Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-12-.02 - General Requirements

(1) The Board is the certifying board which may issue to and renew, deny, restrict, limit, suspend, or revoke a QACSC of an assistant to physician.

(2) Beginning the calendar year 2010, QACSCs may be issued by the Board to Physician Assistants (P.A.s).

(3) Although the Board recognizes two categories of assistants to physicians, only a person licensed and registered by the Board as a Physician Assistant (P.A.) may be issued a QACSC.

(4) A P.A. who prescribes, administers, or authorizes for administration any controlled substance within Alabama or who proposes to engage in the prescribing, administering, or authorizing for administration any controlled substance within Alabama shall obtain, annually, a QACSC for each registration of the P.A. by the Board to perform medical services under the supervision of a physician.

(5) A P.A. who prescribes, administers, or authorizes for administration, or who proposes to engage in the prescribing, administering, or authorizing for administration any controlled substance within Alabama shall obtain the appropriate registration or registrations issued by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.

(6) A P.A. who applies for a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Certificate shall provide the Board with the DEA registration number authorizing his or her prescribing of controlled substances in Alabama at the time of application, or, if no such registration has been issued, shall provide the Board with the DEA registration number as soon as it is issued. Each P.A. who is issued a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Certificate shall provide a copy of the DEA registration certificate to the Board immediately upon renewal of the registration.

(7) The Board of Medical Examiners may decline to consider an application when the P.A. or the supervising physician is under investigation for a potential violation of the Code of Ala 1975, Sections 20-2-1, et. seq., or 34-24-50, et. seq., or any rule of the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners or Medical Licensure Commission of Alabama.

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Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-12-.02

Filed January 20, 1988. Repealed: Filed May 20, 1996; effective June 24, 1996. New Rule: Filed February 17, 2010; effective March 24, 2010. Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XL, Issue No. 11, August 31, 2022, eff. 10/15/2022. Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XLI, Issue No. 03, December 30, 2022, eff. 2/13/2023. 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, § 20-2-60, et. seq; Act 2009-489.