Section 20-2-212 Controlled substances prescription database program; powers and duties of department; trust fund.
Section 20-2-212
Controlled substances prescription database program; powers and duties of department; trust fund.
The department is hereby authorized to establish, create, and maintain a controlled substances prescription database program. In order to carry out its responsibilities under this article, the department is hereby granted the following powers and authority:
(1) To adopt regulations, in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, governing the establishment and operation of a controlled substances prescription database program.
(2) To receive and to expend for the purposes stated in this article funds in the form of grants, donations, federal matching funds, interagency transfers, and appropriated funds designated for the development, implementation, operation, and maintenance of the controlled substances prescription database. The funds received pursuant to this subdivision shall be deposited in a new fund that is hereby established as a separate special revolving trust fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Alabama State Controlled Substance Database Trust Fund. No monies shall be withdrawn or expended from the fund for any purpose unless the monies have been appropriated by the Legislature and allocated pursuant to this article. Any monies appropriated shall be budgeted and allocated pursuant to the Budget Management Act in accordance with Article 4 (commencing with Section 41-4-80) of Chapter 4 of Title 41, and only in the amounts provided by the Legislature in the general appropriations act or other appropriations act.
(3) To enter into one or more contracts with the State Board of Pharmacy for the performance of designated operational functions for the controlled substances prescription database, including, but not limited to, the receipt, collection, input, and transmission of controlled substances prescription data and such other operational functions as the department may elect.
(4) To create a controlled substances prescription database advisory committee. The mission of the advisory committee is to consult with and advise the State Health Officer on matters related to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of the database, access to the database information, how access is to be regulated, and security of information contained in the database. The committee shall consist of one representative designated by each of the following organizations:
a. The Medical Association of the State of Alabama.
b. The Alabama Dental Association.
c. The Alabama Pharmacy Association.
d. The Alabama Veterinary Medicine Association.
e. The State Health Officer, or his or her designee.
f. The Alabama Hospital Association.
g. The Executive Director of the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy.
h. The Executive Director of the Board of Medical Examiners.
i. The Alabama Optometric Association.
j. One representative from each of the certifying boards established under the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
k. The Alabama Independent Drug Store Association.
l. The Alabama Podiatry Association.
(Act 2004-443, p. 781, §3.)