20-2-141
Section 20-2-141 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. A substance as defined in Section 20-2-2. (2) IMITATION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. A substance, other than a legend controlled drug, that is not a controlled substance, which by dosage unit appearance (including color, size, shape, and markings), and by representations made, would lead a reasonable person to believe that the substance is a controlled substance. In the cases where the appearance of the dosage unit is not reasonably sufficient to establish that the substance is an "imitation controlled substance" (for example as in the case of a powder or liquid), the court or authority concerned should consider, in addition to all other logically relevant factors, the following factors as related to "representations made" in determining whether the substance is an "imitation controlled substance":...
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20-2-93
Section 20-2-93 Forfeitures; seizures. (a) The following are subject to forfeiture: (1) All controlled substances which have been grown, manufactured, distributed, dispensed, or acquired in violation of any law of this state; (2) All raw materials, products, and equipment of any kind which are used or intended for use in manufacturing, cultivating, growing, compounding, processing, delivering, importing, or exporting any controlled substance in violation of any law of this state; (3) All property which is used or intended for use as a container for property described in subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection; (4) All moneys, negotiable instruments, securities, or other things of value furnished or intended to be furnished by any person in exchange for a controlled substance in violation of any law of this state; all proceeds traceable to such an exchange; and all moneys, negotiable instruments, and securities used or intended to be used to facilitate any violation of any law of this...
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20-2-180
Section 20-2-180 Definitions. As used in this article and unless otherwise specified, the following terms are defined as follows: (1) BOARD or BOARD OF PHARMACY. The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy. (2) LISTED PRECURSOR CHEMICAL. A chemical substance specifically designated as such by the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy, that, in addition to legitimate uses, is used in the unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance or controlled substances. (3) PERSON. Any individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other entity which manufactures, sells, transfers, or possesses a listed precursor chemical. (Acts 1991, No. 91-589, p. 1085, §1; Act 2001-971, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 873, §2.)...
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34-2-33
Section 34-2-33 Registration; issuance of certificate; qualifications; renewal, etc. (a) The board shall receive applications for registration as an architect only on forms prescribed and furnished by the board. Upon receipt of the application and the payment of a fee, as established by the board, the fee in no event exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250), the board shall promptly notify the applicant of examination requirements for registration, if applicable. The board may contract with an independent testing agency to prepare, grade, or conduct the examination. If the board determines the applicant requires examination, the applicant shall pay the actual cost of the examination directly to the board-authorized testing agency. (b) The board may issue to an applicant without further examination, a certificate of registration as an architect, provided the applicant holds an unexpired certificate issued to him or her by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards,...
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20-2-181
Section 20-2-181 Board to designate by rule listed precursor chemicals; interim list established. (a) The Board of Pharmacy shall, within one year of July 29, 1991, designate by rule listed precursor chemicals. (b) The Board of Pharmacy may subsequently by rule add chemicals as listed precursor chemicals following the criteria set forth in subdivision (2) of Section 20-2-180, and may also by rule delete any substance previously named as a listed precursor chemical. In no event shall a chemical also be designated as a listed precursor chemical if it has been determined to be a controlled substance or an immediate precursor chemical pursuant to the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Section 20-2-1 et seq. (c) If any chemical is designated or deleted as a listed precursor chemical under federal law and notice thereof is given to the Board of Pharmacy, the board shall similarly list or delete the substance under this article after the expiration of 30 days from publication in the...
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20-2-91
Section 20-2-91 Inspection of stocks of controlled substances and prescriptions, orders, etc., required by chapter; disclosure of information as to prescriptions, orders, etc., by enforcement personnel. (a) Prescriptions, orders, and records required by this chapter and stocks of controlled substances enumerated in Schedules I, II, III, IV, and V shall be open for inspection only to federal, state, county, and municipal officers, the investigators of the Board of Dental Examiners, and the agents and officers of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency whose duty it is to enforce the laws of this state or of the United States relating to controlled substances. (b) No officer having knowledge by virtue of his office of any such prescription, order, or record shall divulge such knowledge, except in connection with a prosecution or proceeding in court or before a licensing board or officer, to which prosecution or proceeding the person to whom such prescriptions, orders, or records relate...
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34-24-601
Section 34-24-601 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that the diversion, abuse, and misuse of prescription medications classified as controlled substances under the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act constitute a serious threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the State of Alabama. The Legislature further finds that the registration of all physicians providing pain management services, as defined in this article, will assist the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners in preventing the diversion, abuse, and misuse of controlled substances by regulating these registrants. The Legislature further finds that it is in the best interests of the public safety to give the Board of Medical Examiners the authority it needs to suspend the registration of these physicians providing pain management services when the public health, safety, or welfare requires immediate action. (Act 2013-257, p. 673, §1.)...
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34-24-603
Section 34-24-603 Definitions. Unless otherwise indicated from the context, the terms set out below, as used in this article shall have the following meanings: (1) APPLICANT. A person who has submitted or that is in the process of submitting a registration under this article. (2) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners. (3) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. A drug, substance, or immediate precursor identified, defined, or listed in Sections 20-2-20 to 20-2-32, inclusive. (4) HOSPITAL. A health care institution licensed by the Alabama Department of Public Health and has the same definition as provided in Chapter 420-5-7 of the Alabama Administrative Code. The term shall include any outpatient facility or clinic that is separated from the hospital that is owned, operated, or controlled by the hospital. (5) PAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES. Those medical services that involve the prescription of controlled substances in order to treat chronic nonmalignant pain by a physician who treats pain. (6)...
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20-2-60
Section 20-2-60 Definitions. As used in this article the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ADMINISTER. The direct application of a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient by any of the following: a. A supervising physician, or, in his or her presence, his or her authorized agent. b. An assistant to physician. c. The patient at the direction and in the presence of the supervising physician or assistant to physician. (2) ASSISTANT TO PHYSICIAN. Any person who is a graduate of an approved program, is licensed by the board, and is registered by the board to perform medical services under the supervision of a physician approved by the board to supervise an assistant to physician. (3) BOARD. The Board of Medical Examiners of the State of Alabama. (4) PHYSICIAN SUPERVISION. A formal relationship between a licensed assistant to physician and a supervising physician under whom the assistant to physician...
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20-2-20
Section 20-2-20 Administration of chapter. (a) The State Board of Health, unless otherwise specified, shall administer this chapter and may add substances to or delete or reschedule all substances enumerated in the schedules in Sections 20-2-23, 20-2-25, 20-2-27, 20-2-29, or 20-2-31 pursuant to the procedures of the State Board of Health. In making a determination regarding a substance, the State Board of Health shall consider all of the following: (1) The actual or relative potential for abuse. (2) The scientific evidence of its pharmacological effect, if known. (3) The state of current scientific knowledge regarding the substance. (4) The history and current pattern of abuse. (5) The scope, duration, and significance of abuse. (6) The risk to the public health. (7) The potential of the substance to produce psychic or physiological dependence liability. (8) Whether the substance is an immediate precursor of a substance already controlled under this chapter. (b) After considering the...
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