Code of Alabama - Title 34: Professions and Businesses - Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts
- Article 1 State Licensing Board for Healing Arts.
- Article 2 Licenses and Registration Generally.
- Article 3 Physicians and Osteopaths.
- Division 1 General Provisions.
- Section 34-24-50 "Practice of medicine or osteopathy" defined
The "practice of medicine or osteopathy" means: (1) To diagnose, treat, correct, advise, or prescribe for any human disease, ailment, injury, infirmity, deformity, pain, or...
- Section 34-24-50.1 Definitions
Unless otherwise indicated from the context, the terms set out below as used in Articles 3, 8, 9, and 10 of this chapter shall have...
- Section 34-24-51 Practicing medicine or osteopathy without license
Any person who practices medicine or osteopathy or offers to do so in this state without a certificate of qualification having been issued in his...
- Section 34-24-52 Proceedings to restrain unlawful practice
The State Board of Medical Examiners, in addition to the powers and duties expressed in this article with respect to the denial of the certificate...
- Section 34-24-53 Board of Medical Examiners - Powers and duties generally; rules and regulations; quorum; fund to defray litigation costs
(a) The Board of Censors of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, as constituted under the laws now in force, or which may...
- Section 34-24-53.1 Board of Medical Examiners - Rulemaking authority
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The power to make rules regulating the practice of medicine or osteopathy includes the...
- Section 34-24-54 Board of Medical Examiners - Disposition of funds; expenses of board and commission members
All funds received by the State Board of Medical Examiners shall be deposited to the credit of the board in a federally insured financial institution...
- Section 34-24-55 Domestic remedies and emergency services exempted from chapter
Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the administration of domestic remedies in a family by any member thereof, or prohibit any person from rendering service...
- Section 34-24-56 Report of malpractice judgments and settlements - Filing; contents; sanction for failure to make report
(a) Every physician or surgeon who holds a license, certificate, or other similar authority issued under the provisions of this article and every professional corporation...
- Section 34-24-57 Report of malpractice judgments and settlements - Review; ground for suspension or revocation of license, etc.; notification; failure to comply
(a) The Board of Medical Examiners shall keep a record of all reports made under the provisions of Section 34-24-56, and each year shall review...
- Section 34-24-58 Decisions, opinions, etc., of utilization review committee privileged
(a) The decisions, opinions, actions and proceedings rendered, entered or acted upon in good faith and without malice and on the basis of facts reasonably...
- Section 34-24-59 Reporting of physician disciplinary actions
(a) The chief administrative officer of each hospital shall report to the Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners any disciplinary action taken concerning any physician...
- Section 34-24-60 Confidentiality of records, etc.; authorized release; waiver
(a) All reports of investigations; documents subpoenaed by the board; reports of any investigative committee appointed by the board; memoranda of the board's counsel relating...
- Section 34-24-61 Controlled substance registration certificate; continuing medical education; dismissal of revocation, etc
(a) The State Board of Medical Examiners, when acting in the capacity of a certifying board under the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Section 20-2-1,...
- Division 2 Certificates of Qualification.
- Division 1 General Provisions.
- Section 34-24-70 Qualifications of applicants
(a) The following constitute the requirements for the issuance of a certificate of qualification for a license to practice medicine in this state: (1) MEDICAL...
- Section 34-24-71 Application for examination
An applicant shall, before being permitted to enter upon an examination, fill out an application blank giving his or her name, age, residence, college and...
- Section 34-24-73 Reciprocity generally
(a) The State Board of Medical Examiners may establish reciprocal agreements for licensure by endorsement with similar boards of other states, the District of Columbia,...
- Section 34-24-74 Nonresident consultants; physician accompanying patient being transported into Alabama for treatment
A doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy licensed to practice medicine in any state of the United States or the District of Columbia who...
- Section 34-24-75 Certain certificates issued without examination
(a) The State Board of Medical Examiners may, in its discretion and subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the board, issue a certificate of...
- Section 34-24-75.1 Certificate and limited license under Retired Senior Volunteer Program
(a) The State Board of Medical Examiners may, at its discretion and subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the board, issue a certificate...
