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22-5A-6
Section 22-5A-6 Procedures for resolving complaints. (a) A community ombudsman's access
to any health care facility shall be limited to standard operating hours unless prior arrangements
with the operator of the facility has been made. If the complaint involves more than one provider
or alleges to involve more than one provider, the ombudsman shall investigate all providers.
(b) Any complaint requiring remedial action and deemed valid by the ombudsman shall be identified
and brought to the attention of the administrator or provider involved and followed up in
writing within a reasonable time. Upon receipt of such document, the administrator or provider,
in coordination with the ombudsman, shall establish a course of appropriate remedial action.
If the remedial action is not forthcoming within a reasonable time, the ombudsman must refer
the case to the State Ombudsman who may take any one or more of the following actions: (1)
Allow more time if the State Ombudsman has reason to believe...
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31-1-6
Section 31-1-6 Professional licenses and certificates for spouses of active duty military
personnel. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Military Family
Jobs Opportunity Act. (b) Except as provided in subsection (h), and notwithstanding other
provisions of law, this section shall apply to any board, agency, commission, or other
entity providing professional licenses or certificates, or both, for the purpose of employment
in the State of Alabama. On or before January 1, 2019, each board, commission, or agency providing
professional licenses or certificates, or both, shall promulgate rules in conformity with
this section for the purpose of implementing its requirements. The rules shall provide
a method of accomplishing both of the following: (1) The issuance of a license or certificate
to an eligible individual if the requirements for certification or licensure of the original
issuing state or governing body are substantially equivalent to that required in the state,...
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34-11-35.1
Section 34-11-35.1 Legislative findings; rulemaking authority. (a) In addition to the
powers provided to the board by Section 34-11-35, the Legislature finds and declares
all of the following: (1) The power to adopt rules regulating the practice of engineering
and land surveying in the state includes the power to prohibit unlicensed persons from practicing
engineering or land surveying and the power to regulate how licensed persons practice. (2)
The primary goal of the provision of engineering and land surveying in the state is to prioritize
health, life, safety, welfare, and property. (3) The board is in the best position to determine
the engineering and land surveying practices that prioritize health, life, safety, welfare,
and property. (4) Prioritizing health, life, safety, welfare, and property may sometimes be
at odds with the goals of state and federal antitrust laws which include prioritizing competition
and efficiency. (5) It is the intent of the Legislature, by passage of...
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34-24-604
Section 34-24-604 Annual registration. (a) Beginning January 1, 2014, and continuing
each year thereafter: (1) All physicians providing pain management services shall obtain a
pain management registration from the board. (2) All physicians who otherwise meet the criteria
established by the board shall obtain a pain management registration from the board. (b) To
register, a physician applicant shall submit the following to the board: (1) A completed application
on a form prescribed by the board. (2) Proof of a current drug enforcement administration
registration. (3) Proof of an Alabama controlled substances certificate. (4) Proof of a current
registration with the Alabama Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. (5) A list of all registrants
who own, co-own, operate, or provide pain management services in the practice location. (6)
The disclosure of any controlled substances certificate or registration denial, restriction,
or discipline imposed on the registrant, or any disciplinary act...
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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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22-11D-7
Section 22-11D-7 Designation of trauma care regions; regional trauma advisory councils.
(a) The board shall designate, by rule, trauma care regions, so that all parts of the state
are within such regions. The regional designations shall be made on the basis of efficiency
of delivery of needed trauma care. (b) The board may establish regional trauma advisory councils
as needed. Regional trauma advisory councils shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations
to the council on suggested regional modifications to the statewide trauma system that will
improve patient care and accommodate specific regional needs. Each regional trauma advisory
council shall provide data required by the department or the council to assess the effectiveness
of the statewide trauma system. (c) Each regional trauma advisory council shall have a minimum
of 10 members. The membership of regional trauma advisory councils shall be appointed in the
same manner as the council is appointed and shall be composed of...
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22-4-3
Section 22-4-3 State Board of Health designated as State Health Planning and Development
Agency; powers and duties generally. (a) The State Board of Health is hereby designated as
the sole and official State Health Planning and Development Agency. (b) The State Board of
Health is authorized and empowered: (1) To conduct the health planning and development activities
of the state; (2) To prepare, review and revise as necessary a preliminary state health plan,
which shall be made up of the health systems plans of the health systems agencies within the
state, and which shall be submitted to the Statewide Health Coordinating Council for approval
or disapproval and for use in developing the state health plan; (3) Upon implementation of
Title XVI of the Public Health Service Act and adoption of federal regulations thereto, to
prepare, review and revise as necessary a State Medical Facilities Plan, which shall be submitted
to the Statewide Health Coordinating Council for approval 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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20-2-212
Section 20-2-212 Controlled substances prescription database program; powers and duties
of department; trust fund; advisory committee; review committee. (a) The department may establish,
create, and maintain a controlled substances prescription database program. In order to carry
out its responsibilities under this article, the department is granted the following powers
and authority: (1) To adopt regulations, in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure
Act, governing the establishment and operation of a controlled substances prescription database
program. (2) To receive and to expend for the purposes stated in this article funds in the
form of grants, donations, federal matching funds, interagency transfers, and appropriated
funds designated for the development, implementation, operation, and maintenance of the controlled
substances prescription database. The funds received pursuant to this subdivision shall be
deposited in a new fund that is established as a separate...
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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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