Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-3-.05

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

Section 540-X-3-.05 - Criminal History Background Check

(1) Beginning October 1, 2008, all applicants for a certificate of qualification or certification of eligibility for any expedited license shall submit to a criminal history background check by the Board by providing fingerprints and executing a criminal history information release using forms provided by the Board.

(a) Each applicant shall submit a complete set of fingerprints, either inked cards or electronically, properly executed by a law enforcement agency or an individual properly trained in fingerprinting techniques.

(2) Fingerprints provided by each applicant shall be submitted by the Board to the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), which is responsible for forwarding the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a national criminal history record check.

(3) The applicant shall pay directly to the Board, or its designee, all costs associated with the background check required by this rule.

(4) Information received by the Board pursuant to a criminal history background check shall be confidential and shall not be a public record, except that such information received by and relied upon by the Board in denying the issuance of a certificate of qualification for a license to practice medicine in Alabama, or relied upon in denying the issuance of, or certification of eligibility for any expedited license may be disclosed as may be necessary to support the denial.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-3-.05

Filed May 20, 1993 for publication. See also Notice of Intended Action dated May 20, 1993 repealing existing Chapter 3. Amended: July 21, 1993; effective August 25, 1993. Amended: Filed March 20, 1995; effective April 24, 1995. Amended: Filed November 20, 1997; effective December 25, 1997. Amended: Filed July 26, 1999; effective August 30, 1999.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XL, Issue No. 03, December 30, 2021, eff. 2/13/2022.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XLII, Issue No. 01, October 31, 2023, eff. 12/15/2023.

Author: Alabama Board of Medical Examiners

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 34-24-53; Act No. 08-397.