16-47-79
Section 16-47-79 Repayment of loans. (a) Scholarships extended under subdivisions (1) and (3)
of subsection (a) of Section 16-47-78 shall be repaid following graduation either in cash
as is provided under subsection (b) or under the terms of a contract to serve in a needy area
in Alabama for a term to be specified by the board as provided in subsection (c). Any moneys
received from recipients in repayment of a scholarship loan under subsections (b) and (c)
shall upon receipt thereof be retained by the Board of Scholarship Awards to be used for funding
of future scholarships. The board shall establish a separate fund for these purposes. (b)
Scholarship loans to be repaid under this subsection shall be repaid to the Board of Dental
Scholarship Awards in full at an interest rate of six percent per annum from the date of graduation
from dental school. Payments are to be made annually, the first of which is due one year after
the recipient enters the practice of dentistry or one year after...
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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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16-47-124
Section 16-47-124 Types of awards. There shall be two types of awards as follows: (1) LOANS.
A number of loans equal in number to 20 percent of the student body of the medical schools
in the State of Alabama, each in an amount of up to the average cost of tuition, fees, and
living expenses, as set forth in the current catalogs of the University of Alabama School
of Medicine or the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, for the year of each enrollment.
These loans shall be available to any resident of Alabama of good character who has been accepted
for matriculation by one of the medical schools of Alabama preference being given to those
applicants who can show an economic need, and who commit in writing to practice in a rural
area in a generalists specialty as determined by the board. The board may, in its discretion,
permit students to apply for a loan under this subdivision in any scholastic year and for
any previously completed scholastic year of medical education. These...
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34-24-70
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 EDUCATION REQUIREMENT. All applicants for a certificate of qualification
shall present a diploma or evidence of graduation from any of the following institutions:
a. A college of medicine or school of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical
Education of the American Medical Association. b. A college of osteopathy accredited by the
American Osteopathic Association. c. A college of medicine or school of medicine not accredited
by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education which is approved by the Board of Medical Examiners.
The board may, within its discretion, withhold approval of any college of medicine not designated
in either a., or b., above which: 1. Has had its accreditation withdrawn by a national or
regional accreditation organization; or 2. Has had its...
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16-47-122
Section 16-47-122 Board of Medical Scholarship Awards - Composition; terms of members; chairman.
(a) The Board of Medical Scholarship Awards shall be composed of three members of the Board
of Censors of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, the Executive Officer of the
State Board of Health, the dean of each school of medicine in Alabama or his designee, the
chairman of the admissions committee of each school of medicine in Alabama and two members
appointed by the Governor for four-year terms, one of whom shall be a member of the State
of Alabama Senate and the other a member of the State of Alabama House of Representatives.
The terms of the legislative members shall be concurrent with their legislative terms. (b)
The Chairman of the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards shall be a member of the Board of
Censors of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1977, No. 663, p. 1125,
§§2, 3.)...
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16-47-128
Section 16-47-128 Failure of recipient to perform loan agreement grounds for revocation of
medical license; revocation proceedings. The failure of a recipient of a loan to perform his
or her agreement with the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards or to pay the amount he or she
is liable for under this division shall constitute a ground for the revocation of his or her
license to practice medicine. The proceedings to have the physician's license revoked shall
be commenced upon the written complaint of the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards to the
State Board of Medical Examiners. The proceedings shall be in accordance with Sections 34-24-310
to 34-24-381, inclusive, for the imposition of disciplinary sanctions on a license to practice
medicine in this state. (Acts 1977, No. 663, p. 1125, §9; Acts 1994, No. 94-103, p. 110,
§1.)...
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16-47-129
Section 16-47-129 Localities in need of physicians. Any incorporated or unincorporated municipality
or locality in the state having a population of less than 15,000, desiring additional physicians
and wishing to be designated as a locality needing additional physicians, may apply to the
Board of Medical Scholarship Awards to be placed on a list of localities in need of additional
physicians, which shall be maintained by the board. Such applications may be made either by
the municipal governing body or by a petition signed by at least one twentieth of the qualified
electors of the municipality or locality. If the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards determines
that such locality is in need of physicians, it shall place the locality on the list of localities
in need of physicians from which recipients of scholarships may, upon graduation, select an
area in which to practice. In compiling and maintaining the list, the board may place any
locality thereon which, in its opinion, needs...
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16-47-220
Section 16-47-220 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words shall
have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AREA OF CRITICAL
NEED. An area with a critical need for more physician's assistants, as determined by the board,
where participants may work to repay loans received under the program. (2) BOARD. The Alabama
Board of Medical Scholarship Awards created in Section 16-47-121. (3) PARTICIPANT. Any person
awarded a loan under the program. (4) PROGRAM. The Alabama Physician's Assistants Service
Program. (Act 2016-318, §1.)...
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16-47-80
Section 16-47-80 Contractual agreement of recipients; penalties for breach. (a) Each recipient
of a scholarship loan under the provisions of this article shall enter into a contract with
the Board of Dental Scholarship Awards whereby he or she agrees to repay the scholarship loan
in a manner prescribed by the board not inconsistent with any provision of this article. Breach
of contract by the recipient shall make him or her immediately liable for the unpaid balance
of the loan and shall constitute a ground for the revocation of his or her certificate or
license to practice dentistry in the State of Alabama. In the event of death or total and
permanent disability of the recipient to engage in the practice of dentistry, repayment of
the loan may be excused by the board. The Attorney General of Alabama, upon request of the
Board of Dental Scholarship Awards, shall institute proceedings in the name of the state for
the purpose of recovering any amount due the state under the provisions of...
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34-22-63
Section 34-22-63 Repayment of loans; service contracts. (a) Scholarships extended under subdivision
(1) of Section 34-22-62 shall be repaid following graduation, either in cash as is provided
under subsection (b) or under terms of a contract to serve in a needy area in Alabama for
a term to be specified by the board as provided in subsection (c). Any moneys received from
recipients in repayment of a scholarship loan under subsections (b) and (c) shall upon receipt
thereof be retained by the Board of Optometric Scholarship Awards to be used for the funding
of future scholarships. The board shall establish a separate fund for these purposes. (b)
Scholarship loans to be repaid under this subsection shall be repaid to the Board of Optometric
Scholarship Awards in full at an interest rate determined by the board from the date of graduation
from the optometry school, and payments are to be made annually, the first of which is due
one year after the recipient enters the practice of optometry...
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