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34-24-53.1
Section 34-24-53.1 Board of Medical Examiners - Rulemaking authority. (a) The Legislature finds
and declares all of the following: (1) The power to make rules regulating the practice of
medicine or osteopathy includes the power to prohibit unlicensed persons from practicing medicine
or osteopathy and the power to regulate how licensed persons practice medicine or osteopathy.
(2) A primary goal of the provision of health care is to prioritize patient safety and wellness.
(3) The State Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission are in the best
position to determine the medical practices that prioritize patient safety and wellness. (4)
Prioritizing patient safety and wellness may sometimes be at odds with the goals of state
and federal anti-trust laws, which include prioritizing competition and efficiency. (5) It
is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to immunize the Board of Medical
Examiners and its members and the Medical Licensure Commission and...
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26-16-112
Section 26-16-112 Definitions. For purposes of this arciclet, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST. A pathologist trained or with experience
in forensic pathology, licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and
surgery in the State of Alabama and board certified by the American Board of Pathology, or
under the direct supervision of a physician with these qualifications. (2) INFANT DEATH. The
sudden death of an person less than one year of age whose death occurs outside the direct
care of a physician in a hospital or other health care setting. (3) SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED INFANT
DEATH (SUID). The sudden death of an infant less than one year of age whose death occurs outside
the direct care of a physician in a hospital or other health care setting and whose cause
of death is not reasonably ascertainable after a thorough investigation and examination by
the person signing the death certificate. (Act 2011-705, p. 2184, §3.)...
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34-13-20
Section 34-13-20 Creation; composition; qualifications of members; appointment and removal
from board. (a) There is established the Alabama Board of Funeral Service, consisting of nine
members, each of whom shall be citizens of the United States and residents of the State of
Alabama. (b) The appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments to assure board
membership is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic
diversity of the state. (c) Commencing on January 1, 2019, as the terms of the members serving
on the board on August 1, 2017, expire, the membership of the board shall be reconstituted
to consist of seven professional members and two consumer members. (1) Each professional member
of the board shall be a citizen of the United States, a resident of Alabama, and licensed
and in good standing with the board as an embalmer or funeral director at the time of appointment
and during the entire term of office. Professional members of the...
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34-24-273
Section 34-24-273 Issuance; contents; display by holder. Every applicant who shall pass the
standard examination, or whose reciprocity has been accepted by the State Board of Podiatry,
shall receive from the board a license entitling him or her to practice podiatry in Alabama,
which license shall be signed by the president of the board and countersigned by the secretary-treasurer
of the board and have affixed thereto the seal of the board and be duly numbered and registered
in the record book kept by the secretary-treasurer of the board, which record book shall be
open to public inspection, and a duly certified copy of the record shall be received as evidence
in all courts of this state in the trial of any case. Each person to whom a license has been
issued shall keep the license conspicuously in his or her office or place of business and
shall whenever required exhibit the license to any member or representative of the board.
(Acts 1967, No. 741, p. 1586, §13.)...
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34-24-290
Section 34-24-290 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) APPROVED PROGRAM. A program for the education and training
of assistants to physicians which has been formally approved in writing by the board. (2)
ASSISTANT TO PHYSICIAN. A person who is a graduate of an approved program, is licensed by
the board, and is registered by the board to perform medical services under the supervision
of a physician approved by the board to supervise the assistant. (3) BOARD. The Board of Medical
Examiners of the State of Alabama. (4) LEGEND DRUG. Any drug, medicine, chemical, or poison,
bearing on the label the words, "Caution, Federal Law prohibits dispensing without prescription"
or similar words indicating that the drug, medicine, chemical, or poison may be sold or dispensed
only upon the prescription of a licensed medical practitioner, except that the term legend
drug shall not include any drug, substance, or compound...
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34-24-302
Section 34-24-302 Denial, suspension, revocation, etc., of license; investigation; mental,
physical, or laboratory examination; authorization for release of information. (a) The board
may, within its discretion, deny the issuance of a license to any person or, after notice
and hearing in accordance with board regulations, shall, within its discretion, suspend, revoke,
restrict, or otherwise discipline the license of a person who shall be found guilty on the
basis of substantial evidence of any of the following acts or offenses: (1) Conviction of
a felony. (2) Conviction of any crime or other offense, felony, or misdemeanor, reflecting
on the ability of the individual to render patient care in a safe manner. (3) Conviction of
any violation of state or federal laws relating to controlled substances. (4) Termination,
restriction, suspension, revocation, or curtailment of licensure, registration, or certification
as an assistant to physician by another state or other licensing jurisdiction...
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34-20-4
Section 34-20-4 Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Generally. (a) There is
a Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators composed of seven members, six original
members as set out in this subsection, and an additional consumer member 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 six original members shall be composed
as follows: Three members shall be nursing home administrators duly licensed and registered
under this chapter; one member shall be a physician, licensed under the laws of the State
of Alabama, who is actively concerned in a practice with the care of chronically ill and infirm,
aged patients; one member shall be a hospital administrator; and one member shall be a registered
nurse, licensed in Alabama, who has five years' experience as a geriatric nurse and who is
actively serving as a director of nursing in a geriatric...
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34-21-124
Section 34-21-124 Additional powers of party state licensing boards. (a) In addition to the
other powers conferred by state law, a licensing board shall have the authority to do all
of the following: (1) Take adverse action against the multistate licensure privilege of a
nurse to practice within that party state. a. Only the home state shall have the power to
take adverse action against the license of a nurse issued by the home state. b. For purposes
of taking adverse action, the home state licensing board shall give the same priority and
effect to reported conduct received from a remote state as it would if such conduct had occurred
within the home state. In so doing, the home state shall apply its own state laws to determine
appropriate action. (2) Issue cease and desist orders or impose an encumbrance on the authority
of a nurse to practice within that party state. (3) Complete any pending investigations of
a nurse who changes his or her primary state of residence during the course...
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34-21-81
Section 34-21-81 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS. The State Board of Medical Examiners established
pursuant to Section 34-24-53. (2) BOARD OF NURSING. The Board of Nursing established under
Section 34-21-2. (3) ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE. A registered nurse that has gained additional
knowledge and skills through successful completion of an organized program of nursing education
that prepares nurses for advanced practice roles and has been certified by the Board of Nursing
to engage in the practice of advanced practice nursing. There shall be four categories of
advanced practice nurses: Certified registered nurse practitioners (CRNP), certified nurse
midwives (CNM), certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA), and clinical nurse specialists
(CNS). Certified registered nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives are subject to
collaborative practice agreements with an Alabama physician....
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34-24-300
Section 34-24-300 Licensing of certified Physician Assistant or Surgeon Assistant. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this article to the contrary, any person who was certified by the board
as a physician assistant or surgeon assistant to a licensed physician on December 21, 1994,
shall be eligible for the issuance of a license to practice as an assistant to physician in
this state. To qualify for a license under this section, an applicant must submit an application
for license and the required fee no later than one year after May 6, 1998. After one year
from May 6, 1998, an applicant for license must meet all the requirements of Section 34-24-297.
(Act 98-604, p. 1324, §7.)...
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