The Alabama Board of Nursing is authorized and directed to develop continuing education programs designed to meet the criteria outlined in Section 34-21-40. The Alabama Board of Nursing is authorized to make grants, contracts, appropriations, and to otherwise arrange with qualified individuals, institutions, or agencies to develop and implement comprehensive nursing education programs, seminars, and workshops that will insure the promotion, dissemination, and availability of modern nursing and health care technics to the citizens of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 34-21-41 (1975)