-101 Purpose of the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act; short title; goals for the juvenile
court. (a) This chapter shall be known as the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act. The purpose of
this chapter is to facilitate the care, protection, and discipline of children who come under
the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, while acknowledging the responsibility of the juvenile
court to preserve the public peace and security. (b) In furtherance of this purpose, the following
goals have been established for the juvenile court: (1) To preserve and strengthen the family
of the child whenever possible, including improvement of the home environment of the child.
(2) To remove the child from the custody of his or her parent or parents only when it is judicially
determined to be in his or her best interests or for the safety and protection of the public.
(3) To reunite a child with his or her parent or parents as quickly and as safely as possible
when the child has been removed from the custody...
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12-21-147
Section 12-21-147 Use of registered therapy dog in certain legal proceedings. (a) For purposes
of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACTIVE MEMBER.
Therapy dog teams who have had recorded visits at facilities including hospitals, nursing
homes, libraries, and extended care facilities in the past 18 months. (2) REGISTERED HANDLER.
A volunteer registered by the court system as a therapy dog handler who has not been convicted
of sexual, animal, or domestic abuse or any felony, who has been registered by a qualifying
therapy dog organization, and has taken an oath of confidentiality. An officer of the court
may be a handler only if there is no expense to the state. (3) REGISTERED THERAPY DOG. a.
A trained emotional support dog that has been tested and registered by a nonprofit therapy
dog organization that sets standards and requirements for the health, welfare, task work,
and oversight for therapy dogs and their handlers, including at a minimum, all...
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22-21-170
Section 22-21-170 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated,
the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) CORPORATION. A corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article. (2) COUNTY.
Any county in this state. (3) MEMBER. The county that is a member of a corporation organized
pursuant to the provisions of this article and each municipality that is at the time a member
of such corporation. (4) SECURITIES. Notes, bonds, certificates of indebtedness, warrants
or other evidences of indebtedness. (5) HOSPITAL. Such term includes the plural as well as
the singular and means any one or more of buildings or facilities which serve to promote the
public health, either by providing places or facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, cure
or convalescence of sick, injured, mentally ill or disturbed persons, or for the prevention
of sickness and disease, or for the care, treatment and rehabilitation of...
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32-10-2
Section 32-10-2 Duty to give information and render aid. The driver of any motor vehicle involved
in an accident resulting in injury to or the death of any person or damage to any vehicle
which is driven or attended by any person shall give his name, address and the registration
number of the vehicle he is driving, shall upon request exhibit his driver's license to the
person struck or the driver or occupant of or person attending any motor or other vehicle
collided with or damaged and shall render to any person injured in such accident reasonable
assistance, including the transportation of, or the making of arrangements for the transportation
of such person to a physician or hospital for medical or surgical treatment, if it is apparent
that such treatment is necessary or if such transportation is requested by the injured person.
(Acts 1943, No. 558, p. 548, §3.)...
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36-29-4
Section 36-29-4 Establishment and provisions of health insurance plan; rules and regulations.
The board is hereby empowered and authorized to establish a fully insured or self-insured
health insurance plan for employees and retirees of the State of Alabama and to adopt and
promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of such plan, subject to such limitations
as may be contained in this chapter. Such plan may provide for group hospitalization, surgical,
and medical insurance against the financial costs of hospitalization, surgical, and medical
treatment and care and may also include, among other things, prescribed drugs, medicines,
prosthetic appliances, hospital inpatient and outpatient service benefits, and medical expenses
indemnity benefits, including major medical benefits or such other coverage or benefits as
may be deemed appropriate and desirable by the board. (Acts 1965, No. 833, p. 1564, §3; Act
2004-647, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 17, §1.)...
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6-5-484
Section 6-5-484 Degree of care owed to patient. (a) In performing professional services for
a patient, a physician's, surgeon's, or dentist's duty to the patient shall be to exercise
such reasonable care, diligence, and skill as physicians, surgeons, and dentists in the same
general neighborhood, and in the same general line of practice, ordinarily have and exercise
in a like case. In the case of a hospital rendering services to a patient, the hospital must
use that degree of care, skill, and diligence used by hospitals generally in the community.
(b) Neither a physician, a surgeon, a dentist nor a hospital shall be considered an insurer
of the successful issue of treatment or service. (Acts 1975, No. 513, p. 148, §6.)...
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