Article 1 General Provisions 34-21-1 – 34-21-8
Article 2 Licenses 34-21-20 – 34-21-26
Article 3 Continuing Education 34-21-40 – 34-21-43
Article 4 Post-Baccalaureate Scholarships 34-21-60 – 34-21-63
Article 5 Advanced Practice Nursing 34-21-80 – 34-21-93.1
Article 6 Loan Repayment Program for Advanced Practice Nursing 34-21-94 – 34-21-99
Article 7 Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact 34-21-120 – 34-21-130

Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 34 > Chapter 21 - Nurses

  • ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE: A registered nurse who has gained additional knowledge and skills through successful completion of an organized program of nursing education that prepares nurses for advanced practice roles and has been certified by the Board of Nursing to engage in the practice of advanced practice nursing. See Alabama Code 34-21-81
  • ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING: The delivery of health care services by registered nurses who have gained additional knowledge and skills through successful completion of an organized program of nursing education that prepares nurses for advanced practice roles as certified registered nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, certified nurse anesthetists, and clinical nurse specialists:

    a. See Alabama Code 34-21-81

  • appropriate municipal official: as used in this article shall mean any municipal building official or deputy and any other municipal official or municipal employee designated by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality as the person to exercise the authority and perform the duties delegated by this article. See Alabama Code 11-40-31
  • AREA OF CRITICAL NEED: An area with a critical need for more advanced-practice nurses, as determined by the board. See Alabama Code 34-21-95
  • associate: When used to indicate a relationship with:

    (A) a domestic or foreign entity for which the person is:

    (i) an officer or governing person; or

    (ii) a beneficial owner of 10 percent or more of a class of voting ownership interests or similar securities of the entity;

    (B) a trust or estate in which the person has a substantial beneficial interest or for which the person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity;

    (C) the person's spouse or a relative of the person related by consanguinity or affinity within the fifth degree who resides with the person; or

    (D) a governing person or an affiliate or officer of the person. See Alabama Code 10A-1-1.03

  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • board: The Alabama Board of Nursing. See Alabama Code 34-21-95
  • BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS: The State Board of Medical Examiners established pursuant to Section 34-24-53. See Alabama Code 34-21-81
  • BOARD OF NURSING: The Board of Nursing established under Section 34-21-2. See Alabama Code 34-21-81
  • bureau: The Bureau of Loans of the State Banking Department. See Alabama Code 5-18-3
  • CASH ADVANCE: The amount of cash or its equivalent that the borrower actually receives or is paid at his direction or on his behalf. See Alabama Code 5-18-3
  • collaboration: A formal relationship between one or more certified registered nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives and a physician or physicians under which these nurses may engage in advanced practice nursing as evidenced by written protocols approved in accordance with the requirements of this article or exempted in accordance with requirements of this article. See Alabama Code 34-21-81
  • commissioner: The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. See Alabama Code 2-1-1
  • cooperative: Includes an employee cooperative as defined in Chapter 11. See Alabama Code 10A-1-1.03
  • COORDINATION WITH: When an anesthesiologist is not physically present, the working relationship between a physician, a podiatrist, or a dentist and a certified registered nurse anesthetist licensed to practice in this state. See Alabama Code 34-21-81
  • CORRECTIVE ORDER: An order issued by the commissioner specifying corrective actions which the commissioner has determined are required. See Alabama Code 27-2B-2
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • DOMESTIC INSURER: Any insurer domiciled in this state. See Alabama Code 27-2B-2
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Dower: A widow
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. Source: OCC
  • Forbearance: A means of handling a delinquent loan. A
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • FOREIGN INSURER: Any insurer which is licensed to do business in this state but not domiciled in this state. See Alabama Code 27-2B-2
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY: Any insurer licensed under Chapter 34. See Alabama Code 27-2B-2
  • Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • HEALTH ORGANIZATION: Any health care service plan, health maintenance organization, limited health service organization, dental services corporation, or other managed care organization licensed under this title. See Alabama Code 27-2B-2
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • insurer: As defined in Section 27-1-2, including, without limitation, any fraternal benefit society and any health organization. See Alabama Code 27-2B-2
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • 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 practitioner, except that the term legend drug shall not include any drug, substance, or compound which is listed in Schedules I through V of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act. See Alabama Code 34-21-81
  • license: A license, issued under the authority of this chapter, to make loans in accordance with the provisions of this chapter at a single place of business. See Alabama Code 5-18-3
  • licensee: A person to whom one or more licenses have been issued. See Alabama Code 5-18-3
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • naic: The National Association of Insurance Commissioners. See Alabama Code 27-2B-2
  • participant: Any person who applies for and is awarded a loan as provided in this article. See Alabama Code 34-21-95
  • person: Such term shall include individuals, copartnerships, associations, trusts, corporations and any other legal entities. See Alabama Code 5-18-3
  • person: An individual, a partnership, a corporation or two or more individuals having a joint or common interest. See Alabama Code 2-1-1
  • prescription: An order for a legend drug which is written and signed by a practitioner authorized by law to prescribe and administer such drugs and which is intended to be filled, compounded, or dispensed by a pharmacist. See Alabama Code 34-21-81
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • PROCEDURAL ORDERING: The ordering of the anesthesia plan, including the ordering of medications and tests before, during, or after analgesia or anesthesia in accordance with the anesthesia plan. See Alabama Code 34-21-81
  • program: The Alabama Loan-Repayment Program for Advanced-Practice Nursing. See Alabama Code 34-21-95
  • PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURER: Any insurer licensed to do business in this state and authorized to transact property, marine, casualty, and/or surety insurance, but shall not include monoline mortgage guaranty insurers, financial guaranty insurers and title insurers. See Alabama Code 27-2B-2
  • protocol: A document approved in accordance with Section 34-21-87 establishing the permissible functions and activities to be performed by certified registered nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives and signed by collaborating physicians and any nurse practitioners or nurse midwives practicing with those physicians. See Alabama Code 34-21-81
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • rbc: Risk-based capital. See Alabama Code 27-2B-2
  • REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST: An unincorporated trust, association, or other entity as defined in Chapter 10. See Alabama Code 10A-1-1.03
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • seafoods: shall include and mean all oysters, saltwater fish, saltwater shrimp, diamond back terrapin, sea turtle, crabs and all other species of marine or saltwater animal life existing or living in the water within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of Alabama. See Alabama Code 9-2-80
  • supervisor: The Supervisor of the Bureau of Loans of the State Banking Department. See Alabama Code 5-18-3
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • TOTAL ADJUSTED CAPITAL: The sum of:

    a. See Alabama Code 27-2B-2

  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • Usury: Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan. Source: OCC