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9-18-1
Section 9-18-1 Enactment of Southern Interstate Nuclear Compact. The Southern Interstate
Nuclear 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: "SOUTHERN INTERSTATE NUCLEAR COMPACT "Article I. Policy and Purpose
"The party states recognize that the proper employment of nuclear energy, facilities,
materials, and products can assist substantially in the industrialization of the south and
the development of a balanced economy for the region. They also recognize that optimum benefit
from and acquisition of nuclear resources and facilities requires systematic encouragement,
guidance, and assistance from the party states on a cooperative basis. It is the policy of
the party states to undertake such cooperation on a continuing basis; it is the purpose of
this compact to provide the instruments and framework for such a cooperative effort to improve...
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22-13A-8
Section 22-13A-8 Department authorized to replicate programs and enter into contracts
with organizations with expertise. (a) The department may replicate and use successful osteoporosis
programs and enter into contracts and purchase materials or services, or both, from organizations
with appropriate expertise and knowledge of osteoporosis for services and materials which
may include any of the following: (1) Educational information and materials on the causes,
prevention, detection, treatment, and management of osteoporosis. (2) Training of staff. (3)
Physician and health care professional education and training, and clinical conferences. (4)
Conference organization and staffing. (5) Regional office development and staffing. (6) Nominations
for advisory panels. (7) Support group development. (8) Consultation. (9) Resource library
facilities. (10) Training home health aides and nursing home personnel. (11) Training teachers.
(b) The department may enter into an agreement to work with a...
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28-11-5
Section 28-11-5 Tobacco prevention materials; funding. The board may use funding, if
available, from the Department of Mental Health, other state or federal agencies, grants,
and private or public organizations to enforce this chapter and to provide and distribute
tobacco prevention materials to retail tobacco merchants. The materials shall provide information
regarding state and federal laws that prohibit access to tobacco or tobacco products by minors
and other appropriate information. The board may also provide consultation services for establishing
programs to minimize or eliminate sales of tobacco or tobacco products to minors pursuant
to the responsible vendor program. (Acts 1997, No. 97-423, p. 721, ยง5.)...
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16-1-48
Section 16-1-48 Anaphylaxis preparedness program. (a) The State Department of Education
shall develop an anaphylaxis preparedness program to be adopted by each local board of education
and implemented in each K-12 public school commencing with the 2015-2016 scholastic year.
The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy shall provide guidance, direction, and advice to the State
Department of Education in developing and administering the anaphylaxis preparedness program.
(b) The anaphylaxis preparedness program shall incorporate the following three levels of prevention
initiated by licensed public school nurses as a part of the health services program: (1) Level
I, primary prevention: Education programs that address food allergies and anaphylaxis through
both classroom and individual instruction for staff and students. (2) Level II, secondary
prevention: Identification and management of chronic illness. (3) Level III, tertiary prevention:
The development of a planned response to...
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25-5-290
Section 25-5-290 Ombudsman program, creation; purpose; members; notification of service;
benefit review conferences. (a) The Department of Industrial Relations shall establish an
Ombudsman Program to assist injured or disabled employees, persons claiming death benefits,
employers, and other persons in protecting their rights and obtaining information available
under the Workers' Compensation Law. (b) Providing that the employer and the employee agree
to participate in the benefit review conference, the ombudsmen shall meet with or otherwise
provide information to injured or disabled employees, investigate complaints, and communicate
with employers, insurance carriers, and health care providers on behalf of injured or disabled
employees. (c) Ombudsmen shall be Merit System employees and demonstrate familiarity with
the Workers' Compensation Law. An ombudsman shall not be an advocate for any person who shall
assist a claimant, employer, or other person in any proceeding beyond the...
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22-10A-2
Section 22-10A-2 Diagnostic facilities, genetic counseling and prenatal testing for
genetic disorders at University of Alabama in Birmingham and University of South Alabama.
(a) The University of Alabama in Birmingham, through its laboratory of medical genetics, and
the University of South Alabama shall expand their respective medical genetics programs to
provide diagnostic facilities, genetic counseling and prenatal testing for genetic disorders.
(b) Each shall: (1) Develop an education program designed to educate physicians and the public
concerning genetic disorders and the availability of this program. (2) Assure that genetic
counseling is available to those Alabama families who need it. This will include those families
who have a member with a birth defect, mental retardation, or other handicapping disorder
due to genetic factors as well as families identified by screening to be at increased risk
for having a child with one of these problems. (3) Formulate a graduated fee...
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21-9-2
Section 21-9-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and
phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) BOARD.
The Board of Rehabilitation Services. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department
of Rehabilitation Services, who shall administer the department. (3) COMPONENT PROGRAMS. The
following programs administered by the department: a. Children's Rehabilitation Service. A
service program that provides educational, medical, and habilitative services including recreational
and physical fitness services for children with special health care needs, including coordination
and support for their families through statewide community-based programs. b. Early Intervention
Program. A program that provides early intervention services for children, up to the age of
three years, who are born with disabling conditions or who are at risk for developmental delay.
c. Adult Vocational Rehabilitation Service. A service program that...
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22-11C-4
Section 22-11C-4 Alabama Statewide Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry. The State Health
Officer may establish, contingent on the availability of funding, within the Department of
Public Health the Alabama Statewide Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry for the purpose of
providing accurate and up-to-date information about head and spinal cord injuries in Alabama
and facilitating the evaluation and improvement of head and spinal cord injuries prevention,
diagnosis, therapy, rehabilitation, and referral to coordinated, rehabilitation programs administered
by other state agencies. The purpose of these referrals shall be to ensure that these programs
shall provide eligible persons the opportunity to obtain the necessary rehabilitative services
enabling them to be referred to a vocational rehabilitation program or to return to an appropriate
level of functioning in their community. The State Committee of Public Health shall adopt
rules necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter,...
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22-27-3
Section 22-27-3 Authority of local governing bodies as waste collections and disposal;
household exemptions; state regulatory program. (a) Generally. (1) The county commission or
municipal governing body may, and is hereby authorized to, make available to the general public
collection and disposal facilities for solid wastes in a manner acceptable to the department.
The county commission or municipal governing body may provide such collection or disposal
services by contract with private or other controlling agencies and may include house-to-house
service or the placement of regularly serviced and controlled bulk refuse receptacles within
reasonable (generally less than eight miles) distance from the farthest affected household
and the wastes managed in a manner acceptable to the department. (2) Any county commission
or municipal governing body providing services to the public under this article shall have
the power and authority by resolution or ordinance to adopt rules and...
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27-1-17
Section 27-1-17 Limitation periods for payment of claims; overdue claims; retroactive
denials, adjustments, etc.; penalties. (a) Each insurer, health service corporation, and health
benefit plan that issues or renews any policy of accident or health insurance providing benefits
for medical or hospital expenses for its insured persons shall pay for services rendered by
Alabama health care providers within 45 calendar days upon receipt of a clean written claim
or 30 calendar days upon receipt of a clean electronic claim. If the insurer, health service
corporation, or health benefit plan is denying or pending the claim, the insurer, health service
corporation, or health benefit plan shall, within 45 calendar days for a written claim and
30 calendar days for an electronic claim, notify the health care provider or certificate holder
of the reason for denying or pending the claim and what, if any, additional information is
required to process the claim. Any undisputed portion of the claim...
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