Section 41-9A-4.1 - Licensure of health care professionals while visiting during 2025 World Police and Fire Games(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) CREDENTIAL or CREDENTIALED. The grant or receipt of credentials by the Birmingham Host Committee of the 2025 World Police and Fire Games.(2) DEPARTMENT. A police, fire, or emergency response department or equivalent organization represented by a delegation of athletes, coaches, trainers, and other credentialed support staff and officials which is participating in the 2025 World Police and Fire Games.(3) GAMES. The 2025 World Police and Fire Games to be held in Birmingham, Alabama.(4) THE GAMES FAMILY. Any credentialed athletes, coaches, trainers, or other credentialed support staff and officials of the Birmingham Host Committee of the 2025 World Police and Fire Games, the California Police Athletic Federation, a department, or individuals with entities affiliated with the games, including judges and juries.(5) WPFG. The Birmingham Host Committee of the 2025 World Police and Fire Games.(b) Nothing in Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975, shall be construed to require licensure, registration, or certification of individuals who are nonresidents of this state, who hold a current and valid professional license, certificate, registration, or other authorization to practice any profession regulated under Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975, from any state or nation, and who are credentialed by WPFG to render care or to provide services to athletes or other members of the games family in connection with the games and its events.(c) Whenever the services authorized under subsection (b) are health care services, the services shall only be provided to the games family at the sites designated by WPFG. Individuals exempted by subsection (b) who provide health care services shall provide services only to members of the games family at the sites designated by WPFG. Individuals exempted by subsection (b) who provide health care services shall provide those services only to those members of the games family who are also members of that individual's sponsoring department as credentialed by WPFG.(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or grant individuals who are hospital medical staff privileges at any hospital, ambulatory surgery center, outpatient care center, or other health care facility located in the State of Alabama.(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each department may designate to WPFG, who shall in turn appropriately credential an official delegate who may give consent to hospital, medical, and surgical care to a minor who is a team member for that department's team, and that consent shall not be subject to disaffirmance because of minority. The consent of the parent or parents of that minor shall not be necessary in order to authorize hospital, medical, or surgical care.(f) This section is repealed on December 31, 2025.Ala. Code § 41-9A-4.1 (1975)
Added by Act 2023-468,§ 1, eff. 6/14/2023.