Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 16-47-90 (2026)

Establishment; Name.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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There is hereby created and established a four-year school of medicine in the State of Alabama to be under the sole management, ownership and control of the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama and to be known as The University of Alabama School of Medicine or such other name as the board of trustees shall hereafter designate.

(Acts 1943, No. 89, p. 89, §1; Acts 1969, No. 1054, p. 1975, §1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2000–2018 · leading case: Hauseman v. Univ. Of Ala. Health Serv. Found., 793 So. 2d 730 (Ala. 2000).
Hauseman v. Univ. Of Ala. Health Serv. Found., 793 So. 2d 730 (Ala. 2000). · cites it 2× “Ala. Code 1975, §§ 16-47-90 and -95 (authorizing the board or trustees to hold and dispose of any real and personal property for the benefit of the school of medicine).”
Castellanos v. Bd. of Trs. of the Univ. of Ala. Sch. of Med. (In re Bd. of Trs. of the Univ. of Ala. (), 264 So. 3d 850 (Ala. 2018). “" § 16-47-90, Ala. Code 1975. Our cases have made it abundantly clear that the Board is entitled to § 14 immunity.”
Castellanos v. Bd. of Trs. of the Univ. of Ala. Sch. of Med. (In re Bd. of Trs. of the Univ. of Ala. (), 264 So. 3d 850 (Ala. 2018). “" § 16-47-90, Ala. Code 1975. Our cases have made it abundantly clear that the Board is entitled to § 14 immunity.”
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