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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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34-24-360
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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21-9-2
Section 21-9-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) BOARD. The Board
of Rehabilitation Services. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Rehabilitation
Services, who shall administer the department. (3) COMPONENT PROGRAMS. The following programs
administered by the department: a. Children's Rehabilitation Service. A service program that
provides educational, medical, and habilitative services including recreational and physical
fitness services for children with special health care needs, including coordination and support
for their families through statewide community-based programs. b. Early Intervention Program.
A program that provides early intervention services for children, up to the age of three years,
who are born with disabling conditions or who are at risk for developmental delay. c. Adult
Vocational Rehabilitation Service. A service program that...
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15-23-60
initial consideration of pre-discretionary leave, passes, and furloughs. (5) COURT. All state
courts including juvenile courts. (6) CRIME VICTIM ADVOCATE. A person who is employed or authorized
by a public entity or a private entity that receives public funding primarily to provide counseling,
treatment, or other supportive assistance to crime victims. (7) CRIMINAL OFFENSE. Conduct
that gives a law enforcement officer or prosecutor probable cause to believe that a felony
involving physical injury, the threat of physical injury, or a sexual offense,
or any offense involving spousal abuse or domestic violence has been committed. (8) CRIMINAL
PROCEEDING. A hearing, argument, or other matter scheduled by and held before a trial court
but does not include a lineup, grand jury proceeding, or other matter not held in the presence
of the court. (9) CUSTODIAL AGENCY. A municipal or county jail, the State Department of Corrections,
juvenile detention facility, Department of Youth Services, the...
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27-62-4
Section 27-62-4 Information security program. (a) Commensurate with the size and complexity
of the licensee, the nature and scope of the activities of the licensee, including its use
of third-party service providers, and the sensitivity of the nonpublic information used by
the licensee or in the possession, custody, or control of the licensee, each licensee shall
develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive written information security program based
on the risk assessment of the licensee that contains administrative, technical, and physical
safeguards for the protection of nonpublic information and the information system of the licensee.
(b) The information security program of a licensee shall be designed to do all of the following:
(1) Protect the security and confidentiality of nonpublic information and the security of
the information system. (2) Protect against any threats or hazards to the security or integrity
of nonpublic information and the information system. (3) Protect...
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34-24-276
the viewing is not related to patient diagnosis or treatment according to current practice
standards. (12) Any other misconduct defined by the board. (b) Whenever charges are preferred
against any holder of a license, the board shall fix a time and place for the hearing of the
same, and a copy of the charges, in writing and verified by oath, together with a notice of
the time and place of hearing, shall be served upon the accused at least 10 days before the
date fixed for the hearing. When personal service cannot be effected, the board shall
cause to be published at least 30 days prior to the date set for the hearing, in a newspaper
published in the county in which the accused was last known to practice, a notice to the effect
that at a definite time and place a hearing will be held by the board on charges preferred
against the person. The board may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and
the production of all necessary papers, books and records, documentary...
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25-5-293
and insurers operating in Alabama shall, at the secretary's request, provide the secretary
such data as he or she deems necessary to evaluate costs and quality. The data shall be provided
in the form and content to the secretary's specifications and in a manner deemed timely by
the secretary. The secretary may gather from health care claims intermediaries that operate
in Alabama any claims data related to diagnoses and procedures encountered in the treatment
of workers'-compensation-type injury and illness in Alabama. Results from all data
gathered shall be made available to employers or their representatives for use in decisions
regarding the direction of care or to determine appropriateness of reimbursement. (i) Beginning
immediately after May 19, 1992, and to be completed within six months thereafter, the secretary
may engage an independent firm to identify the initial costs for the program. These initial
expenses shall include, but not be limited to, the establishment of a data...
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38-13-2
Place of abode, domicile, or dwelling with intention to remain permanently and continuously
or for an indefinite or uncertain length of time. (30) SEX CRIME. Includes any sex offense
listed in Section 15-20A-5. (31) SUITABILITY CRITERIA. a. Convictions for any of the following
crimes shall make an individual unsuitable for employment, volunteer work, approval, or licensure:
1. A violent offense as defined in Section 12-25-32. 2. A sex crime. 3. A crime that involves
the physical or mental injury or maltreatment of a child, the elderly, or an individual
with disabilities. 4. A crime committed against a child. 5. A crime involving the sale or
distribution of a controlled substance. 6. A crime or offense committed in another state or
under federal law which would constitute any of the above crimes in this state. b. Conviction
for any crime listed in the Adoption and Safe Families Act, 42 U.S.C. ยง 671(a)(20) shall
disqualify a person from being approved or continuing to be approved...
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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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34-9-18
or similar circumstances or the doing of that which a reasonably prudent practitioner would
not have done under the same or similar circumstances. b. For the purposes of this subdivision,
gross negligence is defined as willful or wanton conduct with reckless, malicious, or conscious
disregard for the rights or safety of others, or conduct that is so deliberate, outrageous,
and callous as to display total indifference to the health or safety of a patient, that could
result in serious bodily injury or death. (7) Is guilty of employing, allowing, or
permitting any unlicensed person or persons to perform any work in his or her office which,
under this chapter, can only be legally done by a person or persons holding a license to practice
dentistry or dental hygiene. (8) Willfully or negligently violates the rules of the State
Department of Health or of the board regarding sanitation. (9) Is guilty of division of fees,
or agreeing to split or divide the fee received for dental service with...
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