40-12-126
Section 40-12-126 Medicine, chemistry, bacteriology, etc. Each person engaged in the practice of medicine, chemistry, bacteriology, roentgenology, or other similar profession, except chemists, bacteriologists, and roentgenologists employed full time by physicians, nonprofit scientific institutions, and hospitals, and except doctors employed exclusively by a medical college, shall pay the following annual license tax: In cities or towns of over 5,000 inhabitants, $25; 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants, $10; all other places, whether incorporated or not, $5, but no license tax shall be paid to the county. If such business is conducted as a firm or as a corporation in which more than one person is engaged, each person so engaged shall pay the license tax as above stated. The license tax imposed by this section shall not apply until such person shall have practiced his or her profession as long as two years. Two fifths of the annual license tax herein levied shall remain in the Treasury and shall...
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34-24-290
Section 34-24-290 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) APPROVED PROGRAM. A program for the education and training of assistants to physicians which has been formally approved in writing by the board. (2) ASSISTANT TO PHYSICIAN. A person who is a graduate of an approved program, is licensed by the board, and is registered by the board to perform medical services under the supervision of a physician approved by the board to supervise the assistant. (3) BOARD. The Board of Medical Examiners of the State of Alabama. (4) LEGEND DRUG. Any drug, medicine, chemical, or poison, bearing on the label the words, "Caution, Federal Law prohibits dispensing without prescription" or similar words indicating that the drug, medicine, chemical, or poison may be sold or dispensed only upon the prescription of a licensed medical practitioner, except that the term legend drug shall not include any drug, substance, or compound...
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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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34-14-10
Section 34-14-10 Receipt to be furnished to person supplied with hearing instrument; persons under age 18 to be first examined by physician. (a) Any person who practices the fitting and sale of hearing instruments shall deliver to each person supplied with a hearing instrument a receipt which shall contain the licensee's or apprentice's signature and show his or her business street address and the number of his or her license or permit, together with specifications as to the make and model of the hearing instrument furnished and the full terms of sale clearly stated. If an instrument which is not new is sold, the receipt and the container thereof shall be clearly marked as "used" or "reconditioned," whichever is applicable, with terms of guarantee, if any. (b) Such receipt shall bear in no smaller type than the smallest used in the body copy portion the following: "The purchaser has been advised at the outset of his or her relationship with the hearing instrument apprentice, fitter, or...
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34-28A-3
Section 34-28A-3 Persons and practices exempt from chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing or restricting any of the following: (1) Physicians or surgeons or persons under their supervision from engaging in the examining, testing, and diagnosing of speech and audio defects in this state. (2) A hearing instrument fitter and seller (dealer) from engaging in the practice of fitting, testing, and selling hearing instruments in this state. Chapter 14 of this title shall not be repealed or affected in any way. (3) Any person licensed in this state by any other law from engaging in the profession or occupation for which he or she is licensed. (4) The activities and services of a person who holds a valid and current credential as a speech or hearing specialist, or both, issued by the Department of Education of this state or a person who is employed as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist by the government of the United States, if the person performs...
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26-23A-3
Section 26-23A-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms 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. 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 an unborn child prematurely in order to preserve the health of both the mother (pregnant woman) and her unborn child. (2) CONCEPTION. The fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum. (3) EMANCIPATED MINOR. Any minor who is or has been married or has by court order otherwise been legally freed from the care, custody, and control of her parents. (4) GESTATIONAL AGE. The time that has elapsed since the first day of the woman's last menstrual period. (5) MEDICAL EMERGENCY. That condition which, on the basis of the physician's...
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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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34-40-10
Section 34-40-10 Reasons for rejection, revocation, or suspension of license. The board may refuse to issue a license certificate to any person and, after notice and hearing pursuant to its regulations and rules, may suspend or revoke the license certificate of any person who has done any of the following: (1) Practiced athletic training other than under the direction or referral, or both, of a physician licensed to practice medicine or surgery. (2) Uses drugs or intoxicating liquors to an extent which affects professional competency. (3) Obtained or attempted to obtain a license by fraud or deception. (4) Been grossly negligent in the practice of athletic training. (5) Been adjudged mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction. (6) Been guilty of conduct detrimental to the best interest of the public. (7) Has been imprisoned for violating any state or federal controlled substance law. (8) Treated or undertaken to treat human ailments otherwise than by athletic training...
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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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27-9A-3
Section 27-9A-3 Independent adjuster defined; exclusions. (a) For purposes of this chapter, an "independent adjuster" is a person who, for compensation as an independent contractor or as an employee of an independent contractor, undertakes on behalf of an insurer to ascertain and determine the amount of any claim, loss, or damage payable under a contract of property, casualty, or workers' compensation insurance or to effect settlement of such claim, loss, or damage. This chapter shall not be construed to permit persons not licensed as attorneys to engage in activities constituting the practice of law. (b) An independent adjuster does not include any of the following: (1) Attorneys-at-law admitted to practice in this state when acting in their professional capacity as an attorney. (2) A salaried employee of an insurer. (3) A person employed solely to obtain facts surrounding a claim or to furnish technical assistance to a licensed independent adjuster. (4) An individual who is employed...
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