34-23-70
Section 34-23-70 Management; display of permit and license; poisons; prescription requirements; violations. (a) Every pharmacy when opened for business shall be under the personal supervision of a duly licensed pharmacist who shall have personal supervision of not more than one pharmacy at the same time. During temporary absences of the licensed pharmacist, not to exceed three hours daily or more than one and one-half hours at any one time, nor more than one week for temporary illness, the prescription department shall be closed, and no prescriptions are to be filled. During the temporary absence of a pharmacist, a sign shall be placed on the prescription counter in a prominent location easily seen by the public stating, "Prescription Department Closed, No Pharmacist on Duty." (b) The permit issued to each pharmacist by the board and the licensure certificates issued to the licensed pharmacist employed by each pharmacy must be prominently and conspicuously displayed in the pharmacy....
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34-23-1
Section 34-23-1 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Pharmacy Association. (2) BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT. Has the same meaning as the term as defined in 42 U.S.C. ยง262. (3) BOARD or STATE BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy. (4) CHEMICAL. Any substance of a medicinal nature, whether simple or compound, obtained through the process of the science and art of chemistry, whether of organic or inorganic origin. (5) DISPENSE. To sell, distribute, administer, leave with, give away, dispose of, deliver, or supply a drug or medicine to the ultimate user or his or her agent. (6) DRUGS. All medicinal substances, preparations, and devices 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 disease in man or animal...
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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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34-23-8.1
Section 34-23-8.1 Substitution of certain biological products; notice. (a) No person shall dispense or cause to be dispensed a different biological or brand of biological product in lieu of that ordered or prescribed without the express permission in each case of the person ordering or prescribing the drug, except as provided in this section. (b) A licensed pharmacist in this state shall be permitted to select for the brand name biological product prescribed by a licensed physician or other practitioner who is located in this state and authorized by law to write prescriptions, hereinafter referred to as "practitioner," a less expensive interchangeable biological product in all cases where the practitioner expressly authorizes the selection in accordance with subsection (d). (c) A licensed pharmacist located in this state may select for the brand name biological product prescribed by a practitioner who is located in another state or licensing jurisdiction and who is authorized by the...
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34-23-8
Section 34-23-8 Substitution of drugs or brands of drugs. No person shall dispense or cause to be dispensed a different drug or brand of drug in lieu of that ordered or prescribed without the express permission in each case of the person ordering or prescribing such drug, except as provided below: (1) A licensed pharmacist in this state shall be permitted to select for the brand name drug product prescribed by a licensed physician or other practitioner who is located in this state and authorized by law to write prescriptions, hereinafter referred to as "practitioner," a less expensive pharmaceutically and therapeutically equivalent drug product containing the same active ingredient or ingredients, and of the same dosage form strength, in all cases where the practitioner expressly authorizes such selection in accordance with subdivision (4). (2) A licensed pharmacist located in this state shall be permitted to select for the brand name drug product prescribed by a practitioner who is...
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27-45-2
Section 27-45-2 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the respective meanings herein set forth, unless the context shall otherwise require: (1) ALABAMA INSURANCE CODE. Title 27 of the Code of Alabama 1975. (2) INSURER. Such term shall have the meaning ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (3) PERSON. Such term shall have the meaning ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (4) COMMISSIONER and DEPARTMENT. Such terms, respectively, shall have the meanings ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (5) CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION. Any obligation under covered policies or employee benefit plans. (6) COVERED POLICY OR PLAN. Any policy, employee benefit plan, or contract within the scope of this article. (7) HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY. Any individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy, insurance agreement, or group hospital service contract providing for pharmaceutical services, including without limitation, prescription drugs, incurred as a result of accident or sickness, or to prevent same....
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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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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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34-21-81
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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34-23-32
Section 34-23-32 Manufacturer, bottler, packager, repackager, etc., of drugs. (a) Commencing on August 1, 2017, every manufacturer, bottler, packager, repackager, third party logistic provider, wholesale drug distributor, private label distributor, outsourcing facility, or pharmacy business identified in the supply chain of drugs, medicines, chemicals, or poisons for medicinal purposes shall register annually with the board by application for a permit on a form furnished by the board and accompanied by a fee to be determined by the board as follows: (1) The fee shall not be less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for a new establishment. (2) The fee shall not be less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a renewal permit. (3) The fee shall not be less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for a permit due to transfer of ownership. (b) A holder of a permit...
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