Title 34

Drug product containers and closures shall be handled and stored in a manner to prevent contamination and to permit inspection and cleaning of the work area. Containers and closures shall be of suitable material in order not to alter the compounded drug as to quality, strength, o…

The board shall establish written procedures for the compounding of drug products to assure that the finished products have the identity, strength, quality, and purity they purport to have or are represented to possess. The procedures shall include, but not be limited to, a listi…

(a) If a component is transferred from the original container to another container, including, but not limited to, a powder being taken from the original container and stored in another container, the new container shall be identified with the following information: (1) Component…

Any procedures or other records required to comply with good compounding practices shall be retained for the same period of time as required for retention of prescription records. All records required to be retained under good compounding practices, or copies of such records, sha…

A pharmacy may prepare a compounded drug product to be sold over the counter without a prescription order. The product shall not contain an ingredient which exceeds recommended strengths and doses for over the counter drugs. The finished product shall not be one for which a presc…

(a) A pharmacy may prepare a compounded drug product for a prescriber’s office use. An order by a prescriber indicating the formula and quantity ordered shall be filed in the pharmacy. The product shall be administered in the prescriber’s office and shall not be dispensed to the …

Drugs for animals may be compounded based upon an order or prescription. Prescriptions for animals shall be handled and filled in the same manner as are prescriptions for humans. (Act 2003-389, p. 1094, §12.)

The board shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of this article. (Act 2003-389, p. 1094, §13.)

This article shall be known and may be cited as “The Pharmacy Audit Integrity Act.” (Act 2012-306, p. 668, §1.)

The following words shall have the following meanings as used in this article: (1) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. Any individual or group plan, employee welfare benefit plan, policy, or contract for health care services issued, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state by a …

The purpose of this article is to establish minimum and uniform standards and criteria for the audit of pharmacy records by or on behalf of certain entities. (Act 2012-306, p. 668, §3.)

This article shall apply to any audit of the records of a pharmacy conducted by a managed care company, nonprofit hospital or medical service organization, health benefit plan, third-party payor, pharmacy benefit manager, a health program administered by a department of the state…

(a) The entity conducting an audit shall follow these procedures: (1) The pharmacy contract shall identify and describe in detail the audit procedures. (2) The entity conducting the on-site audit shall give the pharmacy written notice at least two weeks before conducting the init…

(a) Each entity conducting an audit shall establish a written appeals process under which a pharmacy may appeal an unfavorable preliminary audit report to the entity. (b) Following the appeal, if the entity finds that an unfavorable audit report or any portion thereof is unsubsta…

(a) The auditing entity shall not use extrapolation to calculate penalties or amounts to be charged back or recouped unless otherwise required by federal requirements or federal plans. (b) The auditing entity conducting a pharmacy audit shall not compensate an employee or contrac…

This article does not apply to any audit, review, or investigation that involves alleged fraud, willful misrepresentation, or waste abuse. (Act 2012-306, p. 668, §8.)

The “practice of medicine or osteopathy” means: (1) To diagnose, treat, correct, advise, or prescribe for any human disease, ailment, injury, infirmity, deformity, pain, or other condition, physical or mental, real or imaginary, by any means or instrumentality; (2) To maintain an…

Unless otherwise indicated from the context, the terms set out below as used in Articles 3, 8, 9, and 10 of this chapter have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The State Board of Medical Examiners. (2) DOCTOR. Both doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy. (3) EXPEDITED LIC…

Any person who practices medicine or osteopathy or offers to do so in this state without a certificate of qualification having been issued in his or her behalf by the State Board of Medical Examiners and without a license and certificate of registration from the Medical Licensure…

The State Board of Medical Examiners, in addition to the powers and duties expressed in this article with respect to the denial of the certificate of qualification to practice medicine or suspension or revocation of a certificate of qualification to practice medicine, shall have …

(a) The Board of Censors of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, as constituted under the laws now in force, or which may hereafter be in force, and under the constitution of the association, as the constitution now exists or may hereafter exist, is constituted the St…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The power to make rules regulating the practice of medicine or osteopathy includes the power to prohibit unlicensed persons from practicing medicine or osteopathy and the power to regulate how licensed persons pract…

Commencing June 1, 2025, each member and employee of the State Board of Medical Examiners is subject to the state ethics laws, Chapter 25 of Title 36, or any successor act thereof providing an ethics code for public servants. (Act 2025-71, §3.)

