Alabama § 34-14C-5 - Exemptions.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 34-14C-5 — Exemptions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 34-14C-5. Exemptions.
The licensure requirements of this chapter do not apply to the following entities or practitioners:
(1) Home health agencies certified by the State of Alabama to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
(2) Hospital based home medical equipment services, whether or not the services are provided through a separate corporation or other business entity.
(3) Health care practitioners legally eligible to order or prescribe home medical equipment, or who use home medical equipment to treat patients in locations other than the patient’s residence, including, but not limited to, physicians, nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, optometrists, chiropractors, and podiatrists, except for those practitioners, other than a licensed physician practicing medicine, who provide home medical equipment services in a patient’s residence.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting a licensed physician who is practicing medicine, nor shall anything in this chapter be construed as requiring a physician practicing medicine, to be licensed as a home medical equipment services provider.
(4) Manufacturers and wholesale distributors, when not selling directly to a patient.
(5) Retail community pharmacies, including providers of home infusion therapy services.
(6) Hospice programs, except programs which provide home medical equipment services, including delivery to a patient’s residence.
(7) Skilled nursing facilities, except facilities which provide home medical equipment services, including delivery to a patient’s residence.
(8) Governmental agencies, including fire districts which provide emergency medical services, and contractors to governmental agencies whose business deals only with the contracted agency.
(9) Mail order companies, as defined by rule of the board.
(10) Out-of-state providers of home medical equipment and services provided in accordance with state or federal law or regulation to Alabama Medicaid recipients.
(11) A provider of home medical equipment or services that manufactures and distributes its own company-branded power operated or durable insulin infusion pumps or continuous glucose monitors and related supplies.
Frequently Asked Questions About Alabama § 34-14C-5
What does Code of Alabama § 34-14C-5 cover?
Section 34-14C-5 ("Exemptions.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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