Section 20-2-90

State Board of Pharmacy, Department of Public Safety, etc., to enforce chapter; drug inspectors to meet minimum standards.

(a) The State Board of Pharmacy and its drug inspectors shall enforce all provisions of this chapter. The agents and officers of this Department of Public Safety, the drug and narcotic agents and inspectors of the State Board of Health, the investigators of the State Board of Medical Examiners, the investigators of the Board of Dental Examiners, and all peace officers of the state and all prosecuting attorneys are also charged with the enforcement of this chapter. The agents and officers of the Department of Public Safety, the drug inspectors of the State Board of Pharmacy, the investigators of the State Board of Medical Examiners, the investigators of the Board of Dental Examiners, and the drug and narcotic agents and inspectors of the State Board of Health shall have the powers of peace officers in the performance of their duties to:

(1) Make arrests without warrant for any offense under this chapter committed in their presence, or if they have probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing a violation of this chapter which may constitute a felony.

(2) Make seizures of property pursuant to this chapter.

(3) Carry firearms in the performance of their official duties.

(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), drug inspectors of the State Board of Pharmacy shall, beginning October 1, 1993, meet the minimum standards required of peace officers in this state.

(Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §501; Acts 1981, No. 81-657, p. 1073; Acts 1987, No. 87-578, p. 923, §1; Acts 1993, No. 93-671, p. 1209, §3.)