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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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34-25A-5
Section 34-25A-5 Application for licensure or registration. (a) Except as provided in subsection
(h) or (i), no person shall administer prosthetic, orthotic, or pedorthic care in this state
unless licensed or registered to do so in accordance with this chapter. The board shall issue
approved forms for application prior to January 1, 2003. (b) In order to obtain a license
as a prosthetist, orthotist, or prosthetist/orthotist in this state, an applicant 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,
and shall do the following: (1) File a written application on forms to be developed and approved
by the board. The applicant shall meet at least one of the following requirements after a
one-year grandfather period: a. The applicant shall possess a baccalaureate degree in orthotics
and prosthetics from a college or university accredited by a...
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22-21-210
Section 22-21-210 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated,
the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) HOSPITAL. Any state, county, municipal or other public or private hospital licensed under
the laws of this state, except a hospital, whether public or private, which is operated primarily
for the care and treatment of tuberculosis, mental disorders or any other such chronic disease
or illness. (2) INDIGENT. Any person who has resided continuously in this state for not less
than one year and who is acutely ill or injured and can be helped markedly by treatment in
a hospital, but who is unable to pay the cost of such hospitalization from his own resources
or from the resources of those upon whom he is legally dependent. (3) PHYSICIAN. Any person
who has been duly licensed to practice medicine in the State of Alabama. (4) PARTICIPATING
HOSPITAL. Any hospital, as defined by this section, which has been...
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34-24-362
Section 34-24-362 Unlawful to practice when license suspended or revoked; reissue of license.
Whenever a license to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama has been suspended
or revoked, it shall be unlawful for the person whose license has been so suspended or revoked
to practice his or her profession in this state, but the commission may issue in behalf of
such person, either with or without reexamination, a new license whenever it deems such course
safe and just. Prior to such decision to reissue a license, the commission shall request and
consider but not be bound by the recommendation of the State Board of Medical Examiners. (Acts
1981, No. 81-218, p. 273, ยง21.)...
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34-24-603
Section 34-24-603 Definitions. Unless otherwise indicated from the context, the terms set out
below, as used in this article shall have the following meanings: (1) APPLICANT. A person
who has submitted or that is in the process of submitting a registration under this article.
(2) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners. (3) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. A drug, substance,
or immediate precursor identified, defined, or listed in Sections 20-2-20 to 20-2-32, inclusive.
(4) HOSPITAL. A health care institution licensed by the Alabama Department of Public Health
and has the same definition as provided in Chapter 420-5-7 of the Alabama Administrative Code.
The term shall include any outpatient facility or clinic that is separated from the hospital
that is owned, operated, or controlled by the hospital. (5) PAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES. Those
medical services that involve the prescription of controlled substances in order to treat
chronic nonmalignant pain by a physician who treats pain. (6)...
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25-5-313
Section 25-5-313 Schedule of maximum fees. Within 60 days from May 19, 1992, the Workers' Compensation
Medical Services Board shall submit to the Governor an initial schedule of maximum fees for
medical services covered by this article, which schedule shall become effective immediately
upon submission to the Governor. The initial schedule of maximum fees shall be established
by the board in the manner prescribed in this section. The fee for each service in the schedule
shall be exactly equal to an amount derived by multiplying the preferred provider reimbursement
customarily paid on May 19, 1992, by the largest health care service plan incorporated pursuant
to Sections 10-4-100 to 10-4-115, inclusive, by a factor of 1.075, which product shall be
the maximum fee for each such service. In addition the board may submit to the Governor for
approval on or before January 31, 1993, a revised schedule of selected fees for medical services
covered by this article, which fees shall not exceed...
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34-25A-8
Section 34-25A-8 Alabama State Board of Prosthetists and Orthotists. (a) Effective October
1, 2009, the existing Alabama State Board of Prosthetists and Orthotists is abolished. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, members on the board serving on October 1, 2009, shall continue to serve until
their successors are appointed. Effective October 1, 2009, a new Alabama State Board of Prosthetists
and Orthotists is created to administer this chapter and shall be composed of nine members
as provided in this section who shall be compensated at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100)
per day plus travel expenses for each day they perform their duties. The board membership
shall reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban and rural, and economic diversity of the
state and each member of the board shall be a citizen of this state. The Attorney General
of the state shall act as legal advisor of the board and shall render such legal assistance
as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this...
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34-11-35
Section 34-11-35 Powers of the board. (a) The board shall have the power to adopt and amend
bylaws and rules not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state, as may be
reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its duties and the regulation of its procedures,
meetings, records, examinations, and conduct. The board shall have the power to adopt and
amend from time to time rules of professional conduct for professional engineers, engineer
interns, professional land surveyors, land surveyor interns, and corporations, partnerships,
or firms holding certificates of authorization. The board shall adopt and have an official
seal, which shall be affixed to each certificate issued. (b) In carrying into effect its duties
in any case involving the revocation of licensure or any disciplinary proceeding involving
a licensee or the holder of a certificate of authorization or practicing or offering to practice
without licensure, or false statement in connection with an...
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34-21-86
Section 34-21-86 Prescribing legend drugs; initiating call-in prescriptions; administering
legend drugs. (a) Certified registered nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives, engaged
in collaborative practice with physicians practicing under protocols approved in the manner
prescribed by this article may prescribe legend drugs to their patients, subject to both of
the following conditions: (1) The drug type, dosage, quantity prescribed, and number of refills
shall be authorized in an approved protocol signed by the collaborating physician; and (2)
The drug shall be on the formulary recommended by the joint committee and adopted by the State
Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of Nursing. (b) A certified registered nurse practitioner
or a certified nurse midwife may not initiate a call-in prescription in the name of a collaborating
physician for any drug, whether legend or controlled substance, which the nurse practitioner
or certified nurse midwife is not authorized to...
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31-1-6
Section 31-1-6 Professional licenses and certificates for spouses of active duty military personnel.
(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Military Family Jobs Opportunity Act.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (h), and notwithstanding other provisions of law, this
section shall apply to any board, agency, commission, or other entity providing professional
licenses or certificates, or both, for the purpose of employment in the State of Alabama.
On or before January 1, 2019, each board, commission, or agency providing professional licenses
or certificates, or both, shall promulgate rules in conformity with this section for the purpose
of implementing its requirements. The rules shall provide a method of accomplishing both of
the following: (1) The issuance of a license or certificate to an eligible individual if the
requirements for certification or licensure of the original issuing state or governing body
are substantially equivalent to that required in the state,...
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