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34-9-89
Section 34-9-89 Treatment of patients under 12 years of age. When oral conscious sedation is
used on any patient under 12 years of age, the following provisions shall apply: (1) The drugs,
dosages, and techniques used should carry a margin of safety which is unlikely to render the
patient noninteractive and nonarousable. (2) Appropriately sized emergency equipment must
be available. (Act 2005-298, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 563, §10; Act 2011-571, p. 1165, §1.)...
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27-54A-2
Section 27-54A-2 Treatment under certain policies and contracts. (a) As used in this section,
the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS. The design,
implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral stimuli and
consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including the
use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between
environment and behavior. (2) AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. Any of the pervasive developmental
disorders or autism spectrum disorders as defined by the most recent edition of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the edition that was in effect at the
time of diagnosis. (3) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Counseling and treatment programs, including
applied behavior analysis that are both of the following: a. Necessary to develop, maintain,
or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the functioning of an...
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22-8A-3
Section 22-8A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADULT. Any person
19 years of age or over. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITION AND HYDRATION. A medical treatment
consisting of the administration of food and water through a tube or intravenous line, where
the recipient is not required to chew or swallow voluntarily. Artificially provided nutrition
and hydration does not include assisted feeding, such as spoon or bottle feeding. (3) ADVANCE
DIRECTIVE FOR HEALTH CARE. A writing executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4 which may
include a living will, the appointment of a health care proxy, or both such living will and
appointment of a health care proxy. (4) ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. The physician selected by, or
assigned to, the patient who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the
patient. (5) CARDIOPULMONARY CESSATION. A lack of pulse or...
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25-5-1
Section 25-5-1 Definitions. Throughout this chapter, the following words and phrases as used
therein shall be considered to have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context
shall clearly indicate a different meaning in the connection used: (1) COMPENSATION. The money
benefits to be paid on account of injury or death, as provided in Articles 3 and 4. The recovery
which an employee may receive by action at law under Article 2 of this chapter is termed "recovery
of civil damages," as provided for in Sections 25-5-31 and 25-5-34. "Compensation"
does not include medical and surgical treatment and attention, medicine, medical and surgical
supplies, and crutches and apparatus furnished an employee on account of an injury. (2) CHILD
or CHILDREN. The terms include posthumous children and all other children entitled by law
to inherit as children of the deceased; stepchildren who were members of the family of the
deceased, at the time of the accident, and were dependent upon him or...
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22-18-50
Section 22-18-50 Enactment and text of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate
Compact. The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact is hereby enacted
into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially
as follows: SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to protect the public through verification of competency
and ensure accountability for patient care related activities all states license emergency
medical services (EMS) personnel, such as emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs
and paramedics. This Compact is intended to facilitate the day to day movement of EMS personnel
across state boundaries in the performance of their EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate
authority and authorize state EMS offices to afford immediate legal recognition to EMS personnel
licensed in a member state. This Compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in
protecting the public's health and safety...
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13A-5-39
Section 13A-5-39 Definitions. As used in this article, these terms shall be defined as follows:
(1) CAPITAL OFFENSE. An offense for which a defendant shall be punished by a sentence of death
or life imprisonment without parole, or in the case of a defendant who establishes that he
or she was under the age of 18 years at the time of the capital offense, life imprisonment,
or life imprisonment without parole, according to the provisions of this article. (2) DURING.
The term as used in Section 13A-5-40(a) means in the course of or in connection with the commission
of, or in immediate flight from the commission of the underlying felony or attempt thereof.
(3) EXPLOSIVES and EXPLOSION. The terms shall have the meanings provided in Section 13A-7-40(2)
and (3). (4) BURDEN OF INTERJECTING THE ISSUE. Shall be defined as provided in Section 13A-1-2(14).
(5) MURDER and MURDER BY THE DEFENDANT. Shall be defined as provided in Section 13A-5-40(b).
(6) PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED and PRIOR CRIMINAL...
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38-6-5
Section 38-6-5 Persons eligible for medical assistance. Medical assistance for the aged shall
be payable under this chapter on behalf of any needy person who has attained the age of 65
years and who: (1) Has made application therefor in the manner prescribed by the State Department
of Human Resources; (2) Has been certified by the appropriate medical profession to be in
need of medical assistance under this chapter; (3) Has not sufficient income and resources
(including insurance, workers' compensation, etc.) to meet the cost of necessary medical services;
(4) Is a resident of the state; (5) Has not directly or indirectly disposed of or deprived
himself of any property for the purpose of qualifying for the benefits of this chapter; (6)
Is not receiving an old age pension. Medical assistance for the aged shall be payable under
this chapter on behalf of any person who is a patient of an institution, public or private,
where such payments are matchable under the provisions of the Federal...
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13A-5-40
Section 13A-5-40 Capital offenses. (a) The following are capital offenses: (1) Murder by the
defendant during a kidnapping in the first degree or an attempt thereof committed by the defendant.
(2) Murder by the defendant during a robbery in the first degree or an attempt thereof committed
by the defendant. (3) Murder by the defendant during a rape in the first or second degree
or an attempt thereof committed by the defendant; or murder by the defendant during sodomy
in the first or second degree or an attempt thereof committed by the defendant. (4) Murder
by the defendant during a burglary in the first or second degree or an attempt thereof committed
by the defendant. (5) Murder of any police officer, sheriff, deputy, state trooper, federal
law enforcement officer, or any other state or federal peace officer of any kind, or prison
or jail guard, while the officer or guard is on duty, regardless of whether the defendant
knew or should have known the victim was an officer or guard on...
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26-10A-2
Section 26-10A-2 Definitions. The following words and phrases shall have the following meaning
whenever used in this chapter except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) ABANDONMENT. A voluntary and intentional relinquishment of the custody of a minor by parent,
or a withholding from the minor, without good cause or excuse, by the parent, of his or her
presence, care, love, protection, maintenance, or the opportunity for the display of filial
affection, or the failure to claim the rights of a parent, or the failure to perform the duties
of a parent. (2) ADOPTEE. The person being adopted. (3) ADULT. A person who is 19 years of
age or older or who by statute is otherwise deemed an adult. (4) CONSENT. Voluntarily agreeing
to adoption. (5) FATHER. A male person who is the biological father of the minor or is treated
by law as the father. (6) LICENSED CHILD PLACING AGENCY. Any adoption agency that is licensed
under the provisions of the Alabama Child Care Act of 1971...
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40-9F-31
Section 40-9F-31 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) CERTIFIED HISTORIC STRUCTURE. A property located in Alabama which is at least
sixty years old, unless the structure is an historic structure located within the boundaries
of a National Monument or Park as declared by the United States Congress or the President
of the United States, in which case the federal age provisions shall apply, and is certified
by the Alabama Historical Commission as being individually listed in the National Register
of Historic Places, eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, or certified
by the commission as contributing to the historic significance of a Registered Historic District.
(2) CERTIFIED REHABILITATION. Repairs or alterations to a certified historic structure that
is certified by the commission as meeting the U.S. Secretary of the Interior's Standards for
Rehabilitation which meet the requirements contained in...
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