Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB28 Compare Versions

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3	3	SB28
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5	5	By Senator Beasley
6	6	RFD: Healthcare
7	7	First Read: 04-Feb-25
8	8	PFD: 18-Dec-24
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17	17	SYNOPSIS:
18	18	This bill would relate to the Alabama Board of
19	19	Pharmacy and further provide for the regulation of the
20	20	practice of pharmacy and the licensure of pharmacists.
21	21	This bill would delete the definition of an
22	22	extern and delete other references to an extern, which
23	23	would be covered by the term "intern."
24	24	This bill would delete a requirement for a
25	25	permit holder as a manufacturer, wholesaler, or other
26	26	similar pharmaceutical entities to have a full-time
27	27	licensed pharmacist on the premises.
28	28	This bill would provide that the penalty for a
29	29	manufacturer, wholesaler, or other similar
30	30	pharmaceutical entities shipping drugs, etc. without a
31	31	permit applies to each shipment as a separate offense.
32	32	This bill would delete requirements for an
33	33	affidavit on completion of the practical training
34	34	program for an intern.
35	35	This bill would specify that the Board of
36	36	Pharmacy is directed to adopt rules to administer and
37	37	enforce the provisions of the law relating to the
38	38	operation of pharmacies.
39	39	This bill would delete a provision relating to
40	40	notice of Board of Pharmacy meetings, which is
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71	71	otherwise covered by general law relating to open
72	72	meetings.
73	73	This bill would authorize the treasurer in
74	74	addition to the president of the board and the
75	75	secretary to authorize disbursement of board funds.
76	76	This bill would specify that a proposed rule
77	77	change of general applicability would be published as
78	78	determined by the board and would delete a requirement
79	79	for the electronic mailing of rule changes to each
80	80	pharmacist.
81	81	This bill would clarify that the board could
82	82	assess a penalty for each violation of the pharmacy law
83	83	and that each offense would be a separate violation.
84	84	This bill would provide that a "pharmacy
85	85	technician" registered with the board could perform
86	86	pharmacy functions and provide for a new position of
87	87	"pharmacy clerk" who would be registered with the board
88	88	and authorized to perform operational functions in a
89	89	pharmacy department under the supervision of a licensed
90	90	pharmacist as provided by rule. The terms pharmacy
91	91	technician and pharmacy function, pharmacy clerk and
92	92	operational function, and supervision would be defined
93	93	in Section 34-23-1, Code of Alabama 1975. The
94	94	registration provisions and fee for registration of a
95	95	pharmacy clerk would be the same as a pharmacy
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126	126	A BILL
127	127	TO BE ENTITLED
128	128	AN ACT
129	129	Relating to the Board of Pharmacy; to amend Sections
130	130	34-23-1, 34-23-32, 34-23-50, 34-23-51, 34-23-73, 34-23-91,
131	131	34-23-92, 34-23-131, and 34-23-132, Code of Alabama 1975, to
132	132	further provide for definitions and for the licensing and
133	133	regulation of the practice of pharmacy; to authorize a new
134	134	position in a pharmacy to be designated as a pharmacy clerk
135	135	authorized to perform operational functions in a pharmacy; to
136	136	revise the duties and powers of the board; and to repeal
137	137	Section 34-23-130, Code of Alabama 1975, providing certain
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139	139	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
140	140	Section 1. Sections 34-23-1, 34-23-32, 34-23-50,
141	141	34-23-51, 34-23-73, 34-23-91, 34-23-92, 34-23-131, and
142	142	34-23-132, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as
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144	144	"§34-23-1
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147	147	(1) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Pharmacy Association.
148	148	(2) BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT. Has the same meaning as the
149	149	term as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 262.
150	150	(3) BOARD or STATE BOARD. The Alabama State Board of
151	151	Pharmacy.
152	152	(4) CHEMICAL. Any substance of a medicinal nature,
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183	183	whether simple or compound, obtained through the process of
184	184	the science and art of chemistry, whether of organic or
185	185	inorganic origin.
186	186	(5) DISPENSE. To sell, distribute, administer, leave
187	187	with, give away, dispose of, deliver, or supply a drug or
188	188	medicine to the ultimate user or his or her agent.
189	189	(6) DRUGS. All medicinal substances, preparations, and
190	190	devices recognized by the United States Pharmacopoeia and
191	191	National Formulary, or any revision thereof, and all
192	192	substances and preparations intended for external and internal
193	193	use in the cure, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, or
194	194	prevention of disease in man or animal and all substances and
195	195	preparations other than food intended to affect the structure
196	196	or any function of the body of man or animal.
197	197	(7) EXTERN. A candidate for licensure as a pharmacist
198	198	during the time prior to graduation from an accredited college
199	199	of pharmacy.
200	200	(8)(7) HOSPITAL. An institution for the care and
201	201	treatment of the sick and injured, licensed by the Alabama
202	202	State BoardDepartment of Public Health and authorized to be
203	203	entrusted with the custody of drugs and medicines, the
204	204	professional use of drugs and medicines being under the direct
205	205	supervision of a medical practitioner or pharmacist.
206	206	(9)(8) INTERCHANGEABLE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT. A biological
207	207	product for which the federal Food and Drug Administration has
208	208	made either a determination of licensure based on standards
209	209	for interchangeability pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 262(k)(4), or a
210	210	determination of therapeutic equivalence based on the latest
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241	241	edition of or supplement to the federal Food and Drug
242	242	Administration's publication Approved Drug Products with
243	243	Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (Orange Book).
