Title 34 — Title 34

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 a…

Any training school for medical technicians which is listed and approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association shall be deemed an approved training school within the meaning hereof. If not so listed and approved, the question of whe…

A medical technician who has received his or her certificate, currently in force as in this chapter provided, shall be styled and known as a “registered medical technician” (R.M.T.). No other person shall assume the title “registered medical technician” or any other letter or fig…

Any person desiring to obtain a certificate of registration as a registered medical technician (R.M.T.) under the provisions of this chapter shall first make application in writing to the board and pay to the secretary-treasurer an application fee of $10. Such applicant shall the…

Registered medical technicians from other states may be registered without examination upon making application therefor, and upon furnishing evidence satisfactory to the board that they possess the qualifications prescribed by this chapter, or the equivalent thereof, and upon pay…

The certificate of registration herein provided for shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the board and shall be signed by the president and secretary- treasurer, and the seal of the board shall be affixed. History: (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 153, p. 172, §11; Code 194…

The board shall have the power to annul and revoke any certificate of registration for incompetency, intemperance, immorality, or unprofessional conduct on the part of the holder of such certificate, after a full and fair investigation and hearing of the charges preferred. Such c…

The certificate of each registered medical technician shall be annually renewed during the months of October, November, and December. Upon making application for renewal, the applicant shall pay to the board a renewal fee of $1. The failure of any registered medical technician to…

Any person practicing as a medical technician except under the immediate direction of a qualified doctor of medicine, or who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or who shall willfully make any false representation to the board in applying for a certificate shall be gu…

The Board of Medical Technicians Examiners for the State of Alabama shall consist of five members who shall be appointed by the Governor, three of whom shall be medical technicians of not less than five years’ experience, one of whom shall be a physician and one a physician-patho…

The Alabama Association of Medical Technicians, through its executive committee, shall submit to the Governor a list containing the names of two regular physicians who are properly qualified as to training, licensure, and ethical standing, two physician-pathologists who are liste…

Each member of the board shall serve for a term of three years and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. Upon the expiration of the term of a member of the board, the Governor shall appoint his or her successor by the same procedure and in the same manner as the …

The members of the board shall, as soon as organized and annually thereafter in the month of October, select from their number a president and a secretary- treasurer. The board shall adopt a seal which shall contain appropriate words, and the imprint of such seal shall be placed …

The secretary-treasurer shall keep a record of all meetings of the board and an official register of all applicants for registration under the provisions of this chapter, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board. The register shall show the name, age,…

Report. All moneys received for fees or otherwise under the provisions of this chapter shall be received by the secretary-treasurer and shall be handled and disbursed by such officers in such manner and for such purposes as may be prescribed by the board. The secretary-treasurer …

The board shall meet at least once in each year for the purpose of holding examinations as in this chapter provided and at such other times as the board may deem expedient. Special meetings of the board shall be called by the secretary- treasurer upon request of the president, or…

The secretary-treasurer shall receive a salary commensurate with the duties performed, to be fixed by the board; and each member of the board shall be reimbursed for all expenses necessarily incurred in attending meetings of the board. All fees collected by the board shall be pla…