Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-12-.09 - Due Process Proceedings, Denial and Discipline - Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate (QACSC)

(1) Before denying an application for a QACSC, denying an application for renewal or reinstatement of a QACSC or disciplining a P.A. possessing a QACSC, the Board shall serve upon the P.A. an order to show cause why registration should not be denied or disciplined.

(2) Any hearing concerning the order to show cause shall be before the Board.

(3) The order to show cause shall contain a statement of the basis therefor and shall call upon the applicant or registrant to appear before the Board at a time and place not less than thirty (30) days after the date of service of the order, but in the case of denial of renewal of registration, the show cause order shall be served not later than thirty (30) days before the expiration of the registration.

(4) Proceedings to refuse renewal of registration shall not abate the existing registration which shall remain in effect pending the outcome of the administrative hearing.

(5) The Board may restrict, suspend or revoke a QACSC or assess an administrative fine against a QACSC whenever a P.A. shall be found guilty on the basis of substantial evidence of any of the acts or offenses enumerated in Rule 540-X-12-.08.

(6) The Board may limit revocation or suspension of a QACSC to the particular controlled substance with respect to which grounds for revocation or suspension exist.

(7) The Board shall promptly notify the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States Department of Justice of all orders suspending or revoking a QACSC.

(8) Any hearing before the Board shall be considered a contested case under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Section 41-22-1, and shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of that Act.

(9) In a hearing on the request for reinstatement of a QACSC, the Board has the authority to reinstate or deny reinstatement of a QACSC. In a hearing on a request for reinstatement of a QACSC, the applicant shall have the burden of establishing to the reasonable satisfaction of the Board that the applicant is entitled to the specific relief requested.

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Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-12-.09

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.

Author: Alabama Board of Medical Examiners

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 20-2-60, et. seq.; Act 2009-489.