Alabama Administrative Code › Title 540 - ALABAMA BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS › Chapter 540-X-3 - CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATION › Section 540-X-3-.13 - Administrative Requirements For Examination By The Board

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Each applicant shall pay an examination
			 fee as established by the Board for each administration of the required
			 examination. The examination fee is not returnable to an unsuccessful
			 applicant.
(2) Examinations
			 administered by the Board may be given in Montgomery or at any other location
			 in the state determined by the Board on those dates and at those times as set
			 by the Board.
(3) Applicants who
			 are required to take the Special Purpose Examination or the United States
			 Medical Licensing Examination administered by the Board shall, in addition to
			 the other requirements of this section, be eligible to sit for and take the
			 examination under the rules established by the organization which created the
			 examination.
(4) The Board may
			 enter into personal service contracts with individuals, firms, or corporations
			 for the administration of any examination required by this section.
(5) The Board shall keep complete records of
			 all examinations conducted, giving the name, age, residence, college, date of
			 graduation of the applicant examined, and the results of the examination. These
			 records shall be open to public inspection.
(6) Applicants will be expected to conduct
			 themselves in a professional manner during all phases of the examination. Any
			 applicant whose conduct is deemed to be unprofessional by a representative of
			 the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners will be dismissed from the examination,
			 provided however, that the applicant shall be allowed to take the examination
			 at a future test date. For the purpose of this rule unprofessional conduct
			 shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following types of conduct or
			 behavior:
(a) Appearing for the examination
			 while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs or both;
(b) The use of profanity or abusive language
			 during the course of the examination;
(c) Failure to cooperate and/or follow the
			 instructions of examiners or Board of Medical Examiners;
(d) Any and all actions on the part of
			 applicant and/or examinees, or by others when solicited by an applicant and/or
			 examinee, that subvert or attempt to subvert the examination process, including
			 but are not limited to, the following: seeking and/or obtaining access to
			 examination materials prior to the examination; falsification of information on
			 application or registration of information on application or registration
			 forms; impersonation of an examinee or engaging a proxy to take the
			 examination; copying answers from another examinee; allowing answers to be
			 copied; possessing unauthorized materials during an examination, altering or
			 misrepresenting examination scores; theft or other unauthorized possession of
			 examination materials; memorizing and reproducing test items and any
			 unauthorized reproduction by any means and/or dissemination of copyrighted
			 examinations materials.
Author:
Wendell R. Morgan, Patricia E. Shaner,
				Attorneys for the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners