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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-9 - Additional Copies of the State Publications Furnished Law Department for Exchange.

Section 16-47-9
Additional copies of the state publications furnished law department for exchange.
The Secretary of State shall furnish to the School of Law of the University of Alabama, in addition to those furnished for use therein, as many copies, but not to exceed 60 each, of all reports and publications of the State of Alabama and its several departments, agencies and institutions, including, the Alabama Code, general and local acts, Senate and House journals and other legislative documents as may be requested by the dean of the school for use in exchange with the several states or territories of the United States, the Dominion or provinces of Canada, the Republic of Mexico, the Philippine Republic, the Republic of South Africa, the Australian Commonwealth or the Dominion of New Zealand, or any of the departments, agencies or institutions thereof for similar reports and publications of each of those states, territories or nations; provided, that exchanges shall not be made to secure more than one copy of any publication.
This section shall apply to existing stocks of all such reports and publications that are not already reserved or set aside by law for a specific purpose, to all such reports and publications hereafter printed or published and to all reports and publications which the state is able to purchase at a predetermined price; but no reprint of any report or publication shall be undertaken to supply copies thereof for exchange purposes.
(Acts 1947, No. 300, p. 151, §§ 1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-10 - Police Officers - Appointed by President; Powers and Duties Generally.

Section 16-47-10
Police officers - Appointed by president; powers and duties generally.
The president of the university may appoint or employ one or more suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property of the university. Such person shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers. The officer may eject trespassers from the university buildings and grounds. The officer may, without warrant, arrest persons who commit disorderly conduct, or trespass on the property of the institution, or in any circumstance in which an arrest by a police officer without a warrant is authorized by law, and carry them before the nearest district court or municipal court charged with the trial of such offenders. Upon proper affidavit charging the offense, the person arrested may be tried by the court and convicted as in case of persons brought before the court on a warrant. The officer or officers may summon a posse comitatus.
(School Code 1927, §559; Code 1940, T. 52, §500; Acts 1995, No. 95-554, p. 1159, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-11 - Police Officers - Extended Jurisdiction.

Section 16-47-11
Police officers - Extended jurisdiction.
(a) Any police officer appointed pursuant to the provisions of this section or Section 16-22-1, is a peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state; provided, that the primary duty of any such police or peace officer shall be the enforcement of the law on property owned or leased by the institution of higher education employing said peace officers; provided further, that he shall not otherwise act as a peace officer in enforcing the law except:
(1) When in pursuit of any offender or suspected offender who is charged with the commission of a crime while on the premises of said institution; or
(2) To make arrests otherwise lawfully for crimes committed, or for which there is probable cause to believe have been committed, within his presence or within the boundaries of said property owned or leased.
(b) The provisions of this section granting authority to police officers at institutions of higher learning in the State of Alabama are not intended to limit or abridge any powers heretofore granted to said officers by law, and the provisions of this section are, therefore, to be considered cumulative.
(c) Nothing in this section shall grant authority to any persons appointed under the provisions of this section to enter a classroom for the purpose of enforcing traffic or parking citations.
(Acts 1975, No. 924, p. 1836, §§1-3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-12 - School of Mines of Alabama.

Section 16-47-12
School of Mines of Alabama.
The Department of Mining Engineering of the University of Alabama is declared to be the "School of Mines" of the State of Alabama. Alabama's share of such federal aid as may hereafter be provided by Congress for the promotion or development of mines and mining and mining engineering in the several states through educational agencies shall be put at the exclusive disposal of the University of Alabama to be utilized in connection with or by that institution in such manner as the federal law and regulations may prescribe.
(School Code 1927, §564; Code 1940, T. 52, §504.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-13 - Cooperation of University With Bureau of Mines.

Section 16-47-13
Cooperation of university with Bureau of Mines.
The Federal Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior, has established and located a mining experiment station at the University of Alabama, the continuance of such station being conditioned upon the performance of certain obligations on the part of the University of Alabama prescribed by the federal government. The University of Alabama is authorized to meet and perform said obligations out of any funds appropriated for that purpose or which may hereafter be appropriated for that purpose. Said School of Mines of Alabama is hereby authorized to cooperate and collaborate with said station in the carrying on of its work.
(School Code 1927, §565; Code 1940, T. 52, §505.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-14 - Testing Laboratory.

