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22-20-3.1
Section 22-20-3.1 Educational information on pertussis to be provided prior to discharge of
newborn child. (a) During the postpartum period, before discharging a newborn child, a hospital
shall provide parents with educational information on pertussis disease. The information provided
to parents shall contain the following statement: Pertussis, whooping cough, can cause serious
illness in infants, children, and adults and can even be life-threatening, especially in infants.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the most effective way
to prevent pertussis is through vaccination of both children and parents. For more information
on protecting your child by obtaining the pertussis vaccination please contact your physician,
county health department, or the Alabama Department of Public Health. (b) Nothing in this
section shall require any hospital to provide or pay for any vaccination against pertussis.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to establish...
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22-6-221
Section 22-6-221 Service by integrated care network; board of directors. (a) An integrated
care network shall serve only Medicaid beneficiaries in providing medical care and services.
For the purposes of this article, a beneficiary cannot be a member of both an integrated care
network and a regional care organization. (b) An integrated care network shall provide required
medical care and services to Medicaid beneficiaries and may coordinate care provided by or
through an affiliation of other health care providers or other programs as the Medicaid Agency
shall determine. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the integrated care network
shall not be deemed an insurance company under state law. (d)(1) An integrated care network
shall have a governing board of directors composed of the following members: a. Twelve members
shall be persons representing risk bearing participants. A participant bears risk by contributing
cash, capital, or other assets to the integrated care network....
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27-55-3
designated as a beneficiary of the policy, and if: (1) The applicant or prospective owner of
the policy lacks an insurable interest in the prospective insured. (2) The applicant or prospective
owner of the policy is known on the basis of medical, police, or court records to have committed
an act of abuse against the prospective insured. (3) The insured or prospective insured is
a subject of abuse, and that person, or a person who has assumed the care of that person,
if a minor or incapacitated, has objected to the issuance of the policy on the ground that
the policy would be issued to or for the direct or indirect benefit of the abuser. (h) An
insurer shall not be held civilly or criminally liable for the death of or injury to
an insured resulting from any action taken in a good faith effort to comply with the requirements
of this chapter. This subsection does not prevent an action by the commissioner to investigate
or enforce a violation of this chapter. (Act 2000-595, p. 1185, ยง3.)...
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34-25A-3
and require the generation of an image, form, or mold that replicates the patient's body or
body segment and involves the rectification of dimensions, contours, and volumes to achieve
proper fit, comfort, and function for that specific patient. Except for the treatment of scoliosis,
orthosis does not include prefabricated or direct-formed orthotic devices, as defined in this
subdivision and does not include any of the following items: Commercially available knee orthoses
used following injury or surgery; upper extremity adaptive equipment; finger splints;
leather wrist gauntlets; face masks used following burns; wheelchair seating that is an integral
part of the wheelchair and not worn by the patient independent of the wheelchair; fabric or
elastic supports; corsets; arch supports, also known as non-custom or prefabricated orthotics;
low-temperature formed plastic splints; trusses; elastic hose; canes; crutches; cervical collars;
dental appliances, and other similar devices as...
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34-9-6.1
Section 34-9-6.1 Mobile dental facilities or portable dental operations. (a) For purposes of
this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) DENTAL HOME. The dental
home is the ongoing relationship between the dentist and the patient, inclusive of all aspects
of oral health care, delivered in a comprehensive, continuously accessible, coordinated, and
family-centered way. (2) MOBILE DENTAL FACILITY. Any self-contained facility in which dentistry
or dental hygiene is practiced which may be moved, towed, or transported from one location
to another. (3) OPERATOR. A person licensed to practice dentistry in this state or an entity
which is approved as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code which
employs dentists licensed in the state to operate a mobile dental facility or portable dental
operation. (4) PORTABLE DENTAL OPERATION. The use of portable dental delivery equipment which
is set up on site to provide dental services outside of a mobile...
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16-1-49
Section 16-1-49 Information on influenza and it vaccine to be provided to parents and guardians
of students. (a) If a local board of education provides information on immunizations, infectious
diseases, medications, or other school health issues to parents and guardians of students
in grades K through 12, then all of the following information about influenza disease and
its vaccine shall be included: (1) A description of causes, symptoms, and means of transmission.
(2) A list of sources for additional information. (3) Related recommendations issued by the
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the federal Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. (b) The Department of Education, in cooperation with the Department of Public
Health, shall develop and make available the information about influenza disease and its vaccine
to local school systems as required under subsection (a) in an efficient manner that may include
posting the information on its website. (c) A board, board...
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22-21-265
Section 22-21-265 Certificates of need - Required for new institutional health service. (a)
On or after July 30, 1979, no person to which this article applies shall acquire, construct,
or operate a new institutional health service, as defined in this article, or furnish or offer,
or purport to furnish a new institutional health service, as defined in this article, or make
an arrangement or commitment for financing the offering of a new institutional health service,
unless the person shall first obtain from the SHPDA a certificate of need therefor. Notwithstanding
any provisions of this article to the contrary, those facilities and distinct units operated
by the Department of Mental Health, and those facilities and distinct units operating under
contract or subcontract with the Department of Mental Health where the contract constitutes
the primary source of income to the facility, shall not be required to obtain a certificate
of need under this article. (b) Notwithstanding all other...
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34-24-360
Section 34-24-360 Restrictions, etc., on license; grounds. The Medical Licensure Commission
shall have the power and duty to suspend, revoke, or restrict any license to practice medicine
or osteopathy in the State of Alabama or place on probation or fine any licensee whenever
the licensee shall be found guilty on the basis of substantial evidence of any of the following
acts or offenses: (1) Fraud in applying for or procuring a certificate of qualification to
practice medicine or osteopathy or a license to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State
of Alabama. (2) Unprofessional conduct as defined herein or in the rules and regulations promulgated
by the commission. (3) Practicing medicine or osteopathy in such a manner as to endanger the
health of the patients of the practitioner. (4) Conviction of a felony; a copy of the record
of conviction, certified to by the clerk of the court entering the conviction, shall be conclusive
evidence. (5) Conviction of any crime or offense which...
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22-18-1
Section 22-18-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN. Any person 18 years of age or older who satisfies all of the following: a. Has
successfully completed the advanced emergency medical technician course of instruction, or
its equivalent, as approved by the State Board of Health. b. Has passed the state Advanced
EMT examination, as well as having met the requirements for becoming a licensed emergency
medical technician. c. Has been granted a license by the State Board of Health. (2) ADVANCED
LIFE SUPPORT (ALS). The treatment of potentially life-threatening medical emergencies through
the use of invasive medical techniques specified as advanced life support techniques by the
Board of Health, which ordinarily would be performed or provided by licensed physicians, but
which may be performed by emergency medical service personnel during emergencies...
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34-21-93.1
Section 34-21-93.1 Signature authority for health care forms, etc. (a) When any law or rule
requires a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or endorsement by a physician,
the document shall be deemed to authorize a signature, certification, stamp, verification,
affidavit, or endorsement by a certified registered nurse practitioner or certified nurse
midwife for the items listed in this section. The authority in this section for a certified
registered nurse practitioner and a certified nurse midwife shall be subject to an active
collaboration agreement. This section applies to all of the following: (1) Certification of
disability for patients to receive special access parking or disability access parking tags
or placards. (2) A signature required for any of the following: a. The following documents
that require a complete history and physical examination consistent with the examining provider's
scope of practice and certification: 1. Physicals for bus drivers in...
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