HB652 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Blaine Galliher

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Medical Examiners, State Board of, and Medical Licensure Commission, licensure hearings, attorney fees, assessment standard for violations, altered, Secs. 34-24-380, 34-24-381 am'd.

Summary

The bill expands penalties and cost-recovery in medical disciplinary actions by allowing up to $10,000 fines per violation, requiring violators to pay board costs, and moving certain appeals to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.

What This Bill Does

It lets the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission impose administrative fines up to $10,000 for each violation of their respective laws or rules. It may also require a physician or osteopath found in violation to pay the costs and expenses of the board's proceedings, including independent medical review, expert testimony, outside counsel fees, attorney fees, deposition costs, travel for staff, documentary evidence charges, and other regulated expenses, with payment enforced like a fine. It also directs that challenges to suspensions or revocations be filed in the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, and it authorizes the boards to issue reprimands, censures, or impose license restrictions for violations.

Who It Affects

• Physicians or osteopaths who violate applicable laws or board rules, who could face up to $10,000 per violation and be required to pay various board costs and expenses.
• The State Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission, which gain authority to assess fines and order cost recovery in disciplinary cases.

Key Provisions

• Administrative fines up to $10,000 per violation by the State Board of Medical Examiners for violations of Section 20-2-54 or board rules.
• Requirement that violators pay the board's costs and expenses in disciplinary proceedings, including independent medical review, expert testimony, outside counsel fees, attorney fees, deposition costs, travel for staff, documentary evidence charges, and other board-prescribed expenses; payment enforced like an administrative fine.
• Appellate review of suspensions or revocations must be filed in the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
• Administrative fines up to $10,000 per violation by the Medical Licensure Commission for violations of Section 34-24-360 or commission rules; ability to issue reprimands, censures, and impose involuntary license restrictions.
• Upon application by the Board of Medical Examiners, the Commission may require violators to pay the board's costs and expenses of proceedings, including those listed above, with payment enforced like an administrative fine.
• Effective immediately after passage and approval by the Governor.

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Subjects

Medical Examiners, State Board of