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AL Code § 22-27-90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 27 - Solid Waste.|Article 4A|Section 22-27-90 - Definitions.

Section 22-27-90Definitions. When used herein the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT. Any food service establishment, retail food store, limited food service establishment, limited retail food store, food processing establishment, or other place of business where food is prepared or sold or offered for sale, or any establishment that slaughters, fabricates, bones or processes animals, poultry, or fish, whether or not required by law to be licensed or permitted by an agency of the State of Alabama. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management as established by Section 22-22A-4. (3) DISPOSE. To discard or carry away, whether personally or by and through a contractor, and whether for the purposes of recycling, reuse, or reprocessing or for ultimate elimination. (4) INEDIBLE ANIMAL BY-PRODUCT. Any bone, fat, offal, carcass, blood, skin, hide, tallow, lard, feather, horn, hoof, or any other solid by-product derived from any animal, poultry, or fish, as part of the operation of a commercial establishment, but not to include, post-consumer waste from retail food service establishments or commercial kitchens. (5) LICENSED, PERMITTED, OR REGISTERED RENDERER. An establishment licensed, permitted, or registered by the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries to receive, transport, and process inedible animal by-products and waste cooking grease. (6) TRANSPORT. To carry or move from one location to another by way of public or private roads, whether personally or by and through a contractor. (7) VEHICLE. Every form of conveyance except those which by their very nature can have no application in, on, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, provided, however, that for the purposes of this article, a bicycle or a ridden animal shall be deemed a vehicle. (8) VIRGIN COOKING GREASE. Grease, fat, or oil, whether derived from plant or animal or any combination thereof, intended for use in cooking or preparation of food for animal or human consumption that has not been previously used. (9) WASTE COOKING GREASE. Grease, fat, or oil, whether derived from plant or animal or any combination thereof, previously used in the cooking or preparation of food for animal or human consumption and is no longer suitable for that use, but not to include interceptor or trap grease. (Act 2003-398, p. 1145, §1.)
AL Code § 22-27-91 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 27 - Solid Waste.|Article 4A|Section 22-27-91 - Approved Methods of Disposal.

Section 22-27-91Approved methods of disposal. All waste cooking grease and inedible animal by-product produced in the course of doing business in commercial establishments, except nonlicensed or permitted farms, shall be disposed of by utilization of an approved method. Approved methods of disposal shall be limited to the following: (1) Discharging the waste cooking grease or inedible animal by-product into a municipal sewer when the receiving municipality has agreed in writing to accept the waste and under the conditions specified by the municipality. (2) Depositing the waste cooking grease or inedible animal by-product into a landfill approved by the department to receive the waste and under the conditions as shall be specified by the landfill permit. (3) Offering the waste cooking grease or inedible animal by-product for removal or transportation by a licensed, permitted, or registered renderer for the purposes of recycling. (4) Other methods of disposal approved by the appropriate state regulatory agency. (Act 2003-398, p. 1145, §2.)
AL Code § 22-27-92 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 27 - Solid Waste.|Article 4A|Section 22-27-92 - Transport of Cooking Grease.

Section 22-27-92Transport of cooking grease. It is unlawful to transport waste cooking grease and virgin cooking grease on or in the same vehicle or to use in the preparation of food for human consumption virgin cooking grease which has been transported on or in the same vehicle as waste cooking grease. (Act 2003-398, p. 1145, §3.)
AL Code § 22-27-93 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 27 - Solid Waste.|Article 4A|Section 22-27-93 - Compliance With Article.

Section 22-27-93Compliance with article. Failure to comply with the provisions of this article shall constitute grounds for the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license or permit otherwise required by law to operate the commercial establishment. (Act 2003-398, p. 1145, §4.)
AL Code § 22-27-94 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 27 - Solid Waste.|Article 4A|Section 22-27-94 - Violations of Article.

Section 22-27-94Violations of article. Any person who violates the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. (Act 2003-398, p. 1145, §5.)
AL Code § 22-50-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-1 - Definitions.

Section 22-50-1Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) CLIENTS. Those persons identified as receiving or needing services for an intellectual disability. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Mental Health. (3) INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES. Evaluation for, amelioration of, habilitation for, prevention of, and research into the causes of intellectual disability. (4) MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. Diagnosis of, treatment of, rehabilitation for, follow-up care of, prevention of and research into the causes of all forms of mental or emotional illness, including, but not limited to, alcoholism, drug addiction, or epilepsy in combination with mental illness or an intellectual disability. (5) MENTAL ILLNESS OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT. The application of professionally planned, managed, administered, or monitored clinical procedures or evidenced-based interventions to identify, stabilize, minimize, or alleviate the harmful consequences of substance related or mental or emotional disorders, and to restore impaired health and functionality relative to such. (6) PATIENTS. Those persons with mental or emotional illness. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §9; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1; Act 2011-582, p. 1278, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-2 - Department - Created; Composition; Divisions; Offices.

