34-24-340
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 Medical Examiners which shall furnish all employees and facilities utilized by the commission. The State Board of Medical Examiners shall continue to collect fees for examination, certificates of qualification, and such other fees as are authorized by law or this article. (b) Fees for physicians participating in a collaborative practice with a certified registered nurse practitioner or a certified nurse midwife shall be collected and kept by the State Board of Medical Examiners. The fee for a physician participating in a collaborative practice shall be set by the State Board of Medical Examiners, in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200). (Acts 1981, No. 81-218, p. 273, §15; Act 2007-402, p. 807, §1.)...
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34-24-400
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 and osteopaths licensed to practice medicine in the State of Alabama who may be impaired by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, narcotics, alcohol, chemicals, or other substances or as a result of any physical or mental condition. For the purposes of this article the term "impaired" shall mean the inability of a physician or osteopath to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, narcotics, alcohol, chemicals, or other substances or as a result of any physical or mental condition. In order to carry out this obligation the State Board of Medical Examiners is hereby empowered to contract with any...
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34-21-91
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 commence and maintain in their own names in any circuit court having jurisdiction of any person within this state who is unlawfully engaging in advanced practice nursing as a certified registered nurse practitioner or a certified nurse midwife action in the nature of quo warranto as provided for in Section 6-6-590, et seq., to order the person to cease and desist from continuing to engage in these areas of advanced practice nursing within the State of Alabama, and jurisdiction is conferred upon the circuit courts of this state to hear and determine all such cases. The boards may commence and maintain such actions without the filing of bond or security and without the order or direction of a circuit judge. An injunction shall be issued upon proof that the...
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34-24-313
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 aid the commission in bringing about and maintaining a rigid administration and enforcement of this article, and the board may incur reasonable, necessary, and proper expenses for assisting the commission and for implementing this article and all laws regulating the practice of medicine or osteopathy within the State of Alabama. The commission and the board may request assistance from the Attorney General, district attorneys, or other prosecuting attorneys of this state in the various circuits and counties. All prosecuting attorneys throughout the state shall assist the commission or the board, upon request of either, in any action for injunction or any prosecution without charge or additional...
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34-24-382
Section 34-24-382 Disposition of fines; contracts. All administrative fines assessed by the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission shall be paid to the board and may be expended for the general operation of the board and commission. The board is authorized to expend a portion of its funds for the development, administration, and presentation of programs of continuing medical education for physicians licensed to practice medicine in this state. The board is authorized to enter into contracts for the purchase of programs, services, and materials without regard to the competitive bid laws for expenditures made in connection with the development, administration, and presentation of continuing medical education programs. (Acts 1986, No. 86-451, p. 817, §3; Act 2002-140, p. 359, §3.)...
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34-24-59
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 when the action is related to professional ethics, negligence, or incompetence in the practice of medicine, moral turpitude, sexual misconduct, abusive or disruptive behavior, or drug or alcohol abuse. Disciplinary action shall include termination, revocation, probation, restriction, denial, failure to renew, suspension, reduction, or resignation of hospital privileges for any of the above reasons. The report shall be in writing and be made within 30 days of the date of the initial action. Failure on the part of a chief administrative officer of a hospital to file a report required under this section shall be a violation of Section 22-21-25(b)(3), and the State Board of Health may, in its discretion, impose upon the hospital found to be in violation, a civil...
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20-2-115
Section 20-2-115 Composition of review committee. The review committee shall consist of: (a) one physician licensed to practice medicine in this state and certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology; (b) one physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and also certified in the subspecialty of medical oncology; (c) one physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, certified in the specialty of pediatrics and also certified in the subspecialty of pediatrics oncology; (d) one physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, certified in the specialty of gynecology and also certified in the subspecialty of gynecological oncology; (e) one physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, certified in the specialty of radiology and also certified in the subspecialty of radiation oncology; and (f) the director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center of the University of Alabama in Birmingham. (Acts 1979, No....
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26-23E-6
Section 26-23E-6 Patient care. All patient care in an abortion or reproductive health center must be rendered in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, State Board of Health rules, State Board of Medical Examiners rules, and current standards of care, including all professional standards of practice. (Act 2013-79, p. 165, §6.)...
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34-21-88
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 certificate of qualification to engage in these areas of advanced practice nursing and for the termination of the approval of the State Board of Medical Examiners of the collaborating practice of a physician and certified registered nurse practitioner or a certified nurse midwife, or both: (1) Prescribing in violation of this article or the rules and regulations of the State Board of Medical Examiners or the Board of Nursing. (2) For a certified registered nurse practitioner or a certified nurse midwife to engage in any act or render any services not authorized in his or her protocol or for a physician to require or to knowingly permit or condone such an act. (3) Failure on the part of a certified registered nurse practitioner or a certified nurse midwife to...
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34-24-293
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 regulations pertaining to the licensure approval, registration, and regulation of assistants to physicians. The board may also make specific rules and regulations pertaining to approvals, disapprovals, and withdrawing approvals from physicians to utilize assistants to physicians. (b) The board may recognize, approve, and disapprove new categories and specialties of assistants to physicians as they develop in the delivery of health care. (c) The board shall issue certificates of approval for programs for the education and training of assistants to physicians which meet board standards. (d) In developing criteria for program approval, the board shall give consideration to and encourage the utilization of equivalency and proficiency testing and other mechanisms whereby full credit is given to trainees...
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