- Division 2 Suspension or Revocation.
- Article 4 Chiropractors.
- Division 1 General Provisions.
- Division 2 Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
- Section 34-24-140 Board of Chiropractic Examiners - Creation; composition; powers and duties
(a) There is created and established a State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. The board shall be composed of nine members. Eight members of the board...
- Section 34-24-140.1 Board of Chiropractic Examiners - Rulemaking authority
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) A primary goal of the provision of health care is to prioritize patient safety...
- Section 34-24-141 Board of Chiropractic Examiners - Membership
The members of the board shall be elected or appointed, as provided in Section 34-24-140, for a term of four years and the terms shall...
- Section 34-24-142 Board of Chiropractic Examiners - Compensation of members
Each member of the board shall be entitled to receive a per diem at the rate of 80 percent of the rate established by Section...
- Section 34-24-143 Disposition of funds; audit; refunds; records
All examination fees, certification fees, renewal fees, and other similar funds received by the board under the provisions of this article shall be deposited in...
- Section 34-24-144 Board of Chiropractic Examiners - Officers; meetings; rules and regulations; bond
The members of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall convene within 30 days after their election or appointment and elect a president, vice-president, and...
- Section 34-24-145 Establishment of preceptorship, etc., authorized; issuance and expiration of limited license; board to establish rules, etc., for implementation of section
(a) The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners is hereby authorized to establish a preceptorship and extern program whereby chiropractic students enrolled in their last year...
- Division 3 Certificates of Qualification.
- Section 34-24-160 Application; qualifications of applicant; fee
(a) Any person wishing the right to practice chiropractic shall make application to the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners in the form as the board...
- Section 34-24-161 Examinations; issuance and replacement of license; identification of office
(a) Each applicant, who matriculated into a chiropractic college after January 1, 1973, must pass parts one and two of the examination administered by the...
- Section 34-24-162.1 Application; licensure by credentials
(a) Every person who desires to practice chiropractic within the State of Alabama shall file an application prescribed by the board. Notwithstanding the method of...
- Section 34-24-163 Issuance of certificates to persons practicing on January 1, 1960
Notwithstanding any section of this article or any other law to the contrary, the board shall issue a license to practice chiropractic without examination to...
- Section 34-24-164 License to be recorded with judge of probate
Every person who receives a license to practice chiropractic shall have it recorded in the office of the judge of probate of each county in...
- Section 34-24-165 Renewal, suspension, retirement, etc., of license; waiver of fees; inactive license
(a) Every license to practice chiropractic or permit to own a chiropractic practice shall be subject to renewal on September 30 of the year for...
- Section 34-24-166 Refusal, revocation, or suspension - Grounds; rules; disciplinary action
(a) The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners may refuse to grant a license or permit to any applicant who is not of good moral character...
- Section 34-24-167 Refusal, revocation, or suspension - Notice of hearing; procedure
(a) In a contested case, all parties shall be afforded an opportunity for hearing after reasonable notice in writing delivered either by personal service as...
- Section 34-24-168 Refusal, revocation, or suspension - Guidelines for conduct of hearing; settlement by guilty plea
The board shall specify in its rules and regulations specific guidelines to govern all hearings.
- Section 34-24-170 Costs and fines
The board shall specify in its rules and regulations a schedule of costs or fines, or both, to be imposed upon any person or permit...
- Section 34-24-172 Restoration of license
Repealed by Act 2015-275 effective August 1, 2015.
- Section 34-24-173 Rules of evidence in contested cases
In contested cases: (1) The rules of evidence as applied in nonjury civil cases in the circuit courts of this state shall be followed. When...
- Section 34-24-174 Form and content of final order
(a) The final order in a proceeding shall be in writing and made a part of the record and include findings of fact and conclusions...
- Section 34-24-175 Appeal from final decision, judicial review
(a) Any party whose license or permit is sanctioned as provided herein, shall not be required to file a motion for rehearing to exhaust his...
- Section 34-24-176 Reinstatement of license
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) or (c) of Section 34-24-165, any chiropractor who desires to return to the active practice of chiropractic shall...
