Tag: license
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Midwife Board Votes to Accept Recommended Changes to Rule
Last Friday, the Alabama State Board of Midwifery voted to accept recommended changes from a legislative oversight committee to its proposed regulation to, among other things, set the scope of practice for non-nurse midwives. By accepting the changes, the newly-formed Midwife Board will begin to license non-nurse midwives. Had the Midwife Board turned down the…
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Medical Association’s 2018 State and Federal Agendas
The Medical Association Board of Censors has met and approved the Association’s 2018 State and Federal Agendas. These agendas were developed with guidance from the House of Delegates and input from individual physicians. As the Alabama Legislature and U.S. Congress begin their work for 2018, additional items affecting physicians, medical practices and patients may be…
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Medical Licensure Compact Goes Live
The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, a pathway to expedite the licensing of physicians already licensed to practice in one state, who seek to practice medicine in multiple states, is officially live. Alabama became the seventh state to enact the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and the final state necessary in order for the expedited pathway to…