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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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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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34-24-276
Section 34-24-276 Suspension or revocation; members of board immune from suit. (a) A license
issued to any person may be suspended for a definite period of time, revoked, or limited,
or a licensee may be reprimanded, or an application for licensure or renewal of licensure
may be denied by the State Board of Podiatry for any of the following reasons: (1) Conviction
of any offense involving moral turpitude, in which case the record of conviction or a certified
copy thereof certified by the clerk of the court or by the judge in which court the conviction
is had shall be conclusive evidence of such conviction. (2) Unprofessional conduct including
any conduct of a character likely to deceive or defraud the public, lending his or her license
to any person, the employment of "cappers," or "steerers" to obtain business,
"splitting" or dividing a fee with any person or persons, the obtaining of any fee
or compensation by fraud or misrepresentation, employing directly or indirectly any suspended...
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22-21-175
Section 22-21-175 Board of directors. (a) The corporation shall have a board of directors in
which all powers of the corporation shall be vested. The board of directors shall consist
of (1) Two persons elected by the county commission of the county; (2) Two persons elected
by the governing body of the largest of the member municipalities, according to the federal
decennial census next preceding the date of the filing of the certificate of incorporation
of the corporation for record; (3) One person elected by the governing body of each of the
other member municipalities; (4) Two persons, each of whom shall be, at the time of his appointment,
a physician licensed to practice the profession of medicine in the county, resident in the
county and engaged in the full-time private practice of medicine, elected at a mass meeting
of the licensed physicians resident in the county; (5) Two persons elected or appointed by
a majority vote of all the active circuit judges of the judicial circuit in...
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22-30E-3
Section 22-30E-3 Definitions. Unless otherwise defined in this chapter, the definition of all
terms included in Section 22-30-3 shall be applicable to this chapter. Other definitions as
necessary may be promulgated as regulations by the department for further implementation of
this chapter. Also, as used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the following
meanings: (1) ALABAMA LAND RECYCLING AND ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. That commission
which is created in Section 22-30E-12. (2) APPLICANT. An owner or operator or prospective
purchaser of a qualifying property seeking to participate in the voluntary cleanup program
established pursuant to this chapter. (3) CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE. A statement prepared
by a professional engineer or geologist licensed to practice in the State of Alabama which
certifies compliance with a voluntary cleanup plan required by Section 22-30E-9. (4) CLEANUP.
For purposes of this chapter, cleanup means the cleaning up, remediation,...
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34-22-42
Section 34-22-42 Powers and duties generally. The board shall exercise and perform, subject
to this chapter, each of the following powers and duties: (1) Conduct examinations at least
once each year to ascertain the qualifications and fitness of applicants for licenses to practice
optometry. (2) Prescribe rules and regulations for conducting and administering an examination
of applicants for licensing as optometrists and to effectuate this chapter. (3) Institute,
upon a complaint or petition, hearings of charges against licensed optometrists or other persons
as provided in this chapter. (4) Institute legal proceedings for violations of this chapter.
(5) Grant and deny licenses in conformity with this chapter, including applications for approval
to use pharmaceutical agents. (6) Formulate rules and regulations by which the board shall
determine which optometry schools and colleges in or out of the State of Alabama have been
duly accredited by a recognized and properly authorized...
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34-24-75.1
Section 34-24-75.1 Certificate and limited license under Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
(a) The State Board of Medical Examiners may, at its discretion and subject to the rules and
regulations promulgated by the board, issue a certificate of qualification in behalf of physicians
meeting the requirements for participation in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. The Retired
Senior Volunteer Program is created for the purpose of permitting doctors of medicine and
doctors of osteopathy who are fully retired from the active practice of medicine to obtain
a limited license without cost which would permit the provision of outpatient health care
services at established free clinics operated pursuant to the Volunteer Medical Professional
Act, Section 6-5-660, et seq. Physicians having certificates issued under this section must
perform no fewer than 100 hours of voluntary service annually and must limit their practice
to the confines of an established free medical clinic, as that term is...
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34-29-79
Section 34-29-79 Administrative hearing procedures. (a) When the board, by its official actions,
acts or proposes to act in a manner which will affect the rights, duties, or privileges of
the issuance of a license to an applicant or the license of a veterinarian, veterinary technician,
or other individual, those persons shall have a right to an administrative hearing. When the
board proposes to act in such manner, it shall give to the person or persons notice of their
right to a hearing by certified mail to the person at his or her last known address, a notice
of the proposed action, notice of a right to a hearing, and the time and place for a hearing,
as provided in subsection (b). If the person or persons fail to appear at the time set for
the hearing, the hearing may be conducted in absentia. (b) A hearing shall be held no sooner
than 20 days after written notice to the licensed veterinarian, veterinary technician, or
other individual of the administrative charges against him or...
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34-43-20
Section 34-43-20 Massage therapy schools; instructors. (a) To be approved by the board, a massage
therapy school shall meet the following requirements: (1) File a completed application prescribed
by the board with the board and pay a registration fee as specified in Section 34-43-14. (2)
Provide documentation of a curriculum which includes a minimum number of required hours of
instruction in the subjects required pursuant to Section 34-43-9. (3) Register annually with
the board by filing a renewal form accompanied with the renewal fee pursuant to Section 34-43-14,
and submit a current curriculum and a list of instructors. (b) Every instructor teaching course
work titled massage therapy at a board approved school located in Alabama shall be licensed
in Alabama as a massage therapist and registered as a massage therapy instructor. Instructors
who are not teaching massage therapy do not need to be registered. Any adjunct instructors
shall be dually licensed in the state where they reside,...
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22-52-35
Section 22-52-35 Appointment of special probate judges for consideration, hearing and entry
of orders pertaining to commitment or continued custody of certain persons committed or transferred
to facilities of Department of Mental Health; qualifications, powers, etc., of special probate
judges; conduct of hearings by special probate judges generally. (a) Upon application of the
commissioner or his designee, the Governor may appoint one or more special judges of probate
for the purpose of considering, hearing and entering appropriate orders with regard to the
commitment or continued custody of such persons who have been committed by any court of this
state to any facility pursuant to the provisions of Sections 15-16-24 and 15-16-40, accused
of a crime but not yet tried, or transferred to such facility on order of the Governor, pursuant
to the provisions of Article 4 of this chapter. (b) A special judge of probate appointed under
the provisions of this article shall be vested with all...
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