reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
AL Code § 20-2-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|Chapter 2 - Controlled Substances.|Article 2 - Standards and Schedules.|Section 20-2-28 - Schedule Iv - Standards for Compilation.

Section 20-2-28Schedule IV - Standards for compilation. The State Board of Health shall place a substance in Schedule IV if it finds that: (1) The substance has a low potential for abuse relative to substances in Schedule III; (2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and (3) Abuse of the substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the substances in Schedule III. (Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §209.)
AL Code § 20-2-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|Chapter 2 - Controlled Substances.|Article 2 - Standards and Schedules.|Section 20-2-29 - Schedule Iv - Listing of Controlled Substances.

Section 20-2-29Schedule IV - Listing of controlled substances. (a) The controlled substances listed in this section are included in Schedule IV: (1) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a potential for abuse associated with a depressant effect on the central nervous system: a. Barbital; b. Chloral betaine; c. Chloral hydrate; d. Ethchlorvynol; e. Ethinamate; f. Methohexital; g. Meprobamate; h. Methylphenobarbital; i. Paraldehyde; j. Petrichloral; k. Phenobarbital. (b) The State Board of Health may except by rule any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any depressant substance listed in subsection (a) from the application of all or any part of this chapter if the compound, mixture, or preparation contains one or more active medicinal ingredients not having a depressant effect on the central nervous system and if the admixtures are included therein in combinations, quantity, proportion, or concentration that vitiate the potential for abuse of the substances which have a depressant effect on the central nervous system. (Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §210.)
AL Code § 20-2-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|Chapter 2 - Controlled Substances.|Article 2 - Standards and Schedules.|Section 20-2-30 - Schedule v - Standards for Compilation.

Section 20-2-30Schedule V - Standards for compilation. The State Board of Health shall place a substance in Schedule V if it finds that: (1) The substance has low potential for abuse relative to the controlled substances listed in Schedule IV; (2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and (3) The substance has limited physical dependence or psychological dependence liability relative to the controlled substances listed in Schedule IV. (Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §211.)
AL Code § 20-2-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|Chapter 2 - Controlled Substances.|Article 2 - Standards and Schedules.|Section 20-2-31 - Schedule v - Listing of Controlled Substances.

Section 20-2-31Schedule V - Listing of controlled substances. The controlled substances listed in this section are included in Schedule V: (1) Any compound, mixture, or preparation containing limited quantities of any of the following narcotic drugs, which also contains one or more nonnarcotic active medicinal ingredients in sufficient proportion to confer upon the compound, mixture, or preparation valuable medicinal qualities other than those possessed by the narcotic drug alone: a. Not more than 200 milligrams of codeine or any of its salts per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams; b. Not more than 100 milligrams of dihydrocodeine or any of its salts per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams; c. Not more than 100 milligrams of ethylmorphine or any of its salts per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams; d. Not more than 2.5 milligrams of diphenozylate and not less than 25 micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit; e. Not more than 100 milligrams of opium per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams. (Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §212.)
AL Code § 20-2-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|Chapter 2 - Controlled Substances.|Article 2 - Standards and Schedules.|Section 20-2-32 - Revision and Republication of Schedules.

Section 20-2-32Revision and republication of schedules. The State Board of Health shall revise and republish the schedules annually. (Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §213.)
AL Code § 20-2-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|Chapter 2 - Controlled Substances.|Article 3 - Regulation of Manufacture and Distribution.|Section 20-2-50 - Certifying 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.

Section 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. (a) The certifying boards shall promulgate rules and charge reasonable fees to defray expenses incurred in registration and administration of the provisions of this article in regard to the manufacture, dispensing, or distribution of controlled substances within the state. (b) The fees collected to defray expenses shall be retained by the certifying boards. (Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §301; Acts 1976, No. 699, p. 965, §2.)
AL Code § 20-2-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|Chapter 2 - Controlled Substances.|Article 3 - Regulation of Manufacture and Distribution.|Section 20-2-51 - Registration of Persons Manufacturing, Distributing, or Dispensing Controlled Substances - General Requirements.

