(a) The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce the compact and shall take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the purposes and intent of the compact. The provisions of the compact and the rules promulgated hereunder shall have standing as statutory law but shall not override existing state authority to regulate the practice of medicine.
(b) All courts shall take judicial notice of the compact and the rules in any judicial or administrative proceeding in a member state pertaining to the subject matter of the compact which may affect the powers, responsibilities, or actions of the interstate commission.
(c) The interstate commission shall be entitled to receive all service of process in any such proceeding, and shall have standing to intervene in the proceeding for all purposes. Failure to provide service of process to the interstate commission shall render a judgment or order void as to the interstate commission, the compact, or promulgated rules.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.
Article 10A - Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.
Section 34-24-521 - Definitions.
Section 34-24-522 - Eligibility.
Section 34-24-523 - Designation of State of Principal License.
Section 34-24-524 - Application and Issuance of Expedited Licensure.
Section 34-24-525 - Fees for Expedited Licensure.
Section 34-24-526 - Renewal and Continued Participation.
Section 34-24-527 - Coordinated Information System.
Section 34-24-528 - Joint Investigations.
Section 34-24-529 - Disciplinary Actions.
Section 34-24-530 - Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission.
Section 34-24-531 - Powers and Duties of the Interstate Commission.
Section 34-24-532 - Finance Powers.
Section 34-24-533 - Organization and Operation of the Interstate Commission.
Section 34-24-534 - Rulemaking Functions of the Interstate Commission.
Section 34-24-535 - Oversight of Interstate Compact.
Section 34-24-536 - Enforcement of Interstate Compact.
Section 34-24-537 - Default Procedures.
Section 34-24-538 - Dispute Resolution.
Section 34-24-539 - Member States, Effective Date, and Amendment.
Section 34-24-540 - Withdrawal.
Section 34-24-541 - Dissolution.
Section 34-24-542 - Severability and Construction.
Section 34-24-543 - Binding Effect of Compact and Other Laws.