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22-11A-72
Section 22-11A-72 Penalties. (a) It shall be grounds for revocation, suspension, or restriction
of the professional license of any licensed infected health care worker who shall be found
to perform invasive procedures and shall have failed to notify the State Health Officer as
provided in Section 22-11A-61. (b) Any physician providing care to an individual known to
the physician to be an infected health care worker who fails to report the infected health
care worker to the State Health Officer as provided in Section 22-11A-61 shall be guilty of
a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law. (c) Any
individual who deliberately fails to provide records under his or her control or who falsifies
those records shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished
as provided by law. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §13.)...
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22-21B-4
Section 22-21B-4 Participation in a health care service that violates the conscience of health
care provider; written objection; liability. (a) A health care provider has the right not
to participate, and no health care provider shall be required to participate, in a health
care service that violates his or her conscience when the health care provider has objected
in writing prior to being asked to provide such health care services. (b) When objecting in
writing in accordance with this chapter, no health care provider shall be civilly, criminally,
or administratively liable for declining to participate in a health care service that violates
his or her conscience except when failure to do so would immediately endanger the life of
a patient. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person, health care provider, health care institution,
public or private institution, public official, or any board which certifies competency in
medical or health care specialties to discriminate against any health...
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22-5D-2
Section 22-5D-2 Definitions. As used in this act, the following words have the following meanings:
(1) ELIGIBLE PATIENT. An individual who meets all of the following conditions: a. Has a terminal
illness, attested to by the patient's treating physician. b. Has considered all other treatment
options currently approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration. c. Has received a recommendation
from his or her physician for an investigational drug, biological product, or device. d. Has
given written, informed consent for the use of the investigational drug, biological product,
or device. e. Has documentation from his or her physician that he or she meets the requirements
of this subdivision. (2) INVESTIGATIONAL DRUG, BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT, or DEVICE. A drug, biological
product, or device that has successfully completed phase 1 of a clinical trial but has not
yet been approved for general use by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration and remains under
investigation in a U. S. Food and Drug...
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26-23E-4
Section 26-23E-4 Physician requirements. (a) Only a physician may perform an abortion. (b)
During and after an abortion procedure performed at an abortion or reproductive health center,
a physician must remain on the premises until all patients are discharged. The discharge order
must be signed by the physician. Prior to discharge from the facility, the patient shall be
provided with the name and telephone number of the physician who will provide care in the
event of complications, and the name of the medications given at the abortion clinic. (c)
Every physician referenced in this section shall have staff privileges at an acute care hospital
within the same standard metropolitan statistical area as the facility is located that permit
him or her to perform dilation and curettage, laparotomy procedures, hysterectomy, and any
other procedures reasonably necessary to treat abortion-related complications. (Act 2013-79,
p. 165, §4.)...
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34-25A-4
Section 34-25A-4 Referral and consultation limits. (a) A licensed prosthetist, licensed orthotist,
or licensed prosthetist/orthotist may provide services utilizing new prostheses or orthoses
for which he or she is licensed and only under a written order from an authorized health care
practitioner. A consultation with and periodic review by an authorized health care practitioner
is not required for the evaluation, repair, adjusting, or servicing of a prosthesis by a licensed
prosthetist, or licensed prosthetist/orthotist and for the evaluation, repair, adjusting,
or servicing of an orthosis by a licensed orthotist, or licensed prosthetist/orthotist; nor
is an order from an authorized health care practitioner required for maintenance or replacement
of an orthosis or prosthesis to the level of its original prescription for an indefinite period
of time if the original order remains appropriate for the patient's medical needs. (b) Prosthetists
and orthotists must refer persons receiving...
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34-27B-2
Section 34-27B-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy. (2) DIRECT CLINICAL SUPERVISION.
A situation where a licensed respiratory therapist or physician is available for the purpose
of communication, consultation, and assistance. (3) HEALTHCARE FACILITY. The definition shall
be the same as in Section 22-21-260. (4) MEDICALLY APPROVED PROTOCOL. A detailed plan for
taking specific diagnostic or treatment actions, or both, authorized by the treating physician
of the patient, all of which actions shall be: a. In a hospital or other inpatient health
care facility, approved by the supervising physician of the respiratory therapist or in an
outpatient treatment setting approved by the supervising physician of the respiratory therapist.
b. Except in cases of medical emergency, instituted following an evaluation of the patient
by a physician or otherwise directed by the supervising...
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22-8A-9
Section 22-8A-9 Withholding or withdrawal of treatment, etc., not suicide; execution of advance
directive not to affect sale, etc., of life or health insurance nor be condition for receipt
of treatment, etc.; provisions of chapter cumulative. (a) The withholding or withdrawal of
life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration from a patient
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall not, for any purpose, constitute a
suicide and shall not constitute assisting suicide. (b) The making of an advance directive
for health care pursuant to this chapter shall not affect in any manner the sale, procurement,
or issuance of any policy of life or health insurance, nor shall it be deemed to modify the
terms of an existing policy of life or health insurance. No policy of life or health insurance
shall be legally impaired or invalidated in any manner by the withholding or withdrawal of
life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration...
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27-48-2
Section 27-48-2 Coverage for medically necessary inpatient care for mother and newly born child.
(a) Every health benefit plan that provides maternity coverage shall provide coverage for
the following: (1) All medically necessary inpatient care for a mother and her newly born
child as determined by the woman's prenatal care physician, obstetrician-gynecologist, certified
nurse midwife, or the child's attending pediatrician and when consistent with the most recent
version of the "Guidelines for Perinatal Care" prepared by the American Academy
of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, including the administration
of medical tests recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics or the American College
of Obstetricians and Gynecologists or both on the admission and discharge of a mother and
the newborn child to determine whether additional medical care is needed for the mother or
newborn child or both. Included in medically necessary inpatient care is the...
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34-24-140.1
Section 34-24-140.1 Board of Chiropractic Examiners - Rulemaking authority. (a) The Legislature
finds and declares all of the following: (1) A primary goal of the provision of health care
is to prioritize patient safety and wellness. (2) The board is in the best position to determine
the practice of chiropractic that prioritizes patient safety and wellness. (3) The power to
make rules regulating the practice of chiropractic includes the power to prohibit unlicensed
persons from practicing chiropractic and the power to regulate how licensed persons practice
chiropractic. (4) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to immunize
the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and its members from liability under state and federal
anti-trust laws for the adoption of a rule that prioritizes patient safety and wellness but
may be anti-competitive when the effect on public safety and wellness is clearly demonstrated
and documented by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners....
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22-8A-15
Section 22-8A-15 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION,
EFFECTIVE MARCH 28, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The representative
of a qualified minor may execute a directive with respect to the extent of medical treatment,
medication, and other interventions available to provide palliative and supportive care to
the qualified minor by completing and signing an Order for PPEL Care form. Once completed
and signed by the representative, the attending physician may complete and sign the executed
directive and enter the directive into the medical record of the qualified minor. Once properly
entered and received into the medical record, the directive is deemed a valid Order for PPEL
Care; provided, however, it is the intent of this section to recognize the desires as reflected
in communications, including verbal or written statements, of a qualified minor and of the
representative of a qualified minor with respect to the extent of...
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