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Section
40-47-5
Application of Chapter 1; conflict with other articles.
Section
40-47-10
State Board of Medical Examiners; appointment; terms and vacancies; powers and duties.
Section
40-47-11
Medical Disciplinary Commission; qualifications of members; hearings; service as expert witnesses.
Section
40-47-20
Definitions.
Section
40-47-25
Rights and privileges of licensees.
Section
40-47-30
Licensure requirement; excepted activities; physician licensed in another state.
Section
40-47-31
Limited and temporary licenses.
Section
40-47-32
Permanent licenses; requirements; examinations; post-graduate medical residency training requirements; fee.
Section
40-47-33
Academic license; qualifications; responsibility of dean for compliance with practice limitations.
Section
40-47-34
Special volunteer licenses; waiver of fees; restrictions; qualifications.
Section
40-47-35
Licensure as expert medical witness; waiver of fee.
Section
40-47-36
Criminal history background checks; costs; confidentiality of information obtained.
Section
40-47-37
Practice of telemedicine, requirements.
Section
40-47-38
Maintenance of Certification not required for licensure, reimbursement, employments, or admitting privileges.
Section
40-47-40
Continuing professional education.
Section
40-47-41
License renewal; notification of change of address or adverse disciplinary action in another jurisdiction.
Section
40-47-42
Reactivation of inactive license.
Section
40-47-43
Renewal of expired license.
Section
40-47-44
Application for reinstatement of license.
Section
40-47-45
Appeal; presumption of service of notice of board action; review of motions for continuance and other interlocutory relief.
Section
40-47-50
Administrative support; fees to cover costs of operation of board; maintenance of records.
Section
40-47-70
Code of ethics.
Section
40-47-80
Investigation of complaints.
Section
40-47-90
Administering oaths.
Section
40-47-100
Restraining orders.
Section
40-47-110
Misconduct constituting grounds for disciplinary action; temporary suspensions; review of final actions; conduct subverting security or integrity of medical licensing examination process.
Section
40-47-111
Disciplinary action in another state.
Section
40-47-112
Attending patient while under the influence of alcohol or drugs; penalty; suspension and disqualification from practice.
Section
40-47-113
Establishment of physician-patient relationship as prerequisite to prescribing drugs; unprofessional conduct.
Section
40-47-114
Requiring professional competency, mental, or physical examination; request for review; obtaining records; confidentiality.
Section
40-47-115
Jurisdiction of the board.
Section
40-47-116
Initial complaint; informal conference; approval of agreement.
Section
40-47-117
Formal complaint; service; answer; formal hearing by panel; filing of report with board; board action; notice.
Section
40-47-118
Discovery; exchange of information and evidence; depositions; prehearing motions.
Section
40-47-119
Information to be exchanged before hearing; admissibility; identification of relevant portions of information.
Section
40-47-120
Sanctions; relinquishment of authorization to practice; issuance and notice of final orders.
Section
40-47-130
Grounds for denial of licensure.
Section
40-47-140
Denial of license based on prior criminal record.
Section
40-47-150
Surrender of license; public disclosure.
Section
40-47-160
Appeal.
Section
40-47-170
Costs.
Section
40-47-180
Collection of fines and costs.
Section
40-47-190
Disclosure of information relating to proceedings; public access; information relating to patients and witnesses.
Section
40-47-195
Supervising physicians; scope of practice guidelines.
Section
40-47-197
Supervision of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist.
Section
40-47-200
Practice without license or with license obtained by submitting false information; penalty.
Section
40-47-210
Civil action for injunctive relief against person or entity violating chapter; fines.
Section
40-47-220
Severability.
Section
40-47-500
Short title.
Section
40-47-510
Definitions.
Section
40-47-520
Licensing requirement.
Section
40-47-530
Persons not subject to provisions of this article.
Section
40-47-540
Respiratory Care Committee created; membership.
Section
40-47-550
Terms of committee members; appointment and removal; expenses.
Section
40-47-560
Committee meetings; election of officers; recommendation, review, and approval of regulations.
Section
40-47-570
Employment of additional staff by director.
Section
40-47-580
Requirement that board receive and account for monies and pay them to State Treasurer.
Section
40-47-590
Responsibilities of committee; investigatory powers of board.
Section
40-47-600
Requirements for certification of respiratory care practitioners.
Section
40-47-610
Licensure of practitioners of other states; educational and examination requirements.
Section
40-47-620
Issuance of license by board.
Section
40-47-625
Temporary licenses.
Section
40-47-630
Grounds for disciplinary action; recommendations of committee as to disciplinary action; appeal.
Section
40-47-640
Renewal and reinstatement of licenses.
Section
40-47-650
Fees.
Section
40-47-655
Limited license to practice respiratory care.
Section
40-47-660
Enforcement of article.
Section
40-47-700
Citation of article.
Section
40-47-705
Definitions.
Section
40-47-710
Acupuncture Advisory Committee; membership; terms; filling vacancies; removal of members; meeting schedule; officers.
