Ala. Code § 34-24-50.1

Current through the 2024 Regular Session.

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 State Board of Medical Examiners.

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

(3) EXPEDITED LICENSE. A license to practice medicine, a certificate of qualification, a certification of eligibility for a license to practice medicine, or a certification of eligibility for a certificate of qualification that is issued in an accelerated manner.

(4) 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.

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

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

Ala. Code § 34-24-50.1 (1975)

Amended by Act 2024-300,§ 1, eff. 6/1/2024.

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

Act 2002-140, p. 359, §2.