Alabama Administrative Code
Title 540 - ALABAMA BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS
Chapter 540-X-3 - CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATION
Section 540-X-3-.05 - Criminal History Background Check

(1) Beginning October 1, 2008, all applicants for a certificate of qualification or certification of eligibility for any expedited license shall submit to a criminal history background check by the Board by providing fingerprints and executing a criminal history information release using forms provided by the Board.

(2) Fingerprints provided by each applicant shall be submitted by the Board to the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), which is responsible for forwarding the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a national criminal history record check.

(3) The applicant shall pay directly to the Board, or its designee, all costs associated with the background check required by this rule.

(4) Information received by the Board pursuant to a criminal history background check shall be confidential and shall not be a public record, except that such information received by and relied upon by the Board in denying the issuance of a certificate of qualification for a license to practice medicine in Alabama, or relied upon in denying the issuance of, or certification of eligibility for any expedited license may be disclosed as may be necessary to support the denial.