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27-26-1
of human illnesses. (4) PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION. Any medical or dental professional corporation
or any medical or dental professional association. (5) PHYSICIAN. Any person licensed to practice
medicine in Alabama. (6) DENTIST. Any person licensed to practice dentistry in Alabama. (7)
HOSPITAL. Such institutions as are defined in Section 22-21-20 as hospitals. (8) OTHER HEALTH
CARE PROVIDERS. Any professional corporation or any person employed by physicians, dentists,
and hospitals who are directly involved in the delivery of health care services. (9) MEDICAL
LIABILITY. A finding by a judge, jury, or arbitration panel that a physician, dentist, medical
institution, or other health care provider did not meet the applicable standard of care and
that such failure was the proximate cause of the injury complained of, resulting in
damage to the patient. (10) BOARD. The board of directors of the joint underwriting association
created by Section 27-26-22. (Acts 1975, No. 513, p. 1148, ยง3.)...
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34-9-1
Section 34-9-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) ANNUAL REGISTRATION. The documentary
evidence that the board has renewed the authority of the licensee to practice dentistry or
dental hygiene in this state. (2) BOARD. The Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama. (3) COMMERCIAL
DENTAL LABORATORY. A technician or group of technicians available to any or all licensed dentists
for construction or repair of dental appliances. (4) GENERAL ANESTHESIA. A controlled state
of unconsciousness, accompanied by a partial or complete loss of protective reflexes, including
inability to independently maintain an airway and respond purposefully to physical stimulation
or verbal command, produced by a pharmacologic method. (5) INFILTRATION ANESTHESIA. A form
of local anesthesia wherein the terminal or peripheral sensory portion of either the maxillary
or mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve endings are...
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34-27B-2
Section 34-27B-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy. (2) DIRECT CLINICAL SUPERVISION.
A situation where a licensed respiratory therapist or physician is available for the purpose
of communication, consultation, and assistance. (3) HEALTHCARE FACILITY. The definition shall
be the same as in Section 22-21-260. (4) MEDICALLY APPROVED PROTOCOL. A detailed plan for
taking specific diagnostic or treatment actions, or both, authorized by the treating physician
of the patient, all of which actions shall be: a. In a hospital or other inpatient health
care facility, approved by the supervising physician of the respiratory therapist or in an
outpatient treatment setting approved by the supervising physician of the respiratory therapist.
b. Except in cases of medical emergency, instituted following an evaluation of the patient
by a physician or otherwise directed by the supervising...
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20-2-250
Section 20-2-250 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) ADMINISTER. The direct application of a controlled substance whether by injection,
inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient by any of the following:
a. A collaborating physician or, in his or her presence, his or her authorized agent. b. A
certified registered nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife. c. The patient at the
direction and in the presence of the collaborating physician, certified registered nurse practitioner,
or certified nurse midwife. (2) BOARD. The Board of Medical Examiners of the State of Alabama.
(3) CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE or CNM. An advanced practice nurse who is subject to a collaborative
practice agreement with a collaborating physician pursuant to Title 34, Chapter 21, Article
5, and who has advanced knowledge and skills relative to the management of women's health
care focusing on pregnancy, childbirth, the...
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34-8B-2
(C.S.R.). A designation of certification given by the Alabama Court Reporters Association for
its certified members. (5) COURT REPORTER. Any person who is engaged in the practice of court
reporting as a profession, including persons who actually report judicial proceedings in courts
and persons who make verbatim records. (6) COURT REPORTING. The making of a verbatim record
by means of manual shorthand, machine shorthand, closed microphone voice dictation silencer,
or by other means of personal verbatim reporting of any testimony given under oath
before, or for submission to, any court, referee, or court examiner or by any board, commission,
or other body, or in any other proceeding where a verbatim record is required. The taking
of a deposition is the making of a verbatim record. (7) CVR. Certified verbatim reporter.
