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HB360
SN1B577-1
By Representative Bedsole
RFD: Health
First Read: 21-Mar-24
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First Read: 21-Mar-24
SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, any individual seeking an
expedited license to practice medicine or osteopathy in
the state must submit to a criminal background check,
but the term "expedited license" is not defined.
This bill would define "expedited license."
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to licensure of physicians; to amend Section
34-24-50.1, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act
2023-233 of the 2023 Regular Session, to define "expedited
license" for purposes of criminal background checks of
applicants.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 34-24-50.1, Code of Alabama 1975, as
last amended by Act 2023-233 of the 2023 Regular Session, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง34-24-50.1
Unless otherwise indicated from the context, the terms
set out below as used in Articles 3, 8, 9, and 10 of this
chapter have the following meanings:
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chapter have the following meanings:
(1) BOARD. The State Board of Medical Examiners.
(2) DOCTOR. Both doctors of medicine and doctors of
osteopathy.
(3) EXPEDITED LICENSE. A license to practice medicine,
a certificate of qualification, a certification of eligibility
for a license to practice medicine, or a certification of
eligibility for a certificate of qualification that is issued
in an accelerated manner.
(3)(4) LEGEND DRUG. Any drug, medicine, chemical, or
poison, bearing on the label the words, "Caution: Federal Law
prohibits dispensing without a prescription" or similar words
indicating that the drug, medicine, chemical, or poison may be
sold or dispensed only upon the prescription of a licensed
medical practitioner, except that the term legend drug shall
not include any drug, substance, or compound that is listed in
Schedules I through V of the Alabama Uniform Controlled
Substances Act.
(4)(5) LICENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE. Both the practice
of medicine by a doctor of medicine or the practice of
osteopathy by a doctor of osteopathy.
(5)(6) PHYSICIAN. Either a doctor of medicine or a
doctor of osteopathy."
Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1,
2024.
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