Code of Alabama
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.

Section 22-21-3 - Scholarships for Professional and Technical Personnel at Public Hospitals. - (a) This section shall apply to any public hospital in...

Section 22-21-4 - Annual Audit of Books and Records of Publicly Owned Medical Institutions. - (a) The books and records of publicly owned hospitals, nursing...

Section 22-21-5 - Incorporation of Public Bodies Created Under Chapter; Powers of Same. - (a) Any public body heretofore or hereafter created and established...

Section 22-21-6 - Certain Public Hospital Corporations Exempted From Usury and Interest Rate Limitation Laws. - (a) Bonds, notes and other securities issued by any public...

Section 22-21-7 - Itemized Statement of Services Rendered to Be Furnished Patient Upon Request; Provisions of Statement; Itemization of Services and Expenses; Action by Attorney General; Payment of Claims by Insurance Companies. - (a) For the purposes of this section, the term "hospital"...

Section 22-21-8 - Confidentiality of Accreditation, Quality Assurance Credentialling Materials, Etc. - (a) Accreditation, quality assurance and similar materials as used in...

Section 22-21-9 - Name Tags, etc., Required for Nurses. - (a) Each health care provider and facility in Alabama which...

Section 22-21-10 - Flu and Pneumonia Vaccinations for Long Term Care Facility Residents and Employees. - (a) As used in this section, the following words have...

Section 22-21-11 - Mandatory Reporting of Any Injury Resulting From Gunshot; Liability. - (a) Any physician, nurse, or employee thereof or agent of...

Article 2 - Licensing of Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Other Health Care Institutions.

Section 22-21-20 - Definitions. - For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall...

Section 22-21-21 - Purpose of Article. - The purpose of this article is to promote the public...

Section 22-21-22 - License - Required; Exceptions. - No person shall establish, conduct or maintain any hospital as...

Section 22-21-23 - License - Application. - Any person desiring licensing under this article shall apply to...

Section 22-21-24 - License - Fees; Expiration and Renewal; Accreditation. - The application for a license to operate a hospital other...

Section 22-21-25 - License - Issuance; Suspension or Revocation; New Applications After Revocation. - (a) The State Board of Health may grant licenses for...

Section 22-21-26 - License - Judicial Review of Suspension or Revocation. - Any party aggrieved by a final decision or order of...

Section 22-21-27 - Advisory Board. - (a) There shall be an advisory board of 17 members...

Section 22-21-28 - Rules and Regulations. - (a) In the manner provided in this section, the State...

Section 22-21-29 - Inspections. - (a) Every hospital licensed under this article shall be open...

Section 22-21-30 - Disclosure of Information. - Information received by the State Board of Health through on-site...

Section 22-21-31 - Practice of Medicine, etc., Not Authorized; Child Placing. - Nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing any...

Section 22-21-33 - Penalties for Operation of or Referring Persons to Unlicensed Hospital. - (a)(1) Any individual, association, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or...

Section 22-21-34 - Assisted Living Facility, etc., Rising to Level of Intermediate Care. - Under the circumstances listed below, an assisted living facility or...

Section 22-21-35 - Licensure of Abortion Clinic or Reproductive Health Center Located Within 2,000 Feet of a K-8 Public School. - (a) For the purposes of this section, the term public...

Article 2A - Review of New Construction, Addition, or Alteration of Hospital or Health Care Facility by Board of Health.

Section 22-21-40 - Approval of Design and Construction of Project. - No licensee of the State Board of Health or Department...

Section 22-21-41 - Duties of State Board of Health. - When the State Board of Health receives submittals of plans,...

Section 22-21-42 - Review and Final Inspection. - The State Board of Health shall send written review comments...

Section 22-21-43 - Schedule of Fees. - The State Board of Health may charge fees in accordance...

Section 22-21-44 - Payment of Fees. - An initial fee payment of five hundred dollars ($500) shall...

Section 22-21-45 - Rules and Regulations; Review by Advisory Board. - The State Board of Health shall establish rules and regulations...

Section 22-21-46 - Plan Review Fund. - There is established a separate special revenue trust fund in...

