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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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25-5-292
Section 25-5-292 Resolution of disputes, settlement agreements; written reports; interlocutory
orders; final determinations of liability. (a) A dispute may be resolved either in whole or
in part at the benefit review conference. If the conference results in the resolution of some
of the disputed issues by mutual agreement or in a settlement, the ombudsman shall reduce
the agreement or the settlement to writing. The ombudsman and each party or the designated
representative of the party shall sign the agreement or settlement. A settlement reached hereunder
shall, unless otherwise provided herein, be effective on the date the settlement is signed
unless one of the parties submits the settlement to the court for approval as provided in
this article. (b) An agreement signed pursuant to this section shall be binding on all parties
through the final conclusion of all matters relating to the claim, unless within 60 days after
the agreement is signed or approved the court on a finding of fraud,...
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25-5-1
an artificial member of the body by accidental means. (8) INJURIES BY AN ACCIDENT ARISING OUT
OF AND IN THE COURSE OF THE EMPLOYMENT. Without otherwise affecting either the meaning or
interpretation of the clause, the clause does not cover workers except while engaged in or
about the premises where their services are being performed or where their service requires
their presence as a part of service at the time of the accident and during the hours of service
as workers. (9) INJURY. "Injury and personal injury"
shall mean only injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment,
and shall not include a disease in any form, except for an occupational disease or where it
results naturally and unavoidably from the accident. Injury shall include physical
injury caused either by carpal tunnel syndrome disorder or by other cumulative trauma
disorder if either disorder arises out of and in the course of the employment, and breakage
or damage to eyeglasses, hearing aids,...
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20-2-190
Section 20-2-190 Penalties; sale of ephedrine, etc.; Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force. (a) Any
person who manufactures, sells, transfers, receives, or possesses a listed precursor chemical
violates this article if the person: (1) Knowingly fails to comply with the reporting requirements
of this article; (2) Knowingly makes a false statement in a report or record required by this
article or the rules adopted thereunder; (3) Is required by this article to have a listed
precursor chemical license or permit, and is a person as defined by this article, and knowingly
or deliberately fails to obtain such a license or permit. An offense under this subsection
shall constitute a Class C felony. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 20-2-188,
a person who possesses, sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes or attempts to solicit another
or conspires to possess, sell, transfer, or otherwise furnish a listed precursor chemical
or a product containing a precursor chemical or ephedrine or...
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25-4-51
Section 25-4-51 Rates of contributions, etc., by employers. (a) Contributions. Except as hereinafter
provided and subject to the provisions of Section 25-4-54, every employer shall pay contributions,
or payments in lieu of contributions, equal to the percentages of wages payable or paid as
hereinafter set out, with respect to employment by him. (1) With respect to employment during
calendar years after December 31, 1975, every employer who has been liable to the provisions
of this chapter during a period of time sufficient to have his rate of contribution determined
under the experience rating provisions of Section 25-4-54 shall pay contributions at the rate
prescribed thereby. (2) With respect to employment after December 31, 1975, every employer
who has not been liable to the provisions of this chapter for a sufficient length of time
to have his rate determined under the experience rating provisions of Section 25-4-54 shall
pay contributions at the rate of 2.70 percent of such wages...
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16-44B-1
Commission may deem appropriate. The executive director shall serve as secretary to the Interstate
Commission, but shall not be a Member of the Interstate Commission. The executive director
shall hire and supervise such other persons as may be authorized by the Interstate Commission.
D. The Interstate Commission's executive director and its employees shall be immune from suit
and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for a claim for damage to
or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused or arising
out of or relating to an actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred, or that
such person had a reasonable basis for believing occurred, within the scope of Interstate
Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided, that such person shall not be
protected from suit or liability for damage, loss, injury, or liability caused by the
intentional or willful and wanton misconduct of such person. 1. The liability of...
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25-5-291
Section 25-5-291 Benefit review conferences. A benefit review conference is a nonadversarial,
informal dispute resolution proceeding designed to: (1) Explain, orally and in writing, the
rights of the respective parties to a workers' compensation claim and the procedures necessary
to protect those rights. (2) Discuss the facts of the claim, review available information
in order to evaluate the claim, and delineate the disputed issues. (3) Mediate and resolve
disputed issues by mutual agreement of the parties in accordance with this article and the
policies of the department. (Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, ยง38.)...
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16-22A-9
Section 16-22A-9 Collection and transfer of fingerprints, fees, and information. (a) Local
employing boards and other public authorized employers required to obtain criminal history
background information checks under this chapter shall collect and forward to the State Department
of Education, two complete acceptable sets of fingerprints, written consent, and nonrefundable
fee, when applicable, from applicants for certification, applicants for public employment,
or public current employees under review, who have or seek to have unsupervised access to
a child or children. (b) Nonpublic school employers shall voluntarily collect and forward
two complete acceptable sets of fingerprints, written consent, and nonrefundable fee, when
applicable, from applicants for nonpublic employment, nonpublic current employees, or nonpublic
current employees under review, who have or seek to have unsupervised access to a child or
children, to the Department of Public Safety to request a criminal history...
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25-5-293
and insurers operating in Alabama shall, at the secretary's request, provide the secretary
such data as he or she deems necessary to evaluate costs and quality. The data shall be provided
in the form and content to the secretary's specifications and in a manner deemed timely by
the secretary. The secretary may gather from health care claims intermediaries that operate
in Alabama any claims data related to diagnoses and procedures encountered in the treatment
of workers'-compensation-type injury and illness in Alabama. Results from all data
gathered shall be made available to employers or their representatives for use in decisions
regarding the direction of care or to determine appropriateness of reimbursement. (i) Beginning
immediately after May 19, 1992, and to be completed within six months thereafter, the secretary
may engage an independent firm to identify the initial costs for the program. These initial
expenses shall include, but not be limited to, the establishment of a data...
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11-51-186
Section 11-51-186 Taxpayer rights; responsibilities of municipality; abatement of penalty.
(a) Rights of the taxpayer. (1) At or before the commencement of an examination of the books
and records of a taxpayer, the taxing jurisdiction shall provide to the taxpayer a written
description, in simple and non-technical terms, of the role of the taxing jurisdiction and
the taxpayer during the examination and a statement of the taxpayer's rights. (2) At or before
the issuance of a preliminary assessment, the taxing jurisdiction shall provide to the taxpayer
in simple and non-technical terms: a. A written description of the basis for the assessment
and any penalty asserted with respect to the assessment. b. A written description of the method
by which the taxpayer may request an administrative review of the preliminary assessment.
(3) At or before the issuance of a final assessment, the taxing jurisdiction shall inform
the taxpayer by a written statement of his or her right to appeal to the...
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