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34-21-85
Section 34-21-85 Joint committee designated to recommend rules and regulations; requirements
to engage in advanced practice nursing. The joint committee shall be the state authority designated
to recommend rules and regulations to the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of
Nursing for the purpose of regulating the collaborative practice of physicians and certified
registered nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives. No person may practice as a certified
registered nurse practitioner or a certified nurse midwife in this state unless that person
possesses a certificate of qualification issued by the Board of Nursing and practices under
written protocols approved by the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of Nursing
and signed by a qualified collaborating physician or physicians and certified registered nurse
practitioner or certified nurse midwife or is exempt from the requirement of a written protocol
according to rules promulgated by the State Board of...
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34-24-270
Section 34-24-270 Practicing podiatry without license; penalty. Any person who shall practice
podiatry in this state or hold himself or herself out to the public as a podiatrist, or who
shall in any sign or advertisement use the word "podiatrist," "foot specialist,"
"foot correctionist," "foot expert," or "chiropodist" or any
other term or terms or letters indicating that he or she is a podiatrist or that he or she
practices or holds himself or herself out as practicing podiatry or foot correction, without
having at the time of so doing a valid certificate of qualification as provided in this article,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined for each offense not
less than $50 nor more than $500, and may be imprisoned for not less than one month nor more
than three months. This article shall not prohibit the fitting, recommending, advertising,
adjusting, or the sale of corrective shoes, arch supports, or similar mechanical appliances
or patent or proprietary...
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34-39-3
Section 34-39-3 Definitions. In this chapter, the following terms shall have the respective
meanings provided in this section unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:
(1) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Occupational Therapy Association. (2) BOARD. The Alabama State
Board of Occupational Therapy. (3) LICENSE. A valid and current certificate of registration
issued by the Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy. (4) OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. a. The
practice of occupational therapy means the therapeutic use of occupations, including everyday
life activities with individuals, groups, populations, or organizations to support participation,
performance, and function in roles and situations in home, school, workplace, community, and
other settings. Occupational therapy services are provided for habilitation, rehabilitation,
and the promotion of health and wellness to those who have or are at risk for developing an
illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disability,...
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45-49-171.65
Section 45-49-171.65 Issuance of death certificate. If after investigating a death, the county
medical examiner or his or her designated assistant, who shall be a physician licensed to
practice medicine in Alabama, is satisfied that the death was not caused by criminal act or
omission and that there are no suspicious circumstances about the death, then the county medical
examiner, or his or her designated assistant, may execute a death certificate in the form
required by law and authorize release of the body for final disposition on a certificate as
prescribed by the State Health Department. If the deceased is unidentified, or if the county
medical examiner suspects a death was caused by a criminal act or omission, or if the cause
of death is obscure, he, she, or a qualified pathologist, licensed to practice medicine in
Alabama and under his or her direction, shall further examine the body and take, retain, and
examine or have examined whatever tissues, biological fluids, or other...
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2-11-31
Section 2-11-31 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) CAPABLE OF
USE AS HUMAN FOOD. Such term shall apply to any catfish or part or product thereof, unless
it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the commissioner
to deter its use as human food or unless it is naturally inedible by humans. (2) CATFISH.
Any species of the scientific order Siluriformes or family Anarhichadidae. (3) COMMISSIONER.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. (4) DIRECT RETAIL
SALE. The sale of catfish products individually or in small quantities directly to the consumer.
(5) DISTRIBUTOR. Any person offering for sale, exchange or barter any catfish product destined
for direct retail sale in the State of Alabama. (6) LABEL. A display of written, printed or
graphic matter upon or affixed to the container in which a catfish...
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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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27-9A-5
Section 27-9A-5 Registration of emergency independent adjusters. (a) In the event of a state
of emergency, a person who is otherwise qualified to adjust claims, but is not already licensed
as an independent adjuster in this state, may act as an emergency independent adjuster and
adjust claims for an insurer in this state in accordance with this section. (b) The insurer
shall file with the commissioner a registration of each individual that will act as an emergency
independent adjuster on behalf of the insurer within five days of deployment to adjust claims
arising from the state of emergency. (c) The registration shall be in a format prescribed
by the commissioner and shall provide the following information: (1) Name of the individual.
(2) Social Security number of the individual. (3) Name of insurer the independent adjuster
will represent. (4) Effective date of the contract between the insurer and independent adjuster.
(5) Catastrophe or loss control number. (6) Catastrophe event...
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28-4-164
Section 28-4-164 Failure to comply with requirements as to issuance of prescriptions for alcohol,
unauthorized use of alcohol, etc., by physicians. Any physician who issues any prescription
containing any false statement or who fails to comply with any requirement of the law in regard
to the giving of prescription for alcohol to patients or who uses alcohol except for authorized
purposes shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be, by the judgment of the court, disbarred
from the practice of his profession in this state upon conviction in addition to the other
penalties prescribed. (Acts 1919, No. 7, p. 6; Code 1923, §4734; Code 1940, T. 29, §202.)...
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34-21-1
Section 34-21-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) ADVISORY COUNCILS. Advisory councils provided
for under the terms of this chapter. (2) BOARD. The Board of Nursing created hereunder. (3)
COMPACT. The Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact provided in Article 7. (4) COORDINATED LICENSE
INFORMATION SYSTEM. A licensing integrated database and process for collecting, storing, and
sharing nurse licensure and enforcement information that includes all licensed registered
nurses and licensed practical/vocational nurses. The system includes all disciplinary history
of each nurse, as administered by a nonprofit organization and controlled by licensing boards.
(5) LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE. A person who is currently licensed to practice practical nursing.
For the purposes of the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact, practical nursing includes practice
as a licensed practical nurse, licensed vocational nurse, or...
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34-24-605
Section 34-24-605 Ownership and operation. (a) All registrants must provide pain management
services at a location that is owned and operated by one of the following: (1) One or more
physicians licensed to practice medicine in Alabama. (2) A business entity registered with
the Secretary of State. (3) A governmental entity or body, or political subdivision, or any
combination thereof, including state universities and schools. (b) In order to be registered,
a physician shall certify that each practice location is under the direction of a medical
director who shall be a physician who possesses a current, unrestricted license to practice
medicine or osteopathy in Alabama. (c) Every registrant providing pain management services
is required to obtain access to the Alabama Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) maintained
by the Alabama Department of Public Health. (Act 2013-257, p. 673, §1.)...
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