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. §262. (3) BOARD or STATE BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy. (4) CHEMICAL. Any […]
Section 34-23-10 Notification by pharmacists of change of employment. Each pharmacist licensed by the board shall notify the board in writing within 10 days on change of employment. The notice shall contain his or her name, license number, the name of the pharmacy where formerly employed and the name of the pharmacy where currently employed. […]
Section 34-23-11 Physicians, dentists, registered nurses, etc., exempt from chapter. (a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent any licensed practitioner of the healing arts from personally compounding, dispensing, administering, or supplying to his or her patient drugs and medicines for their use. This chapter shall not apply to the manufacture or sale at wholesale […]
Section 34-23-12 Injunctions against violations of chapter. When it shall appear to the board that any person who is not licensed under the provisions of this chapter is violating any of the provisions of this chapter, the board may in its own name bring an action in the circuit court for an injunction, and the […]
Section 34-23-13 Penalty for practicing pharmacy without a license; compounding or dispensing prescriptions by unauthorized persons; violations of chapter or rules and regulations of board. Any person who shall practice pharmacy in this state without having first obtained from the board a license, or who permits prescriptions to be compounded and/or dispensed by unauthorized persons; […]
Section 34-23-2 Objects and purposes of chapter. The practice of pharmacy and the management and operation of pharmacies are hereby declared to affect the public health, safety, and welfare of the people of Alabama, and thereby subject to regulation and control in the public interest. It is further declared to be a matter of public […]
Section 34-23-3 State drug investigators. Each state drug investigator employed by the board following the passage of this chapter must furnish satisfactory proof to the board that he or she is a person of good moral character and that in the judgment of the members of the board he or she has sufficient knowledge of […]
Section 34-23-4 Licensure limited to graduates from approved schools and colleges. The Board of Pharmacy shall consider for licensure graduates from only those schools and colleges of pharmacy which are approved by the board. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 205, p. 231, §8; Act 2006-296, p. 607, §1.)
Section 34-23-6 Bankruptcy sales, auction sales, etc., of drugs and medicines. In the event of any sale in bankruptcy, at public auction or any other sale except in the normal course of business, the seller shall give written notice of such sale to the board at least one week prior to the day of sale, […]
Section 34-23-7 Illegal possession of prescription drugs. Any person found in possession of a drug or medicine limited by law to dispensation by a prescription, unless such drug or medicine was lawfully dispensed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 and, in addition thereto, may be […]
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 […]
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) […]
Section 34-23-9 Purity of drugs dispensed. No person shall compound or sell or offer for sale or cause to be compounded, sold, or offered for sale any medicine, drug, poison, chemical, or pharmaceutical preparation that is adulterated. Any one of the above-named substances shall be deemed to be adulterated if it is sold by a […]