Section 22-50-2Department - Created; composition; divisions; offices. There shall be created and established a department of the state government to be known as the Department of Mental Health. The department shall be composed of the State Mental Health Commissioner and such divisions and administrative sections as the Mental Health Commissioner may direct. The principal offices of the department shall be located at the state capitol. The department shall perform the functions prescribed in this chapter. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §1; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-2.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-2.1 - Department - Name Changed; Transition Period.

Section 22-50-2.1Department - Name changed; transition period. (a) All rights, duties, property, real or personal, and all other effects existing in names of the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, or in any other name by which the department has been known, shall continue in the name of the Department of Mental Health. Any existing or future reference to the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, or any other name by which the department has been known, in any existing law, contract, or other instrument shall constitute a reference to the Department of Mental Health. (b) The Advisory Board of Trustees for the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation shall continue in existence as the Advisory Board of Trustees of the Department of Mental Health. (c) A reasonable transition period for the name change shall be allowed to permit an orderly and cost-effective transition relating particularly to the use of equipment and supplies. All letterhead, business cards, forms, and any other materials in use by the commission containing the name Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation shall continue to be used by the Department of Mental Health until the supplies are exhausted. Replacement supplies shall contain the name of the Department of Mental Health. (d) In addition to changes in Section 29-7-13, the Code Commissioner, at times determined appropriate, shall change all references to mental retardation in this code as follows: All references to "mentally retarded" shall be changed to "people with an intellectual disability" and all references to "mental retardation" shall be changed to "intellectual disability." This change in terminology is intended to be a name change only and it shall not limit or expand the eligibility for any programs or services provided by any state or local agency. (Act 2009-635, p. 1947, §2.)
AL Code § 22-50-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-3 - Department - Disposition of Fees, Receipts and Income.

Section 22-50-3Department - Disposition of fees, receipts and income. All fees, receipts, and income of the Department of Mental Health shall be paid over to a departmental treasurer, to be selected by the commissioner, or to a bank in lieu of the treasurer, as the commissioner may direct, and may be expended as authorized by the commissioner for support, maintenance, and operation of the state hospitals, Partlow State School and Hospital, and other institutions, services and programs subject to the jurisdiction and control of the department. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §20; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-4 - Department - Public Corporation.

Section 22-50-4Department - Public corporation. The Governor and the Commissioner of Mental Health are hereby constituted a public corporation to be known as the Department of Mental Health. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §2; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-5 - Board of Trustees - Membership; Officers; Initial Appointments; Terms.

Section 22-50-5Board of trustees - Membership; officers; initial appointments; terms. (a) In order to coordinate the activities of the Department of Mental Health and to advise with such department and to better acquaint the public with the needs and activities of such department, there is hereby created a board of trustees for the Department of Mental Health to be composed of 16 members. The Governor, the Commissioner of Mental Health, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be ex-officio members of such board of trustees. The remaining 12 members shall be appointed by the Governor, one from each of the congressional districts and the remainder from the state at large. One of the state at large positions shall be selected from nominations offered by the Association for Retarded Citizens of Alabama and one of the state at large positions shall be selected from nominations offered by the Mental Health Association of Alabama. All appointed trustees shall have demonstrated a concern for the programs and services provided by the Department of Mental Health and should represent a balance of primary interest areas or expertise. (b) The Governor shall be chairman of the board of trustees and the Commissioner of Mental Health shall be the secretary. The board shall meet quarterly at a place to be designated by the chairman and may meet more frequently upon the call of the chairman, or a majority of the members. (c) As soon as practicable after this section becomes law, the Governor shall appoint four members for a term of one year; four members for a term of two years; four members for a term of three years; all trustees shall take office effective upon appointment. No trustee shall serve more than three consecutive three-year terms; provided, however, that trustees shall continue to serve until their successors have been appointed. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §§3, 7; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-6 - Board of Trustees - Subsequent Appointments to Board; Vacancies.

Section 22-50-6Board of trustees - Subsequent appointments to board; vacancies. Subsequent appointments shall be made for a period of three years except that vacancies shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term only. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §4; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-8 - Board of Trustees - Expenses of Trustees.

Section 22-50-8Board of trustees - Expenses of trustees. The trustees shall receive $100.00 per day and mileage expenses while attending meetings of the board of trustees or while engaged in other official duties at the request of the Governor or board of trustees. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §6; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-9 - Department - Powers Generally.

