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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 4 - University of Alabama School of Medicine. › Division 2 - Scholarships. › Section 16-47-126 - Repayment of Loans by Performing Certain Services.

Section 16-47-126
Repayment of loans by performing certain services.
The loan or any part thereof shall be repaid by engaging in full-time clinical practice, as defined in the regulations of the board, in one of the following ways, in accordance with a contract approved by the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards:
(1) Practice for a period equal to one year of practice for each year the individual received a loan in a community of less than 5,000 population which is in an area within Alabama identified by the board as medically underserved.
(2) Practice for a period equal to one and one-fourth years of practice for each year the individual received a loan in a community of more than 5,000 population and less than 15,000 population which is in an area within Alabama identified by the board as medically underserved.
(3) Practice for a period equal to one and one-half years of practice for each year the individual received a loan in a community of more than 15,000 but less than 50,000 population which is in an area within Alabama identified by the board as medically underserved.
(Acts 1977, No. 663, p. 1125, §7; Acts 1994, No. 94-103, p. 110, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 4 - University of Alabama School of Medicine. › Division 2 - Scholarships. › Section 16-47-126.1 - Award Contracts in Force Prior to February 14, 1994 May Continue; Option Available to Re-Contract Under New Provisions; Additional Board Powers.

Section 16-47-126.1
Award contracts in force prior to February 14, 1994 may continue; option available to re-contract under new provisions; additional board powers.
Individuals who have entered into contracts with the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards prior to February 14, 1994 shall be entitled to continue to receive the loans or merit scholarship, or both, in the amounts specified in the contract. Repayment shall be in accordance with the terms of the contract. These individuals shall have the option to terminate an existing contract and enter into a new contract under the provisions of this division. The board shall prescribe in regulations the repayment obligations of any individual who receives loans in less than the full amount authorized by the board or who terminates an existing contract and enters into new contracts under this division. The board may, in its discretion, excuse repayment of a loan, in whole or in part, based upon the disability or other extreme hardship not the fault of the loan recipient.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-103, p. 110, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 4 - University of Alabama School of Medicine. › Division 2 - Scholarships. › Section 16-47-127 - Agreement by Recipients to Practice in Certain Areas; Immediate Liability Upon Default; Penalty Provisions; Proceedings for Recovery of Amount Due; Death, Disability May Excuse Repayment.

Section 16-47-127
Agreement by recipients to practice in certain areas; immediate liability upon default; penalty provisions; proceedings for recovery of amount due; death, disability may excuse repayment.
(a) Each recipient of a loan under this division shall enter into an agreement with the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards whereby the recipient agrees to practice in an area as defined in Section 16-47-126. In the event of a default or other breach of contract by the recipient of loans provided under this division, or other termination of contract prior to the completion of the period of medical education and training, the individual shall be liable for immediate repayment of the total principal loan amount plus interest at the rate of eight percent accruing from the date of default or termination and an additional penalty as specified:
(1) For default or termination of a loan for one scholastic year, a penalty equal to 20 percent of the total principal amount of the loan.
(2) For default or termination of a loan for two scholastic years, a penalty equal to 30 percent of the total principal amount of the loan.
(3) For default or termination of a loan for three scholastic years, a penalty equal to 40 percent of the total principal amount of the loan.
(4) For default or termination of a loan for four scholastic years, a penalty equal to 50 percent of the total principal amount of the loan.
(5) If default or termination occurs after the fourth year but prior to the completion of a residency training program accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education in a generalists specialty as determined by the board, a penalty equal to 100 percent of the total principal amount of the loan.
(6) If default or termination occurs after completion of a residency training program but prior to completion of the repayment obligation as set forth in Section 16-47-126, a penalty equal to 200 percent of the total principal amount of the loan.
(b) The Attorney General or any district attorney, upon request of the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards, shall institute proceedings in the name of the state for the purpose of recovering any amount due the state under this division. Any sums recovered under Section 16-47-125 or this section from loan recipients or paid by the recipients to the board shall be retained by the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards for funding of future scholarships.
(c) In the event of death of a recipient or upon the recipients' becoming permanently disabled to an extent that he or she is no longer able to engage in the practice of medicine, repayment of the loan may be excused by the board.
(Acts 1977, No. 663, p. 1125, §8; Acts 1994, No. 94-103, p. 110, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 4 - University of Alabama School of Medicine. › Division 2 - Scholarships. › Section 16-47-128 - Failure of Recipient to Perform Loan Agreement Grounds for Revocation of Medical License; Revocation Proceedings.

