34-40-3
Section 34-40-3 Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers - Appointment of members; annual meeting; terms; duties. (a) The Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers shall be composed of nine members who shall serve four-year terms. Members may not serve more than three consecutive four-year terms. Three members shall be Black, one of whom shall be a physician member. The composition of the board shall be as follows: (1) Six members appointed by the Alabama Athletic Trainers Association in accordance with subsection (b), one of whom shall be an athletic trainer who is a licensed physical therapist. (2) Three physicians licensed to practice medicine actively engaged in the treatment of athletes and athletic injuries appointed by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. (3) The President of the Alabama Athletic Trainers Association who shall serve as an ex officio member of the board and whose term of office shall be yearly to coincide with his or her term as President of the Alabama Athletic...
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22-8A-3
Section 22-8A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADULT. Any person 19 years of age or over. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITION AND HYDRATION. A medical treatment consisting of the administration of food and water through a tube or intravenous line, where the recipient is not required to chew or swallow voluntarily. Artificially provided nutrition and hydration does not include assisted feeding, such as spoon or bottle feeding. (3) ADVANCE DIRECTIVE FOR HEALTH CARE. A writing executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4 which may include a living will, the appointment of a health care proxy, or both such living will and appointment of a health care proxy. (4) ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. The physician selected by, or assigned to, the patient who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient. (5) CARDIOPULMONARY CESSATION. A lack of pulse or...
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41-9-1021
Section 41-9-1021 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) AMATEUR. An individual who engages in a match, contest, or exhibition of boxing, tough man contests, wrestling, or mixed martial arts, for no compensation or thing of value for participating, which is governed or authorized by any of the following: a. U.S.A. Boxing. b. The Alabama High School Athletic Association. c. The National Collegiate Athletic Association. d. Amateur Athletic Union. e. Golden Gloves. f. The local affiliate of any organization listed in this subdivision. g. USA Wrestling. h. The National Junior College Athletic Association. i. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. j. The National Collegiate Wrestling Association. k. Any organization licensed by the commission. (2) BARE KNUCKLE BOXING. The original form of boxing, involving two individuals fighting without boxing gloves or other padding on their hands. (3) BOXING MATCH. A contest...
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22-5A-6
Section 22-5A-6 Procedures for resolving complaints. (a) A community ombudsman's access to any health care facility shall be limited to standard operating hours unless prior arrangements with the operator of the facility has been made. If the complaint involves more than one provider or alleges to involve more than one provider, the ombudsman shall investigate all providers. (b) Any complaint requiring remedial action and deemed valid by the ombudsman shall be identified and brought to the attention of the administrator or provider involved and followed up in writing within a reasonable time. Upon receipt of such document, the administrator or provider, in coordination with the ombudsman, shall establish a course of appropriate remedial action. If the remedial action is not forthcoming within a reasonable time, the ombudsman must refer the case to the State Ombudsman who may take any one or more of the following actions: (1) Allow more time if the State Ombudsman has reason to believe...
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22-8B-3
Section 22-8B-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) AID IN DYING. The act of a person providing the means or manner for another person to be able to commit suicide, with actual knowledge that the person deliberately intends on committing suicide by that means or manner. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITIONAL HYDRATION. A medical treatment consisting of the administration of food and water through a tube or intravenous line, where the recipient is not required to chew or swallow voluntarily. Artificially provided nutrition and hydration does not include assisted feeding, such as spoon or bottle feeding. (3) DELIBERATELY. More than knowing the consequences of an act or action; meaning to consider carefully; done on purpose; intentional; requiring premeditation; with intent to cause the death of a person. (4) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be asked to participate in any way in a health care service, including, but...
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26-23E-3
Section 26-23E-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with knowledge that the termination by those means will with reasonable likelihood cause the death of the unborn child. Such use or prescription is not an abortion if done with the intent to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, remove a dead unborn child, or to deliver the unborn child prematurely in order to preserve the health of both the mother (pregnant woman) and her unborn child. The term abortion as used in this chapter, does not include a procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of a woman with an ectopic pregnancy, nor does it include the procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of a woman when the unborn child has a lethal anomaly. For the purposes of this chapter,...
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34-17A-5
Section 34-17A-5 Exemptions. (a) The following persons shall be exempt from this chapter: (1) A person practicing marriage and family therapy as part of his or her duties as an employee of a recognized educational institution; a federal, state, county, or municipal governmental institution or agency; a public corporation authorized by Section 22-51-2, which is certified by the Alabama Department of Mental Health pursuant to a contract with the State of Alabama; or an organization that is nonprofit while performing those duties for which the employee was employed by the institution, agency, facility, or organization. (2) A person who is a marriage and family therapy intern or person preparing for the practice of marriage and family therapy under qualified supervision in a training institution or facility or supervisory arrangement recognized and approved by the board, provided, that he or she is designated by title as a "marriage and family therapy intern," "marriage therapy intern,"...
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27-12A-1
Section 27-12A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance or his or her designee. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Insurance. (3) INSURANCE. As defined in Section 27-1-2, and specifically including any contract, arrangement, or agreement, in which one undertakes to do any one of the following: a. Pay or indemnify another as to loss from certain contingencies called risks. b. Pay or grant a specified amount or determinable benefit to another in connection with ascertainable risk contingencies. c. Pay an annuity to another. d. Act as surety. For the purposes of this chapter, insurance also includes any health benefit plan as defined in Section 27-53-1. (4) INSURANCE PRODUCER or PRODUCER. As defined in Section 27-7-1. (5) INSURER. A person entering into agreements, contracts of insurance, arrangements, or reinsurance, or a health benefit plan, or a group health plan as...
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34-27B-2
Section 34-27B-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy. (2) DIRECT CLINICAL SUPERVISION. A situation where a licensed respiratory therapist or physician is available for the purpose of communication, consultation, and assistance. (3) HEALTHCARE FACILITY. The definition shall be the same as in Section 22-21-260. (4) MEDICALLY APPROVED PROTOCOL. A detailed plan for taking specific diagnostic or treatment actions, or both, authorized by the treating physician of the patient, all of which actions shall be: a. In a hospital or other inpatient health care facility, approved by the supervising physician of the respiratory therapist or in an outpatient treatment setting approved by the supervising physician of the respiratory therapist. b. Except in cases of medical emergency, instituted following an evaluation of the patient by a physician or otherwise directed by the supervising...
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34-13-3
Section 34-13-3 Construction and application of chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to give any cemetery or cemetery authority or any other person or entity the right to enter into or engage in any funeral home operation or the practice of embalming or funeral directing or any related funeral home or funeral directing activities. Nor shall this chapter include any temporary or occasional or extra help to assist in the conduct of a funeral employed on such basis by a funeral director, provided such funeral is under the direct supervision of a licensed funeral director. Nor shall this chapter require an out-of-state student to obtain an Alabama apprenticeship for the purposes of attending mortuary school in the state, as long as the student has an existing active apprenticeship or internship in his or her state of residence. (Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §11; Act 2017-433, §1; Act 2018-450, §1.)...
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