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34-14C-5
Section 34-14C-5 Exemptions. The licensure requirements of this chapter do not apply to the
following entities or practitioners: (1) Home health agencies certified by the State of Alabama
to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. (2) Hospital based home medical equipment
services, whether or not the services are provided through a separate corporation or other
business entity. (3) Health care practitioners legally eligible to order or prescribe home
medical equipment, or who use home medical equipment to treat patients in locations other
than the patient's residence, including, but not limited to, physicians, nurses, physical
therapists, respiratory therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, optometrists,
chiropractors, and podiatrists, except for those practitioners, other than a licensed physician
practicing medicine, who provide home medical equipment services in a patient's residence.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting...
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20-3-3
Section 20-3-3 Transfer of legend drugs to charitable clinic. (a)(1) Legend drugs, except controlled
substances, dispensed to a patient in a hospital, nursing facility, assisted living facility,
or specialty care assisted living facility may be donated and transferred pursuant to this
section to a charitable clinic to be used by charitable patients free of charge when all of
the following conditions are met: a. The drugs are no longer needed by the original patient.
b. The drugs have been maintained in accordance with United States Pharmacopoeia and National
Formulary storage requirements. c. The drugs were dispensed by unit dose or an individually
sealed dose. d. The drugs have not expired. (2) Legend drugs, except controlled substances,
dispensed to a patient cared for by a hospice care program may be donated and transferred
pursuant to this section to a charitable clinic to be used by charitable patients free of
charge when all of the following conditions are met: a. The drugs are...
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22-18-40
Section 22-18-40 State Emergency Medical Control Committee. (a) The board shall be assisted
in formulating rules and policy pertaining to emergency medical services by the State Emergency
Medical Control Committee (SEMCC). Each member of the SEMCC shall have voting privileges.
Members of the SEMCC shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement
for expenses incurred in the performance of the duties of their office at the same rate paid
state employees. The chair of SEMCC may establish subcommittees of SEMCC comprised of representatives
from ambulance, fire, rescue, and other EMS groups, as needed. (b) The SEMCC shall be composed
as follows: (1) The medical directors of each EMS region designated by the board as ex officio
members. (2) One member who shall be a physician appointed by the Alabama Chapter of the American
College of Emergency Physicians. (3) One member who shall be a physician appointed by the
State Committee on Trauma of the American College of...
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22-21-33
Section 22-21-33 Penalties for operation of or referring persons to unlicensed hospital. (a)(1)
Any individual, association, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other
business entity who operates or causes to be operated a hospital of any kind as defined in
this article or any rules promulgated hereunder, without having been granted a license by
the State Board of Health shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor upon conviction, except
that any individual, association, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or
other business entity who operates or causes to be operated a hospital of any kind as defined
in this article or any rules promulgated hereunder without having been granted a license by
the State Board of Health shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor upon conviction of a second
or any subsequent offense. (2) The State Board of Health, upon determination that a facility
or business is operating as a hospital, within the meaning of this article or...
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34-14-2
Section 34-14-2 Licenses or permits - Required; display; duplicates; corporations, partnerships,
etc. (a) No person shall engage in the sale of or practice of fitting hearing instruments
or display a sign or in any other way advertise or represent himself or herself as a person
who practices the fitting and sale of hearing instruments unless the person holds a license
or permit issued by the board as provided in this chapter. The license or permit shall be
conspicuously posted in his or her office or place of business. Duplicate licenses or permits
may be issued by the board to valid license holders operating more than one office, upon additional
payment determined by the board for each additional office. A license under this chapter shall
confer upon the holder the right to select, fit, and sell hearing instruments. (b) Nothing
in this chapter shall prohibit a corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other like
organization maintaining an established business address from...
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34-24-75.1
Section 34-24-75.1 Certificate and limited license under Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
(a) The State Board of Medical Examiners may, at its discretion and subject to the rules and
regulations promulgated by the board, issue a certificate of qualification in behalf of physicians
meeting the requirements for participation in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. The Retired
Senior Volunteer Program is created for the purpose of permitting doctors of medicine and
doctors of osteopathy who are fully retired from the active practice of medicine to obtain
a limited license without cost which would permit the provision of outpatient health care
services at established free clinics operated pursuant to the Volunteer Medical Professional
Act, Section 6-5-660, et seq. Physicians having certificates issued under this section must
perform no fewer than 100 hours of voluntary service annually and must limit their practice
to the confines of an established free medical clinic, as that term is...
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6-5-549.1
Section 6-5-549.1 Limits of liability insurance coverage in legal action against health care
providers; testimony of health care providers as specialists. (a) This section and Sections
6-5-548 and 6-5-549 shall be known and may be cited as "The Alabama Medical Liability
Act of 1996." (b) The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds and declares that a crisis
continues to threaten the delivery and availability of medical services to the people of Alabama
and the health and safety of the citizens of this state are in jeopardy as a result of this
crisis. In accordance with the previous declarations of the Legislature of Alabama in Sections
6-5-480 to 6-5-488, inclusive, 27-26-1 to 27-26-4, inclusive, and 27-26-20 to 27-26-43, inclusive,
and Sections 6-5-540 to 6-5-552, inclusive, it is the declared intent of this Legislature
to ensure that quality medical services continue to be available at reasonable costs to the
citizens of the State of Alabama. The continuing and ever increasing...
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34-21-1
Section 34-21-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) ADVISORY COUNCILS. Advisory councils provided
for under the terms of this chapter. (2) BOARD. The Board of Nursing created hereunder. (3)
COMPACT. The Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact provided in Article 7. (4) COORDINATED LICENSE
INFORMATION SYSTEM. A licensing integrated database and process for collecting, storing, and
sharing nurse licensure and enforcement information that includes all licensed registered
nurses and licensed practical/vocational nurses. The system includes all disciplinary history
of each nurse, as administered by a nonprofit organization and controlled by licensing boards.
(5) LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE. A person who is currently licensed to practice practical nursing.
For the purposes of the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact, practical nursing includes practice
as a licensed practical nurse, licensed vocational nurse, or...
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34-24-74
Section 34-24-74 Nonresident consultants; physician accompanying patient being transported
into Alabama for treatment. A doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy licensed to practice
medicine in any state of the United States or the District of Columbia who may be called into
this state in order to treat a patient in consultation with a physician licensed to practice
medicine in this state shall be allowed the temporary privilege of practicing medicine in
this state. This privilege shall be limited to 10 calendar days in a calendar year. A doctor
of medicine or doctor of osteopathy licensed to practice medicine in any state in the United
States or the District of Columbia who accompanies a patient being transported to the State
of Alabama by air or ground transportation for the purpose of receiving medical treatment
at any hospital, clinic, or medical facility in the State of Alabama shall be permitted to
render necessary medical care to the patient while the patient is being...
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34-9-9
Section 34-9-9 Exercise of independent professional judgment by dentists; prohibited business
arrangements or relationships; penalties. (a) No person other than a dentist licensed pursuant
to this chapter or a 501(c)(3) entity registered under Section 34-9-7.2 may do any of the
following: (1) Employ a dentist or dental hygienist in the operation of a dental office. (2)
Place in the possession of a dentist, dental hygienist, or other agent such dental material
or equipment as may be necessary for the management of a dental office on the basis of a lease
or any other agreement for compensation for the use of such material, equipment, or offices.
(3) Retain the ownership or control of dental equipment, material, or office and make the
same available in any manner for the use of a dentist, dental hygienist, or other agent. (4)
The term "person," as used in this section, shall not in any way pertain to state,
county, municipal, or city institutions but shall be deemed to include any...
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