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34-24-406
Section 34-24-406 Evaluation of physician who is believed to be impaired; report of findings.
If the Board of Medical Examiners has reasonable cause to believe that a physician is impaired,
the board may cause an evaluation of such physician to be conducted by the Alabama Physician
Wellness Committee for the purpose of determining if there is an impairment. The Alabama Physician
Wellness Committee shall report the findings of its evaluation to the Board of Medical Examiners.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-536, p. 819, §1; Act 2006-219, p. 376, §1.)...
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34-21-81
Section 34-21-81 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS. The State Board of Medical Examiners established
pursuant to Section 34-24-53. (2) BOARD OF NURSING. The Board of Nursing established under
Section 34-21-2. (3) ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE. A registered nurse that has gained additional
knowledge and skills through successful completion of an organized program of nursing education
that prepares nurses for advanced practice roles and has been certified by the Board of Nursing
to engage in the practice of advanced practice nursing. There shall be four categories of
advanced practice nurses: Certified registered nurse practitioners (CRNP), certified nurse
midwives (CNM), certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA), and clinical nurse specialists
(CNS). Certified registered nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives are subject to
collaborative practice agreements with an Alabama physician....
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34-24-402
Section 34-24-402 Reporting and disclosure by Physician Wellness Committee. The Alabama Physician
Wellness Committee shall develop procedures in consultation with the Board of Medical Examiners
for: (1) Periodic reporting of statistical information regarding impaired physician program
activity; (2) Periodic disclosure and joint review of such information as the Board of Medical
Examiners may deem appropriate regarding reports received, contracts or investigations made,
and the disposition of each report, provided however, that the committee shall not disclose
any personally identifiable information except as provided in Section 34-24-405. (Acts 1988,
No. 88-536, p. 819, §1; Act 2006-219, p. 376, §1.)...
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34-24-336
Section 34-24-336 Continuing medical education. (a) It shall be the duty of the State Board
of Medical Examiners to promote continuing medical education of all physicians and osteopaths
licensed by the commission and is empowered to spend a portion of its funds in any manner
it deems desirable for carrying out this purpose. The board is specifically empowered to provide
funds to any nonprofit corporation for the purpose of conducting continuing medical education
programs without being bound by the provisions of any law requiring competitive bidding. Such
programs must be open to all licensed physicians and osteopaths without regard to membership
in any professional organization. (b) The board shall adopt a program of continuing medical
education for all licensees living in the State of Alabama not later than October 1, 1991.
After that date, successful completion of the requirements of the continuing medical education
program shall be a requisite for license renewal. Licensees who...
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16-47-222
Section 16-47-222 Applications and awards; repayment of loans. (a) The board shall establish
and award, according to the judgment of the board, loans to provide for the training of qualified
applicants for admission or students in any accredited master's degree program for physician
assistant studies at a medical school or college. The board may permit eligible people to
apply for a loan under the Alabama Physician's Assistants Service Program in any scholastic
year and for any previously completed scholastic year. The board's awarding of loans shall
be done after consultation with the physician's assistant advisory committee of the Alabama
Board of Medical Examiners. (b) The board may award to an eligible person a loan or loans
totaling in value as much as the average in-state tuition and required fees charged at public
institutions in Alabama for completing on time a master's degree program for physician assistant
studies. But a loan or loans may be awarded only to people who have...
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20-2-118
Section 20-2-118 Annual reports to Governor and Legislature. Each year, on or before the fifth
day of the Regular Session of the Legislature the State Board of Medical Examiners, in conjunction
with the board's review committee, shall report their findings and recommendations to the
Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, regarding
the effectiveness of the controlled substances. (Acts 1979, No. 79-472, p. 870, §9.)...
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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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34-24-380
Section 34-24-380 Penalties for violation of Section 20-2-54, rules, or regulations. (a) In
addition to any other penalty authorized under Section 20-2-54, the State Board of Medical
Examiners, acting in its capacity as a certifying board, may in its discretion assess administrative
fines not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation of any of the provisions
of Section 20-2-54, or any rule or regulation duly promulgated by the board. (b) In addition
to the administrative fine authorized in subsection (a), the board may require a physician
or osteopath found to be in violation of Section 20-2-54, to pay the costs, fees, and expenses
of the board incurred in connection with any proceedings before the board, including, but
not limited to, the actual costs of independent medical review and expert testimony, reasonable
and necessary attorney fees and expenses, deposition costs, travel expenses for board staff,
charges incurred for obtaining documentary evidence, and such...
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34-24-507
Section 34-24-507 Reciprocity. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this article, the commission
shall only issue a special purpose license to practice medicine or osteopathy across state
lines to an applicant whose principal practice location and license to practice is located
in a state or territory of the United States whose laws permit or allow for the issuance of
a special purpose license to practice medicine or osteopathy across state lines or similar
license to a physician whose principal practice location and license is located in this state.
It is the stated intent of this article that physicians and osteopaths who hold a full and
current license in the State of Alabama be afforded the opportunity to obtain, on a reciprocal
basis, a license to practice medicine or osteopathy across state lines in any state or territory
of the United States as a pre-condition to the issuance of a special purpose license as authorized
by this article to a physician or osteopath licensed in...
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15-22-43
Section 15-22-43 Special medical parole docket; implementation; factors considered; annual
report. (a)(1) The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall establish a special medical parole docket
and adopt the rules for implementation pursuant to Section 15-22-24(e). For each person considered
for medical parole, the board shall determine whether the person is a geriatric inmate, permanently
incapacitated inmate, or terminally ill inmate for purposes of placing the person on a special
medical parole docket to be considered for parole by the board. An open public hearing shall
be held, pursuant to Section 15-22-23, to consider the medical parole of the inmate. Notices
of the hearing shall be sent pursuant to Sections 15-22-23 and 15-22-36. The notice shall
clearly state the inmate is being considered for a medical parole. (2) The Department of Corrections
shall immediately provide, upon request from the board, a list of geriatric, permanently incapacitated,
and terminally ill inmates who are...
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