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AL Code § 16-47-201 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47 - University of Alabama.|Article 8 - University of Alabama Museum.|Section 16-47-201 - Construction and Maintenance of Roads to and Within Museum Grounds.

Section 16-47-201Construction and maintenance of roads to and within museum grounds. The State Department of Transportation of Alabama is hereby authorized and empowered upon the request of the University of Alabama to construct, reconstruct and maintain roads leading from a state highway to any land included within the scope of this article and to construct, reconstruct and maintain roads within the boundaries of lands included within the scope of this article. The construction and reconstruction of such roads shall be in accordance with the development plan for the said land as approved by the University of Alabama. Such roads leading to said land or lying within said land shall be constructed, reconstructed and maintained in such manner as may be agreed upon between the state Director of Transportation and the University of Alabama. The costs of such construction, reconstruction and maintenance made by the said State Department of Transportation shall be paid from the State Highway Fund. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 2018, §12.)
AL Code § 16-47-202 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47 - University of Alabama.|Article 8 - University of Alabama Museum.|Section 16-47-202 - Counties or Municipalities May Contribute Land or Funds for Museum; Contributions by Others.

Section 16-47-202Counties or municipalities may contribute land or funds for museum; contributions by others. Any county and any incorporated city or town in the State of Alabama is hereby authorized and empowered to donate, convey and grant to the University of Alabama any land owned by it or which it may hereafter acquire to become a part of the University of Alabama Museum as herein provided for, and any county and incorporated city or town in the State of Alabama and any corporation, association, partnership or individual may contribute money to the University of Alabama to be used and expended in extending, improving, operating or maintaining said University of Alabama Museum. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 2018, §13.)
AL Code § 16-47-203 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47 - University of Alabama.|Article 8 - University of Alabama Museum.|Section 16-47-203 - University of Alabama Museum Fund.

Section 16-47-203University of Alabama Museum Fund. There shall be a University of Alabama Museum Fund. All moneys received from gifts or bequests or from county or municipal appropriations or moneys appropriated by the State of Alabama shall be deposited by the Treasurer of the University of Alabama to the credit of said fund. There shall also be deposited in said fund all moneys received from any concession business conducted upon the land or water included in this bill and also any moneys accruing to the University of Alabama as an incident to the operation or ownership of the University of Alabama Museum, by virtue of the sale or rental of real or personal property or from whatsoever source. The said fund hereby created shall be used and expended by the University of Alabama in accordance with the terms of the gift, bequest, grant, appropriation or donation from which said moneys are derived, in the same manner, by the same authority and for the purposes stipulated in this chapter. In the absence of any such terms or stipulations, said moneys in said fund shall be expended by the University of Alabama in furtherance of any provisions of this chapter. All expenses of the University of Alabama Museum shall be payable from said fund by requisition in the same manner and under the same authority as other funds of the University of Alabama are expended; provided, no funds appropriated by the State of Alabama shall be withdrawn or expended for any purpose whatsoever unless the same shall have been allotted in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41 of this code, and only in the amounts and for the purposes provided by the Legislature in the general appropriation bill. It is not the intent of this article to require the University of Alabama to support the University of Alabama Museum from its educational appropriations or its other educational resources, but only from those sources of income set forth herein, including state appropriations for the said Museum Fund. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 2018, §14.)
AL Code § 16-47-204 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47 - University of Alabama.|Article 8 - University of Alabama Museum.|Section 16-47-204 - Governor May Convey Interest of State in Museum Lands to University.

Section 16-47-204Governor may convey interest of state in museum lands to university. In the event the State of Alabama has or claims any interest in any of the land which is conveyed to the University of Alabama under the provisions of this article, the Governor of Alabama is hereby authorized to convey such interest to the University of Alabama by state patent, which patent shall vest title of said land in and to the University of Alabama. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 2018, §15.)
AL Code § 16-47-220 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47 - University of Alabama.|Article 9 - Alabama Physician's Assistants Service Program.|Section 16-47-220 - Definitions.

