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34-9-18
Section 34-9-18 Grounds for disciplinary action. (a) The board may invoke disciplinary
action as outlined in subsection (b) whenever it shall be established to the satisfaction
of the board, after a hearing as hereinafter provided, that any dentist or dental hygienist
has been guilty of the following: (1) Fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation in obtaining any
license, license certificate, annual registration certificate, money, or other thing of value.
(2) Gross immorality. (3) Is a menace to the public health or to patients or others by reason
of a disease. (4) Is an habitual user of intoxicants or drugs rendering him or her unfit for
the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene. (5) Has been convicted for violation of federal
or state narcotics or barbiturate laws. (6) Is guilty of negligence or gross negligence. a.
For the purposes of this subdivision, negligence is defined as the failure to do what a reasonably
prudent dentist or dental hygienist would have done under the same or...
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8-19-5
Section 8-19-5 Unlawful trade practices. The following deceptive acts or practices in
the conduct of any trade or commerce are hereby declared to be unlawful: (1) Passing off goods
or services as those of another, provided that this section shall not prohibit the
private labeling of goods or services. (2) Causing confusion or misunderstanding as to the
source, sponsorship, approval, or certification of goods or services. (3) Causing confusion
or misunderstanding as to the affiliation, connection, or association with, or certification
by another, provided that this section shall not prohibit the private labeling of goods
or services. (4) Using deceptive representations or designations of geographic origin in connection
with goods or services. (5) Representing that goods or services have sponsorship, approval,
characteristics, ingredients, uses, benefits, or qualities that they do not have or that a
person has sponsorship, approval, status, affiliation, or connection that he or she does...
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34-9-6
Section 34-9-6 What constitutes practice of dentistry. Any person shall be deemed to
be practicing dentistry who does any of the following: (1) Performs, or attempts or professes
to perform, any dental operation or dental service of any kind, gratuitously or for a salary,
fee, money, or other remuneration paid, or to be paid, directly or indirectly, to himself
or herself, or to any person in his or her behalf, or to any agency which is a proprietor
of a place where dental operations or dental services are performed. (2) Directly or indirectly,
by any means or method, makes impression of the human tooth, teeth, jaws, or adjacent tissue,
or performs any phase of any operation incident to the replacement of a tooth or any part
thereof. (3) Supplies artificial substitutes for the natural teeth, and who furnishes, supplies,
constructs, reproduces, or repairs any prosthesis (fixed or removable), appliance, or any
other structure to be worn in the human mouth. (4) Places such appliance or...
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27-19A-7
Section 27-19A-7 Contracting directly with patient; distribution of information about
policy or plan; payment and reimbursement procedures. The provisions of this chapter do not
prohibit the following conduct and shall be construed to provide that: (1) A dentist may contract
directly with a patient for the furnishing of dental care services to said patient as may
be otherwise authorized by law; (2) Any person providing a health insurance policy or employee
benefit plan, or an employer, or an employee organization may: a. Make available to its insureds,
beneficiaries, participants, employees, or members information relating to dental care services
by the distribution of factually accurate information regarding dental care services, rates,
fees, location, and hours of service, provided such distribution is made upon the request
of any dentist licensed by this state; or b. Establish an administrative mechanism which facilitates
payment for dental care services by insureds, beneficiaries,...
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34-9-10
Section 34-9-10 Application; licensure by credentials; special purpose license. (a)
Every person who desires to practice dentistry within the State of Alabama shall file an application
prescribed by the board. Notwithstanding the method of obtaining licensure or any particular
requirement set forth herein, every person as a prerequisite to licensure shall be at least
19 years of age, of good moral character, 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 a graduate of a dental school or college accredited
by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation and approved by the
board and shall satisfy any other requirement set forth in any rule adopted by the board.
(b) Licensure by examination shall be applicable to the following categories: (1) Those individuals
who have never been licensed or taken an examination and whose...
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16-47-79
Section 16-47-79 Repayment of loans. (a) Scholarships extended under subdivisions (1)
and (3) of subsection (a) of Section 16-47-78 shall be repaid following graduation
either in cash as is provided under subsection (b) or under the terms of a contract to serve
in a needy area in Alabama for a term to be specified by the board as provided in subsection
(c). Any moneys received from recipients in repayment of a scholarship loan under subsections
(b) and (c) shall upon receipt thereof be retained by the Board of Scholarship Awards to be
used for funding of future scholarships. The board shall establish a separate fund for these
purposes. (b) Scholarship loans to be repaid under this subsection shall be repaid to the
Board of Dental Scholarship Awards in full at an interest rate of six percent per annum from
the date of graduation from dental school. Payments are to be made annually, the first of
which is due one year after the recipient enters the practice of dentistry or one year after...
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27-19A-2
Section 27-19A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the respective meanings herein set forth, unless the context shall otherwise require: (1)
ALABAMA INSURANCE CODE. Title 27 of the Code of Alabama 1975. (2) INSURER. Such term shall
have the meaning ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (3) PERSON. Such term shall have the meaning
ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (4) COMMISSIONER and DEPARTMENT. Such terms, respectively,
shall have the meanings ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (5) CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION. Any
obligation under covered policies or employee benefit plans. (6) COVERED POLICY OR PLAN. Any
policy, employee benefit plan, or contract within the scope of this chapter. (7) HEALTH INSURANCE
POLICY. Any individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy, insurance agreement,
or group hospital service contract providing benefits for dental care expenses incurred as
a result of an accident or sickness. (8) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN. Any plan, fund, or program...
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27-54A-2
Section 27-54A-2 Treatment under certain policies and contracts. (a) As used in this
section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.
The design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral
stimuli and consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including
the use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between
environment and behavior. (2) AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. Any of the pervasive developmental
disorders or autism spectrum disorders as defined by the most recent edition of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the edition that was in effect at the
time of diagnosis. (3) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Counseling and treatment programs, including
applied behavior analysis that are both of the following: a. Necessary to develop, maintain,
or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the functioning of an...
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22-21-318
Section 22-21-318 Powers of authority. (a) In addition to all other powers granted elsewhere
in this article, and subject to the express provisions of its certificate of incorporation,
an authority shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto
or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate
name for the duration of time, which may be in perpetuity, specified in its certificate of
incorporation or until dissolved as provided in Section 22-21-339; (2) To sue and be
sued in its own name in civil suits and actions, and to defend suits and actions against it,
including suits and actions ex delicto and ex contractu, subject, however, to the provisions
of Chapter 93 of Title 11, which chapter is hereby made applicable to the authority; (3) To
adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt, alter,
amend and repeal bylaws, regulations and rules, not inconsistent with the...
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25-5-1
Section 25-5-1 Definitions. Throughout this chapter, the following words and phrases
as used therein shall be considered to have the following meanings, respectively, unless the
context shall clearly indicate a different meaning in the connection used: (1) COMPENSATION.
The money benefits to be paid on account of injury or death, as provided in Articles 3 and
4. The recovery which an employee may receive by action at law under Article 2 of this chapter
is termed "recovery of civil damages," as provided for in Sections 25-5-31 and 25-5-34.
"Compensation" does not include medical and surgical treatment and attention, medicine,
medical and surgical supplies, and crutches and apparatus furnished an employee on account
of an injury. (2) CHILD or CHILDREN. The terms include posthumous children and all other children
entitled by law to inherit as children of the deceased; stepchildren who were members of the
family of the deceased, at the time of the accident, and were dependent upon him or...
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