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34-24-361.1
Section 34-24-361.1 Hearings closed; confidentiality of certain records. All hearings conducted
by the commission shall be closed. The record in such hearings, including witness testimony,
exhibits, and pleadings, shall be confidential, shall not be public record, and shall not
be available for court subpoena or for discovery proceedings. All administrative complaints,
orders to show cause, notices of hearings, and statements of charges, and all amendments thereto,
and all orders of the commission which are dispositive of the issues raised thereby, shall
be public record. Nothing contained herein shall apply to records made in the regular course
of business of an individual; documents or records otherwise available from original sources
are not to be construed as immune from discovery or use in any civil proceedings merely because
they were presented or considered during the proceedings of the State Board of Medical Examiners
or the Medical Licensure Commission. (Act 2002-140, p. 359,...
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34-24-500
Section 34-24-500 Legislative findings and purpose. The Legislature hereby finds and declares
that, because of technological advances and changing practice patterns, the practice of medicine
or osteopathy is occurring with increasing frequency across state lines and that certain technological
advances in the practice of medicine or osteopathy are in the public interest. The Legislature
further finds and declares that the practice of medicine or osteopathy is a privilege and
that the licensure by this state of practitioners located outside this state engaging in such
medical or osteopathic practice within this state and the ability to discipline such practitioners
is necessary for the protection of the citizens of this state and for the public interest,
health, welfare, and safety. (Acts 1997, No. 97-166, p. 238, §1.)...
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16-47-127
Section 16-47-127 Agreement by recipients to practice in certain areas; immediate liability
upon default; penalty provisions; proceedings for recovery of amount due; death, disability
may excuse repayment. (a) Each recipient of a loan under this division shall enter into an
agreement with the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards whereby the recipient agrees to practice
in an area as defined in Section 16-47-126. In the event of a default or other breach of contract
by the recipient of loans provided under this division, or other termination of contract prior
to the completion of the period of medical education and training, the individual shall be
liable for immediate repayment of the total principal loan amount plus interest at the rate
of eight percent accruing from the date of default or termination and an additional penalty
as specified: (1) For default or termination of a loan for one scholastic year, a penalty
equal to 20 percent of the total principal amount of the loan. (2) For...
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27-51-1
Section 27-51-1 Payment for services of licensed physician assistant. (a) An insurance policy
or contract providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses
shall include a provision for the payment to a supervising physician for necessary medical
or surgical services that are provided by a licensed physician assistant practicing under
the supervision of the physician, and pursuant to the rules, regulations, and parameters for
physician assistants, if the policy or contract pays for the same care and treatment provided
by a licensed physician or doctor of osteopathy. (b) An insurance policy or contract subject
to this section shall not impose a practice or supervision restriction which is inconsistent
with or more restrictive than provided by law. (c) This section shall apply to services provided
under a policy or contract delivered, continued, or renewed in this state on or after August
1, 1997, and to any existing policy or contract, on the policy's or...
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34-18-1
Section 34-18-1 "Medical technician" defined. A "medical technician," within
the meaning of this chapter, is a person who is engaged in the practice of standardized or
experimental technical procedures, the results of which are interpreted by the physician in
the diagnosis of disease; provided, that this shall not apply to assistants employed by physicians
to make laboratory tests whose results are to be used by such physicians in their private
practice of medicine and who assume responsibility for the work so performed. (Acts 1936-37,
Ex. Sess., No. 153, p. 172, §8; Code 1940, T. 46, §158.)...
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16-47-124
Section 16-47-124 Types of awards. There shall be two types of awards as follows: (1) LOANS.
A number of loans equal in number to 20 percent of the student body of the medical schools
in the State of Alabama, each in an amount of up to the average cost of tuition, fees, and
living expenses, as set forth in the current catalogs of the University of Alabama School
of Medicine or the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, for the year of each enrollment.
These loans shall be available to any resident of Alabama of good character who has been accepted
for matriculation by one of the medical schools of Alabama preference being given to those
applicants who can show an economic need, and who commit in writing to practice in a rural
area in a generalists specialty as determined by the board. The board may, in its discretion,
permit students to apply for a loan under this subdivision in any scholastic year and for
any previously completed scholastic year of medical education. These...
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22-52-91
Section 22-52-91 Duty of law enforcement officer, community mental health officer to take into
custody alleged mentally ill persons; detention; admission; hearing. (a) When a law enforcement
officer is confronted by circumstances and has reasonable cause for believing that a person
within the county is mentally ill and also believes that the person is likely to be of immediate
danger to self or others, the law enforcement officer shall contact a community mental health
officer. The community mental health officer shall join the law enforcement officer at the
scene and location of the person to assess conditions and determine if the person needs the
attention, specialized care, and services of a designated mental health facility. If the community
mental health officer determines from the conditions, symptoms, and behavior that the person
appears to be mentally ill and poses an immediate danger to self or others, the law enforcement
officer shall take the person into custody and,...
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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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26-23B-3
Section 26-23B-3 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine,
drug, or any other substance or device to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant
with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the
life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove a dead unborn child who died as
the result of natural causes in utero, accidental trauma, or a criminal assault on the pregnant
woman or her unborn child, and which causes the premature termination of the pregnancy. (2)
ATTEMPT TO PERFORM OR INDUCE AN ABORTION. An act, or an omission of a statutorily required
act, that, under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be, constitutes a substantial
step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the performance or induction of an abortion
in this state in violation of this chapter. (3) FERTILIZATION. The...
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26-23H-3
Section 26-23H-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any
other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be
pregnant with knowledge that the termination by those means will with reasonable likelihood
cause the death of the unborn child. The term does not include these activities if done with
the intent to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, remove a dead unborn
child, to deliver the unborn child prematurely to avoid a serious health risk to the unborn
child's mother, or to preserve the health of her unborn child. The term does not include a
procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of a woman with an ectopic pregnancy, nor does
it include the procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of a woman when the unborn child
has a lethal anomaly. (2) ECTOPIC PREGNANCY. Any pregnancy resulting from...
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