Section 16-47-14
Testing laboratory.
The testing laboratory of the University of Alabama is the official testing laboratory for cement and other materials of construction.
(School Code 1927, §568; Code 1940, T. 52, §506.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-15 - Summer School for Teachers - Establishment.

Section 16-47-15
Summer school for teachers - Establishment.
The trustees of the University of Alabama may establish at that institution a school to be known as the summer school for teachers, at which during the summer months instruction shall be given in all the public school studies and in such other studies as may be necessary to better prepare teachers for efficient service in the public schools of this state.
(School Code 1927, §569; Code 1940, T. 52, §507.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-16 - Summer School for Teachers - Maintenance.

Section 16-47-16
Summer school for teachers - Maintenance.
The summer school for teachers at the University of Alabama shall be maintained and supported by the annual legislative appropriation for that specific purpose.
(School Code 1927, §570; Code 1940, T. 52, §508.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-47-30 - Composition; Terms of Office; Election; Vacancies; Compensation.

Section 16-47-30
Composition; terms of office; election; vacancies; compensation.
The state university shall be under the control of the board of trustees, which shall consist of two members from the congressional district in which the university is located, and one from each of the other congressional districts in the state, the State Superintendent of Education and the Governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board.
The members of the board of trustees, as now constituted, shall hold office until their respective terms expire under existing law and until their successors shall be elected and confirmed, as hereinafter required. Successors to those trustees whose terms expire in 1902 shall hold office until 1907; successors to those whose terms expire in 1904 shall hold office until 1911; successors to those trustees whose terms expire in 1906 shall hold office until 1915; and thereafter their successors shall hold office for a term of 12 years.
When the term of any member of such board shall expire, the remaining members of the board shall, by secret ballot, elect his successor; provided, that any trustee so elected shall hold office from the date of his election until his confirmation or rejection by the Senate, and if confirmed, until the expiration of the term for which he was elected and until his successor is elected. At every meeting of the Legislature, the State Superintendent of Education shall certify to the Senate the names of all who have been so elected since the last session of the Legislature, and the Senate shall confirm or reject them as it shall determine for the best interest of the university. If it rejects the names of any members it shall thereupon elect trustees in the stead of those rejected.
In the case of a vacancy on said board by death or resignation of a member, or from any cause other than the expiration of his term of office, the board shall elect his successor, who shall hold office until the next session of the Legislature, when the name of a successor or successors elected by said board to fill the vacancy or vacancies so occasioned shall be certified by the State Superintendent of Education to the Senate, and the Senate shall confirm, or reject, as it shall determine is for the best interest of the university; and, if confirmed by the Senate, the person, or persons so elected to fill said vacancy shall hold office for the unexpired term to which he is so elected. If the Senate rejects the name of any person to fill said vacancy, it shall thereupon elect some person or persons in the stead of those rejected.
No trustee shall receive any pay or emolument other than his actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties as such.
(School Code 1927, §550; Code 1940, T. 52, §493.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-47-31 - Quorum; Majority Vote; President Pro Tempore.

Section 16-47-31
Quorum; majority vote; president pro tempore.
Five members of the board of trustees, exclusive of the ex officio members, shall constitute a quorum. Every member present shall be required to vote, and a majority of those present shall govern. At their first meeting, the board shall elect one of its number president pro tempore, who shall preside in the absence of the Governor and shall hold the position until the next annual or special meeting, when another president pro tempore shall be elected.
(School Code 1927, §551; Code 1940, T. 52, §494.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-47-32 - Meetings.

Section 16-47-32
Meetings.
(a) The board of trustees shall meet at least once in each year and on the first Wednesday in June, unless some other day is selected by them, and it may, by ordinance or resolution adopted by it, prescribe other regular times for meeting. At such meeting it may continue in session as long as it may deem proper for the welfare of the institution and may at any session appoint a special or adjourned meeting. Upon the written application of four members, or of any three members with his or her concurrence, the president pro tempore shall appoint a special meeting and issue notice thereof to the several members. Such special meeting shall not be appointed for a day less than seven days subsequent to the date of the notice. In case there is no president pro tempore of the board, or in case the president pro tempore is incapacitated to act, then the Governor, as president of the board, shall upon the written application of four members, in like manner call such special meeting. Regular meetings of the board must be held at the university, but special or adjourned meetings may be held at the university or in the City of Montgomery, the City of Birmingham, or the City of Huntsville.
(b) Members of the board of trustees, the executive committee of the board of trustees, or any other committee established by the board of trustees may participate in a meeting of the board or committee by means of conference telephone, video conference, or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting may hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting for all purposes, including the establishment of a quorum. Notice of such meetings must be given in accordance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act and such telephone or video conference or similar communications equipment shall also allow members of the public the opportunity to simultaneously listen to or observe such meetings.
(School Code 1927, §552; Code 1940, T. 52, §495; Acts 1945, No. 265, p. 412, §1; Acts 1969, No. 985, p. 1733, §1; Act 2009-495, p. 915, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-47-33 - Records of Trustees' Proceedings Preserved; Payment of Expenses of Trustees.

