Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title22 HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL. |
Title1 HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL GENERALLY. |
Chapter21. HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES GENERALLY. |
Article10. Financial Responsibility for Indigent Health Care. |
§22-21-297. Certification necessary for treatment; exception.
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No patient shall be treated or admitted to, except in the case of an emergency, to a regional referral hospital as an indigent unless and until the board of county commissioners of the county providing certification notifies the hospital that the patient is certified as an indigent and that he is approved by the board for treatment or admission.