- Section 34-24-177 Nonrenewal pending payment of administrative fine; refund
The board shall not renew the annual certificate of registration as set forth in Section 34-24-123, 34-24-165, or 34-24-176 of any licensee or permit holder...
- Article 5 Physical Therapists.
- Division 1 General Provisions.
- Division 2 Registration and Licenses.
- Article 6 Podiatrists.
- Division 1 General Provisions.
- Section 34-24-230 Definitions
For purposes of this title, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) PODIATRY. The diagnosis and treatment of disorders...
- Section 34-24-231 False or misleading statements in advertisements
It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the practice of podiatry in this state to print or cause to be printed, or circulate...
- Section 34-24-232 Grandfather clause
Repealed by Act 2009-715, p. 2104, §2, effective August 1, 2009.
- Section 34-24-233 Exemptions
Nothing in this article shall be construed as applying to physicians, surgeons, or persons authorized to practice the healing arts as otherwise provided under the...
- Section 34-24-234 Penalties for violations
Repealed by Act 2009-715, p. 2104, §2, effective August 1, 2009.
- Division 2 Board of Podiatry.
- Section 34-24-250 Appointment; composition; qualifications of members; appointment; terms of office
(a) The Governor of Alabama shall appoint a State Board of Podiatry consisting of seven persons, each of whom shall be a citizen of the...
- Section 34-24-251 Meetings; quorum
The State Board of Podiatry shall hold meetings at such times and places as the board may designate for the discharge of all business as...
- Section 34-24-252 Powers and duties
The State Board of Podiatry shall be the certifying board for podiatrists and shall have the exclusive power and authority to certify and to issue,...
- Section 34-24-253 Compensation of members; disposition of funds
The members of the State Board of Podiatry shall each be entitled to receive the same per diem and travel allowance as is paid by...
- Section 34-24-254 Salary and bond of secretary-treasurer
Repealed by Act 2009-715, §2, effective August 1, 2009.
- Section 34-24-255 Examinations - Requirements; issuance of license; fees
(a) Every person desiring to commence the practice of podiatry shall apply to the board and shall pay an application fee as established by the...
- Section 34-24-256 Examinations - Conduct
Repealed by Act 2009-715, p. 2104, §2, effective August 1, 2009.
- Section 34-24-257 Examinations - Second or subsequent examination
Repealed by Act 2009-715, p. 2104, §2, effective August 1, 2009.
- Section 34-24-258 Deposit and expenditure of funds
All funds received by the board shall be deposited to the credit of the board in a federally insured bank selected by the board, and...
- Division 3 Licenses.
- Section 34-24-270 Practicing podiatry without license; penalty
Any person who shall practice podiatry in this state or hold himself or herself out to the public as a podiatrist, or who shall in...
- Section 34-24-271 License to podiatrist coming to this state; fee
Repealed by Act 98-366, p. 665, §2, effective July 1, 1998.
- Section 34-24-272 Special certificate
Any person who is a legal, ethical, and competent practitioner of podiatry in this state, who has been duly examined and licensed by the State...
- Section 34-24-273 Issuance; contents; display by holder
Every applicant who shall pass the standard examination, or whose reciprocity has been accepted by the State Board of Podiatry, shall receive from the board...
- Section 34-24-275 Renewal; continuing education
Every licensed podiatrist who desires to continue the practice of podiatry shall annually, on or before the first of October, pay to the secretary-treasurer of...
- Section 34-24-276 Suspension or revocation; members of board immune from suit
(a) A license issued to any person may be suspended for a definite period of time, revoked, or limited, or a licensee may be reprimanded,...
- Article 7 Assistants to Physicians.
- Section 34-24-290 Definitions
For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) APPROVED PROGRAM. A program for the education and...
- Section 34-24-291 Purpose of article
(a) Shortages of all skilled health personnel, both physicians and others, new scientific and technological developments and new methods of organizing health services have made...
- Section 34-24-292 Services performed by trainees and assistants
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a licensed assistant to a physician may perform medical services when the services are rendered under the supervision...
- Section 34-24-293 Powers and duties of board
(a) The Board of Medical Examiners shall have and exercise all powers and duties previously granted to it. The board may make specific rules and...