Section 16-47-33
Records of trustees' proceedings preserved; payment of expenses of trustees.
The proceedings of the board of trustees must be recorded in a substantially bound book, which must be kept in the archives of the university; and the board may at any meeting employ a secretary. The certificate of the president or, in his absence, of the president pro tempore, countersigned by the secretary, if there is one, shall entitle the several trustees to their constitutional pay out of the treasury of the university; and the compensation of the secretary and the necessary incidental expenses of the board at each session shall be paid on the order of the board, and the certificate of the president or president pro tempore, as the case may be, out of such treasury.
(School Code 1927, §552; Code 1940, T. 52, §495; Acts 1945, No. 265, p. 412, §1; Acts 1969, No. 985, p. 1733, §1; School Code 1927, §553; Code 1940, T. 52, §496.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-47-34 - Powers Generally.

Section 16-47-34
Powers generally.
The board of trustees has the power to organize the university by appointing a corps of instructors, who shall be styled the faculty of the university, and such other officers as the interest of the university may require; to remove such instructors or officers, and to fix their salaries or compensation, and increase or reduce the same at their discretion; to institute, regulate, alter or modify the government of the university, as it may deem advisable; to prescribe courses of instruction, rates of tuition and price of board and regulate the necessary expenses of students; and to confer such degrees as are usually conferred by similar institutions. It may delegate to the faculty of the university, or other officers, such powers and functions in the government of the students and in the administration of the affairs of the university as it may deem proper; but in no case shall any person be authorized to receive, hold or disburse any funds of the university without having first given bond, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties; and no person shall be excluded from the full benefit of the University Fund or placed at any disadvantage in the pursuit of his studies who possesses the requisite literary or other qualifications and is willing to submit to the discipline prescribed for the students.
(School Code 1927, §549; Code 1940, T. 52, §492.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-47-35 - Authority of Trustees to Dispose of Property.

Section 16-47-35
Authority of trustees to dispose of property.
The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, all or any part of such land as has been or may be selected under and by virtue of an act of Congress entitled, "An act to increase the endowment of the University of Alabama from the public school lands in said state," approved April 23, 1884, and may sell lands or any interest therein or part thereof for such prices and upon such terms as to it may seem proper. Such sales may be for cash or for part cash, and the said Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama shall not be limited by any statute heretofore enacted as to what part of the purchase price of such lands which it has heretofore sold or may hereafter sell shall be in cash, but the percent of the purchase price of such lands that may have been or shall be in cash shall be such as said Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama may agree upon with the purchaser or purchasers.
(School Code 1927, §560; Code 1940, T. 52, §501.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-47-36 - Report to Legislature.

Section 16-47-36
Report to Legislature.
It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make to the Legislature, at each session thereof, a full report of its transactions and of the condition of the university, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the university by those charged with the administration of its finances.
(School Code 1927, §554; Code 1940, T. 52, §497.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-47-37 - Executive Committee of Trustees.

Section 16-47-37
Executive committee of trustees.
The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama may create an executive committee consisting of three or more of the trustees composing the said board upon which committee it may confer full power and authority to lease, sell and convey such lands or any part thereof, or any interest therein, as fully as said Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama could itself do.
(School Code 1927, §561; Code 1940, T. 52, §502.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 3 - Dental College of Alabama. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-50 - Establishment.

Section 16-47-50
Establishment.
There is hereby created and established a four-year school of dentistry in the State of Alabama to be under the sole management, ownership and control of the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, to be located at Birmingham, Alabama, as a part of the medical center, which shall be known as the Dental College of Alabama or such other name as the board of trustees and the advisory board shall hereafter designate.
(Acts 1945, No. 207, p. 323, §1; Acts 1947, No. 625, p. 478, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 3 - Dental College of Alabama. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-51 - Dentists Advisory Board.

