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34-24-400
Section 34-24-400 Identification, treatment, etc., of impaired physicians; Alabama Physician
Wellness Committee; funding. It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Board of Medical
Examiners to promote the early identification, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation
of physicians and osteopaths licensed to practice medicine in the State of Alabama who may
be impaired 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. For the
purposes of this article the term "impaired" shall mean the inability of a physician
or osteopath to practice medicine 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. In order to carry out this obligation
the State Board of Medical Examiners is hereby empowered to contract with any...
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34-24-59
Section 34-24-59 Reporting of physician disciplinary actions. (a) The chief administrative
officer of each hospital shall report to the Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners any
disciplinary action taken concerning any physician when the action is related to professional
ethics, negligence, or incompetence in the practice of medicine, moral turpitude, sexual misconduct,
abusive or disruptive behavior, or drug or alcohol abuse. Disciplinary action shall include
termination, revocation, probation, restriction, denial, failure to renew, suspension, reduction,
or resignation of hospital privileges for any of the above reasons. The report shall be in
writing and be made within 30 days of the date of the initial action. Failure on the part
of a chief administrative officer of a hospital to file a report required under this section
shall be a violation of Section 22-21-25(b)(3), and the State Board of Health may, in its
discretion, impose upon the hospital found to be in violation, a civil...
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45-49-40.11
Section 45-49-40.11 Examinations. The following are exempted from this part: (1) Persons licensed
by law of this state to practice medicine, surgery, osteopathy, or chiropractic. (2) Commissioned
medical or surgical officers of the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, or Marine hospital
service. (3) Registered nurses. (4) Hairdressers and beauty culturists, insofar as their usual
and ordinary vocation and profession is concerned, including light hair trimming incidental
to waving of all kinds. (5) Undertakers and morticians. (6) All barber schools and colleges
and instructors employed therein by the state or county department of education. (Acts 1961,
No. 678, p. 940, § 12.)...
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21-6-3
Section 21-6-3 Eligibility requirements. Services available under this chapter may be provided
to any person who: (1) Has made application therefor to the director of the Children's Rehabilitation
Service in the manner prescribed by him; (2) Has a severe disability that causes the person
to be homebound, such disability to be certified by an appropriate medical specialist; (3)
Has not sufficient income or resources, including family income or resources, insurance, workman's
compensation, etc., to meet the cost of home care services applied for, such insufficiency
to be determined by a rehabilitation and Children's Rehabilitation Service staff member; (4)
Is under the care of a family member who is a potential wage earner and will be relieved to
engage in employment outside the home, such circumstances to be certified by a vocational
rehabilitation counselor, and such counselor will be responsible for helping place such family
member in employment; and (5) Is a resident of this state....
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21-9-2
Section 21-9-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) BOARD. The Board
of Rehabilitation Services. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Rehabilitation
Services, who shall administer the department. (3) COMPONENT PROGRAMS. The following programs
administered by the department: a. Children's Rehabilitation Service. A service program that
provides educational, medical, and habilitative services including recreational and physical
fitness services for children with special health care needs, including coordination and support
for their families through statewide community-based programs. b. Early Intervention Program.
A program that provides early intervention services for children, up to the age of three years,
who are born with disabling conditions or who are at risk for developmental delay. c. Adult
Vocational Rehabilitation Service. A service program that...
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22-11A-21
Section 22-11A-21 Penalties for treating or preparing medicine without a license; penalty for
person afflicted with sexually transmitted disease to transmit such disease to another person.
(a) Any person who shall treat or prescribe for any person having a sexually transmitted disease
except a physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama by the Medical Licensure Commission
shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (b) Any druggist or other person who shall sell
any drug, medicine or preparation or preparations advertised, called for, labeled or intended
to be used as a cure or treatment for a sexually transmitted disease, except on the written
prescription of a licensed physician, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (c) Any person
afflicted with a sexually transmitted disease who shall knowingly transmit, or assume the
risk of transmitting, or do any act which will probably or likely transmit such disease to
another person shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (Acts...
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22-21-216
Section 22-21-216 Determination of need for indigents' hospitalization. Any person desiring
to be hospitalized as an indigent under the provisions of this article must first be examined
by an attending physician, who shall attest to the general need for hospitalization of such
person, but final determination of the need for hospitalization of such person shall be made
by the medical staff of a participating hospital. (Acts 1957, No. 394, p. 539, §12.)...
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22-8A-11
Section 22-8A-11 Surrogate; requirements; attending physician consulted, intent of patient
followed; persons who may serve as surrogate; priority; validity of decisions; liability;
form; declaratory and injunctive relief; penalties. (a) If no advance directive for health
care has been made, or if no duly appointed health care proxy is reasonably available, or
if a valid advance directive for health care fails to address a particular circumstance, subject
to the provisions of subsection (c) hereof, a surrogate, in consultation with the attending
physician, may, subject to the provisions of Section 22-8A-6, determine whether to provide,
withdraw, or withhold life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration
if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The attending physician determines, to a reasonable
degree of medical certainty, that: a. The individual is no longer able to understand, appreciate,
and direct his or her medical treatment, and b. The individual...
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27-26-5
Section 27-26-5 Reports of judgments and settlements; confidentiality; penalty. (a) Any insurance
company which sells medical liability insurance to Alabama physicians or their professional
corporations or professional associations, or to hospitals or other health care providers
shall be required to report to the state licensing agency which issues the license of the
physician, hospital, or other health care provider any final judgment or any settlement in
or out of court resulting from a claim or action for damages for personal injuries caused
by an error, omission, or negligence in the performance of professional services with or without
consent rendered by its policyholder within 30 days after entry of a judgment in court or
agreement to settle a claim in or out of court. (b) The report rendered to the appropriate
state agency shall consist of the name of the policyholder, or if the policyholder is a professional
corporation or professional association, the name of the physician or...
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27-56-2
Section 27-56-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) COVERED PERSON. Any individual, family, or family member on whose behalf third-party
payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses is provided under an insurance policy,
plan, or contract providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health care or medical
expenses. (2) EYE CARE PROVIDER. A licensed optometrist or a licensed ophthalmologist. (3)
INSURANCE POLICY, PLAN, OR CONTRACT PROVIDING FOR THIRD-PARTY PAYMENT OR PREPAYMENT OF HEALTH
OR MEDICAL EXPENSES. Includes an individual or group policy for accident or health insurance,
an individual or group hospital or health care service contract, an individual or group health
maintenance organization contract, an organized delivery system contract, or a preferred provider
organization contract, and any other similar policy, plan, or contract. This term shall not
include any employee welfare benefit plan, as defined...
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