Section 40-18-521 - DefinitionsFor the purposes of this act, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) CLINICAL PRECEPTORSHIP. A clinical educational or training rotation for a student in any of the following programs that are physically located in this state and approved by and provided through a qualified health professions training program, for which the community-based faculty preceptor, also physically located in this state, is otherwise not compensated for the preceptorship: a. A medical allopathic or osteopathic program.c. An optometric program.d. A physician assistant program.e. An anesthesia assistant program.f. A certified registered nurse practitioner program.g. A certified nurse midwife program.h. A certified registered nurse anesthetist program.(2) COMMUNITY-BASED ADVANCE PRACTICE NURSE PRECEPTOR. A certified registered advance practice nurse licensed under Chapter 21 of Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975, who provides medical services in a health care facility that is physically located in this state and not owned or operated by a qualified nursing, medical, or osteopathic school and who, through an agreement with a qualified nursing school physically located in this state, provides one or more clinical preceptorships for training to students in a certified registered nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife, or certified registered nurse anesthetist program for which he or she receives no monetary compensation.(3) COMMUNITY-BASED ASSISTANT TO PHYSICIAN PRECEPTOR. An assistant to physician licensed under Chapter 24 of Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975, and practicing pursuant to a registration agreement with a licensed physician, who provides medical services in a health care facility that is physically located in this state and not owned or operated by a qualified medical, nursing, or osteopathic school and who, through an agreement with a qualified health professions program physically located in this state, provides one or more clinical preceptorships for students in a physician assistant or anesthesia assistant program for which he or she receives no monetary compensation.(4) COMMUNITY-BASED FACULTY PRECEPTOR. A community-based advance practice nurse preceptor; community-based assistant to physician preceptor; or community-based physician, dentist, or optometrist preceptor.(5) COMMUNITY-BASED PHYSICIAN, DENTIST, OR OPTOMETRIST PRECEPTOR. A physician licensed under Chapter 24 of Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975; a dentist licensed under Chapter 9 of Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975; or an optometrist licensed under Chapter 22 of Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975, who provides medical services in a health care facility that is physically located in this state and not owned or operated by a qualified medical, dental, optometric, nursing, or osteopathic school and who, through an agreement with a qualified medical school physically located in this state, provides one or more clinical preceptorships for students in a medical program, dental program, optometric program, physician assistant program, anesthesia assistant program, or certified registered nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife, or certified registered nurse anesthetist program for which he or she receives no monetary compensation.(6) MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED RURAL AREA. A primary care service area with a deficit, or surplus of less than 2.0 primary-care physicians, as shown by the most-recent Status Report of the Alabama Primary Care Physician Workforce from the Office for Family Health Education and Research at the UAB Huntsville Regional Medical Campus.(7) PROGRAM. The Preceptor Tax Incentive Program.(8) QUALIFIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS TRAINING PROGRAM. An institution of higher education that is physically located in this state and has an accredited educational program for medicine, dentistry, optometry, physician assistants, anesthesia assistants, or certified registered nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, or certified registered nurse anesthetists.Ala. Code § 40-18-521 (1975)
Added by Act 2023-519,§ 2, eff. 9/1/2023.