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6-5-332
Section 6-5-332 Persons rendering emergency care etc., at scene of accident, etc. (a) When
any doctor of medicine or dentistry, nurse, member of any organized rescue squad, member of
any police or fire department, member of any organized volunteer fire department, Alabama-licensed
emergency medical technician, intern, or resident practicing in an Alabama hospital with training
programs approved by the American Medical Association, Alabama state trooper, medical aidman
functioning as a part of the military assistance to safety and traffic program, chiropractor,
or public education employee gratuitously and in good faith, renders first aid or emergency
care at the scene of an accident, casualty, or disaster to a person injured therein, he or
she shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions
in rendering first aid or emergency care, nor shall he or she be liable for any civil damages
as a result of any act or failure to act to provide or arrange for...
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34-13-1
Section 34-13-1 Definitions. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ACCREDITED SCHOOL or COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE. A school or
college approved by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service and which maintains a course of instruction
of not less than 48 calendar weeks or four academic quarters or college terms and which gives
a course of instruction in the fundamental subjects including, but not limited to, the following:
a. Mortuary management and administration. b. Legal medicine and toxicology as it pertains
to funeral directing. c. Public health, hygiene, and sanitary science. d. Mortuary science,
to include embalming technique, in all its aspects; chemistry of embalming, color harmony;
discoloration, its causes, effects, and treatment; treatment of special cases; restorative
art; funeral management; and professional ethics. e. Anatomy and physiology. f. Chemistry,
organic and inorganic. g. Pathology. h. Bacteriology. i. Sanitation...
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22-8B-3
Section 22-8B-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) AID IN DYING. The act of a person providing the means or manner for another
person to be able to commit suicide, with actual knowledge that the person deliberately intends
on committing suicide by that means or manner. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITIONAL HYDRATION.
A medical treatment consisting of the administration of food and water through a tube or intravenous
line, where the recipient is not required to chew or swallow voluntarily. Artificially provided
nutrition and hydration does not include assisted feeding, such as spoon or bottle feeding.
(3) DELIBERATELY. More than knowing the consequences of an act or action; meaning to consider
carefully; done on purpose; intentional; requiring premeditation; with intent to cause the
death of a person. (4) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be asked to participate
in any way in a health care service, including, but...
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26-1A-404
Death Act, if in the opinion of the principal's attending physician the principal is no longer
able to give directions to health care providers. Subject to the express limitation on the
authority of the attorney in fact contained in the durable power of attorney, the attorney
in fact may make any health care decision on behalf of the principal that the principal could
make but for the lack of capacity of the principal to make a decision, but not including psychosurgery,
sterilization, abortion when not necessary to preserve the life of the principal, or
involuntary hospitalization or treatment covered by Subtitle 2 of Title 22. A durable power
of attorney executed pursuant to this section may be revoked by written revocation signed
and dated by the principal or person acting at the direction of the principal, or being obliterated,
burnt, torn, or otherwise destroyed or defaced in a manner indicating intention to cancel
or by a verbal expression of intent to revoke made in the...
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25-4-10
Section 25-4-10 Employment. (a) Subject to other provisions of this chapter, "employment"
means: (1) Any service performed prior to January 1, 1978, which was employment as defined
in this section prior to such date and, subject to the other provisions of this section, services
performed for remuneration after December 31, 1977, including service in interstate commerce,
by: a. Any officer of a corporation; or b. Any individual who, under the usual common law
rules applicable in determining the employer-employee relationship, has the status of an employee;
or c. Any individual other than an individual who is an employee under paragraphs a. or b.
of this subdivision (1) who performs services for remuneration for any person: 1. As an agent-driver
or commission-driver engaged in distributing meat products, bakery products, beverages (other
than milk) or laundry or dry cleaning services for a principal; 2. As a traveling or city
salesman engaged upon a full-time basis in the solicitation on...
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26-1-2
Death Act, if in the opinion of the principal's attending physician the principal is no longer
able to give directions to health care providers. Subject to the express limitation on the
authority of the attorney in fact contained in the durable power of attorney, the attorney
in fact may make any health care decision on behalf of the principal that the principal could
make but for the lack of capacity of the principal to make a decision, but not including psychosurgery,
sterilization, abortion when not necessary to preserve the life of the principal, or
involuntary hospitalization or treatment covered by Subtitle 2 of Title 22. A durable power
of attorney executed pursuant to this section may be revoked by written revocation signed
and dated by the principal or person acting at the direction of the principal, or being obliterated,
burnt, torn, or otherwise destroyed or defaced in a manner indicating intention to cancel
or by a verbal expression of intent to revoke made in the...
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34-13A-3
Section 34-13A-3 State Board of Genetic Counseling. (a) The State Board of Genetic Counseling
is created to implement and administer this chapter. (b) The membership of the board shall
consist of all of the following: (1) One individual appointed by the Department of Genetics
at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. (2) Four individuals who practice genetic counseling
in Alabama and who hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in genetic counseling from an
ACGC or ABMGG accredited training program, or an equivalent program approved by the ACGC or
the ABMGG, appointed by the Governor. (3) One physician appointed by the Medical Association
of the State of Alabama. (4) One physician appointed by the State Board of Medical Examiners.
(5) One physician who specializes in pediatric genetics appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.
(6) One physician appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (c) Board members
appointed by the Governor shall serve for terms of two years and,...
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27-51-1
Section 27-51-1 Payment for services of licensed physician assistant. (a) An insurance policy
or contract providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses
shall include a provision for the payment to a supervising physician for necessary medical
or surgical services that are provided by a licensed physician assistant practicing under
the supervision of the physician, and pursuant to the rules, regulations, and parameters for
physician assistants, if the policy or contract pays for the same care and treatment provided
by a licensed physician or doctor of osteopathy. (b) An insurance policy or contract subject
to this section shall not impose a practice or supervision restriction which is inconsistent
with or more restrictive than provided by law. (c) This section shall apply to services provided
under a policy or contract delivered, continued, or renewed in this state on or after August
1, 1997, and to any existing policy or contract, on the policy's or...
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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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34-17A-5
Section 34-17A-5 Exemptions. (a) The following persons shall be exempt from this chapter: (1)
A person practicing marriage and family therapy as part of his or her duties as an employee
of a recognized educational institution; a federal, state, county, or municipal governmental
institution or agency; a public corporation authorized by Section 22-51-2, which is certified
by the Alabama Department of Mental Health pursuant to a contract with the State of Alabama;
or an organization that is nonprofit while performing those duties for which the employee
was employed by the institution, agency, facility, or organization. (2) A person who is a
marriage and family therapy intern or person preparing for the practice of marriage and family
therapy under qualified supervision in a training institution or facility or supervisory arrangement
recognized and approved by the board, provided, that he or she is designated by title as a
"marriage and family therapy intern," "marriage therapy intern,"...
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