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34-24-290
Section 34-24-290 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words
and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) APPROVED PROGRAM. A program for the education
and training of assistants to physicians which has been formally approved in writing by the
board. (2) ASSISTANT TO PHYSICIAN. A 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 the assistant. (3) BOARD. The Board of Medical
Examiners of the State of Alabama. (4) LEGEND DRUG. Any drug, medicine, chemical, or poison,
bearing on the label the words, "Caution, Federal Law prohibits dispensing without prescription"
or similar words indicating that the drug, medicine, chemical, or poison may be sold or dispensed
only upon the prescription of a licensed medical practitioner, except that the term legend
drug shall not include any drug, substance, or compound...
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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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34-24-292
Section 34-24-292 Services performed by trainees and assistants. (a) Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, a licensed assistant to a physician may perform medical services
when the services are rendered under the supervision of a licensed physician or physicians
approved by the board; except, that no medical services may be performed under this article
except under the supervision of an ophthalmologist in the office in which the physician normally
actually practices his or her profession and nowhere else in any of the following areas: (1)
The measurement of the powers or range of human vision or the determination of the accommodation
and refractive state of the human eye or the scope of its functions in general or the fitting
or adaptation of lenses or frames for the aid thereof. (2) The prescribing or directing the
use of or using any optical device in connection with ocular exercises, visual training, or
orthoptics. (3) The prescribing of contact lenses for or the fitting or...
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34-24-293
Section 34-24-293 Powers and duties of board. (a) The Board of Medical Examiners shall
have and exercise all powers and duties previously granted to it. The board may make specific
rules and regulations pertaining to the licensure approval, registration, and regulation of
assistants to physicians. The board may also make specific rules and regulations pertaining
to approvals, disapprovals, and withdrawing approvals from physicians to utilize assistants
to physicians. (b) The board may recognize, approve, and disapprove new categories and specialties
of assistants to physicians as they develop in the delivery of health care. (c) The board
shall issue certificates of approval for programs for the education and training of assistants
to physicians which meet board standards. (d) In developing criteria for program approval,
the board shall give consideration to and encourage the utilization of equivalency and proficiency
testing and other mechanisms whereby full credit is given to trainees...
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20-2-214
Section 20-2-214 Limited access to database permitted for certain persons or entities.
(a) The following persons or entities shall be permitted access to the information in the
controlled substances database, subject to the limitations indicated below: (1) Authorized
representatives of the certifying boards; provided, however, that access shall be limited
to information concerning the licensees of the certifying board, however, authorized representatives
from the Board of Medical Examiners may access the database to inquire about certified registered
nurse practitioners (CRNPs), or certified nurse midwives (CNMs) that hold a Qualified Alabama
Controlled Substances Registration Certificate (QACSC). (2) A licensed practitioner approved
by the department who has authority to prescribe, dispense, or administer controlled substances.
The licensed practitioner's access shall be limited to information concerning himself or herself,
registrants who possess a Qualified Alabama Controlled...
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34-21-81
Section 34-21-81 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS. The State Board of Medical Examiners
established pursuant to Section 34-24-53. (2) BOARD OF NURSING. The Board of Nursing
established under Section 34-21-2. (3) ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE. A registered nurse
that has gained additional knowledge and skills through successful completion of an organized
program of nursing education that prepares nurses for advanced practice roles and has been
certified by the Board of Nursing to engage in the practice of advanced practice nursing.
There shall be four categories of advanced practice nurses: Certified registered nurse practitioners
(CRNP), certified nurse midwives (CNM), certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA), and
clinical nurse specialists (CNS). Certified registered nurse practitioners and certified nurse
midwives are subject to collaborative practice agreements with an Alabama physician....
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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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20-2-190
Section 20-2-190 Penalties; sale of ephedrine, etc.; Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force.
(a) Any person who manufactures, sells, transfers, receives, or possesses a listed precursor
chemical violates this article if the person: (1) Knowingly fails to comply with the reporting
requirements of this article; (2) Knowingly makes a false statement in a report or record
required by this article or the rules adopted thereunder; (3) Is required by this article
to have a listed precursor chemical license or permit, and is a person as defined by this
article, and knowingly or deliberately fails to obtain such a license or permit. An offense
under this subsection shall constitute a Class C felony. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions
of Section 20-2-188, a person who possesses, sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes
or attempts to solicit another or conspires to possess, sell, transfer, or otherwise furnish
a listed precursor chemical or a product containing a precursor chemical or ephedrine or...
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34-21-86
Section 34-21-86 Prescribing legend drugs; initiating call-in prescriptions; administering
legend drugs. (a) Certified registered nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives, engaged
in collaborative practice with physicians practicing under protocols approved in the manner
prescribed by this article may prescribe legend drugs to their patients, subject to both of
the following conditions: (1) The drug type, dosage, quantity prescribed, and number of refills
shall be authorized in an approved protocol signed by the collaborating physician; and (2)
The drug shall be on the formulary recommended by the joint committee and adopted by the State
Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of Nursing. (b) A certified registered nurse practitioner
or a certified nurse midwife may not initiate a call-in prescription in the name of a collaborating
physician for any drug, whether legend or controlled substance, which the nurse practitioner
or certified nurse midwife is not authorized to...
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20-3-3
Section 20-3-3 Transfer of legend drugs to charitable clinic. (a)(1) Legend drugs, except
controlled substances, dispensed to a patient in a hospital, nursing facility, assisted living
facility, or specialty care assisted living facility may be donated and transferred pursuant
to this section to a charitable clinic to be used by charitable patients free of charge
when all of the following conditions are met: a. The drugs are no longer needed by the original
patient. b. The drugs have been maintained in accordance with United States Pharmacopoeia
and National Formulary storage requirements. c. The drugs were dispensed by unit dose or an
individually sealed dose. d. The drugs have not expired. (2) Legend drugs, except controlled
substances, dispensed to a patient cared for by a hospice care program may be donated and
transferred pursuant to this section to a charitable clinic to be used by charitable
patients free of charge when all of the following conditions are met: a. The drugs are...
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