- (1) A physician may dispense drugs under the Alabama Medicaid Program if he has a current agreement to dispense drugs with the Alabama Medicaid Agency.
- (2) Dispensing physicians are enrolled as drug providers in the pharmacy program only where adequate pharmacy services are not available.
- (3) A dispensing physician may be enrolled as a drug provider in the Pharmacy Program only if his practice is located more than 50 miles or 50 minutes from the nearest Medicaid-enrolled pharmacy.
Author: Lynn Sharp, Associate Director, Policy Development Unit
Statutory Authority: State Plan, Attachments 3.1A, 4.18B; Title
XIX, Social Security Act; 42 C.F.R. §§401, et seq., 447.331;
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-508).
History: Rule effective October 1, 1982. Amended: Effective April 14, 1992. Amended: Filed October 6, 1999; effective November 10, 1999.