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AL Code § 34-24-306 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.|Article 7 - Assistants to Physicians.|Section 34-24-306 - Voluntary Restriction on License.

Section 34-24-306Voluntary restriction on license. (a) An assistant to physician may surrender his or her license to practice as an assistant to physician or request in writing to the Board of Medical Examiners that a restriction be placed upon his or her license to practice as an assistant to physician within the State of Alabama. The board may accept a surrender or grant such a request for restriction and shall have the authority, if it deems appropriate, to attach such restrictions to the license of the assistant to physician to practice as an assistant to physician within the State of Alabama. Removal of a voluntary restriction on the license of an assistant to physician shall be done only with the approval of the Board of Medical Examiners. If the board accepts the surrender of a license of an assistant to physician, any current registration of the assistant to physician shall be automatically terminated, the license shall be withdrawn, and the assistant to physician shall not be authorized to practice as an assistant to physician within the State of Alabama. (b) Requests for modification or termination of restrictions on a license or for reinstatement of a revoked or surrendered license to practice as an assistant to physician which are filed with the board within 24 months of the effective date of the restriction, revocation, or surrender may, within the discretion of the board, be dismissed by the board as prematurely filed. A request as described above which is filed with the board more than 24 months following the effective date of the restriction, revocation, or surrender may be granted or may be set for a hearing before the board, and such hearing shall be conducted as a contested case under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (c) The board shall be without jurisdiction to reinstate the license of an assistant to physician whose license was revoked or voluntarily surrendered if the request for reinstatement is received by the board more than five years after the effective date of the revocation or surrender. (Act 2008-378, p. 697, §2.)
AL Code § 34-24-400 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.|Article 9 - Rehabilitation of Physicians and Osteopaths.|Section 34-24-400 - Identification, Treatment, etc., of Impaired Physicians; Alabama Physician Wellness Committee; Funding.

Section 34-24-400Identification, treatment, etc., of impaired physicians; Alabama Physician Wellness Committee; funding. It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Board of Medical Examiners to promote the early identification, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation of physicians and osteopaths licensed to practice medicine in the State of Alabama who may be impaired by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, narcotics, alcohol, chemicals, or other substances or as a result of any physical or mental condition. For the purposes of this article the term "impaired" shall mean the inability of a physician or osteopath to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, narcotics, alcohol, chemicals, or other substances or as a result of any physical or mental condition. In order to carry out this obligation the State Board of Medical Examiners is hereby empowered to contract with any nonprofit corporation or medical professional association for the purpose of creating, supporting, and maintaining a committee of physicians to be designated the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee. The committee shall consist of not less than three nor more than 15 physicians or osteopaths licensed to practice medicine in the State of Alabama and selected in a manner prescribed by the board. The Board of Medical Examiners is authorized to expend such funds as are available to it as the board shall deem necessary to adequately provide for the operational expenses of the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee, including but not limited to the actual cost of travel, office overhead and personnel expense, and compensation for the members of the committee and its staff. The funds provided by the board under this section for the purposes stated herein shall not be subject to any provision of law requiring competitive bidding. (Acts 1988, No. 88-536, p. 819, §1; Act 2006-219, p. 376, §1.)
AL Code § 34-24-401 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.|Article 9 - Rehabilitation of Physicians and Osteopaths.|Section 34-24-401 - Authority of Board to Contract for Physician Wellness Committee to Undertake Certain Functions.

Section 34-24-401Authority of board to contract for Physician Wellness Committee to undertake certain functions. The Board of Medical Examiners shall have the authority to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit corporation or medical professional association for the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee to undertake those functions and responsibilities specified in the agreement. Such functions and responsibilities may include any or all of the following: (1) Contracting with providers of treatment programs; (2) Receiving and evaluating reports of suspected impairment from any source; (3) Intervening in cases of verified impairment; (4) Referring impaired physicians to treatment programs; (5) Monitoring the treatment and rehabilitation of impaired physicians; (6) Providing post-treatment monitoring and support of rehabilitated impaired physicians; and (7) Performing such other activities as agreed upon by the Board of Medical Examiners and the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee. (Acts 1988, No. 88-536, p. 819, §1; Act 2006-219, p. 376, §1.)
AL Code § 34-24-402 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.|Article 9 - Rehabilitation of Physicians and Osteopaths.|Section 34-24-402 - Reporting and Disclosure by Physician Wellness Committee.

Section 34-24-402Reporting 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.)
AL Code § 34-24-403 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.|Article 9 - Rehabilitation of Physicians and Osteopaths.|Section 34-24-403 - Liability for Actions Within Scope of Committee Functions.

