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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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34-24-144
Section 34-24-144 Board of Chiropractic Examiners - Officers; meetings; rules and regulations;
bond. The members of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall convene within 30 days
after their election or appointment and elect a president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer
from among their members, and thereafter the board shall elect, annually, after the commencement
of the term of any board member, a president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer from
among the members of the board. The board shall meet at least twice a year and shall set by
rule the regular meeting schedule of the board. The board shall adopt a seal, which shall
be affixed to all licenses issued. Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum. However,
the board may appoint hearing panels consisting of no fewer than three board members. The
consumer member of the board may be a member of each hearing panel. The hearing panels are
authorized to conduct hearings in the same manner as the full...
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34-24-405
Section 34-24-405 Annual report. (a) It shall be the duty of the Alabama Physician Wellness
Committee to render an annual report to the State Board of Medical Examiners concerning the
operations and proceedings of the committee for the preceding year. (b) The committee shall
report to the State Board of Medical Examiners any physician or osteopath who in the opinion
of the committee is unable to practice medicine or osteopathy with reasonable skill and safety
to patients by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, narcotics, alcohol,
chemicals, or other substances or as a result of any physical or mental condition when it
appears that such physician or osteopath is currently in need of intervention, treatment,
or rehabilitation, and such physician or osteopath has failed or refused to participate in
programs of treatment or rehabilitation recommended by the committee. In any report to the
State Board of Medical Examiners made pursuant to the requirements of this...
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34-29-111
Section 34-29-111 Duties of board; Alabama Veterinary Professionals Wellness Committee; liability.
(a) It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
to promote the early identification, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation of veterinary
professionals licensed to practice veterinary medicine or veterinary technology in Alabama
who may be impaired by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, narcotics,
alcohol, chemicals, or other substances, or as a result of any physical or mental condition.
(b) In order to carry out this obligation the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
may contract with any nonprofit corporation or medical professional association for the purpose
of creating, supporting, and maintaining a committee of veterinary professionals to be designated
the Alabama Veterinary Professionals Wellness Committee. The committee shall consist of not
less than 10 nor more than 15 veterinary professionals licensed...
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34-24-400
Section 34-24-400 Identification, treatment, etc., of impaired physicians; Alabama Physician
Wellness Committee; funding. It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Board of Medical
Examiners to promote the early identification, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation
of physicians and osteopaths licensed to practice medicine in the State of Alabama who may
be impaired by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, narcotics, alcohol,
chemicals, or other substances or as a result of any physical or mental condition. For the
purposes of this article the term "impaired" shall mean the inability of a physician
or osteopath to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of
illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, narcotics, alcohol, chemicals, or other substances
or as a result of any physical or mental condition. In order to carry out this obligation
the State Board of Medical Examiners is hereby empowered to contract with any...
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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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34-24-125
Section 34-24-125 Chiropractic agreements. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following
words shall have the following meanings: (1) CHIROPRACTOR. A person licensed to practice chiropractic
in this state. (2) CHIROPRACTIC AGREEMENT or AGREEMENT. A contract between a chiropractor
and a patient or his or her legal representative in which the chiropractor or the chiropractor's
chiropractic practice agrees to provide chiropractic services to the patient for an agreed
upon fee and period of time. (3) CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE. A chiropractor or a chiropractic practice
of a chiropractor that charges a periodic fee for chiropractic services and which does not
bill a third party any additional fee for services for patients covered under a chiropractic
agreement. The per visit charge of the practice shall be less than the monthly equivalent
of the periodic fee. (b) A chiropractic agreement is not insurance, may not be deemed an insurance
arrangement, and is not subject to state insurance...
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34-25-4
Section 34-25-4 Polygraph Examiners Board generally. (a) There is established a Polygraph Examiners
Board consisting of five voting members who are citizens of the United States and residents
of the state for at least two years prior to appointment, all of whom shall have been engaged
for a period of four consecutive years in their profession as polygraph examiners prior to
appointment to the board and engaged at the time of appointment as an active polygraph examiner.
No board members may be employed by the same person or agency. Three of the board members
shall be qualified polygraph examiners of a governmental law enforcement agency, and two of
the board members shall be qualified polygraph examiners and Alabama residents in the commercial
field. Two advisory consultants, who shall possess qualifications as established by rule of
the board, shall be appointed to assist the board members. The board members and advisory
consultants shall be appointed by the Governor of the State of...
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34-29-61
Section 34-29-61 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings ascribed by this section: (1) ACCREDITED SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE.
Any veterinary college or division of a university or college that offers the degree of doctor
of veterinary medicine or its equivalent and is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical
Association (AVMA). (2) ANIMAL. Any animal or mammal other than man, including birds, fish,
reptiles, wild or domestic, living or dead. (3) APPLICANT. A person who files an application
to be licensed to practice veterinary medicine or licensed as a veterinary technician. (4)
BOARD. Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. (5) CONSULTING VETERINARIAN. A
veterinarian licensed in another state who gives advice or demonstrates techniques to a licensed
Alabama veterinarian or group of licensed Alabama veterinarians. A consulting veterinarian
shall not utilize this privilege to circumvent the law. (6) DIRECT...
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20-2-2
Section 20-2-2 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) ADMINISTER. The direct application of a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation,
ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient or research subject by: a. A practitioner
or, in his or her presence, his or her authorized agent. b. The patient or research subject
at the direction and in the presence of the practitioner. (2) AGENT. An authorized person
who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser. The
term does not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouseman, or employee of the
carrier or warehouseman. (3) CERTIFYING BOARDS. The State Board of Medical Examiners, the
State Board of Health, the State Board of Pharmacy, the State Board of Dental Examiners, the
State Board of Podiatry, and the State Board of Veterinary Medical...
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