Section 16-47-220Definitions.   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.)
AL Code § 16-47-221 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47 - University of Alabama.|Article 9 - Alabama Physician's Assistants Service Program.|Section 16-47-221 - Creation, Administration, and Funding.

Section 16-47-221Creation, administration, and funding.  There is hereby created and established the Alabama Physician's Assistant Service Program. The program shall be administered by the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards created in Section 16-47-121. The Program shall be funded by direct appropriation from the Education Trust Fund. (Act 2016-318, §2.)
AL Code § 16-47-222 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47 - University of Alabama.|Article 9 - Alabama Physician's Assistants Service Program.|Section 16-47-222 - Applications and Awards; Repayment of Loans.

Section 16-47-222Applications 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 signed contracts with the board to work following graduation in full-time clinical practice for three years as licensed physician’s assistants in areas of critical need. A person who has signed such a contract with the board may postpone choosing an area of critical need in which to work to a time set by the board. (c) Each participant's loan or loans shall be repaid by the participant fulfilling the terms of the contract he or she signed with the board for work in an area of critical need for three years. (d) The board shall make a careful and thorough investigation of the ability, character, and qualifications of each applicant, and award a loan or loans according to the judgment of the board and the requirements of this article. (e) A participant, subject to approval by the board, may change the area of critical need where he or she will work to repay loans under this program, but in no case shall the participant work in full-time practice for less than three years in a new area of critical need. (Act 2016-318, §3.)
AL Code § 16-47-223 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47 - University of Alabama.|Article 9 - Alabama Physician's Assistants Service Program.|Section 16-47-223 - Area of Critical Need.

Section 16-47-223Area of critical need.  An area of critical need shall be an area in Alabama with a critical need, as determined by the board, for physician's assistants, and shall not be a part of, or within five miles of, an urbanized area as defined most recently by the U.S. Census Bureau. The board shall adopt rules under the Administrative Procedure Act to implement this section. (Act 2016-318, §4.)
AL Code § 16-47-224 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47 - University of Alabama.|Article 9 - Alabama Physician's Assistants Service Program.|Section 16-47-224 - Liability Upon Default, etc.; Penalties.

Section 16-47-224Liability upon default, etc.; penalties.  (a) If a participant defaults on or otherwise fails to honor a loan-repayment contract with the board, the individual shall be liable for immediate repayment of the total principal loan amount plus interest at the rate of 8 percent accruing from the date of default or other failure to honor the contract. In addition, the participant shall pay an additional penalty as specified: (1) For default or other failure to honor a contract before graduation with a master's degree in physician assistant studies, a penalty equal to 30 percent of the total principal amount of the loan or loans received by the participant. (2) For default or other failure to honor a contract after graduation with a master's degree in physician assistant studies but prior to completion of the repayment obligation set forth in Section 16-47-222, a penalty equal to 100 percent of the total principal amount of all loans received by the participant from the program. (b) The failure of a participant to honor his or her contract with the board or to pay the amount he or she is liable for under this section shall constitute a ground for the revocation of his or her license to work as a physician's assistant in Alabama. (c) The board may excuse repayment of a loan, in whole or in part, upon the death of a participant, or upon the participant becoming disabled to the extent that he or she is no longer able to work as a physician's assistant, or upon some other extreme hardship not the fault of the participant. (Act 2016-318, §5.)
AL Code § 16-47-225 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47 - University of Alabama.|Article 9 - Alabama Physician's Assistants Service Program.|Section 16-47-225 - Annual Report; Rulemaking Authority; Use of Funds.

Section 16-47-225Annual report; rulemaking authority; use of funds.  (a) The board annually shall report on the condition and accomplishments of the program to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, President Pro-tem of the Senate and the Chairs of the House and Senate Health Committees. The report shall include for the reporting year the locations where participants agreed to serve or where they were serving to repay loans. The report also shall outline the finances of the program. (b) The board shall make reasonable rules and regulations to implement and administer the program. (c) The board shall use any monies it receives from or for the operation of the program, including repayments, interest, and penalties paid because of default or other failure to honor a contract, to fund loans, or to administer the program. (Act 2016-318, §6.)
AL Code § 16-47-240 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 47 - University of Alabama.|Article 10 - University of Alabama at Birmingham|Section 16-47-240 - Alabama Rural Hospital Resource Center.

