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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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34-32-3
Section 34-32-3 Construction of chapter. This chapter shall not be construed to affect or prevent
the practice of any other legally recognized profession. In particular, this chapter shall
not be construed to affect or prevent individuals who are duly licensed by the State of Alabama
Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors and who are engaging in
the practice of geotechnical engineering or soils engineering from conducting an engineering
evaluation of the nature, physical properties, and engineering characteristics to determine
the surficial and subsurface soil suitability for the environmental and structural support
of constructed facilities or to evaluate surficial or subsurface soils which are to be used
as a construction material. (Acts 1981, No. 81-766, p. 1308, ยง3.)...
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34-38-5
Section 34-38-5 Nonliability of Impaired Professionals' Committee personnel, etc., for actions
within scope of function. Any dentist licensed to practice in the State of Alabama, or pharmacist,
who shall be duly appointed to serve as a member of the Alabama Impaired Professionals' Committee
and any auxiliary personnel, consultants, attorneys, or other employees of the committee shall
not be liable to any person for any claim for damages as a result of any decision, opinion,
investigation, or action taken by the committee or any individual member of the committee
made by him or her within the scope of his or her function as a member of the committee if
such decision, opinion, investigation, or action was taken without malice and on a reasonable
belief that such action or recommendation was warranted by the facts that were then available.
No nonprofit corporation, professional association, health provider, or state or county association
that contracts with, or receives funds from, board...
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34-9-60
Section 34-9-60 Use of local anesthesia; permit to use general anesthesia. Any person licensed
or permitted to practice dentistry in the State of Alabama shall be authorized to use anesthesia
in accordance with the provisions of this section. (1) All dentists are authorized to use
local anesthesia. (2) Twelve months after May 29, 1985, no dentist shall use general anesthesia
on an outpatient basis for dental patients, unless such dentist possesses a permit of authorization
issued by the Board of Dental Examiners. a. In order to receive such permit, the dentist must
apply on a prescribed application form to the Board of Dental Examiners, submit an application
fee, and produce evidence showing that he or she: 1. Has completed a minimum of one year of
advanced training in anesthesiology and related academic subjects (or its equivalent) beyond
the undergraduate dental school level in a training program as described in Part II of the
guidelines for teaching the comprehensive control of pain...
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34-22-22
Section 34-22-22 Continuing education requirements; suspension and reinstatement; renewal;
registration certificate; waiver of registration and fees. (a) All registered optometrists
licensed in the State of Alabama are required to take annual courses of study in subjects
relating to the practice of optometry. The length of study shall be prescribed by the board
but shall not exceed 25 clock hours in any calendar year. Licensees approved by the board
to use pharmaceutical agents shall be required to take not less than 20 nor more than 25 hours
of continuing education, half of which shall be in subjects relating to the diagnosis, treatment,
and management of disease of the human eye and its adjacent structures. Attendance shall be
at a course or courses approved by the board. (b) Continuing education requirements shall
be completed between October 1 and September 30 of each fiscal year prior to the time for
license renewal for the next fiscal year. Upon the failure of any licensee to...
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34-24-163
Section 34-24-163 Issuance of certificates to persons practicing on January 1, 1960. Notwithstanding
any section of this article or any other law to the contrary, the board shall issue a license
to practice chiropractic without examination to any person in the active practice of chiropractic
in the State of Alabama on January 1, 1960; provided, that the person shall make a written
application to the board on forms and in the manner prescribed by the board; and provided
further, that the person produces evidence satisfactory to the board that he or she is a graduate
of a school or college of chiropractic recognized by the board and is of good moral character.
Such application shall be accompanied by a $25 application fee. Any person who is in the Armed
Forces of the United States and who otherwise meets the qualifications of this section and
was actively in the practice of chiropractic in this state before becoming a member of the
Armed Forces of the United States shall have 90 days...
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34-24-275
Section 34-24-275 Renewal; continuing education. Every licensed podiatrist who desires to continue
the practice of podiatry shall annually, on or before the first of October, pay to the secretary-treasurer
of the state board a renewal registration fee in a reasonable amount set by the board and
comply with such other conditions as may be prescribed by the State Board of Podiatry; provided,
however, that the license shall be renewed within 30 days after October first, or the licensee
shall pay the renewal registration fee and a penalty of $300. Among the conditions to be prescribed
by the State Board of Podiatry is the requirement that evidence be furnished by the applicant
for renewal of completion of a continuing education program. Such program shall consist of
no less than 12 hours, which shall be obtained at the annual state meeting of the Alabama
Podiatry Association or any other continuing education program approved by the State Board
of Podiatry. Any licensed podiatrist who is...
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34-24-403
Section 34-24-403 Liability for actions within scope of committee functions. Any physician
or osteopath licensed to practice medicine in the State of Alabama who shall be duly appointed
to serve as a member of the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee and any auxiliary personnel,
consultants, attorneys, or other volunteers or employees of the committee taking any action
authorized by this chapter, engaging in the performance of any functions or duties on behalf
of the committee, or participating in any administrative or judicial proceeding resulting
therefrom, shall, in the performance and operation thereof, be immune from any liability,
civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Any nonprofit corporation
or medical professional association or state or county medical association that contracts
with or receives funds from the State Board of Medical Examiners for the creation, support,
and operation of the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee shall, in so doing, be...
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34-24-145
Section 34-24-145 Establishment of preceptorship, etc., authorized; issuance and expiration
of limited license; board to establish rules, etc., for implementation of section. (a) The
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners is hereby authorized to establish a preceptorship and
extern program whereby chiropractic students enrolled in their last year at board-approved
chiropractic colleges accredited by the Council of Chiropractic Education and recent chiropractic
graduates of such schools may be issued a limited license to practice chiropractic under the
direct on-premises supervision of a sponsor licensed to practice chiropractic in the State
of Alabama, and in the case of chiropractic students, also under the supervision of the school.
The limited license shall expire immediately upon the board issuing the results of the second
licensure examination. (b) The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall prohibit the use
of more than one limited license student or graduate to one sponsor...
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34-24-360
Section 34-24-360 Restrictions, etc., on license; grounds. The Medical Licensure Commission
shall have the power and duty to suspend, revoke, or restrict any license to practice medicine
or osteopathy in the State of Alabama or place on probation or fine any licensee whenever
the licensee shall be found guilty on the basis of substantial evidence of any of the following
acts or offenses: (1) Fraud in applying for or procuring a certificate of qualification to
practice medicine or osteopathy or a license to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State
of Alabama. (2) Unprofessional conduct as defined herein or in the rules and regulations promulgated
by the commission. (3) Practicing medicine or osteopathy in such a manner as to endanger the
health of the patients of the practitioner. (4) Conviction of a felony; a copy of the record
of conviction, certified to by the clerk of the court entering the conviction, shall be conclusive
evidence. (5) Conviction of any crime or offense which...
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