Alabama Administrative Code

A number of merit scholarship(s) not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the students enrolled at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry will be awarded each year. Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 635-X-6-.01 Filed September 7, 1984. Amended: Filed February 4, 20…

Each merit scholarship will be in an amount not to exceed the current annual cost of tuition at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry provided the recipient maintains a 3.4 grade point average. These are awarded without regard of financial need to bona fide …

All full-time students at the University of Alabama in Birmingham School of Optometry, as well as members of the incoming freshman class who are residents of Alabama, are considered eligible for merit scholarships. No applications need to be filed for merit scholarships. Author: …

(1) Members of the incoming freshman class who are candidates being considered for merit scholarships may be invited to a personal interview with the Board. Students who are being considered for merit scholarships not renewed may also be invited for a personal interview with the …

Repayment of loans with cash shall be in accordance with Code of Ala. 1975, § 34-22-63(b), and the terms of the loan contract signed by the recipient and the chairman of the Board. Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 635-X-7-.01 Filed September 7, 1984. Statutory Authority: Code of…

Each loan recipient who selects to repay his/her loan in cash must sign an agreement prior to graduation stipulating the date and amount of each annual payment. Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 635-X-7-.02 Filed September 7, 198 Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-22-6…

Each annual payment will be in an amount equal to at least one-twelfth (1/12) of the original total principal of the loan plus the accrued interest. In extenuating circumstances, the Board may approve a schedule of payments in which some payments are less than one-twelfth (1/12) …

The first annual payment will become due one (1) year after the recipient enters the practice of optometry or three (3) years after graduation from the optometry school, whichever date occurs first. Deferment of the first annual payment past one year after graduation from optomet…

The due date of the annual payment shall be June 1. Exceptions may be made if extenuating circumstances exist. Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 635-X-7-.05 Filed September 7, 1984. Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-22-60, et seq.

Loan recipients will be sent a statement of their accounts on or about May 1 of each year indicating the amount due on June 1. Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 635-X-7-.06 Filed September 7, 1984. Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-22-60, et seq.

Recipients who do not make payments before July 15, will be sent notification that their accounts are overdue. Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 635-X-7-.07 Filed September 7, 1984. Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-22-60, et seq.

Accounts will be considered delinquent if the annual payment is not received before September 1. Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 635-X-7-.08 Filed September 7, 1984. Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-22-60, et seq.

Delinquent accounts will be referred, with the approval of the executive committee, to the Attorney General for appropriate action. Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 635-X-7-.09 Filed September 7, 1984. Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-22-60, et seq.

All payments received and all unexpended funds at the end of the fiscal year (September 30) shall be deposited into the Board's Money Markey Fund. Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 635-X-7-.10 Filed September 7, 1984. Amended: Filed February 4, 2014; effective March 11, 2014. Authors: J.…

A standing committee as defined in 635-X-1-.06(2) shall be appointed to recommend communities which are acceptable as areas where the loan obligations can be repaid by service, as provided in Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-22-63(c), 34-22-65. Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 635-X-8-.…

The committee shall assume the initiative to identify the communities which are in need of additional optometric service and qualify as areas in which the loan recipients can repay their obligation by service, as provided in Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-22-63(c), 34-22-65. Author: No…

It is the committee's obligation to devise a system to obtain the necessary information to evaluate the need of optometric service in a community. Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 635-X-8-.03 Filed September 7, 1984. Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-22-60, et seq.…

The recipient of a loan may petition the Board for approval of a community as an area in which he/she may repay his/her obligation with service rather than cash. Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 635-X-8-.04 Filed September 7, 1984. Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-2…

Any community or area in the state may petition the Board for approval as an area critically in need of additional optometric service. It is expected that such a petition will be presented by a responsible officer of the community or a representative group of citizens. These peti…

The committee shall report at each meeting of the Board. It shall present recommendations for approval or disapproval of all areas it has investigated since the last meeting. Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 635-X-8-.06 Filed September 7, 1984. Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. …

A community shall be classified as an approved repayment-with-service area in which a loan obligation can be repaid with service if two-thirds (2/3) of the vote cast at the meeting of the Board is in the affirmative. Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 635-X-8-.07 Filed September 7…

A list of all communities approved by the Board shall be maintained by the chairman and available to all recipients of loans. This can- not be considered a listing of all areas in the state which could qualify as repayment-with-service areas. Additions can be made as provided abo…

Repayment of loans with service will be in accordance with Code of Ala. 1975, § 34-22-63(c), and terms of the contract signed by the loan recipients and the chairman of the Board. (635-X-5-.01) Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 635-X-9-.01 Filed September 7, 1984. Statutory Autho…

A loan recipient who wishes to repay his/her loan with service shall file an application for approval with the Board prior to the anticipated date to enter the practice of optometry. (a) The application must name the area and give the approximate date the practice will begin. (b)…

(1) Recipient must limit his/her practice to the approved area, to the approved position in Alabama public health or to the approved position in a state institution. No repayment credit will be allowed if the recipient engages in the practice of optometry in a location outside th…

(1) A formal agreement stipulating the community or the position in Alabama public health or state institution, years of service, and other pertinent facts shall be signed by the chairman of the Board and each recipient who receives approval to repay his loan with service. (2) Re…

