Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Chapter 21 - Nurses.

Section 34-21-4 - Funds of Board; Transfer of Duties, Powers, etc., of Board of Nurses' Examiners and Registration to Board of Nursing. - All funds and revenues of whatever kind authorized or collected...

Section 34-21-5 - Nursing Educational Programs. - An institution desiring to conduct a nursing educational program to...

Section 34-21-6 - Exemptions. - This chapter does not prohibit: The furnishing of nursing assistance...

Section 34-21-7 - Violations and Penalties. - Any person or persons, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, who...

Section 34-21-8 - Payment of License and Fees by Pesonal Check. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Nursing...

Article 2 - Licenses.

Section 34-21-20 - Required Generally. - In order to safeguard life and health, any person practicing...

Section 34-21-20.1 - Submission and Use of Fingerprints for Criminal History Background Check; Costs; Confidentiality. - (a) Each applicant for a multistate license as a registered...

Section 34-21-21 - License to Practice Professional Nursing; Use of Title "Registered nurse." - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2019-102 IN THE 2019...

Section 34-21-22 - License to Practice Practical Nursing; Use of Title "Licensed Practical nurse." - (a) An applicant for a license to practice practical nursing...

Section 34-21-23 - Renewal of License; Continuing Education. - (a) The license of every professional nurse licensed under the...

Section 34-21-24 - Fees and Charges. - The board shall set the fees and charges annually for...

Section 34-21-25 - Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of License; Administrative Fines; Voluntary Disciplinary Alternative Program. - (a) For disciplinary purposes, the board may adopt, levy, and...

Section 34-21-26 - Practice of Nursing by Unlicensed Persons Declared Public Nuisance; Injunctive Relief. - After January 1, 1968, the practice of professional nursing by...

Article 3 - Continuing Education.

Section 34-21-40 - Duty of Board of Nursing to Provide Programs, Seminars, and Workshops. - To meet the health care needs of the citizens of...

Section 34-21-41 - Grants, Contracts, etc., With Individuals, Institutions, and Agencies. - The Alabama Board of Nursing is authorized and directed to...

Section 34-21-42 - Plans, Programs, and Criteria. - The Board of Nursing is hereby authorized and directed to...

Section 34-21-43 - Source of Funds. - All expenses in developing and conducting educational programs, seminars, and...

Article 4 - Post-Baccalaureate Scholarships.

Section 34-21-60 - Established; Number. - There shall be established for the fiscal year ending September...

Section 34-21-61 - Qualifications of Applicants; Applications; Administration. - (a) To be eligible to receive a scholarship provided by...

Section 34-21-62 - Amount of Scholarships; Criteria for Selection of Recipients; Renewal of Scholarships; Failure to Complete Course or Service as a Nurse. - Each scholarship provided for by this article shall not exceed...

Section 34-21-63 - Appropriations. - Any appropriation made to fund the scholarships may be made...

Article 5 - Advanced Practice Nursing.

Section 34-21-80 - Declaration of Legislature. - The Legislature of the State of Alabama declares that the...

Section 34-21-81 - Definitions. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-379 IN THE 2022...

Section 34-21-82 - Joint Committee - Appointment, Terms of Office, Office of Chairperson, and Meetings. - (a)(1) The physician members of the joint committee shall be...

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

Section 34-21-84 - Board of Nursing to Establish Qualifications for Advanced Practice Nurses; Rules and Regulations Establishing Procedures for Certification. - (a) The Board of Nursing shall be the sole state...

Section 34-21-85 - Joint Committee Designated to Recommend Rules and Regulations; Requirements to Engage in Advanced Practice Nursing. - The joint committee shall be the state authority designated to...

Section 34-21-86 - Prescribing Legend Drugs; Initiating Call-in Prescriptions; Administering Legend Drugs. - (a) Certified registered nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives, engaged...

Section 34-21-87 - Joint Committee to Recommend Model Practice Protocols, Formulary of Legend Drugs, and Certain Rules and Regulations. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the joint committee...

Section 34-21-88 - Acts Which Constitute Grounds for Termination. - The following acts shall constitute grounds for the termination by...

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...

Section 34-21-90 - Requirements for Engaging in Practice. - No person shall engage in practice as a certified registered...

Section 34-21-91 - Injunctive Proceedings by Boards Against Persons Violating Article. - Both the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Board...

Section 34-21-92 - Waiver of Requirements Until Adoption of Rules and Regulations. - Until the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Board...

Section 34-21-93 - Construction of Article With Sections 34-19-2 to 34-19-10. - The provisions of this article shall be applied and construed...

Section 34-21-93.1 - Signature Authority for Health Care Forms, Etc. - (a) When any law or rule requires a signature, certification,...

Article 6 - Loan Repayment Program for Advanced Practice Nursing.

Section 34-21-94 - Loan Repayment Program Established. - There is hereby created and established the Alabama Loan-Repayment Program...

Section 34-21-95 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following terms shall have...

Section 34-21-96 - Awarding of Loans and Terms of Repayment. - (a)(1) The board shall establish and award, according to the...

Section 34-21-97 - Areas of Critical Need. - An area of critical need shall be an area in...

Section 34-21-98 - Provisions for Default or Other Failure to Honor a Contract With the Board. - (a) In the event that the participant defaults on or...

Section 34-21-99 - Other Requirements and Powers of the Board. - (a) The board annually shall report on the condition and...

Article 7 - Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact.

Section 34-21-120 - Findings; Purpose. - (a) The party states find and declare all of the...

Section 34-21-121 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall...

Section 34-21-122 - General Provisions and Jurisdiction. - (a) A multistate license to practice registered or licensed practical...

Section 34-21-123 - Applications for Licensure in a Party State. - (a) Upon application for a multistate license, the licensing board...

Section 34-21-124 - Additional Powers of Party State Licensing Boards. - (a) In addition to the other powers conferred by state...

Section 34-21-125 - Coordinated Licensure Information System; Exchange of Information. - (a) All party states shall participate in a coordinated licensure...

Section 34-21-126 - Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators. - (a) The party states hereby create and establish a joint...

Section 34-21-127 - Rulemaking Authority. - (a) The commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to...

Section 34-21-128 - Oversight, Dispute Resolution, Enforcement,etc. - (a) Oversight. (1) Each party state shall enforce this compact...

Section 34-21-129 - Effective Date; Withdrawal or Termination; Amendments. - (a) This compact shall become effective and binding on the...

Section 34-21-130 - Construction; Severability. - This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate...

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Code of Alabama Title 34 - Professions and Businesses. Chapter 21 - Nurses.

Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Chapter 21 - Nurses.