SB367 updates Alabama's pharmacy laws by defining 'pharmacy' and 'permit' and clarifying how permits work for pharmacies and drug distributors, with allowances for out-of-state distributors and a physician exemption.
It amends Section 34-23-1 to add clear definitions for terms used in regulating pharmacies and pharmacists, including 'pharmacy' and 'permit'. It explains that a permit covers the operation of entities such as a pharmacy, wholesale drug distributor, repackager, bottler, manufacturer, or packer, and that a permit does not cover the receipt or inventory of drugs. It allows nonresident wholesale drug distributors that are registered in their home state and comply with the Prescription Drug Marketing Act to do business in Alabama. It also provides that physicians are not required to obtain a permit for acts related to their professional practice, and the changes take effect immediately after passage.
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on
Pending third reading on day 30 Favorable from Boards and Commissions
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Boards and Commissions
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1101
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1100
Health first Substitute Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health
Source: Alabama Legislature