22-11A-68
Section 22-11A-68 Immunity from liability for those involved in investigation. (a) Members
and staff of the State Board of Health, the State Committee of Public Health, the Board of
Medical Examiners, the Medical Licensure Commission, the Board of Nursing, the Board of Dental
Examiners, the Board of Podiatry, physicians, hospitals, other health care facilities, and
other entities and persons required to report or furnish information under this article and
any expert review panels, consultants to any expert review panel, and agents and employees
of the Alabama Department of Public Health shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability
for making reports or furnishing any information required by this article or for actions taken
or actions not taken in the line and scope of official or required duties during their investigations,
hearings, rulings, and decisions. (b) All information collected during the investigation of
an infected health care worker is privileged and shall be...
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22-3-2
Section 22-3-2 County boards of health - Duties generally. It shall be the duty of the
county boards of health in their respective counties and subject to the supervision and control
of the State Board of Health: (1) To supervise the enforcement of the health laws of the state,
including all ordinances or rules and regulations of municipalities or of county boards of
health or of the State Board of Health, and to supervise the enforcement of the law for the
collection of vital and mortuary statistics and to adopt and promulgate, if necessary, rules
and regulations for administering the health laws of the state and the rules and regulations
of the State Board of Health, which rules and regulations of the county boards of health shall
have the force and effect of law and shall be executed and enforced by the same bodies, officials,
agents and employees as in the case of health laws; (2) To investigate, through county health
officers or quarantine officers, cases or outbreaks of any of...
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22-4-12
Section 22-4-12 Designation of State Board of Health as state agency for receipt, administration,
etc., of funds for preparation, administration, etc., of State Health Plan. The State Board
of Health, while acting in its capacity as the sole and official state agency to administer
or to supervise the administration of the official State Health Plan, is hereby designated
as the sole and official state agency to accept, receive, retain and administer any and all
funds which are now available or which may become available in the future, either through
donations or appropriations, for the preparation and administration or the supervision of
the preparation and administration of the State Health Plan. (Acts 1975, No. 1197, p. 2365,
§12.)...
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2-15-170
Section 2-15-170 Promulgation of rules and regulations for control and eradication of
infectious, contagious, or communicable livestock diseases by commissioner. The commissioner,
with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall have the power and
authority to promulgate all necessary rules and regulations for the control and eradication
of all infectious, contagious or communicable diseases of livestock. These rules and regulations
shall have the full force and effect of law. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §3.)...
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22-11A-23
Section 22-11A-23 Any person believed exposed to diseases to be tested; any person believed
afflicted shall seek and accept treatment. Any person who the state or county health officer
has reason to believe has been exposed to any of the diseases designated under this article
shall be tested. Any person who the state or county health officer has reason to believe is
afflicted with any of the diseases designated under this article shall seek and accept treatment
at the direction of the health officer or a physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §23.)...
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22-14-4
Section 22-14-4 State Radiation Control Agency; director and powers and duties thereof.
(a) The State Board of Health is hereby designated as the State Radiation Control Agency,
hereinafter referred to as the agency. (b) The State Health Officer shall be director of the
agency, hereinafter referred to as the director, who shall perform the functions vested in
the agency pursuant to the provisions of this article. (c) In accordance with the laws of
the state, the agency may employ, compensate and prescribe the powers and duties of such personnel
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. (d) The agency shall, for
the protection of the public health and safety: (1) Develop and conduct programs for evaluation
of hazards associated with use of sources of ionizing radiation; (2) Develop programs with
due regard for compatibility with federal programs for regulation of by-product, source and
special nuclear materials; (3) Formulate, adopt, promulgate and repeal codes,...
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22-4-11
Section 22-4-11 Preparation, adoption, etc., of preliminary state health plan generally;
provision in plan for visual care. The State Board of Health, with the advice and consultation
of the Statewide Health Coordinating Council, is hereby authorized and empowered to prepare,
review and revise as necessary a preliminary state health plan which shall be made up of the
health systems plans of the health systems agencies within the state. The state agency may
make revisions of the health systems plans to achieve appropriate coordination or to deal
more effectively with statewide health needs. The preliminary state health plan shall be submitted
to the statewide health coordinating council for approval or disapproval and for its use in
developing the State Health Plan. The State Board of Health is authorized to confer with any
or all other persons, organizations or governmental agencies that have an interest in public
health problems and needs. Any portion of the State Health Plan that...
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41-15A-2
Section 41-15A-2 Distribution of proceeds. (a) Proceeds from the Penny Trust Fund which
are dedicated for the promotion of the public health shall be transmitted by the Comptroller
to the Department of Public Health for the Alabama Drug Assistance Program and other similar
programs upon application of the State Health Officer and approval by the board. (b) Proceeds
from the Penny Trust Fund which are dedicated for the promotion of the public health of children
in public schools shall be transmitted by the Comptroller to the State Board of Education
upon application of the State Superintendent of Education and approval by the board. Revenues
received by any school system from the Penny Trust Fund shall not replace or supplant any
existing funds or programs from any other source. (c) There is appropriated from the Penny
Trust Fund for any fiscal year accumulated earnings, available and not appropriated in any
fiscal year 2001 and forward sufficient to fund all applications and proposals...
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22-11A-37
Section 22-11A-37 Testing and treatment of inmate of correctional facility. When there
is reasonable cause to believe that an inmate of any state correctional facility or any municipal
or county jail has been exposed to or is afflicted with any of the diseases designated by
this article, the State or county Health Officer may petition the superintendent of the facility
to isolate the inmate for compulsory testing, treatment and quarantine. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574,
p. 904, §37.)...
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22-12C-1
Section 22-12C-1 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall
have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) LOCAL AGENCY.
A private, nonprofit health agency that provides program services in a designated area by
written agreement with the State Board of Health. (2) PARTICIPANT. A certified pregnant, postpartum,
or breastfeeding woman, infant, or a child who is receiving supplemental food or a food instrument
under the WIC Program. (3) PERSON. Any individual, partnership, limited partnership, corporation,
association, firm, trust, estate, or any other legal entity. (4) STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. The
State Department of Public Health. (5) VENDORS. The individual, partnership, limited partnership,
or corporation authorized by the State Board of Health. (6) WIC PROGRAM. The United States
Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service Special Supplemental Food Program for
Women, Infants, and Children. (Acts 1993, No. 93-642, p....
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