Section 16-47-240Alabama Rural Hospital Resource Center. (a) The University of Alabama at Birmingham shall establish the Alabama Rural Hospital Resource Center. (b) The purpose of the resource center is to facilitate access to high quality care for rural Alabamians and improve their health by increasing the viability and capabilities of eligible hospitals at no or minimal cost to those hospitals. (c) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ELIGIBLE HOSPITAL. A nonprofit or public rural hospital. (2) RESOURCE CENTER. The Rural Hospital Resource Center of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. (3) RURAL. Located in one of the following: a. An area designated as a shortage area as defined in 42 C.F.R. § 491.5(c) and (d); or b. A rural area as defined by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. (d) The resource center shall do all of the following: (1) Hire necessary staff that is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state. (2) Annually submit a report to the Legislature, State Finance Director, and Medicaid Commissioner regarding the effectiveness of the resource center. The report shall include all of the following: a. The financial improvement of participating hospitals. b. Satisfaction survey results from the management team and board of directors of each participating hospital. c. Improvements in the quality of participating hospitals. d. Improvements in access to care. e. Improvements in health status. (3) Establish a rural administrative residency program by working with the Graduate Program in Health Administration of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and pursuing funding for administrative residents who wish to work in rural health care. (e) The resource center may provide support to participating eligible hospitals in all of the following areas: (1) Compliance. (2) Coding. (3) Purchasing and supply chain. (4) Quality. (5) Strategic planning. (6) Provider recruitment. (7) Cost report. (8) Insurance. (9) Any other area that furthers the purpose of the resource center. (f) The obligations imposed by this section shall not be implemented within the University of Alabama at Birmingham until formally approved by the University of Alabama at Birmingham and sufficient funds for the purposes set forth in this section are provided through the Governor or appropriated by the Legislature, and thereafter shall only be implemented to the extent that funds are appropriated. (Act 2018-394, §§1,2.)
AL Code § 16-49-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-49-1 - Degree of Autonomy; Recommendation of Programs to State Agencies in Order to Qualify for Federal, etc., Funds.

Section 16-49-1Degree of autonomy; recommendation of programs to state agencies in order to qualify for federal, etc., funds. It is the intention of the Legislature by passage of this chapter that Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University shall enjoy no less and no more autonomy than any other public university in the State of Alabama and shall offer to all citizens of the state an equal opportunity for quality education. The board of trustees is hereby authorized to recommend, at such time as it deems necessary and proper, any program of instruction or service or any other action necessary to qualify the university for funds and/or services provided by any individual, philanthropic organization or agency of the federal government, to any state agency that is charged with the responsibility for statewide planning, coordination or budgeting for programs of instruction, research or public service in the public universities of the state. Such state agency shall accept or reject such recommendation and is hereby authorized to act in accordance with such recommendations in regard to Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. (Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §9.)
AL Code § 16-49-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-49-2 - Existing Policies, Procedures, etc., Relative to Faculty, Students, Etc.

Section 16-49-2Existing policies, procedures, etc., relative to faculty, students, etc. The personnel policies and procedures and statement of academic freedom and tenure for the faculty, other officers and professional and operating staff of the university, and the statement of rights and responsibilities of students of the university in force on September 5, 1975, shall be read, construed and have effect as if they were prescribed by the board of trustees created in this chapter; provided, that the board shall prescribe such amendments as it deems necessary and proper and that no person shall be deprived of any right or benefit earned prior to September 5, 1975. (Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §10.)
AL Code § 16-49-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-49-3 - Grants or Gifts Not to Fail Because of Misnomer, etc.; Default of Agents, Trustees, Etc.

