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22-10B-5
Section 22-10B-5 Sickle cell services. The sickle cell services shall include all of the following:
(1) Public and professional health education which shall be provided by persons specially
trained for the task. (2) Screening of all newborns within a designated area for sickle cell
disease by accurate laboratory techniques. (3) Genetic counseling and decision-making counseling
which shall be offered to all parents of infants who are affected with Sickle Cell Disease
and to those parents and patients at risk of having other children affected with this disease.
(4) Medical referral and follow-up which shall consist of a prompt definitive diagnosis of
patients found to have medically significant hemoglobin and the medical management of painful
episodes, infections, and other complications which shall be provided by physicians and other
medical professionals. (5) Psychosocial support services which shall be provided to help patients
affected with Sickle Cell Disease to live a happy and...
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22-11A-17
Section 22-11A-17 Testing of correctional facility inmates for sexually transmitted diseases;
treatment; discharge of infectious inmates; victim may request results of HIV testing. (a)
All persons sentenced to confinement or imprisonment in any city or county jail or any state
correctional facility for 30 or more consecutive days shall be tested for those sexually transmitted
diseases designated by the State Board of Health, upon entering the facility, and any inmate
so confined for more than 90 days shall be examined for those sexually transmitted diseases
30 days before release. The results of any positive or reactive tests shall be reported as
provided in Section 22-11A-14. Additionally, the results of any positive or negative test
for HIV of a sexual offender shall be provided to the State Health Officer or his or her designee
as provided in Section 22-11A-14. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to
require the testing of any person held in a city or county jail...
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22-11D-2
Section 22-11D-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) BOARD. The State Board of Health. (2) COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. A radio and land
line network complying with the board's rules and which provides rapid public access, coordinated
central dispatching of services, and coordination of personnel, equipment, and facilities
in the trauma and health system. (3) COUNCIL. The Statewide Trauma and Health System Advisory
Council. (4) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public Health. (5) DESIGNATION. A formal
determination by the department that a hospital is capable of providing designated trauma
or other specific health care as authorized by this chapter. (6) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE.
The organization responding to a perceived individual's need for immediate medical care in
order to prevent loss of life or aggravation of physiological or psychological illness or
injury. (7) HEALTH CARE CENTER. A hospital that voluntarily...
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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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22-8A-16
Section 22-8A-16 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION,
EFFECTIVE MARCH 28, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) A task force is
created to serve under the supervision of the Department of Public Health to establish the
Order for PPEL Care form. The task force shall include all of the following representatives:
(1) One representative of urban emergency medical services, appointed by the Governor. (2)
One representative of rural emergency medical services, appointed by the Governor. (3) One
pediatrician caring for medically complex children in an urban area, appointed by the Governor.
(4) One pediatrician caring for medically complex children in a rural area, appointed by the
Governor. (5) Two pediatric specialists from any of the following disciplines, appointed by
the Governor: Oncology, cardiology, neurology, or pulmonology. (6) One pediatric ethicist,
appointed by the Governor. (7) One nurse, appointed by the Alabama Board of...
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45-37-171.40
Section 45-37-171.40 Fees for services - Authorized. (a) The Jefferson County Board of Health
is hereby authorized to designate services rendered by the health department under its control
for which fees may be charged and to establish the fees to be respectively charged for such
services, subject to the disapproval of such fees by the Jefferson County Commission as provided
in Section 45-37-171.42, which authority may be used or not used in accordance with this subpart
as and to the extent deemed necessary or desirable by the board of health. The services which
may be designated pursuant to this subpart as services for which fees may be charged include,
without limitation thereto all of the following: (1) Inspection and certification services
performed in connection with the administration and enforcement of public health and environmental
laws and regulations. (2) Health care services provided through outpatient clinics, home health
care, or other service programs. (3) The...
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22-21-34
Section 22-21-34 Assisted living facility, etc., rising to level of intermediate care. Under
the circumstances listed below, an assisted living facility or a specialty care assisted living
facility rising to the level of intermediate care may be subject to a civil money penalty
imposed by the Board of Health not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per instance.
The imposition of the penalty may be appealed pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure
Act. All money penalties imposed pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the Department
of Public Health and shall be deposited in the State General Fund. The penalties shall be
deposited in the General Fund and shall not be earmarked for the Department of Public Health.
Failure of an assisted living facility or a specialty care assisted living facility rising
to the level of intermediate care to pay a civil money penalty within 30 days after its imposition
or within 30 days after the final disposition of any appeal shall be...
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27-21A-12
Section 27-21A-12 Protection against insolvency. (a) Unless otherwise provided below, each
health maintenance organization shall deposit with the commissioner, or with any organization
or trustee acceptable to him through which a custodial or controlled account is utilized,
cash, securities, or any combination of these or other measures acceptable to him in the amount
set forth in this section. (b) The amount for an organization that is beginning operation
shall be the greater of: (1) five percent of its estimated expenditures for health care services
for its first year of operation, (2) twice its estimated average monthly uncovered expenditures
for its first year of operation, or (3) $100,000. At the beginning of each succeeding year,
unless not applicable, the organization shall deposit with the commissioner, or organization,
or trustee, cash, securities, or any combination of these or other measures acceptable to
the commissioner, in an amount equal to four percent of its estimated...
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3-7A-2
Section 3-7A-2 Dogs, cats, and ferrets to be immunized; sale, etc., of vaccine; vaccination
exemptions. (a) Every owner of a dog, cat, or ferret required to be immunized for rabies as
defined in this chapter, shall cause the animal to be immunized by the rabies officer, his
or her authorized representative, or any duly licensed veterinarian, when the animal reaches
three months of age and subsequently in accordance with the intervals specified in the vaccine's
license. Notwithstanding the above, the State Board of Health may establish by rule vaccine
intervals or specific vaccines, or both, to be used in public rabies vaccination clinics,
based on considerations such as county specific prevalence of animal rabies or risk of animal
rabies and the vaccination rates of dogs, cats, and ferrets in a county. Evidence of immunization
shall consist of a printed certificate furnished by the Alabama Department of Public Health,
upon which shall be legibly inscribed: A description of the animal;...
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34-8-20
Section 34-8-20 Creation; composition; appointment and removal of members. In order to safeguard
life, health, and property and to promote the general public welfare by requiring that only
properly qualified persons be permitted to engage in general contracting, there shall be a
State Licensing Board for General Contractors, consisting of five members, who shall be citizens
of this state and appointed by the Governor. Each of the members shall be a general contractor,
within the meaning of this chapter, with at least 10 years' experience in the field as a contractor.
At least one member of the board shall have as a larger part of his or her business the construction
of highways. At least one member of the board shall have as a larger part of his or her business
the construction of public utilities. At least one member shall have as a larger part of his
or her business the construction of buildings. At least one member of the board shall have
as a larger part of his or her business the...
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