After notice and hearing, the Board, within its discretion, shall deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke a bridge year graduate physician’s permit to practice who is found guilty on the basis of substantial evidence of any of the following acts or offenses:

1. (1) Conviction of a felony;
2. (2) Conviction of any crime or other offense, felony or misdemeanor, reflecting on the ability of the individual to render patient care in a safe manner;
3. (3) Conviction of any violation of state or federal laws relating to controlled substances;
4. (4) Termination, restriction, suspension, revocation, or curtailment of licensure, registration or certification by another state or other licensing jurisdiction on grounds similar to those stated in these rules;
5. (5) The denial of a registration, a certification, or a license to practice by another state or other licensing jurisdiction;
6. (6) Being unable to render patient care with reasonable skill and safety by reason of illness, inebriation, addiction to or excessive use of alcohol, narcotics, chemicals, drugs or any other substance or by reason of a mental or physical condition or disability;
7. (7) Revocation, termination, suspension or restriction of hospital privileges;
8. (8) Knowingly submitting or causing to be submitted any false, fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading information to the Board of Medical Examiners in connection with an application for a permit to practice as a bridge year graduate physician;
9. (9) The supervising physician’s license to practice medicine has been revoked, suspended, restricted, or disciplined in any manner;
10. (10) Refusal by the bridge year graduate physician or supervising physician to appear before the Board after having been formally requested to do so in writing by the Executive Director of the Board;
11. (11) That the bridge year graduate physician has represented himself or herself or permitted another to represent him or her as a fully licensed physician;
12. (12) The supervising physician of the bridge year graduate physician has permitted or required the bridge year graduate physician to perform or to attempt to perform tasks which are beyond the bridge year graduate physician’s competence or which are not authorized in the job description approved by the Board;
13. (13) That the bridge year graduate physician has performed or attempted to perform tasks and functions beyond his or her competence or authorized in the approved job description;
14. (14) Practicing or permitting another to practice as a bridge year graduate physician without the required permit to practice from the Board of Medical Examiners;
15. (15) Prescribing in violation of statutory authority and/or Board rules and/or Board guidelines;
16. (16) The signing by a bridge year graduate physician of any form which is to be authenticated by the supervising physician’s signature if the supervising physician has not authorized signing by the bridge year graduate physician or if signing by the bridge year graduate physician is prohibited by Federal or state statutes or regulations or if signing by the bridge year graduate physician is prohibited by the agency governing the form;
17. (17) Failure of a supervising physician to comply with any statute or rule governing supervised practice;
18. (18) The commission of any act by the bridge year graduate physician which would constitute a violation of Code of Ala. 1975, §34-24-360 or any rule of the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners or Medical Licensure Commission of Alabama, including this Chapter; and
19. (19) Failure of a supervising physician to maintain or produce for inspection upon request by the Board any documentation required to be maintained by the supervising physician.

Author: Alabama Board of Medical Examiners

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §34-24-75.2 and Act No. 23-233.

History: New Rule: Published May 31, 2024; effective July 15, 2024.