SB341 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Jim McClendon
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Home Medical Equipment Services Providers Board, insulin infusion pumps or glucose monitors, manufacturers and distributors exempt under certain conditions, Sec. 34-14C-5 am'd.
Summary: SB341 exempts certain insulin pump and glucose monitor manufacturers and distributors from Alabama's home medical equipment services licensure.
What This Bill Does
It adds a new exemption to the licensure requirements for home medical equipment providers. Specifically, manufacturers and wholesale distributors that make and distribute their own branded insulin infusion pumps or continuous glucose monitors and related supplies are not required to be licensed under Section 34-14C-5. The bill keeps all existing exemptions for other categories unchanged, so those providers continue to be exempt as before. As a result, these particular manufacturers/distributors can operate without the home medical equipment services license in Alabama.

Who It Affects
Manufacturers and wholesale distributors that produce and distribute their own company-branded insulin infusion pumps or continuous glucose monitors and related supplies, who will be exempt from licensure.
Other providers that are already exempt under Section 34-14C-5 (e.g., home health agencies, hospital-based home medical equipment services, retail pharmacies, hospice programs, skilled nursing facilities, governmental agencies, mail order companies), who remain exempt and are not required to obtain licensure under this chapter.

Key Provisions
Adds new exemption (item 10) to Section 34-14C-5 for providers that manufacture and distribute their own company-branded power operated or durable insulin infusion pumps or continuous glucose monitors and related supplies.
Remains in effect the existing exemptions (items 1-9) from licensure for other categories of home medical equipment providers.
Effective date: The act becomes law on the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval.

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Subjects: Home Medical Equipment Services Providers, Board of