244	244	(10)(9) INTERN. An individual who is currently licensed
245	245	by this state to engage in the practice of pharmacy while
246	246	under the personal supervision of a pharmacist and is
247	247	satisfactorily progressing toward meeting the requirements for
248	248	licensure as a pharmacist, a graduate of an approved college
249	249	of pharmacy who is currently licensed by the board for the
250	250	purpose of obtaining practical experience as a requirement for
251	251	licensure as a pharmacist, or a qualified applicant awaiting
252	252	examination for licensure.
253	253	(11)(10) LEGEND DRUG. Any drug, medicine, chemical, or
254	254	poison bearing on the label the words, "Caution, federal law
255	255	prohibits dispensing without prescription" or similar wording
256	256	indicating that such the drug, medicine, chemical, or poison
257	257	may be sold or dispensed only upon the prescription of a
258	258	licensed medical practitioner.
259	259	(12)(11) LICENSE. The grant of authority by the board
260	260	to a person authorizing him or her to engage in the practice
261	261	of pharmacy in this state.
262	262	(13)(12) MANUFACTURER. A person or entity, except a
263	263	pharmacy, who prepares, derives, produces, researches, tests,
264	264	labels, or packages any drug, medicine, chemical, or poison.
265	265	(14)(13) MEDICAL PRACTITIONER. Any physician, dentist,
266	266	or veterinarian, or any other person individual authorized by
267	267	law to treat, use, or prescribe medicine and drugs for sick
268	268	and injured human beings or animals in this state.
269	269	(15)(14) MEDICINE. Any drug or combination of drugs
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299	299	(15)(14) MEDICINE. Any drug or combination of drugs
300	300	that has the property of curing, diagnosing, preventing,
301	301	treating, or mitigating diseases or that which may be used for
302	302	those purposes.
303	303	(15) OPERATIONAL FUNCTION. A function performed in a
304	304	pharmacy department that does not require the professional
305	305	judgment of a licensed pharmacist and that requires
306	306	supervision by a licensed pharmacist. The term does not
307	307	include pharmacy functions required to be performed by a
308	308	pharmacy technician. The duties may include, but are not
309	309	limited to, completing transactions at a register, stocking
310	310	inventory, and other similar functions as determined by rule
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312	312	(16) OUTSOURCING FACILITY. A facility at one geographic
313	313	location or address that is engaged in the compounding of
314	314	sterile drugs, which has elected to register with the federal
315	315	Food and Drug Administration as an outsourcing facility and
316	316	complies with the requirements of Section 503B(d)(4)(A) of the
317	317	federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
318	318	(17) PATENT OR PROPRIETARY MEDICINES. Completely
319	319	compounded nonprescription packaged drugs, medicines, and
320	320	nonbulk chemicals which that are sold, offered, promoted, or
321	321	advertised by the manufacturer or primary distributor under a
322	322	trademark, trade name, or other trade symbol, and the labeling
323	323	of which conforms to the requirements of the federal Food,
324	324	Drug, and Cosmetic Act ; provided, that this definition shall
325	325	The term does not include:
326	326	a. Drugs which that are only advertised and promoted
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357	357	professionally to licensed physicians, dentists, or
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359	359	b. A narcotic or drug containing a narcotic.
360	360	c. A drug the label of which bears substantially either
361	361	the statements "Caution--federal law prohibits dispensing
362	362	without prescription" or "Warning--may be habit-forming".
363	363	d. A drug intended for injection.
364	364	(18) PERMIT. The grant of authority by the board to any
365	365	person, firm, or corporation authorizing the operation of a
366	366	pharmacy, wholesale drug distributor, repackager, bottler,
367	367	manufacturer, or packer of drugs, medicines, chemicals, or
368	368	poisons for medicinal purposes. Nonresident wholesale drug
369	369	distributors registered with the appropriate agency , in the
370	370	state in which they are domiciled , and operating in compliance
371	371	with Prescription Drug Marketing Act standards , shall be
372	372	allowed to do business in this state. No permit shall be
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374	374	any act or conduct related to or connected with his or her
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376	376	(19) PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation,
377	377	association, trust, or other entity.
378	378	(20) PHARMACIST. Any person individual licensed by the
379	379	board to practice the profession of pharmacy as a health care
380	380	provider in the State of Alabama and whose license is in good
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382	382	(21) PHARMACY. A place licensed by the board in which
383	383	prescriptions, drugs, medicines, medical devices, chemicals,
384	384	and poisons are sold, offered for sale, compounded, or
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415	415	dispensed, and shall include all places whose title may imply
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418	418	(22) PHARMACY CLERK. An individual, other than an
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421	421	(23) PHARMACY FUNCTION. A function performed in a
422	422	pharmacy department that does not require the professional
423	423	judgment of a licensed pharmacist, that requires supervision
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425	425	determined by board rule.
426	426	(22)(24) PHARMACY SERVICES PERMIT. Certain services
427	427	performed by a pharmacy, as defined by board rule, and
428	428	specifically excluding the receipt or inventory of drugs,
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430	430	a. This subdivision, and any rule adopted by the board
431	431	pursuant to this subdivision, may not be interpreted to expand
432	432	the practice of pharmacy, as the practice of pharmacy and
433	433	permits are limited by this section and Sections 34-23-11 and
434	434	34-23-70, or to restrict the practice of medicine or
435	435	osteopathy as defined in Section 34-24-50.
