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22-8A-4.1
Section 22-8A-4.1 Validity of DNAR orders; adoption of rules. (a) A completed DNAR order that
is properly entered and received is deemed a valid order. (b) (1) The State Board of Health
shall adopt by rule the form to be used for a portable DNAR order. (2) The State Board of
Health and the Board of Medical Examiners may adopt rules to implement this section and the
amendments made to Sections 22-8A-2, 22-8A-3, 22-8A-7, and 22-8A-8 by Act 2016-96. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Board of Medical Examiners shall have exclusive authority to adopt rules
relating to physicians in implementing this section and the amendments made to Sections 22-8A-2,
22-8A-3, 22-8A-7, and 22-8A-8 by Act 2016-96. (Act 2016-96, §2.)...
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22-11A-70
Section 22-11A-70 Promulgation of rules for administration. (a) The State Board of Health may
adopt rules necessary for the administration of this article. The State Board of Health, the
Board of Medical Examiners, the Medical Licensure Commission, the Board of Dental Examiners,
the Board of Nursing, and the Board of Podiatry may each adopt rules governing professional
licensure determinations made under the provisions of this article. (b) The State Board of
Health may institute a civil action in any circuit court in the state to seek an extraordinary
writ compelling compliance with this article or any rule or order promulgated or issued pursuant
to this article. Those civil actions shall have preferred or expedited scheduling and hearing
by the circuit courts. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §11.)...
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34-29-69
Section 34-29-69 Powers of board. The board shall be a body corporate and shall have the power
to do all of the following: (1) Examine and determine the qualifications and fitness of applicants
for a license to practice veterinary medicine in the state. (2) Issue, renew, deny, suspend,
and revoke licenses, issue private reprimands and private informed admonitions to practitioners
who practice veterinary medicine in this state, or otherwise discipline or censure veterinary
professionals, irrespective of their licensure status, whether active, inactive, expired,
lapsed, surrendered, or disciplined, relative to acts, omissions, complaints, and investigations
which occurred during the licensure period consistent with this article. (3) Conduct investigations
for the purpose of discovering violations of this article or grounds for disciplining licensed
veterinary professionals or other non-licensed individuals pursuant to the administrative
code of the board and appoint individuals and...
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25-5-293
and insurers operating in Alabama shall, at the secretary's request, provide the secretary
such data as he or she deems necessary to evaluate costs and quality. The data shall be provided
in the form and content to the secretary's specifications and in a manner deemed timely by
the secretary. The secretary may gather from health care claims intermediaries that operate
in Alabama any claims data related to diagnoses and procedures encountered in the treatment
of workers'-compensation-type injury and illness in Alabama. Results from all data
gathered shall be made available to employers or their representatives for use in decisions
regarding the direction of care or to determine appropriateness of reimbursement. (i) Beginning
immediately after May 19, 1992, and to be completed within six months thereafter, the secretary
may engage an independent firm to identify the initial costs for the program. These initial
expenses shall include, but not be limited to, the establishment of a data...
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22-6-153
Section 22-6-153 Contract to provide medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries; enrollment; grievance
procedures; duties of Medicaid Agency. (a) Subject to approval of the federal Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Medicaid Agency shall enter into a contract in each Medicaid
region for at least one fully certified regional care organization to provide, pursuant to
a risk contract under which the Medicaid Agency makes a capitated payment, medical care to
Medicaid beneficiaries. However, the Medicaid Agency may enter into a contract pursuant to
this section only if, in the judgment of the Medicaid Agency, care of Medicaid beneficiaries
would be better, more efficient, and less costly than under the then existing care delivery
system. The Medicaid Agency may contract with more than one regional care organization in
a Medicaid region. Pursuant to the contract, the Medicaid Agency shall set capitation payments
for the regional care organization. (b) The Medicaid Agency shall...
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34-24-293
Section 34-24-293 Powers and duties of board. (a) The Board of Medical Examiners shall have
and exercise all powers and duties previously granted to it. The board may make specific rules
and regulations pertaining to the licensure approval, registration, and regulation of assistants
to physicians. The board may also make specific rules and regulations pertaining to approvals,
disapprovals, and withdrawing approvals from physicians to utilize assistants to physicians.
(b) The board may recognize, approve, and disapprove new categories and specialties of assistants
to physicians as they develop in the delivery of health care. (c) The board shall issue certificates
of approval for programs for the education and training of assistants to physicians which
meet board standards. (d) In developing criteria for program approval, the board shall give
consideration to and encourage the utilization of equivalency and proficiency testing and
other mechanisms whereby full credit is given to trainees...
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34-24-602
Section 34-24-602 Authority and intent. (a) Authority. The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners
shall have the jurisdiction and authority necessary to carry out the provisions and intent
of this article. (b) Intent. The article is intended to require physicians to register under
the provisions of this article, and to provide the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners the
following powers and duties with respect to all registrants of the Board of Medical Examiners,
in addition to its existing authority as a certifying board pursuant to the Alabama Uniform
Controlled Substances Act: (1) To adopt, amend, and repeal such rules and regulations in accordance
with the Alabama Pain Management Act for the proper administration and enforcement of this
article. (2) To establish rules regarding the registration of all physicians providing pain
management services. (3) To set reasonable registration and renewal fees. (4) To renew registrations
and set renewal and expiration dates and other deadlines. (5)...
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34-23-77
Section 34-23-77 Collaborative practice agreement. (a) A pharmacist licensed by the Alabama
State Board of Pharmacy and a physician licensed by the State Board of Medical Examiners may
enter into a collaborative practice agreement. (b) A copy of the collaborative practice agreement
and any amendment thereto shall be submitted to each respective board within 10 days after
the agreement is signed by both parties. (c) A collaborative practice agreement and any amendment
thereto shall not become effective until approved by the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy and
the State Board of Medical Examiners. (d) The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy and the State
Board of Medical Examiners shall each adopt rules to implement this section. The initial rules
shall be adopted not later than October 1, 2019. (e) A collaborative practice agreement between
a licensed pharmacist and a licensed physician may not be approved unless both the Alabama
State Board of Pharmacy and State Board of Medical Examiners...
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16-30B-3
Section 16-30B-3 Rulemaking authority; school nurse requirements; training guidelines. (a)
The State Board of Education shall adopt rules regarding the administration of Palliative
and End of Life Individual Health Plans in the school setting; provided, however, the board
may not propose rules without approval from the task force created pursuant to Section 16-30B-6.
For purposes of this subsection, approval requires an affirmative vote from at least three-fifths
of the task force members. The rules shall include, but are not limited to, the contents of
a plan and procedures for the execution and termination of a plan. The final rules shall be
certified to the Legislative Services Agency not later than June 1, 2019. (b) A Palliative
and End of Life Individual Health Plan administered under this chapter shall be developed
by the school nurse, in conjunction with the representative of the qualified minor. (c) A
plan shall include an Order for Pediatric Palliative and End of Life Care...
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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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