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AL Code § 34-17A-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 17A - Marriage and Family Therapists.|Section 34-17A-25 - Alabama Board of Examiners in Marriage and Family Therapy Fund.

Section 34-17A-25Alabama Board of Examiners in Marriage and Family Therapy Fund. There is established a separate revenue trust fund in the State Treasury to be known as the "Alabama Board of Examiners in Marriage and Family Therapy Fund." All receipts and disciplinary fines collected by the board under this chapter shall be deposited in this fund and used only to implement this chapter. Monies shall be disbursed only by warrant of the State Comptroller upon the State Treasury, upon itemized vouchers approved by the chair of the board or an authorized designee. No funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted according to Sections 41-4-80 to 41-4-96, inclusive, and 41-19-1 to 41-19-12, inclusive, and only in amounts stipulated in general appropriations bills and other appropriations bills. (Acts 1997, No. 97-170, p. 247, §25.)
AL Code § 34-17A-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 17A - Marriage and Family Therapists.|Section 34-17A-26 - Sunset Provision.

Section 34-17A-26Sunset provision. The board shall be an enumerated board pursuant to Sections 41-20-1 to 41-20-16, inclusive, and shall be reviewed at the same time as the State Board of Medical Examiners. (Acts 1997, No. 97-170, p. 247, §26.)
AL Code § 34-19-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 19 - Midwives.|Section 34-19-2 - Definitions.

Section 34-19-2Definitions. Repealed by Act 2017-383, § 5, effective August 1, 2017. (Acts 1976, No. 499, p. 624, §1.)
AL Code § 34-19-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 19 - Midwives.|Section 34-19-3 - License for Practice of Nurse Midwifery Required; Continuation of Practice of Lay Midwifery.

Section 34-19-3License for practice of nurse midwifery required; continuation of practice of lay midwifery. Repealed by Act 2017-383, § 5, effective August 1, 2017. (Acts 1976, No. 499, p. 624, §1.)
AL Code § 34-19-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 19 - Midwives.|Section 34-19-4 - Application for License.

Section 34-19-4Application for license. Repealed by Act 2017-383, § 5, effective August 1, 2017. (Acts 1976, No. 499, p. 624, §2.)
AL Code § 34-19-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 19 - Midwives.|Section 34-19-5 - Issuance, Renewal, Suspension, and Revocation of Licenses; Fee.

Section 34-19-5Issuance, renewal, suspension, and revocation of licenses; fee. Repealed by Act 2017-383, § 5, effective August 1, 2017. (Acts 1976, No. 499, p. 624, §3; Acts 1989, No. 89-243, p. 349, §3.)
AL Code § 34-19-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 19 - Midwives.|Section 34-19-6 - Practices Which May Be Performed by Licensees - Generally.

Section 34-19-6Practices which may be performed by licensees - Generally. Repealed by Act 2017-383, § 5, effective August 1, 2017. (Acts 1976, No. 499, p. 624, §6.)
AL Code § 34-19-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 19 - Midwives.|Section 34-19-7 - Practices Which May Be Performed by Licensees - Restrictions Generally.

Section 34-19-7Practices which may be performed by licensees - Restrictions generally. Repealed by Act 2017-383, § 5, effective August 1, 2017. (Acts 1976, No. 499, p. 624, §5.)
AL Code § 34-19-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 19 - Midwives.|Section 34-19-8 - Practices Which May Be Performed by Licensees - Attendance, etc., in Cases of Abnormal Childbirth; Location of Deliveries.

Section 34-19-8Practices which may be performed by licensees - Attendance, etc., in cases of abnormal childbirth; location of deliveries. Repealed by Act 2017-383, § 5, effective August 1, 2017. (Acts 1976, No. 499, p. 624, §7.)
AL Code § 34-19-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 19 - Midwives.|Section 34-19-9 - Designation of Midwife Certification on Professional Nursing License.

Section 34-19-9Designation of midwife certification on professional nursing license. Repealed by Act 2017-383, § 5, effective August 1, 2017. (Acts 1976, No. 499, p. 624, §8; Acts 1989, No. 89-243, p. 349, §3.)
AL Code § 34-19-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 19 - Midwives.|Section 34-19-10 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations, Procedures, Standards, etc., for Nurse Midwives.

Section 34-19-10Promulgation of rules and regulations, procedures, standards, etc., for nurse midwives. Repealed by Act 2017-383, § 5, effective August 1, 2017. (Acts 1976, No. 499, p. 624, §4.)
AL Code § 34-19-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 19 - Midwives.|Section 34-19-11 - Definitions.

