Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-4-.01

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 540-X-4-.01 - Registration For Alabama Controlled Substances Certificate

(1) Every physician licensed to practice in Alabama who distributes, prescribes, or dispenses any controlled substance within Alabama or who proposes to engage in the distributing, prescribing or dispensing of any controlled substance within Alabama must obtain annually a registration certificate. The fee for such certificate is $150.00, which includes the fee payable to the Alabama Department of Public Health Prescription Drug Monitoring Data Bank required by Code of Ala. 1975, § 20-2-217, or as otherwise set by law.

(2) The requirement stated in paragraph (1) of obtaining a registration certificate is waived for the following physicians:

(a) Physicians employed by and working exclusively for the United States Department of Veteran's Affairs; and

(b) Medical residents for a period of eighteen months from the start date of the first year of the residency program.

1. At the end of the eighteenth month, the requirement stated in paragraph (1) shall apply.

2. Medical resident shall mean those medical residents in residency programs who are employed by or who are taking courses of instruction at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, or such other medical schools or colleges, hospitals, or institutions in Alabama which may be approved by the Board of Medical Examiners.

3. A medical resident for whom the requirement of obtaining a registration certificate is waived shall perform his or her work within the facilities of the University of Alabama School of Medicine, the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, or such other institutions in Alabama which may be approved by the Board of Medical Examiners and as an adjunct to his or her course of study or training.

(3) Persons registered by the Board to distribute, prescribe, dispense or conduct research with controlled substances may possess, distribute, dispense or conduct research with those substances to the extent authorized by their registration and in conformity to any Board regulations and statutes governing controlled substances.

(4) A physician who applies for a waiver for exemption from the mandatory continuing education requirement under Rule 540-X-14-.04 shall, as a condition precedent to the granting of such waiver, surrender his or her controlled substance registration certificate to the Board of Medical Examiners.

(5) A physician who applies for annual renewal of his or her license to practice medicine under Section 34-24-337, Code of Ala. 1975, and in connection with that application claims exemption from the continuing medical education requirement by virtue of a waiver granted under Rule 540-X-14-.04 is ineligible to receive a controlled substance registration certificate so long as the waiver remains in effect.

(6) A physician who applies to the Board of Medical Examiners for termination of a waiver granted due to retirement status and who applies for a registration certificate shall, as a condition precedent to the issuance of the certificate, submit proof that he or she has satisfied the continuing medical education requirement established under Rule 540-X-14-.02.

(7) To maintain an active Alabama Controlled Substances Certificate, a physician must maintain an active registration issued by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") and which complies with DEA's rules and regulations. A physician who applies for an Alabama Controlled Substances Certificate shall provide the Board with the DEA registration number authorizing his or her prescribing of controlled substances in Alabama at the time of application, or, if no such registration has been issued, shall provide the Board with the DEA registration number as soon as it is issued. Each physician who is issued an Alabama Controlled Substances Certificate shall provide a copy of the DEA registration certificate to the Board immediately upon renewal of the registration. Each physician who obtains additional DEA registrations of multiple dispensing sites shall provide the Board with the additional DEA registration number(s) and a copy of the DEA registration certificate as soon as it is issued and immediately upon renewal.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-4-.01

Filed November 9, 1982 as Rule No. 540-X-2-.24. Readopted: Filed February 8, 1983. Rules reorganized--rule number changed to (see conversion table at end of code): Filed June 14, 1984 (without publication in AAM). Emergency rule filed August 22, 1986. Amended: Filed October 17, 1986. Amended: Filed May 20, 1996; effective June 24, 1996. Amended: Filed October 22, 1999; effective November 26, 1999. Amended: Filed July 19, 2007; effective August 19, 2007. Amended: Filed July 16, 2009; effective August 20, 2009. Amended: Filed February 17, 2010; effective March 24, 2010. Amended: Filed July 23, 2010; effective August 27, 2010.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVIII, Issue No. 05, February 28, 2020, eff. 4/13/2020.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XL, Issue No. 03, December 30, 2021, eff. 2/13/2022.

Author: Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 20-2-51.