Relating to podiatry; to amend Section 34-24-230, Code of Alabama 1975; to expand the scope of the practice of podiatry to include treatment of disorders of the foot and ankle.
Relating to the Alabama Department of Public Health; to adopt the Genesis Act; to require the Department of Health to establish a Certificate of Nonviable Birth form to issue to parents, upon request, for certain nonviable births.
Relating to public health; to exempt U.S. Department of Defense events held in the state from any state public health law if the law conflicts with a regulation, law, or condition required by the Department of Defense to attend the event.
Relating to the State Board of Midwifery; to amend Sections 34-19-11, 34-19-12, and 34-19-16, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide further for the period during which midwives may provide care after birth; to authorize midwives to provide care in freestanding birth centers; to authorize the board to accept grants and gifts; and to require midwives to administer certain tests.
Medicaid Agency, colorectal cancer screening test, coverage required for test based on grade A or B recommendation from U.S. Preventative Services Task Force
Board of Nursing, technical change of term "nurse educator" to "advanced practice nurse" in the Alabama Loan-Repayment Program for Advanced Practice Nursing
Relating to the Board of Pharmacy; to amend Section 34-23-30 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to persons required to have a permit issued by the board to perform pharmacy services; to provide that an entity providing pharmacy services to residents of this state, rather than a person, would be required to have a permit issued by the board.