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6-5-481
or dentist's office or clinic containing facilities for the examination, diagnosis, treatment,
or care of human illnesses. (4) PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION. Any medical or dental professional
corporation or any medical or dental professional association. (5) PHYSICIAN. Any person licensed
to practice medicine in Alabama. (6) DENTIST. Any person licensed to practice dentistry in
Alabama. (7) HOSPITAL. Such institutions as are defined in Section 22-21-21 as hospitals.
(8) OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. Any professional corporation or any person employed by physicians,
dentists, or hospitals who are directly involved in the delivery of health care services.
(9) MEDICAL LIABILITY. A finding by a judge, jury, or arbitration panel that a physician,
dentist, medical institution, or other health care provider did not meet the applicable standard
of care, and that such failure was the proximate cause of the injury complained of,
resulting in damage to the patient. (Acts 1975, No. 513, p. 148, ยง3.)...
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22-11A-14
Section 22-11A-14 Cases of sexually transmitted diseases to be reported; contents of report;
reports confidential; penalty for violation; measures for protection of others. (a) Any physician
who diagnoses or treats a case of sexually transmitted disease as designated by the State
Board of Health, or any administrator of any hospital, dispensary, correctional facility or
other institution in which a case of sexually transmitted disease occurs shall report it to
the state or county health officer or his designee in a time and manner prescribed by the
State Board of Health. (b) The report shall be upon a form prescribed by the State Board of
Health and, at a minimum, shall state the patient's full name, date of birth, race, sex, marital
status, address, telephone number, place of employment, stage of disease, medication and amount
given, and the date of onset. (c) Any person who is charged with the responsibility of operating
a laboratory which performs tests for sexually transmitted...
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22-11A-60
by a rule adopted pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (7) INVASIVE PROCEDURES.
(a) Those medical or surgical procedures characterized by the digital palpation of a needle
tip in a body cavity or by the simultaneous presence of the health care worker's fingers and
a needle or other sharp instrument or object in a poorly visualized or highly confined anatomic
site. (b) Invasive dental procedures shall include those that provide the opportunity for
an intraoral percutaneous injury to the dental health care worker and could result
in the blood of the health care worker coming in contact with the blood or mucous membrane
of the patient as adopted by the Board of Dental Examiners in rules developed pursuant to
Section 22-11A-70. (c) These procedures shall not include physical examinations; blood pressure
checks; eye examinations; phlebotomy; administering intramuscular, intradermal, or subcutaneous
injections; needle biopsies; needle aspirations; lumbar punctures;...
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25-5-312
Section 25-5-312 Powers and duties of the board. The board shall exercise general supervision
in all matters related to the provision of medical services provided by physicians, as defined
in Section 25-5-310, rendered to workers under this article. The duties of the board shall
include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Study, develop, and implement any necessary
and reasonable guidelines for medical services and physician care provided by physicians.
In addition, with respect to services provided by physicians, the board shall study, develop,
and recommend to the secretary uniform medical criteria and policies for the conduct of utilization
review, bill screenings, and medical necessity determinations for use by insurance carriers,
self-insurers, and claims administrators. (2) Study, design, and implement standardized uniform
claims processing forms and forms for the reporting of medical information to employers and
insurance companies by physicians. (3) Address and give...
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22-21-311
Section 22-21-311 Definitions. (a) The following words and phrases used in this article, and
others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication
herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) APPLICANT.
A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of a county, municipality,
or educational institution, or two or more thereof, in accordance with the provisions of Section
22-21-313. (2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized, and any public hospital corporation
reincorporated, pursuant to the provisions hereof. (3) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. The resolution
adopted by the governing body of an authorizing subdivision, in accordance with the provisions
of Section 22-21-313 or Section 22-21-341, that authorizes the incorporation of an authority
or the reincorporation of a public hospital corporation. (4) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. Each
county, municipality, and educational institution with...
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22-21-33
Section 22-21-33 Penalties for operation of or referring persons to unlicensed hospital. (a)(1)
Any individual, association, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other
business entity who operates or causes to be operated a hospital of any kind as defined in
this article or any rules promulgated hereunder, without having been granted a license by
the State Board of Health shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor upon conviction, except
that any individual, association, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or
other business entity who operates or causes to be operated a hospital of any kind as defined
in this article or any rules promulgated hereunder without having been granted a license by
the State Board of Health shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor upon conviction of a second
or any subsequent offense. (2) The State Board of Health, upon determination that a facility
or business is operating as a hospital, within the meaning of this article or...
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34-23-33
Section 34-23-33 Revocation, suspension, etc., of license or certificate; non-disciplinary
administrative penalty. (a) The board may revoke, suspend, place on probation, or require
remediation for any licensed pharmacist or a holder of a pharmacy intern or extern certificate
for a specified time as determined by the board and take the same or similar action against
the permit to operate any pharmacy in this state, whenever the board finds by a preponderance
of the evidence, or pursuant to a consent decree, that the pharmacist has been guilty of any
of the following acts or offenses: (1) Obtaining a license, permit, or registration from the
board by fraudulent means. (2) Violation of the laws regulating the sale or dispensing of
narcotics, exempt narcotics, or drugs bearing the label "caution, federal law prohibits
dispensing without prescription," or similar wording which causes the drugs to be classified
as prescription legend drugs. (3) Conviction of a felony. A copy of the record of...
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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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34-24-276
the viewing is not related to patient diagnosis or treatment according to current practice
standards. (12) Any other misconduct defined by the board. (b) Whenever charges are preferred
against any holder of a license, the board shall fix a time and place for the hearing of the
same, and a copy of the charges, in writing and verified by oath, together with a notice of
the time and place of hearing, shall be served upon the accused at least 10 days before the
date fixed for the hearing. When personal service cannot be effected, the board shall
cause to be published at least 30 days prior to the date set for the hearing, in a newspaper
published in the county in which the accused was last known to practice, a notice to the effect
that at a definite time and place a hearing will be held by the board on charges preferred
against the person. The board may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and
the production of all necessary papers, books and records, documentary...
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34-24-606
Section 34-24-606 Training requirements. Each physician serving as the medical director at
a practice location shall meet at least one of the following requirements: (1) Successful
completion of a residency program in physical medicine and rehabilitation, anesthesiology,
addiction medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, family practice, preventive medicine, internal
medicine, surgery, orthopedics, or psychiatry approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists.
(2) Board certification in physical medicine and rehabilitation, anesthesiology, addiction
medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, family practice, preventive medicine, internal medicine,
surgery, orthopedics, or psychiatry approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties
or the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists. (3) Specialty certification
in pain management, pain medicine, hospice and palliative medicine,...
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