Title 22

The corporation shall have all the powers and authority inhering in, or conferred upon, counties in the State of Alabama operating public hospitals, except as otherwise provided, as well as the following specific powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to…

The corporation shall not have the power of eminent domain. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §14.)

The county in which the corporation is organized, any municipality located, in whole or in part, within such county, whether or not a member of such corporation, and any public corporation in such county and any other public agency, authority or body, whether or not incorporated,…

(a) All securities of the corporation shall be signed in the name and behalf of the corporation by its chairman and attested by its secretary, but a facsimile of the signature of one, but not both, of such officers may be printed thereon in lieu of the manual signature of such of…

(a) The principal proceeds derived from any borrowing made by the corporation under Section 22-21-182, other than borrowings made for refunding purposes, shall be used solely for: (1) The purpose or purposes for which such borrowing was authorized to be made, including architects…

(a) The corporation may, at any time and from time to time, issue refunding securities for the purpose of refunding any securities of the corporation theretofore issued under Section 22-21-182 and then outstanding, whether or not such securities shall have matured or are redeemab…

Securities issued under this article are hereby made legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries and for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of this state. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess. No. 183, p. 442, §12.)

All property, real, personal or mixed, that may be owned by the corporation and the corporation itself shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation, including, without limitation, income, excise, privilege and license taxation. Further, the gross proceeds of sale…

The corporation shall, within a reasonable time following the close of each of its fiscal years, cause to be published in a daily newspaper published in the county that is a member of the corporation, if there is any such daily newspaper, a statement of financial condition contai…

Any corporation organized under the provisions of this article shall, insofar as the subject matter of this article is concerned, be governed exclusively by the provisions of this article, which shall not be construed in pari materia with any other statute. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Se…

The provisions of Chapter 25 of Title 36 and all subsequent amendments thereto or any subsequent act which may replace the same shall apply to the members of the board of directors of the corporation, the administrator and the purchasing agent of such hospital. The corporation sh…

The provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 16 of Title 41, as amended, requiring competitive bids for certain purchases and services shall apply to the corporation to the same extent as said provisions are applicable to the other local governmental agencies specifically mentioned the…

If at any time the corporation shall have outstanding no unpaid securities and if each member of the board of directors of the corporation shall execute and file for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the corporation is organized a certificate of …

For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) HOSPITAL. Any state, county, municipal or other public or private hospital licensed under the laws of this state, except a …

It is the legislative intent and purpose of this article that the Hospital Service Program for Indigents provided for in this article shall be a program designed and administered so as to provide hospitalization for those residents of the State of Alabama who are ill or injured a…

The Hospital Service Program for the Indigent shall be administered by the State Board of Health through the State Health Department. The board shall, subject to the provisions of this article, promulgate and adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper adm…

An admissions committee is hereby created in each county in the state. The admissions committee in each county shall be appointed by majority vote of an appointing board in each county consisting of the judge of probate of the county, two members of the county commission, who sha…

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 adm…

Any person desiring to be hospitalized as an indigent under the provisions of this article must first be examined by an attending physician, who shall attest to the general need for hospitalization of such person, but final determination of the need for hospitalization of such pe…

In the event that there is no hospital located in a county and the county commission of such county certifies to the State Board of Health that it does desire to participate in the Hospital Service Program for Indigents, in the manner provided for in this article, the admissions …

In the event that no participating hospital in a participating county has adequate personnel, equipment or other medical facilities necessary for the proper care and treatment of a particular indigent residing in the county, the admissions committee in such county may approve the…

No physician shall be entitled to receive any public funds as a fee for attending or treating an indigent patient hospitalized under the provisions of this article, it being the intent and purpose of this article that all such professional medical services shall be furnished by s…

(a) All funds appropriated each year for the use of the State Board of Health in carrying out the provisions of this article, except as may otherwise be provided in this section, shall be apportioned among the various counties of the state as follows: (1) Twenty-five percent of t…

Any unexpended funds appropriated to the State Board of Health for allocation among the various counties under the provisions of this article shall not revert to the State Treasury at the end of any fiscal year. Such unexpended funds remaining to the credit of the State Board of …

