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AL HB313
Bill
Status
1/19/2010
Primary Sponsor
Lesley Vance
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AI Summary
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Abolishes the existing Alabama State Board of Prosthetists and Orthotists effective October 1, 2009, and creates a new nine-member board to administer the chapter.
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Board members receive $100 per day compensation plus travel expenses and must reflect the state's racial, gender, geographic, urban and rural, and economic diversity.
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Specifies appointment authority and qualifications: Governor appoints 3 members (including one NCCA-certified prosthetist/orthotist, one consumer, one physician); Lieutenant Governor appoints 2 NCCA-certified members; Speaker of House appoints 2 members (one licensed podiatrist, one NCCA-certified); President Pro Tempore of Senate appoints 1 NCCA-certified member; Speaker Pro Tempore of House appoints 1 NCCA-certified member.
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Requires the Alabama Prosthetic and Orthotic Association to submit nominee lists within 15 days after July 1, 2009, with all initial appointments made no later than 60 days after July 1, 2009.
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Act becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Prosthetists and Orthotists, State Board of, appointments altered and clarified, Sec. 34-25A-8 am'd.; Act 2009-300, 2009 Reg. Sess. am'd.
Prosthetists and Orthotists, State Board of
Last Action
Indefinitely Postponed
4/14/2010