Section 16-47-51
Dentists Advisory Board.
There is hereby created and established a board to be known as the Dentists Advisory Board, consisting of five dentists who shall be members in good standing of the State Dental Association of Alabama and shall reside in different sections of the State of Alabama. The duties of the members of said board shall be to meet with the Alabama Building Commission upon its call for the purpose of giving information and advice to the said Alabama Building Commission as to proper location, establishment, buildings and equipment of said dental school, during the period of time occupied by the Alabama Building Commission in locating, establishing, building and equipping said dental school, and to meet with the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, or with three or more members of said board of trustees at such times and places as may be mutually agreed upon, due notice of said meetings to be given by the board of trustees, for the purpose of giving information and advice to the trustees as to the proper maintenance and operation of the dental school. The first five members of the Dentists Advisory Board shall be appointed by the Governor: One for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years and one for a term of five years; and thereafter all members of said board shall be elected by the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama on nominations made by the State Dental Association or its authorized agents, for five-year terms each. Vacancies shall be filled likewise by the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, and the appointees shall serve for the unexpired terms. The members of said advisory board shall serve without pay, but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties, to be paid in the same manner as the expenses of the university trustees are paid. The dean of the school of dentistry shall be an ex officio member of the Dentists Advisory Board and shall sit with it in its deliberations.
(Acts 1945, No. 207, p. 323, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 3 - Dental College of Alabama. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-52 - Appropriations Not to Affect Other Appropriations to University.

Section 16-47-52
Appropriations not to affect other appropriations to university.
Since it is the purpose of this chapter to establish and maintain a standard four-year dental school to be administered by the University of Alabama, and since the university, in order to carry out that purpose, must itself necessarily continue to be accredited by the national and regional standardizing agencies, it is hereby expressly provided that appropriations made under this chapter, being set apart exclusively for the school of dentistry 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 1945, No. 207, p. 323, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 3 - Dental College of Alabama. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-53 - Report to Legislature.

Section 16-47-53
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 dental school, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of said dental school by those charged with the administration of the finances thereof.
(Acts 1945, No. 207, p. 323, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 3 - Dental College of Alabama. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-54 - Authority of Board of Trustees of University.

Section 16-47-54
Authority of board of trustees of university.
The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama is hereby given full power and authority to maintain and operate the school of dentistry created by this chapter wherever located, and to set, establish and maintain standards of scholarship and teaching which shall be in accordance with standards approved by the Council of Dental Education of the American Dental Association, and to perform all acts and functions necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this chapter as it relates to the proper and orderly maintenance and operation of said dental school; provided, that the board of trustees shall be under no duty to operate or to continue the operation and maintenance of said dental school unless and until adequate appropriations are received from the State of Alabama for that purpose.
(Acts 1945, No. 207, p. 323, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 3 - Dental College of Alabama. › Division 2 - Scholarships. › Section 16-47-76 - Board of Dental Scholarship Awards Creation; Establishment of Scholarships; Composition of Board.

Section 16-47-76
Board of Dental Scholarship Awards creation; establishment of scholarships; composition of board.
There is hereby created and established a board to be known as the Board of Dental Scholarship Awards, which shall be authorized and required to establish scholarships to provide for and further dental training, in pursuance of a dental degree, of qualified applicants for admission to the University of Alabama School of Dentistry or any other dental school accredited by the Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association. The board shall give first priority to Alabama students who will attend dental school in Alabama. The board also shall establish the Alabama Dental Service Program as set out in Sections 16-47-77 through 16-47-81. The board shall also establish the Rural Dental Health Scholars Program for the purpose of awarding scholarships to high school students who are interested in the practice of dentistry in rural areas. Also, the board shall establish the Rural Dental Scholars Program for dental students and shall award scholarships and reimbursements for expenses for such dental students. The board shall promulgate rules for the implementation and administration of the programs. The board shall be composed of the Secretary of the Alabama Dental Association, who shall serve as chairman of the board; one dentist elected from each component society of the Alabama Dental Association, whose terms of office shall be staggered, two dentists being elected for a term of one year, two dentists being elected for a term of two years, two dentists being elected for a term of three years, and two dentists being elected for a term of four years, and at the end of each term of office, successors shall be elected for a term of four years; the Director of the Bureau of Dental Health of the Health Department of Alabama; the Dean of the University of Alabama School of Dentistry or his designee; and the Chairman of the University of Alabama School of Dentistry Admissions Committee.
(Acts 1977, No. 662, p. 1121, §1; Act 2007-460, p. 962, §1; Act 2016-261, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 3 - Dental College of Alabama. › Division 2 - Scholarships. › Section 16-47-77 - Board of Dental Scholarship Awards - Powers and Duties.

Section 16-47-77
Board of Dental Scholarship Awards - Powers and duties.
The Board of Dental Scholarship awards shall have power and authority to make reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state as may be necessary for the regulation of its proceedings and for the discharge of the duties imposed on it. The board shall receive and review all applications for scholarship loans and awards, and for loans awarded under the Alabama Dental Service Program, shall make a careful and thorough investigation of the ability, character, and qualifications of each applicant, and shall be responsible for the further administration of the scholarship loans and awards and of the program, subject to the provisions of this article. Also, 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 dentists were serving, to repay program loans. The report also shall include for the reporting year the number of participating dentists who demonstrated to the board's satisfaction that an average of at least 20 percent of his or her active patients were indigent or covered by Medicaid, and the number of participating dentists who demonstrated to the board's satisfaction that an average of at least 30 percent of his or her active patients were indigent or covered by Medicaid.
(Acts 1977, No. 662, p. 1121, §3; Act 2016-261, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 3 - Dental College of Alabama. › Division 2 - Scholarships. › Section 16-47-80 - Contractual Agreement of Recipients; Penalties for Breach.

Section 16-47-80
Contractual agreement of recipients; penalties for breach.
(a) Each recipient of a scholarship loan under the provisions of this article shall enter into a contract with the Board of Dental Scholarship Awards whereby he or she agrees to repay the scholarship loan in a manner prescribed by the board not inconsistent with any provision of this article. Breach of contract by the recipient shall make him or her immediately liable for the unpaid balance of the loan and shall constitute a ground for the revocation of his or her certificate or license to practice dentistry in the State of Alabama. In the event of death or total and permanent disability of the recipient to engage in the practice of dentistry, repayment of the loan may be excused by the board. The Attorney General of Alabama, upon request of the Board of Dental Scholarship Awards, shall institute proceedings in the name of the state for the purpose of recovering any amount due the state under the provisions of this article. The proceedings to have such dentist's certificate or license revoked shall be commenced upon the written complaint of the Board of Dental Scholarship Awards to the State Board of Dental Examiners. The proceedings shall be in accordance with the provisions of Alabama law pertaining to the revocation of licenses to practice dentistry. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, applicants and participants in the Alabama Dental Service Program shall repay loans as called for in written contracts outlined in subsection 16-47-79 (d).
(b) In addition to penalties for breach of contract outlined above in this section, participants in the program shall pay an additional penalty for breach of contract as specified:
(1) For breach of contract under which a year's worth of loans has been received, a penalty equal to 20 percent of the total principal amount of the loan.
(2) For breach of contract under which two years' worth of loans have been received, a penalty equal to 30 percent of the total principal amount of the loan.
(3) For breach of contract under which three years' worth of loans have been received, a penalty equal to 40 percent of the total principal amount of the loan.
(4) For breach of contract under which four years' worth of loans have been received, a penalty equal to 50 percent of the total principal amount of the loan.
(5) If breach of contract occurs after graduation from dental school but prior to completion of the repayment obligation set forth in Section 16-47-79(d), a penalty equal to 100 percent of the total principal amount of all loans received by the participant from the program.
(Acts 1977, No. 662, p. 1121, §6; Act 2016-261, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 3 - Dental College of Alabama. › Division 2 - Scholarships. › Section 16-47-81 - Localities in Need of Dentists.

Section 16-47-81
Localities in need of dentists.
Any incorporated or unincorporated municipality or locality in the state having a population of less than 100,000 desiring additional dentists and wishing to be designated as a locality needing additional dentists may apply to the Board of Dental Scholarship Awards to be placed on a list of localities in need of additional dentists, which shall be maintained by the board. Such application 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 Dental Scholarship Awards determines that such locality is in need of dentists, it shall place the locality on the list of localities in need of dentists 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 dentists. A locality on the list shall qualify as a place where participants in the Alabama Dental Service Program may work to repay loans awarded by the program only if the locality also is defined as an area of critical need as outlined in subdivision 16-47-79(d)(3).
(Acts 1977, No. 662, p. 1121, §7; Act 2016-261, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 4 - University of Alabama School of Medicine. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-90 - Establishment; Name.

