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22-8A-7
Section 22-8A-7 Competency of declarant; liability of participating physician, facility, etc.
(a) A competent adult may make decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment and artificially
provided nutrition and hydration so long as that individual is able to do so. The desires
of an individual shall at all times supersede the effect of an advance directive for health
care. (b) If the individual is not competent at the time of the decision to provide, withhold,
or withdraw life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration, a
living will executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4(a) or a proxy designation executed
in accordance with Section 22-8A-4(b) is presumed to be valid. For the purpose of this chapter,
a health care provider may presume in the absence of actual notice to the contrary that an
individual who executed an advance directive for health care was competent when it was executed.
The fact of an individual's having executed an advance directive for...
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22-50-90
Section 22-50-90 Definitions. (a) When used in this article, the following words and terms
shall have the following meanings: (1) CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND INFORMATION. Any information
collected and stored in the criminal record repository of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) reflecting the result of an arrest, detention, or initiation of a criminal proceeding
by criminal justice agencies, including, but not limited to, arrest record information, fingerprint
cards, correctional induction and release information, identifiable descriptions, and notations
of arrests, detention, indictments, or other formal charges. The term shall not include analytical
records or investigative reports that contain criminal intelligence information or criminal
investigation information. (2) DIRECT CARE PROVIDER. A psychiatrist, medical doctor, psychologist,
social worker, community service specialist, therapist, nurse, mental health worker, foster
care provider, police officer, and any other...
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10A-30-1.13
Section 10A-30-1.13 Withdrawal of members and employees becoming disqualified to practice;
proceedings to dissolve noncomplying association; applicable to professional associations
formed prior to January 1, 1984. If any member, shareholder, agent, or employee of a professional
association becomes legally disqualified to render a professional service within the state
or accepts employment or is elected to a public office that, pursuant to existing law, is
a restriction or limitation upon rendering of professional service, he or she shall sever
all employment with, or financial interest in, such professional association forthwith. A
professional association's failure to comply or require compliance with this section shall
be a ground for the forfeiture of its right to render professional service as a professional
association pursuant to this article. When a professional association's failure to comply
with this section is brought to the attention of the Secretary of State, the Secretary...
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26-21-6.1
Section 26-21-6.1 Civil action under chapter. In addition to whatever remedies are available
under the common or statutory law of this state, failure to comply with the requirements of
this chapter shall provide a basis for a civil action for compensatory and/or punitive damages.
Any criminal conviction under this chapter shall be admissible in a civil suit as prima facie
evidence of a failure to obtain an informed consent or parental or judicial consent. The civil
action may be based on a claim that the action was a result of simple negligence, gross negligence,
wantonness, willfulness, intention, or breach of other legal standard of care. The Medical
Liability Act of 1987 shall not apply to any civil causes of action brought pursuant to Sections
26-21-1, 26-21-2, 26-21-3, 26-21-4, 26-21-6, 26-21-6.1, and 26-21-7. (Act 2014-445, p. 1660,
ยง2.)...
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6-5-540
Section 6-5-540 Legislative intent. It is hereby declared by the Legislature of the State of
Alabama that a crisis threatens the delivery of medical services to the people of Alabama
and the health and safety of the citizens of this state are in jeopardy. In accordance with
the previous declaration of Legislature contained in Act 513 of the Regular Session of the
1975 Alabama Legislature it is the declared intent of this Legislature to insure that quality
medical services continue to be available at reasonable costs to the citizens of the State
of Alabama. This Legislature finds and declares that the increasing threat of legal actions
for alleged medical injury causes and contributes to an increase in health care costs and
places a heavy burden upon those who can least afford such increases, and that the threat
of such actions contributes to expensive medical procedures to be performed by physicians
and other health care providers which otherwise would not be considered necessary, and...
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22-8A-9
Section 22-8A-9 Withholding or withdrawal of treatment, etc., not suicide; execution of advance
directive not to affect sale, etc., of life or health insurance nor be condition for receipt
of treatment, etc.; provisions of chapter cumulative. (a) The withholding or withdrawal of
life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration from a patient
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall not, for any purpose, constitute a
suicide and shall not constitute assisting suicide. (b) The making of an advance directive
for health care pursuant to this chapter shall not affect in any manner the sale, procurement,
or issuance of any policy of life or health insurance, nor shall it be deemed to modify the
terms of an existing policy of life or health insurance. No policy of life or health insurance
shall be legally impaired or invalidated in any manner by the withholding or withdrawal of
life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration...
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27-1-20
Section 27-1-20 Patient Right to Know Act. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited
as the "Patient Right to Know Act." (b) As used in this section, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ENROLLEE.
A person who purchases individual health care coverage or an employer who purchases a group
health care plan. (2) PROVIDER. A physician, dentist, podiatrist, pharmacist, optometrist,
psychologist, clinical social worker, advanced nurse practitioner, registered optician, licensed
professional counselor, physical therapist, and chiropractor. (c)(1) All persons, firms, corporations,
associations, health maintenance organizations, health insurance services, or preferred provider
organizations, any employer-sponsored health benefit plan, or any similar organization or
entity, providing health, accident, or dental insurance coverage, either directly or indirectly,
shall provide an enrollee with a written description of the...
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11-98-5
Section 11-98-5 Monthly statewide 911 charge. (a) A single, monthly statewide 911 charge shall
be imposed on each active voice communications service connection in Alabama that is technically
capable of accessing a 911 system. For each digital transmission link, including primary rate
interface service or Digital Signal-1 (DS-1) level service, or equivalent, that can be channelized
and split into 23 or 24 voice-grade or data-grade channels for voice communications, a subscriber
shall be assessed on the number of channels configured for or capable of accessing a 911 system.
If the number of such channels so configured is not readily determinable, the service charge
per DS-1, or equivalent, shall be assessed on 23 voice communications service connections.
The 911 Board shall also establish a maximum number of wireline 911 charges to be imposed
at a single subscriber location for bills rendered on or after January 1, 2015, following
the same procedures and deadlines provided in this...
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19-1A-15
Section 19-1A-15 (Effective January 1, 2018) Fiduciary duty and authority. (a) The legal duties
imposed on a fiduciary charged with managing tangible property apply to the management of
digital assets, including: (1) the duty of care; (2) the duty of loyalty; and (3) the duty
of confidentiality. (b) A fiduciary's or a designated recipient's authority with respect to
a digital asset of a user: (1) except as otherwise provided in Section 19-1A-4, is subject
to the applicable terms of service; (2) is subject to other applicable law, including copyright
law; (3) in the case of a fiduciary, is limited by the scope of the fiduciary's duties; and
(4) may not be used to impersonate the user. (c) A fiduciary with authority over the property
of a decedent, protected person, principal, or settlor has the right to access any digital
asset in which the decedent, protected person, principal, or settlor had a right or interest
and that is not held by a custodian or subject to a terms-of-service...
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22-8B-3
Section 22-8B-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) AID IN DYING. The act of a person providing the means or manner for another
person to be able to commit suicide, with actual knowledge that the person deliberately intends
on committing suicide by that means or manner. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITIONAL 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) DELIBERATELY. More than knowing the consequences of an act or action; meaning to consider
carefully; done on purpose; intentional; requiring premeditation; with intent to cause the
death of a person. (4) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be asked to participate
in any way in a health care service, including, but...
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