1. (1) The Bridge Year Graduate Physician Standing Work Group is established to consult and assist in the drafting of rules related to the practice of bridge year graduate physicians, consisting of the following:

   1. (a) Two members appointed by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama.
   2. (b) One member appointed by the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians.
   3. (c) One member appointed by the Alabama Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
   4. (d) One member appointed by the Alabama Chapter of the American College of Physicians.
   5. (e) One member appointed by the Alabama Primary Health Care Association.
   6. (f) One member appointed by the Board of Medical Examiners.
   7. (g) The director of a residency program appointed by the Dean of The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine.
   8. (h) The director of a residency program appointed by the Dean of the University of South Alabama College of Medicine.
   9. (i) The director of the Cahaba Family Medicine Residency Program.
2. (2) The standing work group may appoint a chair and vice-chair from among its members. The chair will be responsible for calling the meeting to order and presiding over any items that require a majority vote. The vice-chair should assume the chair’s duties upon the chair’s absence.
3. (3) Following the initial drafting of rules, the standing work group shall meet only at the direction of the Board. The standing work group may conduct all such continuing or new business as may be assigned to it by the Board.
4. (4) The standing work group shall serve in an advisory capacity only and any recommendations made by the standing work group shall be subject to approval by the Board.
5. (5) Members of the standing work group shall receive, out of the funds of the board, reimbursement for subsistence and travel in accordance with state law for each day actively engaged in official business of the standing working group.
6. (6) The standing working group may conduct its business in person or by electronic means.

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.