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34-22-4
Section 34-22-4 Limitation on application of chapter. (a) It is not the intent of this chapter
to prevent any school teacher, welfare worker, state, county, municipality, or other public
board, body, agency, institution, or official from determining in the course of their official
duties the probable need of visual services; provided, that the aforenamed person or agency
does not attempt to examine, diagnose, prescribe, or recommend any particular practitioner
and complies with the provisions of Section 38-1-2. (b) A license to practice optometry shall
not be required for the sale, preparation, or dispensing of eyeglasses or spectacles in a
retail optical dispensary or from a store, shop, or other permanently established place of
business with an optical department on prescription of a duly licensed physician skilled in
diseases of the eyes or a duly licensed optometrist authorized to practice under the laws
of this state. Contact lenses may be sold or dispensed in a retail optical...
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20-2-255
Section 20-2-255 Hearings; restriction, suspension, revocation of certificate. (a) Any hearing
regarding the issuance, restriction, limitation, suspension, or revocation of a Qualified
Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate (QACSC) held by a certified registered
nurse practitioner or a certified nurse midwife for any violations of this article shall be
before the Board of Medical Examiners. (b) The board shall have the authority to restrict,
suspend, or revoke a QACSC, whenever a CRNP or a CNM is found guilty on the basis of substantial
evidence of any of the acts or offenses enumerated in Section 20-2-254. The board shall also
have the authority to reinstate or to deny reinstatement of a QACSC. (c) The board may limit
revocation or suspension of a QACSC to the particular controlled substance with respect to
which grounds for revocation or suspension exist. (d) The board shall promptly notify the
Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States Department of Justice...
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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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13A-12-212
Section 13A-12-212 Unlawful possession or receipt of controlled substances. (a) A person commits
the crime of unlawful possession of controlled substance if: (1) Except as otherwise authorized,
he or she possesses a controlled substance enumerated in Schedules I through V. (2) He or
she obtains by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge or by the alteration of a prescription
or written order or by the concealment of a material fact or by the use of a false name or
giving a false address, a controlled substance enumerated in Schedules I through V or a precursor
chemical enumerated in Section 20-2-181. (b) Unlawful possession of a controlled substance
is a Class D felony. (Acts 1987, No. 87-603, p. 1047, §3; Act 2012-237, p. 445, §2; Act
2015-185, §2.)...
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20-3-2
Section 20-3-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY. An institution or facility licensed as an assisted
living facility under regulations of the State Board of Health. (2) CHARITABLE CLINIC. The
term includes an established free medical clinic as defined in subdivision (1) of Section
6-5-662 and any community health center provided for under the federal Public Health Service
Law. (3) CHARITABLE PATIENT. For purposes of this chapter, the term shall not include patients
who are eligible to receive drugs under the Alabama Medicaid Program or under any other prescription
drug program funded in whole or in part by the state. (4) DRUGS. All medicinal substances
and preparations recognized by the United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary, or
any revision thereof, and all substances and preparations intended for external and internal
use in the cure, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of...
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27-45A-3
Section 27-45A-3 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) CLAIMS PROCESSING SERVICES. The administrative services performed
in connection with the processing and adjudicating of claims relating to pharmacist services
that include any of the following: a. Receiving payments for pharmacist services. b. Making
payments to pharmacists or pharmacies for pharmacist services. c. Both paragraphs a. and b.
(2) OTHER PRESCRIPTION DRUG OR DEVICE SERVICES. Services, other than claims processing services,
provided directly or indirectly, whether in connection with or separate from claims processing
services, including without limitation any of the following: a. Negotiating rebates, discounts,
or other financial incentives and arrangements with drug companies. b. Disbursing or distributing
rebates. c. Managing or participating in incentive programs or arrangements for pharmacist
services. d. Negotiating or entering into contractual...
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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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20-2-112
Section 20-2-112 Definitions. As used in this article the following words, unless the context
clearly indicates the contrary, shall have the following meanings: (1) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
The same as is defined in subdivision (5) of Section 20-2-2, as amended; (2) CANNABIS. The
same as those substances defined in subdivision (15) of Section 20-2-2, as amended, and particularly
those substances defined as tetrahydrocannabinols, or a chemical derivative thereof; (3) PRACTITIONER
A physician licensed to practice medicine in this state and particularly as herein enumerated.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-472, p. 870, §3.)...
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26-15-3.2
Section 26-15-3.2 Chemical endangerment of exposing a child to an environment in which controlled
substances are produced or distributed. (a) A responsible person commits the crime of chemical
endangerment of exposing a child to an environment in which he or she does any of the following:
(1) Knowingly, recklessly, or intentionally causes or permits a child to be exposed to, to
ingest or inhale, or to have contact with a controlled substance, chemical substance, or drug
paraphernalia as defined in Section 13A-12-260. A violation under this subdivision is a Class
C felony. (2) Violates subdivision (1) and a child suffers serious physical injury by exposure
to, ingestion of, inhalation of, or contact with a controlled substance, chemical substance,
or drug paraphernalia. A violation under this subdivision is a Class B felony. (3) Violates
subdivision (1) and the exposure, ingestion, inhalation, or contact results in the death of
the child. A violation under this subdivision is a Class A...
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34-38-2
Section 34-38-2 Promotion of early treatment, etc., of individuals impaired by illness, inebriation,
etc.; Alabama Impaired Professionals' Committee; expenses; competitive bidding not required.
It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Board of Dental Examiners and the State Board
of Pharmacy to promote the early identification, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation
of individuals within the respective jurisdiction, licensed to practice in the State of Alabama,
who may be impaired by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, narcotics,
controlled substances, alcohol, chemicals, or other dependent forming substances, or as a
result of any physical or mental condition rendering such person unable to meet the standards
of his or her profession. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "impaired"
shall mean the inability of a dentist, hygienist, or pharmacist to practice with reasonable
skill and safety to patients by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive...
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