Section 16-47-128
Failure of recipient to perform loan agreement grounds for revocation of medical license; revocation proceedings.
The failure of a recipient of a loan to perform his or her agreement with the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards or to pay the amount he or she is liable for under this division shall constitute a ground for the revocation of his or her license to practice medicine. The proceedings to have the physician's license revoked shall be commenced upon the written complaint of the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards to the State Board of Medical Examiners. The proceedings shall be in accordance with Sections 34-24-310 to 34-24-381, inclusive, for the imposition of disciplinary sanctions on a license to practice medicine in this state.
(Acts 1977, No. 663, p. 1125, §9; Acts 1994, No. 94-103, p. 110, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 4 - University of Alabama School of Medicine. › Division 2 - Scholarships. › Section 16-47-129 - Localities in Need of Physicians.

Section 16-47-129
Localities in need of physicians.
Any incorporated or unincorporated municipality or locality in the state having a population of less than 15,000, desiring additional physicians and wishing to be designated as a locality needing additional physicians, may apply to the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards to be placed on a list of localities in need of additional physicians, which shall be maintained by the board. Such applications may be made either by the municipal governing body or by a petition signed by at least one twentieth of the qualified electors of the municipality or locality. If the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards determines that such locality is in need of physicians, it shall place the locality on the list of localities in need of physicians from which recipients of scholarships may, upon graduation, select an area in which to practice. In compiling and maintaining the list, the board may place any locality thereon which, in its opinion, needs additional physicians.
(Acts 1977, No. 663, p. 1125, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 5 - University of Alabama School of Nursing. › Section 16-47-130 - Establishment.

Section 16-47-130
Establishment.
There is hereby created and established a collegiate school of nursing in the University of Alabama to be under the sole management, ownership and control of the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama for the purpose of providing a program of education and clinical training for the preparation of professional nurses. The school shall be autonomous under the direction of a dean, who shall be a nurse, and shall be known as the University of Alabama School of Nursing or by such other name as the said board of trustees shall hereafter designate.
(Acts 1949, No. 596, p. 927, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 5 - University of Alabama School of Nursing. › Section 16-47-131 - Clinical and Other Educational Facilities.

Section 16-47-131
Clinical and other educational facilities.
The University of Alabama is authorized to secure clinical and other educational facilities for the students of the nursing school in approved hospitals and health agencies and institutions by contract or other arrangements.
(Acts 1949, No. 596, p. 927, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 5 - University of Alabama School of Nursing. › Section 16-47-132 - Payment of Expenses.

Section 16-47-132
Payment of expenses.
The expenses incurred in and the cost of carrying out the provisions of this article shall be paid out of funds appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature.
(Acts 1949, No. 596, p. 927, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 5 - University of Alabama School of Nursing. › Section 16-47-133 - Appropriations Made Under Article Not to Adversely Affect Other Appropriations Made to University.

Section 16-47-133
Appropriations made under article not to adversely affect other appropriations made to university.
Since it is the purpose of this article to establish and maintain a collegiate school of nursing to be administered by the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, and since the said board of trustees in order to carry out that purpose, must necessarily continue to operate the University of Alabama as an institution accredited by the national and regional standardizing agencies, it is hereby expressly provided that appropriations made under this article, being set apart exclusively for the said school of nursing and for no other purpose, shall not adversely affect appropriations made to the university in support of its other schools, colleges, divisions and activities.
(Acts 1949, No. 596, p. 927, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 5 - University of Alabama School of Nursing. › Section 16-47-134 - Report to Legislature.

