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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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34-29-62
Section 34-29-62 Legislative intent. In order to promote the public health, safety, and welfare
by safeguarding the people of the State of Alabama against unqualified or incompetent practice
of veterinary medicine, it is hereby declared that the right to practice veterinary medicine
is a privilege conferred by legislative grant to persons possessed of the personal and professional
qualifications specified in this article. It is the legislative intent that veterinarians
who are not normally competent or who otherwise present a danger to the public shall be disciplined
or prohibited from practicing in the State of Alabama. (Acts 1986, No. 86-500, p. 956, §3.)...
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40-12-126
Section 40-12-126 Medicine, chemistry, bacteriology, etc. Each person engaged in the practice
of medicine, chemistry, bacteriology, roentgenology, or other similar profession, except chemists,
bacteriologists, and roentgenologists employed full time by physicians, nonprofit scientific
institutions, and hospitals, and except doctors employed exclusively by a medical college,
shall pay the following annual license tax: In cities or towns of over 5,000 inhabitants,
$25; 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants, $10; all other places, whether incorporated or not, $5, but
no license tax shall be paid to the county. If such business is conducted as a firm or as
a corporation in which more than one person is engaged, each person so engaged shall pay the
license tax as above stated. The license tax imposed by this section shall not apply until
such person shall have practiced his or her profession as long as two years. Two fifths of
the annual license tax herein levied shall remain in the Treasury and shall...
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32-6-41
Section 32-6-41 Board created; membership, appointment, expenses, meetings, etc. (a) There
is hereby created within the state Department of Public Safety a Driver License Medical Advisory
Board for the purposes of advising the director concerning the medical aspects of driver licensure.
(b) The board shall consist of a minimum of 18 physicians appointed by the director, from
a slate of nominees submitted by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama and one licensed
optometrist appointed by the director from a slate of nominees submitted by the Alabama Optometric
Association. Each member of the board shall be licensed to practice in this state. (c) The
board shall be appointed initially as follows: Six members to serve two-year terms, six members
to serve three-year terms, and six members to serve four-year terms; thereafter appointments
shall be for four-year terms, and vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired
portion of the term. The director may increase or...
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34-24-367
Section 34-24-367 Judicial review; immediate effect of suspension or revocation of license;
venue. Judicial review of the orders and decisions of the Medical Licensure Commission shall
be governed by the provisions of Section 41-22-20 (the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act);
provided however, that the following procedures shall take precedence over the provisions
of Section 41-22-20(c) relating to the issuance of a stay of any order of the licensure commission
suspending or revoking a license to practice medicine. The suspension or revocation of a license
to practice medicine shall be given immediate effect, it being the expressly stated legislative
purpose and intent that the imposition of the penalty of suspension or revocation of a license
to practice medicine shall create a presumption that the continuation in practice of the physician
constitutes an immediate danger to the public health, safety, and welfare. No stay or supersedeas
shall be granted pending judicial review of a...
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34-24-381
Section 34-24-381 Penalties for violation of Section 34-24-360, rules, or regulations. (a)
In addition to any other penalty authorized by Section 34-24-361 (h) the Medical Licensure
Commission may in its discretion assess administrative fines not to exceed ten thousand dollars
($10,000) for each violation of any of the provisions of Section 34-24-360 or any rule or
regulation duly promulgated by the commission. The Medical Licensure Commission may also in
its discretion issue public or private reprimands, public or private censures, and may impose
involuntary restrictions upon the certificate of qualification and/or license to practice
medicine of any physician or osteopath for each violation of any of the provisions of Section
34-24-360. (b) In addition to the administrative fine authorized in subsection (a), the commission,
upon application of the Board of Medical Examiners, may require a physician or osteopath found
to be in violation of Section 34-24-360 to pay the costs, fees, and...
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34-9-65
Section 34-9-65 Reports of mortalities and other incidents resulting from general anesthesia
or sedation. (a) All licensees engaged in the practice of dentistry in the state must submit
a complete report within a period of 30 days to the Board of Dental Examiners of any mortality
or other incident occurring in the outpatient facilities of such dentist which results in
permanent physical or mental injury of the patient as a direct result of general anesthesia
or sedation techniques. (b) The Board of Dental Examiners shall have authority to adopt rules
and regulations implementing and enforcing the provisions of this section. (c) Violation of
any provision of this section shall subject the dentist to the penalties outlined in Section
34-9-18 and no order imposing those penalties shall be made or entered except after notice
and hearing by the board as provided in Chapter 9, Title 34. Such order shall be subject to
judicial review as provided by such chapter. (Acts 1985, No. 85-697, p....
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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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26-23-2
Section 26-23-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) FATHER. The biological father of the human fetus. (2) MOTHER. The female who
is pregnant with a live human fetus which may be subject to a partial-birth abortion under
this chapter. (3) PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION. An abortion in which the person performing the abortion
partially vaginally delivers a living fetus before killing the fetus and completing the delivery.
(4) PHYSICIAN. A doctor of medicine or osteopathy legally authorized to practice medicine
and surgery by the state or any other individual legally authorized by the state to perform
abortions. This definition shall also include any individual who is not a physician or is
not otherwise legally authorized by the state to perform abortions, but who nevertheless performs
a partial-birth abortion. (Acts 1997, No. 97-485, p. 843, §2.)...
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34-14C-5
Section 34-14C-5 Exemptions. The licensure requirements of this chapter do not apply to the
following entities or practitioners: (1) Home health agencies certified by the State of Alabama
to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. (2) Hospital based home medical equipment
services, whether or not the services are provided through a separate corporation or other
business entity. (3) Health care practitioners legally eligible to order or prescribe home
medical equipment, or who use home medical equipment to treat patients in locations other
than the patient's residence, including, but not limited to, physicians, nurses, physical
therapists, respiratory therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, optometrists,
chiropractors, and podiatrists, except for those practitioners, other than a licensed physician
practicing medicine, who provide home medical equipment services in a patient's residence.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting...
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