Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-14-.03
Every physician holding a current license to practice medicine in the State of Alabama who resides in the State of Alabama is required to comply with the minimum requirement for continuing medical education established by these rules. Physicians holding a license to practice medicine issued by the State of Alabama who do not reside within the State of Alabama are exempt from this Chapter; except that a physician who maintains his personal residence outside of the State of Alabama but who maintains a significant medical practice within the State of Alabama is not exempt and must comply with the continuing medical education requirements established by these rules. A nonresident physician exempt from the minimum continuing medical education requirement who moves his residence into the State of Alabama shall be exempt from the minimum continuing medical education requirement for the calendar year in which he moved his residence into the State of Alabama. For the purpose of this Chapter, a significant medical practice in this state is the practice of medicine in any form for more than ten (10) calendar days in a calendar year. The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to licenses issued without examination (limited licenses) issued under the provisions of § 34-24-75, except that physicians who are enrolled or were enrolled in a residency training program or a clinical fellowship program during any part of the calendar year are exempt.
Author: Wendell R. Morgan
Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-14-.03
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 34-24-53; Act 89-244.