20-2-211
Section 20-2-211 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) CERTIFYING BOARDS. Those boards designated
in subdivision (3) of Section 20-2-2. (2) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. Any drug or medication defined
as a controlled substance within the meaning of subdivision (4) of Section 20-2-2. (3) DEPARTMENT.
The Alabama Department of Public Health. (4) LICENSING BOARD OR COMMISSION. The board, commission,
or other entity that is authorized to issue a professional license to a pharmacist or an authorized
practitioner. (5) PHARMACIST. Any person, as defined in subdivision (17) of Section 34-23-1,
licensed by the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy or otherwise permitted by Alabama or federal
law to practice the profession of pharmacy within this state. (6) PHARMACY. A retail establishment,
as defined in subdivision (18) of Section 34-23-1, licensed by the Alabama State Board of
Pharmacy. (7) PRACTITIONER or...
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34-13A-2
Section 34-13A-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ABGC. The American Board of Genetic Counseling, or its successor
or equivalent. (2) ABMGG. The American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics, or its successor
or equivalent. (3) ACGC. The Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling, or its successor
or equivalent. (4) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Genetic Counseling. (5) EXAMINATION FOR LICENSURE.
The ABGC or ABMGG certification examination, or the examination provided by a successor entity
to the ABGC or ABMGG, to test the competence and qualifications of applicants to practice
genetic counseling. (6) GENETIC COUNSELING. The provision of services by a genetic counselor
to do any of the following: a. Obtain and evaluate individual, family, and medical histories
to determine genetic risk for genetic or medical conditions and diseases in a patient, his
or her offspring, or other family members. b. Discuss the...
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34-14-1
Section 34-14-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) APPRENTICE. A person who
has met the requirements of Section 34-14-7 and may engage in the practice of fitting and
dealing in hearing instruments only under the direct supervision of a hearing aid dispenser
or hearing aid specialist when designated by the sponsoring dispenser. (2) APPRENTICE PERMIT.
A permit issued while the applicant is in training to become a licensed hearing aid specialist.
(3) BOARD. The Board of Hearing Instrument Dealers. (4) DIRECT SUPERVISION. On site and close
contact whereby a supervisor is able to respond quickly to the needs of the patient or client
receiving care or the supervisee. (5) HEARING AID DISPENSER. Any trained person who has met
all requirements of this chapter for licensure and who may engage in the practice of fitting
and dealing in hearing instruments without the direct supervision of any...
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27-45A-3
Section 27-45A-3 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) CLAIMS PROCESSING SERVICES. The administrative services performed
in connection with the processing and adjudicating of claims relating to pharmacist services
that include any of the following: a. Receiving payments for pharmacist services. b. Making
payments to pharmacists or pharmacies for pharmacist services. c. Both paragraphs a. and b.
(2) OTHER PRESCRIPTION DRUG OR DEVICE SERVICES. Services, other than claims processing services,
provided directly or indirectly, whether in connection with or separate from claims processing
services, including without limitation any of the following: a. Negotiating rebates, discounts,
or other financial incentives and arrangements with drug companies. b. Disbursing or distributing
rebates. c. Managing or participating in incentive programs or arrangements for pharmacist
services. d. Negotiating or entering into contractual...
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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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34-17A-3
Section 34-17A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words have the following
meanings: (1) ADVERTISE. The issuing or causing to be distributed any card, sign, or device
to any person; or the causing, permitting, or allowing any sign or marking on or in any building,
radio or television, transmission or broadcast, or advertising by any media or other means
designed to secure public attention. (2) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Examiners in Marriage
and Family Therapy. (3) MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST. A person to whom a valid, current license
has been issued pursuant to this chapter. (4) PERSON. Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership,
organization, political body, or other entity. (5) PRACTICE OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY.
The process of providing professional marriage and family therapy to individuals, couples,
and families, either alone or in a group. The practice of marriage and family therapy utilizes
established principles that recognize the interrelated...
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34-27A-2
Section 34-27A-2 Definitions. The following terms as used in this article shall have the following
meanings: (1) APPRAISAL. The act or process of developing an opinion of value of real property;
an opinion of the value of real property; of or pertaining to appraising real property and
related functions such as appraisal practice or appraisal services. (2) APPRAISAL FOUNDATION.
The Appraisal Foundation incorporated as an Illinois not-for-profit corporation on November
30, 1987. (3) APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY. An external third party including, but not limited
to, a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, subsidiary, or limited liability company,
authorized either by a creditor of a consumer credit transaction secured by the principal
dwelling of a consumer or by an underwriter of or other principal in the secondary mortgage
markets, that oversees a network or panel of more than four certified or licensed appraisers
in a state or 25 or more nationally in a given year, that...
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6-5-710
Section 6-5-710 Definitions. For purposes of this article the following terms shall have the
following meanings: (1) AWARDING AUTHORITY. a. The Alabama Department of Transportation, if
the project is either for, or is funded in whole or in part by, the State of Alabama to construct,
repair, resurface, refurbish, replace, remove, modify, alter, or otherwise improve any public
or private infrastructure, including any public-private partnership project, for which construction
monitoring services are contracted. b. A county, city, town, or municipality that appropriates
public funds for the construction, repair, resurfacing, refurbishment, replacement, removal,
modification, alteration, or other improvement of any public or private infrastructure, including
any public-private partnership project, for which construction monitoring services are contracted.
c. All other state, county, or municipal boards, bodies, commissions, agencies, departments,
institutions, and instrumentalities, and...
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20-2-2
Section 20-2-2 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) ADMINISTER. The direct application of a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation,
ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient or research subject by: a. A practitioner
or, in his or her presence, his or her authorized agent. b. The patient or research subject
at the direction and in the presence of the practitioner. (2) AGENT. An authorized person
who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser. The
term does not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouseman, or employee of the
carrier or warehouseman. (3) CERTIFYING BOARDS. The State Board of Medical Examiners, the
State Board of Health, the State Board of Pharmacy, the State Board of Dental Examiners, the
State Board of Podiatry, and the State Board of Veterinary Medical...
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22-8A-3
Section 22-8A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADULT. Any person
19 years of age or over. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITION AND 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) ADVANCE
DIRECTIVE FOR HEALTH CARE. A writing executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4 which may
include a living will, the appointment of a health care proxy, or both such living will and
appointment of a health care proxy. (4) ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. The physician selected by, or
assigned to, the patient who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the
patient. (5) CARDIOPULMONARY CESSATION. A lack of pulse or...
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