22-11C-8
Section 22-11C-8 Exchange of information with other registries. (a) The State Health
Officer may enter into agreements to exchange confidential information with other head and/or
spinal cord injury registries to obtain complete reports of Alabama residents diagnosed or
treated in other states and to provide information to other states regarding their residents
diagnosed or treated in Alabama. (b) The State Health Officer may furnish confidential information
to other states' head and/or spinal cord injury registries, federal head or spinal cord injury
prevention or rehabilitation agencies, or health researchers in order to collaborate in a
national head and/or spinal cord injury registry or to collaborate in head and/or spinal cord
injury prevention and rehabilitation research studies. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §8.)...
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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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22-11C-4
Section 22-11C-4 Alabama Statewide Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry. The State Health
Officer may establish, contingent on the availability of funding, within the Department of
Public Health the Alabama Statewide Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry for the purpose of
providing accurate and up-to-date information about head and spinal cord injuries in Alabama
and facilitating the evaluation and improvement of head and spinal cord injuries prevention,
diagnosis, therapy, rehabilitation, and referral to coordinated, rehabilitation programs administered
by other state agencies. The purpose of these referrals shall be to ensure that these programs
shall provide eligible persons the opportunity to obtain the necessary rehabilitative services
enabling them to be referred to a vocational rehabilitation program or to return to an appropriate
level of functioning in their community. The State Committee of Public Health shall adopt
rules necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter,...
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22-11C-5
Section 22-11C-5 Reporting injuries; access to records. (a) Each case of confirmed head
or spinal cord injury shall be reported within 90 days of admission or diagnosis in the manner
prescribed by rule. Reports are to be submitted on a monthly basis. (b) Any further demographic,
diagnostic, treatment, or follow-up information shall be provided upon request by the State
Health Officer concerning any person now or formerly diagnosed as having or having had a head
or spinal cord injury. The State Health Officer or his or her authorized representative shall
be permitted access to all records, including death certificates, of persons identified with
head or spinal cord injuries. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §5.)...
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22-11C-12
Section 22-11C-12 Liability under chapter. (a) No person shall have any claim or cause
of action against the State of Alabama, or its political subdivisions, or any individual arising
out of any acts or omissions which occurred under the provisions of this chapter, if the state,
political subdivisions, or individual is in compliance with this chapter. (b) No person shall
have any claim or cause of action against any person, or the employer or employee of any person,
who participates in good faith in the reporting or receiving, or both, of head or spinal cord
registry data or data for head or spinal cord injury morbidity or mortality studies in accordance
with this chapter. (c) No license of a health care facility or health care provider may be
denied, suspended, or revoked for the good faith disclosure of confidential or privileged
information in the reporting of head or spinal cord injury registry data or data for head
or spinal cord injury morbidity or mortality studies in accordance...
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22-11C-10
Section 22-11C-10 Advisory Panel on Head and Spinal Cord Injury. The State Health Officer
may establish and coordinate an Advisory Panel on Head and Spinal Cord Injury which shall
provide governmental and non-governmental input regarding the Head and Spinal Cord Injury
Registry. The membership of the panel may include, but is not limited to, representatives
from appropriate state departments and agencies, persons with head and spinal cord injuries
or their family members, experts on head and spinal cord injuries, providers of head and spinal
cord injury care, and representatives of state affiliates of national head and/or spinal cord
injury organizations. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §10.)...
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22-11C-11
Section 22-11C-11 Report of findings and recommendations. The State Health Officer,
with input from the advisory panel, shall prepare a report that describes findings from the
Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry and make new recommendations for the prevention of head
and spinal cord injuries and provision of rehabilitative services for persons with head and
spinal cord injuries and transmit the report to the Legislature and make the report available
to the public. These findings shall be presented to an annual meeting of experts in the field
of head and spinal cord injury. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §11.)...
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32-5A-191
Section 32-5A-191 (Effective until July 1, 2023) Driving while under influence of alcohol,
controlled substances, etc. (a) A person shall not drive or be in actual physical control
of any vehicle while: (1) There is 0.08 percent or more by weight of alcohol in his or her
blood; (2) Under the influence of alcohol; (3) Under the influence of a controlled substance
to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving; (4) Under the combined influence
of alcohol and a controlled substance to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely
driving; or (5) Under the influence of any substance which impairs the mental or physical
faculties of such person to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving.
(b) A person who is under the age of 21 years shall not drive or be in actual physical control
of any vehicle if there is 0.02 percent or more by weight of alcohol in his or her blood.
The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall suspend or revoke the...
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22-13-34
Section 22-13-34 State Health Officer authorized to enter into agreements to exchange
confidential information with other cancer registries and to furnish confidential information
to other states, cancer registries, etc. (a) The State Health Officer may enter into agreements
to exchange confidential information with other cancer registries to obtain complete reports
of Alabama residents diagnosed or treated in other states and to provide information to other
states regarding their residents diagnosed or treated in Alabama. (b) The State Health Officer
may furnish confidential information to other states' cancer registries, federal cancer control
agencies, or health researchers in order to collaborate in a national cancer registry or to
collaborate in cancer control and prevention research studies. (Acts 1995, No. 95-275, p.
485, §5.)...
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32-5A-191.2
Section 32-5A-191.2 Administration and disposition of funds in Alabama Head and Spinal
Cord Injury Trust Fund. (a) Beginning October 1, 1994, moneys in the Alabama Head and Spinal
Cord Injury Trust Fund shall be distributed to the Division of Rehabilitation Services in
the State Department of Education for the following purposes: (1) As a payer of last resort
for the costs of care provided in this state for citizens of this state who have survived
neuro-trauma with head or spinal cord injuries. Expenditures for spinal cord injury and head
injury care shall be made by the Division of Rehabilitation Services according to criteria
established by the Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board. Expenditures
may include but need not be limited to, post acute medical care, rehabilitation therapies,
medication, attendant care, home accessibility modification, and equipment necessary for activities
of daily living. (2) Public information, prevention education, and research...
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