{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-34-24-50.1","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 34-24-50.1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"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:\n(1) BOARD. The State Board of Medical Examiners.\n(2) DOCTOR. Both doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.\n(6) PHYSICIAN. Either a doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathy.","path":["Title 34 Professions and Businesses.","Chapter 24 Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.","Article 3 Physicians and Osteopaths.","Division 1 General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=34-24-50.1","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"f529584dd952b043585ad7033a6d787793dfdee6a8eff6c7b89018b8779b64fe","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-34-24-50","next":"us-al/ala.-code-34-24-51"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}