Ala. Code § 16-47-54
The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama is hereby given full power and authority to maintain and operate the school of dentistry created by this chapter wherever located, and to set, establish and maintain standards of scholarship and teaching which shall be in accordance with standards approved by the Council of Dental Education of the American Dental Association, and to perform all acts and functions necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this chapter as it relates to the proper and orderly maintenance and operation of said dental school; provided, that the board of trustees shall be under no duty to operate or to continue the operation and maintenance of said dental school unless and until adequate appropriations are received from the State of Alabama for that purpose.
Ala. Code § 16-47-54 (1975)