(8) FISCAL YEAR. October 1 through September 30. (9) FUND. The Alabama Board of Court Reporting
Fund. (10) NCRA. The National Court Reporters Association. (11) NVRA....
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34-24-191
Section 34-24-191 Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this article, the following words and
phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed by this section: (1) BOARD. The Board
of Physical Therapy established by Section 34-24-192. (2) FOREIGN EDUCATED PHYSICAL THERAPIST.
A person trained or educated in the practice of physical therapy outside of the United States
or any of its territorial possessions. (3) IMPAIRED. The inability of a physical therapy licensee
to practice physical therapy 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. (4) PHYSICAL THERAPY. The treatment of a
human being by the use of exercise, massage, heat, cold, water, radiant energy, electricity,
or sound for the purpose of correcting or alleviating any physical or mental condition or
preventing the development of any physical or mental disability, or...
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34-29-61
VETERINARIAN. A person who is validly and currently licensed to practice veterinary medicine
in Alabama. (13) LICENSED VETERINARY TECHNICIAN. A person who is validly and currently licensed
to practice as a veterinary technician in Alabama. (14) PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership,
association, joint venture, cooperative, or corporation or any other group or combination
acting in concert; and whether or not acting as a principal, trustee, fiduciary, receiver,
or as any kind of legal or personal representative, or as the successor in interest,
assigning agent, factor, servant, employee, director, officer, or any other representative
of such person. (15) PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE: a. To diagnose, treat, correct, change,
relieve, or prevent animal disease, deformity, defect, injury, or other physical or
mental condition; including the prescription or administration of any drug, medicine, biologic,
apparatus, application, anesthesia, or other therapeutic or diagnostic...
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34-21-1
with a multistate license that allows the practice of nursing as a registered nurse or licensed
practical nurse in any state participating in the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact. (9) PRACTICE
OF PROFESSIONAL AND PRACTICAL NURSING. Nursing is a profession the practice of which is defined
as: a. Practice of Professional Nursing. The performance, for compensation, of any act in
the care and counselling of persons or in the promotion and maintenance of health and prevention
of illness and injury based upon the nursing process which includes systematic data
gathering, assessment, appropriate nursing judgment and evaluation of human responses to actual
or potential health problems through such services as case finding, health teaching, and health
counselling; and provision of care supportive to or restorative of life and well-being, and
executing medical regimens including administering medications and treatments prescribed by
a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or...
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34-24-290
Section 34-24-290 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) APPROVED PROGRAM. A program for the education and training
of assistants to physicians which has been formally approved in writing by the board. (2)
ASSISTANT TO PHYSICIAN. A person who is a graduate of an approved program, is licensed by
the board, and is registered by the board to perform medical services under the supervision
of a physician approved by the board to supervise the assistant. (3) BOARD. The Board of Medical
Examiners of the State of Alabama. (4) LEGEND DRUG. Any drug, medicine, chemical, or poison,
bearing on the label the words, "Caution, Federal Law prohibits dispensing without prescription"
or similar words indicating that the drug, medicine, chemical, or poison may be sold or dispensed
only upon the prescription of a licensed medical practitioner, except that the term legend
drug shall not include any drug, substance, or compound...
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34-25A-3
and require the generation of an image, form, or mold that replicates the patient's body or
body segment and involves the rectification of dimensions, contours, and volumes to achieve
proper fit, comfort, and function for that specific patient. Except for the treatment of scoliosis,
orthosis does not include prefabricated or direct-formed orthotic devices, as defined in this
subdivision and does not include any of the following items: Commercially available knee orthoses
used following injury or surgery; upper extremity adaptive equipment; finger splints;
leather wrist gauntlets; face masks used following burns; wheelchair seating that is an integral
part of the wheelchair and not worn by the patient independent of the wheelchair; fabric or
elastic supports; corsets; arch supports, also known as non-custom or prefabricated orthotics;
low-temperature formed plastic splints; trusses; elastic hose; canes; crutches; cervical collars;
dental appliances, and other similar devices as...
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