Alabama Administrative Code Chapter 550-X-5 — Localities in Need of Physicians

550 Board of Medical Scholarship Awards

Ala. Admin. Code r. 550-X-5-.01 Localities May Apply

Any incorporated or unincorporated municipality, county, or locality in the State having a population of less than 15,000, desiring additional physicians and/or physician assistants and wishing to be designated as a locality needing additional physicians and/or physician assistants, may apply to the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards to be placed on the list of localities in need of additional physicians and/or physician assistants, which shall be maintained by the Board. Such applications may be made by the municipal governing body, the county governing body, or by a petition signed by at least one-twentieth of the qualified electors of the municipality or locality.

History

• Author: Wayne P. Turner
• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§16-47-121 et seq.; 41-22-1 et seq.
• Filed September 28, 1982. Repealed and New Rule: Filed October 13, 1994; effective November 17, 1994. Repealed and New Rule: Filed May 16, 2006; effective June 20, 2006. Amended: Published September 29, 2023; effective November 13, 2023.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 550-X-5-.02 Board to Maintain List

If the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards determines that a locality is in need of physicians and/or physician assistants, it shall place the locality on a list of localities in need of physicians and/or physician assistants. Recipients of loans may, upon graduation, select an area from such list in which to practice. In compiling and maintaining the list, the Board may place any locality thereon, which, in its opinion, needs additional physicians and/or physician assistants.

History

• Author: Wayne P. Turner
• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§16-47-121 et seq.; 41-22-1 et seq.
• New Rule: Filed May 16, 2006; effective June 20, 2006. Amended: Published September 29, 2023; effective November 13, 2023.