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22-11C-6
Section 22-11C-6 Notice of available state assistance; referrals. (a) The Department of Public
Health shall establish procedures, after a report has been received for any person with a
head or spinal cord injury, to notify the individual or the most immediate available family
members of the availability of assistance from the state, the services available, and the
eligibility requirements. (b) The Department of Public Health shall refer persons who have
head or spinal cord injuries to other state agencies to assure that rehabilitative services,
if desired, are obtained by that person. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §6.)...
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22-11C-7
Section 22-11C-7 Confidentiality; disclosure of information. (a) All information reported pursuant
to this chapter shall be confidential and privileged. (b) The State Health Officer shall take
strict measures to ensure that all identifying information is kept confidential, except as
otherwise provided in this chapter. (c) Head and spinal cord injury information may be provided
to researchers or research institutions, or both, in connection with head and/or spinal cord
injury morbidity and mortality studies upon appropriate review by the State Health Officer.
All identifying information regarding an individual patient, health care provider, or health
care facility contained in records of interviews, written reports, and statements procured
by the State Health Officer or by any other person, agency, or organization acting jointly
with the State Health Officer in connection with these studies shall be confidential and privileged
and shall be used solely for the purposes of the study....
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22-12-29
Section 22-12-29 Affidavits by persons desiring to enter or remain in certain places. (a) Any
person who makes affidavit before a quarantine officer or guard, engaged in enforcing quarantine
for the protection of a place which said person wishes to enter, and who furnishes such other
evidence as may be prescribed by the State Board of Health that he has not, since the appearance
of a quarantinable disease then existing, been in any place against which quarantine has been
legally proclaimed shall be permitted to enter, or remain in, the place to which he desires
to go. Any person who has been in a place then under quarantine, by the authority of the state
or by that of a county, city or town with the approval of the State Board of Health, and who
has since complied with the requirements as to detention and disinfection, one or both, prescribed
or approved by the State Board of Health and who shall make affidavit thereto and furnish
such other evidence thereof as said board may prescribe...
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22-12D-1
Section 22-12D-1 Office established; purposes. (a) The Office of Women's Health is established
within the Alabama Department of Public Health for the following purposes: (1) To educate
the public and be an advocate for women's health by requesting that the State Department of
Public Health, either on its own or in partnership with other entities, establish appropriate
forums, programs, or initiatives designed to educate the public regarding women's health,
with an emphasis on preventive health and healthy lifestyles. (2) To assist the State Health
Officer in identifying, coordinating, and establishing priorities for programs, services,
and resources the state should provide for women's health issues and concerns relating to
the reproductive, menopausal, and postmenopausal phases of a woman's life, with an emphasis
on postmenopausal health. (3) To serve as a clearinghouse and resource for information regarding
women's health data, strategies, services, and programs that address women's...
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22-13-33
Section 22-13-33 Information to be confidential. (a) All information reported pursuant to this
article shall be confidential and privileged. (b) The State Health Officer shall take strict
measures to ensure that all identifying information is kept confidential, except as otherwise
provided in this article. (c) Cancer or benign brain-related tumor information may be provided
to researchers or research institutions, or both, in connection with cancer or benign brain-related
tumor morbidity and mortality studies upon appropriate review by the State Health Officer.
All identifying information regarding an individual patient, health care provider, or health
care facility contained in records of interviews, written reports, and statements procured
by the State Health Officer or by any other person, agency, or organization acting jointly
with the State Health Officer in connection with these studies shall be confidential and privileged
and shall be used solely for the purposes of the study....
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22-3-9
Section 22-3-9 Appointment of sanitary officers. In counties in which there are no health officers,
and in counties in which, although there are health officers, adequate provision has not,
in the opinion of the State Board of Health, been made for the proper notification, investigation
and control of notifiable diseases and in localities in which the local health authorities
fail to carry out the provision of the health laws of the state and the rules and regulations
of the State Board of Health, the State Board of Health may appoint properly qualified sanitary
officers to act as local health officers and to prevent the spread of disease in, and from,
such localities and to enforce said laws, rules and regulations. (Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909;
Code 1923, §1102; Code 1940, T. 22, §56.)...
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22-6-10
Section 22-6-10 Women's right to health care. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited
as the "Women's Right to Health Care Act." (b) Any state program funded under Title
XIX of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1396 et seq., and any other publicly
funded state health care program which provides coverage for mastectomy surgery shall also
provide coverage for reconstruction of the breast on which surgery has been performed and
surgery and reconstruction of the other breast to produce a symmetrical appearance if the
patient is eligible for Medicaid and elects reconstruction within two years of the mastectomy
surgery and in the manner chosen by the patient and the physician, in accordance with guidelines
consistent with Medicare and other third party payers. Reimbursement is allowed only for breast
reconstructive surgery following a medically necessary mastectomy when performed for the removal
of cancer. As used in this section, the term "reconstruction" shall...
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22-7A-1
Section 22-7A-1 Physician agreements; dentist agreements. (a) For the purposes of this chapter,
the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DENTIST. A person licensed to practice
dentistry in this state. (2) DENTIST AGREEMENT or AGREEMENT. A contract between a dentist
and a patient or his or her legal representative in which the dentist or the dentist's medical
practice agrees to provide dental services to the patient for an agreed upon fee and period
of time. (3) DENTIST PRACTICE. A dentist or a dental practice of a dentist that charges a
periodic fee for dental services and which does not bill a third party any additional fee
for services for patients covered under a dental agreement. The per visit charge of the practice
shall be less than the monthly equivalent of the periodic fee. (4) PHYSICIAN. A person licensed
to practice medicine in this state. (5) PHYSICIAN AGREEMENT or AGREEMENT. A contract between
a physician and a patient or his or her legal representative in...
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22-8B-6
Section 22-8B-6 Construction of chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit
a physician or health care provider from doing any of the following: (1) Participating in
the execution of a person sentenced by a court to death by any means recognized by Alabama
law. (2) Following a patient's wishes or health care proxy's instructions to withhold or withdraw
life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutritional hydration. (3) Prescribing
and administering palliative care or pain medication treatment options intended to relieve
pain while the illness or condition of the patient follows its natural course. (4) Following
the wishes or instructions of an individual which are made in compliance with Chapter 8A.
(Act 2017-231, §6.)...
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26-25-4
Section 26-25-4 Emergency medical services provider. For the purposes of this chapter, an emergency
medical services provider shall mean a licensed hospital, as defined in Section 22-21-20,
which operates an emergency department. An emergency medical services provider does not include
the offices, clinics, surgeries, or treatment facilities of private physicians or dentists.
No individual licensed health care provider, including physicians, dentists, nurses, physician
assistants, or other health professionals shall be deemed to be an emergency medical services
provider under this chapter unless such individual voluntarily assumes responsibility for
the custody of the child. (Act 2000-760, p. 1740, §4.)...
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