Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act

Alabama · Food, Drugs and Cosmetics · §§ 20-2-1 to 20-2-93 · 87 sections

Overview

The Uniform Controlled Substances Act governs drugs and related substances whose handling the state regulates, reaching their manufacture, compounding, distribution, delivery, dispensing, and administration by pharmacies, prescribers, distributors, and other regulated handlers. It works largely through a detailed set of defined terms — narcotic drugs, opiates, immediate precursors, controlled substance analogs, and cannabis and its derivatives among them — that fixes what falls within the regulated class and who is subject to the rules, and it assigns oversight to a designated state board or department operating alongside federal drug enforcement authorities. As a uniform act, it is meant to be construed so the law stays consistent across the states that adopt it, subject to carve-outs such as the medical use of cannabis and certain veterinary biologic products.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

In the courts

Sections of this act have been cited in 25 court decisions.

Most-cited authority: 313 Md. 638 - Dawkins v. State

Sections covered

Ala. Code § 20-2-1Short Title.5 cites
Ala. Code § 20-2-180Definitions.
Ala. Code § 20-2-181Board to Designate by Rule Listed Precursor Chemicals; Interim List Established.1 cite
Ala. Code § 20-2-182License Required for Furnishing Listed Precursor Chemical; Licensing Procedure; Record of Transactions.
Ala. Code § 20-2-183Permit for Possession; Requirements to Receive Permit; Copies.
Ala. Code § 20-2-184Denial, Suspension or Revocation of License.
Ala. Code § 20-2-185Reporting Transactions - Board to Supply Form.
Ala. Code § 20-2-186Procedure Upon Discovery of Loss or Theft of Chemicals - Records - Audits and Inspections of Records.
Ala. Code § 20-2-187Adoption of Rules; Administrative Fees Authorized.
Ala. Code § 20-2-188Exceptions to Requirements for Sale or Transfer of Chemicals, and to Licensing Requirements.
Ala. Code § 20-2-189Property Rights in Chemicals Forfeited Upon Violation.
Ala. Code § 20-2-190Penalties; Sale of Ephedrine, Etc.; Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force.1 cite
Ala. Code § 20-2-190.1Legislative Intent.
Ala. Code § 20-2-190.2Electronic Drug Offender Tracking System.
Ala. Code § 20-2-2Definitions.3 cites
Ala. Code § 20-2-20Administration of Chapter.2 cites
Ala. Code § 20-2-21Nomenclature of Controlled Substances in Schedules.
Ala. Code § 20-2-210Legislative Findings.2 cites
Ala. Code § 20-2-211Definitions.
Ala. Code § 20-2-212Controlled Substances Prescription Database Program; Powers and Duties of Department; Trust Fund; Advisory Committee; Review Committee.
Ala. Code § 20-2-213Reporting Requirements.
Ala. Code § 20-2-214Limited Access to Database Permitted for Certain Persons or Entities.2 cites
Ala. Code § 20-2-215Confidentiality of Database.
Ala. Code § 20-2-216Unauthorized Disclosure of Information; Unauthorized Access, Alteration, or Destruction of Information.
Ala. Code § 20-2-217Surcharge on Controlled Substance Registration Certificate.
Ala. Code § 20-2-218Reimbursement of Certain Costs Incurred in Compliance with Article.
Ala. Code § 20-2-219Database Funding.
Ala. Code § 20-2-22Schedule I - Standards for Compilation.1 cite
Ala. Code § 20-2-220Liability for Reporting.
Ala. Code § 20-2-23Schedule I - Listing of Controlled Substances.2 cites
Ala. Code § 20-2-24Schedule II - Standards for Compilation.
Ala. Code § 20-2-25Schedule II - Listing of Controlled Substances.1 cite
Ala. Code § 20-2-250Definitions.
Ala. Code § 20-2-251Certifying Board; Advisory Committee; Access to Records; Protocols, Formularies, Medical Regimens.
Ala. Code § 20-2-252Certificate Requirements.
Ala. Code § 20-2-253Prescription, Administration, Dispensing of Controlled Substances.
Ala. Code § 20-2-254Grounds for Denial of Application or Request for Renewal, Etc.
Ala. Code § 20-2-255Hearings; Restriction, Suspension, Revocation of Certificate.
Ala. Code § 20-2-256Judicial Review.
Ala. Code § 20-2-257Fees.
Ala. Code § 20-2-258Liability.
Ala. Code § 20-2-259Rules.
Ala. Code § 20-2-26Schedule III - Standards for Compilation.