Section
40-47-715
Powers and duties.
Section
40-47-720
License to practice acupuncture; requirements and qualifications; temporary licenses.
Section
40-47-725
Licensing of current acupuncture practitioners.
Section
40-47-730
Licenses to perform auricular therapy; qualifications; temporary licenses.
Section
40-47-735
Licenses to perform auricular detoxification therapy; qualifications; temporary licenses.
Section
40-47-740
Licensing of current auricular therapists or auricular detoxification specialists.
Section
40-47-745
Unauthorized practice; penalty; cease and desist orders and injunctions; privileged communications.
Section
40-47-750
Auricular therapy defined; supervision.
Section
40-47-755
Auricular detoxification therapy defined; supervision.
Section
40-47-760
Exempted activities.
Section
40-47-765
Grounds for revocation, suspension, or denial of license.
Section
40-47-770
Inspections.
Section
40-47-775
Display of license.
Section
40-47-780
Renewal of licenses.
Section
40-47-785
Request for inactive status.
Section
40-47-790
Licensee not to hold himself or herself out as authorized to practice medicine.
Section
40-47-800
Licensing fees.
Section
40-47-810
Third party reimbursement.
Section
40-47-905
Short title.
Section
40-47-910
Definitions.
Section
40-47-915
Application of article.
Section
40-47-920
Authority to employ staff.
Section
40-47-925
Physician Assistant Committee; membership; term; filling vacancies; meetings; duty to receive and account for monies collected under article.
Section
40-47-930
Powers and duties of committee and board.
Section
40-47-935
Acts and duties PAs authorized to perform; agency relationship to supervising physician.
Section
40-47-938
Supervisory relationships.
Section
40-47-940
Application for license; compliance with Section 40-47-938.
Section
40-47-945
Conditions for granting permanent license.
Section
40-47-950
Limited PA license; conditions for issuance; duration; responsibilities of supervising physician.
Section
40-47-955
Scope of PA's practice; physical presence requirements of supervising physician; practices in separate locations.
Section
40-47-960
Scope of practice guidelines; signature and filing requirements; contents.
Section
40-47-965
Requirements for writing prescriptions for drugs, controlled substances, and medical devices.
Section
40-47-970
Limitations on permissible medical act, task, or function PA may perform.
Section
40-47-975
40-47-980. Repealed by 2013 Act No. 28, Section 12, eff May 21, 2013.
Section
40-47-985
Inspection of office or facility employing physician assistant.
Section
40-47-990
Identification as PA; badge size and content.
Section
40-47-995
Termination of supervisory relationship; notice to board.
Section
40-47-1000
Unlicensed person holding himself out as PA; penalty; investigation; desist and refrain order; injunction; privileged communications; due process rights of respondent protected.
Section
40-47-1005
Misconduct mandating revocation or denial of license.
Section
40-47-1010
Renewal of license.
Section
40-47-1015
Fees for licensure.
Section
40-47-1020
Third party reimbursement to PA.
Section
40-47-1205
Short title.
Section
40-47-1210
Definitions.
Section
40-47-1215
Application of this article.
Section
40-47-1220
Department of Labor staff.
Section
40-47-1225
Anesthesiologist's Assistant Committee.
Section
40-47-1230
Duties of Anesthesiologist's Assistant Committee.
Section
40-47-1235
Functions and duties of anesthesiologist's assistants.
Section
40-47-1240
Licensure of anesthesiologist's assistants.
Section
40-47-1245
Sponsoring anesthesiologist; protocol delineating services provided by anesthesiologist's assistant.
Section
40-47-1250
Supervision of anesthesiologist's assistants.
Section
40-47-1255
Anesthesiologist's assistants to practice pursuant to written protocol.
Section
40-47-1260
Limitations on practice of anesthesiologist's assistants.
Section
40-47-1265
Inspections.
Section
40-47-1270
Identification of anesthesiologist's assistants.
Section
40-47-1275
Termination of sponsoring relationship between anesthesiologist and assistant.
Section
40-47-1280
Violations of this article.
Section
40-47-1285
Grounds for disciplinary action.
Section
40-47-1290
License renewal.
Section
40-47-1295
Maximum fees.
Section
40-47-1300
Third party reimbursement.
Section
40-47-1510
Citation of article.
Section
40-47-1520
Definitions.
Section
40-47-1530
Registration requirement.
Section
40-47-1540
Application for registration.
Section
40-47-1550
Renewal; lapse of registration.
Section
40-47-1560
Authorized tasks and services; supervision by cardiologist; written protocols.
Section
40-47-1570
Administration of registration program; registry maintenance and availability; promulgation of regulations.
Section
40-47-1580
Investigations of unfitness to practice or unauthorized practice.
Section
40-47-1590
Hearing before Administrative Law Court; grounds for revocation, suspension, or other discipline.
Section
40-47-1600
Proscribed activities; identification badges and notification of involvement in cardiac care.
Section
40-47-1610
Injunctions; fines; actions by unregistered persons.
Section
40-47-1620
Promulgation of regulations.