Section 16-47-134
Report to Legislature.
It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make to the Legislature of Alabama at each regular session thereof a full report of its transactions under this chapter and of the condition of the nursing school, embracing an itemized statement of all receipts and disbursements on account of said nursing school.
(Acts 1949, No. 596, p. 927, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 5 - University of Alabama School of Nursing. › Section 16-47-135 - Scholarships - How Distributed.

Section 16-47-135
Scholarships - How distributed.
There shall be awarded each year 125 scholarships to the University of Alabama School of Nursing for nursing education. These scholarships shall be awarded to applicants from the state-at-large. They shall be distributed, insofar as practicable, throughout the state, and may be distributed to students in any year of study in said school of nursing.
(Acts 1957, No. 591, p. 828, §1; Acts 1971, No. 2303, p. 3716, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 5 - University of Alabama School of Nursing. › Section 16-47-136 - Scholarships - Who Eligible.

Section 16-47-136
Scholarships - Who eligible.
To be eligible to receive a scholarship provided by this article, a person must have been a resident of the State of Alabama for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the time of making application and must be a person of good character, who shall have been accepted for matriculation by the authorities of the University of Alabama and shall have met the requirements for professional nursing education as determined by the University of Alabama School of Nursing. Applications for scholarships shall be made to the University of Alabama School of Nursing.
(Acts 1957, No. 591, p. 828, §2; Acts 1971, No. 2303, p. 3716, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 5 - University of Alabama School of Nursing. › Section 16-47-137 - Scholarships - Amount and Conditions; Selection of Recipients.

Section 16-47-137
Scholarships - Amount and conditions; selection of recipients.
Each scholarship provided for by this article shall be in the amount of $600.00 per year payable from funds appropriated to the University of Alabama School of Nursing for this purpose. A scholarship may either be renewed by the school of nursing for the same student or awarded to another applicant for the scholarship. Appropriate competitive examinations of aptitude and ability shall be administered to the applicants by the University of Alabama School of Nursing. The results of the examinations shall be used as guides in the selection of the recipients of the scholarship from the various geographical areas of the state. In case a scholarship student fails to complete the course prescribed for the baccalaureate degree in nursing, the student must repay the amount of scholarship funds used. Any funds thus collected may be used as scholarship assistance for other nursing students. A scholarship student must agree to practice professional nursing in the State of Alabama for at least one year after completing the course at the University of Alabama.
(Acts 1957, No. 591, p. 828, §3; Acts 1971, No. 2303, p. 3716, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 6 - University of Alabama, Huntsville. › Section 16-47-150 - Scholarships to Division of Nursing - Established; Distribution.

Section 16-47-150
Scholarships to division of nursing - Established; distribution.
There shall be awarded each year 30 scholarships to the Division of Nursing, University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama, for nursing education. These scholarships shall be awarded to applicants from the state-at-large. They shall be distributed insofar as practicable throughout the state.
(Acts 1971, No. 2290, p. 3691, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 6 - University of Alabama, Huntsville. › Section 16-47-151 - Scholarships to Division of Nursing - Who Eligible.

Section 16-47-151
Scholarships to division of nursing - Who eligible.
To be eligible to receive a scholarship provided by this article, a person must have been a resident of the State of Alabama for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the time of making application and must be a person of good character and shall have been accepted for matriculation by the authorities of the University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama and shall have met the requirements for professional nursing education as determined by the Division of Nursing of the University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama.
(Acts 1971, No. 2290, p. 3691, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 6 - University of Alabama, Huntsville. › Section 16-47-152 - Scholarships to Division of Nursing - Amount and Conditions; Selection of Recipients.

