The admissions committee in each county shall determine the indigency of any resident of the county making application for hospitalization as an indigent under the authority of this article and shall promulgate and adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary in the admission of indigent patients, but the admission of indigent patients and the promulgation and adoption of such rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent either with the provisions of this article or with the rules and regulations promulgated and adopted by the State Board of Health under this article. No member of the admissions committee shall be personally liable, either civilly or criminally, for any action taken by the committee.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.
Article 7 - Hospital Service Program for Indigents.
Section 22-21-210 - Definitions.
Section 22-21-211 - Purpose of Article.
Section 22-21-212 - Administration of Program; Rules and Regulations.
Section 22-21-215 - County Admissions Committees - Powers and Duties; Liability.
Section 22-21-216 - Determination of Need for Indigents' Hospitalization.
Section 22-21-217 - Program Participation by Counties Having No Hospital.
Section 22-21-218 - Admittance in Other County When Local Facilities Deemed Inadequate.
Section 22-21-220 - Apportionment of Appropriated Funds to Counties.
Section 22-21-221 - Disposition of Unexpended Funds - State Board of Health.
Section 22-21-222 - Disposition of Unexpended Funds - Counties.
Section 22-21-223 - Appropriation of Proceeds of Special County Tax or Funds in County Treasury.
Section 22-21-224 - Expenses of State Board of Health.
Section 22-21-225 - Federal Funds.
Section 22-21-227 - Charging, etc., for Assisting Person in Hospitalization.