Ala. Code § 34-24-50.1

Current with legislation from 2024 effective through April 25, 2024.

Section 34-24-50.1 - Definitions

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 Board of Medical Examiners.

(2) DOCTOR. Both doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy.

(3) LEGEND DRUG. Any drug, medicine, chemical, or poison, bearing on the label the words, "Caution: Federal Law prohibits dispensing without a prescription" or similar words indicating that the drug, medicine, chemical, or poison may be sold or dispensed only upon the prescription of a licensed medical practitioner, except that the term legend drug shall not include any drug, substance, or compound that is listed in Schedules I through V of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act.

(4) LICENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE. Both the practice of medicine by a doctor of medicine or the practice of osteopathy by a doctor of osteopathy.

(5) PHYSICIAN. Either a doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathy.

Ala. Code § 34-24-50.1 (1975)

Amended by Act 2023-233,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2023.

Act 2002-140, p. 359, §2.