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HB346
BYM2DQ4-1
By Representative Lee
RFD: Health
First Read: 27-Feb-25
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First Read: 27-Feb-25
SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, the Retired Senior Volunteer
Program, administered by the State Board of Medical
Examiners, authorizes retired physicians to provide
volunteer medical care at free medical clinics and
other facilities approved by the board to patients who
are unable to pay for medical care.
To qualify, a retired physician must perform a
minimum of 100 hours of voluntary service annually.
This bill would remove the requirement that a
retired physician perform at least 100 hours of annual
service.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to physicians; to amend Section 34-24-75.1,
Code of Alabama 1975; to remove a requirement that a physician
volunteer at least 100 hours annually to qualify under the
Retired Senior Volunteer Program administered by the State
Board of Medical Examiners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 34-24-75.1, Code of Alabama 1975, is
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Section 1. Section 34-24-75.1, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง34-24-75.1
(a)(1) The State Board of Medical Examiners may board,
at its discretion and subject to the rules and regulations
promulgated adopted by the board, may issue a certificate of
qualification in on behalf of physicians meeting the
requirements for participation in the Retired Senior Volunteer
Program (RSVP).
(2) The Retired Senior Volunteer Program is created for
the purpose of permitting doctors of medicine and doctors of
osteopathy who are fully retired from the active practice of
medicine to obtain a limited license without cost which would
permit the provision of outpatient health care services at
established free clinics operated pursuant to the Volunteer
Medical Professional Act, Section 6-5-660, et seq. Physicians
having certificates issued under this section must perform no
fewer than 100 hours of voluntary service annually and must
limit their practice to the confines of an established free
medical clinic, as that term is defined in Section 6-5-662, or
such other nonprofit organizations or facilities located in
Alabama which are approved by the board and which provide
outpatient medical care to individuals unable to pay for it
the care.
(3) Certificates issued under this section and licenses
based thereon shall state on their faces that they the
certificates are issued under the RSVP and are subject to
restrictions.
(4) Any physician in on whose behalf a certificate of
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(4) Any physician in on whose behalf a certificate of
qualification is issued under this section shall be subject to
having his or her license suspended or revoked by the Medical
Licensure Commission for the same causes or reasons and in the
same manner as provided by law in the case of other
physicians.
(5) Certificates of qualification issued under this
section shall expire annually .and physiciansPhysicians may
apply to the board for renewal of their certificate, but the
board shall have full discretion to accept or reject the
application for renewal.
(b) A physician is eligible to receive a certificate of
qualification issued under subsection (a) if he or she meets
the following qualifications:
(1) The applicant currently has or has had a full and
unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of
Alabama or in any other state of the United States or the
District of Columbia, which license is or was at the time of
expiration unrestricted and in good standing with no pending
disciplinary actions or investigations at the time of
expiration.
(2) The applicant certifies, on a form prescribed by
the board, that he or she is fully retired from the active
practice of medicine.
(3) The applicant is in good health and is not
currently undergoing treatment for a physical or mental
condition which would impair the individual's ability to
practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to
patients.
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patients.
(4) The applicant certifies, on a form prescribed by
the board, that he or she intends to limit his or her medical
practice to the provision of outpatient services at an
established free medical clinic as that term is defined in
Section 6-5-662 or such other nonprofit organization or
facility that has been approved by the board and that
furnishes outpatient medical care to patients unable to pay
for it the care.
(5) The applicant certifies, on a form prescribed by
the board, that his or her license to practice medicine in any
state or the District of Columbia has never been revoked,
suspended, placed on probation, or otherwise subject to
disciplinary action and that the applicant has not had his or
her hospital medical staff privileges revoked, suspended,
curtailed, limited, or surrendered while under investigation.
(6) The applicant acknowledges, on a form prescribed by
the board, that he or she is subject to the continuing medical
education requirements for physicians as specified in Chapter
14 of the rules and regulations of the State Board of Medical
Examiners.
(7) The applicant furnishes a certification of the
employment arrangements or agreement with the qualified clinic
or nonprofit organization.
(c) A certificate of qualification issued under
subsection (a) shall be issued at no cost to the applicant.
(d) The Medical Licensure Commission and the State
Board of Medical Examiners are each authorized to
promulgateeach may adopt reasonable rules and regulations
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promulgateeach may adopt reasonable rules and regulations
necessary to implement the requirements of this section and
subsection (b) of Section 34-24-333 (b)."
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2025.
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