Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 34-23-2 (2026)

Objects and Purposes of Chapter.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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The practice of pharmacy and the management and operation of pharmacies are hereby declared to affect the public health, safety, and welfare of the people of Alabama, and thereby subject to regulation and control in the public interest. It is further declared to be a matter of public interest and concern that only qualified persons compound or dispense prescription drugs and medicines, and that pharmacies be managed in such a manner as to protect the public, and all provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out these objects and purposes.

(Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 205, p. 231, §1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1992–2022 · leading case: Jones v. CVS Caremark Corp., 59 So. 3d 21 (Ala. 2010).
Jones v. CVS Caremark Corp., 59 So. 3d 21 (Ala. 2010). · cites it 2× “4 We note that, in the complaint the district attorney filed on behalf of the State, he stated: “Code of Alabama § 34-23-2 — Legislative declarations — construction, states in pertinent part that ‘[t]he practice of pharmacy and the management and operation of pharmacies .”
Leonard v. The Alabama State Bd. of Pharmacy (M.D. Ala. 2022). · cites it 4× “” Ala. Code § 34-23-2 . It is also “a matter of public interest and concern .”
Griffin v. Phar-Mor, Inc., 790 F. Supp. 1115 (S.D. Ala. 1992). “Section 34-23-2, entitled “Objects and purposes of chapter,” states that: The practice of pharmacy and the management and operation of pharmacies are hereby declared to affect the public health, safety and welfare of the people of Alabama, and thereby subject to regulation and…”
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