Section 22-50-9Department - Powers generally. The Department of Mental Health through its commissioner is hereby authorized to act in any prudent way to provide mental health services and mental retardation services for the people of Alabama. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §9; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-10 - Department - Termination of Alabama Mental Health Board; Transfer of Authority to Department.

Section 22-50-10Department - Termination of Alabama Mental Health Board; transfer of authority to department. Upon May 1, 1984, the Alabama Mental Health Board shall cease to exist and the powers and responsibilities shall be vested in the Department of Mental Health through its commissioner. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §8; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-12 - Department - Legal Division.

Section 22-50-12Department - Legal division. The commissioner may establish a legal division, which shall be under the direction of an attorney authorized to practice law in the State of Alabama, and it shall be his duty to conduct the legal affairs of the department. The commissioner may appoint other attorneys to assist him. The compensation of any such attorney shall be paid from the funds of the department. Attorneys appointed by the commissioner shall have the authority to represent the department and employees of the department in litigation concerning the department. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §13; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-13 - Department - Annual Report.

Section 22-50-13Department - Annual report. As near after the end of the fiscal years as possible, the department shall print and send to the Governor a report consisting of activities of the department, needs of facilities under its jurisdiction, mental health and intellectual disability conditions in the state with respect to the extent to which needs are being met, plans for the future, financial report for the preceding year, and the names and addresses of the trustees; and a sufficient number of copies shall be printed to distribute to the members of the Legislature. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §17; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-14 - Department - Requests for Budget Funds.

Section 22-50-14Department - Requests for budget funds. Every budget period the department shall present to the Governor a request for funds based on projected needs for mental health and intellectual disability services in the state, together with a budget showing the expenditure of such requested funds; and the Governor shall include in his appropriation bill a request for funds to meet the financial needs of the department. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §18; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-15 - Funds for Essential Functions.

Section 22-50-15Funds for essential functions. Any state supported facility under the jurisdiction of the department providing services requiring on-premises residence of patients or clients, including, but not limited to, Bryce Hospital, Searcy Hospital, and Partlow State School and Hospital, shall be considered an essential function of the state, and funds allocated for the support of said state supported facilities shall not be subject to proration at any time a deficit occurs in the general funds. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §19; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-16 - Commissioner of Mental Health.

Section 22-50-16Commissioner of Mental Health. The Governor shall appoint the Mental Health Commissioner and shall fix his term of office and salary, such salary to be established without regard to any limitations now, or hereafter, established by law unless such law specifically refers to such Mental Health Commissioner. The commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The said Mental Health Commissioner so appointed shall appoint all officers and employees of the department or he may authorize any superintendent, division or bureau head, or other administrator to select with his approval all staff members and employees, and shall fix the salaries of the officers and employees of the Mental Health Department, without regard to any limitation established by law, unless such law passed hereafter shall refer to the particular officer or employee of the Mental Health Department. The commissioner may appoint an Associate Commissioner for Mental Illness, an Associate Commissioner for Intellectual Disabilities and an Associate Commissioner for Administration and Personnel. The associate commissioners shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner. The Mental Health Commissioner shall exercise supervision over all the officers and employees of the Mental Health Department and should any such officer or employee fail to perform faithfully any of the duties which are lawfully prescribed for him, or if he fails or refuses to observe or conform to any rule, regulation, or policy of the Mental Health Department, the Mental Health Commissioner may remove him from office. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §11; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-17 - Operation of a Facility for Care or Treatment of Mental or Emotional Illness or Substance Abuse, or Services to Persons With an Intellectual Disability.

Section 22-50-17Operation of a facility for care or treatment of mental or emotional illness or substance abuse, or services to persons with an intellectual disability. (a) No person, partnership, corporation, or association of persons shall operate a facility or institution for the care or treatment of any kind of mental or emotional illness or substance abuse or for providing services to persons with an intellectual disability as defined in this chapter, without being certified by the department or licensed by the State Board of Health; provided that nothing in this section shall be construed so as to require a duly authorized physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, licensed professional counselor operating under the scope of his or her license, or Christian Science practitioner to obtain a license for treatment of patients in his private office, unless he keeps two or more patients in his office for continuous periods of 24 hours or more in one week, or that a church or ministry be certified which provides only religious services. (b) No part of this section shall be construed as a mandate for an insurance policy, plan, or contract to offer or provide new or additional coverage benefits, or require any payment or prepayment to any person by any insurer or health care service plan. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §12; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1; Act 2011-582, p. 1278, §§1, 2.)