Code of Alabama - Title 34: Professions and Businesses - Chapter 21 - Nurses
- Article 1 General Provisions.
- Section 34-21-1 Definitions
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) ADVISORY COUNCILS. Advisory councils provided for under...
- Section 34-21-2 Board of Nursing generally
(a) There is created the Board of Nursing, which shall be composed of 13 members to be appointed and have the duties and powers enumerated...
- Section 34-21-3 Advisory councils
The board shall appoint advisory councils as the board shall, from time to time, deem advisable to represent health disciplines and consumers. Each member of...
- Section 34-21-4 Funds of board; transfer of duties, powers, etc., of Board of Nurses' Examiners and Registration to Board of Nursing
All funds and revenues of whatever kind authorized or collected under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations of the board shall be collected...
- Section 34-21-5 Nursing educational programs
An institution desiring to conduct a nursing educational program to prepare professional or practical nurses shall apply to the board and submit evidence that: It...
- Section 34-21-6 Exemptions
This chapter does not prohibit: The furnishing of nursing assistance in an emergency; the practice of any legally qualified nurse of another state, who is...
- Section 34-21-7 Violations and penalties
Any person or persons, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, who shall sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish any nursing diploma, license, or license renewal or...
- Section 34-21-8 Payment of license and fees by pesonal check
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Nursing may accept personal checks from licensees for the payment of license and other fees required...
- Article 2 Licenses.
- Section 34-21-20 Required generally
In order to safeguard life and health, any person practicing or offering to practice professional nursing or practical nursing in this state, for compensation, shall...
- Section 34-21-20.1 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT
(a) Each applicant for a multistate license as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse, and each applicant for initial licensure by endorsement as a...
- Section 34-21-21 License to practice professional nursing; use of title "registered nurse."
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2019-102 IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a)...
- Section 34-21-22 License to practice practical nursing; use of title "licensed practical nurse."
(a) An applicant for a license to practice practical nursing as a licensed practical nurse shall submit to the board written evidence of qualification, verified...
- Section 34-21-23 Renewal of license; continuing education
(a) The license of every professional nurse licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall be renewed biennially, and the term of the license shall...
- Section 34-21-24 Fees and charges
The board shall set the fees and charges annually for the services under this chapter.
- Section 34-21-25 Denial, suspension, or revocation of license; administrative fines; voluntary disciplinary alternative program
(a) For disciplinary purposes, the board may adopt, levy, and collect administrative fines not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation and may institute...
- Section 34-21-26 Practice of nursing by unlicensed persons declared public nuisance; injunctive relief
After January 1, 1968, the practice of professional nursing by any person who has not been issued a license under the provisions of this article,...
- Article 3 Continuing Education.
- Section 34-21-40 Duty of Board of Nursing to provide programs, seminars, and workshops
To meet the health care needs of the citizens of Alabama and to cope with the rapidly changing methods of health care delivery, the Alabama...
- Section 34-21-41 Grants, contracts, etc., with individuals, institutions, and agencies
The Alabama Board of Nursing is authorized and directed to develop continuing education programs designed to meet the criteria outlined in Section 34-21-40. The Alabama...
- Section 34-21-42 Plans, programs, and criteria
The Board of Nursing is hereby authorized and directed to establish plans, programs, and criteria sufficient to carry out continuing education programs for nurses outlined...
- Section 34-21-43 Source of funds
All expenses in developing and conducting educational programs, seminars, and workshops under this article shall be paid from funds of the Board of Nursing. No...
- Article 4 Post-Baccalaureate Scholarships.
- Article 5 Advanced Practice Nursing.
- Section 34-21-80 Declaration of Legislature
The Legislature of the State of Alabama declares that the recognition and regulation of all areas of advanced practice nursing and the collaborative practices between...
- Section 34-21-81 Definitions
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS. The State Board of Medical Examiners established...
- Section 34-21-82 Joint committee - Appointment, terms of office, office of chairperson, and meetings
(a)(1) The physician members of the joint committee shall be appointed by the State Board of Medical Examiners and shall serve three-year terms as set...
- Section 34-21-83 State Board of Medical Examiners to establish qualifications for physicians engaged in collaborative practice with advanced practice nurses
The State Board of Medical Examiners shall establish the qualifications for physicians who are engaged in collaborative practice with certified registered nurse practitioners and certified...
- Section 34-21-84 Board of Nursing to establish qualifications for advanced practice nurses; rules and regulations establishing procedures for certification
(a) The Board of Nursing shall be the sole state authority designated to establish the qualifications necessary for a registered nurse to be certified to...
