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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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11-47-110.1
Section 11-47-110.1 Certified animal control officer in Class 5 and Class 8 municipalities.
(a) As used in this section, a local animal control law means a municipal ordinance or local
law governing the treatment, care, well-being, or safety of animals. (b) A Class 5 and Class
8 municipality, by ordinance, may: (1) Establish civil penalties for violations of local animal
control laws in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for any violation. (2)
Establish the position of certified animal control officer as well as the authorities and
responsibilities of a certified animal control officer, which may include the authority to
issue citations, as further provided in this section. (c) The chief of police of a Class 5
and Class 8 municipality or his or her designee shall be responsible for certifying and revoking
the certification of animal control officers, which shall include establishing minimum standards
for training and experience that an individual must meet to qualify...
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13A-13-7
Section 13A-13-7 Inducing or attempting to induce abortion, miscarriage or premature
delivery of woman. Any person who willfully administers to any pregnant woman any drug or
substance or uses or employs any instrument or other means to induce an abortion, miscarriage
or premature delivery or aids, abets or prescribes for the same, unless the same is necessary
to preserve her life or health and done for that purpose, shall on conviction be fined not
less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or
sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than 12 months. (Code 1852, §64; Code
1867, §3605; Code 1876, §4192; Code 1886, §4022; Code 1896, §4305; Code 1907, §6215;
Acts 1911, No. 450, p. 548; Code 1923, §3191; Code 1940, T. 14, §9; Acts 1951, No. 956,
p. 1630; Code 1975, §13-8-4.)...
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22-1-12
Section 22-1-12 Cardiac arrest survival. (a) The Department of Public Health shall establish
a comprehensive cardiac arrest survival plan for the training, credentialing, and certification
of primary cardiac care providers in the use of semiautomatic external defibrillators based
on national guidelines for life-saving interventions of persons suffering sudden, non-traumatic
cardiac arrest promulgated by the National Institutes of Health and the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute. (b) All funds from the appropriation in Act 99-372 of the 1999 Regular
Session shall be used to assist in the purchase or acquisition of semiautomatic external defibrillators
and training for emergency medical care providers. To be eligible for assistance, emergency
medical care providers shall meet standards established by the department. (Act 99-372, p.
600, §§1, 3; Act 2018-152, §3.)...
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22-21-34
Section 22-21-34 Assisted living facility, etc., rising to level of intermediate care. Under
the circumstances listed below, an assisted living facility or a specialty care assisted living
facility rising to the level of intermediate care may be subject to a civil money penalty
imposed by the Board of Health not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per instance.
The imposition of the penalty may be appealed pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure
Act. All money penalties imposed pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the Department
of Public Health and shall be deposited in the State General Fund. The penalties shall be
deposited in the General Fund and shall not be earmarked for the Department of Public Health.
Failure of an assisted living facility or a specialty care assisted living facility rising
to the level of intermediate care to pay a civil money penalty within 30 days after its imposition
or within 30 days after the final disposition of any appeal shall be...
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26-22-3
Section 26-22-3 Prohibition, exceptions, and regulations. (a) Prohibition. Except as provided
in subsection (b), no person shall intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly perform or induce
an abortion when the unborn child is viable. (b) Exceptions. (1) It shall not be a
violation of subsection (a) if an abortion is performed by a physician and that physician
reasonably believes that it is necessary to prevent either the death of the pregnant woman
or the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the woman. No
abortion shall be deemed authorized under this paragraph if performed on the basis
of a claim or a diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct which would result in her
death or in substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function. (2) It shall
not be a violation of subsection (a) if the abortion is performed by a physician and
that physician reasonably believes, after making a determination of the viability of the unborn
child in...
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26-23A-4
Section 26-23A-4 Voluntary and informed consent required for abortion. Except in the
case of a medical emergency, no abortion shall be performed or induced without the
voluntary and informed consent of the woman upon whom the abortion is to be performed
or induced. Except in the case of a medical emergency, consent to an abortion is voluntary
and informed if and only if: (a) At least 48 hours before the abortion, the physician
who is to perform the abortion, the referring physician, or a qualified person has
informed and provided the woman in person, or by return receipt certified mail restricted
delivery, and if by mail, again in person prior to the abortion, a copy of the printed
materials in Section 26-23A-5 which list agencies that offer assistance, adoption agencies,
development of the unborn child, methods and risks of abortion and childbirth, father's
obligations, and alternatives to abortion. Mailing of the materials in Section 26-23A-5
may be arranged by telephone. (b) Prior...
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34-11-2
Section 34-11-2 Practice of engineering and land surveying regulated. (a) A person in either
public or private capacity may not practice or offer to practice engineering or land surveying,
unless he or she shall first have submitted evidence that he or she is qualified so to practice
and shall be licensed by the board as hereinafter provided or unless he or she is specifically
exempted from licensure under this chapter. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
all engineering design of buildings, structures, products, machines, processes, and systems
that can affect health, life, safety, welfare, and property shall be conducted under the responsible
charge of a licensed professional engineer. (c) In order to safeguard health, life, safety,
welfare, and property, the practice of engineering in this state is a learned profession to
be practiced and regulated as such, and its practitioners in this state shall be held accountable
to the state and members of the public by high...
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34-11-35.1
Section 34-11-35.1 Legislative findings; rulemaking authority. (a) In addition to the powers
provided to the board by Section 34-11-35, the Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) The power to adopt rules regulating the practice of engineering and land surveying in
the state includes the power to prohibit unlicensed persons from practicing engineering or
land surveying and the power to regulate how licensed persons practice. (2) The primary goal
of the provision of engineering and land surveying in the state is to prioritize health, life,
safety, welfare, and property. (3) The board is in the best position to determine the engineering
and land surveying practices that prioritize health, life, safety, welfare, and property.
(4) Prioritizing health, life, safety, welfare, and property may sometimes be at odds with
the goals of state and federal antitrust laws which include prioritizing competition and efficiency.
(5) It is the intent of the Legislature, by passage of...
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45-49-221.01
Section 45-49-221.01 Exemption of certain metal structures from inspection requirements and
building codes. (a) In the unincorporated areas of Mobile County, a metal structure or metal
shed which is used for a hunting camp, hunting club, or hunting lodge shall be exempt from
the inspection requirements of county ordinances and the county building code relating to
plumbing, electricity, and other utilities. The term county building code as used in this
subsection shall mean the state building code as permissively adopted by Mobile County under
Section 41-9-166. (b)(1) In order to qualify for the exemption established by this section,
all owners of record of the realty on which the hunting camp, hunting club, or hunting lodge
is located shall execute before a notary public a release: a. Identifying the metal structure
or metal shed located on the property which is to be used exclusively for a hunting camp,
hunting club, or hunting lodge. b. Certifying that the structure is and, for the...
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