22-11A-72
Section 22-11A-72 Penalties. (a) It shall be grounds for revocation, suspension, or restriction of the professional license of any licensed infected health care worker who shall be found to perform invasive procedures and shall have failed to notify the State Health Officer as provided in Section 22-11A-61. (b) Any physician providing care to an individual known to the physician to be an infected health care worker who fails to report the infected health care worker to the State Health Officer as provided in Section 22-11A-61 shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law. (c) Any individual who deliberately fails to provide records under his or her control or who falsifies those records shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §13.)...
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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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22-12-6
Section 22-12-6 Investigations; quarantine pending investigations. The State Health Officer, or any representative designated by him, may go into any place in this state for the purpose of making such investigations as shall determine the necessity for quarantine. Quarantine may be established, pending such investigation, upon authentic information of the existence of a quarantinable disease at any place from which such disease is likely to invade the state, or any portion thereof. (Code 1907, §739; Code 1923, §1208; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 22, §145.)...
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22-11A-67
Section 22-11A-67 Records and information necessary to assist investigation. (a) Any health care worker found to have HBV, HIV, or HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health and any health care facility at which an infected health care worker is employed or practices shall make available to the State Board of Health, and to the expert review panel, any and all patient medical records and other records requested by those groups, except that records or documents greater than three years old shall not be provided. (b) The following persons and facilities shall provide to the State Board of Health and the expert review panel all requested documents or records three years old or less: (1) Any person having knowledge of a health care worker diagnosed as infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health. (2) The administrator of any health facility having knowledge of a health care worker diagnosed as infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other...
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22-11A-13
Section 22-11A-13 Sexually transmitted diseases. Sexually transmitted diseases which are designated by the State Board of Health are recognized and declared to be contagious, infectious and communicable diseases and dangerous to public health. The State Board of Health is authorized and directed to promulgate rules for the testing, reporting, investigation and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §13.)...
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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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22-4-8
Section 22-4-8 Statewide Health Coordinating Council - Functions. (a) The Statewide Health Coordinating Council shall advise and serve as consultants to the State Board of Health regarding policies and regulations necessary for carrying out this article. (b) In addition, the council shall perform the following functions: (1) Review annually and coordinate the health systems plans of each of the health systems agencies; (2) Prepare, review and revise as necessary, with the assistance of the State Health Planning and Development Agency, and approve or disapprove, the State Health Plan, which shall be made up of the health systems plans modified to achieve their coordination and compliance with statewide health planning criteria and standards; (3) Review the State Medical Facilities Plan, pursuant to Title XVI of the Public Health Service Act, prepared by the State Health Planning and Development Agency, and approve the plan as consistent with the State Health Plan and advise and consult...
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22-11A-10
Section 22-11A-10 State Board of Health to investigate reported cases of tuberculosis; voluntary treatment; probate court may order compulsory treatment and quarantine; cost of treatment; exercise of religious freedom. Whenever the State Board of Health or its authorized representative shall discover, as a result of its own investigation or as a result of any report required by this article, that any person may be afflicted with tuberculosis, the State Board of Health, through its authorized representative, shall investigate or further investigate the circumstances and, if after investigation, the representative of the State Board of Health is of the opinion that an active case of tuberculosis is found, he shall encourage the person infected to take voluntary treatment to meet the minimum requirements prescribed by the State Board of Health. If such afflicted person refuses voluntary treatment, than the state board of health, through its authorized representative, may petition the...
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34-24-361
Section 34-24-361 Investigations; reporting offenses; proceedings and actions; privileged information. (a)(1) The State Board of Medical Examiners on its own motion may investigate any evidence which appears to show that a physician or osteopath holding a certificate of qualification to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama is or may be guilty of any of the acts, offenses, or conditions set out in Section 34-24-360. As part of its investigation, the board may require a criminal history background check of the physician or osteopath. In such event, the physician or osteopath shall submit a complete set of fingerprints to the State Board of Medical Examiners. The board shall submit the fingerprints provided by the physician or osteopath to the Alabama Bureau of Investigation (ABI). The fingerprints shall be forwarded by the ABI to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a national criminal history record check. Costs associated with conducting a criminal history...
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22-4-7
Section 22-4-7 Statewide Health Coordinating Council - Establishment; composition; qualifications, appointment and terms of office of members; officers; meetings; vacancies; appointment of consultants and task forces; compensation of members of council and members of task forces. There shall be established an advisory council, to be designated the Statewide Health Coordinating Council, which shall advise and consult with the State Board of Health as the designated health planning and development agency in the administration of the health planning and resource development functions set forth in this article. The council shall have not less than 16 members appointed by the Governor from a list of not less than five nominees submitted by each health systems agency which falls, in whole or in part, within the state. Each health systems agency shall be entitled to not less than two members of the council, and each shall have the same number of members. Of the representatives of a health...
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