Section 16-47-152
Scholarships to division of nursing - Amount and conditions; selection of recipients.
Each scholarship provided for by this article shall be in the amount of $600.00 per year, payable from funds appropriated to the Division of Nursing of the University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama for this purpose. A scholarship may either be renewed by the said school of nursing for the same student or awarded to another applicant for the scholarship. Appropriate competitive examinations of aptitude and ability shall be administered to the applicants by the Division of Nursing of the University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama. The results of the examinations shall be used as guides in the selection of the recipients of the scholarships from the various geographical areas of the state. In case a scholarship student fails to complete the course prescribed for the baccalaureate degree in nursing, that student must repay the amount of scholarship funds used. Any funds thus collected may be used as scholarship assistance for other nursing students. A scholarship student must agree to practice professional nursing in the State of Alabama for at least one year after completing the course at the Division of Nursing of the University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama.
(Acts 1971, No. 2290, p. 3691, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 7 - School of Social Work of Alabama. › Section 16-47-170 - Established; Minimum Course of Instruction.

Section 16-47-170
Established; minimum course of instruction.
There is hereby created and established a graduate school of social work in the State of Alabama, to be under the sole management, ownership and control of the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama. This school shall provide not less than a two-year course of instruction in social work and related subjects on the graduate level. It shall be known as the School of Social Work of Alabama; however, the board of trustees of the university may change this name.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 234, p. 314, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 7 - School of Social Work of Alabama. › Section 16-47-171 - Powers and Duties of Board of Trustees of University Generally; School to Be Separate Graduate School; Qualifications of Dean.

Section 16-47-171
Powers and duties of board of trustees of university generally; school to be separate graduate school; qualifications of dean.
The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama is hereby given full power and authority to maintain and operate the school of social work created by this article. It may set, establish and maintain standards of scholarship and teaching, but all such standards shall conform at least to the minimum standards prescribed by the standardizing agency or association for graduate schools of social work. The board of trustees of the university shall perform all acts and functions necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent and purpose of this article. The school of social work shall be a separate graduate school, with its own dean, but nonetheless a part of the University of Alabama. The dean shall possess such qualifications for the position as are prescribed by the board of trustees, but the board of trustees must include in its prescribed requirements actual training and experience as a professional social worker.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 234, p. 314, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 7 - School of Social Work of Alabama. › Section 16-47-172 - Scholarships; Standards and Requirements for Admission.

Section 16-47-172
Scholarships; standards and requirements for admission.
The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama is authorized and required to establish 10 scholarships for the benefit of 10 students in the school of social work. Each scholarship shall be in the amount of $1,800.00 per year. These scholarships shall be payable from the annual appropriation to the school of social work. To be eligible for one of these scholarships a person shall be a young man or woman of good character and shall have been accepted for matriculation by the authorities of the school of social work in accordance with the current standards and requirements of such school. These standards and requirements must, in turn, meet in every way the requirements for admission to an approved graduate school of social work. In awarding these scholarships, preference shall be given to applicants from counties in which there is a severe shortage of professionally trained social workers.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 234, p. 314, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 7 - School of Social Work of Alabama. › Section 16-47-173 - Residents to Have Preferential Consideration for Admission.

Section 16-47-173
Residents to have preferential consideration for admission.
Applicants for admission to the school of social work who are bona fide residents of the State of Alabama, if they meet the admission requirements of the school, shall have preferential consideration for admission to the school.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 234, p. 314, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 7 - School of Social Work of Alabama. › Section 16-47-174 - Appropriations Made Under Article Not to Adversely Affect Other Appropriations Made to University.

Section 16-47-174
Appropriations made under article not to adversely affect other appropriations made to university.
Since it is the purpose of this article to establish and provide for the maintenance of a standard two-year graduate school to be administered by the University of Alabama, and since in order to carry out that purpose the University of Alabama itself must continue to be accredited by the national and regional standardizing agencies, it is hereby expressly provided that appropriations made by or under this article, being expressly set apart exclusively for the school of social work and for no other purpose, shall not adversely affect appropriations made to the university in support of its other schools, colleges, divisions and activities.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 234, p. 314, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 7 - School of Social Work of Alabama. › Section 16-47-175 - Report of Board of Trustees.

Section 16-47-175
Report of board of trustees.
It shall be the duty of the board of trustees of the university to make to the Legislature at each regular session thereof a full report of its transactions under this article and of the condition of the school of social work. Such report shall include an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the school of social work by those charged with the administration of the finances thereof.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 234, p. 314, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 8 - University of Alabama Museum. › Section 16-47-190 - Definitions.

