34-26-22
Section 34-26-22 Certain powers and duties enumerated; registration requirements; continuing education; rules and regulations. (a) The Board of Examiners in Psychology shall have authority to administer oaths, to summon witnesses and to take testimony in all matters relating to its duties. The board shall be the sole agency in this state empowered to certify concerning competence in the practice of psychology and the sole board empowered to recommend licensure for the practice of psychology. The board shall have the power to recognize areas of specialization for practice and supervision, and to ensure through rules and regulations and enforcement that licensees limit their practice to demonstrated areas of competence as documented by relevant professional education, training, and experience. No individual shall be issued a license for the practice of psychology who has not been previously certified at the appropriate level of practice by the board. The board shall certify as competent...
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34-8A-3
Section 34-8A-3 Construction and application of chapter. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply to any of the following: (1) The activities, services, and use of an official title on the part of a person employed as a counselor by any federal, state, county, or municipal agency; public or private educational institution; medical personnel in a clinic or hospital that is certified by the Alabama Department of Public Health or any successor to such department or that is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations or any successor to such commission; law practice; or licensed private employment agencies, provided such persons are performing counseling or counseling-related activities within the scope of their employment. (2) The activities and services of a student, intern, or trainee in counseling pursuing a course of study in counseling in a regionally accredited institution of higher learning or training institution, if these...
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34-22-64
Section 34-22-64 Contractual agreement of recipients; penalties for breach; institution of legal proceedings. Each recipient of a scholarship loan under the provisions of this article shall enter into a contract with the Board of Optometric Scholarship Awards whereby he/she agrees to repay the scholarship loan in a manner prescribed by the board not inconsistent with any provisions of this article. Breach of contract by the recipient shall make him/her immediately liable for the unpaid balance of the loan and shall constitute a ground for the revocation of his/her certificate or license to practice optometry in the State of Alabama. In the event of death or total and permanent disability of the recipient to engage in the practice of optometry, repayment of the loan may be excused by the board. The Attorney General of Alabama, upon request of the Board of Optometric Scholarship Awards, shall institute proceedings in the name of the state for the purpose of recovering any amount due the...
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34-23-3
Section 34-23-3 State drug investigators. Each state drug investigator employed by the board following the passage of this chapter must furnish satisfactory proof to the board that he or she is a person of good moral character and that in the judgment of the members of the board he or she has sufficient knowledge of the laws pertaining to the practice of pharmacy and law enforcement to enable him or her to carry out his or her duties as an investigator consistent with this chapter. Each state drug investigator employed by the board shall serve an apprenticeship of a minimum of six months working with and under the supervision of the Chief Drug Investigator or other investigator designated by the board. Each such investigator, before entering upon his or her duties, shall post with the board a bond in the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000) conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties. Each state drug investigator shall have the power to inspect the medicines and...
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34-2A-3
Section 34-2A-3 Board of Examiners of Assisted Living Administrators. (a) There is created a Board of Examiners of Assisted Living Administrators composed of nine members, seven members as set out in this subsection, and two additional consumer members as set out in subsection (b). The membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. The seven original members shall be composed as follows: Five members shall be assisted living administrators duly licensed and registered under this chapter; one member shall be a physician licensed under the laws of the state; and one shall be a licensed nursing home administrator who in the same or contiguous facility manages assisted living beds. Appointments to the board for those positions to be held by assisted living administrators shall be made by the Governor from a list of three nominees for each position to be submitted to the Governor by the Assisted Living...
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6-5-662
Section 6-5-662 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ESTABLISHED FREE MEDICAL CLINIC. An organized community-based program providing medical care, without charge to individuals unable to pay for it, and which is limited to care that does not require the services of a licensed hospital or ambulatory surgical center, and care that does not include the use of general anesthesia or require an overnight stay in a health care facility. (2) MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. A person licensed by the Alabama Medical Licensure Commission established under Section 34-24-310, or licensed to practice the treatment of human ailments in any other state or territory of the United States; or a person licensed by the Alabama Board of Nursing established under Section 34-21-2; or a person licensed by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners established under Section 34-24-140; or a person licensed by the Alabama Board of Optometry established under Section...
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22-11A-60
by a rule adopted pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (7) INVASIVE PROCEDURES. (a) Those medical or surgical procedures characterized by the digital palpation of a needle tip in a body cavity or by the simultaneous presence of the health care worker's fingers and a needle or other sharp instrument or object in a poorly visualized or highly confined anatomic site. (b) Invasive dental procedures shall include those that provide the opportunity for an intraoral percutaneous injury to the dental health care worker and could result in the blood of the health care worker coming in contact with the blood or mucous membrane of the patient as adopted by the Board of Dental Examiners in rules developed pursuant to Section 22-11A-70. (c) These procedures shall not include physical examinations; blood pressure checks; eye examinations; phlebotomy; administering intramuscular, intradermal, or subcutaneous injections; needle biopsies; needle aspirations; lumbar punctures;...
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32-5C-4
Section 32-5C-4 Medical exemptions. (a) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), upon application from a person required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun, may issue an exemption from this chapter for any motor vehicle owned by the person or in which the person is a habitual passenger. The application shall be supported by written statement of that fact from a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the exemption may be issued with the conditions and limitations prescribed by ALEA. (b) An exemption granted pursuant to subsection (a) to persons with light-sensitive prophyria shall apply to all areas of the windshield and windows prescribed by the physician in the written statement submitted as part of the application. (c) ALEA shall design a decal with a unique identification number to be issued to each person granted an exemption pursuant to this section. The decal shall be placed on...
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34-21-25
Section 34-21-25 Denial, suspension, or revocation of license; administrative fines; voluntary disciplinary alternative program. (a) For disciplinary purposes, the board may adopt, levy, and collect administrative fines not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation and may institute any legal proceedings necessary to effect compliance with this chapter against its licensees. (b)(1) The board may also deny, revoke, or suspend any license issued by it or otherwise discipline a licensee, or holder of a multistate privilege to practice in Alabama, upon proof of any of the following regarding the licensee: a. Is guilty of fraud or deceit in procuring or attempting to procure a license. b. Has been convicted of a felony. c. Is guilty of a crime involving moral turpitude or of gross immorality that would tend to bring reproach upon the nursing profession. d. Is unfit or incompetent due to the use of alcohol, or is addicted to the use of habit-forming drugs to such an extent as to...
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34-27B-5
position. (b) All board members shall be residents of Alabama and the composition of the board shall reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. (c) The Governor shall make the appointments for all positions for members of the board within 90 days of the date the position becomes available, including initial appointments, vacancies, and replacements at the end of the term of service. (d) Members of the board shall have the same immunities from personal liability as state employees for actions taken in the performance of their official duties. (e) The term of office of those members first appointed shall be as follows: Two respiratory therapists and the hospital member, as determined by the Governor, shall serve for terms of two years, and one respiratory therapist and the physician member shall serve for terms of four years. Thereafter, the term of all members shall be for four years. No member shall be appointed for more than three...
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