Chapter 540-X-7 - ASSISTANTS TO PHYSICIANS

Grounds, within the discretion of the Board, to deny an application for registration as an anesthesiologist assistant shall be the following: (1) The commission by an anesthesiologist assistant of any act, offense or condition stated in Rule 540-X-7-.45. (2) The anesthesiologist …

(1) Under the circumstances where an anesthesiologist assistant is seeking registration to an anesthesiologist not regularly engaged in the full-time practice of medicine and/or in the circumstance where the anesthesiologist and the anesthesiologist assistant seeking registration…

When for any reason an anesthesiologist assistant shall discontinue his or her employment with the employer designated in the application for registration, then registration of such anesthesiologist assistant to the supervising anesthesiologist designated in the application is au…

(1) An anesthesiologist assistant may obtain interim approval of a supervised practice with an interim supervising anesthesiologist after confirmed receipt by the Board of Medical Examiners of a registration application and may continue in interim practice until such time as the …

(1) Under the circumstances where an anesthesiologist assistant is seeking registration to an anesthesiologist not regularly engaged in the full-time practice of medicine and/or in the circumstance where the anesthesiologist and the anesthesiologist assistant seeking registration…

(1) Anesthesiologist supervision requires, at all times, a direct, continuing and close supervisory relationship between an anesthesiologist assistant and the supervising anesthesiologist to whom the assistant is registered or an anesthesiologist who is acting in a Board-approved…

(1) When the primary supervising anesthesiologist is off duty, out of town, not on call, or not immediately available to respond to patients' medical needs, the anesthesiologist assistant is not authorized to perform any act or render any treatments unless another qualified anest…

An anesthesiologist assistant may administer drugs commonly used in anesthesia practice, by protocol (i.e., routine or urgent/emergent) or as directed by the supervising anesthesiologist who formulates the anesthetic plan and maintains continual supervision. Author: Patricia E. S…

(1) An anesthesiologist may have registered to him or her not more than four (4) anesthesiologist assistants. (2) An anesthesiologist assistant may be registered to more than one supervising anesthesiologist at any one time. The number of supervising anesthesiologists to whom an …

(1) Unless prohibited by Federal or state statutes or regulations or by the agency governing a specific form, an anesthesiologist assistant may sign any form which can be authenticated by the supervising anesthesiologist's signature, if signing by the anesthesiologist assistant i…

The commission by an anesthesiologist assistant or anesthesiologist of any act, offense or condition set forth in Rule 540-X-7-.42 or Rule 540-X-7-.48 shall be grounds, within the discretion of the Board, to terminate the registration of an anesthesiologist assistant to perform m…

(1) Effective January 1, 2025, every two calendar years, each anesthesiologist assistant licensed by the Board must earn not less than fifty (50) hours of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsT or the equivalent as defined in this rule of continuing medical education as a condition preceden…

(1) The intent of this rule is to provide for the expedited issuance of a license to military service members and the spouses of military service members who are relocated to and stationed in Alabama and who are also qualified assistants to physicians. (2) The board, at its discr…