Alabama Code — 38
Browse 259 sections in division 38 of the Alabama code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 38-1-1. Definitions.
- § 38-1-2. Recipients’ Freedom of Choice in Selection of Specialists to Make Eye Examinations.
- § 38-1-3. Legal Representative for Handling Public Assistance Payments of Incompetents.
- § 38-1-4. Filing Names of Recipients of Public Assistance with Probate Judge.
- § 38-1-5. Civil Actions Against Certain Persons Owning Property and Supported at Public Charge.
- § 38-1-6. State and Local Governments Authorized to Participate in Programs to Provide Assistance to the Aged.
- § 38-1-7. Terminated by Act 2014-438, Effective September 30, 2017. Drug Screening Program.
- § 38-1-8. Federal Aid for Certain Felony Offenders.
- § 38-2-1. State Department of Human Resources.
- § 38-2-2. State Board of Human Resources.
- § 38-2-3. Commissioner of State Department of Human Resources; Other Personnel.
- § 38-2-4. Legal Counsel for Department.
- § 38-2-5. Allocation of Funds.
- § 38-2-6. Duties, Powers, and Responsibilities of State Department.
- § 38-2-6.1. Office of State Parent Locator for the Location of Absent Parents Established; Duties; Assistance of Other Agencies, Etc.; Use of Information Obtained.
- § 38-2-7. County Boards of Human Resources Created; Composition; Terms of Office; Meetings; Duties, Etc.; County Director.
- § 38-2-8. County Departments of Human Resources.
- § 38-2-9. Appropriations by Counties and Municipalities; Expenditures to Be Approved by State Department.
- § 38-2-10. Authority of State Department with Respect to Granting of Public Assistance.
- § 38-2-11. Photographic Reproductions of Books, Records, Papers or Other Documents of State Department.
- § 38-2-12. Authority of Commissioner to Destroy Certain Records, Etc.
- § 38-2-13. Bonds of Officers of State Department of Human Resources.
- § 38-3-1. Creation; Advisory Board of Directors.
- § 38-3-2. Duties.
- § 38-3-3. Advisory Subcommittees.
- § 38-3-4. Compensation.
- § 38-3-5. Commissioner, Confidential Secretary, and Other Personnel; Contract for Meals Programs.
- § 38-3-6. Authorization to Receive Gifts, Etc.
- § 38-3-7. Continuation, Transition, Implementation.
- § 38-3-8. Powers and Responsibilities of the Department.
- § 38-3-9. Adoption of Rules; Additional Functions.
- § 38-3-20. Establishment; Purpose.
- § 38-3-21. Composition.
- § 38-3-22. Election of Members.
- § 38-3-23. Election and Term of Chair; Appointment of Secretary.
- § 38-3-24. Meetings; Rules and Regulations.
- § 38-3-25. Reimbursement for Expenses.
- § 38-4-1. Persons to Whom Public Assistance Payable.
- § 38-4-2. Application for Assistance; Investigation; Determination of Eligibility and Amount of Assistance; Notice to Applicant.
- § 38-4-3. Payments After Death.
- § 38-4-4. Reduction, Cancellation or Continuance of Assistance Grant When Recipient Becomes Possessed of Income or Resources.
- § 38-4-5. Right of Persons Applying for or Receiving Public Assistance to Appeal.
- § 38-4-6. Subpoena of Witnesses.
- § 38-4-8. Assistance Grants Exempt from Taxes, Levy, Garnishment, or Other Process, and Inalienable; Bankruptcy.
- § 38-4-9. Hospitalization of Incapacitated Applicants and Recipients of Old Age Pensions.
- § 38-4-10. Review by County Board of Findings and Awards of County Department.
- § 38-4-11. Confederate Widows Eligible for Old Age Assistance.
- § 38-4-12. Appropriation from Confederate Pension Funds for Old Age Pension Purposes and for Veterans’ Programs.
- § 38-4-12.1. Alabama Veterans’ Assistance Fund.
- § 38-4-13. State Public Welfare Trust Fund.
- § 38-4-14. Limitations on Use of Public Assistance Benefits.
- § 38-5-1. Amount of Assistance.
- § 38-5-2. To Whom Assistance Payable.
- § 38-5-3. Purpose of Chapter.
- § 38-5-4. Property Which May Be Retained by Applicant.
- § 38-5-5. Aid Inalienable; Cost of Hospitalization, Medical Care, Etc., Not to Constitute a Lien on Property of Recipient.
- § 38-5-6. Relatives Not Legally Liable for Support, Hospital and Medical Care, Etc.
- § 38-5-7. Conflicts with Social Security Act.
- § 38-6-1. Program of Medical Assistance to Elderly Not Receiving Pensions Authorized.
