Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-7-.38 - Requirements For The Issuance Of A License To Practice As An Anesthesiologist Assistant (A.A.)

To qualify for a license to practice as an anesthesiologist assistant an individual shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Provide evidence, satisfactory to the Board, of successful completion of a training program accredited by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA), the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), or the Accrediation Review Committee for the Anesthesiologist Assistants (ARC-AA), or their successor agencies;

(2) Provide evidence, satisfactory to the Board, of successful completion of the National Certifying Examination for Anesthesiologist Assistants (NCEAA) as administered by the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants (NCCAA);

(3) Submit an application on forms approved by the Board;

(4) Pay the required license application fee as determined by the Board.

(5) Beginning October 1, 2008, submit to a criminal history background check which includes the following:

(a) Provide fingerprints and execute a criminal history information release using forms provided by the Board; and

(b) Pay a criminal history background check fee in an amount established in Rule 540-X-3-.09(2).

Fingerprints provided by an applicant shall be submitted to the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation (ASBI), which is responsible for forwarding the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a national criminal history record check. Information received by the Board pursuant to a criminal history background check shall be confidential and shall not be a public record, except that such information received and relied upon in denying the issuance of a license to practice as an anesthesiologist assistant in this state may be disclosed as may be necessary to support the denial.

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Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-7-.38

Repealed and Replaced: Filed September 21, 1998; effective October 26, 1998. Repealed and Replaced: Filed July 23, 1999; effective August 27, 1999. Amended: Filed November 22, 1999; effective December 27, 1999. Repealed and New Rule: Filed August 22, 2002; effective September 26, 2002. Repealed and New Rule: Filed September 19, 2002; effective October 24, 2002. Amended: Filed May 21, 2004; effective June 25, 2004. Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XL, Issue No. 06, March 31, 2022, eff. 5/15/2022.

Previous Rule 540-X-7-.35 was renumbered to .38 as per certification filed September 11, 2008; effective October 16, 2008.

Author: Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-24-290, et. seq.