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34-24-53.1
Section 34-24-53.1 Board of Medical Examiners - Rulemaking authority. (a) The Legislature finds
and declares all of the following: (1) The power to make rules regulating the practice of
medicine or osteopathy includes the power to prohibit unlicensed persons from practicing medicine
or osteopathy and the power to regulate how licensed persons practice medicine or osteopathy.
(2) A primary goal of the provision of health care is to prioritize patient safety and wellness.
(3) The State Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission are in the best
position to determine the medical practices that prioritize patient safety and wellness. (4)
Prioritizing patient safety and wellness may sometimes be at odds with the goals of state
and federal anti-trust laws, which include prioritizing competition and efficiency. (5) It
is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to immunize the Board of Medical
Examiners and its members and the Medical Licensure Commission and...
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34-9-61
Section 34-9-61 Review and renewal of permit; reevaluation of credentials and facility. (a)
Any dentist holding a permit of authorization issued by the Board of Dental Examiners shall
be subject to review and such permit must be renewed annually. (b) The board shall, upon payment
of a renewal fee, renew the general anesthesia permit annually unless the holder is informed
in writing that a reevaluation of his or her credentials and facility is to be required. In
determining whether such reevaluation is necessary, the board shall consider such factors
as it deems pertinent including, but not limited to, patient complaints and reports of adverse
occurrences. Such reevaluation shall be carried out in the manner described in paragraph b.
of subdivision (2) of Section 34-9-60. (Acts 1985, No. 85-697, p. 1120, §3; Acts 1988, 1st
Ex. Sess., No. 88-854, p. 327, §1; Act 2009-18, p. 43, §5.)...
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16-47-79
Section 16-47-79 Repayment of loans. (a) Scholarships extended under subdivisions (1) and (3)
of subsection (a) of Section 16-47-78 shall be repaid following graduation either in cash
as is provided under subsection (b) or under the terms of a contract to serve in a needy area
in Alabama for a term to be specified by the board as provided in subsection (c). Any moneys
received from recipients in repayment of a scholarship loan under subsections (b) and (c)
shall upon receipt thereof be retained by the Board of Scholarship Awards to be used for funding
of future scholarships. The board shall establish a separate fund for these purposes. (b)
Scholarship loans to be repaid under this subsection shall be repaid to the Board of Dental
Scholarship Awards in full at an interest rate of six percent per annum from the date of graduation
from dental school. Payments are to be made annually, the first of which is due one year after
the recipient enters the practice of dentistry or one year after...
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22-21B-3
Section 22-21B-3 Definitions. The following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in this section, unless otherwise required by their respective context: (1) CONSCIENCE.
The religious, moral, or ethical principles held by a health care provider. (2) DISCRIMINATION.
Discrimination includes, but is not limited to: Hiring, termination, refusal of staff privileges,
refusal of board certification, demotion, loss of career specialty, reduction of wages or
benefits, adverse treatment in the terms and conditions of employment, refusal to award any
grant, contract, or other program, or refusal to provide residency training opportunities.
(3) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be asked to participate in any way in a health
care service, including, but not limited to: A physician, physician's assistant, nurse, nurse's
aide, medical assistant, hospital employee, clinic employee, nursing home employee, pharmacist,
researcher, medical or nursing school faculty, student,...
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27-19A-2
Section 27-19A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the respective
meanings herein set forth, unless the context shall otherwise require: (1) ALABAMA INSURANCE
CODE. Title 27 of the Code of Alabama 1975. (2) INSURER. Such term shall have the meaning
ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (3) PERSON. Such term shall have the meaning ascribed in Section
27-1-2. (4) COMMISSIONER and DEPARTMENT. Such terms, respectively, shall have the meanings
ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (5) CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION. Any obligation under covered policies
or employee benefit plans. (6) COVERED POLICY OR PLAN. Any policy, employee benefit plan,
or contract within the scope of this chapter. (7) HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY. Any individual,
group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy, insurance agreement, or group hospital service
contract providing benefits for dental care expenses incurred as a result of an accident or
sickness. (8) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN. Any plan, fund, or program...
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34-21-92
Section 34-21-92 Waiver of requirements until adoption of rules and regulations. Until the
State Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of Nursing adopt the rules and regulations
necessary to effectuate the provisions of this article, the State Board of Medical Examiners
and the Board of Nursing shall waive the requirements of Sections 34-21-84 and 34-21-85 and
shall grant the appropriate certification to any nurse practitioner or nurse midwife who is
currently certified or is eligible for certification to be a certified registered nurse practitioner
or certified nurse midwife and will continue to engage in practice under the existing rules
and regulations. Until the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of Nursing adopt
the rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this article, the State
Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of Nursing shall waive the requirements of Sections
34-21-84 and 34-21-85 and shall grant the appropriate approval to a...
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34-24-302
Section 34-24-302 Denial, suspension, revocation, etc., of license; investigation; mental,
physical, or laboratory examination; authorization for release of information. (a) The board
may, within its discretion, deny the issuance of a license to any person or, after notice
and hearing in accordance with board regulations, shall, within its discretion, suspend, revoke,
restrict, or otherwise discipline the license of a person who shall be found guilty on the
basis of substantial evidence of any of the following acts or offenses: (1) Conviction of
a felony. (2) Conviction of any crime or other offense, felony, or misdemeanor, reflecting
on the ability of the individual to render patient care in a safe manner. (3) Conviction of
any violation of state or federal laws relating to controlled substances. (4) Termination,
restriction, suspension, revocation, or curtailment of licensure, registration, or certification
as an assistant to physician by another state or other licensing jurisdiction...
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12-15-130
Section 12-15-130 Ordering, conduct, and certification of findings of mental and physical examinations
of children; minors or children believed to be individuals with a mental illness or an intellectual
disability; treatment or care for children; payment; authority to order emergency medical
care for children. (a) Where there are indications that a child may be physically ill, a child
with mental illness or an intellectual disability, or an evaluation of a child is needed to
help determine issues of competency to understand judicial proceedings, mental state at the
time of the offense, or the ability of the child to assist his or her attorney, the juvenile
court, on its own motion or motion by the prosecutor, or that of the child's attorney or guardian
ad litem for the child, may order the child to be examined at a suitable place by a physician,
psychiatrist, psychologist, or other qualified examiner, under the supervision of a physician,
psychiatrist, or psychologist who shall certify...
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22-21-354
Section 22-21-354 Further provisions respecting use and disposition of certain property. In
determining the financial effect of an arrangement between an authority and any nonhospital-based
physician, dentist or other health care professional for the furnishing of office space to
any such person for use in his private practice (for purposes of those provisions of the enabling
statute relating thereto), the board: (1) May, in the determination of the rental and other
consideration to be received by the authority from the furnishing of such office space, consider
not only the dollar amount of such rental and other consideration being or to be paid by such
person pursuant to such arrangement, but also such other circumstances or conditions as it
shall generally describe in an authorizing resolution, including (without limitation and by
way of example or illustration) factors such as the probability or possibility that such person
will refer patients or others to any one or more of the...
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25-5-310
Section 25-5-310 Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following words and phrases
have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Workers' Compensation Medical Services Board.
(2) MEDICAL or MEDICAL SERVICES. Any and all medical or surgical services provided by physicians
under this new article. (3) PHYSICIAN. A doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy licensed
to practice medicine. (Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §42.)...
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