- Section 34-24-294 Injunctive proceedings
(a) The Board of Medical Examiners may, in the name of the people of the State of Alabama and through the Attorney General of the...
- Section 34-24-295 License required
(a) Any person practicing or offering to practice as an assistant to physician in this state shall be licensed and registered by the board in...
- Section 34-24-296 Practice without license; penalty
(a) Any person who practices or offers to practice as an assistant to physician in this state without a license and registration issued and approved...
- Section 34-24-297 Issuance of license - Requirements
The following constitutes the requirements for the issuance of a license to practice as an assistant to physician: (1) Provide evidence, satisfactory to the board,...
- Section 34-24-298 Issuance of license - Application; approval
(a) Upon the filing of an application in the proper form, if the board is satisfied that all requirements of the law have been met...
- Section 34-24-299 Renewal of license
A license issued by the board to an assistant to physician must be renewed annually on or before January 1 of each year. Application for...
- Section 34-24-300 Licensing of certified Physician Assistant or Surgeon Assistant
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary, any person who was certified by the board as a physician assistant or surgeon assistant...
- Section 34-24-301 Temporary licenses
(a) The board may, in its discretion, grant a temporary license to an applicant who meets the qualifications for licensure as an assistant to physician...
- Section 34-24-302 Denial, suspension, revocation, etc., of license; investigation; mental, physical, or laboratory examination; authorization for release of information
(a) The board may, within its discretion, deny the issuance of a license to any person or, after notice and hearing in accordance with board...
- Section 34-24-303 Registration with board; application; denial or termination of registration
(a) Prior to practicing or offering to practice in this state, a licensed assistant to physician shall be registered by the board to perform medical...
- Section 34-24-304 Administrative fines for violation of Section 34-24-302, rules or regulations
In addition to any other penalty authorized by Section 34-24-302, the State Board of Medical Examiners may in its discretion assess administrative fines not to...
- Section 34-24-305 Payment of fines; refund
The board shall not renew the license as set forth in Section 34-24-299 of any assistant to physician against whom an administrative fine has been...
- Section 34-24-306 Voluntary restriction on license
(a) An assistant to physician may surrender his or her license to practice as an assistant to physician or request in writing to the Board...
- Article 8 Licensing and Registration of Physicians and Osteopaths.
- Division 1 Medical Licensure Commission.
- Section 34-24-310 Created; composition; appointment of members; terms of office; public members
(a) There is created the Medical Licensure Commission composed of seven physicians, each of whom shall be either a doctor of medicine or a doctor...
- Section 34-24-311 General authority
The above constituted commission shall have the exclusive power and authority to issue, revoke, and reinstate all licenses authorizing the licensee to practice medicine or...
- Section 34-24-311.1 Employment of staff
The State Board of Medical Examiners may employ such professional, managerial, and clerical staff under such terms, conditions, and personnel policies as the board deems...
- Section 34-24-312 State Board of Medical Examiners to furnish facilities, receive funds, etc
All personnel and facilities necessary to administer and enforce this article shall be furnished by the State Board of Medical Examiners. All money, funds, fees,...
- Section 34-24-313 Employment of investigators, agents, etc., to assist commission; assistance of prosecuting attorneys; consultants
(a) The State Board of Medical Examiners may employ investigators, attorneys, agents, and any other employees and assistants or use any other means necessary to...
- Section 34-24-314 Authority to acquire and hold real property; sale
The State Board of Medical Examiners may acquire and hold, in its own name, real property by purchase, gift, or other lawful means, except eminent...
- Division 2 Licenses and Registration Generally.
- Section 34-24-330 State Board of Medical Examiners to issue certificate of qualification for each applicant; right of appeal when action unfavorable
It shall be the duty of the State Board of Medical Examiners to issue a certificate of qualification to the Medical Licensure Commission certifying each...
- Section 34-24-331 Application for reciprocity to be certified
A licensee who seeks to be licensed in another state by reciprocity on the basis of his or her Alabama license shall have his or...
