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34-24-120
Section 34-24-120 "Chiropractic" defined; authority of licensed chiropractor. (a)
The term "chiropractic," when used in this article, is hereby defined as the science
and art of locating and removing without the use of drugs or surgery any interference with
the transmission and expression of nerve energy in the human body by any means or methods
as taught in schools or colleges of chiropractic which are recognized by the State Board of
Chiropractic Examiners. (b) Any chiropractor who has been certified and licensed by the State
Board of Chiropractic Examiners may examine, analyze, and diagnose the human body and its
diseases by the use of any physical, clinical, thermal, or radonic method, and the use of
X-ray diagnosing, and may use any other general method of examination for diagnosis and analysis
taught in any school of chiropractic recognized by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
(c) Chiropractors certified and licensed by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners may...
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34-24-162.1
Section 34-24-162.1 Application; licensure by credentials. (a) Every person who desires to
practice chiropractic within the State of Alabama shall file an application prescribed by
the board. Notwithstanding the method of obtaining licensure or any particular requirement
set forth herein, every person as a prerequisite to licensure must be at least 21 years of
age, of good moral character, 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, a graduate of a chiropractic school or college accredited and
recognized by the board and must satisfy any other requirement set forth in any rule adopted
by the board. (b) Any individual who possesses a current license in any state, who has passed
a state licensure examination approved by the board and who has, since graduation from chiropractic
school, participated in a clinical residency or practiced chiropractic...
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34-24-140
Section 34-24-140 Board of Chiropractic Examiners - Creation; composition; powers and duties.
(a) There is created and established a State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. The board shall
be composed of nine members. Eight members of the board shall be active licensed chiropractors
elected as provided in this section. Seven of the elected members shall be elected one from
each congressional district in this state except as otherwise provided in Section 34-24-141.
Any candidate for or member of the board shall be a resident of the appropriate congressional
district except one candidate for the board shall be elected from the state at large. One
elected member of the board shall be elected from the state at-large and shall be an African-American.
Each elected member of or candidate for the board shall meet the following qualifications:
A citizen and resident of Alabama who has resided in this state for at least five years; a
graduate of a chartered chiropractic school or college, which...
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34-24-161
Section 34-24-161 Examinations; issuance and replacement of license; identification of office.
(a) Each applicant, who matriculated into a chiropractic college after January 1, 1973, must
pass parts one and two of the examination administered by the National Board of Chiropractic
Examiners or other national examination as approved by the board. In addition, each applicant
must pass an examination administered by the board on this article and the rules of the board.
(b) The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall prescribe rules and regulations regarding
which national examination shall be administered, the conduct of and times and places of examinations,
and requirements for successful completion of examinations. A license shall be issued for
each applicant who successfully completes the examination. (c) Irrespective of the requirements
in subsections (a) and (b), the board may license an applicant if the applicant is licensed
in another state that, in the opinion of the board, has...
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34-24-160
Section 34-24-160 Application; qualifications of applicant; fee. (a) Any person wishing the
right to practice chiropractic shall make application to the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
in the form as the board may prescribe. (b) In addition to other requirements established
by law and for the purpose of determining an applicant's suitability for a license to practice
chiropractic, each applicant shall submit a complete set of fingerprints to the State Board
of Chiropractic Examiners. The board shall submit the fingerprints provided by each applicant
for a license to practice chiropractic to the Alabama Bureau of Investigation (ABI). The fingerprints
shall be forwarded by the ABI to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a national
criminal history record check. Costs associated with conducting a criminal history background
check shall be borne by the applicant. The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall keep
information received pursuant to this section confidential,...
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45-37-123.01
Section 45-37-123.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACT. The act adding this part, to be called the General Retirement
System for Employees of Jefferson County Act. (2) ACTIVE MEMBER. An individual who currently
is employed by the county or other entities set forth in subdivision (20) and is making employee
contributions to the system. (3) ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT. Effective July 30, 1984, or such other
dates as set forth in Exhibit A, which is maintained in the office of the pension board, a
form of benefit differing in time, period, or manner of payment from a specific benefit provided
under the plan but having the same value when computed using the mortality tables, the interest
rate, and any other assumptions last adopted by the pension board, which assumptions shall
clearly preclude any discretion in the determination of the amount of a member's benefit.
(4) ACTUARIAL GAIN. As defined in Section...
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34-24-145
Section 34-24-145 Establishment of preceptorship, etc., authorized; issuance and expiration
of limited license; board to establish rules, etc., for implementation of section. (a) The
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners is hereby authorized to establish a preceptorship and
extern program whereby chiropractic students enrolled in their last year at board-approved
chiropractic colleges accredited by the Council of Chiropractic Education and recent chiropractic
graduates of such schools may be issued a limited license to practice chiropractic under the
direct on-premises supervision of a sponsor licensed to practice chiropractic in the State
of Alabama, and in the case of chiropractic students, also under the supervision of the school.
The limited license shall expire immediately upon the board issuing the results of the second
licensure examination. (b) The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall prohibit the use
of more than one limited license student or graduate to one sponsor...
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34-25A-3
Section 34-25A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ACCREDITED FACILITY. A facility where prosthetic, orthotic, prosthetic and orthotic,
or pedorthic care is provided to patients needing such care and has met the requirements of
the board for such designation. The board shall require that all accredited facilities meet
the requirements of a national certifying board, recognized by the state board in prosthetics,
orthotics, and pedorthics accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA)
in the discipline or disciplines for which the application is made and meet any other requirements
of the board. The requirements may include custom and non-custom items the board may determine
are necessary to perform quality care and are typical in the course of business. (2) ACCREDITED
PEDORTHIC FACILITY. A facility where pedorthic care may be provided that has met the requirements
of the board for such designation. An...
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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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34-24-123
Section 34-24-123 License requirements under article; permit requirement for nonlicensed owner
of chiropractic practice. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to practice chiropractic
unless he or she shall have first obtained a valid license as provided in this article and
possesses all the qualifications prescribed by the terms of this article. Any person who shall
practice or attempt to practice chiropractic without such a license or any person who shall
buy or fraudulently obtain such a license or shall violate any of the terms of this article,
or shall use the title "chiropractic," "D.C.," or any word or title to
induce the belief that he or she is engaged in the practice of chiropractic, without first
complying with the provisions of this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100)
nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less
than...
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