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22-8-7
Section 22-8-7 Effect of minor's consent; liability of physicians, etc.; waiver of rights or
causes of action. (a) The consent of a minor who professes to be, but is not, a minor whose
consent alone is effective to medical, dental, health or mental health services shall be deemed
effective without the consent of the minor's parent or legal guardian if the physician or
other person relied in good faith upon the presentations of the minor. (b) Any physician or
other person who has relied in good faith upon the representations of any persons under any
of the provisions of this chapter or who acts in good faith under any of the provisions of
this chapter shall not be liable for not having consent. (c) No provision of this chapter
shall be interpreted to empower any minor, mental incompetent or any other person who is not
otherwise by law entitled to enter into a binding agreement to, expressly or impliedly, waive
any right or cause of action arising by virtue of any treatment or procedure...
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26-14-6
Section 26-14-6 Temporary protective custody. A police officer, a law enforcement official,
or a designated employee of the State or County Department of Human Resources may take a child
into protective custody, or any person in charge of a hospital or similar institution or any
physician treating a child may keep that child in his or her custody, without the consent
of the parent or guardian, whether or not additional medical treatment is required, if the
circumstances or conditions of the child are such that continuing in his or her place of residence
or in the care and custody of the parent, guardian, custodian, or other person responsible
for the child's care presents an imminent danger to that child's life or health. However,
such official shall immediately notify the court having jurisdiction over juveniles of such
actions in taking the child into protective custody; provided, that such custody shall not
exceed 72 hours and that a court of competent jurisdiction and the...
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15-20A-5
Section 15-20A-5 Sex offenses. For the purposes of this chapter, a sex offense includes any
of the following offenses: (1) Rape in the first degree, as provided by Section 13A-6-61.
(2) Rape in the second degree, as provided by Section 13A-6-62. A juvenile sex offender adjudicated
delinquent of a violation of rape in the second degree is presumed to be exempt from this
chapter after the juvenile has been counseled on the dangers of the conduct for which he or
she was adjudicated delinquent unless the sentencing court makes a determination that the
juvenile sex offender is to be subject to this chapter. (3) Sodomy in the first degree, as
provided by Section 13A-6-63. (4) Sodomy in the second degree, as provided by Section 13A-6-64.
A juvenile sex offender adjudicated delinquent of a violation of sodomy in the second degree
is presumed to be exempt from this chapter after the juvenile has been counseled on the dangers
of the conduct for which he or she was adjudicated delinquent unless...
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34-23-11
Section 34-23-11 Physicians, dentists, registered nurses, etc., exempt from chapter. (a) Nothing
contained in this chapter shall prevent any licensed practitioner of the healing arts from
personally compounding, dispensing, administering, or supplying to his or her patient drugs
and medicines for their use. This chapter shall not apply to the manufacture or sale at wholesale
or retail of patent or proprietary medicines as purchased from a manufacturer or wholesaler,
or to the manufacture or sale at wholesale or retail of packaged, bottled, or nonbulk chemicals,
medicines, medical and dental supplies, cosmetics, and dietary foods when identified by and
sold under a trademark, trade name, or other trade symbol, privately owned or registered in
the United States Patent Office, sold or offered to be sold to the general public, if the
article meets the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act other than prescription
legend drugs. (b) A registered nurse in the employment of...
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22-11A-2
Section 22-11A-2 Persons responsible to report diseases; contents of report; confidential information;
person making report immune from liability. Each physician, dentist, nurse, medical examiner,
hospital administrator, nursing home administrator, laboratory director, school principal,
and day care center director shall be responsible to report cases or suspected cases of notifiable
diseases and health conditions. The report shall contain such information, and be delivered
in such a manner, as may be provided for from time to time by the rules of the State Board
of Health. All medical and statistical information and reports required by this article shall
be confidential and shall not be subject to the inspection, subpoena, or admission into evidence
in any court, except proceedings brought under this article to compel the examination, testing,
commitment or quarantine of any person or upon the written consent of the patient, or if the
patient is a minor, his parent or legal guardian....
