Alabama Administrative Code › Title 545 - MEDICAL LICENSURE COMMISSION OF ALABAMA › Chapter 545-X-1 - ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION › Section 545-X-1-.06 - Powers And Duties Of The Commission

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
The Commission is authorized to:
(1) issue, revoke, suspend, or otherwise
			 discipline and reinstate all licenses authorizing doctors of medicine and
			 doctors of osteopathy to practice in the State of Alabama.
(2) promulgate rules and regulations as it
			 deems proper for implementing and carrying out the provisions of Article 8,
			 Title 34,
Code of Ala. 1975
.
(3) receive and consider, but not be bound
			 by, the recommendation of the Board of Medical Examiners.
(4) request the Board of Medical Examiners to
			 furnish all personnel and facilities necessary to administer and enforce
			 Article 8, Title 34,
Code of Ala. 1975
.
(5) call upon the attorney general, district
			 attorney or other prosecuting attorneys of this state to assist in any
			 request.
(6) in appeals brought
			 under §
								34-24-330 of the
Code of Ala. 1975
, either affirm the action of
			 the Board of Medical Examiners in denying a certificate of qualification to an
			 applicant or order the Board of Medical Examiners to issue a certificate of
			 qualification to an applicant who has been denied certification by the
			 Board.
(7) issue a new license to
			 applicant, whose license has been lost or destroyed or whose name is changed by
			 marriage or court order.
(8)
			 determine the size and artistic design of limited licenses, cards, and
			 certificates issued by the Commission.
(9) renew the certificate of registration
			 each calendar year for all physicians applying for renewal of their certificate
			 of registration.
(10) issue
			 certificates of registration to applicants who have renewed their license for
			 the calendar year.
(11) file an
			 action in the nature of quo warranto pursuant to
Code of Ala.
			 1975
, §
								6-6-590,
			 in any circuit court having jurisdiction against any person within this state
			 who is practicing without a license or to whom a license or certificate of
			 qualification has been denied, or for whom a license has been suspended,
			 restricted, or revoked, and to order such person to cease and desist from
			 continuing to practice medicine within Alabama.
(12) suspend, revoke, restrict, or place on
			 probation any license to practice medicine whenever the licensee shall be found
			 guilty by the Commission of any of the acts or offenses specified by law,
			 including those acts set out in §
								34-24-360 of the
Code of Ala. 1975
, and the administrative rules
			 of the Commission and Alabama Board of Medical Examiners.
(13) order or direct a physician, when there
			 is a question of physical or mental inability to practice medicine with
			 reasonable skill and safety, to submit to either a physical, mental or
			 laboratory examination or any combination of such examinations to be performed
			 by a health care professional designated by the Commission.
(14) promulgate rules and regulations
			 defining immoral, unprofessional or dishonorable conduct.
(15) suspend or revoke the license of a
			 physician if the individual refuses to appear before the Board of Medical
			 Examiners for a formal interview, after having been formally requested to do so
			 in writing by the executive director of the Board.
(16) temporarily suspend the license of a
			 physician without a hearing simultaneously with the institution of proceedings
			 for a hearing on the request of the Board of Medical Examiners, if the Board
			 finds evidence in its possession which indicates that the physician's
			 continuation in practice may constitute an immediate danger to his patients or
			 to the public.
(17) withdraw the
			 license of a physician if the certificate of qualification of that physician is
			 surrendered to the Board of Medical Examiners or place restrictions on the
			 license of a physician if the certificate of qualification has restrictions
			 placed on it by the Board.
(18)
			 subpoena witnesses and cause depositions of witnesses to be taken in the manner
			 prescribed by law.
(19) adopt and
			 promulgate rules and regulations regarding the practice of acupuncture as a
			 branch of the practice of medicine.
Authors:
Wayne P. Turner, Wallace D.
				  Mills
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										34-24-311, et
seq
.