Alabama Administrative Code › Title 545 - MEDICAL LICENSURE COMMISSION OF ALABAMA › Chapter 545-X-2 - LICENSES › Section 545-X-2-.03 - Certificate Of Registration

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
			 Every person licensed to practice medicine shall apply to the Commission, on or
			 before December 31 of each succeeding year for a certificate of
			 registration.
(2) Each application,
			 which shall include the physician's name, address, the date and license number
			 and signature, must be filed with the Commission along with the annual fee
			 which shall be set at $300.00.
(3)
			 If application for a certificate of registration is not made each year on or
			 before December 31, a $100.00 late fee shall apply. The later fee shall apply
			 to all application for registrations made between January 1 and January 31 of
			 each year.
(4) When a licensee
			 fails to renew his or her license on or before December 31, the license shall
			 remain in full force and effective during the period January 1 through January
			 31.
(5) Upon receipt of the
			 application and fee the Commission shall issue a certificate of registration,
			 signed by the chairman or his designee, which shall be effective during the
			 next calendar year; provided, however, that the Commission shall not renew the
			 annual certificate of registration of any physician against whom an
			 administrative fine or administrative cost has been assessed by the Board of
			 Medical Examiners or the Commission until such fine or cost is paid in full.
			 However, if an order of the Medical Licensure Commission or the Board of
			 Medical Examiners allows for the payment of the fine or costs in installments
			 and if the licensee is current with the installment payment, then the physician
			 shall be permitted to renew his or her certificate of registration. Upon
			 payment of any past due fine or cost the Commission shall renew the certificate
			 of registration; provided, however, that in the event that the delinquent fine
			 or cost is not paid until thirty-one (31) day after registration is due as
			 provided in subsection (4) above, the licensee shall be required to pay the
			 reinstatement fee and complete forms as provided by these rules. Prior to said
			 reinstatement, a criminal background check shall have been obtained, pursuant
			 to
Code of Ala. 1975
, Section
			 34-24-337 as amended by Act 2008-397.
(6) If
			 a licensee fails to register and pay the registration fee and late fee if
			 applicable, within thirty-one (31) days after registration becomes due, the
			 license shall automatically become inactive, provided that any person whose
			 license shall become inactive in this way may make application in writing for
			 the reinstatement of such license.
(7) When any physician licensed by this
			 Commission shall have such license become inactive for nonpayment of the annual
			 registration fee required under
Code of Ala. 1975
,
			 §
								34-24-337,
			 such physician may apply to the Commission in writing for reinstatement of such
			 license by filing with the Commission an application together with the payment
			 of all past due renewal fees for up to two years and the additional sum of
			 $250.00 dollars.
(8) Upon receipt
			 of a properly completed application, criminal background check, the payment to
			 the Commission of all required past due renewal fees plus the additional sum of
			 $250.00 dollars, subject to the maximums set out in subsection (7) Immediately
			 above, proof of completion of twenty-dive credits of AMA PRA/AOA category I
			 continuing medical education units within the last twelve months, and proof of
			 citizenship, then the Commission shall reinstate the license of the
			 application. In the event that the answers provided by the applicant to any
			 question on the application form or from any other source indicates that the
			 applicant has committed any act or undergone any change of circumstance which
			 would constitute grounds for the revoking of a license to practice medicine in
			 the State of Alabama under
Code of Ala. 1975
, §
								34-24-360,
			 then the Commission shall refer the application to the State Board of Medical
			 Examiners for investigation into all of the facts and circumstances surrounding
			 such acts or circumstances in order to determine if a complaint for revocation
			 or suspension of that physician's license should or should not be
			 initiated.
(9) Before denying an
			 application submitted under this section the Commission shall comply with all
			 of the requirements of a contested case under the Alabama Administrative
			 Procedure Act and the rules of this Commission.
(10) An example of the application for
			 reinstatement is contained in Appendix C to Chapter 2 of these rules.
Authors:
Alabama Board of Medical Examiners,
				  Wallace D. Mills
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										34-24-337,
				  34-24-338.