20-2-2
Section 20-2-2 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADMINISTER. The direct application of a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient or research subject by: a. A practitioner or, in his or her presence, his or her authorized agent. b. The patient or research subject at the direction and in the presence of the practitioner. (2) AGENT. An authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser. The term does not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouseman, or employee of the carrier or warehouseman. (3) CERTIFYING BOARDS. The State Board of Medical Examiners, the State Board of Health, the State Board of Pharmacy, the State Board of Dental Examiners, the State Board of Podiatry, and the State Board of Veterinary Medical...
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27-1-20
Section 27-1-20 Patient Right to Know Act. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Patient Right to Know Act." (b) As used in this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ENROLLEE. A person who purchases individual health care coverage or an employer who purchases a group health care plan. (2) PROVIDER. A physician, dentist, podiatrist, pharmacist, optometrist, psychologist, clinical social worker, advanced nurse practitioner, registered optician, licensed professional counselor, physical therapist, and chiropractor. (c)(1) All persons, firms, corporations, associations, health maintenance organizations, health insurance services, or preferred provider organizations, any employer-sponsored health benefit plan, or any similar organization or entity, providing health, accident, or dental insurance coverage, either directly or indirectly, shall provide an enrollee with a written description of the...
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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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34-24-360
Section 34-24-360 Restrictions, etc., on license; grounds. The Medical Licensure Commission shall have the power and duty to suspend, revoke, or restrict any license to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama or place on probation or fine any licensee whenever the licensee shall be found guilty on the basis of substantial evidence of any of the following acts or offenses: (1) Fraud in applying for or procuring a certificate of qualification to practice medicine or osteopathy or a license to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama. (2) Unprofessional conduct as defined herein or in the rules and regulations promulgated by the commission. (3) Practicing medicine or osteopathy in such a manner as to endanger the health of the patients of the practitioner. (4) Conviction of a felony; a copy of the record of conviction, certified to by the clerk of the court entering the conviction, shall be conclusive evidence. (5) Conviction of any crime or offense which...
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25-5-335
Section 25-5-335 Types of tests; procedures for specimen collection and testing; laboratory; confirmation of tests. (a) An employer is required to conduct the following types of tests in order to qualify for the workers' compensation insurance premium discounts provided under this article: (1) An employer shall require job applicants to submit to a substance abuse test after extending an offer of employment. Limited testing of job applicants by an employer shall qualify under this article if the testing is conducted on the basis of reasonable classifications of job positions. (2) An employer shall require an employee to submit to reasonable suspicion testing. (3) An employer shall require an employee to submit to a substance abuse test if the test is conducted as part of a routinely scheduled employee fitness-for-duty medical examination that is part of the employer's established policy or that is scheduled routinely for all members of an employment classification or group. (4) If the...
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34-23-7
Section 34-23-7 Illegal possession of prescription drugs. Any person found in possession of a drug or medicine limited by law to dispensation by a prescription, unless such drug or medicine was lawfully dispensed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 and, in addition thereto, may be imprisoned in the county jail for hard labor for not more than one year. This section shall not apply to a licensed pharmacy, licensed pharmacist, wholesaler, manufacturer, or his or her representative acting within the line and scope of his or her employment, physician, veterinarian, dentist, or nurse acting under the direction of a physician, nor to a common carrier or messenger when transporting such drug or medicine in the same unbroken package in which the drug or medicine was delivered to him or her for transportation. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 205, p. 231, §31.)...
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34-23-159
Section 34-23-159 Preparation of compounded drug products for over the counter sale. A pharmacy may prepare a compounded drug product to be sold over the counter without a prescription order. The product shall not contain an ingredient which exceeds recommended strengths and doses for over the counter drugs. The finished product shall not be one for which a prescription is required. It shall be properly labeled with the product's name, directions for use, list of active ingredients, and any necessary warnings. A compounded product shall be sold directly to the patient after professional interaction or consultation between the pharmacist and the patient. The product may be prepared in advance in reasonable amounts in anticipation of estimated needs. The product shall be stored within the prescription department. The product may not be sold in bulk to other pharmacies or vendors for resale. (Act 2003-389, p. 1094, §10; Act 2017-422, §1)...
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16-25A-18
Section 16-25A-18 Generic equivalent medications. As a condition of participation in the Public Education Employees Health Insurance Programs (PEEHIP), a pharmacist shall dispense a generic equivalent medication to fill a prescription for a patient covered by PEEHIP when one is available unless the physician indicates in longhand writing on the prescription, indicates by mark or signature in the appropriate place on the prescription, or indicates in an electronic prescription, the following: "medically necessary" or "dispense as written" or "do not substitute". The generic equivalent drug product dispensed shall be pharmaceutically and therapeutically equivalent and contain the same active ingredient or ingredients, and shall be of the same dosage, form, and strength. (Act 2002-266, p. 549, §1; Act 2016-304, §1.)...
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20-1-150
Section 20-1-150 Marking or imprinting of drug products in finished solid oral dosage forms required. No drug product in finished solid oral dosage form for which a prescription is required by federal law may be manufactured or commercially distributed within this state unless it has clearly and prominently marked or imprinted on it an individual symbol, number, company name, words, letters, marking, national drug code, or any combination thereof, identifying the drug product and the manufacturer or distributor of the drug product. (Acts 1981, No. 81-389, p. 595, §1.)...
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20-2-211
Section 20-2-211 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) CERTIFYING BOARDS. Those boards designated in subdivision (3) of Section 20-2-2. (2) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. Any drug or medication defined as a controlled substance within the meaning of subdivision (4) of Section 20-2-2. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public Health. (4) LICENSING BOARD OR COMMISSION. The board, commission, or other entity that is authorized to issue a professional license to a pharmacist or an authorized practitioner. (5) PHARMACIST. Any person, as defined in subdivision (17) of Section 34-23-1, licensed by the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy or otherwise permitted by Alabama or federal law to practice the profession of pharmacy within this state. (6) PHARMACY. A retail establishment, as defined in subdivision (18) of Section 34-23-1, licensed by the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy. (7) PRACTITIONER or...
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