- Section 34-24-332 Replacement license certificate
A licensee whose license has been lost or destroyed may make application to the Medical Licensure Commission for a replacement license certificate. Such application shall...
- Section 34-24-333 Issuance of certificate of qualification; application and issuance of license; issuance of license under Retired Senior Volunteer Program
(a) When an applicant for a license to practice medicine or osteopathy has complied fully with all requirements of the law regulating the practice of...
- Section 34-24-334 Issuance of license; design, number, fee, etc
Upon the filing of a certificate of qualification along with an application in proper form, if the commission is satisfied that all requirements of the...
- Section 34-24-335 Denial of applications; procedure; no refund of fees
In the event the Medical Licensure Commission determines that the application of any person for a license should be denied, the commission shall promptly upon...
- Section 34-24-336 Continuing medical education
(a) It shall be the duty of the State Board of Medical Examiners to promote continuing medical education of all physicians and osteopaths licensed by...
- Section 34-24-337 Renewal of certificate; reinstatement of license
(a) Renewal of license. Every person licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama shall, on or before December 31 of each...
- Section 34-24-338 Certificate of registration - Contents; change of address
Upon due application therefor, by a licensee of the Medical Licensure Commission, and upon the payment of fees required to be paid by this article,...
- Section 34-24-339 Certificate of registration - Not required for retired persons
Any person licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in this state, who is retired or may hereafter retire from such practice, shall not be required...
- Section 34-24-340 Collection of fees
(a) Fees for the issuance of licenses to practice medicine or osteopathy and registration fees shall be collected and kept by the State Board of...
- Section 34-24-341 Commission to commence actions where persons practicing without license; court jurisdiction; issuance of injunctions
The Medical Licensure Commission, in addition to the powers and duties expressed in this article with respect to the denial of a license, denial of...
- Section 34-24-342 Construction of article; commission to have exclusive power over licenses; licenses to be filed with county probate judge
No provision of this article shall be construed as repealing any other law with reference to the requirements regulating the practice of medicine or osteopathy...
- Section 34-24-343 Penalty for violations of article
Any person who shall practice medicine or osteopathy without first having complied with all the provisions of this article, and any person who shall violate...
- Section 34-24-344 Limited waiver of licensing requirements for certain athletic team physicians
(a) Subject to subsection (b), the licensing requirements of this chapter do not apply to any person who holds a current unrestricted license to practice...
- Division 3 Suspension or Revocation of Licenses.
- Section 34-24-360 Restrictions, etc., on license; grounds
The Medical Licensure Commission shall have the power and duty to suspend, revoke, or restrict any license to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State...
- Section 34-24-360.1 Authority to implement Section 34-24-360
The certifying boards under the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission are each authorized to...
- Section 34-24-361 Investigations; reporting offenses; proceedings and actions; privileged information
(a)(1) The State Board of Medical Examiners on its own motion may investigate any evidence which appears to show that a physician or osteopath holding...
- Section 34-24-361.1 Hearings closed; confidentiality of certain records
All hearings conducted by the commission shall be closed. The record in such hearings, including witness testimony, exhibits, and pleadings, shall be confidential, shall not...
- Section 34-24-362 Unlawful to practice when license suspended or revoked; reissue of license
Whenever a license to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama has been suspended or revoked, it shall be unlawful for the person...
- Section 34-24-363 Witnesses - How subpoenaed and sworn; failure to comply
(a) To any such hearing witnesses may be subpoenaed by the commission on its own motion, or on the demand of either side by subpoena...
- Section 34-24-364 Witnesses - Per diem and travel expense
Any witness attending any such hearing or investigation shall immediately upon his or her discharge as a witness be paid by the party requesting the...
- Section 34-24-365 Witnesses - Depositions
The commission, board or, with the consent of the commission, any party to any proceeding before the commission, may cause depositions of witnesses residing within...
- Section 34-24-366 Vote necessary for suspension or revocation; hearing panels
The commission shall not order the suspension or revocation of a license unless at least five members of the commission are present and a majority...
- Section 34-24-367 Judicial review; immediate effect of suspension or revocation of license; venue
Judicial review of the orders and decisions of the Medical Licensure Commission shall be governed by the provisions of Section 41-22-20 (the Alabama Administrative Procedure...
