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22-19-161
Section 22-19-161 Definitions. In this article: (1) "Adult" means an individual who
is at least 18 years of age. (2) "Agent" means an individual: (A) authorized to
make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care;
or (B) expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by any other
record signed by the principal. (3) "Anatomical gift" means a donation of all or
part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation,
therapy, research, or education. (4) "Coroner" means an elected or appointed official
who determines, with the assistance of other forensic scientists and investigators, the cause,
manner, and circumstances surrounding death. (5) "Decedent" means a deceased individual
whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. The term includes a stillborn
infant and, subject to restrictions imposed by law other than this article, a fetus. (6) "Disinterested...
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34-23-1
Section 34-23-1 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Pharmacy Association. (2)
BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT. Has the same meaning as the term as defined in 42 U.S.C. §262. (3) BOARD
or STATE BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy. (4) CHEMICAL. Any substance of a medicinal
nature, whether simple or compound, obtained through the process of the science and art of
chemistry, whether of organic or inorganic origin. (5) DISPENSE. To sell, distribute, administer,
leave with, give away, dispose of, deliver, or supply a drug or medicine to the ultimate user
or his or her agent. (6) DRUGS. All medicinal substances, preparations, and devices recognized
by the United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary, or any revision thereof, and all
substances and preparations intended for external and internal use in the cure, diagnosis,
mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or animal...
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34-23-70
Section 34-23-70 Management; display of permit and license; poisons; prescription requirements;
violations. (a) Every pharmacy when opened for business shall be under the personal supervision
of a duly licensed pharmacist who shall have personal supervision of not more than one pharmacy
at the same time. During temporary absences of the licensed pharmacist, not to exceed three
hours daily or more than one and one-half hours at any one time, nor more than one week for
temporary illness, the prescription department shall be closed, and no prescriptions are to
be filled. During the temporary absence of a pharmacist, a sign shall be placed on the prescription
counter in a prominent location easily seen by the public stating, "Prescription Department
Closed, No Pharmacist on Duty." (b) The permit issued to each pharmacist by the board
and the licensure certificates issued to the licensed pharmacist employed by each pharmacy
must be prominently and conspicuously displayed in the pharmacy....
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34-24-74
Section 34-24-74 Nonresident consultants; physician accompanying patient being transported
into Alabama for treatment. A doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy licensed to practice
medicine in any state of the United States or the District of Columbia who may be called into
this state in order to treat a patient in consultation with a physician licensed to practice
medicine in this state shall be allowed the temporary privilege of practicing medicine in
this state. This privilege shall be limited to 10 calendar days in a calendar year. A doctor
of medicine or doctor of osteopathy licensed to practice medicine in any state in the United
States or the District of Columbia who accompanies a patient being transported to the State
of Alabama by air or ground transportation for the purpose of receiving medical treatment
at any hospital, clinic, or medical facility in the State of Alabama shall be permitted to
render necessary medical care to the patient while the patient is being...
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34-24-50.1
Section 34-24-50.1 Definitions. Unless otherwise indicated from the context, the terms set
out below as used in Articles 3, 8, 9, and 10 of this chapter shall have the following meanings:
(1) PHYSICIAN. Either a doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathy. (2) LICENSED TO PRACTICE
MEDICINE. Both the practice of medicine by a doctor of medicine or the practice of osteopathy
by a doctor of osteopathy. (3) DOCTOR. Both doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy.
(Act 2002-140, p. 359, §2.)...
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34-24-50
Section 34-24-50 "Practice of medicine or osteopathy" defined. The "practice
of medicine or osteopathy" means: (1) To diagnose, treat, correct, advise, or prescribe
for any human disease, ailment, injury, infirmity, deformity, pain, or other condition, physical
or mental, real or imaginary, by any means or instrumentality; (2) To maintain an office or
place of business for the purpose of doing acts described in subdivision (1), whether for
compensation or not; (3) To use, in the conduct of any occupation or profession pertaining
to the diagnosis or treatment of human disease or conditions, the designation "doctor,"
"doctor of medicine," "doctor of osteopathy," "physician," "surgeon,"
"physician and surgeon," "Dr.," "M.D.," or any combination thereof
unless such a designation additionally contains the description of another branch of the healing
arts for which a person has a license. (Code 1876, §4244; Code 1886, §4078; Code 1896, §5333;
Code 1907, §7564; Acts 1915, No. 623, p. 661;...
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34-24-310
Section 34-24-310 Created; composition; appointment of members; terms of office; public members.
(a) There is created the Medical Licensure Commission composed of seven physicians, each of
whom shall be either a doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathy and be licensed to practice
medicine or osteopathy in this state. The members of the commission shall be appointed as
follows: Two physicians shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor; two physicians shall
be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and the remaining three physicians
shall be appointed by the Governor. Each member of the commission shall be a citizen of this
state and the membership of the commission shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender,
geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. The members shall serve a five-year
term with no limit as to the number of terms a member can serve. In order to stagger the terms,
the initial appointment shall be as follows: The two...
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25-5-310
Section 25-5-310 Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following words and phrases
have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Workers' Compensation Medical Services Board.
(2) MEDICAL or MEDICAL SERVICES. Any and all medical or surgical services provided by physicians
under this new article. (3) PHYSICIAN. A doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy licensed
to practice medicine. (Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §42.)...
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34-24-502
Section 34-24-502 Licensure. (a) License requirement. No person shall engage in the practice
of medicine or osteopathy across state lines in this state, hold himself or herself out as
qualified to do the same, or use any title, word, or abbreviation to indicate to or induce
others to believe that he or she is licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy across state
lines in this state unless he or she has been issued a special purpose license to practice
medicine or osteopathy across state lines in accordance with the provisions of this article;
provided however, that no person who holds a full, unrestricted, and current license issued
under Sections 34-24-310 to 34-24-343, inclusive, shall be required to obtain a special purpose
license to practice medicine or osteopathy across state lines. (b) Issuance of license. The
Medical Licensure Commission shall issue a special purpose license to practice medicine or
osteopathy across state lines upon presentation by an applicant of a...
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34-24-53.1
Section 34-24-53.1 Board of Medical Examiners - Rulemaking authority. (a) The Legislature finds
and declares all of the following: (1) The power to make rules regulating the practice of
medicine or osteopathy includes the power to prohibit unlicensed persons from practicing medicine
or osteopathy and the power to regulate how licensed persons practice medicine or osteopathy.
(2) A primary goal of the provision of health care is to prioritize patient safety and wellness.
(3) The State Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission are in the best
position to determine the medical practices that prioritize patient safety and wellness. (4)
Prioritizing patient safety and wellness may sometimes be at odds with the goals of state
and federal anti-trust laws, which include prioritizing competition and efficiency. (5) It
is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to immunize the Board of Medical
Examiners and its members and the Medical Licensure Commission and...
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