Article 3 - Public Hospital Associations.

Section 22-21-50 - Proceedings to Establish. - (a) Any one or more local governing bodies located in...

Section 22-21-51 - Directors - Appointment; Term; Vacancies; Quorum; Compensation; Loss of Seat. - (a) A hospital association shall consist of the directors appointed...

Section 22-21-52 - Directors - Annual Meeting; Constitution and Bylaws; Executive Committee. - The directors shall meet annually and shall adopt a constitution...

Section 22-21-53 - Powers. - (a) Any district or regional hospital association is hereby authorized...

Section 22-21-54 - Validation of Noncomplying Associations. - In all cases where the county commission of a county...

Section 22-21-55 - Dissolution. - Any hospital association organized under the provisions of this article...

Section 22-21-56 - Appropriations by Local Political Subdivisions. - The governing bodies of each local political subdivision involved are...

Section 22-21-57 - Effect of Article on Local Executive Committees. - Nothing in this article shall be construed to mean that...

Article 4 - County Hospital Boards and Corporations.

Division 1 - Hospital Boards.

Section 22-21-70 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this division, the following terms shall...

Section 22-21-71 - Purpose and Construction of Division. - It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage...

Section 22-21-72 - Incorporation - Application. - Whenever any number of natural persons, not less than three,...

Section 22-21-73 - Incorporation - Certificate of Incorporation - Form and Contents; Approval by County Commission; Validation of Certain Certificates of Incorporation. - (a) The certificate of incorporation shall state: (1) The name...

Section 22-21-74 - Incorporation - Certificate of Incorporation - Filing; Amendments. - (a) The certificate of incorporation shall have attached thereto a...

Section 22-21-75 - Incorporation - Certificate of Incorporation - Validation of Noncomplying Corporations. - In all cases where the county commission of a county...

Section 22-21-76 - Board of Directors. - The corporation shall have a board of directors, which shall...

Section 22-21-77 - Powers of Corporation. - The corporation shall have the following powers, together with all...

Section 22-21-78 - Borrowing by Corporation. - (a) All securities of the corporation shall be signed by...

Section 22-21-79 - Investment of Trust Funds in Corporation's Securities. - Unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof or...

Section 22-21-80 - Taxation Exemptions. - All real, personal and mixed property that may be owned...

Section 22-21-81 - Transfer of Hospitals and Funds by Counties or Municipalities. - The county in which the corporation is organized, and any...

Section 22-21-82 - Dissolution of Corporation. - At any time when the corporation owns no property and...

Section 22-21-83 - Division Cumulative. - This division shall not be construed as a restriction or...

Division 2 - Hospital Corporations.

Section 22-21-100 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this division, the following terms shall...

Section 22-21-101 - Designation as Agency to Operate, etc., Public Hospital Facilities. - The county commission of any county in which a special...

Section 22-21-102 - Special County Tax - Payment to Hospital Corporation. - When a hospital corporation has been designated as the agency...

Section 22-21-103 - Special County Tax - Validation of Elections - Generally. - All elections which have heretofore been held in any county...

Section 22-21-104 - Special County Tax - Validation of Elections - Counties With Population Less Than 50,000. - Every election heretofore held in any county in this state,...

Section 22-21-105 - Special County Tax - Validation of Elections - Elections Under Amendment 72 of Constitution. - Every election heretofore held in any county in this state...

Section 22-21-106 - Issuance of Securities - in Anticipation of Tax; Funds From Which Payable; Nature of Obligation. - Any hospital corporation may anticipate the proceeds from any special...

Section 22-21-107 - Issuance of Securities - Terms, Conditions, etc.; Pledge of Revenues; Mortgages; Foreclosure Prohibited. - Securities issued under this division may contain such other terms,...

Section 22-21-108 - Issuance of Securities - Execution and Delivery; Interest; Payment; Refunding; Status; Tax Exemption. - Securities of the hospital corporation may be executed and delivered...

Section 22-21-109 - Issuance of Securities - Sale; Expenses, Etc. - All securities issued under this division may be sold, either...

Section 22-21-110 - Issuance of Securities - Investment of Trust Funds. - Unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof and...