436	436	b. This subdivision, and any rule adopted by the board
437	437	pursuant to this subdivision, is subject to the restrictions
438	438	contained in subsection (b) of Section 34-23-30.
439	439	c. This subdivision shall not be interpreted to allow
440	440	the board to adopt any rule that would authorize a pharmacist
441	441	to sell, offer for sale, or dispense any prescription drug
442	442	except pursuant to the terms of a valid prescription issued by
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473	473	a licensed practitioner authorized to prescribe such drug.
474	474	(25) PHARMACY TECHNICIAN. An individual, other than an
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477	477	(23)(26) POISON. Any substance other than agricultural
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480	480	quantities by its inherent chemical action uniformly produces
481	481	serious bodily injury, disease, or death.
482	482	(24)(27) PRECEPTOR. A personAn individual who is duly
483	483	licensed to practice pharmacy in the state and meets the
484	484	requirements as established by the board.
485	485	(25)(28) PRESCRIPTION. Any order for drug or medical
486	486	supplies, written or signed or transmitted by word of mouth,
487	487	telephone, telegraph, closed circuit television, or other
488	488	means of communication by a legally competent practitioner,
489	489	licensed by law to prescribe and administer such drugs and
490	490	medical supplies intended to be filled, compounded, or
491	491	dispensed by a pharmacist.
492	492	(26)(29) PRIVATE LABEL DISTRIBUTOR. A firm that does
493	493	not participate in the manufacture or processing of a drug ,
494	494	but instead markets and distributes under its own trade name ,
495	495	and labels a drug product made by someone else. A private
496	496	label distributor is responsible for the products it
497	497	introduces into interstate commerce and for compliance with
498	498	federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act requirements and Current
499	499	Good Manufacturing Practices regulations.
500	500	(27)(30) PROFESSIONAL DEGREE. A degree in pharmacy
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532	532	(28)(31) REPACKAGER. A person who purchases or acquires
533	533	from a manufacturer or distributor, a drug, medicine,
534	534	chemical, or poison for the purpose of bottling, labeling, or
535	535	otherwise repackaging for sale or distribution. This
536	536	definition shall not apply to a physician licensed to practice
537	537	medicine who as a part of his or her professional practice
538	538	dispenses, administers, sells, or otherwise distributes any
539	539	drug to a patient.
540	540	(29)(32) SALE. Barter, exchange, or gift, or offer of
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542	542	transaction made by any person, whether a principal,
543	543	proprietor, agent, servant, or employee.
544	544	(33) SUPERVISION. The direct on-site overseeing of the
545	545	performance of assigned or delegated duties or functions.
546	546	(30)(34) THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS LOGISTIC PROVIDER. An
547	547	entity that provides or coordinates warehousing or other
548	548	logistics services of a product in interstate commerce on
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550	550	of a product, that does not take ownership of the product , nor
551	551	have responsibility to direct the sale or disposition of the
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553	553	(31)(35) WHOLESALE DRUG DISTRIBUTORS. A person, other
554	554	than a manufacturer, the co-licensed partner of a
555	555	manufacturer, a third-party logistics provider, or repackager,
556	556	engaged in the business of distributing drugs and medicines
557	557	for resale to pharmacies, hospitals, practitioners, government
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589	589	medicines. The sale, purchase, or trade of a drug by a retail
590	590	pharmacy to another retail pharmacy or practitioner, for
591	591	relief of temporary shortages, is exempt from this definition.
592	592	Also exempt from this definition shall be all of the
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594	594	a. Intracompany sales.
595	595	b. Manufacturer and distributor sales representatives
596	596	who distribute drug samples.
597	597	c. Charitable organizations distributing to nonprofit
598	598	affiliates of that organization.
599	599	d. Certain purchases by hospitals or other health care
600	600	entities that are members of a group purchasing organization.
601	601	e. The distributors of blood and blood components."
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603	603	(a) Commencing on August 1, 2017, every Any
604	604	manufacturer, bottler, packager, repackager, third
605	605	partythird-party logistic provider, wholesale drug
606	606	distributor, private label distributor, outsourcing facility,
607	607	or pharmacy business identified in the supply chain of drugs,
608	608	medicines, chemicals, or poisons for medicinal purposes shall
609	609	register annually with the board by application for a permit
610	610	on a form furnished by the board and accompanied by a fee to
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612	612	(1) The fee shall not be less than five hundred dollars
613	613	($500) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for a new
614	614	establishment.
615	615	(2) The fee shall not be less than two hundred fifty
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647	647	a renewal permit.
648	648	(3) The fee shall not be less than five hundred dollars
649	649	($500) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for a
650	650	permit due to transfer of ownership.
651	651	(b) A holder of a permit shall employ a full-time
652	652	licensed pharmacist whose principal duty shall be confined to
653	653	on-premise pharmaceutical operations. Wholesale drug
654	654	distributors who strictly limit their operation to
655	655	distribution of drugs, medicines, chemicals, or poisons for
656	656	medicinal purposes are exempt from the requirement to employ a
657	657	full-time licensed pharmacist.
658	658	(c)(b) The professional practice of any physician
659	659	licensed to practice medicine is exempt from the requirements
660	660	of this section.
