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34-24-602
Section 34-24-602 Authority and intent. (a) Authority. The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners
shall have the jurisdiction and authority necessary to carry out the provisions and intent
of this article. (b) Intent. The article is intended to require physicians to register under
the provisions of this article, and to provide the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners the
following powers and duties with respect to all registrants of the Board of Medical Examiners,
in addition to its existing authority as a certifying board pursuant to the Alabama Uniform
Controlled Substances Act: (1) To adopt, amend, and repeal such rules and regulations in accordance
with the Alabama Pain Management Act for the proper administration and enforcement of this
article. (2) To establish rules regarding the registration of all physicians providing pain
management services. (3) To set reasonable registration and renewal fees. (4) To renew registrations
and set renewal and expiration dates and other deadlines. (5)...
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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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34-24-604
Section 34-24-604 Annual registration. (a) Beginning January 1, 2014, and continuing each year
thereafter: (1) All physicians providing pain management services shall obtain a pain management
registration from the board. (2) All physicians who otherwise meet the criteria established
by the board shall obtain a pain management registration from the board. (b) To register,
a physician applicant shall submit the following to the board: (1) A completed application
on a form prescribed by the board. (2) Proof of a current drug enforcement administration
registration. (3) Proof of an Alabama controlled substances certificate. (4) Proof of a current
registration with the Alabama Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. (5) A list of all registrants
who own, co-own, operate, or provide pain management services in the practice location. (6)
The disclosure of any controlled substances certificate or registration denial, restriction,
or discipline imposed on the registrant, or any disciplinary act...
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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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34-23-1
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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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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20-2-58
Section 20-2-58 Dispensing of controlled substances in Schedule II; maintenance of records
and inventories by registered pharmacies. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section
or as otherwise provided by law, a pharmacist may dispense directly a controlled substance
in Schedule II only pursuant to a written prescription signed by the practitioner. Except
as provided in subsections (b) and (c), a prescription for a Schedule II controlled substance
may be transmitted by the practitioner or the agent of the practitioner to a pharmacy via
facsimile equipment; provided, the original written, signed prescription is presented to the
pharmacist for review prior to the actual dispensing of the controlled substance. (b) A prescription
written for a Schedule II narcotic substance to be compounded for the direct administration
to a patient by parenteral, intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, or intraspinal infusion
may be transmitted by the practitioner or the agent of the practitioner...
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34-24-302
Section 34-24-302 Denial, suspension, revocation, etc., of license; investigation; mental,
physical, or laboratory examination; authorization for release of information. (a) The board
may, within its discretion, deny the issuance of a license to any person or, after notice
and hearing in accordance with board regulations, shall, within its discretion, suspend, revoke,
restrict, or otherwise discipline the license of a person who shall be found guilty on the
basis of substantial evidence of any of the following acts or offenses: (1) Conviction of
a felony. (2) Conviction of any crime or other offense, felony, or misdemeanor, reflecting
on the ability of the individual to render patient care in a safe manner. (3) Conviction of
any violation of state or federal laws relating to controlled substances. (4) Termination,
restriction, suspension, revocation, or curtailment of licensure, registration, or certification
as an assistant to physician by another state or other licensing jurisdiction...
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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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34-22-1
Section 34-22-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Optometry.
(2) HUMAN EYE AND ITS ADJACENT STRUCTURES. The eye and all structures situated within the
orbit, including the conjunctiva, lids, lashes, and lachrymal system. (3) PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS.
Any diagnostic and therapeutic drug or combination of drugs that has the property of assisting
in the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, or mitigation of abnormal conditions or symptoms
of the human eye and its adjacent structures. (4) PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY. The practice of optometry
is a learned profession involving the examination, measurement by objective and subjective
means, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of any departure from the normal of the human
eyes, their adjacent structures, and visual system. The practice of optometry includes but
is not limited to: The adapting and fitting of all types of lenses or...
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