Ala. Code § 20-2-260Permit Authorized.
Ala. Code § 20-2-27Schedule III - Listing of Controlled Substances.
Ala. Code § 20-2-28Schedule IV - Standards for Compilation.
Ala. Code § 20-2-280Opioid Antagonist Prescriptions; Administration; Liability.
Ala. Code § 20-2-281Individuals Under Age of 21 Seeking Medical Assistance for Another.
Ala. Code § 20-2-282Training of Law Enforcement Officers to Carry and Administer Opioid Antagonists.
Ala. Code § 20-2-283Publication of Standing Orders, Etc., for Dispensing Opioid Antagonists.
Ala. Code § 20-2-284Authority to Dispense Opioid Antagonists.
Ala. Code § 20-2-29Schedule IV - Listing of Controlled Substances.
Ala. Code § 20-2-3Immunity of Persons Reporting Suspected Use, Etc., of Controlled Substance by Minor Child.
Ala. Code § 20-2-30Schedule V - Standards for Compilation.
Ala. Code § 20-2-300Short Title.
Ala. Code § 20-2-301Medication Assisted Treatment.
Ala. Code § 20-2-302Construction of Article.
Ala. Code § 20-2-31Schedule V - Listing of Controlled Substances.
Ala. Code § 20-2-32Revision and Republication of Schedules.
Ala. Code § 20-2-50Certifying Boards to Promulgate Rules and Charge Reasonable Fees for Registration and Administration of Provisions Relating to Manufacture, Etc., of Controlled Substances; Disposition of Fees Collected.
Ala. Code § 20-2-51Registration of Persons Manufacturing, Distributing, or Dispensing Controlled Substances - General Requirements.1 cite
Ala. Code § 20-2-52Registration of Persons Manufacturing, Distributing or Dispensing Controlled Substances - Standards; Requirements as to Practitioners Conducting Research; Effect of Federal Registration.
Ala. Code § 20-2-53Registration of Persons Manufacturing, Distributing or Dispensing Controlled Substances - Order to Show Cause; Proceedings; Review; Issuance of Stay.
Ala. Code § 20-2-54Registration of Persons Manufacturing, Distributing or Dispensing Controlled Substances - Revocation or Suspension of Registration - Grounds and Procedure Generally.
Ala. Code § 20-2-54.1Rules and Regulations.
Ala. Code § 20-2-55Registration of Persons Manufacturing, Distributing or Dispensing Controlled Substances - Revocation or Suspension of Registration - Suspension Without Prior Order to Show Cause.
Ala. Code § 20-2-56Maintenance of Records and Inventories by Registrants Generally.
Ala. Code § 20-2-57Distribution of Certain Controlled Substances by One Registrant to Another Registrant.
Ala. Code § 20-2-58Dispensing of Controlled Substances in Schedule II; Maintenance of Records and Inventories by Registered Pharmacies.
Ala. Code § 20-2-60Definitions.
Ala. Code § 20-2-61Certification; Access to Records; Establishment of Protocols, Formularies, or Medical Regimens.
Ala. Code § 20-2-62Qualifications for Certificate.
Ala. Code § 20-2-63Prescriptive Authority of a Certified Assistant to Physician.
Ala. Code § 20-2-64Denial of Application.
Ala. Code § 20-2-65Disciplinary Action - Hearing; Restriction, Suspension, or Revocation of Certificate.
Ala. Code § 20-2-66Disciplinary Action - Judicial Review.
Ala. Code § 20-2-67Fees; Costs; Administrative Fines.
Ala. Code § 20-2-68Liability for Actions Regarding Investigations or Disciplinary Proceedings.
Ala. Code § 20-2-69Promulgation of Rules.
Ala. Code § 20-2-71Prohibited Acts B.
Ala. Code § 20-2-72Prohibited Acts C.
Ala. Code § 20-2-74Prescription, Administration, Etc., of Controlled Substances by Practitioners of Veterinary Medicine for Use of Human Beings or by Practitioners of Dentistry for Persons Not Under Treatment in Regular Practice of Profession.
Ala. Code § 20-2-78Penalties Imposed for Violations of Chapter in Addition to Other Civil or Administrative Penalties or Sanctions.
Ala. Code § 20-2-90State Board of Pharmacy, Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, Etc., to Enforce Chapter; Drug Inspectors to Meet Minimum Standards.
Ala. Code § 20-2-91Inspection of Stocks of Controlled Substances and Prescriptions, Orders, Etc., Required by Chapter; Disclosure of Information as to Prescriptions, Orders, Etc., by Enforcement Personnel.
Ala. Code § 20-2-92Injunctions.
Ala. Code § 20-2-93Forfeitures; Seizures.4 cites

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