34-24-384
Section 34-24-384 Rules and regulations; reimbursement by physician. The Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission are each authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this division. The Board of Medical Examiners is specifically authorized to establish criteria for determining any amounts to be expended on behalf of an impaired physician for education, rehabilitation, and treatment and may require that any physician on whose behalf such funds are expended repay or reimburse the Alabama Physicians Education Fund in accordance with rules established by the board. Reimbursement shall be required on any funds expended for the treatment of alcohol and/or drug related problems in accordance with a schedule agreeable to the board or commission. (Acts 1986, No. 86-451, p. 817, §5.)...
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34-39-7
Section 34-39-7 Duties of board; joint approval with Board of Medical Examiners of rules and regulations. (a) The board shall administer, coordinate, and enforce this chapter. (b) The board shall, within 90 days of the time at which it is appointed, notify all current practitioners of occupational therapy in the state, as identified by the American Occupational Therapy Certification Board, of the enactment of this chapter and its otherwise becoming a law. (c) The board shall adopt and publish rules and regulations relating to the professional conduct to carry out the policies of this chapter, including but not limited to regulations relating to professional licensure, registration, and the establishment of ethical standards of practice. The State Board of Medical Examiners and the Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy must jointly approve any rule, regulation, or policy that interprets, explains, or enumerates the permissible acts, functions, or services rendered by an...
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34-24-361.1
Section 34-24-361.1 Hearings closed; confidentiality of certain records. All hearings conducted by the commission shall be closed. The record in such hearings, including witness testimony, exhibits, and pleadings, shall be confidential, shall not be public record, and shall not be available for court subpoena or for discovery proceedings. All administrative complaints, orders to show cause, notices of hearings, and statements of charges, and all amendments thereto, and all orders of the commission which are dispositive of the issues raised thereby, shall be public record. Nothing contained herein shall apply to records made in the regular course of business of an individual; documents or records otherwise available from original sources are not to be construed as immune from discovery or use in any civil proceedings merely because they were presented or considered during the proceedings of the State Board of Medical Examiners or the Medical Licensure Commission. (Act 2002-140, p. 359,...
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34-24-403
Section 34-24-403 Liability for actions within scope of committee functions. Any physician or osteopath licensed to practice medicine in the State of Alabama who shall be duly appointed to serve as a member of the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee and any auxiliary personnel, consultants, attorneys, or other volunteers or employees of the committee taking any action authorized by this chapter, engaging in the performance of any functions or duties on behalf of the committee, or participating in any administrative or judicial proceeding resulting therefrom, shall, in the performance and operation thereof, be immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Any nonprofit corporation or medical professional association or state or county medical association that contracts with or receives funds from the State Board of Medical Examiners for the creation, support, and operation of the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee shall, in so doing, be...
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34-24-501
Section 34-24-501 Definitions. (a) The practice of medicine or osteopathy across state lines means the practice of medicine or osteopathy as defined in Section 34-24-50(1), as it applies to: (1) The rendering of a written or otherwise documented medical opinion concerning the diagnosis or treatment of a patient located within this state by a physician located outside this state as a result of transmission of individual patient data by electronic or other means from within this state to such physician or his or her agent; or (2) The rendering of treatment to a patient located within this state by a physician located outside this state as a result of transmission of individual patient data by electronic or other means from this state to such physician or his or her agent. (3) This definition is not intended to include an informal consultation between a licensed physician located in this state and a physician located outside this state provided that the consultation is conducted without...
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34-24-53
Section 34-24-53 Board of Medical Examiners - Powers and duties generally; rules and regulations; quorum; fund to defray litigation costs. (a) The Board of Censors of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, as constituted under the laws now in force, or which may hereafter be in force, and under the constitution of the association, as the constitution now exists or may hereafter exist, is constituted the State Board of Medical Examiners and is charged with the duties and clothed with the powers hereinafter prescribed; the board is hereby vested with authority to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations and to do such other acts as may be necessary to carry into effect the duties and powers which accrue to it under laws now in force or which may hereafter be in force; and a quorum as provided for by the constitution of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama shall be competent to act. (b) The board is hereby specifically authorized to set aside from its general...
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34-24-233
Section 34-24-233 Exemptions. Nothing in this article shall be construed as applying to physicians, surgeons, or persons authorized to practice the healing arts as otherwise provided under the laws of the State of Alabama. No person who qualifies for a certificate of license under this article shall be subject to examination by the State Board of Medical Examiners. (Acts 1967, No. 741, p. 1586, §17; Acts 1975, No. 1199, p. 2376, §6.)...
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34-24-524
Section 34-24-524 Application and issuance of expedited licensure. (a) A physician seeking licensure through the compact shall file an application for an expedited license with the member board of the state selected by the physician as the state of principal license. (b) Upon receipt of an application for an expedited license, the member board within the state selected as the state of principal license shall evaluate whether the physician is eligible for expedited licensure and issue a letter of qualification, verifying or denying the physician's eligibility, to the interstate commission. (1) Static qualifications, which include verification of medical education, graduate medical education, results of any medical or licensing examination, and other qualifications as determined by the interstate commission through rule, shall not be subject to additional primary source verification where already primary source verified by the state of principal license. (2) The member board within the...
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34-24-60
Section 34-24-60 Confidentiality of records, etc.; authorized release; waiver. (a) All reports of investigations; documents subpoenaed by the board; reports of any investigative committee appointed by the board; memoranda of the board's counsel relating to investigations; statements of persons interviewed by the board or any committee of the board; all information, interviews, reports, statements, or memoranda of any kind furnished to the board or any committee of the board; and any findings, conclusions, or recommendations resulting from proceedings of the board or any committee of the board, unless presented as evidence at a public hearing, shall be privileged and confidential, shall be used only in the exercise of the proper functions of the board, and shall not be public records nor be available for court subpoena or for discovery proceedings. Nothing contained herein shall apply to records made in the regular course of business of an individual; documents or records otherwise...
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20-2-250
Section 20-2-250 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ADMINISTER. The direct application of a controlled substance whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient by any of the following: a. A collaborating physician or, in his or her presence, his or her authorized agent. b. A certified registered nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife. c. The patient at the direction and in the presence of the collaborating physician, certified registered nurse practitioner, or certified nurse midwife. (2) BOARD. The Board of Medical Examiners of the State of Alabama. (3) CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE or CNM. An advanced practice nurse who is subject to a collaborative practice agreement with a collaborating physician pursuant to Title 34, Chapter 21, Article 5, and who has advanced knowledge and skills relative to the management of women's health care focusing on pregnancy, childbirth, the...
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