- Division 4 Administrative Fines, Reprimands, and Restrictions.
- Article 9 Rehabilitation of Physicians and Osteopaths.
- Section 34-24-400 Identification, treatment, etc., of impaired physicians; Alabama Physician Wellness Committee; funding
It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Board of Medical Examiners to promote the early identification, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation of physicians...
- Section 34-24-401 Authority of board to contract for Physician Wellness Committee to undertake certain functions
The Board of Medical Examiners shall have the authority to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit corporation or medical professional association for the Alabama...
- Section 34-24-402 Reporting and disclosure by Physician Wellness Committee
The Alabama Physician Wellness Committee shall develop procedures in consultation with the Board of Medical Examiners for: (1) Periodic reporting of statistical information regarding impaired...
- Section 34-24-403 Liability for actions within scope of committee functions
Any physician or osteopath licensed to practice medicine in the State of Alabama who shall be duly appointed to serve as a member of the...
- Section 34-24-404 Confidentiality of information, records, and proceedings
All information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, or other documents furnished to or produced by the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee and any findings, conclusions, recommendations, or...
- Section 34-24-405 Annual report
(a) It shall be the duty of the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee to render an annual report to the State Board of Medical Examiners concerning...
- Section 34-24-406 Evaluation of physician who is believed to be impaired; report of findings
If the Board of Medical Examiners has reasonable cause to believe that a physician is impaired, the board may cause an evaluation of such physician...
- Article 10 Licensing the Practice of Medicine and Osteopathy Across State Lines.
- Section 34-24-500 Legislative findings and purpose
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, because of technological advances and changing practice patterns, the practice of medicine or osteopathy is occurring with increasing...
- Section 34-24-501 Definitions
(a) The practice of medicine or osteopathy across state lines means the practice of medicine or osteopathy as defined in Section 34-24-50(1), as it applies...
- Section 34-24-502 Licensure
(a) License requirement. No person shall engage in the practice of medicine or osteopathy across state lines in this state, hold himself or herself out...
- Section 34-24-503 Effect of license
(a) The issuance by the commission of a special purpose license to practice medicine or osteopathy across state lines subjects the licensee to the jurisdiction...
- Section 34-24-504 Patient medical records
Any licensee licensed under the provision of this article shall comply with all laws, rules, and regulations governing the maintenance of patient medical records, including...
- Section 34-24-505 Exemptions
(a) A physician who engages in the practice of medicine across state lines in a medical emergency, as defined by the board, is not subject...
- Section 34-24-506 Sanctions
(a) Any person who violates the provisions of this article is subject to criminal prosecution for the unlicensed practice of medicine or osteopathy under the...
- Section 34-24-507 Reciprocity
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this article, the commission shall only issue a special purpose license to practice medicine or osteopathy across state lines...
- Section 34-24-508 Rule making
The State Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission are each vested with authority to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to effect...
- Article 10A Licensing the Practice of Medicine and Osteopathy Across State Lines.
- Section 34-24-520 Purpose
In order to strengthen access to health care, and in recognition of the advances in the delivery of health care, the member states of the...
- Section 34-24-521 Definitions
In this compact, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) BYLAWS. Those bylaws established by the interstate commission pursuant to Section 34-24-530 for its...
- Section 34-24-522 Eligibility
(a) A physician must meet the eligibility requirements as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 34-24-521 to receive an expedited license under the terms and...
- Section 34-24-523 Designation of state of principal license
(a) A physician shall designate a member state as the state of principal license for purposes of registration for expedited licensure through the compact if...
- Section 34-24-524 Application and issuance of expedited licensure
(a) A physician seeking licensure through the compact shall file an application for an expedited license with the member board of the state selected by...
- Section 34-24-525 Fees for expedited licensure
(a) A member state issuing an expedited license authorizing the practice of medicine in that state may impose a fee for a license issued or...
- Section 34-24-526 Renewal and continued participation
(a) A physician seeking to renew an expedited license granted in a member state shall complete a renewal process with the interstate commission if the...
