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22-21-175
Section 22-21-175 Board of directors. (a) The corporation shall have a board of directors in
which all powers of the corporation shall be vested. The board of directors shall consist
of (1) Two persons elected by the county commission of the county; (2) Two persons elected
by the governing body of the largest of the member municipalities, according to the federal
decennial census next preceding the date of the filing of the certificate of incorporation
of the corporation for record; (3) One person elected by the governing body of each of the
other member municipalities; (4) Two persons, each of whom shall be, at the time of his appointment,
a physician licensed to practice the profession of medicine in the county, resident in the
county and engaged in the full-time private practice of medicine, elected at a mass meeting
of the licensed physicians resident in the county; (5) Two persons elected or appointed by
a majority vote of all the active circuit judges of the judicial circuit in...
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34-22-20
Section 34-22-20 Qualifications of applicants; examination; issuance and execution of licenses;
use of pharmaceutical agents. (a) Every person desiring to practice optometry in this state
shall be 19 years of age, or over, a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of
the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation
from the federal government, and of good moral character. The person shall have a minimum
of three years of preoptometry, or the equivalent, at an accredited college or university,
have completed a course of study in an accredited school or college of optometry which is
approved by the board and that requires at least four years of professional study, and have
passed all examinations prescribed by the board, which may include the standard examination
after completion of the educational requirements. The board may accept a passing grade on
a recognized national examination or a passing grade on a board...
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34-22-1
Section 34-22-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Optometry.
(2) HUMAN EYE AND ITS ADJACENT STRUCTURES. The eye and all structures situated within the
orbit, including the conjunctiva, lids, lashes, and lachrymal system. (3) PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS.
Any diagnostic and therapeutic drug or combination of drugs that has the property of assisting
in the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, or mitigation of abnormal conditions or symptoms
of the human eye and its adjacent structures. (4) PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY. The practice of optometry
is a learned profession involving the examination, measurement by objective and subjective
means, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of any departure from the normal of the human
eyes, their adjacent structures, and visual system. The practice of optometry includes but
is not limited to: The adapting and fitting of all types of lenses or...
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38-1-7
Section 38-1-7 (Effective October 1, 2015 until September 30, 2017) Drug screening program.
(a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DRUG.
Includes all of the following: a. A controlled substance for which a medical prescription
or other legal authorization is required for purchase or possession, including, but not limited
to: An amphetamine, a tetrahydrocannabinol, oxycodone, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), an opiate,
a barbiturate, a benzodiazepine, a methamphetamine, a propoxyphene, a tricyclic antidepressant,
or a metabolite of any of these substances. b. A drug whose manufacture, sale, use, or possession
is forbidden by law. (2) DRUG SCREENING. Any chemical, biological, or physical instrumental
analysis administered by a laboratory certified by the United States Department of Health
and Human Services or other licensing agency in this state for the purpose of determining
the presence or absence of a drug or its metabolites. (b) The...
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26-23A-3
Section 26-23A-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug,
or any other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known
to be pregnant. Such use or prescription is not an abortion if done with the intent to save
the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, remove a dead unborn child, or to deliver
an unborn child prematurely in order to preserve the health of both the mother (pregnant woman)
and her unborn child. (2) CONCEPTION. The fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.
(3) EMANCIPATED MINOR. Any minor who is or has been married or has by court order otherwise
been legally freed from the care, custody, and control of her parents. (4) GESTATIONAL AGE.
The time that has elapsed since the first day of the woman's last menstrual period. (5) MEDICAL
EMERGENCY. That condition which, on the basis of the physician's...
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26-23E-3
Section 26-23E-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any
other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be
pregnant with knowledge that the termination by those means will with reasonable likelihood
cause the death of the unborn child. Such use or prescription is not an abortion if done with
the intent to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, remove a dead unborn
child, or to deliver the unborn child prematurely in order to preserve the health of both
the mother (pregnant woman) and her unborn child. The term abortion as used in this chapter,
does not include a procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of a woman with an ectopic
pregnancy, nor does it include the procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of a woman
when the unborn child has a lethal anomaly. For the purposes of this chapter,...
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34-23-11
Section 34-23-11 Physicians, dentists, registered nurses, etc., exempt from chapter. (a) Nothing
contained in this chapter shall prevent any licensed practitioner of the healing arts from
personally compounding, dispensing, administering, or supplying to his or her patient drugs
and medicines for their use. This chapter shall not apply to the manufacture or sale at wholesale
or retail of patent or proprietary medicines as purchased from a manufacturer or wholesaler,
or to the manufacture or sale at wholesale or retail of packaged, bottled, or nonbulk chemicals,
medicines, medical and dental supplies, cosmetics, and dietary foods when identified by and
sold under a trademark, trade name, or other trade symbol, privately owned or registered in
the United States Patent Office, sold or offered to be sold to the general public, if the
article meets the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act other than prescription
legend drugs. (b) A registered nurse in the employment of...
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34-24-526
Section 34-24-526 Renewal and continued participation. (a) A physician seeking to renew an
expedited license granted in a member state shall complete a renewal process with the interstate
commission if the physician: (1) Maintains a full and unrestricted license in a state of principal
license; (2) Has not been convicted, received adjudication, deferred adjudication, community
supervision, or deferred disposition for any offense by a court of appropriate jurisdiction;
(3) Has not had a license authorizing the practice of medicine subject to discipline by a
licensing agency in any state, federal, or foreign jurisdiction, excluding any action related
to nonpayment of fees related to a license; and (4) Has not had a controlled substance license
or permit suspended or revoked by a state or the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.
(b) Physicians shall comply with all continuing professional development or continuing medical
education requirements for renewal of a license issued by...
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34-24-603
Section 34-24-603 Definitions. Unless otherwise indicated from the context, the terms set out
below, as used in this article shall have the following meanings: (1) APPLICANT. A person
who has submitted or that is in the process of submitting a registration under this article.
(2) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners. (3) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. A drug, substance,
or immediate precursor identified, defined, or listed in Sections 20-2-20 to 20-2-32, inclusive.
(4) HOSPITAL. A health care institution licensed by the Alabama Department of Public Health
and has the same definition as provided in Chapter 420-5-7 of the Alabama Administrative Code.
The term shall include any outpatient facility or clinic that is separated from the hospital
that is owned, operated, or controlled by the hospital. (5) PAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES. Those
medical services that involve the prescription of controlled substances in order to treat
chronic nonmalignant pain by a physician who treats pain. (6)...
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26-23H-3
Section 26-23H-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any
other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be
pregnant with knowledge that the termination by those means will with reasonable likelihood
cause the death of the unborn child. The term does not include these activities if done with
the intent to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, remove a dead unborn
child, to deliver the unborn child prematurely to avoid a serious health risk to the unborn
child's mother, or to preserve the health of her unborn child. The term does not include a
procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of a woman with an ectopic pregnancy, nor does
it include the procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of a woman when the unborn child
has a lethal anomaly. (2) ECTOPIC PREGNANCY. Any pregnancy resulting from...
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