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34-24-61
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, et seq., may, within its discretion and for cause, order, and direct that a physician
or osteopath holding a registration certificate successfully complete a course or courses
of continuing medical education on subjects related to the prescribing, dispensing, administering,
or furnishing of controlled substances. The course or courses of continuing medical education
ordered by the board under this section may not exceed 50 credit hours of instruction within
the calendar year in which the order is entered. Failure or refusal to comply with an order
or directive of the board entered pursuant to this section shall constitute grounds, after
notice and hearing, for the suspension of the controlled substance...
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20-2-251
Section 20-2-251 Certifying board; advisory committee; access to records; protocols, formularies,
medical regimens. (a) The Board of Medical Examiners is hereby designated as the certifying
board for the registration and approval of a certified registered nurse practitioner (CRNP)
or a certified nurse midwife (CNM) in obtaining or renewing a Qualified Alabama Controlled
Substances Registration Certificate (QACSC). The board may adopt regulations concerning the
application procedures, fees, and grounds for the restriction, limitation, suspension, or
revocation of a QACSC, excluding the charge of expenses for conducting an investigation or
expenses of a hearing, and to provide for hearings in connection with the same. The board
shall establish a unique QACSC number that identifies the particular applicant as a certified
registered nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife with a valid QACSC. However, nothing
in this article shall permit the board to encroach on the powers, duties,...
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34-24-314
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 domain, which real property is used by the board to carry out
its responsibilities. The board may also transfer, sell, convey, or cause to be conveyed real
property and any improvements thereon, subject to the requirements of this section. In purchasing
any real property, the board may expend its own funds, and any obligations created in connection
with the purchase of the real property shall solely and exclusively be obligations of the
board and shall not create debts, obligations, or liabilities of the State of Alabama. As
used in this section, real property shall include land, lots, and all things and interests,
including lease hold interests, pertaining thereto, and all other things annexed or attached
to the land which would pass to a vendee by conveyance of the land...
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34-24-336
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 the commission and is empowered to spend a portion of its funds in any manner
it deems desirable for carrying out this purpose. The board is specifically empowered to provide
funds to any nonprofit corporation for the purpose of conducting continuing medical education
programs without being bound by the provisions of any law requiring competitive bidding. Such
programs must be open to all licensed physicians and osteopaths without regard to membership
in any professional organization. (b) The board shall adopt a program of continuing medical
education for all licensees living in the State of Alabama not later than October 1, 1991.
After that date, successful completion of the requirements of the continuing medical education
program shall be a requisite for license renewal. Licensees who...
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34-24-405
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 the
operations and proceedings of the committee for the preceding year. (b) The committee shall
report to the State Board of Medical Examiners any physician or osteopath who in the opinion
of the committee is unable to practice medicine or osteopathy 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 when it
appears that such physician or osteopath is currently in need of intervention, treatment,
or rehabilitation, and such physician or osteopath has failed or refused to participate in
programs of treatment or rehabilitation recommended by the committee. In any report to the
State Board of Medical Examiners made pursuant to the requirements of this...
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20-2-255
Section 20-2-255 Hearings; restriction, suspension, revocation of certificate. (a) Any hearing
regarding the issuance, restriction, limitation, suspension, or revocation of a Qualified
Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate (QACSC) held by a certified registered
nurse practitioner or a certified nurse midwife for any violations of this article shall be
before the Board of Medical Examiners. (b) The board shall have the authority to restrict,
suspend, or revoke a QACSC, whenever a CRNP or a CNM is found guilty on the basis of substantial
evidence of any of the acts or offenses enumerated in Section 20-2-254. The board shall also
have the authority to reinstate or to deny reinstatement of a QACSC. (c) The board may limit
revocation or suspension of a QACSC to the particular controlled substance with respect to
which grounds for revocation or suspension exist. (d) The board shall promptly notify the
Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States Department of Justice...
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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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34-24-57
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 the record of any licensee, certificate holder, or person holding
similar authority issued by it, who, during the preceding three-year period, has had two or
more final judgments or settlements, or has had a total of three or more final judgments or
settlements, or both, of the type required to be reported pursuant to this section. (b) The
review required by subsection (a) shall be for the purpose of determining whether the agency
should take disciplinary action against the person. (c) It shall be a ground for the suspension
or revocation of a license, certificate, or other similar authority for the licensee, certificate
holder, or person holding similar authority to have the number of...
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45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election.
(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire
and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant
to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote at
a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval of the
mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election for
the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered
voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and
the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description
of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the
establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for 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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