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27-56-4
Section 27-56-4 Prohibited activities. An insurance policy, plan, or contract providing for
third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses shall not do any of the following:
(1) Impose a practice restriction for optometrists which is inconsistent with or more restrictive
than provided by law. (2) Discriminate between classes of eye care providers with respect
to any covered service which falls within the scope of the eye care provider's license. (3)
Require an eye care provider to hold hospital privileges as a condition of participation in
or receiving payment from the policy, plan, or contract. (4) Impose any restriction not required
by law based on the eye care provider's professional degree. (5) Discriminate between eye
care providers in connection with the amount of reimbursement for the provision of the same
services. (6) Require an eye care provider to purchase or maintain a minimum quantity or minimum
dollar amount of a specified brand of ophthalmic materials as...
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27-21A-22
Section 27-21A-22 Penalties and enforcement. (a) The commissioner may, in lieu of suspension
or revocation of a certificate of authority under Section 27-21A-17, levy an administrative
penalty in an amount not less than $500.00 nor more than $5,000.00, if reasonable notice in
writing is given of the intent to levy the penalty and the health maintenance organization
has a reasonable time within which to remedy the defect in its operations which gave rise
to the penalty citation. The commissioner may augment this penalty by an amount equal to the
sum that he calculates to be the damages suffered by enrollees or other members of the public.
All moneys collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the General Fund.
(b)(1) If the commissioner or the State Health Officer shall for any reason have cause to
believe that any violation of this chapter has occurred or is threatened, the commissioner
or State Health Officer may give notice to the health maintenance organization...
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27-42-3
Section 27-42-3 Applicability of chapter. This chapter shall apply to all kinds of direct insurance,
excluding all of the following: (1) Life, annuity, health, or disability insurance. (2) Mortgage
guaranty, financial guaranty, or other forms of insurance offering protection against investment
risks. (3) Fidelity or surety bonds, or any other bonding obligations. (4) Credit insurance,
vendors' single interest insurance, or collateral protection insurance or any similar insurance
protecting the interests of a creditor arising out of a creditor-debtor transaction. (5) Insurance
of warranties or service contracts, including insurance that provides for the repair, replacement,
or service of goods or property, or indemnification for repair, replacement, or service, for
the operational or structural failure of the goods or property due to a defect in materials,
workmanship, or normal wear and tear, or provides reimbursement for the liability incurred
by the issuer of agreements or service...
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27-55-8
Section 27-55-8 Construction. This chapter does not and shall not be construed as creating
a private cause of action and does not and shall not require insurers, including any health
benefit plan, to extend coverage to any providers or type of providers for which coverage
is not specifically provided within the policy or certificate of insurance or health benefit
plan, or to add additional providers to existing networks, or to add any health care benefits.
(Act 2000-595, p. 1185, §8.)...
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31-12-7
Section 31-12-7 Health insurance for public employees; participation in retirement systems.
(a) Any public employee who receives compensation from a public employer as provided by this
chapter, while he or she is serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States,
may elect to continue with his or her individual or dependent coverage under the health insurance
plan of the public employer for the duration of the time he or she receives the compensation.
Premiums for dependent coverage shall be deducted from the compensation in the amount in effect
at the time for an active employee with dependent coverage. (b) Any public employee covered
under the Employees' Retirement System or the Teachers' Retirement System who is serving on
active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States during the war on terrorism that commenced
in September 2001, as determined by the Adjutant General of the Alabama National Guard, shall
be deemed an active and contributing member of the...
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34-9-7
Section 34-9-7 Exemption of certain practices and operations. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall
apply to the following practices, acts, and operations: (1) The practice of his or her profession
by a physician or surgeon holding a certificate of qualification as a medical doctor and licensed
as such under the laws of this state, provided he or she shall not practice dentistry as a
specialty. (2) The practice of dentistry in the discharge of their official duties by graduate
dentists or dental surgeons in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, or other armed services,
public health service including, but not limited to, a federally qualified health center authorized
and operating under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 254B), provided,
however, that such federally qualified health centers shall register pursuant to Section 34-9-7.2
(provided further however, dentists, dental hygienists, and other personnel employed by any
public health service which performs...
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38-7-3
Section 38-7-3 License to operate or conduct child-care facility - Requirements; recordkeeping;
parental notifications, etc.; affidavits; inspections and investigations. (a) No person, group
of persons, or corporation may operate or conduct any facility for child care, as defined
in this chapter, without being licensed or approved as provided in this chapter. (b)(1) Except
as provided in subdivision (2), the licensure requirements of this chapter do not apply to
a child-care facility that is operating as an integral part of a local church ministry or
a religious nonprofit school, and is so recognized in the church or school's documents, whether
operated separately or as a part of a religious nonprofit school unit, secondary school unit,
or institution of higher learning under the governing board or authority of the local church
or its convention, association, or regional body to which it may be subject. (2) A child-care
facility that receives state or federal funds or is operating for...
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20-3-2
Section 20-3-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY. An institution or facility licensed as an assisted
living facility under regulations of the State Board of Health. (2) CHARITABLE CLINIC. The
term includes an established free medical clinic as defined in subdivision (1) of Section
6-5-662 and any community health center provided for under the federal Public Health Service
Law. (3) CHARITABLE PATIENT. For purposes of this chapter, the term shall not include patients
who are eligible to receive drugs under the Alabama Medicaid Program or under any other prescription
drug program funded in whole or in part by the state. (4) DRUGS. All medicinal substances
and preparations recognized by the United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary, or
any revision thereof, and all substances and preparations intended for external and internal
use in the cure, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of...
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22-11D-2
Section 22-11D-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) BOARD. The State Board of Health. (2) COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. A radio and land
line network complying with the board's rules and which provides rapid public access, coordinated
central dispatching of services, and coordination of personnel, equipment, and facilities
in the trauma and health system. (3) COUNCIL. The Statewide Trauma and Health System Advisory
Council. (4) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public Health. (5) DESIGNATION. A formal
determination by the department that a hospital is capable of providing designated trauma
or other specific health care as authorized by this chapter. (6) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE.
The organization responding to a perceived individual's need for immediate medical care in
order to prevent loss of life or aggravation of physiological or psychological illness or
injury. (7) HEALTH CARE CENTER. A hospital that voluntarily...
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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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