34-34-2
Section 34-34-2 Rights generally. In addition to other rights granted a dietitian/nutritionist or registered dietitian, by whatever name, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, a dietitian/nutritionist or registered dietitian meeting the qualifications set forth in Section 34-34-1, may, upon referral by a health care provider authorized to prescribe dietary treatments: (1) Assess the nutritional needs of individuals and groups, and determine the source of constraints in the various practice settings; (2) Establish priorities, goals, and objectives that meet nutritional needs and are consistent with available resources and constraints; (3) Provide nutrition counseling in both health and disease; (4) Develop, implement, and manage systems in nutrition care; (5) Evaluate the needs, make changes, and maintain appropriate standards of quality in food and nutrition services; for individuals or groups of patients in licensed institutional facilities or in private office settings....
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34-34A-4
Section 34-34A-4 Dietetic practice. Dietetics/nutrition is the integration and application of principles derived from the sciences of nutrition, biochemistry, physiology, food, management, and behavioral and social sciences to achieve and maintain people's health. The primary function of dietetic practice is the provision of nutrition care services which shall include: (1) Assessing the nutritional needs of individuals and groups, and determining resources and constraints in the practice setting. (2) Establishing priorities, goals, and objectives that meet nutritional needs and are consistent with available resources and constraints. (3) Providing nutrition counseling in health and disease. (4) Developing, implementing, and managing nutrition care systems. (5) Evaluating, making changes in, and maintaining appropriate standards of quality in food and nutrition services. (Acts 1989, No. 89-866, p. 1733, ยง4.)...
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34-21-93.1
Section 34-21-93.1 Signature authority for health care forms, etc. (a) When any law or rule requires a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or endorsement by a physician, the document shall be deemed to authorize a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or endorsement by a certified registered nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife for the items listed in this section. The authority in this section for a certified registered nurse practitioner and a certified nurse midwife shall be subject to an active collaboration agreement. This section applies to all of the following: (1) Certification of disability for patients to receive special access parking or disability access parking tags or placards. (2) A signature required for any of the following: a. The following documents that require a complete history and physical examination consistent with the examining provider's scope of practice and certification: 1. Physicals for bus drivers in...
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34-34A-3
Section 34-34A-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BOARD. Board of Examiners for Dietetics/Nutrition Practice. (2) COMMISSION ON DIETETIC REGISTRATION (CDR). Commission on Dietetic Registration that is a member of the National Commission for Health Certifying Agencies. (3) DEGREE. A baccalaureate or higher degree from a college or university accredited by the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges or other regional accreditation agency recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation and the United States Department of Education. (4) REGISTERED DIETITIAN. A person registered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (also defined under Section 34-34-1). (5) LICENSED DIETITIAN/NUTRITIONIST. A person licensed under this chapter. (6) TEMPORARILY LICENSED DIETITIAN/NUTRITIONIST. A person temporarily licensed under this chapter. (7) DIETETICS/...
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34-8A-3
Section 34-8A-3 Construction and application of chapter. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply to any of the following: (1) The activities, services, and use of an official title on the part of a person employed as a counselor by any federal, state, county, or municipal agency; public or private educational institution; medical personnel in a clinic or hospital that is certified by the Alabama Department of Public Health or any successor to such department or that is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations or any successor to such commission; law practice; or licensed private employment agencies, provided such persons are performing counseling or counseling-related activities within the scope of their employment. (2) The activities and services of a student, intern, or trainee in counseling pursuing a course of study in counseling in a regionally accredited institution of higher learning or training institution, if these...
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22-4-13
Section 22-4-13 Preparation, review, and revision of State Medical Facilities Plan. Upon the adoption of federal regulations pursuant to Title XVI of the Public Health Service Act, the State Board of Health is hereby authorized and required to prepare, review and revise, at least annually, with such interim revisions as may become necessary, a Medical Facilities Plan, which shall include all health care facilities defined in Section 22-4-2, shall divide the State of Alabama into health service areas and, based on population and health facility utilization statistics and such other criteria as the State Board of Health may direct, set forth the need for health care facilities in such numbers and locations that all citizens of the state shall have access to an integrated and interrelated system of health care. The State Medical Facilities Plan shall consider the medical facilities plans of the health systems agencies and shall be submitted to the Statewide Health Coordinating Council for...
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38-13-2
Section 38-13-2 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ADULT. An individual 19 years of age and older. (2) ADULT CARE FACILITY. A person or entity holding a Department of Human Resources license or approval or certification to provide care, including foster care, for adults. (3) APPLICANT. A person or entity who submits an application for license as a child care or adult care facility to the Department of Human Resources or a child placing agency, or an application for employment or for a volunteer position to a Department of Human Resources licensed child care or adult care facility. With regard to child care and adult care facilities in a home setting, the term includes an adult household member whose residence is in the home. The term also includes an individual who submits an application for a volunteer position or for employment with the Department of Human Resources in a position in which the person has unsupervised...
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13A-11-61.2
Section 13A-11-61.2 Possession of firearms in certain places. (a) In addition to any other place limited or prohibited by state or federal law, a person, including a person with a permit issued under Section 13A-11-75(a)(1) or recognized under Section 13A-11-85, may not knowingly possess or carry a firearm in any of the following places without the express permission of a person or entity with authority over the premises: (1) Inside the building of a police, sheriff, or highway patrol station. (2) Inside or on the premises of a prison, jail, halfway house, community corrections facility, or other detention facility for those who have been charged with or convicted of a criminal or juvenile offense. (3) Inside a facility which provides inpatient or custodial care of those with psychiatric, mental, or emotional disorders. (4) Inside a courthouse, courthouse annex, a building in which a district attorney's office is located, or a building in which a county commission or city council is...
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34-13A-8
Section 34-13A-8 Exemptions. This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (1) Any individual licensed by the state to practice in a profession other than that of a genetic counselor, when acting within the scope of his or her profession and doing work of a nature consistent with his or her training. The individual may not hold himself or herself out to the public as a genetic counselor. (2) Any physician licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in this state. (3) Any individual who is certified by ABMGG as a doctor of philosophy medical geneticist before December 31, 2018. (4) Any individual employed as a genetic counselor by the federal government or an agency thereof, if the individual provides genetic counseling services solely under the direction and control of the organization through which he or she is employed. (5) A genetic counseling intern enrolled in an ACGC or ABMGG accredited genetic counseling educational program, if genetic counseling services performed by the...
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12-15-140
Section 12-15-140 Content of order; order may set forth reasonable conditions of behavior for parents, persons responsible for care; enumeration of certain specific requirements which may be included in order. (a) The protection or restraint order may set forth reasonable conditions of behavior to be observed by a person who is a parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or other person legally responsible for the care of the child subject to a juvenile court proceeding, or the spouse of the parent, or spouse of any other person legally responsible for the care of the child, or relatives of any of the above, or residents of the home of the child, or any other person. (b) The protection or restraint order, among other things, may require any person or persons to do any of the following: (1) Stay away from the home in which the child subject to a juvenile court proceeding resides, the family or the child. (2) Vacate the home in which the child subject to a juvenile court proceeding...
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