Section 20-2-91 Inspection of stocks of controlled substances and prescriptions, orders, etc., required by chapter; disclosure of information as to prescriptions, orders, etc., by enforcement personne - Alabama Statutes

Section 20-2-91

Inspection of stocks of controlled substances and prescriptions, orders, etc., required by chapter; disclosure of information as to prescriptions, orders, etc., by enforcement personnel.

(a) Prescriptions, orders and records required by this chapter and stocks of controlled substances enumerated in Schedules I, II, III, IV and V shall be open for inspection only to federal, state, county and municipal officers, the investigators of the board of dental examiners, and the agents and officers of the department of public safety whose duty it is to enforce the laws of this state or of the United States relating to controlled substances.

(b) No officer having knowledge by virtue of his office of any such prescription, order or record shall divulge such knowledge, except in connection with a prosecution or proceeding in court or before a licensing board or officer, to which prosecution or proceeding the person to whom such prescriptions, orders or records relate is a party.

(Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §502; Acts 1987, No. 87-578, p. 923, §1.)