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22-19-161
Section 22-19-161 Definitions. In this article: (1) "Adult" means an individual
who is at least 18 years of age. (2) "Agent" means an individual: (A) authorized
to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health
care; or (B) expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by
any other record signed by the principal. (3) "Anatomical gift" means a donation
of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation,
therapy, research, or education. (4) "Coroner" means an elected or appointed official
who determines, with the assistance of other forensic scientists and investigators, the cause,
manner, and circumstances surrounding death. (5) "Decedent" means a deceased individual
whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. The term includes a stillborn
infant and, subject to restrictions imposed by law other than this article, a fetus. (6) "Disinterested...
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34-23-1
Section 34-23-1 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and
phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Pharmacy Association.
(2) BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT. Has the same meaning as the term as defined in 42 U.S.C. ยง262. (3)
BOARD or STATE BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy. (4) CHEMICAL. Any substance of
a medicinal nature, whether simple or compound, obtained through the process of the science
and art of chemistry, whether of organic or inorganic origin. (5) DISPENSE. To sell, distribute,
administer, leave with, give away, dispose of, deliver, or supply a drug or medicine to the
ultimate user or his or her agent. (6) DRUGS. All medicinal substances, preparations, and
devices recognized by the United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary, or any revision
thereof, and all substances and preparations intended for external and internal use in the
cure, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or animal...
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7-9A-102
Section 7-9A-102 Definitions and index of definitions. (a) Article 9A definitions. In
this article: (1) "Accession" means goods that are physically united with other
goods in such a manner that the identity of the original goods is not lost. (2) "Account,"
except as used in "account for," means a right to payment of a monetary obligation,
whether or not earned by performance, (i) for property that has been or is to be sold, leased,
licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (ii) for services rendered or to be rendered,
(iii) for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, (iv) for a secondary obligation incurred
or to be incurred, (v) for energy provided or to be provided, (vi) for the use or hire of
a vessel under a charter or other contract, (vii) arising out of the use of a credit or charge
card or information contained on or for use with the card, or (viii) as winnings in a lottery
or other game of chance operated or sponsored by a State, governmental unit of a State, or...
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22-18-50
Section 22-18-50 Enactment and text of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure
Interstate Compact. The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact
is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein
in form substantially as follows: SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to protect the public
through verification of competency and ensure accountability for patient care related activities
all states license emergency medical services (EMS) personnel, such as emergency medical technicians
(EMTs), advanced EMTs and paramedics. This Compact is intended to facilitate the day to day
movement of EMS personnel across state boundaries in the performance of their EMS duties as
assigned by an appropriate authority and authorize state EMS offices to afford immediate legal
recognition to EMS personnel licensed in a member state. This Compact recognizes that states
have a vested interest in protecting the public's health and safety...
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34-9-1
Section 34-9-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) ANNUAL REGISTRATION. The
documentary evidence that the board has renewed the authority of the licensee to practice
dentistry or dental hygiene in this state. (2) BOARD. The Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama.
(3) COMMERCIAL DENTAL LABORATORY. A technician or group of technicians available to any or
all licensed dentists for construction or repair of dental appliances. (4) GENERAL ANESTHESIA.
A controlled state of unconsciousness, accompanied by a partial or complete loss of protective
reflexes, including inability to independently maintain an airway and respond purposefully
to physical stimulation or verbal command, produced by a pharmacologic method. (5) INFILTRATION
ANESTHESIA. A form of local anesthesia wherein the terminal or peripheral sensory portion
of either the maxillary or mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve endings are...
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34-13-1
Section 34-13-1 Definitions. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACCREDITED SCHOOL or COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE. A school
or college approved by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service and which maintains a course of
instruction of not less than 48 calendar weeks or four academic quarters or college terms
and which gives a course of instruction in the fundamental subjects including, but not limited
to, the following: a. Mortuary management and administration. b. Legal medicine and toxicology
as it pertains to funeral directing. c. Public health, hygiene, and sanitary science. d. Mortuary
science, to include embalming technique, in all its aspects; chemistry of embalming, color
harmony; discoloration, its causes, effects, and treatment; treatment of special cases; restorative
art; funeral management; and professional ethics. e. Anatomy and physiology. f. Chemistry,
organic and inorganic. g. Pathology. h. Bacteriology. i. Sanitation...
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45-37-123.01
Section 45-37-123.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms
shall have the following meanings: (1) ACT. The act adding this part, to be called the General
Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County Act. (2) ACTIVE MEMBER. An individual
who currently is employed by the county or other entities set forth in subdivision (20) and
is making employee contributions to the system. (3) ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT. Effective July 30,
1984, or such other dates as set forth in Exhibit A, which is maintained in the office of
the pension board, a form of benefit differing in time, period, or manner of payment from
a specific benefit provided under the plan but having the same value when computed using the
mortality tables, the interest rate, and any other assumptions last adopted by the pension
board, which assumptions shall clearly preclude any discretion in the determination of the
amount of a member's benefit. (4) ACTUARIAL GAIN. As defined in Section...
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40-27-1
Section 40-27-1 Compact adopted; terms. The following Multistate Tax Compact is hereby
approved, adopted and enacted into law by the State of Alabama: Multistate Tax Compact Article
I. Purposes. The purposes of this compact are to: 1. Facilitate proper determination of state
and local tax liability of multistate taxpayers, including the equitable apportionment of
tax bases and settlement of apportionment disputes. 2. Promote uniformity or compatibility
in significant components of tax systems. 3. Facilitate taxpayer convenience and compliance
in the filing of tax returns and in other phases of tax administration. 4. Avoid duplicative
taxation. Article II. Definitions. As used in this compact: 1. "State" means a state
of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory
or possession of the United States. 2. "Subdivision" means any governmental unit
or special district of a state. 3. "Taxpayer" means any corporation, partnership,
firm,...
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20-2-2
Section 20-2-2 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) ADMINISTER. The direct application of a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation,
ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient or research subject by: a. A practitioner
or, in his or her presence, his or her authorized agent. b. The patient or research subject
at the direction and in the presence of the practitioner. (2) AGENT. An authorized person
who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser. The
term does not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouseman, or employee of the
carrier or warehouseman. (3) CERTIFYING BOARDS. The State Board of Medical Examiners, the
State Board of Health, the State Board of Pharmacy, the State Board of Dental Examiners, the
State Board of Podiatry, and the State Board of Veterinary Medical...
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22-8B-3
Section 22-8B-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) AID IN DYING. The act of a person providing the means or manner
for another person to be able to commit suicide, with actual knowledge that the person deliberately
intends on committing suicide by that means or manner. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITIONAL
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) DELIBERATELY. More than knowing the consequences of an act or action;
meaning to consider carefully; done on purpose; intentional; requiring premeditation; with
intent to cause the death of a person. (4) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be
asked to participate in any way in a health care service, including, but...
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