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34-24-361
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 a certificate of qualification
to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama is or may be guilty of any of the
acts, offenses, or conditions set out in Section 34-24-360. As part of its investigation,
the board may require a criminal history background check of the physician or osteopath. In
such event, the physician or osteopath shall submit a complete set of fingerprints to the
State Board of Medical Examiners. The board shall submit the fingerprints provided by the
physician or osteopath to the Alabama Bureau of Investigation (ABI). The fingerprints shall
be forwarded by the ABI to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a national criminal
history record check. Costs associated with conducting a criminal history...
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34-24-360
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 of Alabama or place on probation or fine any licensee whenever
the licensee shall be found guilty on the basis of substantial evidence of any of the following
acts or offenses: (1) Fraud in applying for or procuring a certificate of qualification to
practice medicine or osteopathy or a license to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State
of Alabama. (2) Unprofessional conduct as defined herein or in the rules and regulations promulgated
by the commission. (3) Practicing medicine or osteopathy in such a manner as to endanger the
health of the patients of the practitioner. (4) Conviction of a felony; a copy of the record
of conviction, certified to by the clerk of the court entering the conviction, shall be conclusive
evidence. (5) Conviction of any crime or offense which...
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34-24-51
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 or her behalf by the State Board of Medical Examiners and without
a license and certificate of registration from the Medical Licensure Commission of Alabama
shall be guilty of a Class C felony. However, nothing in this section or article shall apply
to fellows, residents, interns, or medical students who are employed by or who are taking
courses of instruction at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, the University of
South Alabama College of Medicine, or such other medical schools or colleges, hospitals, or
institutions in Alabama as may be approved by the Board of Medical Examiners; and provided,
that the work of the fellows, residents, interns, or medical students is performed within
the facilities of such medical schools or colleges, hospitals, or institutions...
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34-24-75.1
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 of qualification in behalf of physicians
meeting the requirements for participation in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. The Retired
Senior Volunteer Program is created for the purpose of permitting doctors of medicine and
doctors of osteopathy who are fully retired from the active practice of medicine to obtain
a limited license without cost which would permit the provision of outpatient health care
services at established free clinics operated pursuant to the Volunteer Medical Professional
Act, Section 6-5-660, et seq. Physicians having certificates issued under this section must
perform no fewer than 100 hours of voluntary service annually and must limit their practice
to the confines of an established free medical clinic, as that term is...
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34-24-70
(2) Examinations administered by the board may be given in Montgomery or at any other location
determined by the board. (3) Applicants who are required to take the Special Purpose Examination
or the United States Medical Licensing Examination administered by the board shall, in addition
to the other requirements of this section, be eligible to sit for and take the examination
under the rules established by the organization which created the examination. (4) The board
may enter into personal service contracts with individuals, firms, or corporations
for the administration of any examination required by this section. (5) The board shall keep
complete records of all examinations conducted, giving the name, age, residence, college,
date of graduation of the applicant examined, and the results of the examination. These records
shall be open to public inspection. (6) The board shall establish by rule or regulation the
passing score for all examinations administered by it under this...
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34-29-61
VETERINARIAN. A person who is validly and currently licensed to practice veterinary medicine
in Alabama. (13) LICENSED VETERINARY TECHNICIAN. A person who is validly and currently licensed
to practice as a veterinary technician in Alabama. (14) PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership,
association, joint venture, cooperative, or corporation or any other group or combination
acting in concert; and whether or not acting as a principal, trustee, fiduciary, receiver,
or as any kind of legal or personal representative, or as the successor in interest,
assigning agent, factor, servant, employee, director, officer, or any other representative
of such person. (15) PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE: a. To diagnose, treat, correct, change,
relieve, or prevent animal disease, deformity, defect, injury, or other physical or
mental condition; including the prescription or administration of any drug, medicine, biologic,
apparatus, application, anesthesia, or other therapeutic or diagnostic...
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34-24-330
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 applicant for a license who has successfully passed the required
examination or whose application for a license or certificate of qualification by reciprocity
has been acted upon favorably by the board, or whose application for a certificate of qualification
without examination or application for reinstatement of a certificate of qualification has
been acted upon favorably by the board. Any applicant whose application either for an initial
certificate of qualification or for reinstatement of a certificate of qualification is not
acted upon favorably by the board shall have the right of appeal to the commission which shall
have the authority to either affirm the board's action or order the...
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34-24-73
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, the territories of the United States, and the provinces of Canada in
reference to the issuance of certificates of qualifications. Reciprocal agreements shall not
be established with a board of examiners that does not require examination upon substantially
the same branches of medical learning as those examinations required for licensure in this
state, and that does not maintain a standard of proficiency at least equal to that maintained
by the Board of Medical Examiners of this state. When reciprocal agreements have been established,
subject to the requirements of Section 34-24-70, a certificate of qualification may be issued
by endorsement in behalf of a person who presents evidence of compliance with the requirements
of a reciprocating board. (b) The State Board of Medical...
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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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34-24-502
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 as
qualified to do the same, or use any title, word, or abbreviation to indicate to or induce
others to believe that he or she is licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy across state
lines in this state unless he or she has been issued a special purpose license to practice
medicine or osteopathy across state lines in accordance with the provisions of this article;
provided however, that no person who holds a full, unrestricted, and current license issued
under Sections 34-24-310 to 34-24-343, inclusive, shall be required to obtain a special purpose
license to practice medicine or osteopathy across state lines. (b) Issuance of license. The
Medical Licensure Commission shall issue a special purpose license to practice medicine or
osteopathy across state lines upon presentation by an applicant of a...
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