Section 34-21-88 Acts which constitute grounds for termination. - Alabama Statutes

Section 34-21-88

Acts which constitute grounds for termination.

The following acts shall constitute grounds for the termination by the Board of Nursing of a certified registered nurse practitioner's or a certified nurse midwife's certificate of qualification to engage in these areas of advanced practice nursing and for the termination of the approval of the State Board of Medical Examiners of the collaborating practice of a physician and certified registered nurse practitioner or a certified nurse midwife, or both:

(1) Prescribing in violation of this article or the rules and regulations of the State Board of Medical Examiners or the Board of Nursing.

(2) For a certified registered nurse practitioner or a certified nurse midwife to engage in any act or render any services not authorized in his or her protocol or for a physician to require or to knowingly permit or condone such an act.

(3) Failure on the part of a certified registered nurse practitioner or a certified nurse midwife to maintain current licensure with the Board of Nursing or failure of a physician to maintain current licensure with the Medical Licensure Commission.

(4) The commission of any act by a certified registered nurse practitioner or a certified nurse midwife which would constitute a violation of Section 34-21-25(b) or any act by a physician which would constitute a violation of Section 34-24-360.

(Acts 1995, No. 95-263, p. 464, §9.)