Section 34-24-403Liability 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 immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. (Acts 1988, No. 88-536, p. 819, §1; Act 98-303, p. 497, §1; Act 2006-219, p. 376, §1.)
AL Code § 34-24-404 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.|Article 9 - Rehabilitation of Physicians and Osteopaths.|Section 34-24-404 - Confidentiality of Information, Records, and Proceedings.

Section 34-24-404Confidentiality of information, records, and proceedings. All information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, or other documents furnished to or produced by the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee and any findings, conclusions, recommendations, or reports resulting from the investigations, interventions, treatment, or rehabilitation, or other proceedings of such committee are declared to be privileged and confidential. All records and proceedings of such committee shall be confidential and shall be used by such committee and the members thereof only in the exercise of the proper function of the committee and shall not be public records nor available for court subpoena or for discovery proceedings. Nothing contained herein shall apply to records made in the regular course of business of a physician, osteopath, hospital, or other health care provider, and information, 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 Alabama Physician Wellness Committee. (Acts 1988, No. 88-536, p. 819, §1; Act 2006-219, p. 376, §1.)
AL Code § 34-24-405 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.|Article 9 - Rehabilitation of Physicians and Osteopaths.|Section 34-24-405 - Annual Report.

Section 34-24-405Annual report. (a) It shall be the duty of the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee to render an annual report to the State Board of Medical Examiners concerning the operations and proceedings of the committee for the preceding year.  (b) The committee shall report to the State Board of Medical Examiners any physician or osteopath who in the opinion of the committee is unable to practice medicine or osteopathy with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, narcotics, alcohol, chemicals, or other substances or as a result of any physical or mental condition when it appears that such physician or osteopath is currently in need of intervention, treatment, or rehabilitation, and such physician or osteopath has failed or refused to participate in programs of treatment or rehabilitation recommended by the committee. In any report to the State Board of Medical Examiners made pursuant to the requirements of this subsection, the committee or its authorized designee may forward to the board any and all reports, evaluations, treatment records, medical records, documents, or information relevant to the physician or osteopath upon whom the report is made, unless specifically prohibited by federal law or regulation, notwithstanding any law or regulation of this state declaring that such evaluations, information, treatment records, medical records, documents, or reports are confidential or privileged. All such information, evaluations, documents, reports, treatment records, or medical records received by the board in a report submitted pursuant to this subsection shall be privileged and confidential and shall not be public records nor available for court subpoena or for discovery proceedings but may be used by the board in the course of its investigations and may be introduced as evidence in administrative hearings conducted by the board or by the Medical Licensure Commission.  (c) A report to the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee shall be deemed to be a report to the State Board of Medical Examiners for the purposes of any mandated reporting of physician impairment otherwise provided for by the statutes of this state. (Acts 1988, No. 88-536, p. 819, §1; Act 2002-140, p. 359, §3; Act 2006-219, p. 376, §1.)
AL Code § 34-24-406 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.|Article 9 - Rehabilitation of Physicians and Osteopaths.|Section 34-24-406 - Evaluation of Physician Who Is Believed to Be Impaired; Report of Findings.

Section 34-24-406Evaluation 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.)
AL Code § 34-24-500 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.|Article 10 - Licensing the Practice of Medicine and Osteopathy Across State Lines.|Section 34-24-500 - Legislative Findings and Purpose.

Section 34-24-500Legislative findings and purpose. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, because of technological advances and changing practice patterns, the practice of medicine or osteopathy is occurring with increasing frequency across state lines and that certain technological advances in the practice of medicine or osteopathy are in the public interest. The Legislature further finds and declares that the practice of medicine or osteopathy is a privilege and that the licensure by this state of practitioners located outside this state engaging in such medical or osteopathic practice within this state and the ability to discipline such practitioners is necessary for the protection of the citizens of this state and for the public interest, health, welfare, and safety. (Acts 1997, No. 97-166, p. 238, §1.)
AL Code § 34-24-501 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.|Article 10 - Licensing the Practice of Medicine and Osteopathy Across State Lines.|Section 34-24-501 - Definitions.

Section 34-24-501Definitions. (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 compensation to or the expectation of compensation to either physician and does not result in the formal rendering of a written or otherwise documented medical opinion concerning the diagnosis or treatment of a patient by the physician located outside the state. (b) Board means the State Board of Medical Examiners created under Section 34-24-53. (c) Commission means the Medical Licensure Commission created under Section 34-24-310. (Acts 1997, No. 97-166, p. 238, §2.)
AL Code § 34-24-503 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.|Article 10 - Licensing the Practice of Medicine and Osteopathy Across State Lines.|Section 34-24-503 - Effect of License.

