Title 20

The controlled substances listed or to be listed in the schedules in Sections 20-2-23, 20-2-25, 20-2-27, 20-2-29, and 20-2-31 are included by whatever official, common, usual, chemical, or trade name designated. (Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §202.)

The State Board of Health shall place a substance in Schedule I if it finds that the substance: (1) Has high potential for abuse; and (2) Has no accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or lacks accepted safety for use in treatment under medical supervision. (Acts 1…

(a) The Legislature finds the following: (1) New synthetic substances are being created which are not controlled under the provisions of existing state law but which have a potential for abuse similar to or greater than that for substances controlled under existing state law. The…

The State Board of Health shall place a substance in Schedule II if it finds that: (1) The substance has high potential for abuse; (2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions; an…

The controlled substances listed in this section are included in Schedule II: (1) Any of the following substances, except those narcotic drugs listed in other schedules, whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable origin or independently by …

The State Board of Health shall place a substance in Schedule III if it finds that: (1) The substance has a potential for abuse less than the substances listed in schedules I and II; (2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and (3) A…

(a) The controlled substances listed in this section are included in Schedule III: (1) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a potential for abuse associated with a stimulant effect on the central nervous sy…

The State Board of Health shall place a substance in Schedule IV if it finds that: (1) The substance has a low potential for abuse relative to substances in Schedule III; (2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and (3) Abuse of the …

(a) The controlled substances listed in this section are included in Schedule IV: (1) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a potential for abuse associated with a depressant effect on the central nervous sy…

The State Board of Health shall place a substance in Schedule V if it finds that: (1) The substance has low potential for abuse relative to the controlled substances listed in Schedule IV; (2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and…

The controlled substances listed in this section are included in Schedule V: (1) Any compound, mixture, or preparation containing limited quantities of any of the following narcotic drugs, which also contains one or more nonnarcotic active medicinal ingredients in sufficient prop…

The State Board of Health shall revise and republish the schedules annually. (Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §213.)

(a) The certifying boards shall promulgate rules and charge reasonable fees to defray expenses incurred in registration and administration of the provisions of this article in regard to the manufacture, dispensing, or distribution of controlled substances within the state. (b) Th…

(a) Every person who manufactures, distributes, or dispenses any controlled substance within this state or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of any controlled substance within this state must obtain annually a registration issued by the certif…

(a) The certifying boards shall register only an applicant certified by their respective boards to manufacture, dispense, or distribute controlled substances enumerated in Schedules I, II, III, IV and V; provided, that the State Board of Pharmacy shall register all manufacturers …

(a) Before denying, suspending, or revoking a registration or refusing a renewal of registration, the certifying boards shall serve upon the applicant or registrant an order to show cause why registration should not be denied, revoked, or suspended or why the renewal should not b…

(a) A registration under Section 20-2-52 to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance may be suspended or revoked by the certifying boards upon a finding that the registrant: (1) Has furnished false or fraudulent material information in any application filed und…

The certifying boards under the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, the State Board of Medical Examiners, and the Medical Licensure Commission are each authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be required to implement the provisions of this chapter. (Acts…

The certifying boards may suspend, without an order to show cause, any registration simultaneously with the institution of proceedings under Section 20-2-54 or where renewal of registration is refused, if it finds that there is an imminent danger to the public health or safety wh…

Persons registered to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances under this article shall keep records and maintain inventories in conformance with the record keeping and inventory requirements of federal law and with any additional rules issued by the State Board…

Controlled substances in Schedules I and II shall be distributed by a registrant to another registrant only pursuant to an order form. Compliance with the provisions of federal law respecting order forms shall be deemed compliance with this section. (Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378,…

(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 prescrip…

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 phy…

(a) The board is designated as the certifying board for the registration and approval of an assistant to physician in obtaining or renewing a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate. The board is authorized to adopt regulations concerning the application …

The board may grant a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate to an assistant to physician who: (1) Is practicing with appropriate physician supervision as defined herein and in accordance with this article; Title 34, Chapter 24, Article 7, and all rules …

(a) Upon receipt of a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate and a valid registration number issued by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, an assistant to physician may prescribe, administer, authorize for administration, or dispense only …

The board may deny an application of an assistant to physician requesting a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate, deny a request for a renewal of a QACSC, or initiate disciplinary action against an assistant to physician possessing a Qualified Alabama …

(a) Any hearing for disciplinary action against an assistant to physician holding a valid Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate for violations of this article shall be before the board. (b) The board shall have the authority to restrict, suspend, or rev…

(a) An assistant to physician adversely affected by an order of the board denying an application for a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate or the renewal of a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate may obtain judicial review …

(a) The board is authorized to charge and collect fees to defray expenses incurred in the registration and issuance of Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificates and the administration of the provisions of this article. The types and amounts of fees shall b…

Any member of the board, any agent, employee, consultant, or attorney of the board, any person making any report or rendering any opinion or supplying any evidence or information or offering any testimony to the board in connection with any investigation or hearing conducted by t…

The board may adopt rules necessary to carry out the intent, purposes, and provisions of this article. (Act 2009-489, p. 891, §1.)

(a) It is unlawful for any person: (1) To knowingly or intentionally distribute or dispense a controlled substance in violation of Section 20-2-58; (2) Who is a registrant to manufacture a controlled substance not authorized by his or her registration or to distribute or dispense…

(a) It is unlawful for any person: (1) To distribute as a registrant a controlled substance classified in Schedules I or II, except pursuant to an order form as required by Section 20-2-57; (2) To use in the course of the manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance a re…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any practitioner of dentistry to prescribe, administer, or dispense any controlled substance enumerated in Schedules I through V for any person not under his treatment in his regular practice of his profession or for any practitioner of veterinary med…

Any penalty imposed for violation of this chapter is in addition to and not in lieu of any civil or administrative penalty or sanction otherwise authorized by law. (Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §404.)

(a) The State Board of Pharmacy and its drug investigators shall enforce this chapter. The agents and officers of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, the drug and narcotic agents and inspectors of the State Board of Health, the investigators of the State Board of Medical Ex…

(a) Prescriptions, orders, and records required by this chapter and stocks of controlled substances enumerated in Schedules I, II, III, IV, and V shall be open for inspection only to federal, state, county, and municipal officers, the investigators of the Board of Dental Examiner…

(a) The circuit courts of this state have jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin violations of this chapter. (b) The defendant may demand trial by jury for an alleged violation of an injunction or temporary restraining order under this section. (Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §503.)

(a) For the purposes of this section only, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) CHARGEABLE CRIMINAL OFFENSE. An offense in which property is used or otherwise implicated as property subject to forfeiture under subsection (b). The term includes any act that c…

This article shall be known as the “Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act.” (Acts 1979, No. 79-472, p. 870, §1.)

The Legislature finds that recent research has shown that the use of cannabis may alleviate nausea and ill-effects of cancer chemotherapy, and may alleviate the ill-effects of glaucoma. The Legislature further finds that there is a need for further research and experimentation wi…

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…

There is hereby established by the State Board of Medical Examiners the Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Program. The board shall administer the program by a review committee. The board shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary for the proper administ…

Except as herein otherwise provided, the Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Program shall be limited to cancer chemotherapy patients and glaucoma patients, who are certified to the review committee by an authorized practitioner as being in such medical condition necessary…

The review committee shall consist of: (a) one physician licensed to practice medicine in this state and certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology; (b) one physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and also …