§ 34-24-50.1 — Definitions

Alabama § 34-24-50.1

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 34: Professions and Businesses
• Ch. 24: Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts
• Art. 3: Physicians and Osteopaths
• Div. 1: General Provisions

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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.

Legislative History

(Act 2002-140, p. 359, §2; Act 2023-233, §2; Act 2024-300, §1.)