34-27B-11
Section 34-27B-11 Additional activities permitted under chapter. Nothing in this chapter
shall be construed as preventing or restricting the practice, services, or activities of any
of the following: (1) Any person who is licensed in Alabama or certified by an organization
accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies and acceptable to the state
from engaging in the profession or occupation for which the person is licensed or certified.
(2) Any person employed by the United States government who provides respiratory therapy solely
under the direction or control of the United States government agency or organization. (3)
Any person receiving clinical training while pursuing a course of study leading to registry
or certification in a respiratory therapy educational program accredited by the Council on
Allied Health Education Programs in collaboration with the Committee on Accreditation for
Respiratory Care or their successor organizations. This person will be under direct...
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34-27B-7
Section 34-27B-7 Issuance, use, renewal of license; temporary license. (a) The board
shall issue a respiratory therapist license to any person who meets the qualifications required
by this chapter and who pays the license fee established herein. (b) Any person who is issued
a license as a respiratory therapist under this chapter may use the words "licensed respiratory
therapist" or the letters "LRT" in connection with his or her name to denote
his or her license. (c) A license issued under this chapter shall be subject to biennial renewal.
(d)(1) The board may issue a six-month temporary license as a respiratory therapist to persons
who have graduated from a respiratory therapy educational program accredited by the Council
on Allied Health Education Programs (CAHEP) in collaboration with the Committee on Accreditation
for Respiratory Care (CoARC), or their successor organizations, and who have applied for and
are awaiting competency examination. The temporary license shall be renewable...
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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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27-3A-3
Section 27-3A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public Health.
(2) ENROLLEE. An individual who has contracted for or who participates in coverage under an
insurance policy, a health maintenance organization contract, a health service corporation
contract, an employee welfare benefit plan, a hospital or medical services plan, or any other
benefit program providing payment, reimbursement, or indemnification for health care costs
for the individual or the eligible dependents of the individual. (3) PROVIDER. A health care
provider duly licensed or certified by the State of Alabama. (4) UTILIZATION REVIEW. A system
for prospective and concurrent review of the necessity and appropriateness in the allocation
of health care resources and services given or proposed to be given to an individual within
this state. The term does not include elective requests for clarification of...
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27-1-17.1
Section 27-1-17.1 Payment of providers through electronic funds transfer methods. (a)
As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1)
ACH ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER. An electronic funds transfer through the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPPA) standard Automated Clearing House network. (2) COVERED HEALTH
CARE PROVIDER. A physician as defined in Section 34-24-50.1; a dentist as defined in
Section 34-9-1; a chiropractor as defined in Section 34-24-120; an individual
engaged in the practice of optometry as defined in Section 34-22-1; other licensed
health care professionals as defined in Title 34; a hospital as defined in Section
22-21-20; and a health care facility, or other provider who or that is accredited, licensed,
or certified and who or that is performing within the scope of that accreditation, license,
or certification. (3) HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN. Any hospital and medical expense incurred policy,
health maintenance...
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34-27B-3
Section 34-27B-3 License requirements; examination. (a) Except as provided in Section
34-27B-7, no person shall hold himself or herself out to be, or function as, a respiratory
therapist in this state unless licensed in accordance with this chapter. (b) In order to obtain
a respiratory therapist license, an applicant shall demonstrate to the board that he or she
is 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,
at least 18 years of age, is a high school graduate, or has the equivalent of a high school
diploma, and meets one of the following requirements: (1) Holds credentials as a registered
respiratory therapist (RRT) or a certified respiratory therapist (CRT), as granted by the
National Board for Respiratory Care or its successor organization. (2) Holds a temporary license
issued under subsection (d) of Section 34-27B-7 and passes the examination...
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22-19-161
Section 22-19-161 Definitions. In this article: (1) "Adult" means an individual
who is at least 18 years of age. (2) "Agent" means an individual: (A) authorized
to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health
care; or (B) expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by
any other record signed by the principal. (3) "Anatomical gift" means a donation
of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation,
therapy, research, or education. (4) "Coroner" means an elected or appointed official
who determines, with the assistance of other forensic scientists and investigators, the cause,
manner, and circumstances surrounding death. (5) "Decedent" means a deceased individual
whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. The term includes a stillborn
infant and, subject to restrictions imposed by law other than this article, a fetus. (6) "Disinterested...

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27-12A-1
Section 27-12A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance or his or
her designee. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Insurance. (3) INSURANCE. As defined
in Section 27-1-2, and specifically including any contract, arrangement, or agreement,
in which one undertakes to do any one of the following: a. Pay or indemnify another as to
loss from certain contingencies called risks. b. Pay or grant a specified amount or determinable
benefit to another in connection with ascertainable risk contingencies. c. Pay an annuity
to another. d. Act as surety. For the purposes of this chapter, insurance also includes any
health benefit plan as defined in Section 27-53-1. (4) INSURANCE PRODUCER or PRODUCER.
As defined in Section 27-7-1. (5) INSURER. A person entering into agreements, contracts
of insurance, arrangements, or reinsurance, or a health benefit plan, or a group health plan
as...
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34-13-1
Section 34-13-1 Definitions. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACCREDITED SCHOOL or COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE. A school
or college approved by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service and which maintains a course of
instruction of not less than 48 calendar weeks or four academic quarters or college terms
and which gives a course of instruction in the fundamental subjects including, but not limited
to, the following: a. Mortuary management and administration. b. Legal medicine and toxicology
as it pertains to funeral directing. c. Public health, hygiene, and sanitary science. d. Mortuary
science, to include embalming technique, in all its aspects; chemistry of embalming, color
harmony; discoloration, its causes, effects, and treatment; treatment of special cases; restorative
art; funeral management; and professional ethics. e. Anatomy and physiology. f. Chemistry,
organic and inorganic. g. Pathology. h. Bacteriology. i. Sanitation...
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27-21A-2
Section 27-21A-2 Establishment of health maintenance organizations. (a) Notwithstanding
any law of this state to the contrary, any person may apply to the commissioner for and obtain
a certificate of authority to establish and operate a health maintenance organization in compliance
with this chapter. No person shall establish or operate a health maintenance organization
in this state without obtaining a certificate of authority under this chapter. A foreign corporation
may qualify under this chapter, subject to its registration to do business in this state as
a foreign corporation under the provisions of Sections 10-2A-220, et seq. (b) Health maintenance
organizations licensed as of May 29, 1986, shall be issued a certificate of authority in accordance
with Section 27-21A-29. (c) Each application for a certificate of authority shall be
verified by an officer or authorized representative of the applicant, shall be in a form prescribed
by the commissioner, and shall set forth or be...
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