Section 34-19-11Definitions.  The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BOARD. The State Board of Midwifery. (2) LICENSED MIDWIFE. A practitioner who holds a certified professional midwife credential and is licensed by the board to practice midwifery. (3) MIDWIFERY. The provision of primary maternity care during the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods. (Act 2017-383, §2.)
AL Code § 34-19-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 19 - Midwives.|Section 34-19-13 - State Board of Midwifery - Disposition of Funds.

Section 34-19-13State Board of Midwifery - Disposition of funds. All funds received by the board under this chapter shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the board and all such funds are to be appropriated to the board to defray the expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter. The expenses shall include printing, stamps, stationery, clerical help, travel, and other necessary expenditures. In all cases, any fee that is received by the board shall not be refunded, and no applicant shall have the right to recover any part of a fee accompanying his or her application for licensure or otherwise paid to the board except on the death, disability, or retirement from practice of any applicant or licensee between payment of any fee and the expiration of his or her current renewal or the issuance of the initial license. The books and records of the board shall be subject to audit in the same manner and to the same extent as any other state agency. The board shall keep a true and accurate account of all funds received by the board and all expenditures made by the board. (Act 2017-383, §2.)
AL Code § 34-19-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 19 - Midwives.|Section 34-19-14 - State Board of Midwifery - Powers and Duties; Scope of Licensed Practice of Midwifery.

Section 34-19-14State Board of Midwifery - Powers and duties; scope of licensed practice of midwifery. (a) The board shall do all of the following consistent with this chapter: (1) Approve, renew, suspend, or revoke licenses for the practice of midwifery. (2) Investigate and conduct hearings regarding complaints against a licensed midwife in order to determine if disciplinary action is warranted. (3) Establish reasonable licensure fees, including, but not limited to, initial application, renewal, and reinstatement fees. (4) Develop standardized forms including, but not limited to, a midwife disclosure form, informed consent form, emergency care form, and applications for licensure and renewal. (5) Impose administrative fines, not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation, for violating this chapter, a board rule, or a condition of a license. (6) Establish levels of professional liability insurance that must be maintained by a licensed midwife at a limit of no less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per occurrence and three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) aggregate. (b)(1) The board shall adopt rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act to implement this chapter in a manner consistent with the most current North American Registry of Midwives Job Analysis and with essential documents developed and published by the Midwives Alliance of North America. The rules shall include, but not be limited to, provision for all of the following: a. Licensing procedures and requirements. b. Minimum initial and continuing education requirements for licensure. c. Standards by which a licensed midwife shall conduct risk assessment. d. Standards for professional conduct. e. A standard procedure for investigating complaints. f. Requirements for clinical internships for individuals seeking midwifery training. (2) The rules shall ensure independent practice. (c) A licensed midwife may not administer or perform any of the following obstetric procedures which are outside of the scope of the licensed practice of midwifery: (1) An epidural, spinal, or caudal anesthetic. (2) Any type of narcotic analgesia. (3) Forceps or a vacuum extractor-assisted delivery. (4) Abortion. (5) Cesarean section or any surgery or surgical deliver except minimal episiotomies. (6) Pharmacological induction or augmentation of labor or artificial rupture of membranes prior to the onset of labor. (7) Except for the administration of local anesthetic, administration of an anesthetic. (8) Administration of any prescription medication in a manner that violates the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substance Act. (9) Vaginal birth after a cesarean. (d) A licensed midwife may not perform either of the following: (1) Delivery of a diagnosed multiple pregnancy. (2) Delivery of a baby whose position is diagnosed as non-cephalic at the onset of labor. (Act 2017-383, §2.)
AL Code § 34-19-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 19 - Midwives.|Section 34-19-17 - Violations.

Section 34-19-17Violations. (a) Except as provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for an individual other than a licensed midwife to practice midwifery in this state for economic remuneration or to hold himself or herself out to be a licensed midwife unless he or she is a licensed midwife as defined in this chapter. An individual violating this section shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (b) An individual does not violate subsection (a) in any of the following circumstances: (1) The individual is a certified nurse midwife acting in accordance with Sections 34-21-80 to 34-21-93, inclusive. (2) The individual is training under a licensed midwife and is assisting the licensed midwife in the practice of midwifery. (3) The individual is providing gratuitous assistance at childbirth. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to repeal, abridge, or modify Section 6-5-332, or any other Good Samaritan statute. (Act 2017-383, §2.)
AL Code § 34-19-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 19 - Midwives.|Section 34-19-18 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 34-19-18Construction of chapter. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to establish a standard of care for physicians or otherwise modify, amend, or supersede any provision of the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1987 or the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1996, commencing with Section 6-5-540, et seq., or any amendment thereto, or any judicial interpretation thereof. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing a licensed midwife to practice medicine or prescribe medicine or drugs. (Act 2017-383, §2.)
AL Code § 34-19-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 19 - Midwives.|Section 34-19-19 - Liability of Physician, Health Care Provider, or Hospital.

