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34-22-102
Section 34-22-102 Powers and duties of board. To carry out the purposes of this article, the
board may: (1) Contract with any nonprofit corporation, health provider, or professional association
for the purpose of creating, supporting, and maintaining a treatment program. (2) Receive
and evaluate reports of suspected impairment from any source. (3) Intervene in cases of suspected
impairment. (4) Refer impaired optometrists to treatment programs. (5) Monitor the treatment
and rehabilitation of impaired optometrists. (6) Provide post-treatment monitoring and support
of rehabilitated impaired optometrists. (7) Suspend, limit, or restrict the license of an
impaired optometrist for the duration of the impairment. (8) Perform such other activities
as the board deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this article. (Act 2006-411, p.
1021, §3.)...
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10A-2A-8.58
Section 10A-2A-8.58 Variation by corporate action; application of division. (a) A corporation
may, by a provision in its certificate of incorporation, bylaws, or in a resolution adopted
or a contract approved by the board of directors or stockholders, obligate itself in advance
of the act or omission giving rise to a proceeding to provide indemnification in accordance
with Section 10A-2A-8.51 or advance funds to pay for or reimburse expenses in accordance with
Section 10A-2A-8.53. Any obligatory provision shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements
for authorization referred to in Section 10A-2A-8.53(c) and in Section 10A-2A-8.55(c). Any
provision that obligates the corporation to provide indemnification to the fullest extent
permitted by law shall be deemed to obligate the corporation to advance funds to pay for or
reimburse expenses in accordance with Section 10A-2A-8.53 to the fullest extent permitted
by law, unless the provision expressly provides otherwise. (b) A right of...
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16-39-2
Section 16-39-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words, terms, and
phrases shall have the following respective interpretations: (1) EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN. Persons
between the ages of six and 21 years who have been certified under regulations of the State
Board of Education by a specialist as being unsuited for enrollment in regular classes of
the public schools or who are unable to be educated or trained adequately in the regular programs
including, but not limited to: the mildly and moderately to severely retarded, and also the
profoundly retarded; the speech impaired; the hearing impaired, deaf, and partially hearing;
the blind and vision impaired; the crippled and those having other physical handicaps not
otherwise specifically mentioned herein; the emotionally conflicted; those with special learning
disabilities; the multiple handicapped; and the intellectually gifted. (2) HEREIN, HEREBY,
HEREUNDER, HEREOF. Refer to this chapter as an entirety and not solely...
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20-2-251
Section 20-2-251 Certifying board; advisory committee; access to records; protocols, formularies,
medical regimens. (a) The Board of Medical Examiners is hereby designated as the certifying
board for the registration and approval of a certified registered nurse practitioner (CRNP)
or a certified nurse midwife (CNM) in obtaining or renewing a Qualified Alabama Controlled
Substances Registration Certificate (QACSC). The board may adopt regulations concerning the
application procedures, fees, and grounds for the restriction, limitation, suspension, or
revocation of a QACSC, excluding the charge of expenses for conducting an investigation or
expenses of a hearing, and to provide for hearings in connection with the same. The board
shall establish a unique QACSC number that identifies the particular applicant as a certified
registered nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife with a valid QACSC. However, nothing
in this article shall permit the board to encroach on the powers, duties,...
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34-38-1
Section 34-38-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meaning respectively ascribed to them by this section, unless the context clearly provides
for another: (1) DENTIST. Any person who is a dentist or dental practitioner pursuant to the
definition of Section 6-5-481, as amended. (2) PHARMACIST. Any person who is a pharmacist
as defined in Section 34-23-1, as amended, and pharmacy externs and interns registered by
the Board of Pharmacy under Rule 680-X-2-.16 of the Alabama Administrative Code. (3) BOARDS.
Individually and/or jointly: The Board of Dental Examiners and the Board of Pharmacy. (4)
COMMITTEE. The Alabama Impaired Professionals' Committee. (5) HYGIENIST. Any person who is
a hygienist pursuant to the provisions of Sections 34-9-26 and 34-9-27. (Acts 1988, No. 88-334,
p. 505, §1; Acts 1989, No. 89-860, p. 1713, §1.)...
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34-24-401
Section 34-24-401 Authority of board to contract for Physician Wellness Committee to undertake
certain functions. The Board of Medical Examiners shall have the authority to enter into an
agreement with a nonprofit corporation or medical professional association for the Alabama
Physician Wellness Committee to undertake those functions and responsibilities specified in
the agreement. Such functions and responsibilities may include any or all of the following:
(1) Contracting with providers of treatment programs; (2) Receiving and evaluating reports
of suspected impairment from any source; (3) Intervening in cases of verified impairment;
(4) Referring impaired physicians to treatment programs; (5) Monitoring the treatment and
rehabilitation of impaired physicians; (6) Providing post-treatment monitoring and support
of rehabilitated impaired physicians; and (7) Performing such other activities as agreed upon
by the Board of Medical Examiners and the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee....
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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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20-2-214
Section 20-2-214 Limited access to database permitted for certain persons or entities. (a)
The following persons or entities shall be permitted access to the information in the controlled
substances database, subject to the limitations indicated below: (1) Authorized representatives
of the certifying boards; provided, however, that access shall be limited to information concerning
the licensees of the certifying board, however, authorized representatives from the Board
of Medical Examiners may access the database to inquire about certified registered nurse practitioners
(CRNPs), or certified nurse midwives (CNMs) that hold a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances
Registration Certificate (QACSC). (2) A licensed practitioner approved by the department who
has authority to prescribe, dispense, or administer controlled substances. The licensed practitioner's
access shall be limited to information concerning himself or herself, registrants who possess
a Qualified Alabama Controlled...
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22-50-17
Section 22-50-17 Operation of a facility for care or treatment of mental or emotional illness
or substance abuse, or services to persons with an intellectual disability. (a) No person,
partnership, corporation, or association of persons shall operate a facility or institution
for the care or treatment of any kind of mental or emotional illness or substance abuse or
for providing services to persons with an intellectual disability as defined in this chapter,
without being certified by the department or licensed by the State Board of Health; provided
that nothing in this section shall be construed so as to require a duly authorized physician,
psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, licensed professional counselor operating under
the scope of his or her license, or Christian Science practitioner to obtain a license for
treatment of patients in his private office, unless he keeps two or more patients in his office
for continuous periods of 24 hours or more in one week, or that a church...
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22-8-1
Section 22-8-1 Persons physically or mentally unable to consent. No consent shall be required
for a licensed physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant
to provide any legally authorized medical or mental health services to a person when the person
is either physically unable to consent or mentally unable to consent and who, but for the
mental or physical disability, would be able to consent; provided, that two or more licensed
physicians, psychiatrists, or psychologists, or one licensed physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist
and one or more nurse practitioners or physician assistants, after having consultation, have
signed a written statement finding, in their judgment, that the medical services are necessary
and that a delay in treatment would increase the risk to the person's life or health. (Acts
1971, No. 2281, p. 3681, §6; Act 2019-355, §1.)...
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