Section 22-21-111 - Issuance of Securities - Incontestability. - Securities reciting that they are issued pursuant to the terms...

Section 22-21-112 - Issuance of Securities - Validation Prior to Issuance. - The directors of any hospital corporation may, in their discretion,...

Article 5 - Municipal Hospital Building Authorities.

Section 22-21-130 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated, the...

Section 22-21-131 - Purpose and Construction of Article. - It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage...

Section 22-21-132 - Incorporation - Application; Resolution. - Whenever any number of natural persons, not less than three,...

Section 22-21-133 - Incorporation - Certificate of Incorporation - Contents; Amendments. - (a) The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state:...

Section 22-21-134 - Incorporation - Certificate of Incorporation - Filing. - The certificate of incorporation, having attached thereto: (1) A certified...

Section 22-21-135 - Board of Directors. - (a) The authority shall have a board of directors composed...

Section 22-21-136 - Officers. - The officers of the authority shall consist of a president,...

Section 22-21-137 - Powers - Generally. - The authority shall have the following powers and capacities, among...

Section 22-21-138 - Powers - Eminent Domain. - The authority shall have the same power of eminent domain...

Section 22-21-139 - Conveyance of Property by Municipalities. - The municipality is hereby authorized to convey to the authority,...

Section 22-21-140 - Lease Agreements With Municipality. - (a) Authorization of lease. The authority and the municipality are...

Section 22-21-141 - Bonds - Revenue. - The authority is empowered, at any time and from time...

Section 22-21-142 - Bonds - Refunding. - The authority may at any time and from time to...

Section 22-21-143 - Bonds - Execution. - The bonds of the authority shall be signed by either...

Section 22-21-144 - Bonds - Security. - The principal of, and the interest on, the bonds shall...

Section 22-21-145 - Bonds - Recital and Notice of Issuance; Limitation on Actions to Contest. - Any resolution authorizing any bonds under this article shall contain...

Section 22-21-146 - Bonds - Legal Investment - Banks, Insurers and Fiduciaries. - Bonds issued under the provisions of this article are hereby...

Section 22-21-147 - Bonds - Legal Investment - Municipal Funds. - The governing body is authorized, in its discretion, to invest...

Section 22-21-148 - Bonds - Negotiable Instruments. - All bonds issued by the authority, while not registered, shall...

Section 22-21-149 - Bonds - Use of Proceeds. - (a) The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds...

Section 22-21-150 - Bonds - Default. - (a) In event of default on bonds. If there should...

Section 22-21-151 - Obligations Not Debt of State or Municipality. - All obligations incurred by the authority and all bonds issued...

Section 22-21-152 - Investment of Funds. - (a) Any portion of the principal proceeds derived from the...

Section 22-21-153 - Taxation Exemption. - The properties of the authority, and the income therefrom, all...

Section 22-21-154 - Dissolution. - At any time when the authority does not have any...

Section 22-21-155 - Article Cumulative. - This article shall not be construed as a restriction or...

Section 22-21-156 - Lease of Hospitals, Buildings or Facilities to Public or Nonprofit Corporations. - Any public corporation heretofore or hereafter incorporated and existing under...

Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities.

Section 22-21-170 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated, the...

Section 22-21-171 - Purpose and Construction of Article. - It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage...

Section 22-21-172 - Incorporation - Authority. - Any county and any one or more municipalities located, in...

Section 22-21-173 - Incorporation - Certificate of Incorporation - Contents; Acknowledgment; Filing. - The certificate of incorporation of any public corporation incorporated under...

Section 22-21-174 - Incorporation - Certificate of Incorporation - Amendment. - The certificate of incorporation of any public corporation incorporated under...

Section 22-21-175 - Board of Directors. - (a) The corporation shall have a board of directors in...

Section 22-21-176 - Officers; Personnel. - The officers of the corporation shall consist of a chairman,...

Section 22-21-177 - Formation of Other Corporations. - The formation of one corporation under the provisions of this...

Section 22-21-178 - Governmental Sovereignty or Immunity. - No hospital authorized under this article shall have governmental sovereignty...

