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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 20-2-1 - Short Title. - This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Controlled...
Section 20-2-2 - Definitions. - When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases...
Section 20-2-3 - Immunity of Persons Reporting Suspected Use, etc., of Controlled Substance by Minor Child. - All persons employed in any capacity in the public, private,...
Article 2 - Standards and Schedules.
Section 20-2-20 - Administration of Chapter. - (a) The State Board of Health, unless otherwise specified, shall...
Section 20-2-21 - Nomenclature of Controlled Substances in Schedules. - The controlled substances listed or to be listed in the...
Section 20-2-22 - Schedule I - Standards for Compilation. - The State Board of Health shall place a substance in...
Section 20-2-23 - Schedule I - Listing of Controlled Substances. - (a) The Legislature finds the following: (1) New synthetic substances...
Section 20-2-24 - Schedule Ii - Standards for Compilation. - The State Board of Health shall place a substance in...
Section 20-2-25 - Schedule Ii - Listing of Controlled Substances. - The controlled substances listed in this section are included in...
Section 20-2-26 - Schedule Iii - Standards for Compilation. - The State Board of Health shall place a substance in...
Section 20-2-27 - Schedule Iii - Listing of Controlled Substances. - (a) The controlled substances listed in this section are included...
Section 20-2-28 - Schedule Iv - Standards for Compilation. - The State Board of Health shall place a substance in...
Section 20-2-29 - Schedule Iv - Listing of Controlled Substances. - (a) The controlled substances listed in this section are included...
Section 20-2-30 - Schedule v - Standards for Compilation. - The State Board of Health shall place a substance in...
Section 20-2-31 - Schedule v - Listing of Controlled Substances. - The controlled substances listed in this section are included in...
Section 20-2-32 - Revision and Republication of Schedules. - The State Board of Health shall revise and republish the...
Article 3 - Regulation of Manufacture and Distribution.
Section 20-2-50 - Certifying Boards to Promulgate Rules and Charge Reasonable Fees for Registration and Administration of Provisions Relating to Manufacture, etc., of Controlled Substances; Disposition of Fees Collected. - (a) The certifying boards shall promulgate rules and charge reasonable...
Section 20-2-51 - Registration of Persons Manufacturing, Distributing, or Dispensing Controlled Substances - General Requirements. - (a) Every person who manufactures, distributes, or dispenses any controlled...
Section 20-2-52 - Registration of Persons Manufacturing, Distributing or Dispensing Controlled Substances - Standards; Requirements as to Practitioners Conducting Research; Effect of Federal Registration. - (a) The certifying boards shall register only an applicant certified...
Section 20-2-53 - Registration of Persons Manufacturing, Distributing or Dispensing Controlled Substances - Order to Show Cause; Proceedings; Review; Issuance of Stay. - (a) Before denying, suspending, or revoking a registration or refusing...
Section 20-2-54 - Registration of Persons Manufacturing, Distributing or Dispensing Controlled Substances - Revocation or Suspension of Registration - Grounds and Procedure Generally. - (a) A registration under Section 20-2-52 to manufacture, distribute or...
Section 20-2-54.1 - Rules and Regulations. - The certifying boards under the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act,...
Section 20-2-55 - Registration of Persons Manufacturing, Distributing or Dispensing Controlled Substances - Revocation or Suspension of Registration - Suspension Without Prior Order to Show Cause. - The certifying boards may suspend, without an order to show...
Section 20-2-56 - Maintenance of Records and Inventories by Registrants Generally. - Persons registered to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances under...
Section 20-2-57 - Distribution of Certain Controlled Substances by One Registrant to Another Registrant. - Controlled substances in Schedules I and II shall be distributed...
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...
Article 3A - Assistants to Physcians Authority to Prescribe Controlled Substances.
Section 20-2-60 - Definitions. - As used in this article the following words shall have...
Section 20-2-61 - Certification; Access to Records; Establishment of Protocols, Formularies, or Medical Regimens. - (a) The board is designated as the certifying board for...
Section 20-2-62 - Qualifications for Certificate. - The board may grant a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration...
Section 20-2-63 - Prescriptive Authority of a Certified Assistant to Physician. - (a) Upon receipt of a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration...
Section 20-2-64 - Denial of Application. - The board may deny an application of an assistant to...
Section 20-2-65 - Disciplinary Action - Hearing; Restriction, Suspension, or Revocation of Certificate. - (a) Any hearing for disciplinary action against an assistant to...
Section 20-2-66 - Disciplinary Action - Judicial Review. - (a) An assistant to physician adversely affected by an order...
Section 20-2-67 - Fees; Costs; Administrative Fines. - (a) The board is authorized to charge and collect fees...
