34-22-101
Section 34-22-101 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Optometry. (2) IMPAIRED or IMPAIRMENT. The inability of an optometrist to practice optometry with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, narcotics, alcohol, chemicals, or other substances or as a result of any physical or mental condition. (3) IMPAIRED DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY TREATMENT PROGRAM. The Alabama Board of Optometry approved or sponsored program for the detection, intervention, and monitoring of impaired providers. (4) PROFESSIONAL INCOMPETENCE. The inability or failure of an optometrist to practice his or her profession with reasonable skill and safety; however, impairment in and of itself shall not give rise to a presumption of professional incompetence. (5) TREATMENT PROGRAM. A plan of care and rehabilitation services provided by those organizations and persons authorized...
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34-24-292
Section 34-24-292 Services performed by trainees and assistants. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a licensed assistant to a physician may perform medical services when the services are rendered under the supervision of a licensed physician or physicians approved by the board; except, that no medical services may be performed under this article except under the supervision of an ophthalmologist in the office in which the physician normally actually practices his or her profession and nowhere else in any of the following areas: (1) The measurement of the powers or range of human vision or the determination of the accommodation and refractive state of the human eye or the scope of its functions in general or the fitting or adaptation of lenses or frames for the aid thereof. (2) The prescribing or directing the use of or using any optical device in connection with ocular exercises, visual training, or orthoptics. (3) The prescribing of contact lenses for or the fitting or...
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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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26-10-22
Section 26-10-22 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) ADOPTION SUBSIDY. A money payment, services, deferred payment, or any combination thereof that is provided to a child with special needs or circumstances after submission of an application to the department. (2) AGENCY. The department or a child welfare agency which is authorized in its license issued by the department to place children for adoption. (3) APPLICATION. The submission to the department of a complete application as defined by the department with documentation of the child's special needs. (4) CHILD. An individual under 19 years of age, or an individual 19 or 20 years of age and eligible for Title IV-E Federal Funding, who is: a. in the care or custody, or both, of the department, or a public or voluntary licensed child-placing agency, b. legally free for adoption and c. in special need or circumstances because he or she is...
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6-5-662
Section 6-5-662 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ESTABLISHED FREE MEDICAL CLINIC. An organized community-based program providing medical care, without charge to individuals unable to pay for it, and which is limited to care that does not require the services of a licensed hospital or ambulatory surgical center, and care that does not include the use of general anesthesia or require an overnight stay in a health care facility. (2) MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. A person licensed by the Alabama Medical Licensure Commission established under Section 34-24-310, or licensed to practice the treatment of human ailments in any other state or territory of the United States; or a person licensed by the Alabama Board of Nursing established under Section 34-21-2; or a person licensed by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners established under Section 34-24-140; or a person licensed by the Alabama Board of Optometry established under Section...
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34-14C-2
Section 34-14C-2 Board of Home Medical Equipment. (a) The Governor shall appoint a minimum of nine persons to serve on the Board of Home Medical Equipment, such persons to include a majority who are employed in the home medical equipment industry, and at least one person from each of the following categories: A consumer of home medical equipment services, a physician, a representative from the acute-care hospital community, and a representative from the home health agency community. Those persons employed in the home medical equipment industry shall be selected from a list submitted by the Alabama Durable Medical Equipment Association, or its successor. The consumer member shall be selected from a list of names submitted by the Governor's Office on Disability, or its successor. The physician member shall be selected from a list of names submitted by the Medical Association of Alabama, or its successor. The acute-care hospital community member shall be selected from a list submitted by...
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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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16-47-220
Section 16-47-220 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AREA OF CRITICAL NEED. An area with a critical need for more physician's assistants, as determined by the board, where participants may work to repay loans received under the program. (2) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Medical Scholarship Awards created in Section 16-47-121. (3) PARTICIPANT. Any person awarded a loan under the program. (4) PROGRAM. The Alabama Physician's Assistants Service Program. (Act 2016-318, §1.)...
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22-4-2
Section 22-4-2 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. The statutory agency of the State of Alabama operative in the field of general health matters and performing the duties and exercising the powers as set forth in the statutory provisions relating thereto. (2) STATEWIDE HEALTH COORDINATING COUNCIL. The advisory council established pursuant to this article which shall advise the State Board of Health on matters relating to health planning and resource development. (3) HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCY. An entity which is organized and operated under the provisions of Title XV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 3001 et seq.) and is responsible for the health planning and development in a health service area designated by the Governor. (4) HEALTH SERVICE AREA. A geographical area designated by the Governor as being appropriate...
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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. § 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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