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26-21-1
Section 26-21-1 Legislative purpose and findings. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in
enacting this parental consent provision to further the important and compelling state interests
of: (1) protecting minors against their own immaturity, (2) fostering the family structure
and preserving it as a viable social unit, and (3) protecting the rights of parents to rear
children who are members of their household. (b) The Legislature finds as fact that: (1) immature
minors often lack the ability to make fully informed choices that take account of both immediate
and long-range consequences, (2) the medical, emotional, and psychological consequences of
abortion are serious and can be lasting, particularly when the patient is immature, (3) the
capacity to become pregnant and the capacity for mature judgment concerning the wisdom of
an abortion are not necessarily related, (4) parents ordinarily possess information essential
to a physician's exercise of his or her best medical judgment...
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12-15-115
Section 12-15-115 Original jurisdiction - Civil. (a) A juvenile court shall also exercise original
jurisdiction of the following civil proceedings: (1) Removal of disabilities of nonage pursuant
to Chapter 13 of Title 26. (2) Proceedings for judicial consent for a person under the respective
legal age to marry, to be employed, withdraw from school, or enlist in military service when
this consent is required by law. (3) Proceedings for the commitment of a minor or child with
mental illness or an intellectual disability to the Department of Mental Health, as provided
in Article 4 (commencing with Section 12-15-401). (4) Proceedings for the adoption of a child
when these proceedings have been transferred from probate court as provided by law. (5) Proceedings
for waiver of parental consent for a minor to have an abortion pursuant to Chapter 21 of Title
26. (6) Proceedings to establish parentage of a child pursuant to the Alabama Uniform Parentage
Act, Chapter 17 of Title 26. (7)...
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22-8A-11
Section 22-8A-11 Surrogate; requirements; attending physician consulted, intent of patient
followed; persons who may serve as surrogate; priority; validity of decisions; liability;
form; declaratory and injunctive relief; penalties. (a) If no advance directive for health
care has been made, or if no duly appointed health care proxy is reasonably available, or
if a valid advance directive for health care fails to address a particular circumstance, subject
to the provisions of subsection (c) hereof, a surrogate, in consultation with the attending
physician, may, subject to the provisions of Section 22-8A-6, determine whether to provide,
withdraw, or withhold life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration
if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The attending physician determines, to a reasonable
degree of medical certainty, that: a. The individual is no longer able to understand, appreciate,
and direct his or her medical treatment, and b. The individual...
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22-11A-9
Section 22-11A-9 Tuberculosis cases to be reported; contents of report; reports confidential.
Any physician who diagnoses or treats a case of active tuberculosis, the administrator of
any hospital, dispensary, correctional facility or other institution in which there is a case
of active tuberculosis, the person in charge of any laboratory performing a positive test
for active or suspected active tuberculosis, and pharmacist dispensing anti-tuberculosis medication
shall report this information to the State Health Officer, the county health officer, or their
designee, in the manner provided in Section 22-11A-1. These reports shall include, at a minimum,
the name of the patient and the name and address of the physician. The reports required by
this section shall be confidential and shall not be subject to public inspection, subpoena,
or admission into evidence in any court except proceedings brought under this article to compel
the examination, treatment, commitment or quarantine of any...
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45-9-243.40
Section 45-9-243.40 Privilege or license tax. (a) The following words, terms, and phrases,
when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except
where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) PERSON. Any natural person, firm,
partnership, association, corporation, receiver, trust, estate, or other entity, or any other
group or combination of any thereof acting as a unit. (2) COUNTY. Chambers County, Alabama.
(3) BUSINESS. All activities engaged in, or caused to be engaged in, by any person with the
object of gain, profit, benefit, or advantage, either direct or indirect to such person. (4)
GROSS PROCEEDS. The value proceeding or accruing from the leasing or rental of tangible personal
property, without any deduction on account of the cost of the property so leased or rented,
the cost of materials used, labor, or service cost, interest paid or any other expenses whatsoever,
and without any deduction on account of loss and shall also...
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