Section 22-21-179 - Powers of Corporation. - The corporation shall have all the powers and authority inhering...

Section 22-21-180 - Eminent Domain. - The corporation shall not have the power of eminent domain.

Section 22-21-181 - Transfer of Funds and Assets by Counties and Municipalities. - The county in which the corporation is organized, any municipality...

Section 22-21-182 - Borrowing by Corporation Generally; Debts Not Obligations of State, Counties or Municipalities; Tax Exemptions. - (a) All securities of the corporation shall be signed in...

Section 22-21-183 - Disposition of Proceeds From Borrowing. - (a) The principal proceeds derived from any borrowing made by...

Section 22-21-184 - Refunding Securities. - (a) The corporation may, at any time and from time...

Section 22-21-185 - Fiduciary Investment. - Securities issued under this article are hereby made legal investments...

Section 22-21-186 - Corporation Tax Exempt. - All property, real, personal or mixed, that may be owned...

Section 22-21-187 - Publication of Financial Statement. - The corporation shall, within a reasonable time following the close...

Section 22-21-188 - Provisions Exclusive. - Any corporation organized under the provisions of this article shall,...

Section 22-21-189 - Applicability of Provisions of State Law as to Ethics of Public Officials, etc.; Purchase, etc., of Goods or Services From Employees of Corporation, Etc. - The provisions of Chapter 25 of Title 36 and all...

Section 22-21-190 - Applicability of State Competitive Bid Law, Etc. - The provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 16 of Title...

Section 22-21-191 - Dissolution of Corporation. - If at any time the corporation shall have outstanding no...

Article 7 - Hospital Service Program for Indigents.

Section 22-21-210 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated, the...

Section 22-21-211 - Purpose of Article. - It is the legislative intent and purpose of this article...

Section 22-21-212 - Administration of Program; Rules and Regulations. - The Hospital Service Program for the Indigent shall be administered...

Section 22-21-214 - County Admissions Committees - Creation; Appointment, Terms, Qualifications and Compensation of Members; Meetings. - An admissions committee is hereby created in each county in...

Section 22-21-215 - County Admissions Committees - Powers and Duties; Liability. - The admissions committee in each county shall determine the indigency...

Section 22-21-216 - Determination of Need for Indigents' Hospitalization. - Any person desiring to be hospitalized as an indigent under...

Section 22-21-217 - Program Participation by Counties Having No Hospital. - In the event that there is no hospital located in...

Section 22-21-218 - Admittance in Other County When Local Facilities Deemed Inadequate. - In the event that no participating hospital in a participating...

Section 22-21-219 - Payment of Public Funds to Physicians Prohibited; Collection of Costs, etc., From Indigent Patient, Etc. - No physician shall be entitled to receive any public funds...

Section 22-21-220 - Apportionment of Appropriated Funds to Counties. - (a) All funds appropriated each year for the use of...

Section 22-21-221 - Disposition of Unexpended Funds - State Board of Health. - Any unexpended funds appropriated to the State Board of Health...

Section 22-21-222 - Disposition of Unexpended Funds - Counties. - Any unexpended funds allocated to any county under the provisions...

Section 22-21-223 - Appropriation of Proceeds of Special County Tax or Funds in County Treasury. - In any county in which a special county tax is...

Section 22-21-224 - Expenses of State Board of Health. - The expenses incurred by the State Board of Health in...

Section 22-21-225 - Federal Funds. - In the event any federal funds are made available to...

Section 22-21-227 - Charging, etc., for Assisting Person in Hospitalization. - Any person, firm or corporation who shall, either directly or...

Article 8 - Trusts for Payment of Liability Claims Against Hospitals, Dentists, Etc.

Section 22-21-240 - Establishment, Administration, etc., of Trusts Authorized; Specification of Terms, Conditions and Provisions of Trusts. - There is hereby authorized the establishment, maintenance, administration and operation...

Section 22-21-241 - Powers and Liabilities of Trustees of Trusts. - The trustees of trusts established pursuant to Section 22-21-240 shall...

Section 22-21-242 - Liability of Hospitals and Dentists as Participants in Trusts. - No hospital or dentist who or which is a participant...

