Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-5-3-.01
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024
Section 420-5-3-.01 - General(1) Legal Authority. Under and by virtue of authority vested in it by the Legislature of Alabama, Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-21-20, etseq., the State Board of Health does hereby adopt and promulgate the following rules governing all hospitals, sanatoria, and other related institutions except hospitals operated by the federal government and mental hospitals under the supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Alabama State Hospitals.(2) Definitions. (a) AAC Rule means Alabama Administrative Code Rule.(b) Advisory Board means the Advisory Board set up by law to assist in the establishment of rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and to serve as consultants to the State Board of Health.(c) Board or State Board of Health means the Alabama State Board of Health.(d) Cerebral Palsy Treatment Centers means a building or place maintained for the care of patients suffering from that group of neuromuscular disorders in which there is impairment or loss of muscular control due to an abnormality of the brain. Included are institutions that provide dormitory facilities and which offer custodial care or an educational program, but this does not include day schools or clinics where the patients attend during the day and return to their homes at night.(e) Convalescent, Rest or Nursing Home means a building or place maintained for the care of patients who are not acutely ill or do not require special facilities such as surgical or maternity care. These homes also include private homes boarding aged and infirm persons, provided the home is giving chronic or convalescent care, for a period of twenty-four hours or longer, to two or more unrelated persons at any one time.(f) Duly Licensed when applied to a person means that the person to whom the term is applied has been duly and regularly licensed by the proper authority to follow his or her profession within the State of Alabama, and when applied to an institution, means that the institution has been duly and regularly licensed by the Alabama State Board of Health.(g) Hospitals means hospitals, sanatoria, and other related institutions, when such institution is primarily engaged in offering to the public generally, facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of injury, deformity, disease or obstetrical care and when such institution offers such care for not less than twenty-four hours in any week to two or more nonrelated individuals.(h) Maternity Home means a building or other place maintained and conducted for the care and treatment of women during pregnancy, delivery and subsequent to the birth of children.(i) Registered Nurse means a person graduated from an accredited school of nursing and currently registered in the State of Alabama in accordance with Code of Ala. 1975, § 34-21-2.(j) These Rules means Rules 420-5-3-.01 through 420-5-3-.04, Chapter 420-5-3, Cerebral Palsy Treatment Centers, Alabama Administrative Code. L. O'Neal Green
Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-5-3-.01
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 22-2-2(6), etseq.; 22-21-28, etseq.