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 Board of Medical Examiners.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 34-24-50.1

(2) DOCTOR. Both doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy.
(3) 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.
(4) LICENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE. Both the practice of medicine by a doctor of medicine or the practice of osteopathy by a doctor of osteopathy.
(5) PHYSICIAN. Either a doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathy.
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