Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 20-2-51 (2026)

Registration of Persons Manufacturing, Distributing, or Dispensing Controlled Substances - General Requirements.

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(a) Every person who manufactures, distributes, or dispenses any controlled substance within this state or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of any controlled substance within this state must obtain annually a registration issued by the certifying boards in accordance with its rules.

(b) Persons registered by the certifying boards under this chapter to manufacture, distribute, dispense, or conduct research with controlled substances may possess, manufacture, distribute, dispense, or conduct research with those substances to the extent authorized by their registration and in conformity with the other provisions of this article.

(1) An agent or employee of any registered manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser of any controlled substance if he is acting in the usual course of his business or employment;

(2) A common or contract carrier or warehouseman or an employee thereof whose possession of any controlled substance is in the usual course of business or employment;

(3) An ultimate user or a person in possession of any controlled substance pursuant to a lawful order of a practitioner or in lawful possession of a Schedule V substance.

(d) The certifying boards may waive by rule the requirement for registration of certain manufacturers, distributors, or dispensers if they find it consistent with the public health and safety.

(e) A separate registration is required at each principal place of business or professional practice where the applicant manufactures, distributes, or dispenses controlled substances.

(f) The certifying boards may inspect the establishment of a registrant or applicant for registration in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by them.

(Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §302.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1978–2016 · leading case: Walker v. State, 358 So. 2d 800 (Ala. Crim. App. 1978).

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Walker v. State, 358 So. 2d 800 (Ala. Crim. App. 1978). “That the less knowledgeable, the less sophisticated, one is as to drugs, the less the likelihood of the existence as to him of the essential element of guilty knowledge, is emphasized by the fact that there are over one hundred controlled substances listed under various…”

State Of Washington v. Mary Yokel, 196 Wash. App. 424 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). “’ ’’ (quoting Ala. Code § 20-2-51 (c)(3))); State v. Miller, 2008 UT 61 , 193 P.”

Evers v. State, 434 So. 2d 804 (Ala. Crim. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “Therefore, reading §§ 20-2-51(b), and -54(a)(5) into the “except as authorized by this chapter” language of § 20-2-70(a) leads us to the conclusion that the writing of a prescription for “no legitimate medical purpose” or for an amount “not reasonably related to the proper…”

Toles v. State, 416 So. 2d 768 (Ala. Crim. App. 1982). “He cites § 20-2-51, Code 1975, as proof that certain persons may be authorized and registered to possess controlled substances.”

State of Iowa v. Alfred Anthony Gallardo (Iowa Ct. App. 2015). “’” (quoting Ala. Code § 20-2-51 )); McCoy v. State, 56 So.”

— Ala. Code § 20-2-51(b) — 1 case

Evers v. State, 434 So. 2d 804 (Ala. Crim. App. 1982). “Therefore, reading §§ 20-2-51(b), and -54(a)(5) into the “except as authorized by this chapter” language of § 20-2-70(a) leads us to the conclusion that the writing of a prescription for “no legitimate medical purpose” or for an amount “not reasonably related to the proper…”

— Ala. Code § 20-2-51(c)(3) — 1 case

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