- § 38-6-2. Medical Assistance Defined; Right to Choose Practitioner or Participate in Program.
- § 38-6-3. Determination of Scope of Medical Assistance.
- § 38-6-4. Rules for Determining Eligibility for Assistance.
- § 38-6-5. Persons Eligible for Medical Assistance.
- § 38-6-6. Procedures for Determining Eligibility.
- § 38-6-7. Hearing for Applicant or Recipient.
- § 38-6-8. Penalty for False Representation.
- § 38-6-9. Suspension of Provisions Conflicting with Amendments to Social Security Act.
- § 38-7-1. Short Title.
- § 38-7-2. Definitions.
- § 38-7-3. License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Requirements; Recordkeeping; Parental Notifications, Etc.; Affidavits; Inspections and Investigations.
- § 38-7-4. License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Application; Investigation; Application to Operate Foster Family Home May Be Made to Licensed Child-Placing Agency.
- § 38-7-5. License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Issuance and Term; Temporary Permits; Provisional Approval of Home; Preferential Treatment of Family Members Concerning Placement of Children.
- § 38-7-6. License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Renewal; Reexamination; Renewal of Approval of Boarding Home.
- § 38-7-7. License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Department to Establish Minimum Standards for Licensing; Factors to Be Considered; Children in Need of Special Treatment; Department to Offer Consultation.
- § 38-7-8. License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Revocation or Refusal to Renew License - Grounds.
- § 38-7-9. License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Revocation or Refusal to Renew License - Aggrieved Party Entitled to Hearing; Review of Final Decision or Action of Department; Bond; When Decision May Be Set Aside; Section Not Applicable to Boarding Homes and Free Homes.
- § 38-7-10. License to Operate or Conduct Child-Care Facility - Investigation of Operation Without License; Report to Attorney General for Prosecution.
- § 38-7-11. Inspection of Facilities.
- § 38-7-12. Advertisements.
- § 38-7-13. Records to Be Kept by Child-Care Facility; Use and Disclosure of Information.
- § 38-7-14. Reports by Child-Care Facility.
- § 38-7-14.1. Educational Information on Influenza Disease and Vaccine.
- § 38-7-15. Conditions Precedent to Bringing Child into State for Purposes of Adoption or Placement in Child-Care Facility.
- § 38-7-16. Penalties; Burden of Proof of Relationship.
- § 38-7-17. Duty of District Attorney to Enforce Chapter or Prosecute Violations.
- § 38-7-18. Mandatory State Subsidized Child Day-Care Services Program.
- § 38-7-19. Powers of Department as to Transitional Living Facilities.
- § 38-7-20. Employment in Day Care Center of Individual Under 19 Years of Age with Certain Credentials.
- § 38-7-21. Licensing of Church, Religious Nonprofit Entity, or Religious Nonprofit School to Operate as Licensed Day Care Center.
- § 38-7A-1. Commission Established.
- § 38-7A-2. Meetings; Expenses; Terms.
- § 38-7A-3. Responsibilities.
- § 38-7A-4. Public Hearings; Annual Report.
- § 38-7B-1. Evacuation Plan.
- § 38-8-1. Powers of County Commission Generally.
- § 38-8-2. Burial of Persons Dying with No Estate, Etc.
- § 38-8-3. Other or Further Provisions by Counties.
- § 38-9-1. Short Title.
- § 38-9-2. Definitions.
- § 38-9-3. Legislative Findings and Intent.
- § 38-9-3.1. Concurrent Original and General Jurisdiction of Probate Court and Circuit Court.
- § 38-9-4. Arrangements for Protective Services; Liability of Department for Protective Services; Services to Conform to Wishes of Person to Be Served; Duty of Department to Ascertain Persons in Need of Care and Protection.
- § 38-9-5. Emergency Protective Services.
- § 38-9-6. Protective Placement or Other Protective Services.
- § 38-9-6.1. Removal of Action from Probate Court to Circuit Court.
- § 38-9-7. Violations; Penalties.
- § 38-9-8. Reports by Physicians, Etc., of Physical, Sexual, or Emotional Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation - Required; Contents; Investigation.
- § 38-9-9. Reports by Physicians, Etc., of Physical Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation - Immunity of Reporter from Civil and Criminal Liability.
- § 38-9-10. Reports by Physicians, Etc., of Physical Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation - Penalty for Failure to Make Report.
- § 38-9-11. Exemption of Officers, Agents and Employees of Department from Civil Liability.
- § 38-9A-1. Definitions.
- § 38-9A-2. Individual and Family Support Program.
- § 38-9A-3. Regional Support Councils.
- § 38-9A-4. Community Councils.
- § 38-9A-5. State Support Council.