Section 16-47-190
Definitions.
For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section:
(1) UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama.
(2) UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA MUSEUM. Mound State Monument, the archeological shrine, the historical museum and the recreational area located near the town of Moundville, Alabama and situated partially in Tuscaloosa and Hale Counties, Alabama, and the museum, shell collection, beetle collection, coin collection and other museum properties owned by the Alabama Museum of Natural History, Incorporated, which are in the custody or under the control of the Geological Survey of Alabama.
(3) MUSEUM FUND. The fund created in this article for the depository of money by the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama to be used for expenditure upon operation, development, protection, expansion, planning and maintaining the land, facilities and equipment in Tuscaloosa and Hale Counties, Alabama as a state monument, archeological shrine, historical museum, recreational area or University of Alabama Museum.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 2018, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 8 - University of Alabama Museum. › Section 16-47-191 - University Authorized to Acquire Land for Museum - Generally; Cooperation With Others.

Section 16-47-191
University authorized to acquire land for museum - Generally; cooperation with others.
The University of Alabama, in addition to other powers, shall have the right, power and authority to acquire, in the name of the University of Alabama, by purchase, lease, agreement, license, condemnation or otherwise, the fee simple interest in and to land in Tuscaloosa and Hale Counties, Alabama for the purpose of developing, preserving, improving, protecting or maintaining same as a museum, which shall include an archeological museum, historical shrine and recreational area, and to accept, in fee or otherwise, lands donated, entrusted, conveyed or devised for like purposes in said counties. It may contract and make cooperative agreements with the federal government and its agencies, with municipalities, corporations, associations, partnerships or individuals for the purpose of acquiring, planning, establishing, developing, utilizing, operating, protecting or maintaining such museum.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 2018, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 8 - University of Alabama Museum. › Section 16-47-192 - University Authorized to Acquire Land for Museum - From Alabama Museum of Natural History.

Section 16-47-192
University authorized to acquire land for museum - From Alabama Museum of Natural History.
The University of Alabama, in addition to other powers, shall have the right, power and authority to acquire in the name of the University of Alabama by purchase, gift or otherwise the fee simple interest in and to land in Tuscaloosa and Hale Counties, Alabama from the Alabama Museum of Natural History for the purpose of developing, preserving, improving, protecting and/or maintaining same as a University of Alabama Museum, which shall include an archeological museum, historical shrine and recreational area, and in the acquisition of said land the University of Alabama is hereby authorized to enter into such escrow agreements as may be deemed necessary.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 2018, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 8 - University of Alabama Museum. › Section 16-47-193 - Erection, Maintenance and Improvement of Buildings.

Section 16-47-193
Erection, maintenance and improvement of buildings.
Upon any land specified in this article the University of Alabama shall have the right, power and authority to erect, equip, maintain or improve such buildings or facilities as may be deemed necessary for the purposes of developing, preserving or protecting such land as a University of Alabama Museum.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 2018, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 8 - University of Alabama Museum. › Section 16-47-194 - Acquisition of Personal Property for Museum; Place of Display.

Section 16-47-194
Acquisition of personal property for museum; place of display.
The University of Alabama may acquire from the Alabama Museum of Natural History, Incorporated or elsewhere, by gift, purchase or otherwise, any personal property which may be deemed necessary or advisable in the proper operation or management of the University of Alabama Museum provided for in this article. Upon such acquisition such property shall become the property of the said University of Alabama to be used, sold, traded or otherwise disposed of as may be deemed proper or advisable; such property may be displayed by the University of Alabama any place deemed by it to be advisable.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 2018, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 8 - University of Alabama Museum. › Section 16-47-195 - Construction and Operation of Recreational Facilities.

