HB571 Summary

• Amends Section 34-23-1 of the Alabama Code to add formal definitions of "pharmacy" and "permit" to the state's pharmacy regulation and licensing framework.

• Defines "pharmacy" as a place licensed by the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy where prescriptions, drugs, medicines, medical devices, chemicals, and poisons are sold, offered for sale, compounded, or dispensed, excluding any requirement for drug receipt or inventory.

• Defines "permit" as the State Board of Pharmacy's grant of authority to operate a pharmacy, wholesale drug distributor, repackager, bottler, manufacturer, or packer of drugs and medicines, with exemptions for physicians and nonresident wholesalers complying with federal standards.

• Specifies that permits do not require drug, medicine, medical device, chemical, or poison inventory or receipt, and no permit is required for physicians licensed to practice medicine in their professional capacity.

• Takes effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.