The Board of Medical Examiners may create and regulate a Limited Purpose Schedule II Permit, but assistants using it face strict limits on what controlled substances they may handle and for whom.
(a) The Board of Medical Examiners may at any future date it chooses create a Limited Purpose Schedule II Permit (LPSP), and assess fees associated with the permit, that, along with any other necessary registration, may permit assistants to physicians, certified registered nurse practitioners, or certified nurse midwives to lawfully prescribe, administer, authorize for administration, or dispense only those controlled substances listed in Schedule II substances of Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this title in accordance, as specified and limited by the permit, with rules adopted by the board and any protocols, formularies, and medical regimens established by the board for regulation of a LPSP. Any protocols, formularies, and medical regimens shall not be considered administrative rules under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (b) An assistant to physician, certified registered nurse practitioner, or certified nurse midwife shall not utilize his or her LPSP for the purchasing, obtaining, maintaining, or ordering of any stock supply or inventory of any controlled substance in any form. (c) An assistant to physician, certified registered nurse practitioner, or certified nurse midwife authorized to prescribe, administer, or dispense controlled substances in accordance with this article shall not prescribe, administer, or dispense any controlled substance to his or her own self, spouse, child, or parent. (d) The board may not permit assistants to physicians, certified registered nurse practitioners, or certified nurse midwives to lawfully prescribe, administer, authorize for administration, or dispense all controlled substances listed in Schedule II of Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this title. It is the intent of this article, if and when the board chooses to use this authority at some future date, that the LPSP may be used only at the board’s discretion and as limited by the board to specific circumstances and specific drugs.