Section 34-19-19Liability of physician, health care provider, or hospital. No physician, other health care provider, or hospital shall be civilly or criminally liable for any act or omission or advice, care, or service provided by an individual practicing midwifery outside of a hospital or resulting from the choice of a woman to give birth to a child outside of a hospital, provided the midwife is not employed to practice midwifery by the physician, health care provider, or hospital or is not practicing midwifery as an employee, member, or shareholder of a business entity in which the physician, health care provider, or hospital participates by way of receiving monetary or non-cash income and has actual knowledge of the midwife's status as an employee, partner, member, or shareholder of the business entity. (Act 2017-383, §2.)
AL Code § 34-19-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 19 - Midwives.|Section 34-19-20 - Licensed Midwives.

Section 34-19-20Licensed Midwives. Individuals licensed as midwives as set forth in this chapter shall be designated Licensed Midwives. (Act 2017-383, §2.)
AL Code § 34-19-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 19 - Midwives.|Section 34-19-21 - Coverage or Reimbursement for Services Not Required.

Section 34-19-21Coverage or reimbursement for services not required. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to create a requirement that any health benefit plan, group insurance plan, policy, or contract for health care services that covers hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, medical service organizations, physician-hospital organizations, or any other person, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for, purchases, or furnishes group health care services to patients, insureds, or beneficiaries in this state, including entities created pursuant to Article 6, commencing with Section 10A-20-6.01, of Chapter 20, Title 10A, provide coverage or reimbursement for the services described or authorized in this chapter. (Act 2017-383, §4.)
AL Code § 34-20-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 20 - Nursing Home Administrators.|Section 34-20-1 - Definitions.

Section 34-20-1Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) BOARD. The Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators of the State of Alabama. (2) EXAMINER. A member of the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators of the State of Alabama. (3) SECRETARY. The Secretary of the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators of the State of Alabama. (4) NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATOR. Any individual who is charged with the general administration of a nursing home, whether or not such individual has an ownership interest in such home and whether or not his or her functions and duties are shared with one or more other individuals. (5) PROVISIONAL LICENSE. A temporary license issued to a provisional nursing home administrator by the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators. (6) PROVISIONAL NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATOR. An individual who has been issued a provisional license by the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators of the State of Alabama. (7) PRACTICE OF NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATION. The planning, organizing, directing, and control of the operation of a nursing home. (8) NURSING HOME. Any institution or facility defined as such for licensing purposes under state law. (Acts 1969, No. 986, p. 1734, §1.)
AL Code § 34-20-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 20 - Nursing Home Administrators.|Section 34-20-2 - License Required.

Section 34-20-2License required. No nursing home in the state may operate unless it is under the supervision of an administrator who holds a currently valid nursing home administrator's license, or provisional license, issued by the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators. No person shall practice or offer to practice nursing home administration in this state or use any title, sign, card, or device to indicate that he or she is a nursing home administrator unless such person shall have been duly licensed as a nursing home administrator or as a provisional nursing home administrator. In the event a nursing home administrator dies, unexpectedly resigns, becomes incapacitated, or has his or her license revoked, the person or persons then responsible for the management of the nursing home shall immediately notify the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators and the agency issuing the nursing home license and shall be allowed a reasonable period of time, in accordance with policies adopted by the board, to be established by the agency issuing the nursing home license, not to exceed 180 days from the date of the death, unexpected resignation, incapacitation, or revocation of the license of the nursing home administrator in which to replace the administrator. During the reasonable period of time, the board may issue an emergency permit to a person performing the functions of administrator in such nursing home without being in violation of the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1969, No. 986, p. 1734, §2.)
AL Code § 34-20-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 20 - Nursing Home Administrators.|Section 34-20-5 - Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Functions, Powers, and Duties.

