Alabama Administrative Code
Title 540 - ALABAMA BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS
Chapter 540-X-3 - CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATION
Section 540-X-3-.22 - Certificate And Limited License Under Retired Senior Volunteer Program
Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 540-X-3-.22
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 5, February 29, 2024
(1)
(a) The State Board of Medical Examiners may,
at its discretion and subject to these rules, issue a certificate of
qualification in behalf of physicians meeting the requirements for
participation in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. The Retired Senior
Volunteer Program (RSVP) 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, §
6-5-660,
et
seq.
(b) 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 §
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.
(c)
Certificates issued under this section and licenses based thereon shall state
on their faces that they are issued under the RSVP and are subject to
restrictions.
(d) Any physician in
whose behalf a certificate of qualification is issued under this section shall
be subject to having his 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.
(e) Certificates of qualification issued
under this section shall expire annually and physicians 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.
(2)
(a) A
physician is eligible to receive a certificate of qualification issued under
subsection (a) if he 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 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.
4. The applicant certifies, on a form
prescribed by the board, that he 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 §
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.
5. The applicant certifies, on a form
prescribed by the board, that his 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 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 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.
(b) A
certificate of qualification issued under subsection (a) shall be issued at no
cost to the applicant.
Author: Patricia E. Shaner, Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners
Statutory Authority: §§ 34-24-75.1; 34-24-53
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