Section 34-24-503Effect of license. (a) The issuance by the commission of a special purpose license to practice medicine or osteopathy across state lines subjects the licensee to the jurisdiction of the board and the commission in all matters set forth in Sections 34-24-50 to 34-24-83, inclusive, and Sections 34-24-310 to 34-24-406, inclusive, and the implementing rules and regulations of the commission and the board, including all matters related to discipline. It shall be the affirmative duty of every licensee to report to the Board of Medical Examiners in writing within 15 days of the initiation of any disciplinary action against the license to practice medicine or osteopathy of the licensee by any state or territory in which the licensee is licensed. In addition, the licensee agrees, by acceptance of such license, to produce patient medical records or materials as requested by the board or the commission or to appear before the board or the commission or any of its committees following receipt of a written notice issued by the board or commission. Such notice may be issued by the board or the commission pursuant to the authority granted under Sections 34-24-52, 34-24-56, and Sections 34-24-310 to 34-24-406, inclusive. (b) The Medical Licensure Commission is hereby authorized to temporarily suspend a special purpose license to practice medicine or osteopathy across state lines without a hearing on either of the following grounds: (1) The failure of the licensee to appear or produce records or materials as requested by the board or the commission; or (2) The initiation of a disciplinary action against the licensee by any state or territorial licensing jurisdiction in which the licensee holds a license to practice medicine or osteopathy. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law including the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act to the contrary, the temporary suspension provided herein shall remain in effect until either the licensee has complied with the request of the board or commission or the disciplinary action pending against the licensee has been terminated in favor of the licensee and the temporary suspension is terminated by a written order of the Medical Licensure Commission. In addition to the foregoing, a special purpose license to practice medicine or osteopathy across state lines is subject to each of the grounds for disciplinary action as provided in Section 34-24-360, in accordance with procedures set out in Section 34-24-361, and the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (Acts 1997, No. 97-166, p. 238, §4.)
AL Code § 34-24-504 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.|Article 10 - Licensing the Practice of Medicine and Osteopathy Across State Lines.|Section 34-24-504 - Patient Medical Records.

Section 34-24-504Patient medical records. Any licensee licensed under the provision of this article shall comply with all laws, rules, and regulations governing the maintenance of patient medical records, including patient confidentially requirements, regardless of the state where the medical records of any patient within this state are maintained. (Acts 1997, No. 97-166, p. 238, §5.)
AL Code § 34-24-505 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.|Article 10 - Licensing the Practice of Medicine and Osteopathy Across State Lines.|Section 34-24-505 - Exemptions.

Section 34-24-505Exemptions. (a) A physician who engages in the practice of medicine across state lines in a medical emergency, as defined by the board, is not subject to the provisions of this article. (b) A physician who engages in the practice of medicine or osteopathy across state lines on an irregular or infrequent basis is not subject to the provisions of this article. The "irregular or infrequent" practice of medicine across state lines is deemed to occur if such practice occurs less than 10 times in a calendar year or involves fewer than 10 patients in a calendar year or comprises less than one percent of the physician's diagnostic or therapeutic practice. (Acts 1997, No. 97-166, p. 238, §6.)
AL Code § 34-24-506 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.|Article 10 - Licensing the Practice of Medicine and Osteopathy Across State Lines.|Section 34-24-506 - Sanctions.

Section 34-24-506Sanctions. (a) Any person who violates the provisions of this article is subject to criminal prosecution for the unlicensed practice of medicine or osteopathy under the provisions of Section 34-24-51, or injunctive or other action authorized in this state to prohibit or penalize continued practice without a license under the provisions of Section 34-24-52. (b) Nothing in this article shall be interpreted to limit or restrict the commission's authority to discipline any physician licensed to practice in this state who violates the provisions of Sections 34-24-310 to 34-24-406, inclusive, while engaging in the practice of medicine within this or any other state. (Acts 1997, No. 97-166, p. 238, §7.)
AL Code § 34-24-507 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.|Article 10 - Licensing the Practice of Medicine and Osteopathy Across State Lines.|Section 34-24-507 - Reciprocity.

Section 34-24-507Reciprocity. 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 such state or territory. The State Board of Medical Examiners shall determine which states or territories have reciprocal licensure requirements meeting the qualifications of this section. (Acts 1997, No. 97-166, p. 238, §8.)
AL Code § 34-24-508 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.|Article 10 - Licensing the Practice of Medicine and Osteopathy Across State Lines.|Section 34-24-508 - Rule Making.

Section 34-24-508Rule making. The State Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission are each vested with authority to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to effect the purposes of this article. (Acts 1997, No. 97-166, p. 238, §9.)