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22-8A-3
Section 22-8A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADULT. Any person
19 years of age or over. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITION AND HYDRATION. A medical treatment
consisting of the administration of food and water through a tube or intravenous line, where
the recipient is not required to chew or swallow voluntarily. Artificially provided nutrition
and hydration does not include assisted feeding, such as spoon or bottle feeding. (3) ADVANCE
DIRECTIVE FOR HEALTH CARE. A writing executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4 which may
include a living will, the appointment of a health care proxy, or both such living will and
appointment of a health care proxy. (4) ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. The physician selected by, or
assigned to, the patient who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the
patient. (5) CARDIOPULMONARY CESSATION. A lack of pulse or...
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27-45-2
Section 27-45-2 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the respective
meanings herein set forth, unless the context shall otherwise require: (1) ALABAMA INSURANCE
CODE. Title 27 of the Code of Alabama 1975. (2) INSURER. Such term shall have the meaning
ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (3) PERSON. Such term shall have the meaning ascribed in Section
27-1-2. (4) COMMISSIONER and DEPARTMENT. Such terms, respectively, shall have the meanings
ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (5) CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION. Any obligation under covered policies
or employee benefit plans. (6) COVERED POLICY OR PLAN. Any policy, employee benefit plan,
or contract within the scope of this article. (7) HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY. Any individual,
group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy, insurance agreement, or group hospital service
contract providing for pharmaceutical services, including without limitation, prescription
drugs, incurred as a result of accident or sickness, or to prevent same....
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20-2-250
Section 20-2-250 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) ADMINISTER. The direct application of a controlled substance whether by injection,
inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient by any of the following:
a. A collaborating physician or, in his or her presence, his or her authorized agent. b. A
certified registered nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife. c. The patient at the
direction and in the presence of the collaborating physician, certified registered nurse practitioner,
or certified nurse midwife. (2) BOARD. The Board of Medical Examiners of the State of Alabama.
(3) CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE or CNM. An advanced practice nurse who is subject to a collaborative
practice agreement with a collaborating physician pursuant to Title 34, Chapter 21, Article
5, and who has advanced knowledge and skills relative to the management of women's health
care focusing on pregnancy, childbirth, the...
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20-2-64
Section 20-2-64 Denial of application. The board may deny an application of an assistant to
physician requesting a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate, deny
a request for a renewal of a QACSC, or initiate disciplinary action against an assistant to
physician possessing a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate based
on the following grounds: (1) Fraud or deceit in applying for, procuring, or attempting to
procure a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate in the State of
Alabama. (2) Conviction of a crime under any state or federal law relating to any controlled
substance. (3) Conviction of a crime or offense which affects the ability of the assistant
to physician to practice with due regard for the health or safety of his or her patients.
(4) Prescribing a drug or utilizing a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration
Certificate in such a manner as to endanger the health of any person or patient...
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20-2-254
Section 20-2-254 Grounds for denial of application or request for renewal, etc. The Board of
Medical Examiners may deny an application of a certified registered nurse practitioner (CRNP)
or a certified nurse midwife (CNM) requesting a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration
Certificate (QACSC), deny a request for a renewal of a QACSC, or initiate action against the
QACSC of a CRNP or a CNM possessing a QACSC based on the following grounds: (1) Fraud or deceit
in applying for, procuring, or attempting to procure a QACSC in the State of Alabama. (2)
Conviction of a crime under any state or federal law relating to any controlled substance.
(3) Conviction of a crime or offense which affects the ability of the CRNP or CNM to practice
with due regard for the health or safety of his or her patients. (4) Prescribing a drug or
utilizing a QACSC in such a manner as to endanger the health of any person or patient of the
CRNP, CNM, or collaborating physician. (5) Suspension or...
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34-24-276
Section 34-24-276 Suspension or revocation; members of board immune from suit. (a) A license
issued to any person may be suspended for a definite period of time, revoked, or limited,
or a licensee may be reprimanded, or an application for licensure or renewal of licensure
may be denied by the State Board of Podiatry for any of the following reasons: (1) Conviction
of any offense involving moral turpitude, in which case the record of conviction or a certified
copy thereof certified by the clerk of the court or by the judge in which court the conviction
is had shall be conclusive evidence of such conviction. (2) Unprofessional conduct including
any conduct of a character likely to deceive or defraud the public, lending his or her license
to any person, the employment of "cappers," or "steerers" to obtain business,
"splitting" or dividing a fee with any person or persons, the obtaining of any fee
or compensation by fraud or misrepresentation, employing directly or indirectly any suspended...
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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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34-24-361
Section 34-24-361 Investigations; reporting offenses; proceedings and actions; privileged information.
(a)(1) The State Board of Medical Examiners on its own motion may investigate any evidence
which appears to show that a physician or osteopath holding a certificate of qualification
to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama is or may be guilty of any of the
acts, offenses, or conditions set out in Section 34-24-360. As part of its investigation,
the board may require a criminal history background check of the physician or osteopath. In
such event, the physician or osteopath shall submit a complete set of fingerprints to the
State Board of Medical Examiners. The board shall submit the fingerprints provided by the
physician or osteopath to the Alabama Bureau of Investigation (ABI). The fingerprints shall
be forwarded by the ABI to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a national criminal
history record check. Costs associated with conducting a criminal history...
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34-8A-2
Section 34-8A-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires
otherwise, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed by
this section: (1) ASSOCIATE LICENSED COUNSELOR. Any person that has been licensed by the board
to offer counseling services as defined in this section while under the supervision of a board
approved supervisor. (2) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling. (3) COUNSELING
SERVICES. Those acts and behaviors coming within the private practice of counseling. (4) LICENSED
PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR. Any person who represents to the public by any title or description
of services incorporating the words "licensed professional counselor" or "licensed
counselor"; and who offers to render professional counseling services in private practice
to individuals, groups, organizations, corporations, institutions, government agencies, or
the general public in settings of individual or group practice for a fee, salary,...
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34-21-81
Section 34-21-81 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS. The State Board of Medical Examiners established
pursuant to Section 34-24-53. (2) BOARD OF NURSING. The Board of Nursing established under
Section 34-21-2. (3) ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE. A registered nurse that has gained additional
knowledge and skills through successful completion of an organized program of nursing education
that prepares nurses for advanced practice roles and has been certified by the Board of Nursing
to engage in the practice of advanced practice nursing. There shall be four categories of
advanced practice nurses: Certified registered nurse practitioners (CRNP), certified nurse
midwives (CNM), certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA), and clinical nurse specialists
(CNS). Certified registered nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives are subject to
collaborative practice agreements with an Alabama physician....
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