Section 20-2-51Registration of persons manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing controlled substances - General requirements. (a) Every person who manufactures, distributes, or dispenses any controlled substance within this state or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of any controlled substance within this state must obtain annually a registration issued by the certifying boards in accordance with its rules. (b) Persons registered by the certifying boards under this chapter to manufacture, distribute, dispense, or conduct research with controlled substances may possess, manufacture, distribute, dispense, or conduct research with those substances to the extent authorized by their registration and in conformity with the other provisions of this article. (c) The following persons need not register and may lawfully possess controlled substances under this article: (1) An agent or employee of any registered manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser of any controlled substance if he is acting in the usual course of his business or employment; (2) A common or contract carrier or warehouseman or an employee thereof whose possession of any controlled substance is in the usual course of business or employment; (3) An ultimate user or a person in possession of any controlled substance pursuant to a lawful order of a practitioner or in lawful possession of a Schedule V substance. (d) The certifying boards may waive by rule the requirement for registration of certain manufacturers, distributors, or dispensers if they find it consistent with the public health and safety. (e) A separate registration is required at each principal place of business or professional practice where the applicant manufactures, distributes, or dispenses controlled substances. (f) The certifying boards may inspect the establishment of a registrant or applicant for registration in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by them. (Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §302.)
AL Code § 20-2-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|Chapter 2 - Controlled Substances.|Article 3 - Regulation of Manufacture and Distribution.|Section 20-2-52 - Registration of Persons Manufacturing, Distributing or Dispensing Controlled Substances - Standards; Requirements as to Practitioners Conducting Research; Effect of Federal Registration.

Section 20-2-52Registration of persons manufacturing, distributing or dispensing controlled substances - Standards; requirements as to practitioners conducting research; effect of federal registration. (a) The certifying boards shall register only an applicant certified by their respective boards to manufacture, dispense, or distribute controlled substances enumerated in Schedules I, II, III, IV and V; provided, that the State Board of Pharmacy shall register all manufacturers and wholesalers unless they determine that the issuance of that registration would be inconsistent with the public interest. In determining the public interest, the above-mentioned boards shall consider the following factors: (1) Maintenance of effective controls against diversion of controlled substances into other than legitimate medical, scientific, or industrial channels; (2) Compliance with applicable state and local law; (3) Any convictions of the applicant under any federal and state laws relating to any controlled substance; (4) Past experience in the manufacture or distribution of controlled substances and the existence in the applicant's establishment of effective controls against diversion; (5) Furnishing by the applicant of false or fraudulent material in any application filed under this article; (6) Suspension or revocation of the applicant's federal registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances as authorized by federal law; and (7) Any other factors relevant to and consistent with the public health and safety. (b) Registration under subsection (a) of this section does not entitle a registrant to manufacture and distribute controlled substances in Schedule I or II other than those specified in the registration. (c) Practitioners must be registered to dispense any controlled substances or to conduct research with controlled substances in Schedules II through V if they are authorized to dispense or conduct research under the laws of this state. The State Board of Health need not require separate registration under this article for practitioners engaging in research with nonnarcotic controlled substances in Schedules II through V where the registrant is already registered under this article in another capacity. Practitioners registered under federal law to conduct research with Schedule I substances may conduct research with Schedule I substances within this state upon furnishing the State Board of Health evidence of that federal registration. (d) Compliance by manufacturers and distributors with the provisions of the federal law respecting registration (excluding fees) entitles them to be registered under this article. (Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §303; Acts 1976, No. 699, p. 965, §3.)
AL Code § 20-2-54.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|Chapter 2 - Controlled Substances.|Article 3 - Regulation of Manufacture and Distribution.|Section 20-2-54.1 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 20-2-54.1Rules and regulations. The certifying boards under the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, the State Board of Medical Examiners, and the Medical Licensure Commission are each authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be required to implement the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1983, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 83-890, §4.)
AL Code § 20-2-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|Chapter 2 - Controlled Substances.|Article 3 - Regulation of Manufacture and Distribution.|Section 20-2-55 - Registration of Persons Manufacturing, Distributing or Dispensing Controlled Substances - Revocation or Suspension of Registration - Suspension Without Prior Order to Show Cause.