All funds received by the State Board of Medical Examiners shall be deposited to the credit of the board in a federally insured financial institution selected by the board. Such funds may be expended for any lawful purpose authorized by this chapter upon a check or draft bearing …

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the administration of domestic remedies in a family by any member thereof, or prohibit any person from rendering service to a sick or injured person in an emergency. (Code 1907, §1646; Code 1923, §2872; Code 1940, T. 46, §295.)

(a) Every physician or surgeon who holds a license, certificate, or other similar authority issued under the provisions of this article and every professional corporation or professional association of a physician or surgeon shall, during the first 30 days of each calendar year, …

(a) The Board of Medical Examiners shall keep a record of all reports made under the provisions of Section 34-24-56, and each year shall review the record of any licensee, certificate holder, or person holding similar authority issued by it, who, during the preceding three-year p…

(a) The decisions, opinions, actions and proceedings rendered, entered or acted upon in good faith and without malice and on the basis of facts reasonably known or reasonably believed to exist of any committee of physicians or surgeons, acting as a committee of the Medical Associ…

(a) The chief administrative officer of each hospital shall report to the Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners any disciplinary action taken concerning any physician when the action is related to professional ethics, negligence, or incompetence in the practice of medicine, mo…

(a)(1) All reports of investigations; documents subpoenaed by the board; reports of any investigative committee appointed by the board; memoranda of the board’s counsel relating to investigations; statements of persons interviewed by the board or any committee of the board; all i…

(a) The State Board of Medical Examiners, when acting in the capacity of a certifying board under the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Section 20-2-1, et seq., may, within its discretion and for cause, order, and direct that a physician or osteopath holding a registrati…

(a) The following constitute the requirements for the issuance of a certificate of qualification for a license to practice medicine in this state: (1) MEDICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENT. All applicants for a certificate of qualification shall present a diploma or evidence of graduatio…

(a)(1) The board, subject to the rules adopted by the board, may issue a temporary certificate of qualification to a physician applicant who is relocated to or stationed in this state under official military orders and who satisfies any of the following: a. Is an active duty, res…

An applicant shall, before being permitted to enter upon an examination, fill out an application blank giving his or her name, age, residence, college and date of graduation, references, and such other data as the State Board of Medical Examiners may require. The board may establ…

(a) The State Board of Medical Examiners may establish reciprocal agreements for licensure by endorsement with similar boards of other states, the District of Columbia, the territories of the United States, and the provinces of Canada in reference to the issuance of certificates …

A doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy licensed to practice medicine in any state of the United States or the District of Columbia who may be called into this state in order to treat a patient in consultation with a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state shal…

(a) The State Board of Medical Examiners may, in its discretion and subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the board, issue a certificate of qualification without examination in behalf of full-time employed physicians teaching in any medical college in Alabama, approved …

(a)(1) The board, at its discretion and subject to the rules adopted by the board, may issue a certificate of qualification on behalf of physicians meeting the requirements for participation in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). (2) The Retired Senior Volunteer Program …

(a) The board may develop, implement, and maintain a permit that allows an individual who meets certain criteria and qualifications, as further provided in subsection (c), to practice medicine as a bridge year graduate physician. A permitted bridge year graduate physician shall p…

(a) The term “chiropractic,” when used in this article, is hereby defined as the science and art of locating and removing without the use of drugs or surgery any interference with the transmission and expression of nerve energy in the human body by any means or methods as taught …

The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall have the right to regulate the advertising of chiropractic services by chiropractors or permit holders within the limits prescribed by this article and the rules and regulations governing the practice of chiropractic in this state. …

Chiropractors who have complied with the provisions of this article shall have the right to treat patients according to specific chiropractic methods and shall observe state, county, and municipal public health regulations, reporting to the proper health officers the same as othe…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to practice chiropractic unless he or she shall have first obtained a valid license as provided in this article and possesses all the qualifications prescribed by the terms of this article. Any person who shall practice or attempt to practi…

When it appears to the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners that any person is violating any of the provisions of this article, the board may in its own name bring an action in the circuit court for an injunction, and the court may enjoin any person from violating this article r…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) CHIROPRACTOR. A person licensed to practice chiropractic in this state. (2) CHIROPRACTIC AGREEMENT or AGREEMENT. A contract between a chiropractor and a patient or his or her legal re…

(a) There is established a State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. The board shall be composed of nine members. Eight members of the board shall be active licensed chiropractors elected as provided in this section. Seven of the elected members shall be elected one from each congre…