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34-9-26
Section 34-9-26 Examination, qualifications, licensing, etc., of dental hygienists.
No person shall practice as a dental hygienist in this state until such person has passed
an examination given by the board or approved by the board, or both, under rules and regulations
as the board may promulgate and the payment of a fee. The board shall issue licenses and license
certificates as dental hygienists to those persons who have passed the examination and have
been found qualified by the board. The license certificate and annual registration certificate
shall be displayed in the office in which the dental hygienist is employed. No person shall
be entitled to a license and license certificate unless the person is 19 years of age and
of good moral character. Each applicant for examination and license as a dental hygienist
shall be a graduate of a school of dental hygiene which has been approved by the board, or
in lieu thereof, shall have served as a dental assistant for a period of time...
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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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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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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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34-9-15
Section 34-9-15 Annual registration; continuing education. (a) No person shall practice
dentistry or dental hygiene in the State of Alabama unless licensed or permitted by the board
and registered annually as required by this chapter. The secretary-treasurer of the board
shall issue to each licensee an initial registration form which shall contain space for the
insertion of name, address, date, and number of license certificate, and other information
as the board shall deem necessary. The licensee shall sign and verify the accuracy of the
registration before a notary public after which he or she shall forward the registration to
the secretary-treasurer of the board together with a fee. Each subsequent registration shall
be made in electronic format or by United States mail upon a form to be determined by the
board. On or before October 1 of each year, every dentist and dental hygienist licensed or
permitted to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in the state shall transmit either...
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34-9-6.1
Section 34-9-6.1 Mobile dental facilities or portable dental operations. (a) For purposes
of this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) DENTAL HOME.
The dental home is the ongoing relationship between the dentist and the patient, inclusive
of all aspects of oral health care, delivered in a comprehensive, continuously accessible,
coordinated, and family-centered way. (2) MOBILE DENTAL FACILITY. Any self-contained facility
in which dentistry or dental hygiene is practiced which may be moved, towed, or transported
from one location to another. (3) OPERATOR. A person licensed to practice dentistry in this
state or an entity which is approved as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code which employs dentists licensed in the state to operate a mobile dental facility
or portable dental operation. (4) PORTABLE DENTAL OPERATION. The use of portable dental delivery
equipment which is set up on site to provide dental services outside of a mobile...
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34-24-73
Section 34-24-73 Reciprocity generally. (a) The State Board of Medical Examiners may
establish reciprocal agreements for licensure by endorsement with similar boards of other
states, the District of Columbia, the territories of the United States, and the provinces
of Canada in reference to the issuance of certificates of qualifications. Reciprocal agreements
shall not be established with a board of examiners that does not require examination upon
substantially the same branches of medical learning as those examinations required for licensure
in this state, and that does not maintain a standard of proficiency at least equal to that
maintained by the Board of Medical Examiners of this state. When reciprocal agreements have
been established, subject to the requirements of Section 34-24-70, a certificate of
qualification may be issued by endorsement in behalf of a person who presents evidence of
compliance with the requirements of a reciprocating board. (b) The State Board of Medical...
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34-9-7
Section 34-9-7 Exemption of certain practices and operations. (a) Nothing in this chapter
shall apply to the following practices, acts, and operations: (1) The practice of his or her
profession by a physician or surgeon holding a certificate of qualification as a medical doctor
and licensed as such under the laws of this state, provided he or she shall not practice dentistry
as a specialty. (2) The practice of dentistry in the discharge of their official duties by
graduate dentists or dental surgeons in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, or other
armed services, public health service including, but not limited to, a federally qualified
health center authorized and operating under Section 330 of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. ยง 254B), provided, however, that such federally qualified health centers shall
register pursuant to Section 34-9-7.2 (provided further however, dentists, dental hygienists,
and other personnel employed by any public health service which performs...
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34-13-50
Section 34-13-50 Board recognition of schools and colleges. The Alabama Board of Funeral
Service shall recognize and approve and accept applicants for examination from only those
established embalming schools or colleges which are recognized by the board. The board shall
recognize and approve any embalming school or college approved by the American Board of Funeral
Service Education, and any additional embalming schools or colleges which offer courses of
study which generally include the subjects set out in Section 34-13-94. The Alabama
Board of Funeral Service shall not examine or issue an embalmer's license to any person who
does not hold a certificate of graduation from an embalming school or college meeting the
criteria or standards as defined in this section. The board may not examine or issue
a funeral director's license to any person who has not completed a course of instruction in
funeral arts at an accredited mortuary or funeral service school or college meeting the criteria...
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34-29-72
Section 34-29-72 Application; qualifications; faculty license. (a) Any person desiring
a license to practice veterinary medicine in this state shall make written application in
the English language to the board. The application shall show that the applicant is at least
21 years old, is a graduate of an accredited veterinary school, is a citizen of the United
States or, if not a citizen of the United States, is legally present in the United States
with appropriate documentation from the federal government, and any other information and
proof as the board may require pursuant to the administrative code of the board. The application
shall be accompanied by application and examination fees in the amounts established and published
by the board. (b) Graduates of veterinary medical programs not accredited by the AVMA shall
furnish satisfactory proof of an Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinarian Graduates
(ECFVG) certificate or its equivalent provided by the American Veterinary Medical...
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