Section 20-2-55Registration of persons manufacturing, distributing or dispensing controlled substances - Revocation or suspension of registration - Suspension without prior order to show cause. The certifying boards may suspend, without an order to show cause, any registration simultaneously with the institution of proceedings under Section 20-2-54 or where renewal of registration is refused, if it finds that there is an imminent danger to the public health or safety which warrants this action. The suspension shall continue in effect until the conclusion of the proceedings, including judicial review thereof, unless sooner withdrawn by the certifying boards or dissolved by a court of competent jurisdiction. (Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §305.)
AL Code § 20-2-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|Chapter 2 - Controlled Substances.|Article 3 - Regulation of Manufacture and Distribution.|Section 20-2-56 - Maintenance of Records and Inventories by Registrants Generally.

Section 20-2-56Maintenance of records and inventories by registrants generally. Persons registered to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances under this article shall keep records and maintain inventories in conformance with the record keeping and inventory requirements of federal law and with any additional rules issued by the State Board of Medical Examiners, the State Board of Health, or the State Board of Pharmacy. (Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §306; Acts 1976, No. 699, p. 965, §4.)
AL Code § 20-2-57 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|Chapter 2 - Controlled Substances.|Article 3 - Regulation of Manufacture and Distribution.|Section 20-2-57 - Distribution of Certain Controlled Substances by One Registrant to Another Registrant.

Section 20-2-57Distribution of certain controlled substances by one registrant to another registrant. Controlled substances in Schedules I and II shall be distributed by a registrant to another registrant only pursuant to an order form. Compliance with the provisions of federal law respecting order forms shall be deemed compliance with this section. (Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §307.)
AL Code § 20-2-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|Chapter 2 - Controlled Substances.|Article 3A - Assistants to Physcians Authority to Prescribe Controlled Substances.|Section 20-2-60 - Definitions.

Section 20-2-60Definitions. As used in this article the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ADMINISTER. The direct application of a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient by any of the following: a. A supervising physician, or, in his or her presence, his or her authorized agent. b. An assistant to physician. c. The patient at the direction and in the presence of the supervising physician or assistant to physician. (2) ASSISTANT TO PHYSICIAN. Any person who is a graduate of an approved program, is licensed by the board, and is registered by the board to perform medical services under the supervision of a physician approved by the board to supervise an assistant to physician. (3) BOARD. The Board of Medical Examiners of the State of Alabama. (4) PHYSICIAN SUPERVISION. A formal relationship between a licensed assistant to physician and a supervising physician under whom the assistant to physician is authorized to practice as evidenced by a written job description approved in accordance with Article 7, Chapter 24, Title 34. Physician supervision requires that there shall be at all times a direct continuing and close supervisory relationship between the assistant to physician and the supervising physician to whom that assistant is registered. The term supervision does not require direct on-site supervision of the assistant to physician; however, it does require the professional oversight and direction as may be required by the regulations and guidelines of the board. (5) PRESCRIBE or PRESCRIBING. The act of issuing a prescription for a controlled substance. (6) PRESCRIPTION. Any order for a controlled substance written or signed or transmitted by word of mouth, telephone, telegraph, closed circuit television, or other means of communication by a legally competent supervising physician or assistant to physician authorized by law to prescribe and administer such drug which is intended to be filled, compounded, or dispensed by a pharmacist. (7) SUPERVISING PHYSICIAN. A doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathy licensed to practice medicine in Alabama who has been approved by the board to supervise assistants to physicians and who holds a valid, current, and unrestricted Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate. (Act 2009-489, p. 891, §1.)
AL Code § 20-2-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|Chapter 2 - Controlled Substances.|Article 3A - Assistants to Physcians Authority to Prescribe Controlled Substances.|Section 20-2-61 - Certification; Access to Records; Establishment of Protocols, Formularies, or Medical Regimens.

