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26-21-2
Section 26-21-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply: (1) MINOR. Any person under the age of 18 years; (2) EMANCIPATED MINOR. Any minor who
is or has been married or has by court order otherwise been legally freed from the care, custody,
and control of her parents; (3) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine,
drug, or any other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman
known to be pregnant with knowledge that the termination by those means will with reasonable
likelihood cause the death of the unborn child. Such use or prescription is not an abortion
if done with the intent to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, remove
a dead unborn child, or to deliver the unborn child prematurely in order to preserve the health
of both the mother (pregnant woman) and her unborn child. The term "abortion" as
used herein does not include a procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of...
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34-23-181
Section 34-23-181 Definitions. The following words shall have the following meanings as used
in this article: (1) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. Any individual or group plan, employee welfare benefit
plan, policy, or contract for health care services issued, delivered, issued for delivery,
or renewed in this state by a health care insurer, health maintenance organization, accident
and sickness insurer, fraternal benefit society, nonprofit hospital service corporation, nonprofit
medical service corporation, health care service plan, or any other person, firm, corporation,
joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for insureds or beneficiaries in
this state. The term includes, but is not limited to, entities created pursuant to Article
6 of Chapter 20 of Title 10A. A health benefit plan located or domiciled outside of the State
of Alabama is deemed to be subject to this article if it receives, processes, adjudicates,
pays, or denies claims for health care services submitted by or...
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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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45-41-83.10
of those participating in the program. (3) Promote gainful employment, drug, alcohol, and mental
health treatment, and education for those participating in any of the services offered by
the program. (4) Set, assess, and collect reasonable fees from participants in the program
for any services the participants receive and provide for the waiver of fees for indigent
participants in accordance with the policy and procedures of the program. (5) Buy, sell, lease,
or otherwise hold real or personal property in its own name. (6) Contract with other
persons, partnerships, firms, or entities for the provision of goods and services required
by the board, on terms and conditions as may be convenient to the board, and as allowed by
the laws and regulations concerning purchases made by public boards in the State of Alabama.
(7) Contract for its programs and services with a not-for-profit corporation or governmental
entity to provide for supervised postadjudication rehabilitation supervision,...
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45-49-171.63
Section 45-49-171.63 Investigation of deaths. It shall be the duty of the county medical examiner
to investigate any death in Mobile County when the death may fall within one or more of the
following categories: (1) Any death that occurs suddenly and unexpectedly, that is, when the
person has not been under medical care for significant heart, lung, or other disease. (2)
Any death suspected to be due to violence, resulting, that is, from suicidal, accidental,
homicidal, or undetermined injury, regardless of when or where the injury occurred.
(3) Any death suspected to be due to alcohol or drugs or exposure to toxic agents. (4) Deaths
due to poisoning. (5) All deaths of persons in the custody of law enforcement officers or
in penal institutions. (6) Deaths suspected to be involved with the decedent's occupation.
(7) Deaths unattended by a physician. (8) Any death due to neglect. (9) Any stillbirth of
20 or more weeks' gestation unattended by a physician. (10) Deaths due to criminal...
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20-2-254
Section 20-2-254 Grounds for denial of application or request for renewal, etc. The Board of
Medical Examiners may deny an application of a certified registered nurse practitioner (CRNP)
or a certified nurse midwife (CNM) requesting a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration
Certificate (QACSC), deny a request for a renewal of a QACSC, or initiate action against the
QACSC of a CRNP or a CNM possessing a QACSC based on the following grounds: (1) Fraud or deceit
in applying for, procuring, or attempting to procure a QACSC in the State of Alabama. (2)
Conviction of a crime under any state or federal law relating to any controlled substance.
(3) Conviction of a crime or offense which affects the ability of the CRNP or CNM to practice
with due regard for the health or safety of his or her patients. (4) Prescribing a drug or
utilizing a QACSC in such a manner as to endanger the health of any person or patient of the
CRNP, CNM, or collaborating physician. (5) Suspension or...
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34-19-18
Section 34-19-18 Construction of chapter. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
establish a standard of care for physicians or otherwise modify, amend, or supersede any provision
of the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1987 or the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1996,
commencing with Section 6-5-540, et seq., or any amendment thereto, or any judicial interpretation
thereof. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing a licensed midwife
to practice medicine or prescribe medicine or drugs. (Act 2017-383, ยง2.)...
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34-23-74
Section 34-23-74 Hospitals and related institutions; automated dispensing systems. (a) Except
as otherwise provided in subsection (b), every pharmacy located in a hospital, skilled nursing
home, or other related institution in this state shall be under the supervision of a licensed
pharmacist. In general hospitals, skilled nursing homes, and extended care facilities not
operating a pharmacy, the drug or medicine room shall be under the direct supervision and
direction of a consulting pharmacist or a member of the medical staff who shall be a licensed
practitioner of medicine. In nursing homes which are not classified by the State Board of
Health as skilled nursing homes, maternity homes, homes for the aged, domiciliary institutions,
and all related institutions except those operated by and in conjunction with a licensed hospital,
medicines or drugs bearing the wording on the label "caution, federal law prohibits dispensing
without prescription" or similar wording that causes the...
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45-27-60.04
the duty of the county medical examiner, or designated assistant medical examiner, to investigate
any death in Escambia County when the death falls within one or more of the following categories:
(1) Deaths that occur suddenly and unexpectedly, that is, when the person has not been under
medical care for significant disease of the heart or lung, or other disease. (2) Deaths suspected
to be due to violence, resulting from anyone of the following: Suicide, accident, homicide,
or undetermined injury, regardless of when or where the injury occurred. (3)
Deaths suspected to be due to alcohol, or drugs, or exposure to toxic agents. (4) Deaths due
to poisoning. (5) Deaths of persons in the custody of law enforcement officers or in penal
institutions. (6) Deaths suspected to be involved with the occupation of the decedent. (7)
Deaths unattended by a physician. (8) Deaths due to neglect. (9) Any stillbirth of 20 or more
weeks gestation unattended by a physician. (10) Deaths due to criminal...
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9-8-25
duly made available to it by law, to furnish financial or other aid to any agency, governmental
or otherwise, or any owner or occupier of lands within the district in the carrying on of
erosion control and prevention operations within the district, subject to such conditions
as the supervisors may deem necessary to advance the purposes of this article. (5) To obtain
options upon and to acquire by purchase, exchange, lease, gift, grant, bequest, devise, or
otherwise, any property, real or personal, or rights or interests therein; to maintain,
administer, and improve any properties acquired, to receive income from such properties, and
to expend such income in carrying out the purposes and provisions of this article; and to
sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any of its property or interests therein in furtherance
of the purposes and of this article. (6) To make available on such terms as it shall prescribe
to landowners within the district agricultural and engineering machinery...
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