Code of Alabama
Article 5 - Advanced Practice Nursing.
Section 34-21-89 - Boards Permitted to Initiate Disciplinary Actions for Violations of Section; Requirements Before Action Taken.

The Board of Nursing may initiate disciplinary actions against a certified registered nurse practitioner or a certified nurse midwife for violations of Section 34-21-86. The State Board of Medical Examiners may initiate disciplinary actions against a physician for violation of Section 34-21-86. Before either board takes such disciplinary action, it shall give the licensee against whom the action is contemplated a notice of the proposed action and an opportunity for a hearing before the respective board. All hearings shall be governed by the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.

Chapter 21 - Nurses.

Article 5 - Advanced Practice Nursing.

Section 34-21-80 - Declaration of Legislature.

Section 34-21-81 - Definitions.

Section 34-21-82 - Joint Committee - Appointment, Terms of Office, Office of Chairperson, and Meetings.

Section 34-21-83 - State Board of Medical Examiners to Establish Qualifications for Physicians Engaged in Collaborative Practice With Advanced Practice Nurses.

Section 34-21-84 - Board of Nursing to Establish Qualifications for Advanced Practice Nurses; Rules and Regulations Establishing Procedures for Certification.

Section 34-21-85 - Joint Committee Designated to Recommend Rules and Regulations; Requirements to Engage in Advanced Practice Nursing.

Section 34-21-86 - Prescribing Legend Drugs; Initiating Call-in Prescriptions; Administering Legend Drugs.

Section 34-21-87 - Joint Committee to Recommend Model Practice Protocols, Formulary of Legend Drugs, and Certain Rules and Regulations.

Section 34-21-88 - Acts Which Constitute Grounds for Termination.

Section 34-21-89 - Boards Permitted to Initiate Disciplinary Actions for Violations of Section; Requirements Before Action Taken.

Section 34-21-90 - Requirements for Engaging in Practice.

Section 34-21-91 - Injunctive Proceedings by Boards Against Persons Violating Article.

Section 34-21-92 - Waiver of Requirements Until Adoption of Rules and Regulations.

Section 34-21-93 - Construction of Article With Sections 34-19-2 to 34-19-10.

Section 34-21-93.1 - Signature Authority for Health Care Forms, Etc.