Section 20-2-61Certification; access to records; establishment of protocols, formularies, or medical regimens. (a) The board is designated as the certifying board for the registration and approval of an assistant to physician in obtaining or renewing a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate. The board is authorized to adopt regulations concerning the application procedures, fees, fines, punishments, and conduct of any disciplinary hearings for such applicants. The board shall establish a unique Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate number that identifies the particular applicant as an assistant to physician with a valid Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate. (b) The board, and its agents, attorneys, or investigators shall be permitted access to the records of any assistant to physician, including patient records, which would relate to a request for a QACSC, a renewal of a QACSC or the possible violations of any provisions of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, this article, or applicable regulations of the board. (c) The board may establish protocols, formularies, or medical regimens which relate to, govern, or regulate a QACSC, and any such protocol, formulary, or medical regimen shall not be considered a rule or regulation under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (Act 2009-489, p. 891, §1.)
AL Code § 20-2-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|Chapter 2 - Controlled Substances.|Article 3A - Assistants to Physcians Authority to Prescribe Controlled Substances.|Section 20-2-62 - Qualifications for Certificate.

Section 20-2-62Qualifications for certificate. The board may grant a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate to an assistant to physician who: (1) Is practicing with appropriate physician supervision as defined herein and in accordance with this article; Title 34, Chapter 24, Article 7, and all rules and regulations pertaining to physician supervision between qualified physicians and qualified assistants to physicians. (2) Submits proof of successful completion of a course or courses approved by the board which includes advanced pharmacology and prescribing trends relating to controlled substances. (3) Provides accurate and complete documentation of a minimum of 12 months of active, clinical employment with physician supervision following National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) certification. (Act 2009-489, p. 891, §1.)
AL Code § 20-2-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|Chapter 2 - Controlled Substances.|Article 3A - Assistants to Physcians Authority to Prescribe Controlled Substances.|Section 20-2-63 - Prescriptive Authority of a Certified Assistant to Physician.

Section 20-2-63Prescriptive authority of a certified assistant to physician. (a) Upon receipt of a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate and a valid registration number issued by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, an assistant to physician may prescribe, administer, authorize for administration, or dispense only those controlled substances listed in Schedules III, IV, and V of Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this title in accordance with rules adopted by the board and any protocols, formularies, and medical regimens established by the board for regulation of a QACSC. (b) An assistant to physician shall not utilize his or her QACSC for the purchasing, obtaining, maintaining, or ordering of any stock supply or inventory of any controlled substance in any form. (c) An assistant to physician authorized to prescribe, administer, or dispense controlled substances in accordance with this article shall not prescribe, administer, or dispense any controlled substance to his or her own self, spouse, child, or parent. (Act 2009-489, p. 891, §1.)
AL Code § 20-2-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 20 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.|Chapter 2 - Controlled Substances.|Article 3A - Assistants to Physcians Authority to Prescribe Controlled Substances.|Section 20-2-64 - Denial of Application.

Section 20-2-64Denial of application. The board may deny an application of an assistant to physician requesting a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate, deny a request for a renewal of a QACSC, or initiate disciplinary action against an assistant to physician possessing a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate based on the following grounds: (1) Fraud or deceit in applying for, procuring, or attempting to procure a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate in the State of Alabama. (2) Conviction of a crime under any state or federal law relating to any controlled substance. (3) Conviction of a crime or offense which affects the ability of the assistant to physician to practice with due regard for the health or safety of his or her patients. (4) Prescribing a drug or utilizing a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate in such a manner as to endanger the health of any person or patient of the assistant to physician or supervising physician. (5) Suspension or revocation of the registration number issued to the assistant to physician by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration. (6) Excessive dispensing or prescribing of any drug to any person or patient of the assistant to physician or supervising physician. (7) Unfitness or incompetence due to the use of or dependence on alcohol, chemicals, or any mood altering drug to such an extent as to render the assistant to physician unsafe or unreliable to prescribe drugs or to hold a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate. (8) Any violation of a requirement set forth in this article or a rule adopted pursuant to this article. (Act 2009-489, p. 891, §1.)