Any unexpended funds allocated to any county under the provisions of this article shall not revert to the State Board of Health at the end of any fiscal year, but shall remain to the credit of the county to which they were allocated by the board. Such unexpended funds shall be us…

In any county in which a special county tax is levied and collected, pursuant to the provisions of any amendment to the constitution heretofore adopted, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, equipping, operating and maintaining public hospitals, public clinics, public healt…

The expenses incurred by the State Board of Health in the administration of this article during each fiscal year shall be budgeted, appropriated and allotted in the same manner as other administrative expenses of the board are budgeted, appropriated and allotted, but such expense…

In the event any federal funds are made available to the state by the federal government, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, for use in carrying out the purposes of this article, the State Board of Health is authorized to take such action and promulgate and adopt such rule…

Any person, firm or corporation who shall, either directly or indirectly, charge or receive anything of value for assisting any person in making application for, or obtaining, indigent hospitalization under the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon…

There is hereby authorized the establishment, maintenance, administration and operation of any trust established by agreement of any hospitals or other health care units licensed as such by the State of Alabama (hereinafter referred to as “hospitals”) or by agreement of any denta…

The trustees of trusts established pursuant to Section 22-21-240 shall hold the legal title to all property at any time belonging to the trust. They shall have control over such property as well as the control and management of the business and affairs of the trust. Liability to …

No hospital or dentist who or which is a participant in such a trust, as a grantor, member, beneficiary or otherwise, shall be liable or obligated to the trust, to the trustee, to any other grantor, member or beneficiary, to any creditor of the trust or to any other person by vir…

All of the provisions of this article shall apply to and shall confer all rights, privileges, exemptions and immunities upon any trust established for the purposes contemplated by this article and the grantors, members, beneficiaries, participants and trustees thereof, whether su…

As used in this article, the following words and terms, and the plurals thereof, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, unless otherwise required by their respective context: (1) ACQUISITION. Obtaining the legal equitable title to a freehold or leasehold estate…

The Legislature of the State of Alabama declares that it is the public policy of the State of Alabama that a certificate of need program be administered in the state to assure that only those health care services and facilities found to be in the public interest shall be offered …

(a) All new institutional health services which are subject to this article and which are proposed to be offered or developed within the state shall be subject to review under this article. No institutional health services which are subject to this article shall be permitted whic…

The SHPDA, pursuant to the provisions of Section 22-21-274, shall prescribe by rules and regulations the criteria and clarifying definitions for reviews covered by this article. These criteria shall include at least the following: (1) Consistency with the appropriate State Health…

(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, o…

It is not legislative intent to forgive, ratify or confirm any illegal actions or presentation of information known to be false on the part of applicants for certificates of need or the agents or employees of either the applicants or SHPDA. (Acts 1995, No. 95-565, p. 1179, §2.)

It is not the intent of the Legislature to forgive, ratify, or confirm any illegal actions or presentation of information known to be false on the part of applicants for certificates of need or the agents or employees of either the applicants or the State Health Planning and Deve…

The Legislature finds and determines that the well-being and health of the citizens of the State of Alabama will be enhanced by the development and growth of a state of the art digital, automated hospital using the latest technological advances in healthcare to lower healthcare c…

No certificate of need for new inpatient facilities or services shall be issued unless the SHPDA makes each of the following findings: (1) That the proposed facility or service is consistent with the latest approved revision of the appropriate state plan effective at the time the…

Any application for a certificate of need under Section 22-21-265, for a modification thereto or for an extension thereof shall be made in written form and shall include such information and supporting data relevant to the merits of the application as may be prescribed by the app…

Any person may apply, either independently and without notice under Section 22-21-267 or as a part of an application filed under Section 22-21-267, for an emergency certificate of need for the authorization of capital expenditures made necessary by unforeseen events which endange…

(a) A certificate of need issued under subsection (a) of Section 22-21-265 and Section 22-21-268 shall be valid for a period not to exceed 12 months and may be subject to one extension not to exceed 12 months, provided the criteria for extension as set forth in the rules and regu…

(a) Each application for a certificate of need shall be accompanied by a fee of one percent of the estimated cost of the proposed cost of the new Institutional Health Service, or a maximum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) (indexed) per application. Provided, that the applicat…