Administrative Rules

Administrative Rules are published by the Legislative Reference Service

Proposed Rules

JUNE 2024

540-X-7-.08, Grandfather Clause - Physician Assistant - proposed amendment to remove provision prohibiting a person holding a degree of doctor of medicine but who is not licensed to practice medicine in Alabama is not eligible for a license and registration as a physician assistant.

540-X-7-.29 and .62, Basic Requirement (CME) - proposed amendment to require all newly licensed and actively licensed physician assistants and anesthesiologist assistants complete a course in the area of professional boundaries within 12 months of issuance of a new license and by Dec. 31, 2025, for active licensees.

540-X-14-.02, Basic Requirement (CME) - proposed amendment to require all newly licensed and actively licensed physicians complete a course in the area of professional boundaries within 12 months of issuance of a new license and by Dec. 31, 2025, for active licensees.

May 2024

540-X-7-.30 Physician Assistants' Advisory Committee - proposed amendment to limit reappointment of committee members to two additional terms of three years.

April 2024

540-X-9-.13 Physician Issued Verbal Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) Order

545-X-2-.08 Temporary Expedited License For Military Members And Spouses

545-X-4-.06 Unprofessional Conduct

Certified Final Rules

June 2024

540-X-9-.13, Physician Issued Verbal Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) Order - new rule sets forth process for physicians to verbally communicate and affirm to a facility a patient's desire that resuscitative measures be withheld so that undesired resuscitative measures and/or hospital transfers do not occur.

May 2024

Chapter 540-X-27 Bridge Year Graduate Physician - new chapter of rules pursuant to Alabama Act No. 2023-233 (Ala. Code § 34-24-75.2) to establish the Bridge Year Graduate Physician Permit