Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-19-.05

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 540-X-19-.05 - Medical Director

(1) A Medical Director shall be a physician who must meet all of the requirements stated in this rule.

(2) A Medical Director shall possess an active, unrestricted license to practice medicine or osteopathy in Alabama.

(3) A Medical Director shall possess an active, unrestricted Alabama Controlled Substances Certificate (ACSC).

(4) A Medical Director shall possess an active, unrestricted Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration.

(5) Each physician serving as a Medical Director at a practice location shall meet at least one of the following requirements.

(a) Successful completion of a residency program in physical medicine and rehabilitation, anesthesiology, addiction medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, family practice, preventive medicine, internal medicine, surgery, orthopedics, or psychiatry approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists (AOABOS).

(b) Board certification in physical medicine and rehabilitation, anesthesiology, addiction medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, family practice, preventive medicine, internal medicine, surgery, orthopedics, or psychiatry approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialties (AOABOS).

(c) Specialty certification in pain management, pain medicine, hospice and palliative medicine, geriatric medicine, rheumatology, hematology, medical oncology, gynecologic oncology, infectious disease, pediatric hematology-oncology, or pediatric rheumatology recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists.

(d) Board certification by the American Board of Pain Medicine.

(e) Board certification by the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians.

(f) At least one of the following:

1. Completion of 40 in-person, live participatory AMA PRA Category 1 Credit or AOA Category 1-A credits in the area of pain management completed within three years of implementation of these rules or prior to serving as a medical director for the practice location, whichever is more recent.

2. Completion of a Board approved course of medical education in the area of prescribing controlled substances completed within three years of implementation of these rules or prior to serving as medical director for the practice location, whichever is more recent, and completion of 40 in-person, live participatory AMA PRA Category 1 Credit or AOA Category 1-A credits in the area of pain management within three years of commencement of service as medical director.

(6) The Medical Director shall have a current registration with the Alabama Department of Public Health Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP).

Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-19-.05

New Rule: Filed November 14, 2013; effective December 29, 2013.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIV, Issue No. 03, December 31, 2015, eff. 1/30/2016.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVII, Issue No. 09, June 28, 2019, eff. 8/3/2019.

Author: Alabama Board of Medical Examiners

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-24-53; Act 2013-257.