34-27B-5
Section 34-27B-5 State Board of Respiratory Therapy - Created; composition; liability of members; terms; meetings; expense reimbursement and per diem allowance. (a) The Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy is created to implement and administer this chapter and shall be composed of five members appointed by the Governor. Three of the members shall be respiratory therapists, one member shall be the chief executive officer of a hospital, and one member shall be a physician. The respiratory therapist members of the board appointed by the Governor shall be selected from a list of names submitted by the Alabama Society for Respiratory Care. The list shall include two names for each appointed position to be filled. The respiratory therapist members appointed to the board shall be registered or certified by the National Board for Respiratory Care or its successor organization. Respiratory therapists appointed to the initial board must be eligible to obtain a license under this chapter....
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12-15-310
Section 12-15-310 Conduct of adjudicatory hearings. (a) An adjudicatory hearing is a hearing at which evidence is presented for a juvenile court to determine if a child is dependent. At the commencement of the hearing, if the parties are not represented by counsel, they shall be informed of the specific allegations in the petition. The parties shall be permitted to admit or deny the allegations prior to the taking of testimony. (b) If the allegations are denied by the parties or if they fail to respond, the juvenile court shall proceed to hear evidence on the petition. The juvenile court shall record its findings on whether the child is dependent. If the juvenile court finds that the allegations in the petition have not been proven by clear and convincing evidence, the juvenile court shall dismiss the petition. (c) A statement made by a child under the age of 12 describing any act of child abuse committed against the child, if it is not otherwise admissible by statute or court rule, is...
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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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38-7-3
Section 38-7-3 License to operate or conduct child-care facility - Requirements; recordkeeping; parental notifications, etc.; affidavits; inspections and investigations. (a) No person, group of persons, or corporation may operate or conduct any facility for child care, as defined in this chapter, without being licensed or approved as provided in this chapter. (b)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), the licensure requirements of this chapter do not apply to a child-care facility that is operating as an integral part of a local church ministry or a religious nonprofit school, and is so recognized in the church or school's documents, whether operated separately or as a part of a religious nonprofit school unit, secondary school unit, or institution of higher learning under the governing board or authority of the local church or its convention, association, or regional body to which it may be subject. (2) A child-care facility that receives state or federal funds or is operating for...
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6-5-548
Section 6-5-548 Burden of proof; reasonable care as similarly situated health care provider; no evidence admitted of medical liability insurance. (a) In any action for injury or damages or wrongful death, whether in contract or in tort, against a health care provider for breach of the standard of care, the plaintiff shall have the burden of proving by substantial evidence that the health care provider failed to exercise such reasonable care, skill, and diligence as other similarly situated health care providers in the same general line of practice ordinarily have and exercise in a like case. (b) Notwithstanding any provision of the Alabama Rules of Evidence to the contrary, if the health care provider whose breach of the standard of care is claimed to have created the cause of action is not certified by an appropriate American board as being a specialist, is not trained and experienced in a medical specialty, or does not hold himself or herself out as a specialist, a "similarly...
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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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34-24-140
Section 34-24-140 Board of Chiropractic Examiners - Creation; composition; powers and duties. (a) There is created and established a State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. The board shall be composed of nine members. Eight members of the board shall be active licensed chiropractors elected as provided in this section. Seven of the elected members shall be elected one from each congressional district in this state except as otherwise provided in Section 34-24-141. Any candidate for or member of the board shall be a resident of the appropriate congressional district except one candidate for the board shall be elected from the state at large. One elected member of the board shall be elected from the state at-large and shall be an African-American. Each elected member of or candidate for the board shall meet the following qualifications: A citizen and resident of Alabama who has resided in this state for at least five years; a graduate of a chartered chiropractic school or college, which...
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34-39-3
Section 34-39-3 Definitions. In this chapter, the following terms shall have the respective meanings provided in this section unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (1) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Occupational Therapy Association. (2) BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy. (3) LICENSE. A valid and current certificate of registration issued by the Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy. (4) OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. a. The practice of occupational therapy means the therapeutic use of occupations, including everyday life activities with individuals, groups, populations, or organizations to support participation, performance, and function in roles and situations in home, school, workplace, community, and other settings. Occupational therapy services are provided for habilitation, rehabilitation, and the promotion of health and wellness to those who have or are at risk for developing an illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disability,...
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34-9-19
Section 34-9-19 Advertising - Dentist; specialty requirements; practice emphasis; purpose of section; rules and regulations. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following terms shall have the respective meanings: (1) ADVERTISEMENT. An advertisement is information communicated in a manner designed to attract public attention to the practice of a dentist as heretofore defined. (2) DENTIST. Any person licensed to practice dentistry in this state pursuant to this chapter or any entity authorized by law which is formed for the purpose of practicing dentistry. (3) FALSE. A false statement or claim is one which: a. Contains a material misrepresentation of fact or law. b. Omits a material fact rendering the statement or claim when considered as a whole false. (b) A dentist shall have ultimate responsibility for all advertisements which are approved by him or her or his or her agents or associates and the dentist shall be responsible for the following: (1) Broadcast advertisements shall be...
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27-45-2
Section 27-45-2 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the respective meanings herein set forth, unless the context shall otherwise require: (1) ALABAMA INSURANCE CODE. Title 27 of the Code of Alabama 1975. (2) INSURER. Such term shall have the meaning ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (3) PERSON. Such term shall have the meaning ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (4) COMMISSIONER and DEPARTMENT. Such terms, respectively, shall have the meanings ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (5) CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION. Any obligation under covered policies or employee benefit plans. (6) COVERED POLICY OR PLAN. Any policy, employee benefit plan, or contract within the scope of this article. (7) HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY. Any individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy, insurance agreement, or group hospital service contract providing for pharmaceutical services, including without limitation, prescription drugs, incurred as a result of accident or sickness, or to prevent same....
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