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22-11A-112
Section 22-11A-112 Health care facility acquired infection data collection and dissemination.
(a) The board, upon consultation with and approval of the council, shall establish and maintain
a system for the protection, collection, and dissemination of health care facility acquired
infection data. (b) The health care facility acquired infection data collection, and dissemination
shall become operational within 12 months after the State Health Officer certifies to the
Governor in writing that the department has sufficient funds to finance its development, implementation,
and operation. (c) The department may contract for any services needed to carry out the provisions
of this article. (Act 2009-490, p. 900, ยง3.)...
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27-51-1
Section 27-51-1 Payment for services of licensed physician assistant. (a) An insurance policy
or contract providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses
shall include a provision for the payment to a supervising physician for necessary medical
or surgical services that are provided by a licensed physician assistant practicing under
the supervision of the physician, and pursuant to the rules, regulations, and parameters for
physician assistants, if the policy or contract pays for the same care and treatment provided
by a licensed physician or doctor of osteopathy. (b) An insurance policy or contract subject
to this section shall not impose a practice or supervision restriction which is inconsistent
with or more restrictive than provided by law. (c) This section shall apply to services provided
under a policy or contract delivered, continued, or renewed in this state on or after August
1, 1997, and to any existing policy or contract, on the policy's or...
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22-15A-8
Section 22-15A-8 Enforcement of chapter; reporting violations. (a) The department, in cooperation
with other agencies, shall enforce this chapter and to implement enforcement shall adopt,
in consultation with the State Fire Marshal, rules specifying procedures to be followed by
enforcement personnel in investigating complaints and notifying alleged violators and rules
specifying procedures by which appeals may be taken by aggrieved parties. (b) Public agencies
responsible for the management and maintenance of government buildings shall report observed
violations to the department. The State Fire Marshal shall report to the department observed
violations of Section 22-15A-5 or Section 22-15A-6 found during its periodic inspections conducted
pursuant to its regulatory authority. The department or division, upon notification of observed
violations of Section 22-15A-5 or Section 22-15A-6, shall issue to the proprietor or other
person in charge of the public place a notice to comply with...
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22-13A-4
Section 22-13A-4 Establishment and promotion of program; duties of officer; strategies for
raising public awareness and educating consumers and professionals. (a) The State Department
of Health, hereinafter referred to as "the department," shall establish, promote,
and maintain an osteoporosis prevention and treatment education program in order to raise
public awareness, educate consumers, educate and train health professionals, teachers, and
human service providers, and for other purposes. (b) For purposes of administering this chapter,
the State Health Officer shall do all of the following: (1) Provide sufficient staff to implement
the Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Program. (2) Provide appropriate training
for staff of the Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Program. (3) Identify the
appropriate entities to carry out the program. (4) Base the program on the most up-to-date
scientific information and findings. (5) Work to improve the capacity of...
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22-23-21
Section 22-23-21 Notification of permanent change in fluoridation status. (a) A public water
system, as defined in Section 22-23-31, that proposes to initiate any permanent change in
the fluoridation status of its water supply, including, but not limited to, discontinuing
the fluoridation of the water supply or reducing the level of fluoride from an optimal level
as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall provide written notice
to the State Health Officer no fewer than 90 days before initiating the change. Notice shall
include the proposed date of the change, reasons for the change, and all communities affected
by the change. (b) A public water system that fails to meet the notification requirements
of subsection (a) shall resume the fluoridation of its water supply to its previous level
until proper notice is provided to the State Health Officer. (c) The notification requirements
of subsection (a) do not apply to a temporary discontinuance of fluoridation that...
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27-52-3
Section 27-52-3 Additional powers; guidelines. (a) The commissioner shall, by regulation, establish
additional powers and duties of the plan and may adopt such rules as are necessary and proper
to implement this article. For the purpose of this section, the term "insurer" means
any entity covered by the Health Insurance Portability Act, including, but not limited to,
as the terms are defined in the Health Insurance Portability Act, a health insurance issuer,
a health maintenance organization and, notwithstanding Section 10-4-115, any health benefit
plan. In the case of a self-funded health benefit plan operating through a third party administrator,
the third party administrator shall be the insurer for the purpose of this section. The commissioner
may, by regulation, define health insurance premiums consistent with the purpose of this section.
(b) The regulations shall set forth coverage eligibility criteria consistent with the requirements
of Health Insurance Portability and...
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38-9A-5
Section 38-9A-5 State Support Council. (a) The State Support Council is created and shall be
comprised of not more than 15 consumer and family members. Of these, there will be three representatives
appointed by each regional support council. These shall include a regional council officer,
one other regional council member, and a community council member. Additionally, the following
individuals or their designees shall serve as nonvoting advisory members: The Chair of the
Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources,
the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, the State Superintendent of Education,
the Director of the Department of Rehabilitation Services, and the State Health Officer of
the Department of Public Health. The State Support Council shall provide a forum for the development
of a state plan for an individual and family support system reflecting the experiences and
needs of each region which shall be updated at...
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22-52-92
Section 22-52-92 Applicability to counties. (a) This article shall not be applicable to any
county unless and until the judge of probate with the approval of the county commission of
that particular county makes a finding that there exists in the county provisions for implementation
of the community mental health officer program and the necessary facilities to detain persons
pursuant to this article. In that event, the judge of probate shall open a case under a docket
number and enter therein findings upon the records of the court which shall also expressly
state the intention thereby to invoke this article. Notification and a copy of the court's
findings and statement shall be served on all designated mental health facilities located
within the county, all law enforcement agencies within the county, the Commissioner of the
state Department of Mental Health, the state Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the
Governor of the State of Alabama, and any other persons deemed...
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22-6-163
Section 22-6-163 Legislative findings; rules; collaboration; approval of agreements and contracts;
state action immunity; confidentiality of records; additional duties. (a) The Legislature
declares that collaboration among public payers, private health carriers, third party purchasers,
and providers to identify appropriate service delivery systems and reimbursement methods in
order to align incentives in support of integrated and coordinated health care delivery is
in the best interest of the public. Collaboration pursuant to this article is to provide quality
health care at the lowest possible cost to Alabama citizens who are Medicaid eligible. The
Legislature, therefore, declares that this health care delivery system affirmatively contemplates
the foreseeable displacement of competition, such that any anti-competitive effect may be
attributed to the state's policy to displace competition in the delivery of a coordinated
system of health care for the public benefit. In furtherance of...
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26-16-9
Section 26-16-9 Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board - Disbursement generally. (a) The
state board may authorize the disbursement of available money from the trust fund exclusively
for the following purposes, which are listed in the order of preference for expenditure: (1)
To fund a private nonprofit or public organization in the development or operation of a program
if at least all of the following conditions are met: a. The appropriate local council has
reviewed the program. This paragraph does not apply if a local council does not exist for
the geographic area to be served by the program. b. The organization demonstrates an ability
to match, through money or in-kind services, 50 percent of the amount of any trust fund money
received. Not more than 50 percent of the local match shall be in in-kind services. In-kind
services are subject to the approval of the state board. c. The organization demonstrates
a willingness and ability to provide program models and consultation to...
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