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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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25-5-312
Section 25-5-312 Powers and duties of the board. The board shall exercise general supervision
in all matters related to the provision of medical services provided by physicians, as defined
in Section 25-5-310, rendered to workers under this article. The duties of the board shall
include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Study, develop, and implement any necessary
and reasonable guidelines for medical services and physician care provided by physicians.
In addition, with respect to services provided by physicians, the board shall study, develop,
and recommend to the secretary uniform medical criteria and policies for the conduct of utilization
review, bill screenings, and medical necessity determinations for use by insurance carriers,
self-insurers, and claims administrators. (2) Study, design, and implement standardized uniform
claims processing forms and forms for the reporting of medical information to employers and
insurance companies by physicians. (3) Address and give...
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25-5-293
Section 25-5-293 Duties of secretary; continuing education, accounting; recovery of expenses;
advisory committees; legislative intent regarding reimbursements. (a) The Secretary of the
Department of Labor may prescribe rules and regulations for the purpose of conducting continuing
education seminars for all personnel associated with workers' compensation claims and collect
registration fees in order to cover the related expenditures. The secretary may adopt rules
and regulations setting continuing education standards for workers' compensation claims personnel
employed by insurance companies and self-insured employers and groups. (b) The secretary shall
file annually with the Governor and the presiding officer of each house of the Legislature
a complete and detailed written report accounting for all funds received and disbursed during
the preceding fiscal year. The annual report shall be in the form and reported in the time
provided by law. (c) The secretary shall establish reasonable...
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34-23-90
Section 34-23-90 Authority; composition. (a) The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy is vested
with the authority to carry out the purposes of and enforce this chapter. The board shall
consist of five members who are citizens of this state. The members of the board shall be
licensed pharmacists who have been licensed in this state for a minimum of five years and
who are actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy or pharmacy administration, or both.
(b) Three members shall be appointed by the Governor. Of the three appointed members, one
member shall be engaged in the practice of pharmacy or pharmacy administration, or both, in
a hospital, one in an independent pharmacy, and one in a chain pharmacy. On or before August
1, 1996, and each five years thereafter, or whenever a vacancy occurs in the designated position
for hospital pharmacists, the Alabama Society of Health System Pharmacists, or its successor
organization, shall submit a list of three nominees to the Governor. On or before...
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34-25A-6
Section 34-25A-6 Disciplinary actions. (a) The board may invoke disciplinary action as outlined
in subsection (b) whenever it establishes to the satisfaction of the board, after a hearing
as provided in Sections 41-22-1 through 41-22-17, the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act,
that any person or entity to whom a license, registration, accreditation, or renewal thereof
has been issued is guilty of any of the following: (1) Fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation
in obtaining any license, registration, accreditation, or renewal thereof or money or other
thing of value. (2) Gross immorality. (3) Being an habitual user of intoxicants or drugs rendering
the person unfit for the practice of prosthetics, orthotics, or pedorthics. (4) Conviction
of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude. (5) Gross negligence in the practice
of prosthetics, orthotics, or pedorthics. (6) Employing, allowing, or permitting any unlicensed
person to perform any work in his or her office or facility...
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34-39-3
Section 34-39-3 Definitions. In this chapter, the following terms shall have the respective
meanings provided in this section unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:
(1) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Occupational Therapy Association. (2) BOARD. The Alabama State
Board of Occupational Therapy. (3) LICENSE. A valid and current certificate of registration
issued by the Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy. (4) OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. a. The
practice of occupational therapy means the therapeutic use of occupations, including everyday
life activities with individuals, groups, populations, or organizations to support participation,
performance, and function in roles and situations in home, school, workplace, community, and
other settings. Occupational therapy services are provided for habilitation, rehabilitation,
and the promotion of health and wellness to those who have or are at risk for developing an
illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disability,...
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12-15-301
Section 12-15-301 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) ABANDONMENT. A voluntary and intentional relinquishment
of the custody of a child by a parent, or a withholding from the child, without good cause
or excuse, by the parent, of his or her presence, care, love, protection, maintenance, or
the opportunity for the display of filial affection, or the failure to claim the rights of
a parent, or failure to perform the duties of a parent. (2) AGE APPROPRIATE or DEVELOPMENTALLY
APPROPRIATE. Activities or items that are generally accepted as suitable for children of the
same chronological age or level of maturity or that are determined to be developmentally appropriate
for a child based on the development of cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral capacities
that are typical for an age or age group and, in the case of a specific child, activities
or items that are suitable for the child based on the...
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41-15B-2.2
Section 41-15B-2.2 Allocation of trust fund revenues. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning October
1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues and upon
appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage of the total fund, shall be designated
for the administration of the fund by the council and the Commissioner of Children's Affairs.
(b) For the each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First
Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues, the remainder of the Children First Trust Fund, in
the amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1, shall be allocated as follows: (1) Ten percent
of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Public Health for distribution to one
or more of the following: a. The Children's Health Insurance Program. b. Programs for tobacco
control among children with the purpose being to reduce the consumption...
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34-24-293
Section 34-24-293 Powers and duties of board. (a) The Board of Medical Examiners shall have
and exercise all powers and duties previously granted to it. The board may make specific rules
and regulations pertaining to the licensure approval, registration, and regulation of assistants
to physicians. The board may also make specific rules and regulations pertaining to approvals,
disapprovals, and withdrawing approvals from physicians to utilize assistants to physicians.
(b) The board may recognize, approve, and disapprove new categories and specialties of assistants
to physicians as they develop in the delivery of health care. (c) The board shall issue certificates
of approval for programs for the education and training of assistants to physicians which
meet board standards. (d) In developing criteria for program approval, the board shall give
consideration to and encourage the utilization of equivalency and proficiency testing and
other mechanisms whereby full credit is given to trainees...
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22-8A-11
Section 22-8A-11 Surrogate; requirements; attending physician consulted, intent of patient
followed; persons who may serve as surrogate; priority; validity of decisions; liability;
form; declaratory and injunctive relief; penalties. (a) If no advance directive for health
care has been made, or if no duly appointed health care proxy is reasonably available, or
if a valid advance directive for health care fails to address a particular circumstance, subject
to the provisions of subsection (c) hereof, a surrogate, in consultation with the attending
physician, may, subject to the provisions of Section 22-8A-6, determine whether to provide,
withdraw, or withhold life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration
if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The attending physician determines, to a reasonable
degree of medical certainty, that: a. The individual is no longer able to understand, appreciate,
and direct his or her medical treatment, and b. The individual...
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