Section 34-14C-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Board of Home Medical Equipment as established by this chapter. (2) HOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. Medical devices usable in a residential setting, as defined in regulations established by the board. (3) HOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SERVICES. The advertisement, […]
Section 34-14C-2 Board of Home Medical Equipment. (a) The Governor shall appoint a minimum of nine persons to serve on the Board of Home Medical Equipment, such persons to include a majority who are employed in the home medical equipment industry, and at least one person from each of the following categories: A consumer of […]
Section 34-14C-3 Duties of board; requirements of providers. (a) The board shall adopt regulations that specify the medical equipment to be included in this chapter, set standards for the licensure of entities which provide home medical equipment services, and govern the safety and quality of home medical equipment service providers. (b) All home medical equipment […]
Section 34-14C-4 Licensure; inspections. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a home medical equipment services provider shall be licensed annually by the board before the provider may engage in the provision of home medical equipment services. In Alabama, when a single business entity provides home medical equipment services from more than one location […]
Section 34-14C-4.1 Inspection fees. The Board of Home Medical Equipment may establish by rule, and charge and collect, reasonable inspection fees pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (Act 2002-95, p. 308, §3; Act 2014-172, p. 489, §1.)
Section 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 […]
Section 34-14C-6 Denial, suspension, or revocation of license; hearing; notice, penalties; appeal. (a) The board may deny, suspend, or revoke a license as provided in this section. (b) A license may not be denied, suspended, or revoked except by majority vote of the board and with prior notice and opportunity for hearing in accordance with […]
Section 34-14C-7 Home Medical Equipment Fund. There is hereby established a separate special revenue trust fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Home Medical Equipment Fund. All receipts collected by the board under the provisions of this chapter are to be deposited into this fund and shall be used only to carry […]
Section 34-14C-8 Sunset provision. The board shall be subject to the Alabama Sunset Law as an enumerated agency as provided in Section 41-20-3, and shall have a termination date of October 1, 2002, and every four years thereafter, unless continued pursuant to the Alabama Sunset Law. (Act 2000-739, p. 1619, §8; Act 2014-172, p. 489, […]