Section 45-49-171.40 - DefinitionsFor the purposes of this subpart, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) COUNTY COMMISSION. The County Commission of Mobile County, as it is duly constituted on July 14, 1983, and any subsequent duly constituted governing body of Mobile County.(2) MEDICALLY INDIGENT PERSON. Any person who is a resident of Mobile County and who is ill, injured, and suffering whose condition can be helped or relieved by treatment in a hospital, but who is unable to pay the cost of hospital treatment, or who is able to pay only a portion of the cost of such hospital treatment.Ala. Code § 45-49-171.40 (1975)