Section 20-2-68 - Liability for Actions Regarding Investigations or Disciplinary Proceedings. - Any member of the board, any agent, employee, consultant, or...
Section 20-2-69 - Promulgation of Rules. - The board may adopt rules necessary to carry out the...
Article 4 - Offenses and Penalties.
Section 20-2-71 - Prohibited Acts B. - (a) It is unlawful for any person: (1) To knowingly...
Section 20-2-72 - Prohibited Acts C. - (a) It is unlawful for any person: (1) To distribute...
Section 20-2-74 - Prescription, Administration, etc., of Controlled Substances by Practitioners of Veterinary Medicine for Use of Human Beings or by Practitioners of Dentistry for Persons Not Under Treatment in Regular Practice of Profession. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any practitioner of dentistry...
Section 20-2-78 - Penalties Imposed for Violations of Chapter in Addition to Other Civil or Administrative Penalties or Sanctions. - Any penalty imposed for violation of this chapter is in...
Article 5 - Enforcement.
Section 20-2-90 - State Board of Pharmacy, Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, etc., to Enforce Chapter; Drug Inspectors to Meet Minimum Standards. - (a) The State Board of Pharmacy and its drug investigators...
Section 20-2-91 - Inspection of Stocks of Controlled Substances and Prescriptions, Orders, etc., Required by Chapter; Disclosure of Information as to Prescriptions, Orders, etc., by Enforcement Personnel. - (a) Prescriptions, orders, and records required by this chapter and...
Section 20-2-92 - Injunctions. - (a) The circuit courts of this state have jurisdiction to...
Section 20-2-93 - Forfeitures; Seizures. - (a) For the purposes of this section only, the following...
Article 6 - Therapeutic Research.
Section 20-2-110 - Short Title. - This article shall be known as the "Controlled Substances Therapeutic...
Section 20-2-111 - Legislative Findings; Cannabis Research. - The Legislature finds that recent research has shown that the...
Section 20-2-112 - Definitions. - As used in this article the following words, unless the...
Section 20-2-113 - Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Program - Established; Review Committee; Rules and Regulations; Formulation With Federal Agencies. - There is hereby established by the State Board of Medical...
Section 20-2-114 - Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Program - Limited to Cancer Chemotherapy and Glaucoma Patients; Certification; Exemption From Prosecution. - Except as herein otherwise provided, the Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research...
Section 20-2-115 - Composition of Review Committee. - The review committee shall consist of: (a) one physician licensed...
Section 20-2-116 - Certification in Subspecialty of Oncology Required; Certification by State Board of Medical Examiners; Recertification. - Only physicians in the practice of medicine as prescribed in...
Section 20-2-117 - Contracts for Receipt of Cannabis; Board of Medical Examiners to Promulgate Guidelines, Rules and Regulations. - The State Board of Medical Examiners may apply to contract...
Section 20-2-118 - Annual Reports to Governor and Legislature. - Each year, on or before the fifth day of the...
Section 20-2-119 - Enumeration as Schedule I or Ii Substance Inapplicable. - The enumeration of cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinols or a chemical derivative thereof...
Section 20-2-120 - Penalties. - Any person or any practitioner who prescribes or dispenses cannabis...
Article 7 - Imitation Controlled Substances.
Section 20-2-140 - Short Title. - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 20-2-141 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following terms shall have...
Section 20-2-142 - Legislative Intent. - It is the intent of the Legislature to remove the...
Section 20-2-143 - Manufacture, Distribution, Possession, or Advertisement of Imitation Controlled Substances Prohibited; Penalties; Immunity of Certain Persons From Liability. - (a) Manufacture or distribution. It is unlawful for any person...
Section 20-2-144 - Exceptions. - Nothing in this article shall apply to a noncontrolled substance...
Article 9 - Precursor Chemicals.
Section 20-2-180 - Definitions. - As used in this article and unless otherwise specified, the...
Section 20-2-181 - Board to Designate by Rule Listed Precursor Chemicals; Interim List Established. - (a) The Board of Pharmacy shall, within one year of...
Section 20-2-182 - License Required for Furnishing Listed Precursor Chemical; Licensing Procedure; Record of Transactions. - (a) A manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person who sells,...
Section 20-2-183 - Permit for Possession; Requirements to Receive Permit; Copies. - (a) Any person having a legitimate need for using a...
Section 20-2-184 - Denial, Suspension or Revocation of License. - A license or permit, obtained pursuant to Section 20-2-182 or...
Section 20-2-185 - Reporting Transactions - Board to Supply Form. - (a) Any person who sells, transfers, purchases for resale, or...
Section 20-2-186 - Procedure Upon Discovery of Loss or Theft of Chemicals - Records - Audits and Inspections of Records. - (a) Any person, licensed or permitted, who discovers a loss...