Section 22-21-243 - Rights, Privileges, Immunities, etc., Conferred by Article. - All of the provisions of this article shall apply to...

Article 9 - Control and Regulation of Development of Certain Health Care Facilities.

Section 22-21-260 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following words and terms,...

Section 22-21-261 - Legislative Findings; Purpose of Article. - The Legislature of the State of Alabama declares that it...

Section 22-21-263 - New Institutional Health Services Subject to Review. - (a) All new institutional health services which are subject to...

Section 22-21-264 - Criteria for State Agency Review. - The SHPDA, pursuant to the provisions of Section 22-21-274, shall...

Section 22-21-265 - Certificates of Need - Required for New Institutional Health Service. - (a) On or after July 30, 1979, no person to...

Section 22-21-265.1 - Certificates of Need - No Legislative Intent to Ratify Illegal Actions or False Information of Applicants, Agents, Etc. - It is not legislative intent to forgive, ratify or confirm...

Section 22-21-265.2 - Certificates of Need - Legislative Intent Reiterated. - It is not the intent of the Legislature to forgive,...

Section 22-21-265.3 - Certificates of Need - All-Digital, Automated Hospital Exempt From Review Process. - The Legislature finds and determines that the well-being and health...

Section 22-21-266 - Certificates of Need - Required Findings for Inpatient Facilities. - No certificate of need for new inpatient facilities or services...

Section 22-21-267 - Certificates of Need - Application for Certificate or Modification Thereto and Extensions Thereof. - Any application for a certificate of need under Section 22-21-265,...

Section 22-21-268 - Certificates of Need - Emergency Certificate Prior to Hearing. - Any person may apply, either independently and without notice under...

Section 22-21-270 - Certificates of Need - Period for Which Valid; Extension of Time; Termination; Transferability. - (a) A certificate of need issued under subsection (a) of...

Section 22-21-271 - Certificates of Need - Application Fees; Appropriation of Funds; Disposition of Fees. - (a) Each application for a certificate of need shall be...

Section 22-21-271.1 - Certificates of Need - Fee Increases. - (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the staff agency...

Section 22-21-274 - Adoption and Public Notice of Review Procedures and Criteria. - The SHPDA, with the advice and consultation of the Statewide...

Section 22-21-275 - Procedures for Review of Applications for Certificates of Need. - The SHPDA, pursuant to the provisions of Section 22-21-274, shall...

Section 22-21-276 - Injunctive Relief; Issuance of License for Inpatient Beds or Facilities in Violation of Article Prohibited; Facilities in Violation of Article Not to Receive Reimbursement for Services. - (a) Injunctive relief against violations of this article or any...

Section 22-21-277 - Article Cumulative; Conflicting Laws. - The provisions of this article are cumulative and, insofar as...

Section 22-21-278 - Kidney Disease Treatment Centers in Certain Municipalities Exempted From Certificate of Need Requirement. - (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is...

Article 10 - Financial Responsibility for Indigent Health Care.

Section 22-21-290 - Short Title. - This article may be cited as "the Alabama Health Care...

Section 22-21-291 - Legislative Intent. - It is the intent of the Legislature to place the...

Section 22-21-292 - Definitions. - For the purpose of this article the following terms shall...

Section 22-21-293 - Financial Responsibility for Out-of-County Indigent Patients Treated at a Regional Referral Hospital. - Ultimate financial responsibility for treatment received at a regional referral...

Section 22-21-294 - Certification of Indigency; Rules. - Not later than October 1, 1979, the Department of Human...

Section 22-21-295 - Obligation of Regional Referral Hospitals. - As a condition of accepting the procedures of this article,...

Section 22-21-296 - Procedure for Settlement of Disputes. - All disputes between a county and a regional referral hospital...

Section 22-21-297 - Certification Necessary for Treatment; Exception. - No patient shall be treated or admitted to, except in...

Article 10A - Financial Assistance Policies.

Section 22-21-300 - Disclosure of Policies to Patients. - (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall...

Article 11 - Health Care Authorities.

Section 22-21-310 - Short Title. - This article shall be known and may be cited as...