661	661	(d)(c) All permits issued under this section shall
662	662	become due on October 31 and shall become null and void if not
663	663	paid by December 31. Each application for the renewal of the
664	664	permit shall be made annually on or before December 31. A
665	665	penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each overdue month
666	666	shall be assessed in addition to the permit fee for renewal of
667	667	delinquent permits.
668	668	(e)(d)(1) Commencing on January 1, 2024, each holder of
669	669	a permit issued under this section, with the exception of an
670	670	outsourcing facility, shall designate a current representative
671	671	of the permit holder and shall register the designated
672	672	representative with the board. The designated representative
673	673	shall possess the qualifications, requirements, and background
674	674	as set out by the board.
675	675	(2) The holder of the permit shall pay an initial
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705	705	(2) The holder of the permit shall pay an initial
706	706	registration fee to register the designated representative of
707	707	not less than one hundred dollars ($100), as set by rule of
708	708	the board. The registration of a designated representative
709	709	shall expire on December 31. The renewal of the registration
710	710	shall be due on October 31 of each year and shall be
711	711	delinquent after December 31. The annual fee for the renewal
712	712	of a designated representative shall not be less than one
713	713	hundred dollars ($100), as set by rule of the board. If the
714	714	renewal is not timely received by the board, the applicant for
715	715	renewal of the registration shall pay a penalty of not more
716	716	than fifty dollars ($50) for each month the renewal is late,
717	717	as set by rule of the board.
718	718	(f)(e) All holders of a permit, before shipping any
719	719	drug bearing the legend, " cautionCaution, federal law
720	720	prohibits dispensing without prescription" or similar wording
721	721	causing these drugs to be known as legend drugs to new
722	722	customers, shall assure themselves that the recipient is
723	723	either a duly licensed doctor of medicine, dentistry, or
724	724	veterinary medicine or holds a registered pharmacy permit from
725	725	the board by contacting the office of the board.
726	726	(g)(f) No manufacturer, manufacturer affiliate,
727	727	bottler, packager, repackager, third partythird-party logistic
728	728	provider, wholesale drug distributor, private label
729	729	distributor, outsourcing facility, or pharmacy business
730	730	identified in the supply chain of any legend drug or device
731	731	shall ship, or cause to be shipped, into the state any legend
732	732	drug or device without a valid permit issued by the board.
733	733	Each invalid shipment shall be a separate violation. The civil
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763	763	Each invalid shipment shall be a separate violation. The civil
764	764	penalty for a violation of this subsection shall be four
765	765	thousand dollars ($4,000) for each violation. The civil
766	766	penalties provided in this subdivision shall supersede the
767	767	penalties provided in Section 34-23-92.
768	768	(h)(g) The holder of a permit to ship any legend drug
769	769	or device into the state shall provide to the board a list of
770	770	all trading partners, upon request of the board.
771	771	(i)(h) No holder of a permit shall ship any legend drug
772	772	to any person or firm after receiving written notice from the
773	773	board that the person or firm no longer holds a registered
774	774	pharmacy permit. Any person violating this section shall be
775	775	guilty of a misdemeanor.
776	776	(j)(i) For each application for a permit found to be
777	777	satisfactory by the board, the secretary of the board shall
778	778	issue to the applicant a permit for the appropriate function,
779	779	which permit shall be displayed in a conspicuous place."
780	780	"§34-23-50
781	781	(a) It shall be unlawful for any person , firm, or
782	782	corporation to practice pharmacy in this state or to permit
783	783	prescriptions to be compounded or dispensed by a person other
784	784	than a person duly licensed by the board to practice pharmacy
785	785	in this state.
786	786	(b)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the board may
787	787	issue a pharmacy intern /extern permit as further provided in
788	788	this subsection that authorizes a pharmacy intern or extern to
789	789	compound and dispense prescriptions while serving under the
790	790	immediate direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist on the
791	791	premises of a permitted pharmacy.
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821	821	premises of a permitted pharmacy.
822	822	(2) The following persons individuals may apply to the
823	823	board for a pharmacy intern /extern permit:
824	824	a. A personAn individual who holds a professional
825	825	degree in pharmacy from a school of pharmacy recognized by the
826	826	board who desires to serve as a pharmacy intern.
827	827	b. A personAn individual who is enrolled in a school of
828	828	pharmacy recognized by the board who desires to serve as a
829	829	pharmacy externintern while pursuing his or her education as a
830	830	pharmacist. In order to be considered enrolled in a school of
831	831	pharmacy and pursuing education as a pharmacist, the person
832	832	individual shall not be absent from the school of pharmacy for
833	833	more than two consecutive semesters or three consecutive
834	834	quarters, dependent upon the system in use in the school of
835	835	pharmacy.
836	836	(3) A personAn individual requesting a pharmacy
837	837	intern/extern permit shall submit an application to the board
838	838	in a form as determined by the board. The person individual
839	839	shall be required to be of good moral character and a citizen
840	840	of the United States or, if not a citizen, must be legally
841	841	present in the United States with appropriate documentation
842	842	from the federal government. Further, the person shall
843	843	individual must not have engaged in any conduct that would be
844	844	a violation of this chapter or board rule.
845	845	(4) The application shall be accompanied with by an
846	846	initial fee of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
847	847	(5) The board shall require a background check on each
848	848	applicant as part of the initial application process. The cost
849	849	of the background check shall be paid by the applicant.
