Welcome to the web site for the Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners, an administrative and regulatory agency of the state of Alabama, and the Medical Licensure Commission of Alabama, a state agency which has the exclusive power and authority to issue, revoke and reinstate all licenses to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama. 

Our joint mission is to protect the citizens of the state of Alabama from care which does not meet the generally accepted standards of medical practice in Alabama.

Duties of the Board :

• Certify that initial applicants meet the statutory requirements for a license to practice medicine or osteopathy or as assistants to physicians in Alabama.
• Issue Alabama Controlled Substances Certificates and annually renew
• With the Alabama Board of Nursing, approve applications for collaborative practice in Alabama.
• Investigate and review complaints against practitioners and pursue disciplinary action when appropriate.
• Establish and review compliance with continuing medical education requirements for physicians and assistants to physicians.

Duties of the Commission :

• Issue licenses for physicians to practice medicine or osteopathy in Alabama and annually renew licenses.
• Adjudicate formal charges brought by the Board against physicians and determine appropriate disciplinary resolution.

Features of Web Site:

• Licensee search providing public information concerning licensees.
  
• Recent public actions of the Board and Commission against licensees.
• Procedures and forms for filing complaints against licensees.
• Board and Commission members and meeting dates.
• Helpful information including:
•  license status options,
• change of name or address, 
• continuing medical education requirements,
• lost or destroyed license certificates,
• office-based surgery,
• medical records management, and
• closing or leaving a practice.