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27-45-2
Section 27-45-2 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the respective
meanings herein set forth, unless the context shall otherwise require: (1) ALABAMA INSURANCE
CODE. Title 27 of the Code of Alabama 1975. (2) INSURER. Such term shall have the meaning
ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (3) PERSON. Such term shall have the meaning ascribed in Section
27-1-2. (4) COMMISSIONER and DEPARTMENT. Such terms, respectively, shall have the meanings
ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (5) CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION. Any obligation under covered policies
or employee benefit plans. (6) COVERED POLICY OR PLAN. Any policy, employee benefit plan,
or contract within the scope of this article. (7) HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY. Any individual,
group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy, insurance agreement, or group hospital service
contract providing for pharmaceutical services, including without limitation, prescription
drugs, incurred as a result of accident or sickness, or to prevent same....
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34-24-507
Section 34-24-507 Reciprocity. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this article, the commission
shall only issue a special purpose license to practice medicine or osteopathy across state
lines to an applicant whose principal practice location and license to practice is located
in a state or territory of the United States whose laws permit or allow for the issuance of
a special purpose license to practice medicine or osteopathy across state lines or similar
license to a physician whose principal practice location and license is located in this state.
It is the stated intent of this article that physicians and osteopaths who hold a full and
current license in the State of Alabama be afforded the opportunity to obtain, on a reciprocal
basis, a license to practice medicine or osteopathy across state lines in any state or territory
of the United States as a pre-condition to the issuance of a special purpose license as authorized
by this article to a physician or osteopath licensed in...
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34-24-520
Section 34-24-520 Purpose. In order to strengthen access to health care, and in recognition
of the advances in the delivery of health care, the member states of the Interstate Medical
Licensure Compact have allied in common purpose to develop a comprehensive process that complements
the existing licensing and regulatory authority of state medical boards, provides a streamlined
process that allows physicians to become licensed in multiple states, thereby enhancing the
portability of a medical license and promoting the safety of patients. The compact creates
another pathway for licensure and does not otherwise change a state's existing medical practice
act. The compact also adopts the prevailing standard for licensure and affirms that the practice
of medicine occurs where the patient is located at the time of the physician-patient encounter,
and therefore, requires the physician to be under the jurisdiction of the state medical board
where the patient is located. State medical boards...
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6-5-662
Section 6-5-662 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following words shall have the
following meanings: (1) ESTABLISHED FREE MEDICAL CLINIC. An organized community-based program
providing medical care, without charge to individuals unable to pay for it, and which is limited
to care that does not require the services of a licensed hospital or ambulatory surgical center,
and care that does not include the use of general anesthesia or require an overnight stay
in a health care facility. (2) MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. A person licensed by the Alabama Medical
Licensure Commission established under Section 34-24-310, or licensed to practice the treatment
of human ailments in any other state or territory of the United States; or a person licensed
by the Alabama Board of Nursing established under Section 34-21-2; or a person licensed by
the Board of Chiropractic Examiners established under Section 34-24-140; or a person licensed
by the Alabama Board of Optometry established under Section...
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25-5-312
Section 25-5-312 Powers and duties of the board. The board shall exercise general supervision
in all matters related to the provision of medical services provided by physicians, as defined
in Section 25-5-310, rendered to workers under this article. The duties of the board shall
include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Study, develop, and implement any necessary
and reasonable guidelines for medical services and physician care provided by physicians.
In addition, with respect to services provided by physicians, the board shall study, develop,
and recommend to the secretary uniform medical criteria and policies for the conduct of utilization
review, bill screenings, and medical necessity determinations for use by insurance carriers,
self-insurers, and claims administrators. (2) Study, design, and implement standardized uniform
claims processing forms and forms for the reporting of medical information to employers and
insurance companies by physicians. (3) Address and give...
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34-18-2
Section 34-18-2 Training schools for medical technicians. Any training school for medical technicians
which is listed and approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American
Medical Association shall be deemed an approved training school within the meaning hereof.
If not so listed and approved, the question of whether such training school has the standing
and qualifications to meet the requirements of an approved training school within the meaning
of this chapter shall be determined by the State Board of Censors of the Medical Association
of the State of Alabama. The Board of Censors shall not approve for the purpose of this chapter
any training school unless the same is an institution laboratory (hospital, school, public
health laboratory, biological laboratory, clinical laboratory) whose laboratory procedures
are under the guidance of a qualified director and which maintains adequate equipment and
space as well as a variety of specimens which must number not...
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34-24-333
Section 34-24-333 Issuance of certificate of qualification; application and issuance of license;
issuance of license under Retired Senior Volunteer Program. (a) When an applicant for a license
to practice medicine or osteopathy has complied fully with all requirements of the law regulating
the practice of medicine or osteopathy, the board shall issue a certificate of qualification
to the commission certifying the qualification of such person, and thereafter such applicant
may apply to the commission for a license to practice medicine or osteopathy for which such
certificate indicates his or her qualification. If the commission finds that the applicant
is of good moral character and has been duly certified by the board, the commission shall
issue to such applicant a license, unless it appears to the commission that there is other
good and reasonable cause for refusing to issue such license, it being the purpose and intent
of this section to give the Medical Licensure Commission overall...
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34-8A-18
Section 34-8A-18 Penalties; review; disciplinary oversight of licensees; legal counsel. (a)
In addition to any other powers and functions which may be conferred upon it by law, the board
may issue an order assessing a civil penalty not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and
not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) against any person who holds himself or herself
out to the public as a licensed professional counselor or associate licensed counselor or
who uses any title or description as prescribed in subdivisions (1) and (4) of Section 34-8A-2,
or who shall engage in the private practice of counseling and does not then possess in full
force and virtue a valid license to engage in private practice as a licensed professional
counselor or associate licensed counselor under this chapter. (b) In determining the amount
of any penalty, the board shall consider the seriousness of the violation, including any threat
to the health, safety, or welfare of the public, the unlawful gain or...
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12-17-184
Section 12-17-184 Powers and duties generally. It is the duty of every district attorney and
assistant district attorney, within the circuit, county, or other territory for which he or
she is elected or appointed: (1) To attend on the grand juries, advise them in relation to
matters of law, and examine and swear witnesses before them. (2) To draw up all indictments
and to prosecute all indictable offenses. (3) To prosecute and defend any civil action in
the circuit court in the prosecution or defense of which the state is interested. (4) To inquire
whether registers have performed the duty required of them by Section 12-17-117 and shall,
in every case of failure, move against the register as provided by subsection (b) of Section
12-17-114. (5) If a criminal prosecution is removed from a court of his or her circuit, county,
or division of a county to a court of the United States, to appear in that court and represent
the state; and, if it is impracticable, consistent with his or her...
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16-1-48
Section 16-1-48 Anaphylaxis preparedness program. (a) The State Department of Education shall
develop an anaphylaxis preparedness program to be adopted by each local board of education
and implemented in each K-12 public school commencing with the 2015-2016 scholastic year.
The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy shall provide guidance, direction, and advice to the State
Department of Education in developing and administering the anaphylaxis preparedness program.
(b) The anaphylaxis preparedness program shall incorporate the following three levels of prevention
initiated by licensed public school nurses as a part of the health services program: (1) Level
I, primary prevention: Education programs that address food allergies and anaphylaxis through
both classroom and individual instruction for staff and students. (2) Level II, secondary
prevention: Identification and management of chronic illness. (3) Level III, tertiary prevention:
The development of a planned response to...
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