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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34-24-306
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
of Medical Examiners that a restriction be placed upon his or her license to practice as an
assistant to physician within the State of Alabama. The board may accept a surrender or grant
such a request for restriction and shall have the authority, if it deems appropriate, to attach
such restrictions to the license of the assistant to physician to practice as an assistant
to physician within the State of Alabama. Removal of a voluntary restriction on the license
of an assistant to physician shall be done only with the approval of the Board of Medical
Examiners. If the board accepts the surrender of a license of an assistant to physician, any
current registration of the assistant to physician shall be automatically terminated, the
license shall be withdrawn, and the assistant to physician shall not be...
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34-24-505
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 to the provisions
of this article. (b) A physician who engages in the practice of medicine or osteopathy across
state lines on an irregular or infrequent basis is not subject to the provisions of this article.
The "irregular or infrequent" practice of medicine across state lines is deemed
to occur if such practice occurs less than 10 times in a calendar year or involves fewer than
10 patients in a calendar year or comprises less than one percent of the physician's diagnostic
or therapeutic practice. (Acts 1997, No. 97-166, p. 238, §6.)...
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34-24-529
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 to discipline by other member boards, in addition to any violation of the medical
practice act or regulations in that state. (b) If a license granted to a physician by the
member board in the state of principal license is revoked, surrendered, or relinquished in
lieu of discipline, or suspended, then all licenses issued to the physician by member boards
shall automatically be placed, without further action necessary by any member board, on the
same status. If the member board in the state of principal license subsequently reinstates
the physician's license, a license issued to the physician by any other member board shall
remain encumbered until that respective member board takes action to reinstate the license
in a manner consistent with the medical practice act of that state. (c) If...
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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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34-21-85
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
Nursing for the purpose of regulating the collaborative practice of physicians and certified
registered nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives. No person may practice as a certified
registered nurse practitioner or a certified nurse midwife in this state unless that person
possesses a certificate of qualification issued by the Board of Nursing and practices under
written protocols approved by the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of Nursing
and signed by a qualified collaborating physician or physicians and certified registered nurse
practitioner or certified nurse midwife or is exempt from the requirement of a written protocol
according to rules promulgated by the State Board of...
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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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34-24-59
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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34-9-26
Section 34-9-26 Examination, qualifications, licensing, etc., of dental hygienists. No person
shall practice as a dental hygienist in this state until such person has passed an examination
given by the board or approved by the board, or both, under rules and regulations as the board
may promulgate and the payment of a fee. The board shall issue licenses and license certificates
as dental hygienists to those persons who have passed the examination and have been found
qualified by the board. The license certificate and annual registration certificate shall
be displayed in the office in which the dental hygienist is employed. No person shall be entitled
to a license and license certificate unless the person is 19 years of age and of good moral
character. Each applicant for examination and license as a dental hygienist shall be a graduate
of a school of dental hygiene which has been approved by the board, or in lieu thereof, shall
have served as a dental assistant for a period of time...
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34-24-303
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 services under the supervision of a physician
approved by the board to supervise the assistant. (b) Registration shall be accomplished by
the submission to the board of an application on forms established in the board rules, payment
of the required registration fee in an amount established in the board rules, and the granting
of approval pursuant to procedures designated in the board rules. (c) Registration may be
denied or terminated by the board in accordance with grounds and procedures established in
the rules of the board. (Act 98-604, p. 1324, §10.)...
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