Section 22-21-311 - Definitions. - (a) The following words and phrases used in this article,...

Section 22-21-312 - Legislative Findings and Intent. - The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (1) That publicly-owned (as...

Section 22-21-313 - Application for Incorporation of Authority; Authorizing Resolution. - (a) In order to incorporate an authority, any number of...

Section 22-21-314 - Certificate of Incorporation - Filing; Form and Contents; Recordation. - (a) Within 40 days following the adoption of the authorizing...

Section 22-21-315 - Certificate of Incorporation - Amendment; Application; Approving Resolution; Filing and Recordation of Certificate. - (a) The certificate of incorporation of any authority incorporated under...

Section 22-21-316 - Board of Directors; Qualifications; Election or Appointment; Terms; Vacancies; Reimbursement for Expenses; Quorum; Regular, Special and Called Meetings; Waiver of Notice; Record of Proceedings; Use as Evidence; Removal From Office... - (a) Each authority shall have a board of directors composed...

Section 22-21-317 - Officers; Election; Terms; Duties. - The officers of an authority shall consist of a chairman,...

Section 22-21-318 - Powers of Authority. - (a) In addition to all other powers granted elsewhere in...

Section 22-21-319 - Extraordinary Power of Authority. - If and only if its certificate of incorporation or an...

Section 22-21-320 - Securities of Authority. - Securities of an authority may be executed and delivered by...

Section 22-21-321 - Refunding Securities. - (a) An authority may at any time and from time...

Section 22-21-322 - Execution of Securities. - All securities of an authority shall be signed in the...

Section 22-21-323 - Source of Payment; Security. - (a) Securities issued by an authority shall not be general...

Section 22-21-324 - Use of Proceeds. - (a) The principal proceeds derived from any borrowing made by...

Section 22-21-325 - Obligations Not Debt of State, County or Municipality. - All agreements and obligations undertaken, and all securities issued, by...

Section 22-21-326 - Securities Issued Under Article as Legal Investments. - Securities issued under the provisions of this article are hereby...

Section 22-21-327 - Securities and Coupons as Negotiable Instruments. - Securities issued by an authority, while not registered, shall be...

Section 22-21-328 - Exemption From Usury and Interest Laws. - An authority shall be exempt from all laws of the...

Section 22-21-329 - Notice of Issuance of Securities; Limitation on Actions to Contest. - Any resolution authorizing any securities under this article may contain...

Section 22-21-330 - Lease Agreements With Authorizing Subdivision; Terms; Renewal Options; Special Pledge as Security for Payment of Rental, etc.; Use of Vacant Space. - (a) Each authority and any authorizing subdivision are hereby respectively...

Section 22-21-331 - Remedies for Default in Payment of Securities or Performance of Lease Agreement. - (a) If there should be any default in the payment...

Section 22-21-332 - Investment of Funds. - (a) To the extent permitted by the contracts of the...

Section 22-21-333 - Exemptions From Taxation. - All properties of an authority, whether real, personal or mixed,...

Section 22-21-334 - Nonapplicability of Ethics Act. - The provisions of Chapter 25 of Title 36 shall, any...

Section 22-21-335 - Nonapplicability of Competitive Bid Laws. - The provisions of Articles 2 and 3 of Chapter 16...

Section 22-21-336 - Transfer of Funds and Assets to Authority. - Any municipality, county, or educational institution, any public hospital corporation...

Section 22-21-337 - Disposition of Earnings of Authority. - An authority shall be a public corporation or authority and...

Section 22-21-338 - Authority as Designated Agency for Purposes of Division 2 of Article 4 of This Chapter. - An authority shall constitute a "hospital corporation" as that term...

Section 22-21-339 - Dissolution of Authority. - At any time when the authority does not have any...

Section 22-21-340 - Multiple Corporations Permitted. - Neither the formation or dissolution of one authority hereunder nor...

Section 22-21-341 - Reincorporation of Existing Corporations. - Any public hospital corporation may be reincorporated under this article,...

Section 22-21-342 - Provisions of Article Exclusive. - Any authority organized under the provisions of this article (as...

