{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-20-2-66","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 20-2-66","heading":"Disciplinary Action - Judicial Review.","body":"(a) An assistant to physician adversely affected by an order of the board denying an application for a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate or the renewal of a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate may obtain judicial review thereof by filing a written petition for review with the Circuit Court of Montgomery County in accordance with Section 41-22-20.\n(b) An assistant to physician adversely affected by an order of the board suspending, revoking, or restricting a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate, whether or not such suspension, revocation, or restriction is limited; assessing an administrative fine; or denying reinstatement of a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate, may obtain judicial review thereof by filing a written petition for review with the Circuit Court of Montgomery County in accordance with Section 41-22-20.\n(c) The following procedures shall take precedence over subsection (c) of Section 41-22-20 relating to the issuance of a stay of any order of the board suspending, revoking, or restricting a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate. The suspension, revocation, or restriction of a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate shall be given immediate effect and no stay or supersedeas shall be granted pending judicial review of a decision by the board to suspend, revoke, or restrict a Qualified Alabama Controlled Substances Registration Certificate unless a reviewing court, upon proof by the party seeking judicial review, finds in writing that the action of the board was taken without statutory authority, was arbitrary or capricious or constituted a gross abuse of discretion.\n(d) From the judgment of the circuit court, either the board or the affected party who invoked judicial review may obtain a review of any final judgment of the circuit court under Section 41-22-21. No security shall be required of the board.","path":["Title 20 Food, Drugs and Cosmetics.","Chapter 2 Controlled Substances.","Article 3A Assistants to Physcians Authority to Prescribe Controlled Substances."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=20-2-66","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"8bc55755cd6a6574cb802c781ed02a0d857491e32400816a76e1819b9d724aeb","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-20-2-65","next":"us-al/ala.-code-20-2-67"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}