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22-5A-6
Section 22-5A-6 Procedures for resolving complaints. (a) A community ombudsman's access to
any health care facility shall be limited to standard operating hours unless prior arrangements
with the operator of the facility has been made. If the complaint involves more than one provider
or alleges to involve more than one provider, the ombudsman shall investigate all providers.
(b) Any complaint requiring remedial action and deemed valid by the ombudsman shall be identified
and brought to the attention of the administrator or provider involved and followed up in
writing within a reasonable time. Upon receipt of such document, the administrator or provider,
in coordination with the ombudsman, shall establish a course of appropriate remedial action.
If the remedial action is not forthcoming within a reasonable time, the ombudsman must refer
the case to the State Ombudsman who may take any one or more of the following actions: (1)
Allow more time if the State Ombudsman has reason to believe...
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34-14-30
Section 34-14-30 Creation; composition; compensation. (a) There is established a Board of Hearing
Instrument Dealers which shall administer this chapter. (b) Members of the board shall be
citizens and residents of the state and appointed by the Governor. The membership of the board
shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity
of the state. The board shall consist of eight members as follows: Five licensees, one of
whom may be a hearing aid specialist, one physician who specializes in diseases of the ear,
one audiologist, and one consumer member. The consumer member shall have the same powers as
other board members, except that the consumer member shall have no voting powers in matters
of issuing, suspending, or revoking licenses, and neither the consumer member, nor his or
her spouse, shall be a hearing aid specialist or hearing aid dispenser. Each hearing aid specialist
or hearing aid dispenser on the board shall have no less than...
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34-24-250
Section 34-24-250 Appointment; composition; qualifications of members; appointment; terms of
office. (a) The Governor of Alabama shall appoint a State Board of Podiatry consisting of
seven persons, each of whom shall be a citizen of the United States and of Alabama, over the
age of 25, and shall have been engaged in the actual continuous practice of podiatry in the
State of Alabama for at least five years next preceding his or her appointment. One member
of the board shall be appointed each year, with the exception of three members being appointed
every fifth year starting in 1979, for terms of five years and until their successors are
appointed and qualified. No member of the board shall be reappointed for a successive term.
Previous board members are eligible for nonsuccessive appointments. The Governor may remove
from office at any time any member of the board for neglect of duty, incompetency, improper
or unprofessional conduct, or when the license or certificate of any member has...
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34-24-75
Section 34-24-75 Certain certificates issued without examination. (a) The State Board of Medical
Examiners may, in its discretion and subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the board,
issue a certificate of qualification without examination in behalf of full-time employed physicians
teaching in any medical college in Alabama, approved by the Association of American Medical
Colleges or the board. The dean of the medical college located in this state shall be required
to annually certify to the board the names of members of the college's faculty who have not
had issued in their behalf a certificate of qualification by the board and who, in the opinion
of the dean, possess the qualifications as the board has or may prescribe including qualifications
in the basic sciences, medical education, and other qualifications. The dean, in submitting
the certificate of qualifications, shall submit, in addition to the certificate and other
information required, a dossier on the applicant to...
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34-29-91
Section 34-29-91 Eligibility for graduate of nonaccredited school to take examination. A person
who is a graduate of a college of veterinary medicine not accredited by the American Veterinary
Medical Association shall be eligible to take the regularly scheduled state licensing examination
given by the board upon furnishing all the following required documents or items: (1) The
certificate of the American Veterinary Medical Association Educational Commission for Foreign
Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG). (2) A certificate evidencing the completion of a one-year internship
as required by the ECFVG in a veterinary hospital or clinic approved by the Alabama State
Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. This internship can be completed in more than one hospital
or clinic; however, a minimum of three months shall be spent in any one place and the intern
shall receive a variety of veterinary experience. This internship may commence prior to or
following the national and state examinations and all...
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45-37-121.15
Section 45-37-121.15 Appointments. (a) Vacancies in the classified service shall be filled
either by transfer, promotion, appointment, reappointment, or demotion. Whenever a vacancy
in an existing position is to be filled by appointment, the appointing authority shall submit
to the director a statement of the title of the position, and if requested by the director
to do so, the duties of the position, and desired qualifications of the person to be appointed,
and a request that the director certify to the appointing authority the names of persons eligible
for appointment to the position. The director shall thereupon certify to the appointing authority
the ranking eligibles, correlating to the 10 highest test scores from the appropriate register,
and if more than one vacancy is to be filled, the ranking names of the next highest test score
for each available vacancy or all the names on the register if there are fewer than 10. The
director shall, upon the request of the appointing...
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20-2-250
Section 20-2-250 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) ADMINISTER. The direct application of a controlled substance whether by injection,
inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient by any of the following:
a. A collaborating physician or, in his or her presence, his or her authorized agent. b. A
certified registered nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife. c. The patient at the
direction and in the presence of the collaborating physician, certified registered nurse practitioner,
or certified nurse midwife. (2) BOARD. The Board of Medical Examiners of the State of Alabama.
(3) CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE or CNM. An advanced practice nurse who is subject to a collaborative
practice agreement with a collaborating physician pursuant to Title 34, Chapter 21, Article
5, and who has advanced knowledge and skills relative to the management of women's health
care focusing on pregnancy, childbirth, the...
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20-2-60
Section 20-2-60 Definitions. As used in this article the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) ADMINISTER. The direct application of a controlled substance, whether by injection,
inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient by any of the following:
a. A supervising physician, or, in his or her presence, his or her authorized agent. b. An
assistant to physician. c. The patient at the direction and in the presence of the supervising
physician or assistant to physician. (2) ASSISTANT TO PHYSICIAN. Any person who is a graduate
of an approved program, is licensed by the board, and is registered by the board to perform
medical services under the supervision of a physician approved by the board to supervise an
assistant to physician. (3) BOARD. The Board of Medical Examiners of the State of Alabama.
(4) PHYSICIAN SUPERVISION. A formal relationship between a licensed assistant to physician
and a supervising physician under whom the assistant to physician...
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34-21-129
Section 34-21-129 Effective date; withdrawal or termination; amendments. (a) This compact shall
become effective and binding on the earlier of the date of legislative enactment of this compact
into law by not less than 26 states or December 31, 2019. All party states that also participated
in the prior Nurse Licensure Compact, which is superseded by this compact, shall be deemed
to have withdrawn from the Nurse Licensure Compact on the first day of the sixth month after
the effective date of this compact. (b) Each party state shall continue to recognize the multistate
licensure privilege of a nurse to practice in that party state issued under the Nurse Licensure
Compact until the party state has withdrawn from the Nurse Licensure Compact. (c) A party
state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a general law repealing this compact. Withdrawal
by a party state may not take effect until six months after the effective date of the repeal.
(d) The withdrawal or termination of a party...
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34-25A-5
Section 34-25A-5 Application for licensure or registration. (a) Except as provided in subsection
(h) or (i), no person shall administer prosthetic, orthotic, or pedorthic care in this state
unless licensed or registered to do so in accordance with this chapter. The board shall issue
approved forms for application prior to January 1, 2003. (b) In order to obtain a license
as a prosthetist, orthotist, or prosthetist/orthotist in this state, an applicant shall be
a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United States, a person who is
legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal government,
and shall do the following: (1) File a written application on forms to be developed and approved
by the board. The applicant shall meet at least one of the following requirements after a
one-year grandfather period: a. The applicant shall possess a baccalaureate degree in orthotics
and prosthetics from a college or university accredited by a...
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