Section 16-47-195
Construction and operation of recreational facilities.
The University of Alabama, in addition to other powers, shall have the right, power and authority to construct and operate suitable public service or recreational privileges and conveniences on any land or water embraced within the scope of this article and to charge and collect reasonable fees for the use of same and to enter into contracts for the operation of any such privilege or convenience and to enter into contracts with the federal government and with states, counties, municipalities, corporations, associations or individuals for the purpose of constructing, planning, utilizing, developing, expanding, protecting or maintaining any such privileges or conveniences or any building or facility appertaining thereto.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 2018, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 8 - University of Alabama Museum. › Section 16-47-196 - Geological Survey Authorized to Transfer Property to and Make Collections for Museum.

Section 16-47-196
Geological Survey authorized to transfer property to and make collections for museum.
The Geological Survey of Alabama is hereby empowered and authorized to convey to the University of Alabama by gift or otherwise any of its property as it may deem proper, for use, exchange or display in the University of Alabama Museum, and upon such conveyance said property shall become the property of the University of Alabama to be used, exchanged or displayed by it in the operation or development of the said University of Alabama Museum. The geological survey of Alabama is further authorized to make such collections from time to time in the future which it may deem to be of value to the University of Alabama Museum and to convey such collections or parts thereof to the University of Alabama for any purpose specified in this article.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 2018, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 8 - University of Alabama Museum. › Section 16-47-197 - Powers of University Over Personal Property Acquired for Use or Display.

Section 16-47-197
Powers of university over personal property acquired for use or display.
Any personal property acquired by the University of Alabama for use or display in its museum may be used or displayed at any place deemed by it to be advisable, and such property may be sold or exchanged as the University of Alabama shall deem proper.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 2018, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 8 - University of Alabama Museum. › Section 16-47-198 - Employees for Museum; Teaching at Museum.

Section 16-47-198
Employees for museum; teaching at museum.
The University of Alabama shall, subject to the provisions of the State Employees' Retirement System, determine the number of employees needed for the efficient and economical performance of the functions and duties of the said University of Alabama Museum and shall hire such employees to operate, manage and maintain the same. The study and teaching of archeology, history and related subjects at said University of Alabama Museum shall be under the jurisdiction of the University of Alabama, and the same shall be achieved and performed in a manner similar to other studies and teachings at the said university.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 2018, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 8 - University of Alabama Museum. › Section 16-47-199 - Rules and Regulations; Punishment of Violations; Powers of Police Officers Appointed by University President.

Section 16-47-199
Rules and regulations; punishment of violations; powers of police officers appointed by university president.
The University of Alabama shall have the power and authority to make, establish and promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations, not in conflict with the laws of Alabama, which may be deemed for the best interest of the operation, development, protection, maintenance and management of the University of Alabama Museum, which rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of law. Such rules and regulations shall be published in printed form and shall be made available to the general public and visitors to said University of Alabama Museum. Such rules, so published, shall be received in evidence in any court in this state without further proof. A violation of any rule or regulation made, established or promulgated in accordance with the provisions of this article shall be a misdemeanor. All persons appointed as police officers by the president of the University of Alabama, as provided for by law, are hereby constituted peace officers of the State of Alabama with full and unlimited police power and jurisdiction to enforce the rules and regulations promulgated by virtue of the authority contained in this article. Such police officers are clothed with the power and authority of deputy sheriffs and shall arrest without warrant and carry before the district court of the county in which an offense is committed any person violating any of the rules and regulations made and promulgated under the authority provided for in this article.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 2018, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 8 - University of Alabama Museum. › Section 16-47-200 - Disposition of Fines for Violations of Rules.

Section 16-47-200
Disposition of fines for violations of rules.
All money arising from fines and forfeitures from violations of the rules and regulations as provided for in this article shall be forwarded by the court having jurisdiction over such violations to the University of Alabama to be deposited into the University Museum Fund.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 2018, §11.)
2023 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 16-47-201
Construction 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.)
2023 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 16-47-202
Counties 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.)
2023 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 16-47-203
University 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.)
2023 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 16-47-204
Governor 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.)
2023 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 16-47-220
Definitions.
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.)
2023 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 16-47-221
Creation, 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.)
2023 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 16-47-222
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 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.)
2023 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 16-47-223
Area 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.)
2023 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 16-47-224
Liability 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.)
2023 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 16-47-225
Annual 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.)