Section 22-21-343 - Cumulative Effect of Article. - This article shall not be construed as a restriction or...

Section 22-21-344 - Use of Proceeds From Hospital Taxes. - Nothing in this article shall be construed to permit the...

Article 11A - Additional Power of Health Care Authorities.

Division 1 - Certain Additional Powers.

Section 22-21-350 - Definitions. - The following words and phrases used in this division shall,...

Section 22-21-351 - Legislative Findings. - The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (1) That...

Section 22-21-352 - Further Provision for Amendment of Certificates of Incorporation or Reincorporation. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in the last sentence of...

Section 22-21-353 - Further Provisions Respecting Issuance of Securities. - Any authority shall have, in addition to the power to...

Section 22-21-354 - Further Provisions Respecting Use and Disposition of Certain Property. - In determining the financial effect of an arrangement between an...

Section 22-21-355 - Further Provisions Respecting Investment of Funds. - In addition to the investment powers granted by the enabling...

Section 22-21-356 - Cumulative Effect. - The provisions of this division shall be construed as cumulative...

Division 2 - Further Additional Powers.

Section 22-21-357 - Definitions. - As used in this division, the following terms shall have...

Section 22-21-358 - Powers of Authorities. - In addition to all other powers at any time conferred...

Section 22-21-359 - Legislative Intention. - It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage...

Article 12 - Dental Services Corporations.

Section 22-21-360 - Short Title. - This article shall be known and cited as the "Alabama...

Section 22-21-361 - Definitions. - The following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed by...

Section 22-21-362 - Incorporation of Dental Service Plan Corporation; Management by Board of Directors. - (a) Any dental service plan corporation shall be incorporated under...

Section 22-21-363 - Application for Certificate of Authority; Contents. - (a) The incorporators shall file with the commissioner an application...

Section 22-21-364 - Issuance of Certificate; Criteria. - The commissioner shall issue a certificate of authority if he...

Section 22-21-365 - Consent of Commissioner to Charter or Certificate of Incorporation. - If the charter or certificate of incorporation of any proposed...

Section 22-21-366 - Subscriber Rates Subject to Approval of Department; Provisions in Contract Between Corporation and Dentist. - (a) The rates charged by a dental service plan corporation...

Section 22-21-367 - License Prerequisite to Contracts With Subscribers. - No corporation subject to the provisions of this article shall...

Section 22-21-368 - Contents of Proposed Contracts Issued to Subscribers. - Any proposed contracts issued to subscribers to the plan shall...

Section 22-21-369 - Contents of Proposed Contracts Between Corporation and Dentists. - Any proposed contracts between the corporation and dentists participating in...

Section 22-21-370 - Posting of Securities or Surety Bond; Custody of Securities; Exemption From Taxation; Release of Securities or Bond; Modification Orders; Hearing; Effect of Failure to Comply. - (a) To assure the faithful performance of its obligations in...

Section 22-21-371 - Individual, Group, Blanket or Franchise Contracts Authorized; Certificates of Coverage; Filing and Approval of Contracts and Certificates; Requirements; Grounds for Disapproval. - (a) Dental service plan contracts may be written on individual,...

Section 22-21-372 - Filing and Approval of Subscription Rates; Criteria; Submission of Relevant Information. - (a) No contract providing dental service corporation benefits may be...

Section 22-21-373 - Filing and Approval of Contracts With Dentists and Other Providers of Services and Amendments Thereto; Reports to Commissioner. - (a) All contracts made between the corporation and participating dentists...

Section 22-21-374 - Fees and Taxes; Applicable Insurance Laws. - (a) A dental service corporation will pay the prescribed fees...

Section 22-21-375 - Issuance of License; Revocation; Procedures for Review and Mediation of Complaints. - (a) The Department of Insurance shall issue a license to...

Section 22-21-376 - Relation to Certain Insurance Provisions. - Persons representing or aiding a dental services corporation in the...

Section 22-21-377 - Contracting Sales Representatives - Registration With Commissioner; Notification of Termination; Filing Fee; Regulations and Controls. - Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1,...

