Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-19-.05 - Medical Director
(1) A
Medical Director shall be a physician who must meet all of the requirements
stated in this rule.
(2) A Medical
Director shall possess an active, unrestricted license to practice medicine or
osteopathy in Alabama.
(3) A
Medical Director shall possess an active, unrestricted Alabama Controlled
Substances Certificate (ACSC).
(4)
A Medical Director shall possess an active, unrestricted Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) registration.
(5) Each physician serving as a Medical
Director at a practice location shall meet at least one of the following
requirements.
(a) Successful completion of a
residency program in physical medicine and rehabilitation, anesthesiology,
addiction medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, family practice, preventive
medicine, internal medicine, surgery, orthopedics, or psychiatry approved by
the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or the
American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists
(AOABOS).
(b) Board certification
in physical medicine and rehabilitation, anesthesiology, addiction medicine,
neurology, neurosurgery, family practice, preventive medicine, internal
medicine, surgery, orthopedics, or psychiatry approved by the American Board of
Medical Specialties (ABMS) or the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of
Osteopathic Specialties (AOABOS).
(c) Specialty certification in pain
management, pain medicine, hospice and palliative medicine, geriatric medicine,
rheumatology, hematology, medical oncology, gynecologic oncology, infectious
disease, pediatric hematology-oncology, or pediatric rheumatology recognized by
the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or the American Osteopathic
Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists.
(d) Board certification by the American Board
of Pain Medicine.
(e) Board
certification by the American Board of Interventional Pain
Physicians.
(f) At least one of the
following:
1. Completion of 40 in-person, live
participatory AMA PRA Category 1 Credit or AOA Category 1-A credits in the area
of pain management completed within three years of implementation of these
rules or prior to serving as a medical director for the practice location,
whichever is more recent.
2.
Completion of a Board approved course of medical education in the area of
prescribing controlled substances completed within three years of
implementation of these rules or prior to serving as medical director for the
practice location, whichever is more recent, and completion of 40 in-person,
live participatory AMA PRA Category 1 Credit or AOA Category 1-A credits in the
area of pain management within three years of commencement of service as
medical director.
(6) The Medical Director shall have a current
registration with the Alabama Department of Public Health Prescription Drug
Monitoring Program (PDMP).
Notes
Author: Alabama Board of Medical Examiners
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, ยงยง 34-24-53; Act 2013-257.
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