Section 16-49-3Grants or gifts not to fail because of misnomer, etc.; default of agents, trustees, etc. No grant or gift, by will or otherwise, shall fail on account of any misnomer or informality, when the intent of the grantor or donor can be arrived at, nor shall any default, malfeasance or nonuser on the part of the trustees or other officers or agents of such corporation work a forfeiture of any of its rights, privileges, powers or franchises. (Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §12.)
AL Code § 16-49-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-49-4 - Powers and Duties of University Police Officers.

Section 16-49-4Powers and duties of university police officers. (a) The President of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, with the approval of the board of trustees, is hereby authorized to appoint and employ suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property and grounds of the university. Such persons shall be charged with all the duties and vested with all the powers of police officers and may eject trespassers from the university buildings and grounds, and may, without warrant, arrest any persons guilty of disorderly conduct or of trespass upon the property of the university, or for any public offense committed in their presence, and carry them before the nearest court or any other officer charged with the trial of such offenders, before whom, upon proper affidavit charging the offense, any person so arrested may be tried and convicted as in cases of persons brought before him on his warrant, and may with a warrant arrest any persons found upon or near the premises of the university charged with any public offense and take them before the proper officer. (b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with and, when requested, furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the City of Huntsville, and their jurisdiction and authority shall be coextensive with the corporate limits of the municipality. (Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §14.)
AL Code § 16-49-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University.|Article 2 - Board of Trustees.|Section 16-49-21 - Body Corporate; Name.

Section 16-49-21Body corporate; name. The Governor, by virtue of his or her office, and the trustees appointed from the several congressional districts of the state and the nation at large, pursuant to Section 16-49-20, and their successors in office are constituted a body corporate under the name of Board of Trustees for Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. (Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §2; Act 2011-657, p. 1744, §1.)
AL Code § 16-49-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University.|Article 2 - Board of Trustees.|Section 16-49-22 - Powers and Duties Generally.

Section 16-49-22Powers and duties generally. Such corporation shall have all the rights, privileges and franchises necessary to the promotion of the ends of its creation and shall be charged with all corresponding duties, liabilities and responsibilities. Such corporation may hold and may lease, sell or in any other manner not inconsistent with the object or terms of the grant or grants under which it holds, dispose of any property, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein remaining of any grant by any governmental unit or by any person, accruing to the corporation from any source, as it may deem best for the purposes of the university. (Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §3.)
AL Code § 16-49-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University.|Article 2 - Board of Trustees.|Section 16-49-23 - Responsibilities of Board; Appointment and Duties of President.

Section 16-49-23Responsibilities of board; appointment and duties of president.  The board shall not engage in activity that interferes with the day-to-day operation of the university. The primary responsibility of the board of trustees is to set policy for the university and prescribe rates of tuition and fees. The board also has the power to organize the university by appointing a president, whose salary shall be fixed by the board. The president shall appoint a corps of instructors who shall be styled the faculty and such other instructors and officers as the interest of the university may require, remove any instructors or officers, fix their salaries or compensation, and define the authority or duty of such instructors or officers. The president may regulate, alter, and modify the organization of the university, subject to review and concurrence of the board. The president shall prescribe courses of instruction within academic programs that have been approved by the board. The president may confer academic degrees and such honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of similar character upon the recommendation of the faculty. (Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §4; Act 2011-657, p. 1744, §1.)
AL Code § 16-49-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 49 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University.|Article 2 - Board of Trustees.|Section 16-49-24 - Exclusive Jurisdiction, Powers, Etc.

Section 16-49-24Exclusive jurisdiction, powers, etc. The board of trustees created by this chapter for Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University shall have exclusive jurisdiction, power and authority with regard to the supervision, management and control of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University; and the State Board of Education is divested of all jurisdiction, power and authority with regard to the supervision, management and control of such university except as otherwise herein provided. In addition to the powers and duties hereinabove vested in the board of trustees, such board shall have and exercise all power, authority and duties heretofore conferred on, vested in or required of the State Board of Education under any laws of this state with regard to the supervision, management and control of such university except as otherwise herein provided. The State Board of Education shall transfer to the Board of Trustees of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University all supplies, funds, books, documents, records and other property or effects of such university. (Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §15.)