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34-34A-3
Section 34-34A-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings herein ascribed to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BOARD.
Board of Examiners for Dietetics/Nutrition Practice. (2) COMMISSION ON DIETETIC REGISTRATION
(CDR). Commission on Dietetic Registration that is a member of the National Commission for
Health Certifying Agencies. (3) DEGREE. A baccalaureate or higher degree from a college or
university accredited by the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges or other regional
accreditation agency recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation and the United
States Department of Education. (4) REGISTERED DIETITIAN. A person registered by the Commission
on Dietetic Registration (also defined under Section 34-34-1). (5) LICENSED DIETITIAN/NUTRITIONIST.
A person licensed under this chapter. (6) TEMPORARILY LICENSED DIETITIAN/NUTRITIONIST. A person
temporarily licensed under this chapter. (7) DIETETICS/...
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34-34A-7
Section 34-34A-7 Qualification for license. To qualify as a licensed dietitian or nutritionist,
an applicant must: (1) Be 19 years of age or older. (2) Submit evidence of good moral character
and respectability. (3) File a written application on a form provided by the board. (4) Have
satisfactorily completed appropriate academic requirements with a major course of study in
human nutrition, foods and nutrition, dietetics, or food systems management, and have received
a baccalaureate or higher degree from a college or university accredited by the Southern Association
of Schools and Colleges or other regional accreditation agency. An applicant who has received
his/her education outside the United States or its territories must have the academic degree(s)
validated as equivalent to the baccalaureate or master's degree conferred by a college or
university in the United States that is accredited by the Southern Association of Schools
and Colleges or other regional accreditation agency. (5)...
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34-34A-10
Section 34-34A-10 Exceptions. This chapter does not prevent or restrict the practice, services,
or activities of: (1) A dietetic technician, from engaging in the practice of dietetics/nutrition
under the supervision of a licensed dietitian/nutritionist provided such activities are related
to employment. (2) A student enrolled in an approved educational program in dietetics/nutrition
from engaging in the practice of dietetics/nutrition under the supervision of a licensed dietitian/nutritionist
provided the activities are part of such program. (3) A dietitian/nutritionist who is serving
in the armed forces or the public health services of the United States or is employed by the
Veterans Administration or other federal government agencies or the cooperative extension
system from engaging in the practice of dietetics/nutrition provided such practice is related
to such service or employment. (4) A duly licensed health professional from engaging in the
practice of dietetics/nutrition when...
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34-34A-5
authorized to practice under this chapter shall practice dietetics/nutrition or provide nutrition
care services or use the title "dietitian/nutritionist" or the words "dietitian"
or "nutritionist" alone or in combination, or use the letters L.D., L.N., or any
facsimile thereof, except as allowed by Chapter 34, Title 34. Nothing in this chapter shall
apply to a physician licensed to practice medicine. Dietitians/nutritionists may offer advice
and counsel on dietetics and nutrition as adjunct medical therapy when advice and counsel
is given upon referral or directive of a licensed physician. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this chapter to the contrary a person licensed to practice dietetics/nutrition or to provide
nutritional care services shall not diagnose, treat, or prescribe for any human illness, injury,
disease, impairment, or infirmity, or otherwise engage in the practice of medicine as that
term is defined in Section 34-24-50. (Acts 1989, No. 89-866, p. 1733, ยง5.)...
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34-3-6
defaulted, controverted, or disputed accounts, claims, or demands between persons with neither
of whom he or she is in privity or in the relation of employer and employee in the ordinary
sense; is practicing law. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any person,
firm, or corporation from attending to and caring for his, her, or its own business, claims,
or demands, nor from preparing abstracts of title, certifying, guaranteeing, or insuring titles
to property, real or personal, or an interest therein, or a lien or encumbrance thereon,
but any such person, firm, or corporation engaged in preparing abstracts of title, certifying,
guaranteeing, or insuring titles to real or personal property are prohibited from preparing
or drawing or procuring or assisting in the drawing or preparation of deeds, conveyances,
mortgages, and any paper, document, or instrument affecting or relating to secular rights,
which acts are hereby defined to be an act of practicing law, unless...
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34-34A-6
Section 34-34A-6 Creation of board of examiners; members; qualifications of members; term of
membership; duties of board. (a) The State Board of Examiners for Dietetics/Nutrition Practice
is hereby created. (b) The board shall consist of three members. Two members of the board
shall be dietitians/nutritionists licensed under this chapter. One member of the board shall
be a lay person. The Governor shall appoint board members. At least two names shall be submitted
for each place on the board. No elected officer of the Alabama Dietetic Association, Inc.,
shall be eligible to serve on the board. (c) Each dietitian/nutritionist on the board shall
have been engaged in the practice of dietetics/nutrition for not less than seven years, with
at least the last two years in the State of Alabama. The dietitians/nutritionists on the board
shall be in different areas of practice, namely: Clinical dietetics and research, community
dietetics, management, consultation and private practice, and...
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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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34-25A-3
and require the generation of an image, form, or mold that replicates the patient's body or
body segment and involves the rectification of dimensions, contours, and volumes to achieve
proper fit, comfort, and function for that specific patient. Except for the treatment of scoliosis,
orthosis does not include prefabricated or direct-formed orthotic devices, as defined in this
subdivision and does not include any of the following items: Commercially available knee orthoses
used following injury or surgery; upper extremity adaptive equipment; finger splints;
leather wrist gauntlets; face masks used following burns; wheelchair seating that is an integral
part of the wheelchair and not worn by the patient independent of the wheelchair; fabric or
elastic supports; corsets; arch supports, also known as non-custom or prefabricated orthotics;
low-temperature formed plastic splints; trusses; elastic hose; canes; crutches; cervical collars;
dental appliances, and other similar devices as...
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34-9-19
Section 34-9-19 Advertising - Dentist; specialty requirements; practice emphasis; purpose of
section; rules and regulations. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following terms shall
have the respective meanings: (1) ADVERTISEMENT. An advertisement is information communicated
in a manner designed to attract public attention to the practice of a dentist as heretofore
defined. (2) DENTIST. Any person licensed to practice dentistry in this state pursuant to
this chapter or any entity authorized by law which is formed for the purpose of practicing
dentistry. (3) FALSE. A false statement or claim is one which: a. Contains a material misrepresentation
of fact or law. b. Omits a material fact rendering the statement or claim when considered
as a whole false. (b) A dentist shall have ultimate responsibility for all advertisements
which are approved by him or her or his or her agents or associates and the dentist shall
be responsible for the following: (1) Broadcast advertisements shall be...
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34-21-1
with a multistate license that allows the practice of nursing as a registered nurse or licensed
practical nurse in any state participating in the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact. (9) PRACTICE
OF PROFESSIONAL AND PRACTICAL NURSING. Nursing is a profession the practice of which is defined
as: a. Practice of Professional Nursing. The performance, for compensation, of any act in
the care and counselling of persons or in the promotion and maintenance of health and prevention
of illness and injury based upon the nursing process which includes systematic data
gathering, assessment, appropriate nursing judgment and evaluation of human responses to actual
or potential health problems through such services as case finding, health teaching, and health
counselling; and provision of care supportive to or restorative of life and well-being, and
executing medical regimens including administering medications and treatments prescribed by
a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or...
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