Act 2019-393, which became effective September 1, 2019, created the Director of Pardons and Paroles to serve as the chief executive officer of the Agency to perform all administrative duties as provided by law. Pursuant to this Act, the three-member Board retained decision-making…

Copies of any Agency record classified as a public record by these rules may be requested by following the procedures approved by the Agency and available on the Agency's website, submitting a public records request on an approved Agency form, and paying any fees required under t…

(1) Nothing contained herein may be construed to conflict with any statute governing the administration of pardons, paroles, restoration of political or civil rights, or remissions of fines or forfeitures. If any provision is subject to more than one interpretation, it must be ap…

As soon as practical after an inmate is convicted and sentenced to prison, Bureau staff shall prepare a file for the inmate. This file will remain current and shall be updated as to the inmate's progress in the prison system to include any investigative reports produced by the Bu…

The Bureau shall schedule initial parole consideration hearings as required by statute and may only deviate from the statutory framework for initial parole consideration established by Alabama Code Section 15-22-28(e) as provided by Rule 640-X-3-.04 or as otherwise provided by la…

For cases in which the Board votes to deny parole, the Board may, at its discretion, determine a date for the case to be brought back up for future parole consideration. For inmates serving sentences of 20 years or less for convictions of nonviolent offenses and who are denied pa…

(1) The Bureau may deviate from Code of Ala.1975, Section 15-22-28(e) initial parole consideration hearing dates only in the following circumstances: (a) If an inmate qualifies for the agency's Code of Ala. 1975, Section 15-22-24(e) Select Review Program ("SRP"), a screening proc…

(1) On a regular basis and at least every six (6) months, geriatric, permanently incapacitated, and terminally ill inmates, as defined by Act 2017-355 ("the Medical Parole Act"), will be docketed for medical parole consideration on the next available parole consideration docket i…

(1) Following parole revocation for a new offense, the Bureau will schedule the inmate's next parole consideration date based on the set-off date established by the Board at revocation if the revoked case remains the longest running or controlling case. If the new offense is the …

(1) Notification of all Board hearings to determine whether a convicted offender may be granted pardon, with or without restoration of civil and political rights, parole, and/or remission of fines or forfeitures, shall be provided as required by law. (2) A "victim case" for purpo…

(1) When required by statute, the agency will exercise due diligence to locate a victim or a victim's immediate family member(s) in an effort to provide them with notification of hearing(s) to which they are entitled to receive notice. (2) If the victim or the immediate family of…

The Board shall have no power or authority to approve, grant, or order any pardon, parole, or remission of fine or other forfeiture or take any other official action unless the action is taken in a properly noticed open public meeting of the Board as required by law. Individual B…

(1) A quorum of the Board is required to convene an open public meeting. When the Board convenes its open public meeting to consider the matters on its docket, all persons in the waiting rooms shall be notified that the Board is convening to hear all business that may properly co…

As the Board considers each case and takes action, the Board Secretary shall note on the docket whether relief is ordered or denied. If, at the conclusion of the day's meeting, the Board has not ordered relief to a candidate or the case has not been continued, the relief is deeme…

After the Board has entered an order granting any pardon, parole, restoration of civil and political rights, and/or remission of fine and forfeiture, the file shall be processed for post-hearing notification of all required parties under law of the Board's decision. At such time …

Prior to the date on which an inmate is released from custody of the Department of Corrections on parole or a pardon and/or remission certificate is issued to the offender, the Board may reconsider the relief at issue. Reconsideration may occur as follows: (a) If good cause is fo…

Notice of the action taken by the Board granting any pardon or parole will be made through the statewide automated notification system and by posting public notice on the Bureau's website in accordance with Alabama law. Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 640-X-6-.03 Adopted by Alabama Adm…

(1) An individual applying for a pardon with or without restoration of civil and political rights may appear at any Bureau office to complete and/or submit an application (Form ABPP-3) or may submit an application by mail or electronically to the Bureau. Except as authorized by t…

(1) An individual seeking a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote ("CERV") shall file an application on a form approved by the Agency (Form ABPP-4). All pardon procedures established by Rule 640-X-7-.01 shall generally apply to CERV except that a CERV shall be granted wi…

Remissions of fines may be granted in conjunction with a pardon at a properly noticed Board hearing. All pardon procedures established by Rule 640-X-7-.01 shall generally apply to remissions of fines except as follows: (1) The Board will exercise its authority to remit fines only…

Remissions of forfeitures may be granted in conjunction with a pardon at a properly noticed Board hearing. All pardon procedures established by Rule 640-X-7-.01 shall generally apply to remissions of forfeitures except as follows: (1) The Board will exercise its authority to remi…

A probation and parole officer who has received information indicating that a parolee under his or her supervision may have violated a condition of parole shall investigate the alleged violation in a timely manner. The thoroughness of the investigation shall be proportionate to t…

(1) Confinement-based sanctions ("dips") for parole violations may be imposed by the Board or the supervising probation and parole officer in accordance with applicable law. If the violation at issue is appropriate for a 2-3 day period of confinement ("dip"), such will be imposed…

The following process shall govern parole revocation, leading up to Parole Court: (a) In pursuit of revocation and subject to statutory revocation caps ("dunks"), whether outright or in the event a "dip" is refused by the parole violator, the parole officer, after investigating t…