Section 16-47-90
Establishment; name.
There is hereby created and established a four-year school of medicine in the State of Alabama to be under the sole management, ownership and control of the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama and to be known as The University of Alabama School of Medicine or such other name as the board of trustees shall hereafter designate.
(Acts 1943, No. 89, p. 89, §1; Acts 1969, No. 1054, p. 1975, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 4 - University of Alabama School of Medicine. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-91 - Physicians Advisory Board.

Section 16-47-91
Physicians Advisory Board.
There is hereby created and established a board to be known as the Physicians Advisory Board, consisting of five physicians who shall be members in good standing of the State Medical Association of Alabama and shall reside in different sections of the State of Alabama. The duties of the members of said board shall be to meet with the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, or with three or more members of said board of trustees, at such times and places as may be mutually agreed upon, due notice of said meetings to be given by the board of trustees, for the purpose of giving information and advice to the trustees as to the proper maintenance and operation of the medical school. The first five members of the Physicians Advisory Board shall be appointed by the Governor, one for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years and one for a term of five years; and thereafter all members of said board shall be elected by the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama on nominations made by the State Medical Association or its authorized agents for five-year terms each. Vacancies shall be filled likewise by the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, and the appointees shall serve for the unexpired terms. The members of said advisory board shall serve without pay, but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties, to be paid in the same manner as the expenses of the university trustees are paid. The dean of the school of medicine shall be an ex officio member of the Physicians Advisory Board and shall sit with it in its deliberations.
(Acts 1943, No. 89, p. 89, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 4 - University of Alabama School of Medicine. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-92 - Appropriations to University of Alabama Not Affected.

Section 16-47-92
Appropriations to University of Alabama not affected.
Since it is the purpose of this article to establish and maintain a standard four-year medical school to be administered by the University of Alabama, and since the university, in order to carry out that purpose, must itself necessarily continue to be 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 school of medicine 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 1943, No. 89, p. 89, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 4 - University of Alabama School of Medicine. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-93 - Annual Report to Legislature.

Section 16-47-93
Annual 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 medical school, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of said medical school by those charged with the administration of the finances thereof.
(Acts 1943, No. 89, p. 89, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 4 - University of Alabama School of Medicine. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-94 - Power and Authority of Board of Trustees of University of Alabama.

Section 16-47-94
Power and authority of Board of Trustees of University of Alabama.
The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama is hereby given full power and authority to maintain and operate the school of medicine created by this chapter wherever located, and to set, establish and maintain standards of scholarship and teaching which shall be in accordance with standards approved by the council on medical education and hospitals of the American Medical Association and of the Association of American Medical Colleges, and to perform all acts and functions necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this chapter as it relates to the proper and orderly maintenance and operation of said medical school; provided, that the board of trustees shall be under no duty to operate or to continue the operation and maintenance of said medical school unless and until adequate appropriations are received from the State of Alabama for that purpose.
(Acts 1943, No. 89, p. 89, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 4 - University of Alabama School of Medicine. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-47-95 - Acquisition of Property for School of Medicine; Issuance of Bonds.

Section 16-47-95
Acquisition of property for school of medicine; issuance of bonds.
The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama shall have full power and authority to acquire by purchase, lease or gift from any city, county or other public or private body, and to maintain, utilize and operate any personal or real property, whether in the form of hospitals, clinics or otherwise, deemed to be appropriate and necessary to the maintenance and operation of its school of medicine, and any such city, county or other public or private body shall have full power and authority to convey and transfer the said personal and real property accordingly on such terms as its governing body shall determine. The said board is further given the specific full power and authority to assume any and all legal obligations lying against the vendor, lessor or donor by virtue of ownership of property so acquired, and to assume any and all legal obligations lying against the property so acquired or against the net revenue derived from the operation thereof, and, if necessary, in acquiring or purchasing any hospital or hospitals mentioned in this section, said university is hereby authorized to issue its bonds in such an amount and in such denominations and maturing at any time it may determine; such bonds to be secured either by a pledge of the net revenue received from the operation of said hospital or hospitals, or by a mortgage on the hospital buildings as such, one or both. Any bonds assumed or issued by said board of trustees or said university pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not constitute a debt of this state, and the faith and credit of this state shall not be pledged as security for or in payment of said bonds.
(Acts 1945, No. 80, p. 77.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 4 - University of Alabama School of Medicine. › Division 2 - Scholarships. › Section 16-47-121 - Board of Medical Scholarship Awards - Created; Authorization to Issue Scholarships; Agreements With Loan Recipients.