Section 20-2-187 - Adoption of Rules; Administrative Fees Authorized. - The Board of Pharmacy may adopt reasonable rules to effectuate...
Section 20-2-188 - Exceptions to Requirements for Sale or Transfer of Chemicals, and to Licensing Requirements. - (a) The provisions of this article shall not apply to...
Section 20-2-189 - Property Rights in Chemicals Forfeited Upon Violation. - All listed precursor chemicals as defined in Section 20-2-181, which...
Section 20-2-190 - Penalties; Sale of Ephedrine, etc.; Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force. - (a) Any person who manufactures, sells, transfers, receives, or possesses...
Section 20-2-190.1 - Legislative Intent. - (a) The Legislature finds the following: (1) The danger of...
Section 20-2-190.2 - Electronic Drug Offender Tracking System. - (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words...
Article 10 - Controlled Substances Prescription Database.
Section 20-2-210 - Legislative Findings. - The Alabama Legislature hereby finds that the diversion, abuse, and...
Section 20-2-211 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall...
Section 20-2-212 - Controlled Substances Prescription Database Program; Powers and Duties of Department; Trust Fund; Advisory Committee; Review Committee. - (a) The department may establish, create, and maintain a controlled...
Section 20-2-213 - Reporting Requirements. - (a) Each of the entities designated in subsection (b) shall...
Section 20-2-214 - Limited Access to Database Permitted for Certain Persons or Entities. - (a) The following individuals or entities shall be permitted access...
Section 20-2-215 - Confidentiality of Database. - (a) The controlled substances database and all information contained therein...
Section 20-2-216 - Unauthorized Disclosure of Information; Unauthorized Access, Alteration, or Destruction of Information. - Any person who intentionally makes an unauthorized disclosure of information...
Section 20-2-217 - Surcharge on Controlled Substance Registration Certificate. - There is hereby assessed a surcharge in the amount of...
Section 20-2-218 - Reimbursement of Certain Costs Incurred in Compliance With Article. - The department is authorized to grant funds to participating pharmacies...
Section 20-2-219 - Database Funding. - The department may make deposits into the fund from any...
Section 20-2-220 - Liability for Reporting. - Any person or entity required to report information concerning controlled...
Article 11 - Prescribing of Certain Schedules of Controlled Substances by Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners and Certified Nurse Midwives.
Section 20-2-250 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following words shall have...
Section 20-2-251 - Certifying Board; Advisory Committee; Access to Records; Protocols, Formularies, Medical Regimens. - (a) The Board of Medical Examiners is hereby designated as...
Section 20-2-252 - Certificate Requirements. - The Board of Medical Examiners may grant a Qualified Alabama...
Section 20-2-253 - Prescription, Administration, Dispensing of Controlled Substances. - (a) Upon receipt of a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration...
Section 20-2-254 - Grounds for Denial of Application or Request for Renewal, Etc. - The Board of Medical Examiners may deny an application of...
Section 20-2-255 - Hearings; Restriction, Suspension, Revocation of Certificate. - (a) Any hearing regarding the issuance, restriction, limitation, suspension, or...
Section 20-2-256 - Judicial Review. - (a) A certified registered nurse practitioner (CRNP) or certified nurse...
Section 20-2-257 - Fees. - The Board of Medical Examiners may charge and collect fees...
Section 20-2-258 - Liability. - Any member of the Board of Medical Examiners, any agent,...
Section 20-2-259 - Rules. - The Board of Medical Examiners may adopt rules necessary to...
Article 12 - Limited Purpose Schedule Ii Permit.
Section 20-2-260 - Permit Authorized. - (a) The Board of Medical Examiners may at any future...
Article 13 - Opioid Antagonist Administration.
Section 20-2-280 - Opioid Antagonist Prescriptions; Administration; Liability. - (a) For the purposes of this section, "opioid antagonist" means...
Section 20-2-281 - Individuals Under Age of 21 Seeking Medical Assistance for Another. - (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an individual...
Section 20-2-282 - Training of Law Enforcement Officers to Carry and Administer Opioid Antagonists. - On or before January 1, 2016, the Alabama Department of...
Section 20-2-283 - Publication of Standing Orders, etc., for Dispensing Opioid Antagonists. - The State Health Officer or the respective county health officers...
Section 20-2-284 - Authority to Dispense Opioid Antagonists. - Any individual dispensing an opioid antagonist pursuant to Section 20-2-280...
Article 14 - Treatment of Opioid; Mat.
Section 20-2-300 - Short Title. - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 20-2-301 - Medication Assisted Treatment. - (a)(1) For all patients receiving medication assisted treatment, adequate billing...
Section 20-2-302 - Construction of Article. - Because the intent of the Legislature in this article is...