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26-14-3
Section 26-14-3 Mandatory reporting. (a) All hospitals, clinics, sanitariums, doctors, physicians,
surgeons, medical examiners, coroners, dentists, osteopaths, optometrists, chiropractors,
podiatrists, physical therapists, nurses, public and private K-12 employees, school teachers
and officials, peace officers, law enforcement officials, pharmacists, social workers, day
care workers or employees, mental health professionals, employees of public and private institutions
of postsecondary and higher education, members of the clergy as defined in Rule 505 of the
Alabama Rules of Evidence, or any other person called upon to render aid or medical assistance
to any child, when the child is known or suspected to be a victim of child abuse or neglect,
shall be required to report orally, either by telephone or direct communication immediately,
and shall be followed by a written report, to a duly constituted authority. (b)(1) When an
initial report is made to a law enforcement official, the...
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38-1-7
Section 38-1-7 (Effective October 1, 2015 until September 30, 2017) Drug screening program.
(a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DRUG.
Includes all of the following: a. A controlled substance for which a medical prescription
or other legal authorization is required for purchase or possession, including, but not limited
to: An amphetamine, a tetrahydrocannabinol, oxycodone, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), an opiate,
a barbiturate, a benzodiazepine, a methamphetamine, a propoxyphene, a tricyclic antidepressant,
or a metabolite of any of these substances. b. A drug whose manufacture, sale, use, or possession
is forbidden by law. (2) DRUG SCREENING. Any chemical, biological, or physical instrumental
analysis administered by a laboratory certified by the United States Department of Health
and Human Services or other licensing agency in this state for the purpose of determining
the presence or absence of a drug or its metabolites. (b) The...
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38-12-32
Section 38-12-32 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) CAREGIVER. An individual 21 years of age or older, other than a child's parent,
legal guardian, or legal custodian who is an approved foster parent, who is a relative of
the child, and who has been providing care and support for the child while the child has been
residing in the caregiver's home for at least the last six consecutive months while in the
legal custody of the Department of Human Resources, a designated official for a child-placing
agency, or a successor guardian. (2) CHILD. An individual under 18 years of age who is in
foster care with the caregiver and over whom a court has exercised continuing jurisdiction.
(3) COURT. The juvenile court. (4) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Human Resources. (5) KINSHIP
GUARDIAN. A caregiver who is willing to assume care of a child because of parental incapacity
of a parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or other dependency...
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12-15-306
Section 12-15-306 Removing a child from the custody of a parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian.
(a) A child may be removed by a law enforcement officer from the custody of a parent, legal
guardian, or legal custodian if there are reasonable grounds to believe any of the following:
(1) The child is suffering from an illness or injury or is in imminent danger from the surroundings
of the child and that the removal of the child is necessary for the protection of the health
and safety of the child. (2) The child has no parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or
other suitable person able to provide supervision and care for the child. (b) The person removing
the child shall immediately deliver the child to the Department of Human Resources. (Act 2008-277,
p. 441, ยง18.)...
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26-23E-10
Section 26-23E-10 Paternity inquiries of pregnant minor child; reporting requirements. (a)
Any minor child under the age of 16 seeking an abortion from an abortion or reproductive health
care facility shall be asked by the physician performing the abortion or his or her agent
to state the name and age of the individual who is believed to be the father of the unborn
child. While the minor child may refuse to provide the father's name and age, she should be
encouraged to do so by the physician or agent consistent with the physician's legal obligation
to reduce the incidence of child abuse when there is reason to suspect that it has occurred.
(b) In addition to any other abuse reporting requirements that may apply to the staff of an
abortion or reproductive health center, if the reported age of the father is two or more years
greater than the age of the minor child, the facility shall report the names of the pregnant
minor child and the father to both local law enforcement and the county...
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12-15-134
Section 12-15-134 Maintenance and inspection of law enforcement records. (a) Law enforcement
agencies shall take special precautions to ensure that law enforcement records and files concerning
a child will be maintained in a manner and pursuant to those safeguards that will protect
against disclosure to any unauthorized person, department, agency, or entity. Unless a charge
of delinquency is transferred for criminal prosecution pursuant to Section 12-15-203 or the
juvenile court otherwise orders in the interests of the child or of national security, the
law enforcement records and files with respect to the child shall not be open to public inspection
nor their contents disclosed to the public. (b) Law enforcement records and files described
in subsection (a) shall be open to inspection and copying by the following: (1) A juvenile
court having a child currently before it in any proceeding. (2) Personnel of the Department
of Human Resources, the Department of Youth Services, public and...
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34-21A-2
Section 34-21A-2 Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed
to them as used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning: (1) BOARD.
The Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board. (2) CONVENTIONAL ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM. An onsite sewage
system consisting of a septic tank, or an Alabama Department of Public Health approved pretreatment
device, with effluent discharging into a subsurface effluent disposal medium, where all portions
of the effluent disposal field sidewalls are installed below the elevation of undisturbed
native soil, including a conventional onsite sewage system as defined by the Alabama Department
of Public Health regulations. (3) ENGINEERED ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM. An onsite sewage system
that varies from conventional onsite sewage system equipment, methods, processes, and installation
procedures in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Alabama Department of Public
Health. (4) GOOD STANDING WITH LOCAL HEALTH...
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45-37-42
Section 45-37-42 Regulation of tattooing. (a) This section shall be operative only in Jefferson
County. (b) For the purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Jefferson County Board
of Health. (2) TATTOO or TATTOOING. The act of inserting a pigment under the skin of a human
being by pricking with a needle or otherwise, so as to produce an indelible mark or figure
visible through the skin. (c) No person shall apply a tattoo upon the body of another human
unless the person applying the tattoo shall hold a valid permit issued by the department.
(d) The department shall regulate persons who practice the art of tattooing and the facilities
in which they operate. A permit shall be issued annually by the department to the applicant
meeting all requirements governing permit issuance as contained in the regulations governing
tattoo facilities. Permits shall expire on December 31 of each year....
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22-19-161
Section 22-19-161 Definitions. In this article: (1) "Adult" means an individual who
is at least 18 years of age. (2) "Agent" means an individual: (A) authorized to
make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care;
or (B) expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by any other
record signed by the principal. (3) "Anatomical gift" means a donation of all or
part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation,
therapy, research, or education. (4) "Coroner" means an elected or appointed official
who determines, with the assistance of other forensic scientists and investigators, the cause,
manner, and circumstances surrounding death. (5) "Decedent" means a deceased individual
whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. The term includes a stillborn
infant and, subject to restrictions imposed by law other than this article, a fetus. (6) "Disinterested...
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22-21-33
Section 22-21-33 Penalties for operation of or referring persons to unlicensed hospital. (a)(1)
Any individual, association, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other
business entity who operates or causes to be operated a hospital of any kind as defined in
this article or any rules promulgated hereunder, without having been granted a license by
the State Board of Health shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor upon conviction, except
that any individual, association, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or
other business entity who operates or causes to be operated a hospital of any kind as defined
in this article or any rules promulgated hereunder without having been granted a license by
the State Board of Health shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor upon conviction of a second
or any subsequent offense. (2) The State Board of Health, upon determination that a facility
or business is operating as a hospital, within the meaning of this article or...
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