The functions and responsibilities of the Board and Commission are outlined in Ala. Code §§ 34-24-50, et seq. Administrative rules are adopted in accordance with these statutes.

Administrative Rules

Administrative Rules are published by the Legislative Reference Service

Click here for Board of Medical Examiners Administrative Rules

Click here for Medical Licensure Commission Administrative Rules

Proposed Rules

September 2025

540-X-8-.01 Definitions (Advanced Practice Nurses: Collaborative Practice) - amend pursuant to Act 2025-378 concerning the definition of the Joint Committee of the Board of Nursing and State Board of Medical Examiners for Advanced Practice Nurses.

540-X-10, Office Based Surgery - repeal and replace rule chapter to update outdated provisions, add sections on emergency plans, patient evaluation and selection, accreditation and quality assurance, and reporting. (Click here for a markup of the changes to the previously pubished proposal made pursuant to comments received)

540-X-23-.01 Definitions (Physician Reentry into Practice) - Amend to specify that "any active clinical practice" refers only to that practice within the U.S. or Canada.

August 2025

None.

July 2025

540-X-3-.24 Certificate And Limited License Under Retired Senior Volunteer Program and 540-X-3-Appendix-C Application For A Certificate Of Qualification Under The Retired Senior Volunteer Physician Program (RSVP) - amend pursuant to Act 2025-332 to remove the requirement to volunteer at least 100 hours annually to qualify under the RSVP program. 

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Certified Final Rules

September 2025

Public Notice appeared in Volume XLIII, Issue No. 9 AAM, dated June 30, 2025.

540-X-27-.04 Application For A Bridge Year Graduate Physician Permit Related Documents

Public Notice appeared in Volume XLIII, Issue No. 10 AAM, dated July 31, 2025.

540-X-3-.24 Certificate And Limited License Under Retired Senior Volunteer Program Related Documents

540-X-3-Appendix-C Application For A Certificate Of Qualification Under The Retired Senior Volunteer Physician Program (RSVP) Related Documents

August 2025

None.

July 2025

545-X-1-.02 Officers Of The Commission (Related Documents) - amended to implement a set schedule to hold officer elections in June of each calendar year and provide that no person shall be elected as chairman for more than five consecutive terms.

See all Alabama agencies' proposed and certified rules at the
Legislative Service Agency's Alabama Administrative Monthly

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Alabama Laws

The Code of Alabama may be accessed through the Alabama Legislature's website

Often searched-for statutes affecting licensing and other matters relating to the practice of medicine:

• Ala. Code § 34-24-57 (reporting malpractice settlement/judgment)
• Ala Code § 34-24-360 (grounds for discipline of license)
• Ala. Code § 20-2-54 (registration of dispensing physicians)
• Ala. Code §§ 22-8-1, et. seq. (consent for self/minor-health services)
• Ala. Code § 6-5-663 (volunteer medical professionals liability)
• Ala. Code § 12-21-6.1 (reproduction and delivery of medical records)