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879	879	of the background check shall be paid by the applicant.
880	880	(6) A pharmacy intern /extern permit shall expire on
881	881	December 31 of odd-numbered years. In order to continue to
882	882	work as an intern or extern, a renewal fee of not more than
883	883	one hundred dollars ($100), as determined by the board, shall
884	884	be received by the board by December 31 of the year of
885	885	expiration. If the renewal is not timely received by the
886	886	board, the applicant for renewal shall pay a penalty of not
887	887	more than fifty dollars ($50), as determined by the board, for
888	888	each month the renewal is late.
889	889	(7) For the purposes of this subsection, "immediate
890	890	direct supervision" means that at least one pharmacist is
891	891	personally present and available on the premises of the
892	892	pharmacy for consultation with the intern or extern at all
893	893	times.
894	894	(c) Notwithstanding Section 20-2-51 or any other law to
895	895	the contrary, each person licensed by the board to practice
896	896	pharmacy may distribute or dispense controlled substances
897	897	during the biennial period for which the person is licensed."
898	898	"§34-23-51
899	899	(a) Every person individual who desires to practice
900	900	pharmacy within this state shall file with the secretary of
901	901	the board his or her application for licensure as required by
902	902	the board not less than 10 days prior to his or her
903	903	examination. The application shall be accompanied by an
904	904	examination and registration fee for residents and
905	905	nonresidents of this state, the fees to be set by the board.
906	906	(b) The applicant shall furnish satisfactory proof that
907	907	he or she is at least 19 years of age, of good moral
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925	925	438
926	926	439
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937	937	he or she is at least 19 years of age, of good moral
938	938	character, and that he or she holds a professional degree from
939	939	a division, school, college, or a university department of
940	940	pharmacy recognized by the board. Each applicant shall also be
941	941	a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the
942	942	United States, a personan individual who is legally present in
943	943	the United States with appropriate documentation from the
944	944	federal government.
945	945	(c) The applicant shall have completed an approved
946	946	practical training program under the supervision of a licensed
947	947	pharmacist in a site recognized by the board as qualified for
948	948	training pharmacy externs and interns, the training standards
949	949	to be established by the board as long as the standards are
950	950	not less than those set by the National Association of Boards
951	951	of Pharmacy. The completion of the practical training
952	952	requirements shall be attested by affidavit from the licensed
953	953	pharmacist preceptor under whom the training is served.
954	954	(d)(1) The applicant shall pass an examination
955	955	administered by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
956	956	or other entity approved by the board in subjects consistent
957	957	with those required by the National Association of Boards of
958	958	Pharmacy and in accordance with the rules of the board. In
959	959	case of failure of a first examination, the applicant shall
960	960	have within three years the privilege of a second and third
961	961	examination. In case of failure in the third examination, the
962	962	applicant shall be eligible for only one additional
963	963	examination and this only after he or she has satisfactorily
964	964	completed additional preparation as directed and approved by
965	965	the board.
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995	995	the board.
996	996	(2) An applicant may be admitted to the examination
997	997	provided all of the requirements in subsections (a), (b), and
998	998	(c) are met, and in addition, that affidavits attesting to the
999	999	prescribed practical training program have been presented to
1000	1000	the secretary prior to the examination .
1001	1001	(3) An application for examination by the board may be
1002	1002	denied if the applicant is proven to have been involved in any
1003	1003	violation of this chapter. An applicant who has been expelled
1004	1004	from an examination for cribbing, cheating, or other dishonest
1005	1005	conduct shall not be permitted to complete the examination
1006	1006	applied for and shall not be permitted to file a new
1007	1007	application for examination during the balance of the same
1008	1008	calendar year or the calendar year next following the
1009	1009	expulsion.
1010	1010	(e)(1) The board may issue a license without
1011	1011	examination to an applicant who furnishes satisfactory proof
1012	1012	that he or she has been licensed to practice pharmacy by
1013	1013	examination in another state that under like conditions grants
1014	1014	reciprocal licensure without examination to pharmacists duly
1015	1015	licensed by examination in this state, that he or she is a
1016	1016	person an individual of good moral character and temperate
1017	1017	habits, and provided that the requirements in the state from
1018	1018	which the applicant is reciprocating were no less than the
1019	1019	requirements of the National Association of Boards of
1020	1020	Pharmacy. The application shall be accompanied by a fee set by
1021	1021	the board.
1022	1022	(2) Each applicant for licensure by reciprocity shall
1023	1023	be personally interviewed by two or more members of the board
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1053	1053	be personally interviewed by two or more members of the board
1054	1054	before being granted a license, and the applicant shall pass
1055	1055	an examination on the laws governing the practice of pharmacy
1056	1056	in this state. The applicant shall be approved for reciprocity
1057	1057	by the board prior to the time that he or she begins the
1058	1058	duties of a licensed pharmacist in this state. No applicant
1059	1059	shall be granted reciprocal licensure unless all evidence and
1060	1060	supporting documents of licensure in the state from which the
1061	1061	applicant is reciprocating are approved as meeting the
1062	1062	requirements for reciprocity of the National Association of
1063	1063	Boards of Pharmacy. The board shall set and collect a fee for
1064	1064	submitting and certifying grades for reciprocity in other
1065	1065	states."
