Section 34-21-4

Funds of board; transfer of duties, powers, etc., of Board of Nurses' Examiners and Registration to Board of Nursing.

All funds and revenues of whatever kind authorized or collected under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations of the board shall be collected by the board and shall be handled in accordance with existing regulations and accounting procedures of state departments and deposited in the board's trust fund in the State Treasury. Disbursements and withdrawals of such funds by the board shall be made in accordance with existing regulations and accounting procedures of state departments. The board shall pay all of its expenses from its own funds, and no expenses shall be borne by the State of Alabama from general funds of the state.

All the rights, duties, powers and authority now or hereafter vested by law in the Board of Nurses' Examiners and Registration are hereby transferred to and vested in the Board of Nursing, and all rights, powers, duties and authorities, whether clerical, executive, administrative, judicial or quasi-judicial, now vested by law in the Board of Nurses' Examiners and Registration, shall be vested in the Board of Nursing hereby created and shall be exercised by it, together with any additional rights, powers and authorities herein given or created by this chapter. The jurisdiction, functions, funds, effects and personnel of the Board of Nurses' Examiners and Registration are hereby transferred to the Board of Nursing and covered with their current status. No unexpended funds of the Board of Nurses' Examiners and Registration or the Board of Nursing shall ever revert to the State of Alabama but shall remain the property of the Board of Nursing.

(Acts 1965, No. 867, p. 1615, §9.)