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34-21-120
Section 34-21-120 Findings; purpose. (a) The party states find and declare all of the following:
(1) The health and safety of the public are affected by the degree of compliance with and
the effectiveness of enforcement activities related to state nurse licensure laws. (2) Violations
of nurse licensure and other laws regulating the practice of nursing may result in injury
or harm to the public. (3) The expanded mobility of nurses and the use of advanced communication
technologies as part of a national health care delivery system requires greater coordination
and cooperation among states in the areas of nurse licensure and regulation. (4) New practice
modalities and technology make compliance with individual state nurse licensure laws difficult
and complex. (5) Uniformity of nurse licensure requirements throughout the states promotes
public safety and public health benefits. (b) The general purpose of this compact is to achieve
all of the following: (1) Facilitate the responsibility of...
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34-21-126
Section 34-21-126 Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators. (a) The
party states hereby create and establish a joint public entity known as the Interstate Commission
of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators. (1) The commission is an instrumentality of the
party states. (2) Venue is proper, and judicial proceedings by or against the commission shall
be brought solely and exclusively, in a court of competent jurisdiction where the principal
office of the commission is located. The commission may waive venue and jurisdictional defenses
to the extent the commission adopts or consents to participate in alternative dispute resolution
proceedings. (3) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to be a waiver of sovereign immunity.
(b) Membership, voting, and meetings. (1) Each party state shall have and be limited to one
administrator. The head of the state licensing board for each party state, or his or her designee,
shall be the administrator of this compact for that...
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34-21-121
Section 34-21-121 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ADVERSE ACTION. Any administrative, civil, equitable, or
criminal action permitted by the law of a state which is imposed by a licensing board or other
authority against a nurse, including actions against the license or multistate licensure privilege
of an individual, including revocation, suspension, probation, monitoring of a licensee, limitations
on the practice of the licensee, the bringing of a cease and desist action against the licensee,
or any other encumbrance on licensure affecting the authorization of a nurse to practice.
(2) ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM. A nondisciplinary monitoring program approved by a licensing board.
(3) COMMISSION. The Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators. (4) COMPACT.
The Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact created by this article. (5) COORDINATED LICENSURE INFORMATION
SYSTEM. An integrated process for collecting,...
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34-21-25
Section 34-21-25 Denial, suspension, or revocation of license; administrative fines; voluntary
disciplinary alternative program. (a) For disciplinary purposes, the board may adopt, levy,
and collect administrative fines not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation
and may institute any legal proceedings necessary to effect compliance with this chapter against
its licensees. (b)(1) The board may also deny, revoke, or suspend any license issued by it
or otherwise discipline a licensee, or holder of a multistate privilege to practice in Alabama,
upon proof of any of the following regarding the licensee: a. Is guilty of fraud or deceit
in procuring or attempting to procure a license. b. Has been convicted of a felony. c. Is
guilty of a crime involving moral turpitude or of gross immorality that would tend to bring
reproach upon the nursing profession. d. Is unfit or incompetent due to the use of alcohol,
or is addicted to the use of habit-forming drugs to such an extent as to...
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22-18-50
Section 22-18-50 Enactment and text of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate
Compact. The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact is hereby enacted
into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially
as follows: SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to protect the public through verification of competency
and ensure accountability for patient care related activities all states license emergency
medical services (EMS) personnel, such as emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs
and paramedics. This Compact is intended to facilitate the day to day movement of EMS personnel
across state boundaries in the performance of their EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate
authority and authorize state EMS offices to afford immediate legal recognition to EMS personnel
licensed in a member state. This Compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in
protecting the public's health and safety...
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27-61-1
Section 27-61-1 Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact. The Surplus Lines Insurance
Multi-State Compliance Compact Act is enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions
mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially as follows: PREAMBLE WHEREAS, with
regard to Non-Admitted Insurance policies with risk exposures located in multiple states,
the 111th United States Congress has stipulated in Title V, Subtitle B, the Non-Admitted and
Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010, of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act, hereafter, the NRRA, that: (A) The placement of Non-Admitted Insurance shall be subject
to the statutory and regulatory requirements solely of the insured's Home State, and (B) Any
law, regulation, provision, or action of any State that applies or purports to apply to Non-Admitted
Insurance sold to, solicited by, or negotiated with an insured whose Home State is another
State shall be preempted with respect to such application;...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers
to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and
deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military
families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the
transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in entrance/age
requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military
families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing,
grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for
enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic,
and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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34-21-122
Section 34-21-122 General provisions and jurisdiction. (a) A multistate license to practice
registered or licensed practical nursing issued by a home state to a resident in that state
shall be recognized by each party state as authorizing a nurse to practice as a registered
nurse or as a licensed practical nurse, under a multistate licensure privilege, in each party
state. (b) A state shall implement procedures for considering the criminal history records
of applicants for initial multistate licensure or licensure by endorsement. The procedures
shall include the submission of fingerprints or other biometric-based information by applicants
for the purpose of obtaining the criminal history record information of an applicant from
the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the agency responsible for retaining the criminal
records of that state. (c) Each party state shall require an applicant to satisfy all of the
following to obtain or retain a multistate license in his or her home state: (1)...
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34-21-124
Section 34-21-124 Additional powers of party state licensing boards. (a) In addition to the
other powers conferred by state law, a licensing board shall have the authority to do all
of the following: (1) Take adverse action against the multistate licensure privilege of a
nurse to practice within that party state. a. Only the home state shall have the power to
take adverse action against the license of a nurse issued by the home state. b. For purposes
of taking adverse action, the home state licensing board shall give the same priority and
effect to reported conduct received from a remote state as it would if such conduct had occurred
within the home state. In so doing, the home state shall apply its own state laws to determine
appropriate action. (2) Issue cease and desist orders or impose an encumbrance on the authority
of a nurse to practice within that party state. (3) Complete any pending investigations of
a nurse who changes his or her primary state of residence during the course...
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34-9-7
Section 34-9-7 Exemption of certain practices and operations. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall
apply to the following practices, acts, and operations: (1) The practice of his or her profession
by a physician or surgeon holding a certificate of qualification as a medical doctor and licensed
as such under the laws of this state, provided he or she shall not practice dentistry as a
specialty. (2) The practice of dentistry in the discharge of their official duties by graduate
dentists or dental surgeons in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, or other armed services,
public health service including, but not limited to, a federally qualified health center authorized
and operating under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. ยง 254B), provided,
however, that such federally qualified health centers shall register pursuant to Section 34-9-7.2
(provided further however, dentists, dental hygienists, and other personnel employed by any
public health service which performs...
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