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22-11A-39
Section 22-11A-39 Notification of pre-hospital agencies who assisted in delivering person with
infectious disease to hospital. The chief administrator, or his designee, of a hospital, pursuant
to rules promulgated by the Department of Public health, shall notify all pre-hospital agencies
who assisted in handling and delivering a person to a hospital, if the hospital learns said
person has an infectious disease. The State Board of Health shall designate what shall constitute
an infectious disease for the purpose of this section. For the purposes of this section the
term "hospital" shall have the meaning prescribed by Section 22-21-20. For the purposes
of this section the term "pre-hospital agencies" shall include but shall not be
limited to paramedics, firemedics, firemen, law enforcement officers, ambulance drivers, medical
personnel, and similar emergency personnel. (Acts 1990, No. 90-552.)...
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22-52-10.7
Section 22-52-10.7 Transfer to another facility. A respondent committed to inpatient treatment
may be transferred from any treatment facility to another treatment facility when deemed to
be in the best interest of the respondent. Any law enforcement officer or any designated employee
of the department or designated mental health facility shall have the authority to transport
committed respondents from any facility to any other facility within the State of Alabama
so long as it is in the best interest of the committed respondents. (Acts 1991, No. 91-440,
p. 783, §17.)...
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22-52-91
Section 22-52-91 Duty of law enforcement officer, community mental health officer to take into
custody alleged mentally ill persons; detention; admission; hearing. (a) When a law enforcement
officer is confronted by circumstances and has reasonable cause for believing that a person
within the county is mentally ill and also believes that the person is likely to be of immediate
danger to self or others, the law enforcement officer shall contact a community mental health
officer. The community mental health officer shall join the law enforcement officer at the
scene and location of the person to assess conditions and determine if the person needs the
attention, specialized care, and services of a designated mental health facility. If the community
mental health officer determines from the conditions, symptoms, and behavior that the person
appears to be mentally ill and poses an immediate danger to self or others, the law enforcement
officer shall take the person into custody and,...
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25-8-56
Section 25-8-56 Removal of minor from establishment. The department shall remove from any establishment
any minor found employed or working, contrary to law, or who is afflicted with any infectious,
contagious, or communicable disease, or whose physical condition is such that it makes it
hazardous for the person to perform the work. (Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §25.)...
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22-11A-34
Section 22-11A-34 Law enforcement officers to convey person to custody of Department of Public
Health; public health facilities to report on progress of persons committed. The probate judge
shall order one or more persons or law enforcement officers to convey any person committed
to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health to such facility as designated by
the department or to the custody of such other facility as the court may order, and all necessary
expenses incurred by the persons or officers conveying such person shall be taxed as costs
of the proceeding. Such facilities shall report to the probate judge as to the progress of
all persons who have been committed therein. Such reports shall be made as often as may be
ordered by the probate court. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §34.)...
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22-11A-53
Section 22-11A-53 Notification of positive test result; counseling; referral to appropriate
health care services; explanation of individual responsibility. An individual tested shall
be notified of a positive test result by the physician ordering the test, his designee, a
physician designated by the applicant or by the Department of Public Health. Such notification
shall include: (1) Face-to-face post-test counseling on the meaning of the test results, the
possible need for additional testing, and the need to eliminate behavior which may spread
the disease to others; (2) Information as to the availability of appropriate health care services,
including mental health care, and appropriate social and support services; and (3) Explanation
of the benefits of locating, testing and counseling any individual to whom the infected individual
may have exposed the HIV virus and a full description of the services of public health with
respect to locating and counseling all such individuals. (Acts...
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22-11A-30
Section 22-11A-30 Commitment petition - Order for person to appear for hearing and be examined
by physician. When a petition has been filed seeking to commit any person to the custody of
the Alabama Department of Public Health, the probate judge shall order such person to appear
at the places and times designated for hearing the petition, and may order the person to appear
at designated times and places to be examined by licensed physicians. If the respondent does
not appear as ordered by the probate judge, the probate judge may order the sheriff of the
county in which the person is located to take the respondent into custody and compel his attendance
as ordered by the probate judge. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §30.)...
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22-11A-51
Section 22-11A-51 Informed consent required for HIV testing. (a) Before any HIV test is performed,
the health care provider or testing facility shall obtain from the person a voluntary informed
consent to administer the test. (b) A general consent form should be signed for medical or
surgical treatment which specifies the testing for HIV infection by any antibody tests or
other means and may be considered as meeting the standard of informed consent in subsection
(a). (Acts 1991, No. 91-120, p. 140, §2(a), (b).)...
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22-30-12
Section 22-30-12 Permit program. (a) The department, acting through the commission, is authorized
to promulgate a permit program for hazardous waste management practices and, acting through
the commission, to promulgate criteria for issuing permits and rules identifying procedures
for obtaining permits. (b) Except as provided by this subsection or subsections (i) and (j)
of this section, no person shall engage in the transportation, treatment, storage or disposal
of hazardous waste without having applied for and obtained a permit from the department issued
under authority of this section. The department, acting through the commission, may promulgate
rules which exempt certain hazardous waste management practices from the requirement to obtain
a permit under this section. (c) Unless specifically exempted from regulation by this chapter
or rules promulgated under authority of this chapter, no person may commence or continue construction
or operation of any hazardous waste treatment,...
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22-40A-17
Section 22-40A-17 Evaluation of suspected property; notice; costs. (a) The department or its
designated representatives may access property suspected of containing scrap tires for the
purpose of evaluation of the threat to public health, the environment, and safety. (b) The
department, by regulation, shall establish an administrative process to provide the responsible
party, other than the innocent landowner, notice of obligation to remediate scrap tires found
that are in violation of this chapter. If the responsible party fails or refuses to remediate
the scrap tires, the department or its contractor or subcontractors shall be granted access
to the property for the sole purpose of remediation of the scrap tires. (c) The department
may recover the full cost associated with the remediation, including legal expenses, from
the responsible party, other than an innocent landowner. (d) As long as an innocent landowner
is working cooperatively with the department or its representative to...
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