- § 38-9A-6. Plans and Budgets.
- § 38-9A-7. Nothing in Chapter to Restrict Other Chapters.
- § 38-9A-8. Individual and Family Support and Financial Assistance.
- § 38-9A-9. Continuation of Chapter.
- § 38-9B-1. Legislative Findings.
- § 38-9B-2. Definitions.
- § 38-9B-4. Creation of Board; Composition; Compensation; Accounting of Funds; Policies and Procedures.
- § 38-9B-5. Aft Corporation, Trust, and Charitable Trust.
- § 38-9B-6. Rights and Interests of Life Beneficiaries and Contributors.
- § 38-9B-7. Trustee Liability.
- § 38-9C-1. Short Title.
- § 38-9C-2. Legislative Findings.
- § 38-9C-3. Definitions.
- § 38-9C-4. Rights.
- § 38-9C-5. Providers Who Contract with Agencies or Programs Required to Develop Written Policies to Ensure Rights.
- § 38-9C-6. Construction with Other Law.
- § 38-9C-7. Effect of Chapter on Established Standards of Medical Care; Application of Written Policies Requirement.
- § 38-9C-8. No Reduction or Expansion of Rights Beyond Rights Guaranteed Other Persons.
- § 38-9D-1. Short Title.
- § 38-9D-2. Definitions.
- § 38-9D-3. Alabama Interagency Council for the Prevention of Elder Abuse.
- § 38-9D-4. Powers and Duties.
- § 38-9D-5. Role of Department of Senior Services.
- § 38-9D-6. Implementation of Chapter.
- § 38-9D-7. Sunset Provision.
- § 38-9E-1. Short Title.
- § 38-9E-2. Definitions.
- § 38-9E-3. Elder Abuse and Neglect - First Degree.
- § 38-9E-4. Elder Abuse and Neglect - Second Degree.
- § 38-9E-5. Elder Abuse and Neglect - Third Degree.
- § 38-9E-6. Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person - First Degree.
- § 38-9E-7. Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person - Second Degree.
- § 38-9E-8. Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person - Third Degree
- § 38-9E-9. Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person - Prosecution.
- § 38-9E-10. Liability of Persons Reporting or Investigating Violations.
- § 38-9E-11. Remedies.
- § 38-9E-12. Liability of Physicians.
- § 38-9F-1. Short Title.
- § 38-9F-2. Construction and Application; Purposes.
- § 38-9F-3. Definitions.
- § 38-9F-4. Issuance of Elder Abuse Protection Orders.
- § 38-9F-5. Relief; Remedies; Full Faith and Credit.
- § 38-9F-6. Sworn Petition for Relief on Behalf of Elderly Person.
- § 38-9F-7. Hearing; Temporary Ex Parte Protection Orders.
- § 38-9F-8. Ex Parte Relief.
- § 38-9F-9. Parties to Be Issued Copies of Elder Abuse Protection Order; Form of Orders.
- § 38-9F-10. Violations.
- § 38-9F-11. Enforcement.
- § 38-9F-12. Construction of Chapter.
- § 38-9G-1. Short Title; Definitions.
- § 38-9G-2. Registry Requirements; Confidentiality and Use of Reports and Records.
- § 38-9G-3. Notification Upon Criminal Conviction, Protection Order, or Investigations.
- § 38-9G-4. Information to Be Entered into Registry; Rules for Due Process.
- § 38-9G-5. Inquiries by Service Providers Regarding Employees or Prospective Employees.
- § 38-10-1. Short Title.
- § 38-10-2. Definitions.
- § 38-10-3. Authorization of Operation of Child Support Programs by Department of Human Resources Generally; Designation of the Department as the Agency to Administer Income Withholding.
- § 38-10-4. Acceptance of Aid for or on Behalf of Dependent or Needy Child Deemed Assignment of Right to Support to Department Generally; Subrogation of Right to Child Support Payments.
- § 38-10-5. Form and Effect of Assignment of Child Support Payments to Department.
- § 38-10-6. Effect of Payment of Aid to or on Behalf of Dependent or Needy Child by Department.
- § 38-10-7. Institution of Actions for Enforcement of Child Support Obligations, Etc.
- § 38-10-7.1. Scope of Representation of District Attorney or Appointed Attorney in Support Enforcement Action.
- § 38-10-8. Disposition of Child Support Payments Collected Pursuant to Judicial Actions.
- § 38-10-9. Investigations by Department as to Location of Parents and Ability of Parents to Furnish Child Support; Authority to Notify Parent of Support Duty; Falsification of Report as to Parent’s Income, Etc.; Citation to Require In-Court Testimony; Employer’s Duty to Provide Certain Information.
- § 38-10-10. Right of Action of Persons Owed Duty of Support.