Section 22-21-378 - Contracting Sales Representatives - Accounting for Funds Received; Diversion or Appropriation of Funds; Penalty. - Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1,...

Section 22-21-379 - Contracting Sales Representatives - Grounds for Mandatory Denial, Suspension, Revocation, or Refusal to Renew Registration. - Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1,...

Section 22-21-380 - Contracting Sales Representatives - Grounds for Discretionary Denial, Suspension, Revocation, or Refusal to Renew Registration. - Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1,...

Section 22-21-381 - Contracting Sales Representatives - Immediate Revocation of Registration Upon Conviction of Violation of Article; Right to Hearing on Denial, Suspension or Revocation by Commissioner; Evidence and Investigation. - Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1,...

Section 22-21-382 - Contracting Sales Representatives - Administrative Penalty in Lieu of Discretionary Suspension, Revocation, Etc. - (a) If, pursuant to procedures provided for in this article,...

Section 22-21-383 - Deposit of Moneys Received by Department Pursuant to Article. - All moneys received pursuant to this article shall be deposited...

Section 22-21-384 - Practice of Dentistry and Board of Dental Examiners Not Regulated or Limited by Article. - Nothing contained herein shall be construed to regulate the practice...

Section 22-21-385 - Amendments and Changes in Charter, Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, Contracts and Rates Subject to Department Approval; Filing of Copy of Amendments or Changes. - No corporation subject to the provisions of this article shall...

Section 22-21-386 - Examination and Investigation of Corporations by Department; Power to Summon and Examine Witnesses; Payment of Expenses. - (a) The Department of Insurance, any agent or examiner of...

Section 22-21-387 - Use of Phrase "Dental Service plan." - Any person or corporation, not licensed under the provisions of...

Section 22-21-388 - Dissolution or Liquidation of Corporation. - Any dissolution or liquidation of a corporation subject to the...

Section 22-21-389 - Nonprofit Corporations Organized Prior to May 4, 1982. - No nonprofit corporation, organized under the laws of this state...

Section 22-21-390 - Violations; Penalties; Injunctive Relief. - (a) Any person or corporation engaging in the business of...

Section 22-21-391 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations. - The commissioner shall devise and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations,...

Article 13 - Hospital Discharge Data

Section 22-21-410 - Definitions. - For purposes of this article, the following terms have the...

Section 22-21-411 - Discharge Data Collection Systems and Processes; Reports. - (a) The department, upon consultation and approval of the council,...

Section 22-21-412 - Rulemaking Authority. - The department, after consultation and with the approval of the...

Section 22-21-413 - Reporting Requirements; Availability of Data. - (a) All hospitals shall report inpatient and outpatient discharge data...

Section 22-21-414 - Confidentiality of Identification Data. - Individually identifiable patient information on discharge data submitted under this...

Section 22-21-415 - Studies and Publication of Information. - The department may conduct studies and publish information based upon...

Section 22-21-416 - Hospital Discharge Data Advisory Council. - (a) The Hospital Discharge Data Advisory Council is established to...

Section 22-21-417 - Delinquency of Reports; Penalties; Informal Conference; Appeals. - (a) A hospital shall pay to the department a civil...

Section 22-21-418 - Liability. - (a) No person or entity may be held liable in...

Section 22-21-419 - Discovery of Information. - Individual patient data submitted by a hospital pursuant to this...

Article 14 - Harold Sachs Act.

Section 22-21-430 - Short Title. - This article shall be known and may be cited as...

Section 22-21-431 - Legislative Findings. - (a) The Legislature finds that it is in the best...

Section 22-21-432 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, the following terms have...

Section 22-21-433 - Visitation During Declared State Public Health Emergencies; Compliance With Reasonable Safety Protocols; Notice Requirements. - (a) During a declared state public health emergency, a health...

Section 22-21-434 - Relation to Visitation Guidelines, etc., of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. - Nothing in this article shall expand, alter, or amend visitation...

Section 22-21-435 - Exceptions. - Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, healthcare facilities shall, at all...

Section 22-21-436 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective May 12, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement. - During the pendency of a public health emergency, a health...

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Code of Alabama Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.

Code of Alabama
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.