1066	1066	"§34-23-73
1067	1067	Every pharmacist serving as a preceptor shall have
1068	1068	expressed a willingness to serve as a preceptor. Pharmacist
1069	1069	preceptors shall be approved by the board and shall be willing
1070	1070	to cooperate with the board in developing the necessary
1071	1071	training requirements and shall provide appropriate
1072	1072	documentation to the board. Each preceptor shall certify as to
1073	1073	the commencement and completion of the training period and may
1074	1074	make recommendations to the board concerning the competency of
1075	1075	his or her trainee. The preceptor shall report to the board
1076	1076	from time to time as requested on the progress of any intern
1077	1077	or extern under his or her supervision. It shall be his or her
1078	1078	responsibility in a supervisory capacity to see ensure that
1079	1079	each intern or extern receives proper training under the
1080	1080	objectives of the board for this practical training program."
1081	1081	"§34-23-91
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1111	1111	"§34-23-91
1112	1112	(a) The president of the board shall preside at all of
1113	1113	the board's meetings. The vice-presidentvice president shall
1114	1114	preside in the absence or inability of the president. The
1115	1115	secretary of the board shall be the executive officer in
1116	1116	charge of the board's office. The secretary shall make, keep,
1117	1117	and be in charge of all records and record books required to
1118	1118	be kept by the board, including a register containing all
1119	1119	information which shall be required under this chapter. The
1120	1120	secretary shall attend to the correspondence of the board and
1121	1121	perform any other duties the board may require in keeping with
1122	1122	the office of secretary. The secretary shall receive and
1123	1123	record all fees collected under this chapter and, at regular
1124	1124	intervals as ordered by the board, shall pay the fees to the
1125	1125	treasurer of the board for its use. The secretary may have any
1126	1126	forms printed and office supplies furnished as necessary to
1127	1127	implement this chapter. The secretary and treasurer of the
1128	1128	board shall each furnish bond in an amount to be fixed by the
1129	1129	board and shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance
1130	1130	and discharge of their respective official duties.
1131	1131	(b) The members of the board shall be paid the same per
1132	1132	diem and travel allowance as is paid by law to state employees
1133	1133	while engaged in the performance of the duties of the board,
1134	1134	in addition to any daily compensation or allowance determined
1135	1135	by the board.
1136	1136	(c) The board shall conduct meetings at least three
1137	1137	times annually and more often when deemed necessary for the
1138	1138	examination of applicants for licensure and for the
1139	1139	transaction of business as may legally come before it. Public
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1169	1169	transaction of business as may legally come before it. Public
1170	1170	notice of all stated meetings shall be given at least 30 days
1171	1171	in advance of the meetings. At all meetings of the board, a
1172	1172	majority shall constitute a quorum. The members of the board
1173	1173	shall determine the place of meetings of the board.
1174	1174	(d) The treasurer of the board shall have custody of
1175	1175	all funds derived from the various provisions of this chapter.
1176	1176	All disbursements shall be made by check as authorized by
1177	1177	vouchers signed by the president or treasurer and the
1178	1178	secretary of the board.
1179	1179	(e) The books and records of the board as made and kept
1180	1180	by the secretary or under his or her supervision shall be
1181	1181	prima facie evidence of the matter therein recorded in any
1182	1182	court."
1183	1183	"§34-23-92
1184	1184	The board shall exercise, subject to this chapter, the
1185	1185	following powers and duties:
1186	1186	(1) To adopt rules concerning the records and reports
1187	1187	to be kept and made by a pharmacy relating to the filling of
1188	1188	prescriptions and the handling and preservation of drugs.
1189	1189	(2) To fix standards and requirements for licenses and
1190	1190	permits except as otherwise specified in this chapter.
1191	1191	(3) To make rules and regulations regarding sanitation
1192	1192	consistent with state health regulations.
1193	1193	(4) To employ such chemists, agents, clerical help, and
1194	1194	attorneys necessary for the proper administration of the
1195	1195	duties of the board.
1196	1196	(5) To employ a Chief Drug Investigator and such other
1197	1197	drug investigators that it deems necessary to enforce this
1198	1198	561
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1201	1201	564
1202	1202	565
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1205	1205	568
1206	1206	569
1207	1207	570
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1227	1227	drug investigators that it deems necessary to enforce this
1228	1228	chapter which are under the supervision of the board.
1229	1229	(6) To adopt rules and regulations for the
1230	1230	administration and enforcement of this chapter and not
1231	1231	inconsistent herewith. Such rules and regulations shall be
1232	1232	referenced to the section or sections of this chapter which
1233	1233	set forth the legislative standard which it interprets or to
1234	1234	which it applies. Every such rule and regulation shall be
1235	1235	adopted in accordance with the Alabama Administrative
1236	1236	Procedure Act. A copy of every rule and regulation containing
1237	1237	a requirement of general application shall be electronically
1238	1238	mailed to each registered pharmacist at least 10 days before
1239	1239	the effective date thereof published in a manner as determined
1240	1240	by the board. A printed copy of such rules and regulations
1241	1241	shall be mailed to any registered pharmacist upon written
1242	1242	request to the board.
1243	1243	(7) To investigate violations of this chapter or any
1244	1244	other law pertaining to the practice of pharmacy that may come
1245	1245	to the knowledge of the board and institute or cause to be
1246	1246	instituted before the board or in a proper court appropriate
1247	1247	proceedings in connection therewith.