- Section 34-24-527 Coordinated information system
(a) The interstate commission shall establish a database of all physicians licensed, or who have applied for licensure, under Section 34-24-524. (b) Notwithstanding any other...
- Section 34-24-528 Joint investigations
(a) Licensure and disciplinary records of physicians are deemed investigative. (b) In addition to the authority granted to a member board by its respective medical...
- Section 34-24-529 Disciplinary actions
(a) Any disciplinary action taken by any member board against a physician licensed through the compact shall be deemed unprofessional conduct which may be subject...
- Section 34-24-530 Interstate medical licensure compact commission
(a) The member states hereby create the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission. (b) The purpose of the interstate commission is the administration of the Interstate...
- Section 34-24-531 Powers and duties of the interstate commission
The interstate commission shall have the duty and power to do all of the following: (a) Oversee and maintain the administration of the compact. (b)...
- Section 34-24-532 Finance powers
(a) The interstate commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment from each member state to cover the cost of the operations and activities...
- Section 34-24-533 Organization and operation of the interstate commission
(a) The interstate commission, by a majority of commissioners present and voting, shall adopt bylaws to govern its conduct as may be necessary or appropriate...
- Section 34-24-534 Rulemaking functions of the interstate commission
(a) The interstate commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purposes of the compact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the...
- Section 34-24-535 Oversight of interstate compact
(a) The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce the compact and shall take all actions necessary and...
- Section 34-24-536 Enforcement of interstate compact
(a) The interstate commission, in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, shall enforce the provisions and rules of the compact. (b) The interstate commission, by...
- Section 34-24-537 Default procedures
(a) The grounds for default include, but are not limited to, failure of a member state to perform such obligations or responsibilities imposed upon it...
- Section 34-24-538 Dispute resolution
(a) The interstate commission, upon the request of a member state, shall attempt to resolve disputes which are subject to the compact and which may...
- Section 34-24-539 Member states, effective date, and amendment
(a) Any state is eligible to become a member state of the compact. (b) The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of...
- Section 34-24-540 Withdrawal
(a) Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every member state; provided that a member state may withdraw...
- Section 34-24-541 Dissolution
(a) The compact shall dissolve effective upon the date of the withdrawal or default of the member state which reduces the membership in the compact...
- Section 34-24-542 Severability and construction
(a) The provisions of the compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the...
- Section 34-24-543 Binding effect of compact and other laws
(a) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the compact. (b) All laws in...
- Article 11 Alabama Pain Management Act.
- Section 34-24-600 Short title
This article shall be known as and may be cited as the Alabama Pain Management Act.
- Section 34-24-601 Legislative findings
The Legislature finds that the diversion, abuse, and misuse of prescription medications classified as controlled substances under the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act constitute a...
- Section 34-24-602 Authority and intent
(a) Authority. The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners shall have the jurisdiction and authority necessary to carry out the provisions and intent of this article....
- Section 34-24-603 Definitions
Unless otherwise indicated from the context, the terms set out below, as used in this article shall have the following meanings: (1) APPLICANT. A person...
- Section 34-24-604 Annual registration
(a) Beginning January 1, 2014, and continuing each year thereafter: (1) All physicians providing pain management services shall obtain a pain management registration from the...
- Section 34-24-605 Ownership and operation
(a) All registrants must provide pain management services at a location that is owned and operated by one of the following: (1) One or more...
- Section 34-24-606 Training requirements
Each physician serving as the medical director at a practice location shall meet at least one of the following requirements: (1) Successful completion of a...
- Section 34-24-607 Inspections
(a) Physicians registered under this article shall make all records, notes, and files of the registrant open to inspection. In carrying out the intent of...
- Section 34-24-608 Investigations
(a) The board or its agents, on its own motion or in response to a written complaint, may investigate known or suspected violations of this...
- Section 34-24-609 Disciplinary action and sanctions
(a) A violation of this article or a rule adopted under this article is grounds for disciplinary action and sanctions against a registrant as provided...
- Section 34-24-610 Construction of article
Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit the ability of the Board of Medical Examiners to exercise authority existing prior to the passage...
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