Ala. Code § 34-24-297 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / Section 34-24-297
Section 34-24-297 Issuance of License - Requirements
Status: in_force

The following constitutes the requirements for the issuance of a license to practice as an assistant to physician:

(1) Provide evidence, satisfactory to the board, of successful completion of a training program accredited by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) , the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), or the Accreditation Review Committee for the Anesthesiologist Assistant (ARC-AA), or their successor agencies.

(2) Provide evidence, satisfactory to the board, of successful completion of the Physician Assistant National Certification Examination (PANCE) as administered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) or the National Certifying Examination for Anesthesiologist Assistants (NCEAA) as administered by the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants (NCCAA).

(3) Submit an application on forms approved by the board in its rules.

(4) Pay in advance to the board the required application fee in an amount established in the rules of the board.

(5) In addition to the above requirements and for the purpose of determining an applicant’s suitability for a license to practice as an assistant to physician in this state, each applicant shall submit to a criminal history background check. Each applicant shall submit a complete set of fingerprints to the Board of Medical Examiners, or any channeler approved by the board. The board, or its channeler, shall submit the fingerprints provided by each applicant for a license to practice as an assistant to physician to the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). The fingerprints shall be forwarded by the SBI to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a national criminal history record check. Costs associated with conducting a criminal history background check shall be borne by the applicant and are payable directly to the board or its designee. The Board of Medical Examiners shall keep information received pursuant to this section confidential except that such information received and relied upon in denying the issuance of a license to practice as an assistant to physician in this state may be disclosed as may be necessary to support the denial.
Ala. Code § 34-21-60 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / Section 34-21-60
Section 34-21-60 Established; Number
Status: in_force

There shall be established for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, scholarships for graduate education of nurses. These scholarships shall be awarded to applicants from the State of Alabama at large. They shall be distributed, insofar as practicable, throughout the state. The number of scholarships shall equal five percent of the total enrollment in graduate nursing programs in Alabama. Each scholarship is limited to ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
Ala. Code § 34-4-31 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 4 / Section 34-4-31
Section 34-4-31 Revocation or Suspension - Resulting from Judgment in Damage Action
Status: in_force

Whenever any person claiming to have been injured or damaged by the gross negligence, incompetency, fraud, dishonesty, or misconduct on the part of any licensee engaging in the auction business, as herein described, shall file an action upon the claim against the licensee in any court of record in this state and shall recover judgment thereon, the court may as part of its judgment in the case, revoke the defendant’s license, which shall not be reissued to such licensee except upon unanimous vote of all members of the board in favor of the reissuance and only then after the lapse of a period of 90 days from the date of the revocation.