1248	1248	(8) To issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of
1249	1249	witnesses and the production of all necessary papers, books
1250	1250	and records, documentary evidence and materials, or other
1251	1251	evidence in matters pending before the board relating to the
1252	1252	revocation, suspension, or probation of any license. Those
1253	1253	persons issued subpoenas and compelled to attend hearings or
1254	1254	meetings in matters pending before the board shall be entitled
1255	1255	to witness fees from board funds. Claims for witness fees
1256	1256	589
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1258	1258	591
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1273	1273	606
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1285	1285	to witness fees from board funds. Claims for witness fees
1286	1286	shall be made on accepted State of Alabama voucher forms as
1287	1287	appropriate. Travel and mileage expenses shall be reimbursed
1288	1288	to witnesses in the amounts officially authorized to the board
1289	1289	and its personnel at the time the service to the board is
1290	1290	performed.
1291	1291	(9) To administer oaths in connection with the duties
1292	1292	of the board.
1293	1293	(10) To make a written report annually of its receipts
1294	1294	and disbursements to the Governor and to the State
1295	1295	Pharmaceutical Alabama Pharmacy Association, or its successor .
1296	1296	Included in this report shall be the names of all registrants
1297	1297	licensed to practice under this chapter and a record of all
1298	1298	permits issued during the period covered by the report.
1299	1299	(11) To enforce the state barbiturate act, the state
1300	1300	amphetamine act, the state narcotic law, and all other laws of
1301	1301	the state which pertain to the practice of pharmacy, the
1302	1302	examination of applicants, the licensing of pharmacists, the
1303	1303	manufacture, packaging, repackaging, production, sale, or
1304	1304	distribution of drugs, chemicals, and poisons, and all laws
1305	1305	pertaining to standards for their strength and purity. The
1306	1306	board may work in conjunction with other law enforcement
1307	1307	agencies to enforce any law pertaining to the practice of
1308	1308	pharmacy. Nothing in this section shall be construed to
1309	1309	deprive the State Board Department of Public Health of any
1310	1310	powers or duties otherwise prescribed by law including the
1311	1311	enforcement of the narcotic law.
1312	1312	(12) To investigate alleged violations of this chapter
1313	1313	or any rule or regulation published adopted by the board and
1314	1314	617
1315	1315	618
1316	1316	619
1317	1317	620
1318	1318	621
1319	1319	622
1320	1320	623
1321	1321	624
1322	1322	625
1323	1323	626
1324	1324	627
1325	1325	628
1326	1326	629
1327	1327	630
1328	1328	631
1329	1329	632
1330	1330	633
1331	1331	634
1332	1332	635
1333	1333	636
1334	1334	637
1335	1335	638
1336	1336	639
1337	1337	640
1338	1338	641
1339	1339	642
1340	1340	643
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1343	1343	or any rule or regulation published adopted by the board and
1344	1344	conduct hearings to discipline, revoke, suspend, or probate
1345	1345	any license or permit granted by the board under this chapter
1346	1346	and to invoke penalties not to exceed the sum of one thousand
1347	1347	dollars ($1,000) for each violation and to institute any legal
1348	1348	proceedings necessary to effect compliance with this chapter;
1349	1349	provided, that any person , firm, or corporation subjected to
1350	1350	such penalty or legal proceedings may take an appeal in
1351	1351	accordance with Section 34-23-94. For the purpose of this
1352	1352	subdivision, each offense shall be a separate violation.
1353	1353	(13) On application of any person and payment of the
1354	1354	cost therefor, the secretary of the board shall furnish, under
1355	1355	its seal and signed by the secretary, a certified copy of the
1356	1356	license or permit of the requestor, or a certified copy of a
1357	1357	regulation or rule of the board. In any court or proceeding,
1358	1358	such the copy shall be prima facie evidence of the fact of the
1359	1359	issuance of such the permit or license and the adoption of
1360	1360	such the rule or regulation.
1361	1361	(14) To acquire by gift, grant, purchase, condemnation,
1362	1362	or otherwise, and to convey or hold title to, real property,
1363	1363	together with all rights incidental thereto."
1364	1364	"§34-23-131
1365	1365	(a) A pharmacy technician shall not perform pharmacy
1366	1366	functions or be present in the prescription department of a
1367	1367	pharmacy unless he or she the pharmacy technician is under the
1368	1368	direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist . A pharmacy
1369	1369	technician shall not perform pharmacy functions or be present
1370	1370	in the prescription department of a pharmacy unless he or she
1371	1371	and is registered by the board.
1372	1372	645
1373	1373	646
1374	1374	647
1375	1375	648
1376	1376	649
1377	1377	650
1378	1378	651
1379	1379	652
1380	1380	653
1381	1381	654
1382	1382	655
1383	1383	656
1384	1384	657
1385	1385	658
1386	1386	659
1387	1387	660
1388	1388	661
1389	1389	662
1390	1390	663
1391	1391	664
1392	1392	665
1393	1393	666
1394	1394	667
1395	1395	668
1396	1396	669
1397	1397	670
1398	1398	671
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1401	1401	and is registered by the board.
1402	1402	(b) A pharmacy clerk shall not perform operational
1403	1403	functions or be present in the prescription department of a
1404	1404	pharmacy unless the pharmacy clerk is under the supervision of
1405	1405	a licensed pharmacist and is registered by the board.
1406	1406	(b)(c) When supervision is required, a licensed
1407	1407	pharmacist shall be jointly responsible and liable for the
1408	1408	actions of a pharmacy technician or pharmacy clerk .
