Board opinions
When requested or upon its own motion, the Board may issue informal or advisory opinions on specific topics. The below opinions are in date order within the topic headings.
Practice matters - when a license is required
Practice matters - assistive personnel/delegation of duties
Practice matters - uncategorized
Business matters - corporations/contractual agreements
Business matters - referrals/fees
Practice matters - when a license is required
- Independent medical exams in connection with litigation
- EMG testing
- Examinations and possible procedure in connection with litigation
- Orders for continuing treatment
- Botox, Restaylane, collagen and mesotherapy
- Naturopathy and acupuncture
- Cosmetic tattooing
- Orders from out of state physicians for out of state patients
- Ear stapling
Practice matters - assistive personnel/delegation of duties
- P. A.s signing for sample drugs
- Unlicensed personnel giving injections
- Injection of contrast media
- Cardiovascular tech may not administer sedation/analgesia
- Mid-level practitioners and hospital privileges of supervising/collaborating physician
- Radiology techs performing fluoroscopy
- Delegation of dictation of discharge summaries, histories and physicals
- PAs/CRNPs - referral to physical therapist, workers' comp patients, handicapped decals
- P. A.s ordering MRIs
- P. A.s ordering controlled substances for inpatients
Practice matters - uncategorized
- Responsibility of cataract removal surgeon for pre and post-op exams
- Telemedicine by teaching physicians and residents
Business matters - corporations/contractual agreements
- Contractual relationship between partnership and independent contractor
- Licensing requirements for shareholders in Alabama Professional Corporation
- Corporate practice of medicine
- Employment of chiropractor by professional medical corporation
- LLC/LLP providing non-medical services
- Physician ownership in pharmacy
- LLC not organized to perform medical services performing medical services
Business matters - referrals/fees
- "Handling charge" from pathology group to surgical clinic
- Compensation for actual services not dependent upon or related to referrals
- Method of payment from physicians to referral service
- Billing arrangement for pathology services and clarification regarding radiologists
- Billing arrangement between pathology and urology groups
- Written services agreement between laboratory and urology group
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