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13A-9-150
Section 13A-9-150 Public assistance fraud; penalties. (a) For the purposes of this section,
public assistance means money or property provided directly or indirectly to eligible persons
through programs of the federal government, the state, or any political subdivision thereof,
including any program administered by a public housing authority. (b) It shall be unlawful
for an individual or business entity to knowingly do any of the following: (1) Fail, by false
statement, misrepresentation, impersonation, or other fraudulent means, to disclose a material
fact used in making a determination as to the qualification of the person to receive public
assistance. (2) Fail to disclose a change in circumstances in order to obtain or continue
to receive any public assistance to which he or she is not entitled or in an amount larger
than that to which he or she is entitled. (3) Aid and abet another person in the commission
of the prohibitions enumerated in subdivisions (1) and (2). (4) Use,...
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22-32-1
Section 22-32-1 Enactment of Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact.
The Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact is hereby enacted
into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with any and all states legally joining
therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: SOUTHEAST INTERSTATE
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPACT Article I. Policy and Purpose There is hereby
created the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The party
states recognize and declare that each state is responsible for providing for the availability
of capacity either within or outside the state for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste
generated within its borders, except for waste generated as a result of defense activities
of the federal government or federal research and development activities. They also recognize
that the management of low-level radioactive waste is handled most...
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6-5-549
Section 6-5-549 Standard of proof shall be proof by substantial evidence; scintilla rule of
evidence abolished; instruction to jury. In any action for injury or damages or wrongful death,
whether in contract or in tort, against a health care provider based on a breach of the standard
of care, the minimum standard of proof required to test the sufficiency of the evidence to
support any issue of fact shall be proof by substantial evidence. In all such actions, whether
arising in tort or in contract, the scintilla rule of evidence is abolished. In all pleadings
or motions filed in such actions testing the sufficiency of the evidence to support an issue
of fact, including, but not limited to, motions for summary judgment, motions for directed
verdict, motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and any other such motions or pleadings
respecting the sufficiency of the evidence, the standard of proof required shall be proof
by substantial evidence. In the case of a jury trial, the jury...
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22-6-151
Section 22-6-151 Regional care organizations; governing board of directors; citizen's advisory
committee; solvency and financial requirements; reporting; provider standards committee. (a)
A regional care organization shall serve only Medicaid beneficiaries in providing medical
care and services. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a regional care organization
shall not be deemed an insurance company under state law. (c)(1) A regional care organization
and an organization with probationary regional care organization certification shall have
a governing board of directors composed of the following members: a. Twelve members shall
be persons representing risk-bearing participants in the regional care organization or organization
with probationary certification. A participant bears risk by contributing cash, capital, or
other assets to the regional care organization. A participant also bears risk by contracting
with the regional care organization to treat Medicaid beneficiaries...
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6-5-551
Section 6-5-551 Complaint to detail circumstances rendering provider liable; discovery. In
any action for injury, damages, or wrongful death, whether in contract or in tort, against
a health care provider for breach of the standard of care, whether resulting from acts or
omissions in providing health care, or the hiring, training, supervision, retention, or termination
of care givers, the Alabama Medical Liability Act shall govern the parameters of discovery
and all aspects of the action. The plaintiff shall include in the complaint filed in the action
a detailed specification and factual description of each act and omission alleged by plaintiff
to render the health care provider liable to plaintiff and shall include when feasible and
ascertainable the date, time, and place of the act or acts. The plaintiff shall amend his
complaint timely upon ascertainment of new or different acts or omissions upon which his claim
is based; provided, however, that any such amendment must be made at...
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6-5-543
Section 6-5-543 Damages against health care provider to be itemized; future damages over $150,000
to be paid by periodic payments over period of years; judgment to specify payment terms; requirement
to post security or provide evidence of insurance; future damages not to be reduced to present
value; attorney's fees; termination of periodic payments; contempt of court upon continuing
pattern of failure to make payments; modification of judgment; legislative intent. (a) In
any action for injury or damages whether in contract or in tort against a health care provider
based on a breach of the standard of care the damages assessed by the trier of fact shall
be itemized as follows: (1) Past damages, (2) Future damages, (3) Punitive damages. The trier
of fact shall not reduce any future damages to present value. If the trial court determines
that any one or more of the above categories is not recoverable in the action, that category
or categories shall be omitted from the itemization. (b)...
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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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6-5-544
Section 6-5-544 Recovery of noneconomic losses; limitation of such losses; mistrial if jury
advised of limitation. (a) In any action for injury whether in contract or in tort against
a health care provider based on a breach of the standard of care, the injured plaintiff and
spouse upon proper proof may be entitled to recover noneconomic losses to compensate for pain,
suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment, disfigurement, loss of consortium, and other
nonpecuniary damage. (b) In no action shall the amount of recovery for noneconomic losses,
including punitive damages, either to the injured plaintiff, the plaintiff's spouse, or other
lawful dependents or any of them together exceed the sum of $400,000. Plaintiff shall not
seek recovery in any amount greater than the amounts described herein for noneconomic losses.
During the trial of any action neither the court nor any party shall advise or infer to the
jury that it may not return an award for noneconomic losses in excess of an...
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6-5-547
Section 6-5-547 One million dollar limit on judgments; mistrial if jury advised of limitation.
In any action commenced pursuant to Section 6-5-391 or Section 6-5-410, against a health care
provider whether in contract or in tort based on a breach of the standard of care the amount
of any judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff shall not exceed the sum of $1,000,000.
Any verdict returned in any such action which exceeds $1,000,000 shall be reduced to $1,000,000
by the trial court or such lesser sum as the trial court deems appropriate in accordance with
prevailing standards for reducing excessive verdicts. During the trial of any action brought
pursuant to Section 6-5-391 or 6-5-410 neither the court nor any party shall advise or infer
to the jury that it may not return a verdict in excess of $1,000,000; in the event the jury
is so advised or such inference is made the court, upon motion of an opposing party, shall
immediately declare a mistrial. The maximum amount payable under this...
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40-3-27
Section 40-3-27 Appeals - Duty to disclose information. (a) For protests and appeals of commercial
and industrial property, operating as such at the time of valuation, any party that intends
to offer into evidence a sale or lease transaction as evidence of the value of the property
that is the subject of the protest before the board of equalization or appeal before the circuit
court, shall have an affirmative duty to disclose both of the following: (1) Whether the proposed
comparable property was occupied or unoccupied at the time of the transaction. (2) Whether
the proposed comparable property was subject to any use, deed, or lease restriction at the
time of the transaction that prohibits the property, on which a building or structure sits,
from being used for the purpose for which the building or structure was designed, constructed,
altered, renovated, or modified. (b) The purpose of the disclosure is to allow the court to
determine whether the proposed comparable property is...
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