(1) During the course of an investigation, the Board may require that a physician assistant submit to a criminal history background check to include the following:
- (a) The provision of fingerprints using forms provided by the Board;
- (b) The execution and provision of a criminal history information release using forms provided by the Board; and
- (c) The payment of a fee in an amount established in Rule 540-X-3-.09(2).
- (2) The fingerprints shall be submitted to the Alabama Bureau of Investigation (ABI), which is responsible for forwarding the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a national criminal history record check.
- (3) 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 an investigation by the Board may be disclosed to the Physician Assistant (P.A.).
Author: Alabama Board of Medical Examiners
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-24-290, et. seq. and Act No. 08-378.
History: New Rule: Filed September 11, 2008; effective October 16, 2008.