Title 34

A podiatrist may not surgically treat osseous ailments of the ankle unless he or she has completed at least 36 months of post-graduate residency training approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education of the American Podiatric Medical Association. (Act 2023-106, §2.)

(a) The Governor of Alabama shall appoint a State Board of Podiatry consisting of seven individuals, each of whom shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of Alabama, over the age of 25, and shall have been engaged in the actual continuous practice of podiatry in th…

The State Board of Podiatry shall hold meetings at such times and places as the board may designate for the discharge of all business as may legally come before the board, and may hold additional meetings, on call of the president of the board, and the president shall call such m…

The State Board of Podiatry shall be the certifying board for podiatrists and shall have the exclusive power and authority to certify and to issue, suspend, revoke, limit, and reinstate all licenses or certificates authorizing the licensee to practice podiatry in the State of Ala…

The members of the State Board of Podiatry shall each be entitled to receive the same per diem and travel allowance as is paid by law for state employees for each day actually employed in the discharge of their official duties, in addition to any daily compensation or allowance, …

(a) Every person desiring to commence the practice of podiatry shall apply to the board and shall pay an application fee as established by the board. The applicant shall thereafter take and pass the standard examination provided in this article and fulfill the other requirements …

All funds received by the board shall be deposited to the credit of the board in a federally insured bank selected by the board, and the execution and enforcement of this article and the payments of salaries, expenses, and other authorized costs shall be paid by checks drawn by t…

Any person who shall practice podiatry in this state or hold himself or herself out to the public as a podiatrist, or who shall in any sign or advertisement use the word “podiatrist,” “foot specialist,” “foot correctionist,” “foot expert,” or “chiropodist” or any other term or te…

Any person who is a legal, ethical, and competent practitioner of podiatry in this state, who has been duly examined and licensed by the State Board of Podiatry, and of good moral character and known to the board as such, who shall desire to change his or her residence to another…

Every applicant who shall pass the standard examination, or whose reciprocity has been accepted by the State Board of Podiatry, shall receive from the board a license entitling him or her to practice podiatry in Alabama, which license shall be signed by the president of the board…

Every licensed podiatrist who desires to continue the practice of podiatry shall annually, on or before the first of October, pay to the secretary-treasurer of the state board a renewal registration fee in a reasonable amount set by the board and comply with such other conditions…

(a) A license issued to any person may be suspended for a definite period of time, revoked, or limited, or a licensee may be reprimanded, or an application for licensure or renewal of licensure may be denied by the State Board of Podiatry for any of the following reasons: (1) Con…

For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) APPROVED PROGRAM. A program for the education and training of assistants to physicians which has been formally approved in writing by the board. (2) ASSISTANT TO PHYSICIAN. A …

(a) Shortages of all skilled health personnel, both physicians and others, new scientific and technological developments and new methods of organizing health services have made the question of new uses for allied health personnel the critical issue to be resolved if our supply of…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a licensed assistant to a physician may perform medical services when the services are rendered under the supervision of a licensed physician or physicians approved by the board; except, that no medical services may be performed und…

(a) The Board of Medical Examiners shall have and exercise all powers and duties previously granted to it. The board may make specific rules and regulations pertaining to the licensure approval, registration, and regulation of assistants to physicians. The board may also make spe…

(a) The Board of Medical Examiners may, in the name of the people of the State of Alabama and through the Attorney General of the State of Alabama, or district attorney under the supervision of the Attorney General, apply for an injunction in any court of competent jurisdiction t…

(a) Any person practicing or offering to practice as an assistant to physician in this state shall be licensed and registered by the board in accordance with this article and the rules of the board. (b) There shall be no independent unsupervised practice by an assistant to physic…

(a) Any person who practices or offers to practice as an assistant to physician in this state without a license and registration issued and approved by the board shall be guilty of a misdemeanor which shall be punishable as provided by law. (b) Any violation of the regulations du…

The following constitutes the requirements for the issuance of a license to practice as an assistant to physician: (1) Provide evidence, satisfactory to the board, of successful completion of a training program accredited by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditat…

(a) Upon the filing of an application in the proper form, if the board is satisfied that all requirements of the law have been met and that the application should be approved in the interest of public welfare, the board shall issue to the applicant a license to practice as an ass…

