Alabama § 34-18-1 - “Medical Technician” Defined.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 34-18-1 — “Medical Technician” Defined., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 34-18-1. “Medical Technician” Defined.
A “medical technician,” within the meaning of this chapter, is a person who is engaged in the practice of standardized or experimental technical procedures, the results of which are interpreted by the physician in the diagnosis of disease; provided, that this shall not apply to assistants employed by physicians to make laboratory tests whose results are to be used by such physicians in their private practice of medicine and who assume responsibility for the work so performed.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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