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16-30B-5
Section 16-30B-5 Liability of attending physician. An attending physician, as defined in Section
22-8A-3, has no supervisory authority over the school's execution of the Palliative and End
of Life Individual Health Plan and shall be immune from civil liability for any orders, acts,
or omissions directly related to this chapter, including any vicarious liability for the acts
and omissions of school employees and officials in carrying out the Palliative and End of
Life Individual Health Plan. (Act 2018-460, §2.)...
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34-19-19
Section 34-19-19 Liability of physician, health care provider, or hospital. No physician, other
health care provider, or hospital shall be civilly or criminally liable for any act or omission
or advice, care, or service provided by an individual practicing midwifery outside of a hospital
or resulting from the choice of a woman to give birth to a child outside of a hospital, provided
the midwife is not employed to practice midwifery by the physician, health care provider,
or hospital or is not practicing midwifery as an employee, member, or shareholder of a business
entity in which the physician, health care provider, or hospital participates by way of receiving
monetary or non-cash income and has actual knowledge of the midwife's status as an employee,
partner, member, or shareholder of the business entity. (Act 2017-383, §2.)...
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15-18-185
Section 15-18-185 Inmate with medical condition in which treatment exceeds $2,000 to be transferred
to department. In the event a state inmate, as defined in this article, participating in a
community punishment and corrections program develops a medical condition which, in the opinion
of a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, would require treatment, the cost
for which would exceed $2,000.00, such inmate shall be transferred within three days to the
custody of the department and shall receive treatment as other state inmates. (Acts 1991,
No. 91-441, p. 795, §16.)...
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34-23-77
Section 34-23-77 Collaborative practice agreement. (a) A pharmacist licensed by the Alabama
State Board of Pharmacy and a physician licensed by the State Board of Medical Examiners may
enter into a collaborative practice agreement. (b) A copy of the collaborative practice agreement
and any amendment thereto shall be submitted to each respective board within 10 days after
the agreement is signed by both parties. (c) A collaborative practice agreement and any amendment
thereto shall not become effective until approved by the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy and
the State Board of Medical Examiners. (d) The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy and the State
Board of Medical Examiners shall each adopt rules to implement this section. The initial rules
shall be adopted not later than October 1, 2019. (e) A collaborative practice agreement between
a licensed pharmacist and a licensed physician may not be approved unless both the Alabama
State Board of Pharmacy and State Board of Medical Examiners...
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22-8A-7
Section 22-8A-7 Competency of declarant; liability of participating physician, facility, etc.
(a) A competent adult may make decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment and artificially
provided nutrition and hydration so long as that individual is able to do so. The desires
of an individual shall at all times supersede the effect of an advance directive for health
care. (b) If the individual is not competent at the time of the decision to provide, withhold,
or withdraw life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration, a
living will executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4(a) or a proxy designation executed
in accordance with Section 22-8A-4(b) is presumed to be valid. For the purpose of this chapter,
a health care provider may presume in the absence of actual notice to the contrary that an
individual who executed an advance directive for health care was competent when it was executed.
The fact of an individual's having executed an advance directive for...
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27-51-1
Section 27-51-1 Payment for services of licensed physician assistant. (a) An insurance policy
or contract providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses
shall include a provision for the payment to a supervising physician for necessary medical
or surgical services that are provided by a licensed physician assistant practicing under
the supervision of the physician, and pursuant to the rules, regulations, and parameters for
physician assistants, if the policy or contract pays for the same care and treatment provided
by a licensed physician or doctor of osteopathy. (b) An insurance policy or contract subject
to this section shall not impose a practice or supervision restriction which is inconsistent
with or more restrictive than provided by law. (c) This section shall apply to services provided
under a policy or contract delivered, continued, or renewed in this state on or after August
1, 1997, and to any existing policy or contract, on the policy's or...
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32-6-45
Section 32-6-45 Immunity from civil liability. No civil or criminal action may be brought against
the board, any of its members, the director or director's office or its employees, or any
physician licensed to practice in this state, for providing any reports, records, examinations,
opinions, or recommendations pursuant to the division. In addition, any other person acting
in good faith and without negligence or malicious intent in making a report to the director's
office pursuant to this division shall have the immunity from civil liability that might otherwise
be incurred or imposed. (Acts 1979, No. 79-619, p. 1097, §5.)...
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34-24-337
Section 34-24-337 Renewal of certificate; reinstatement of license. (a) Renewal of license.
Every person licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama shall, on
or before December 31 of each succeeding year, apply to the commission for renewal of a certificate
of registration which shall be effective during the next calendar year. All new licenses issued
by the commission, upon application, shall be registered by the commission at the time of
issuance, and a certificate of registration, which shall be effective until and including
the following December 31, shall be issued to the licensee. Each renewal application shall
be made on a form to be furnished by the commission. The application shall give the name of
the applicant in full, his or her address, the date and number of the license issued to the
applicant for the practice of medicine or osteopathy, and such other facts as shall tend to
identify the applicant for registration as the commission shall deem...
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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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20-2-112
Section 20-2-112 Definitions. As used in this article the following words, unless the context
clearly indicates the contrary, shall have the following meanings: (1) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
The same as is defined in subdivision (5) of Section 20-2-2, as amended; (2) CANNABIS. The
same as those substances defined in subdivision (15) of Section 20-2-2, as amended, and particularly
those substances defined as tetrahydrocannabinols, or a chemical derivative thereof; (3) PRACTITIONER
A physician licensed to practice medicine in this state and particularly as herein enumerated.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-472, p. 870, §3.)...
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