- § 38-10-11. Construction of Provisions of Article.
- § 38-10-12. Time Limit for Disbursement by Department to Child’s Custodian of Child Support Payments Received by It; Exception.
- § 38-10-30. Definitions.
- § 38-10-31. Assignment to Department of Right to Support Owed to Child in Custody of Department or Receiving Maintenance Payments.
- § 38-10-32. Action to Assure That Parents of Child in Department’s Custody or Receiving Maintenance Payments Provide Support.
- § 38-10-33. Support Collections Paid to Department.
- § 38-10-50. Definition.
- § 38-10-51. Trust Fund Established.
- § 38-10-52. Use of Funds; Administrative Costs.
- § 38-10-53. Rules and Regulations.
- § 38-11A-1. Legislative Intent.
- § 38-11A-2. Establishment of a Welfare Employment Program; Eligibility.
- § 38-11A-3. Funding.
- § 38-11A-4. Application; Exemption Options; Sanctions.
- § 38-12-1. Definitions.
- § 38-12-2. Program Established.
- § 38-12-3. Investigation of Prospective Kinship Foster Parent.
- § 38-12-4. Individualized Service Plan.
- § 38-12-5. Rules and Regulations.
- § 38-12-30. Short Title.
- § 38-12-31. Legislative Findings.
- § 38-12-32. Definitions.
- § 38-12-33. Kinship Guardianship Subsidy Program.
- § 38-12-34. Subsidies - Authorized; Eligibility.
- § 38-12-35. Subsidies - Amount.
- § 38-12-36. Subsidies - Duration.
- § 38-12-37. Application.
- § 38-12-38. Review of Subsidy.
- § 38-12-39. Adoption of Rules.
- § 38-12-40. Subsidy Excluded from Income; Taxation.
- § 38-12-41. Initiation of Program.
- § 38-12A-1. Short Title.
- § 38-12A-2. Enumeration of Rights.
- § 38-12B-1. Short Title.
- § 38-12B-2. Develpment and Adminstration of Program.
- § 38-12B-3. Mentor Service
- § 38-12B-4. Use of Funds.
- § 38-12B-5. Payment of Tuition and Required Fees.
- § 38-12B-6. Eligibility; Disbursement of Funds.
- § 38-12B-7. Reductions to Awards.
- § 38-12B-8. Priority of Funding.
- § 38-12B-9. Ineligibility from Participation.
- § 38-12B-10. Promulgation of Rules.
- § 38-13-1. Legislative Findings and Intent.
- § 38-13-2. Definitions.
- § 38-13-3. Criminal History Background Information Check Required for Certain Individuals; Exemptions.
- § 38-13-4. Mandatory Criminal History Check Notice; Suitability Determinations; Checks on Subsequent Activity.
- § 38-13-5. Additional Requirements.
- § 38-13-6. Fees.
- § 38-13-7. Duties of Departments of Public Safety and Human Resources; Review of Determinations.
- § 38-13-8. Confidentiality and Disclosure of Reports.
- § 38-13-9. Violations.
- § 38-13-10. No Cause of Action Established; Immunity Not Waived.
- § 38-13-11. Disposition of Fees.
- § 38-13-12. Construction.
- § 38-14-1. Definitions.
- § 38-14-2. Establishment of Account.
- § 38-14-3. Matching Funds.
- § 38-14-4. Withdrawals and Reimbursements.
- § 38-14-5. Financial Literacy Education.
- § 38-14-6. Source of Deposits; Limitations on Deposits.
- § 38-14-7. Exclusion from Gross Income.
- § 38-14-8. Selection of Fiduciary Organizations.
- § 38-14-9. Administration of Accounts.
- § 38-14-10. Eligibility for Means-Tested Public Benefits.
- § 38-14-11. Funding.
- § 38-15-1. Short Title.
- § 38-15-2. Legislative Findings.
- § 38-15-3. Definitions.
- § 38-15-4. Registration of Certain Youth Residential Institutions or Organizations; Staff Training Plans; Rights of Children; Licensing and Inspection of Food Preparation Areas; Access by Law Enforcement Agencies.
- § 38-15-5. Criminal Background Checks.
- § 38-15-6. Fees.
- § 38-15-7. Quarterly Inspections; Information Provided to Department; Information Provided to Parents, Guardians, Etc.
- § 38-15-8. Rulemaking Authority; Authority of Department to Act in Loco Parentis; Registration Approval Required; Performance of Services in Accordance with Religious Beliefs.
- § 38-15-9. Construction of Chapter.
- § 38-9B-3. Contributors Allowed to Supplement Care of Impaired Persons; Assets of Trustees.
- § 38-7-7.1.
- § 38-7-22.
- § 38-4-15.