SB20 Alabama 2021 Session

In July 2022, the City of Birmingham will host The Eleventh World Games, an international sports event led by the International World Games Association. Each of the participating nations' teams will bring delegations consisting of competing athletes, as well as trainers and doctors for their athletes and coaches.

This bill establishes a limited exemption from licensure, registration, and certification requirements for nonresident medical professionals who are licensed in their home country and credentialed by the World Games to provide health services during the World Games.

This bill would provide procedures for authorizing consent of a minor athlete to receive hospital, medical, or surgical care.

This bill would be repealed December 31, 2022.

Relating to licensure of health care professionals; to exempt certain individuals from state licensure, registration, and certification requirements who are in the state to render certain services for The Eleventh World Games to be held in Birmingham and other areas of Alabama in 2022 and the preliminary events for World Games in December 2020, 2021, and 2022; to provide for consent for certain medical services; and to provide for repeal of this bill on December 31, 2022.