20-2-117
Section 20-2-117 Contracts for receipt of cannabis; Board of Medical Examiners to promulgate guidelines, rules and regulations. The State Board of Medical Examiners may apply to contract with the National Institute of Drug Abuse for receipt of cannabis pursuant to the regulations promulgated by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The board may formulate and promulgate such guidelines as are necessary for dispensing cannabis consistent with the public health and safety and under strictly controlled circumstances. The board further may establish the rules and regulations requiring accurate reporting and accountability by each practitioner to the board and any federal agency as required by law. (Acts 1979, No. 79-472, p. 870, §8; Acts 1981, No. 81-506, p. 869, §2.)...
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36-35-2
Section 36-35-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Alabama Prescription Cost Initiative Board created by Section 36-35-4 to administer the program. (2) COOPERATIVE. A business entity functioning on a cooperative basis that distributes its income to a particular member in proportion with that member's use of the cooperative on a patronage basis. (3) DEPARTMENT. Any department, agency, office, or program administered by the state for which the board or director has negotiated, or entered an agreement with a pharmacy benefits manager or cooperative to negotiate, a prescription drug rebate, or discount. (4) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. An executive director employed by the board to administer this chapter and the program. (5) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. Any department of the State of Alabama; any county government or municipal government; any school system, college, or university; or any public authority. (6)...
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34-23-181
Section 34-23-181 Definitions. The following words shall have the following meanings as used in this article: (1) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. Any individual or group plan, employee welfare benefit plan, policy, or contract for health care services issued, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state by a health care insurer, health maintenance organization, accident and sickness insurer, fraternal benefit society, nonprofit hospital service corporation, nonprofit medical service corporation, health care service plan, or any other person, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for insureds or beneficiaries in this state. The term includes, but is not limited to, entities created pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter 20 of Title 10A. A health benefit plan located or domiciled outside of the State of Alabama is deemed to be subject to this article if it receives, processes, adjudicates, pays, or denies claims for health care services submitted by or...
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16-17A-2
Section 16-17A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER. The teaching, research, and clinical facilities provided, established, or operated by a constitutionally created public university in the state or a university that operates a school of medicine. (2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (3) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority. (4) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of an authority. (5) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. The state, a county, a municipality, or any department, agency, board, or commission of the state, a county, or a municipality. (6) HEALTH CARE FACILITY. All property or rights in property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, useful to an authority in its operations, including without limitation, the following: a. Facilities necessary or desirable to the operation of an academic medical center, one or more health sciences schools,...
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36-35-3
Section 36-35-3 Alabama Prescription Cost Initiative Board. (a) The Alabama Prescription Cost Initiative Board is created. (b) The board shall consist of the following voting members: The executive director or chief staff person of the State Employees Insurance Board (SEIB) and the Public Education Employees Health Insurance Plan (PEEHIP), the Chair of the Board of Directors of SEIB, the Chair of the Board of Directors of PEEHIP, and the State Health Officer. The Director of the Medicaid Agency may serve in a nonvoting capacity. (c) The board shall promulgate policies to implement this chapter and may hire an executive director and necessary staff to implement and administer this chapter with or without regard to the state Merit System. (d) The board through its executive director may enter into agreements with a prescription drug buying group or manufacturer to negotiate price discounts or rebates on behalf of the board or any participating department or governmental entity. (e) The...
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34-24-521
Section 34-24-521 Definitions. In this compact, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) BYLAWS. Those bylaws established by the interstate commission pursuant to Section 34-24-530 for its governance, or for directing and controlling its actions and conduct. (b) COMMISSIONER. The voting representative appointed by each member board pursuant to Section 34-24-530. (c) CONVICTION. A finding by a court that an individual is guilty of a criminal offense through adjudication, or entry of a plea of guilty or no contest to the charge by the offender. Evidence of an entry of a conviction of a criminal offense by the court shall be considered final for purposes of disciplinary action by a member board. (d) EXPEDITED LICENSE. A full and unrestricted medical license granted by a member state to an eligible physician through the process set forth in the compact. (e) INTERSTATE COMMISSION. The interstate commission created pursuant to Section 34-24-530. (f) LICENSE. Authorization by a...
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20-2-190.2
Section 20-2-190.2 Electronic drug offender tracking system. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DRUG RELATED CONVICTION. Any conviction or plea of nolo contendere for the offense of possession, distribution, trafficking, or any degree of manufacture of controlled substances, or drug paraphernalia. A drug related conviction shall also include the inchoate crimes of attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy of any of the drug related crimes. (2) DRUG OFFENDER. Any person who has any conviction listed in subdivision (1). (b) Effective January 1, 2013, the State Bureau of Investigations shall implement a real-time electronic drug offender tracking system to catalogue all criminal convictions in this state of persons convicted of felonies or misdemeanors involving the possession, distribution, manufacture, or trafficking of controlled substances. This catalogue shall include, but not be limited to, paraphernalia convictions,...
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34-23-74
Section 34-23-74 Hospitals and related institutions; automated dispensing systems. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), every pharmacy located in a hospital, skilled nursing home, or other related institution in this state shall be under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist. In general hospitals, skilled nursing homes, and extended care facilities not operating a pharmacy, the drug or medicine room shall be under the direct supervision and direction of a consulting pharmacist or a member of the medical staff who shall be a licensed practitioner of medicine. In nursing homes which are not classified by the State Board of Health as skilled nursing homes, maternity homes, homes for the aged, domiciliary institutions, and all related institutions except those operated by and in conjunction with a licensed hospital, medicines or drugs bearing the wording on the label "caution, federal law prohibits dispensing without prescription" or similar wording that causes the...
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20-2-113
Section 20-2-113 Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Program - Established; review committee; rules and regulations; formulation with federal agencies. There is hereby established by the State Board of Medical Examiners the Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Program. The board shall administer the program by a review committee. The board shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary for the proper administration and implementation of the program. Such promulgations shall be formulated to consider those pertinent rules and regulations promulgated by the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency, Food and Drug Administration and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. (Acts 1979, No. 79-472, p. 870, §4.)...
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34-24-526
Section 34-24-526 Renewal and continued participation. (a) A physician seeking to renew an expedited license granted in a member state shall complete a renewal process with the interstate commission if the physician: (1) Maintains a full and unrestricted license in a state of principal license; (2) Has not been convicted, received adjudication, deferred adjudication, community supervision, or deferred disposition for any offense by a court of appropriate jurisdiction; (3) Has not had a license authorizing the practice of medicine subject to discipline by a licensing agency in any state, federal, or foreign jurisdiction, excluding any action related to nonpayment of fees related to a license; and (4) Has not had a controlled substance license or permit suspended or revoked by a state or the United States Drug Enforcement Administration. (b) Physicians shall comply with all continuing professional development or continuing medical education requirements for renewal of a license issued by...
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