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27-53-1
Section 27-53-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS. A scientifically or medically identifiable gene or
chromosome, or alteration thereof, that is known to be a cause of a disease or disorder, or
determined to be associated with a statistically increased risk of development of a disease
or disorder. (2) GENETIC TEST. A pre-symptomatic laboratory test which is generally accepted
in the scientific and medical communities for the determination of the presence or absence
of the genetic characteristics that cause or are associated with risk of a disease or disorder.
(3) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. A health insurance policy, including a self-insured health plan,
that covers hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, health maintenance organizations, preferred
provider organizations, medical service organizations, physician-hospital organizations, or
any other person, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other similar...
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34-13-73
Section 34-13-73 Scope of examination. (a) The applicant for a funeral director's license,
before the application is granted, shall successfully pass an examination upon, but not limited
to, the following subjects: Funeral directing, the manners in which death may be determined,
the laws governing the preparation and disposal of human dead bodies and the shipment of bodies
dying from infectious or contagious diseases, and local health and sanitary ordinances in
relation to funeral directing. The examination shall be prepared and graded as prescribed
by rule of the board. The board may review and adopt, in whole or in part, examination questions,
forms, examinations, and passing criteria proposed by the American Board of Funeral Service
Education, or a successor organization, and may use the uniform nationwide conditions of the
International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, or other organization approved
by the board. (b) The board shall examine applicants for a funeral...
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34-29-91
Section 34-29-91 Eligibility for graduate of nonaccredited school to take examination. A person
who is a graduate of a college of veterinary medicine not accredited by the American Veterinary
Medical Association shall be eligible to take the regularly scheduled state licensing examination
given by the board upon furnishing all the following required documents or items: (1) The
certificate of the American Veterinary Medical Association Educational Commission for Foreign
Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG). (2) A certificate evidencing the completion of a one-year internship
as required by the ECFVG in a veterinary hospital or clinic approved by the Alabama State
Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. This internship can be completed in more than one hospital
or clinic; however, a minimum of three months shall be spent in any one place and the intern
shall receive a variety of veterinary experience. This internship may commence prior to or
following the national and state examinations and all...
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34-13A-8
Section 34-13A-8 Exemptions. This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (1) Any individual
licensed by the state to practice in a profession other than that of a genetic counselor,
when acting within the scope of his or her profession and doing work of a nature consistent
with his or her training. The individual may not hold himself or herself out to the public
as a genetic counselor. (2) Any physician licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in this
state. (3) Any individual who is certified by ABMGG as a doctor of philosophy medical geneticist
before December 31, 2018. (4) Any individual employed as a genetic counselor by the federal
government or an agency thereof, if the individual provides genetic counseling services solely
under the direction and control of the organization through which he or she is employed. (5)
A genetic counseling intern enrolled in an ACGC or ABMGG accredited genetic counseling educational
program, if genetic counseling services performed by the...
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34-24-255
Section 34-24-255 Examinations - Requirements; issuance of license; fees. (a) Every person
desiring to commence the practice of podiatry shall apply to the board and shall pay an application
fee as established by the board. The applicant shall thereafter take and pass the standard
examination provided in this article and fulfill the other requirements as herein provided.
The applicant shall be 19 years of age or over, or the age as the board may by rule determine,
shall be 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, of good moral character, shall be a graduate of a college of podiatry recognized
by the American Podiatric Medical Association, shall have completed a podiatric residency
approved by the American Podiatric Medical Association or by the State Board of Podiatry under
its rules and regulations, shall have successfully passed all parts...
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40-26B-20
Section 40-26B-20 Definitions. The following words, terms, and phrases shall have the following
meanings: (1) BED. Any bed that is licensed by the Alabama Department of Health and its successor
agency to provide nursing home care which is in a nursing facility. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Department
of Revenue of the State of Alabama. (3) FISCAL YEAR. An accounting period of 12 months beginning
on the first day of the first month of the state fiscal year. (4) MEDICAID PROGRAM. The medical
assistance program as established in Title XIX of the Social Security Act and as administered
in the State of Alabama by the Alabama Medicaid Agency pursuant to executive order and Title
560 of the Alabama Administrative Code. (5) NURSING FACILITY. An institution which is licensed
under the laws of the State of Alabama as a skilled nursing facility or an intermediate nursing
facility. Nursing facility shall not include any facility owned or operated by, or operating
under an exclusive contract with, the State...
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6-5-548
Section 6-5-548 Burden of proof; reasonable care as similarly situated health care provider;
no evidence admitted of medical liability insurance. (a) In any action for injury or damages
or wrongful death, whether in contract or in tort, against a health care provider for breach
of the standard of care, the plaintiff shall have the burden of proving by substantial evidence
that the health care provider failed to exercise such reasonable care, skill, and diligence
as other similarly situated health care providers in the same general line of practice ordinarily
have and exercise in a like case. (b) Notwithstanding any provision of the Alabama Rules of
Evidence to the contrary, if the health care provider whose breach of the standard of care
is claimed to have created the cause of action is not certified by an appropriate American
board as being a specialist, is not trained and experienced in a medical specialty, or does
not hold himself or herself out as a specialist, a "similarly...
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22-10A-2
Section 22-10A-2 Diagnostic facilities, genetic counseling and prenatal testing for genetic
disorders at University of Alabama in Birmingham and University of South Alabama. (a) The
University of Alabama in Birmingham, through its laboratory of medical genetics, and the University
of South Alabama shall expand their respective medical genetics programs to provide diagnostic
facilities, genetic counseling and prenatal testing for genetic disorders. (b) Each shall:
(1) Develop an education program designed to educate physicians and the public concerning
genetic disorders and the availability of this program. (2) Assure that genetic counseling
is available to those Alabama families who need it. This will include those families who have
a member with a birth defect, mental retardation, or other handicapping disorder due to genetic
factors as well as families identified by screening to be at increased risk for having a child
with one of these problems. (3) Formulate a graduated fee...
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22-11D-8
Section 22-11D-8 Rules and regulations. (a) In accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure
Act, the board, with the advice and after approval of the council, shall promulgate rules
to implement and administer this chapter. Rules promulgated by the board may include, but
are not limited to, the following: (1) Criteria to ensure that severely injured or ill people
are promptly transported and treated at designated trauma centers appropriate to the severity
of the injury. Minimum criteria shall address emergency medical service trauma triage and
transportation guidelines as approved under the board's emergency medical services rules,
designation of health care facilities as trauma centers, interhospital transfers, and a trauma
system governance structure. (2) Standards for verification of trauma and health care center
status which assign level designations based on resources available within the facility. Standards
shall be based upon national guidelines, including, but not...
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22-18-1
Section 22-18-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN. Any person 18 years of age or older who satisfies all of the following: a. Has
successfully completed the advanced emergency medical technician course of instruction, or
its equivalent, as approved by the State Board of Health. b. Has passed the state Advanced
EMT examination, as well as having met the requirements for becoming a licensed emergency
medical technician. c. Has been granted a license by the State Board of Health. (2) ADVANCED
LIFE SUPPORT (ALS). The treatment of potentially life-threatening medical emergencies through
the use of invasive medical techniques specified as advanced life support techniques by the
Board of Health, which ordinarily would be performed or provided by licensed physicians, but
which may be performed by emergency medical service personnel during emergencies...
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