Section 34-20-5Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Functions, powers, and duties. (a) It shall be the function and duty of the board to: (1) Develop, impose, and enforce standards which must be met by individuals in order to receive a license as a nursing home administrator, which standards shall be designed to insure that nursing home administrators will be individuals who are of good character and are otherwise suitable and who, by training or experience in the field of institutional administration, are qualified to serve as nursing home administrators; (2) Develop and apply appropriate techniques, including examinations and investigations, for determining whether an individual meets such standards; (3) Issue licenses to individuals determined, after application of such techniques, to meet such standards, and revoke or suspend licenses previously issued by the board in any case where the individual holding any such license is determined substantially to have failed to conform to the requirements of such standards; (4) Receive, investigate, and take appropriate action with respect to any charge or complaint filed with the board to the effect that any individual licensed as a nursing home administrator has failed to comply with the requirements of such standards; (5) Establish and carry out procedures designed to insure that individuals licensed as nursing home administrators will, during any period that they serve as such, comply with the requirements of such standards; and (6) Conduct a continuing study and investigation of nursing homes and administrators of nursing homes within the state with a view to the improvement of the standards imposed for the licensing of such administrators and of procedures and methods for the enforcement of such standards with respect to administrators of nursing homes who have been licensed as such. (b) The board shall have the authority to: (1) Make rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary for the proper performance of its duties, and to take such other actions as may be necessary for the proper performance of its duties, and to take such other actions as may be necessary to enable the state to meet the requirements set forth in Section 1908 of the Social Security Act, federal rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and other pertinent federal authority; and (2) Establish, provide, or approve various education programs or courses for nursing home administrators, and to prescribe rules and regulations requiring applicants for licenses as nursing home administrators to attend such programs or courses as a prerequisite to their being admitted to the examination or issued a license, and requiring licensed nursing home administrators to attend such programs or courses as a prerequisite to their being issued any license renewal. (Acts 1969, No. 986, p. 1734, §5.)
AL Code § 34-20-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 20 - Nursing Home Administrators.|Section 34-20-6 - Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Review of Decisions.

Section 34-20-6Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Review of decisions. Any party aggrieved by a final decision or order of the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators suspending, revoking, or refusing to issue a license is entitled to a review of such decision or order by taking an appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the nursing home administrator or applicant resides. In such cases, such appeal shall be taken by filing notice thereof with the register or clerk of the circuit court within 30 days of the date of notice by the board of its decision. Appeals from any order or judgment rendered thereon by the circuit court to the Supreme Court of Alabama shall be available as in other cases. (Acts 1969, No. 986, p. 1734, §15.)
AL Code § 34-20-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 20 - Nursing Home Administrators.|Section 34-20-7 - Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Authorization to Receive and Expend Funds; Audit.

Section 34-20-7Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Authorization to receive and expend funds; audit. The Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators is hereby authorized to receive and expend, in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, all sums paid by applicants and registrants as provided in this chapter, and all sums which might be appropriated for such purposes, and are also authorized to receive and expend any funds available for such purposes from the federal government. An annual financial audit shall be conducted of all receipts and expenditures, and a written report of the audit shall be given to each board member. (Acts 1969, No. 986, p. 1734, §16; Acts 1980, No. 80-467, p. 731, §1.)
AL Code § 34-20-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 20 - Nursing Home Administrators.|Section 34-20-8 - Advisory Council.

Section 34-20-8Advisory council. The governing body of the Alabama Nursing Home Association shall constitute an advisory council to the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators, and the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators shall be required to counsel with the advisory council in connection with the administration of the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1969, No. 986, p. 1734, §6.)
AL Code § 34-20-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 20 - Nursing Home Administrators.|Section 34-20-9 - Qualifications for Admission to Examination; Fees.

Section 34-20-9Qualifications for admission to examination; fees. (a) The board shall admit to examination for licensure as a nursing home administrator any candidate who submits evidence of good moral character and suitability prescribed by the board and who submits evidence to the board that he or she is at least 19 years of age, 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, that he or she is a high school graduate or has completed an educational program equivalent thereto, and that he or she has completed any additional educational requirements prescribed by the board. Each candidate shall also be required, prior to admission to the examination, to pay an examination fee established by the board pursuant to its rule-making authority. (b) The board may establish an application fee for the internship or administrator in training (AIT) program and a fee for preceptor, certification, and recertification of the administrator in training (AIT) program pursuant to its rule-making authority. (Acts 1969, No. 986, p. 1734, §17; Acts 1989, No. 89-238, p. 335, §3; Acts 1993, No. 93-152, p. 216, §3; Act 2009-40, p. 139, §3.)