Section 16-47-121
Board of Medical Scholarship Awards - Created; authorization to issue scholarships; agreements with loan recipients.
There is hereby created a Board of Medical Scholarship Awards, which shall establish scholarships and loans to provide for the medical training of qualified applicants for admission, or students in, the University of Alabama School of Medicine or the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, or any other accredited or provisionally accredited school of medicine in Alabama. The recipients of loan awards shall enter into a valid agreement with the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards to practice the profession of medicine in those areas and localities of Alabama as may be determined by the board for a number of years to be stipulated in the agreement.
(Acts 1977, No. 663, p. 1125, §1; 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 16-47-122 - Board of Medical Scholarship Awards - Composition; Terms of Members; Chairman.

Section 16-47-122
Board of Medical Scholarship Awards - Composition; terms of members; chairman.
(a) The Board of Medical Scholarship Awards shall be composed of three members of the Board of Censors of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, the Executive Officer of the State Board of Health, the dean of each school of medicine in Alabama or his designee, the chairman of the admissions committee of each school of medicine in Alabama and two members appointed by the Governor for four-year terms, one of whom shall be a member of the State of Alabama Senate and the other a member of the State of Alabama House of Representatives. The terms of the legislative members shall be concurrent with their legislative terms.
(b) The Chairman of the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards shall be a member of the Board of Censors of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1977, No. 663, p. 1125, §§2, 3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 4 - University of Alabama School of Medicine. › Division 2 - Scholarships. › Section 16-47-123 - Board of Medical Scholarship Awards - Powers and Duties.

Section 16-47-123
Board of Medical Scholarship Awards - Powers and duties.
(a) The Board of Medical Scholarship Awards shall make a careful and thorough investigation of the ability, character, and qualifications of each applicant, and award scholarships and loans according to the judgment of the board. Preference in granting loans shall be given to applicants who sign agreements to practice in those areas in greatest need of medical service for periods of time to be stipulated by the board.
(b) The Board of Medical Scholarship Awards shall make reasonable rules and regulations for implementing and administering this division.
(Acts 1977, No. 663, p. 1125, §§4, 10; 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 16-47-123.1 - Annual Administration Expenses.

Section 16-47-123.1
Annual administration expenses.
The board shall establish the fiscal requirements for its annual administration expenses, which may be paid from funds from any source which are available to the board.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-103, p. 110, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 47 - University of Alabama. › Article 4 - University of Alabama School of Medicine. › Division 2 - Scholarships. › Section 16-47-124 - Types of Awards.

Section 16-47-124
Types of awards.
There shall be two types of awards as follows:
(1) LOANS. A number of loans equal in number to 20 percent of the student body of the medical schools in the State of Alabama, each in an amount of up to the average cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses, as set forth in the current catalogs of the University of Alabama School of Medicine or the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, for the year of each enrollment. These loans shall be available to any resident of Alabama of good character who has been accepted for matriculation by one of the medical schools of Alabama preference being given to those applicants who can show an economic need, and who commit in writing to practice in a rural area in a generalists specialty as determined by the board. The board may, in its discretion, permit students to apply for a loan under this subdivision in any scholastic year and for any previously completed scholastic year of medical education. These loans shall be repaid following graduation, under the terms of a contract to practice clinical medicine in an area of Alabama identified by the board as medically underserved for a term of years, as hereinafter set forth.
(2) MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS. A number of merit scholarships equal in number to five percent of the student body of the medical schools in the State of Alabama, each in an amount not to exceed $5,000 (five thousand dollars) per annum or $20,000 (twenty thousand dollars) over a four-year period shall be granted to students with high scholastic achievement and excellent character who will attend one of the medical schools of the State of Alabama. The students to whom merit scholarships are granted shall not be obligated to repay the amount of the scholarship award.
(Acts 1977, No. 663, p. 1125, §5; 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 16-47-125 - Repayment Obligation May Begin Immediately Upon Discontinuation of Medical Education.

Section 16-47-125
Repayment obligation may begin immediately upon discontinuation of medical education.
Any recipient who fails for any reason to continue his or her medical education may, at the discretion of the board, be required to repay all loan amounts immediately with simple interest of eight percent annually from the date of his or her departure or removal from medical school.
(Acts 1977, No. 663, p. 1125, §§6, 11; Acts 1994, No. 94-103, p. 110, §1.)