A license issued by the board to an assistant to physician must be renewed annually on or before January 1 of each year. Application for annual renewal must be received by the board on or before December 31 and must be accompanied by a fee in an amount established in the regulati…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary, any person who was certified by the board as a physician assistant or surgeon assistant to a licensed physician on December 21, 1994, shall be eligible for the issuance of a license to practice as an assistant t…

(a) The board may, in its discretion, grant a temporary license to an applicant who meets the qualifications for licensure as an assistant to physician except that the applicant has not taken the Physician Assistant National Certification Examination (PANCE) or the National Certi…

(a)(1) The board, subject to the rules adopted by the board, may issue a temporary license to an assistant to physician applicant who is relocated to or stationed in this state under official military orders and who satisfies any of the following: a. Is an active duty, reserve, o…

(a) The board, within its discretion, may deny the issuance of a license to any person or, after notice and hearing in accordance with board rules, shall, within its discretion, suspend, revoke, restrict, or otherwise discipline the license of a person who shall be found guilty o…

(a) Prior to practicing or offering to practice in this state, a licensed assistant to physician shall be registered by the board to perform medical services under the supervision of a physician approved by the board to supervise the assistant. (b) Registration shall be accomplis…

In addition to any other penalty authorized by Section 34-24-302, the State Board of Medical Examiners may in its discretion assess administrative fines not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation of any of the provisions of Section 34-24-302 or any rule or re…

The board shall not renew the license as set forth in Section 34-24-299 of any assistant to physician against whom an administrative fine has been assessed by the board until such fine is paid in full. In the event that the fine is subsequently reduced or set aside on judicial re…

(a) An assistant to physician may surrender his or her license to practice as an assistant to physician or request in writing to the Board of Medical Examiners that a restriction be placed upon his or her license to practice as an assistant to physician within the State of Alabam…

In order to strengthen access to medical services, and in recognition of the advances in the delivery of medical services, the participating states of the PA Licensure Compact have allied in common purpose to develop a comprehensive process that complements the existing authority…

As used in this compact, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ADVERSE ACTION. Any administrative, civil, equitable, or criminal action permitted by a state’s laws which is imposed by a licensing board or other authority against a PA license or license application …

(a) To participate in this compact, a participating state shall: (1) License PAs; (2) Participate in the compact commission’s data system; (3) Have a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating complaints against licensees and license applicants; (4) Notify the commission,…

(a) To exercise the compact privilege, a licensee must: (1) Have graduated from a PA program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc., or other programs authorized by commission rule; (2) Hold current NCCPA certification; (3…

Upon a licensee’s application for a compact privilege, the licensee shall identify to the commission the participating state from which the licensee is applying, in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission, and subject to the following requirements: (1) When app…

(a) A participating state in which a licensee is licensed shall have exclusive power to impose adverse action against the qualifying license issued by that participating state. (b) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in…

(a) The participating states hereby create and establish a joint government agency and national administrative body known as the PA Licensure Compact Commission. The commission is an instrumentality of the compact states acting jointly and not an instrumentality of any one state.…

(a) The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated data and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and the reporting of the existence of significant investigative information on all licensed PAs and appli…

(a) The commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this section and the rules adopted thereunder. Commission rules shall become binding as of the date specified by the commission for each rule. (b) The commission shall adopt reasonable r…

(a) Oversight. (1) The executive and judicial branches of state government in each participating state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the compact. (2) Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the commission sha…

(a) This compact shall come into effect on the date on which this compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh participating state. (1) On or after the effective date of the compact, the commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the states that enacted th…

(a) This compact and the commission’s rulemaking authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes, and the implementation and administration of the compact. Provisions of the compact expressly authorizing or requiring the adoption of rules shall not be cons…

(a) Nothing in this compact prevents the enforcement of any other law of a participating state which is not inconsistent with this compact. (b) Any laws in a participating state in conflict with this compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict. (c) All agreements between…

(a) There is created the Medical Licensure Commission composed of seven physicians, each of whom shall be either a doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathy and be licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in this state. The members of the commission shall be appointed as fo…

The above constituted commission shall have the exclusive power and authority to issue, revoke, and reinstate all licenses authorizing the licensee to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama. The commission shall have the authority to promulgate such reasonable ru…

The State Board of Medical Examiners may employ such professional, managerial, and clerical staff under such terms, conditions, and personnel policies as the board deems necessary to enable the board to carry out its duties and responsibilities. The policies shall include, but no…