Ala. Code § 20-2-188
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Section 20-2-188 Exceptions to Requirements for Sale or Transfer of Chemicals, and to Licensing Requirements
Official statutory text
(a) The provisions of this article shall not apply to the sale or transfer of products which include a listed precursor chemical if the product may be sold lawfully with a prescription or over the counter without a prescription under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Section 301 et seq.), or under a rule adopted pursuant to that act.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, no person shall be required to obtain a listed precursor license or permit for the sale, receipt, transfer, manufacture, or possession of a listed precursor chemical when:
(1) Such person is a duly licensed physician, dentist, veterinarian, podiatrist, or pharmacist, when the sale, receipt, transfer, manufacture, or possession of such listed precursor chemical is a transaction otherwise lawfully authorized;
(2) A domestic lawful distribution in the usual course of business between agents or employees of a single regulated person;
(3) A delivery of a listed precursor chemical to or by a common or contract carrier for carriage in the lawful and usual course of the business of the common or contract carrier or to or by a warehouseman for storage in the lawful and usual course of the business of the warehouseman.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, no person shall be required to obtain a listed precursor license or permit for the sale, receipt, transfer, manufacture, or possession of a listed precursor chemical when:
(1) Such person is a duly licensed physician, dentist, veterinarian, podiatrist, or pharmacist, when the sale, receipt, transfer, manufacture, or possession of such listed precursor chemical is a transaction otherwise lawfully authorized;
(2) A domestic lawful distribution in the usual course of business between agents or employees of a single regulated person;
(3) A delivery of a listed precursor chemical to or by a common or contract carrier for carriage in the lawful and usual course of the business of the common or contract carrier or to or by a warehouseman for storage in the lawful and usual course of the business of the warehouseman.
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