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22-11A-7
Section 22-11A-7 Persons having notifiable disease to obey directions of health officials.
Any person reported as having any of the notifiable diseases or health conditions designated
by the State Board of Health shall conform to or obey the instructions or directions given
or communicated to him by the county board of health, county health officer or his designee,
or State Board of Health, State Health Officer, or his designee, to prevent the spread of
the disease. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §7.)...
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22-11A-8
Section 22-11A-8 Health officer to investigate complaints of diseases; afflicted persons to
be moved to suitable place; expenses of removal. Whenever complaint is made in writing to
the health officer of a county that a person, not at his own home, is afflicted with any of
the notifiable diseases or health conditions designated by the State Board of Health, such
health officer shall, thoroughly and promptly, investigate said complaint. If, upon investigation,
said health officer is of the opinion that said complaint is well founded, he may cause such
person to be removed to such place as may have been provided for such cases in the county,
city or town in which such person is found or, if there is no such place provided for such
cases, then, to such place as said health officer may deem suitable, subject to the approval
of the authorities of the county, city or town, as the case may be. The removal of said person
shall be at the expense of said person, or, in case the person is a...
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22-52-10.5
Section 22-52-10.5 Facilities for inpatient treatment; length of treatment; cost. (a) At the
final hearing on a petition for involuntary commitment or a hearing for the revocation of
a prior order for commitment to outpatient treatment, the probate court may order that the
respondent be committed to: (i) the department for inpatient treatment at a state mental health
facility, or (ii) the department for inpatient treatment at a designated mental health facility.
(b) Pursuant to this section, an order for inpatient treatment shall not exceed 150 days.
(c) No county shall be required to pay the cost of inpatient treatment provided at a state
mental health facility or inpatient treatment authorized by the department at a designated
mental health facility. (Acts 1991, No. 91-440, p. 783, §15.)...
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22-11A-19
Section 22-11A-19 Minor 12 years or older may consent to medical treatment for sexually transmitted
disease; medical care provider may inform parent or guardian. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, a minor 12 years of age or older who may have come into contact with any sexually
transmitted disease as designated by the State Board of Health may give consent to the furnishing
of medical care related to the diagnosis or treatment of such disease, provided a duly licensed
practitioner of medicine in Alabama authorizes such diagnosis and treatment. The consent of
the minor shall be as valid and binding as if the minor had achieved his or her majority,
as the case may be. Such consent shall not be voidable nor subject to later disaffirmance
because of minority. The medical provider or facility of whatever description providing diagnostic
procedures or treatment to a minor patient who has come into contact with any designated sexually
transmitted disease, may, but shall not be...
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22-11A-73
Section 22-11A-73 Reporting requirements; knowledge of infection through application. Nothing
in this article is intended to impose any reporting requirements on life, health, or disability
income insurers who learn that an applicant or insured is infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or
other disease designated by the State Board of Health solely through the application, underwriting,
or claims processes, which insurer may have no means of knowing or verifying that a particular
applicant or insured is a health care worker within the meaning of this article. (Acts 1993,
1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §14; Act 2015-467, §1.)...
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22-13A-4
organizations to coordinate efforts and maximize state resources in the areas of prevention,
education, and treatment of osteoporosis. (7) Identify, and when appropriate, replicate or
use successful osteoporosis programs and procure related materials and services from organizations
with appropriate expertise and knowledge of osteoporosis. (c) The department shall use, but
is not limited to, the following strategies for raising public awareness on the causes and
nature of osteoporosis, personal risk factors, value of prevention and early detection,
and options for diagnosing and treating the disease: (1) An outreach campaign utilizing print,
radio, and television public service announcements, advertisements, posters, and other materials.
(2) Community forums. (3) Health information and risk factor assessment at public events.
(4) Targeting at-risk populations. (5) Providing reliable information to policy makers. (6)
Distributing information through county health departments,...
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22-52-34
Section 22-52-34 Proceedings for reevaluation and civil commitment or transfer of certain persons
in custody of Department of Mental Health. (a) Where any person is in the custody of the Department
of Mental Health pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 of this chapter, the commissioner
shall direct the superintendent of Bryce or Searcy Hospital or any other facility so designated
by the commissioner to reevaluate the mental condition of such person for a determination
as to whether or not he or she meets the minimum standards for civil commitment as defined
in Section 22-52-37. Where the sentence for which said person was committed has expired and
where said person meets the minimum standards for involuntary civil commitment, the commissioner
or his designee is hereby authorized to petition the judges of probate of Tuscaloosa or Mobile
Counties or any judge of probate where such facility exists for an order of civil commitment
to the Department of Mental Health. All of the subsequent...
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22-52-93
Section 22-52-93 Costs. No county shall be required to pay costs associated with the temporary
confinement or commitment of a person to a designated mental health facility, including, but
not limited to, the cost of housing and treatment. All costs associated with a probable cause
hearing, including cost of counsel, shall be paid by the State General Fund upon order of
the judge of probate; except, that if the petition is denied and the petitioner is not indigent
and is not a law enforcement officer or other public official acting within the line and scope
of his or her duties, all costs may be taxed against the petitioner, or if the petition is
granted and the person sought to be committed is not indigent, the judge of probate may order
all costs paid from the estate of the person committed. (Acts 1994, No. 94-690, p. 1326, §4.)...
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22-52-13
Section 22-52-13 Transfer of persons committed to Veterans Administration or other federal
agency; powers, etc., of chief officers of Veterans Administration Hospitals, etc., with respect
to retention, transfer, treatment, etc., of persons transferred thereto, etc.; effect of foreign
judgments or orders of commitment committing persons to Veterans Administration or other federal
agency. (a) Any respondent involuntarily committed by the probate court to the custody of
the department or designated mental health facility as the court may order, who is entitled
to care and treatment at a facility operated by the United States Veterans Administration
or other agency of the United States government, may be transferred by the department to the
United States Veterans Administration or other agency of the United States on such terms and
conditions as may be agreed upon by the department and the Veterans Administration or other
agency. Upon such transfer, the committed respondent shall be...
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22-1-7
Section 22-1-7 Procedure when county health officer, etc., resisted. If, in the attempt to
perform any duty enjoined by any public health law of the State of Alabama or rule or regulation
of the State Board of Health, the health or quarantine officer of a county, or his duly authorized
representative, shall be forcibly resisted or threatened with forceful resistance, such health
officer shall, after conference with the county board of health, if found necessary, make
affidavit before any judge of a circuit court, district court, municipal court or the judge
of probate of the municipality or county where such resistance occurs or is threatened, whereupon
the officer before whom said affidavit has been made shall forthwith issue his warrant directed
to the sheriff or to any bonded constable of said county, commanding said sheriff or constable
to remove or abate, under the direction of said health officer, said insanitary condition,
or source of infection or offensive or indecent material...
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