- Section 34-21-85 Joint committee designated to recommend rules and regulations; requirements to engage in advanced practice nursing
The joint committee shall be the state authority designated to recommend rules and regulations to the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of...
- Section 34-21-86 Prescribing legend drugs; initiating call-in prescriptions; administering legend drugs
(a) Certified registered nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives, engaged in collaborative practice with physicians practicing under protocols approved in the manner prescribed by this...
- Section 34-21-87 Joint committee to recommend model practice protocols, formulary of legend drugs, and certain rules and regulations
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the joint committee shall recommend model practice protocols to be used by certified registered nurse practitioners and certified...
- Section 34-21-88 Acts which constitute grounds for termination
The following acts shall constitute grounds for the termination by the Board of Nursing of a certified registered nurse practitioner's or a certified nurse midwife's...
- Section 34-21-89 Boards permitted to initiate disciplinary actions for violations of section; requirements before action taken
The Board of Nursing may initiate disciplinary actions against a certified registered nurse practitioner or a certified nurse midwife for violations of Section 34-21-86. The...
- Section 34-21-90 Requirements for engaging in practice
No person shall engage in practice as a certified registered nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife or in any of the acts or functions described...
- Section 34-21-91 Injunctive proceedings by boards against persons violating article
Both the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of Nursing in addition to the powers and duties otherwise expressed in this article, may...
- Section 34-21-92 Waiver of requirements until adoption of rules and regulations
Until the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of Nursing adopt the rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this article,...
- Section 34-21-93 Construction of article with Sections 34-19-2 to 34-19-10
The provisions of this article shall be applied and construed in pari materia with Sections 34-19-2 to 34-19-10. Upon final adoption of rules and regulations...
- Section 34-21-93.1 Signature authority for health care forms, etc
(a) When any law or rule requires a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or endorsement by a physician, the document shall be deemed to authorize...
- Article 6 Loan Repayment Program for Advanced Practice Nursing.
- Section 34-21-94 Loan repayment program established
There is hereby created and established the Alabama Loan-Repayment Program for Advanced-Practice Nursing. The program shall be administered by the Alabama Board of Nursing. The...
- Section 34-21-95 Definitions
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AREA OF CRITICAL NEED....
- Section 34-21-96 Awarding of loans and terms of repayment
(a)(1) The board shall establish and award, according to the judgment of the board, loans to provide for the training of qualified applicants for admission...
- Section 34-21-97 Areas of critical need
An area of critical need shall be an area in Alabama with a critical need, as determined by the board, for advanced-practice nurses, and shall...
- Section 34-21-98 Provisions for default or other failure to honor a contract with the board
(a) In the event that the participant defaults on or otherwise fails to honor a loan-repayment contract with the board for any reason, the individual...
- Section 34-21-99 Other requirements and powers of the board
(a) The board annually shall report on the condition and accomplishments of the program to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, President Pro-Tem...
- Article 7 Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact.
- Section 34-21-120 Findings; purpose
(a) The party states find and declare all of the following: (1) The health and safety of the public are affected by the degree of...
- Section 34-21-121 Definitions
For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ADVERSE ACTION. Any administrative, civil, equitable, or criminal action permitted...
- Section 34-21-122 General provisions and jurisdiction
(a) A multistate license to practice registered or licensed practical nursing issued by a home state to a resident in that state shall be recognized...
- Section 34-21-123 Applications for licensure in a party state
(a) Upon application for a multistate license, the licensing board in the issuing party state shall ascertain, through the coordinated licensure information system, all of...
- Section 34-21-124 Additional powers of party state licensing boards
(a) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a licensing board shall have the authority to do all of the following: (1)...
- Section 34-21-125 Coordinated licensure information system; exchange of information
(a) All party states shall participate in a coordinated licensure information system of all licensed registered nurses and licensed practical nurses. This system shall include...
- Section 34-21-126 Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators
(a) The party states hereby create and establish a joint public entity known as the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators. (1) The commission...
- Section 34-21-127 Rulemaking authority
(a) The commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this compact and the rules adopted under this compact. Rules...
- Section 34-21-128 Oversight, dispute resolution, enforcement,etc
(a) Oversight. (1) Each party state shall enforce this compact and take any action necessary and appropriate to effectuate the purposes and intent of this...
- Section 34-21-129 Effective date; withdrawal or termination; amendments
(a) This compact shall become effective and binding on the earlier of the date of legislative enactment of this compact into law by not less...
- Section 34-21-130 Construction; severability
This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and if any phrase,...
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