Alabama · Through Act 2026-611

Ala. Code § 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.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 34 Professions and Businesses.
Chapter 24 Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.
Article 3 Physicians and Osteopaths.
Division 1 General Provisions.

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.

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