1409	1409	(c)(d) A pharmacy technician or pharmacy clerk shall
1410	1410	register and pay a fee as determined by the board before
1411	1411	performing any pharmacy functions. The board shall adopt rules
1412	1412	relating to the registration of all pharmacy technicians and
1413	1413	pharmacy clerks. The registration of a pharmacy technician or
1414	1414	pharmacy clerk shall be renewable biennially in odd-numbered
1415	1415	years upon payment of the required renewal fee. The
1416	1416	registration of each pharmacy technician or pharmacy clerk
1417	1417	shall expire on December 31 of odd-numbered years. In order to
1418	1418	continue to be licensed, each registered pharmacy technician
1419	1419	or pharmacy clerk shall pay a biennial renewal fee of not less
1420	1420	than twenty dollars ($20), as determined by rule of the board,
1421	1421	the fee being due on October 31 and delinquent after December
1422	1422	31 of odd-numbered years. The payment of the renewal fee shall
1423	1423	entitle the pharmacy technician or pharmacy clerk to renewal
1424	1424	of his or her registration at the discretion of the board. If
1425	1425	any pharmacy technician or pharmacy clerk fails to pay the
1426	1426	renewal fee as required by this subsection, he or she may be
1427	1427	reinstated as a pharmacy technician or pharmacy clerk only
1428	1428	upon payment of a penalty of not less than ten dollars ($10)
1429	1429	nor more than twenty dollars ($20), as determined by rule of
1430	1430	673
1431	1431	674
1432	1432	675
1433	1433	676
1434	1434	677
1435	1435	678
1436	1436	679
1437	1437	680
1438	1438	681
1439	1439	682
1440	1440	683
1441	1441	684
1442	1442	685
1443	1443	686
1444	1444	687
1445	1445	688
1446	1446	689
1447	1447	690
1448	1448	691
1449	1449	692
1450	1450	693
1451	1451	694
1452	1452	695
1453	1453	696
1454	1454	697
1455	1455	698
1456	1456	699
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1459	1459	nor more than twenty dollars ($20), as determined by rule of
1460	1460	the board, for each lapsed year and all lapsed fees for each
1461	1461	lapsed year up to a maximum of five years of total penalties
1462	1462	and lapsed fees.
1463	1463	(d)(e) In addition to any other registration
1464	1464	requirements, a pharmacy technician or pharmacy clerk shall
1465	1465	complete three hours of continuing education annually, or six
1466	1466	hours biennially, of which one hour per year shall be live
1467	1467	presentation. The board may grant an extension to a pharmacy
1468	1468	technician or pharmacy clerk who fails to complete the
1469	1469	required continuing education hours in the allotted time. A
1470	1470	pharmacy technician or pharmacy clerk who fails to complete
1471	1471	the annual continuing education requirements shall be subject
1472	1472	to disciplinary action by the board.
1473	1473	(f) The board shall adopt rules necessary to implement,
1474	1474	administer, and enforce this section. "
1475	1475	"§34-23-132
1476	1476	The board shall revoke review for discipline,
1477	1477	revocation, suspension, or suspend the registration of a
1478	1478	pharmacy technician or place on probation the registration of
1479	1479	a pharmacy technician or pharmacy clerk for any of, but not
1480	1480	limited to, the following reasons:
1481	1481	(1) Willful violation of any provision of this article
1482	1482	or the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
1483	1483	(2) Willful violation of any rule or regulation
1484	1484	promulgatedadopted in accordance with this article or the
1485	1485	Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
1486	1486	(3) Action which threatens the public health, safety,
1487	1487	or welfare.
1488	1488	701
1489	1489	702
1490	1490	703
1491	1491	704
1492	1492	705
1493	1493	706
1494	1494	707
1495	1495	708
1496	1496	709
1497	1497	710
1498	1498	711
1499	1499	712
1500	1500	713
1501	1501	714
1502	1502	715
1503	1503	716
1504	1504	717
1505	1505	718
1506	1506	719
1507	1507	720
1508	1508	721
1509	1509	722
1510	1510	723
1511	1511	724
1512	1512	725
1513	1513	726
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1517	1517	or welfare.
1518	1518	(4) Conviction of a felony or misdemeanor involving
1519	1519	moral turpitude.
1520	1520	(5) Conviction of a felony or misdemeanor involving a
1521	1521	drug related offense of a legend drug or controlled substance.
1522	1522	(6) Obtaining the pharmacy technician registration by
1523	1523	fraudulent means.
1524	1524	(7) Violation of the laws regulating the sale or
1525	1525	dispensing of narcotics, exempt narcotics, or drugs bearing
1526	1526	the label "cautionCaution, federal law prohibits dispensing
1527	1527	without prescription," or similar wording which causes the
1528	1528	drugs to be classified as prescription legend drugs."
1529	1529	Section 2. Section 34-23-130 of the Code of Alabama
1530	1530	1975, is repealed.
1531	1531	Section 3. This act shall become effective on October
1532	1532	1, 2025.
1533	1533	729
1534	1534	730
1535	1535	731
1536	1536	732
1537	1537	733
1538	1538	734
1539	1539	735
1540	1540	736
1541	1541	737
1542	1542	738
1543	1543	739
1544	1544	740
1545	1545	741
1546	1546	742
1547	1547	743