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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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34-9-7
Section 34-9-7 Exemption of certain practices and operations. (a) Nothing in this chapter
shall apply to the following practices, acts, and operations: (1) The practice of his or her
profession by a physician or surgeon holding a certificate of qualification as a medical doctor
and licensed as such under the laws of this state, provided he or she shall not practice dentistry
as a specialty. (2) The practice of dentistry in the discharge of their official duties by
graduate dentists or dental surgeons in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, or other
armed services, public health service including, but not limited to, a federally qualified
health center authorized and operating under Section 330 of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. ยง 254B), provided, however, that such federally qualified health centers shall
register pursuant to Section 34-9-7.2 (provided further however, dentists, dental hygienists,
and other personnel employed by any public health service which performs...
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14-1-19
Section 14-1-19 Acceptance and redispensing of unused prescription medications. (a)
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1)
CORRECTIONS FACILITY. Any facility or program controlled or operated by the state Department
of Corrections or any of its agencies or departments and supported wholly or in part by state
funds for the correctional care of persons or any county jail operated and controlled by the
county sheriff and a county. (2) CUSTOMIZED PATIENT MEDICATION PACKAGE. A package that is
prepared by a pharmacist for a specific patient and that contains two or more prescribed solid
oral dosage forms. (3) REPACKAGING. The process by which the pharmacy prepares a prescription
it accepts pursuant to this section in a unit-dose package, unit-of-issue package or
customized patient medication package for immediate dispensing in accordance with a current
prescription. (4) UNIT-DOSE PACKAGE. A package that contains a single-dose drug with the name,...
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16-25A-1
Section 16-25A-1 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
EMPLOYEE. Any person covered by the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan pursuant
to Section 16-25A-11 or person who is employed full-time in any public institution
of education within the State of Alabama which provides instruction at any combination of
grades K through 14, exclusively, under the auspices of the State Board of Education or the
Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; provided, any person employed part-time by any public
institution of education within the State of Alabama which provides instruction at any combination
of grades K through 14, exclusively, under the auspices of the State Board of Education or
the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, shall be included in the definition of employee
if such person shall agree to have deducted from his or her compensation a pro rata...
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22-5A-4
Section 22-5A-4 Selection of community ombudsmen; training; certification; duties; area
plan to describe program; notification of department as to prospective ombudsmen; advisory
committee on program. (a) Each area agency on aging funded by the department shall select
at least one community ombudsman in each planning and service area established according to
regulations issued pursuant to the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. The community
ombudsman shall be an employee or contractual employee of the area agency on aging and shall
certify to having no association with any health care facility or provider for reward or profit.
(b) The duties of each community ombudsman shall be as follows: (1) To receive, investigate,
respond to, and attempt informally to resolve complaints made by or on behalf of recipients;
(2) To report immediately instances of fraud, abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the department
of pensions and security for investigation and follow-up pursuant to Chapter...
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40-26B-21
Section 40-26B-21 Privilege assessment on nursing facilities. To provide further for
the availability of indigent health care, the operation of the Medicaid program, and the maintenance
and expansion of medical services: (a) There is levied and shall be collected a privilege
assessment on the business activities of every nursing facility in the State of Alabama. The
privilege assessment imposed is in addition to all other taxes and assessments, and shall
be at the annual rate of one thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars and ninety-six cents
($1,899.96) for each bed in the nursing facility. Beginning September 1, 2020, the privilege
assessment shall be increased from one thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars and ninety-six
cents ($1,899.96) for each bed in the nursing facility, by an addition to the privilege assessment
equal to three hundred twenty-seven dollars and forty-eight cents ($327.48) per annum. The
addition to the privilege assessment shall be paid in equal monthly...
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40-26B-70
Section 40-26B-70 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACCESS PAYMENT. A payment by the Medicaid program to an eligible
hospital for inpatient or outpatient hospital care, or both, provided to a Medicaid recipient.
(2) ALL PATIENT REFINED DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUP (APR-DRG). A statistical system of classifying
any non-Medicare inpatient stay into groups for the purposes of payment. (3) ALTERNATE CARE
PROVIDER. A contractor, other than a regional care organization, that agrees to provide a
comprehensive package of Medicaid benefits to Medicaid beneficiaries in a defined region of
the state pursuant to a risk contract. (4) CERTIFIED PUBLIC EXPENDITURE (CPE). A certification
in writing of the cost of providing medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries by publicly owned
hospitals and hospitals owned by a state agency or a state university plus the amount of uncompensated
care provided by publicly owned hospitals and hospitals...
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22-11A-10
Section 22-11A-10 State Board of Health to investigate reported cases of tuberculosis;
voluntary treatment; probate court may order compulsory treatment and quarantine; cost of
treatment; exercise of religious freedom. Whenever the State Board of Health or its authorized
representative shall discover, as a result of its own investigation or as a result of any
report required by this article, that any person may be afflicted with tuberculosis, the State
Board of Health, through its authorized representative, shall investigate or further investigate
the circumstances and, if after investigation, the representative of the State Board of Health
is of the opinion that an active case of tuberculosis is found, he shall encourage the person
infected to take voluntary treatment to meet the minimum requirements prescribed by the State
Board of Health. If such afflicted person refuses voluntary treatment, than the state board
of health, through its authorized representative, may petition the...
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34-20-4
Section 34-20-4 Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Generally. (a) There
is a Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators composed of seven members, six original
members as set out in this subsection, and an additional consumer member as set out in subsection
(b). The membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic,
urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. The six original members shall be composed
as follows: Three members shall be nursing home administrators duly licensed and registered
under this chapter; one member shall be a physician, licensed under the laws of the State
of Alabama, who is actively concerned in a practice with the care of chronically ill and infirm,
aged patients; one member shall be a hospital administrator; and one member shall be a registered
nurse, licensed in Alabama, who has five years' experience as a geriatric nurse and who is
actively serving as a director of nursing in a geriatric...
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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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