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3-7A-11
Section 3-7A-11 County rabies officer; application; appointment; term; powers and duties; authority
of county board of health. (a) The county board of health shall nominate annually one duly
licensed veterinarian from each county within the state for the position of rabies officer.
Applications for this position may be received from any duly licensed veterinarian residing
within the county, or in the event that no applications are received, from the Alabama Veterinary
Medical Association. Applications shall be provided to the chair of each county board of health
during the month of November. The county board of health, not later than January 31 of the
appointing year, shall select and appoint a nominee, subject to the approval of the State
Health Officer and the State Veterinarian. The appointee's term of office shall expire on
December 31 of the year of appointment; provided, however, that he or she shall be eligible
for reappointment. The rabies officer may be removed from office,...
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22-21-25
Section 22-21-25 License - Issuance; suspension or revocation; new applications after revocation.
(a) The State Board of Health may grant licenses for the operation of hospitals which are
found to comply with the provisions of this article and any regulations lawfully promulgated
by the State Board of Health. (b) The State Board of Health may suspend or revoke a license
granted under this article on any of the following grounds: (1) Violation of any of the provisions
of this article or the rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto. (2) Permitting, aiding
or abetting the commission of any illegal act in the institution. (3) Conduct or practices
deemed by the State Board of Health to be detrimental to the welfare of the patients of the
institution. (c) Before any license granted under this article is suspended or revoked, written
notice shall be given the licensee, stating the grounds of the complaint, and the date, time,
and place set for the hearing of the complaint, which date of...
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22-21-351
Section 22-21-351 Legislative findings. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows:
(1) That in order to promote the public health of the people of the State of Alabama, the
Legislature enacted the enabling statute, whereunder, among other things: a. The several counties,
municipalities, and educational institutions of the state are effectively authorized to form
public corporations known as health care authorities, and b. Existing public hospital corporations
are authorized to reincorporate as health care authorities; (2) That all such health care
authorities are empowered under and pursuant to the enabling statute, among other things:
a. To own and operate public hospitals and other health care facilities; b. To furnish office
space to (among others) any nonhospital-based physician, dentist or other health care professional
for use in his private practice, subject to the conditions specified in the enabling statute;
and c. To appoint, employ, contract with, and provide for...
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22-21-50
Section 22-21-50 Proceedings to establish. (a) Any one or more local governing bodies located
in the same or contiguous counties, within a zone determined by the State Board of Health
as a zone for public hospitals, may act to establish a hospital association, a body corporate
and politic. Before taking action to establish a hospital association, each local governing
body involved shall give notice of the time, place and purpose of a public hearing at which
all residents and taxpayers of the local political subdivision shall be given an opportunity
to be heard. Such notice by the local governing body shall be given by publishing or posting
a notice at least 10 days preceding the day on which the hearing is to be held. In determining
whether a hospital association shall be established, the need for additional hospital beds
in the areas affected shall be determined. After such a hearing, the local governing body
shall determine whether to establish a hospital association, and if it is...
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3-7A-9
Section 3-7A-9 Quarantine of dog, cat, or ferret which bites human being; destruction and examination
of animal; violations; instructions for quarantine; report of results; exemptions.
(a) Whenever the rabies officer or the health officer receives information that a human being
has been bitten or exposed by a dog, cat, or ferret required by this chapter to be immunized
against rabies, the officer or his or her authorized agent shall cause the dog, cat, or ferret
to be placed in quarantine under the direct supervision of a duly licensed veterinarian for
rabies observation as prescribed in Section 3-7A-1. It shall be unlawful for any person having
knowledge that a human being has been bitten or exposed by a dog, cat, or ferret to fail to
notify one or more of the aforementioned officers. Vaccinated dogs, cats, and ferrets may
be authorized to be quarantined in the home of the owner of the animal by the appropriate
health officer. (b) When a dog, cat, or ferret has no owner as determined...
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22-12-14
Section 22-12-14 Quarantine of infected portions of county - Establishment. When a contagious
or infectious disease of quarantinable nature exists in a part of a county, the remainder
of the county, and any incorporated city or town therein, may establish quarantine against
the infected portion or portions of the county in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) If a majority of the committee of public health, acting for the board of health of the
county, reside in the uninfected portion of the county, such majority shall have the power
of the full committee, as defined in the Sections 22-12-12 and 22-12-13; or (2) If, however,
a majority of the said committee reside in the infected portion of the county, then said committee
can no longer act, and in that event, the uninfected portion of the county may establish quarantine
as follows: a. The judge of probate, the presiding officer or any two members of the county
commission if they, or either, reside in the uninfected portion of...
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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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45-37-110
Section 45-37-110 Chairs; clerks; deputies; meetings of board. (a) This section shall apply
to counties of this state having a population of 500,000 or more according to the last or
any subsequent federal census and to no other county. (b) As herein used, these words and
terms have the meanings hereby given them: (1) CHAIR. The chair of the board of registrars.
(2) COUNTY. Any county to which this section applies. (c) In every county wherein this section
applies the governing body of the county shall appoint the chair of the board of registrars
and such governing body may remove the chair; provided, however, that the appointment and
removal of the chair shall be subject to the merit system of the county; and the chair shall
otherwise be subject to and entitled to the benefits of the law establishing such merit system.
The chair shall serve full time, and he, or she, shall receive compensation from the general
funds of the county in an amount to be determined by the county governing...
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11-91A-2
Section 11-91A-2 Local Government Health Insurance Board; governance and administration of
program. (a) The Local Government Health Insurance Board shall govern and administer the Local
Government Health Insurance Program currently governed and administered by the State Employees'
Insurance Board (SEIB) pursuant to Chapter 29 of Title 36. The transfer of the governance
and administration to the board shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2015, and thereafter
the board shall take all control and responsibility for the program under procedures and authority
set out in this chapter. (b) The program governed and administered by the board shall provide
a reasonable relationship between the health care benefits to be included and the expected
health care expenses to be incurred by affected employees, retirees, and their dependents.
The board may establish a fully insured or self-insured health care plan for employees and
retirees as defined in this chapter and may adopt rules for the...
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16-3-12
Section 16-3-12 Rules and regulations - Generally. The State Board of Education shall adopt
rules and regulations for the proper construction of school buildings, for the sanitation
of schools, for the physical examination of school children and, in conjunction with other
state authorities, shall see to it that the rules relating to school health, compulsory education
and child conservation are enforced. (School Code 1927, §36; Code 1940, T. 52, §15.)...
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