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22-13-31
Section 22-13-31 Registry established; reporting of confirmed cases. (a) There is hereby established
within the Department of Public Health the Alabama Statewide Cancer Registry for the purpose
of providing accurate and up-to-date information about cancer or benign brain-related tumors
in Alabama and facilitating the evaluation and improvement of cancer or benign brain-related
tumor prevention, screening, diagnosis, therapy, rehabilitation, and community care activities
for the citizens of Alabama. The State Committee of Public Health shall adopt rules necessary
to effect the purposes of this article, including the data to be reported, and the effective
date after which reporting shall be required. For the purposes of this article, cancer means
all malignant neoplasms, regardless of the tissue of origin, including malignant lymphoma,
Hodgkin's disease, and leukemia, but excluding basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the
skin and carcinoma in situ of the cervix. (b) All cases of...
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22-13-32
Section 22-13-32 Monthly reports; further information to be provided upon request. (a) Each
case of confirmed cancer or benign brain-related tumor shall be reported within 180 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
receiving services, or diagnosed as having or having had a malignant neoplasm or benign brain-related
tumor. The State Health Officer or his or her authorized representative shall be permitted
access to all records, including death certificates, which would identify confirmed cases
of cancer or benign brain-related tumor or would establish characteristics of the cancer or
benign brain-related tumor, treatment of the cancer or benign brain-related tumor, or medical
status of any identified cancer or benign brain-related tumor...
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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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22-13-35
Section 22-13-35 Liability under article. (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 article, if the state,
political subdivisions, or individual is in compliance with this article. (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 cancer registry
data or data for cancer or benign brain-related tumor morbidity or mortality studies in accordance
with this article. (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 cancer registry data or data for cancer or benign brain-related
tumor morbidity or mortality studies in accordance with this...
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25-5-293
and insurers operating in Alabama shall, at the secretary's request, provide the secretary
such data as he or she deems necessary to evaluate costs and quality. The data shall be provided
in the form and content to the secretary's specifications and in a manner deemed timely by
the secretary. The secretary may gather from health care claims intermediaries that operate
in Alabama any claims data related to diagnoses and procedures encountered in the treatment
of workers'-compensation-type injury and illness in Alabama. Results from all data
gathered shall be made available to employers or their representatives for use in decisions
regarding the direction of care or to determine appropriateness of reimbursement. (i) Beginning
immediately after May 19, 1992, and to be completed within six months thereafter, the secretary
may engage an independent firm to identify the initial costs for the program. These initial
expenses shall include, but not be limited to, the establishment of a data...
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22-18-50
or procedures related to specific employees or other matters related to the Commission's internal
personnel practices and procedures; c. Current, threatened, or reasonably anticipated litigation;
d. Negotiation of contracts for the purchase or sale of goods, services, or real estate; e.
Accusing any person of a crime or formally censuring any person; f. Disclosure of trade secrets
or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential; g. Disclosure of
information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy; h. Disclosure of investigatory records compiled for law
enforcement purposes; i. Disclosure of information related to any investigatory reports prepared
by or on behalf of or for use of the Commission or other committee charged with responsibility
of investigation or determination of compliance issues pursuant to the Compact; or j. Matters
specifically exempted from disclosure by federal or member...
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22-11D-6
Section 22-11D-6 Statewide registries. (a) The department shall establish a statewide trauma
registry and may establish other registries to collect and analyze data on the incidence,
severity, and causes of trauma, including traumatic brain injury and other health care
illnesses, such as stroke. The registries shall be used to improve the availability and delivery
of pre-hospital or out-of-hospital care and hospital trauma or other health care services.
Specific data elements of the registries shall be defined by rule of the department. Every
health care facility that is designated by the department as a trauma or health care center
shall furnish data to the registries. All other health care facilities shall furnish trauma
or other health data as required by rule of the department. (b) All data collected pursuant
to this section shall be held confidential pursuant to state and federal laws, rules, and
policies. (Act 2007-299, p. 541, §6; Act 2012-526, p. 1556, §1.)...
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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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22-12D-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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36-30-50
or chemotherapy has been determined to be medically necessary. 2. There are malignant tumors
which are treated by endoscopic procedures alone. 3. There are malignant melanomas. 4. There
is a tumor of the prostate, provided that it is treated with radical prostatectomy or external
beam therapy. c. The combined total of all benefits received under this subdivision by a firefighter
during his or her lifetime may not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). (2) Payable as
a result of a specific injury or illness, to begin six months after the disability
and submission to the insurance carrier or other payor of acceptable proof of disability precluding
service as a firefighter, and continuing for up to 36 consecutive monthly payments, one of
the following: a. For a career firefighter, a monthly benefit of three thousand dollars ($3,000).
b. For a certified volunteer firefighter, a monthly benefit of three thousand dollars ($3,000).
c. For a non-certified volunteer firefighter, a monthly...
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