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16-22-16
Section 16-22-16 Registered nurses required. (a) The State Department of Education and the
Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall require the employment of school nurses in each
local school system. (b) There shall not be greater than five licensed practical nurses to
one registered nurse within each school system. However, based upon individual circumstances,
including specific medical needs and tasks which must be performed by a registered nurse as
set forth in the Nurse Practice Act and the Administrative Code rules of the Alabama Board
of Nursing, there may be a lower registered nurse to licensed practical nurse ratio within
each school system. (c) The allotment of school nurses shall be distributed so that each school
system shall receive one registered nurse and an additional nurse or nurses or fraction of
a nursing allocation based upon the average daily membership during the first 20 scholastic
days after Labor Day of the preceding school year. (d) Each local school...
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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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26-10A-19
Section 26-10A-19 Investigation. (a) A pre-placement investigation shall be made to determine
the suitability of each petitioner and the home in which the adoptee will be placed. The investigation
shall include a criminal background investigation and any other circumstances which might
be relevant to the placement of an adoptee with the petitioners. A copy of the pre-placement
investigation shall be filed with the court when the petition for adoption is filed. (b) An
individual or couple may initiate a pre-placement investigation by request directly through
the Department of Human Resources or a licensed child placing agency or by filing a request
with the probate court. The court may appoint any agency or individual qualified under subsection
(d) to perform the pre-placement investigation. Upon completion of the investigation, a copy
of the report shall be sent to the petitioners. The report is to be filed with the court at
the time of the filing of the petition for adoption. (c)...
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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. ยง262. (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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34-24-292
Section 34-24-292 Services performed by trainees and assistants. (a) Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a licensed assistant to a physician may perform medical services when the
services are rendered under the supervision of a licensed physician or physicians approved
by the board; except, that no medical services may be performed under this article except
under the supervision of an ophthalmologist in the office in which the physician normally
actually practices his or her profession and nowhere else in any of the following areas: (1)
The measurement of the powers or range of human vision or the determination of the accommodation
and refractive state of the human eye or the scope of its functions in general or the fitting
or adaptation of lenses or frames for the aid thereof. (2) The prescribing or directing the
use of or using any optical device in connection with ocular exercises, visual training, or
orthoptics. (3) The prescribing of contact lenses for or the fitting or...
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34-30-57
Section 34-30-57 Duties generally. In addition to the duties set forth elsewhere in this chapter,
the Board of Social Work Examiners shall: (1) Recommend modifications and amendments to this
chapter. (2) Recommend to the appropriate district attorneys prosecutions for the violations
of this chapter, after and only after the alleged violator has been notified of such violation
or violations and having been given 90 days to disclaim, amend, and rectify such allegation.
(3) Annually publish a list of the names and addresses of all persons who are: a. "Licensed
bachelor social workers," "licensed graduate social workers," and "licensed
certified social workers" under this chapter. b. Eligible to engage in the private independent
practice of social work under this chapter. (4) Establish fees for initial examination, licensure,
certification, and renewal thereof. (5) Establish requirements and standards for continuing
education. In establishing such requirements, the board shall consult with...
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34-9-19
Section 34-9-19 Advertising - Dentist; specialty requirements; practice emphasis; purpose of
section; rules and regulations. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following terms shall
have the respective meanings: (1) ADVERTISEMENT. An advertisement is information communicated
in a manner designed to attract public attention to the practice of a dentist as heretofore
defined. (2) DENTIST. Any person licensed to practice dentistry in this state pursuant to
this chapter or any entity authorized by law which is formed for the purpose of practicing
dentistry. (3) FALSE. A false statement or claim is one which: a. Contains a material misrepresentation
of fact or law. b. Omits a material fact rendering the statement or claim when considered
as a whole false. (b) A dentist shall have ultimate responsibility for all advertisements
which are approved by him or her or his or her agents or associates and the dentist shall
be responsible for the following: (1) Broadcast advertisements shall be...
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34-24-125
Section 34-24-125 Chiropractic agreements. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following
words shall have the following meanings: (1) CHIROPRACTOR. A person licensed to practice chiropractic
in this state. (2) CHIROPRACTIC AGREEMENT or AGREEMENT. A contract between a chiropractor
and a patient or his or her legal representative in which the chiropractor or the chiropractor's
chiropractic practice agrees to provide chiropractic services to the patient for an agreed
upon fee and period of time. (3) CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE. A chiropractor or a chiropractic practice
of a chiropractor that charges a periodic fee for chiropractic services and which does not
bill a third party any additional fee for services for patients covered under a chiropractic
agreement. The per visit charge of the practice shall be less than the monthly equivalent
of the periodic fee. (b) A chiropractic agreement is not insurance, may not be deemed an insurance
arrangement, and is not subject to state insurance...
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34-31-18
Section 34-31-18 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings herein ascribed to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADMINISTRATIVE
PROCEDURE LAW. Sections 41-22-1 through 41-22-27, and any subsequent amendment or supplement
thereto, and any rules or regulations promulgated thereto. (2) APPRENTICE. A person other
than a certified heating, air conditioning, or refrigeration contractor, who is engaged in
learning and assisting in the installation, service, or repair of a heating, air conditioning,
or refrigeration system and working under the direct supervision of a certified heating, air
conditioning, or refrigeration contractor, and who has successfully fulfilled the voluntary
registration requirements of the board and has been duly registered by the board as such for
the current year. (3) BOARD. The State Board of Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration
Contractors, herein established. (4) CERTIFICATION. The...
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36-32-3
Section 36-32-3 Officers; powers and duties; compensation; expenditures and revenues; education
and training; facilities. (a) The commission shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from
among its members at the first regular quarterly meeting of the calendar year. (b) The commission
may do all of the following: (1) Organize the Alabama Fire College by appointing an executive
director, assistant directors, and such officers as the interest of the Alabama Fire College
may require. (2) Remove the executive director or any assistant or other officer. (3) Fix,
increase, or reduce the compensation of the executive director or any assistant or other officer.
(4) Institute, regulate, alter, or modify the government of the Alabama Fire College as the
commission may deem advisable. (5) Prescribe courses of instruction related to the mission
of the Alabama Fire College. (6) Establish the cost of any prescribed course of study related
to the mission of the Alabama Fire College. (7) Confer...
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