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22-32-1
Section 22-32-1 Enactment of Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact.
The Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact is hereby enacted
into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with any and all states legally joining
therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: SOUTHEAST INTERSTATE
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPACT Article I. Policy and Purpose There is hereby
created the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The party
states recognize and declare that each state is responsible for providing for the availability
of capacity either within or outside the state for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste
generated within its borders, except for waste generated as a result of defense activities
of the federal government or federal research and development activities. They also recognize
that the management of low-level radioactive waste is handled most...
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22-11A-8
Section 22-11A-8 Health officer to investigate complaints of diseases; afflicted persons to
be moved to suitable place; expenses of removal. Whenever complaint is made in writing to
the health officer of a county that a person, not at his own home, is afflicted with any of
the notifiable diseases or health conditions designated by the State Board of Health, such
health officer shall, thoroughly and promptly, investigate said complaint. If, upon investigation,
said health officer is of the opinion that said complaint is well founded, he may cause such
person to be removed to such place as may have been provided for such cases in the county,
city or town in which such person is found or, if there is no such place provided for such
cases, then, to such place as said health officer may deem suitable, subject to the approval
of the authorities of the county, city or town, as the case may be. The removal of said person
shall be at the expense of said person, or, in case the person is a...
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22-11A-32
Section 22-11A-32 Commitment petition - Findings; rehearing; confinement when no treatment
available. (a) If, at the final hearing, upon a petition seeking to commit a person to the
custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health or such other facility as the court may
order, the probate judge, on the basis of clear and convincing evidence, shall find: (1) That
the person sought to be committed has been exposed or is afflicted with one of the diseases
designated in this article; (2) That the person has refused testing or voluntary treatment;
(3) That, as a consequence of the disease, the person is dangerous to himself and the health
of the community; (4) That the person conducts himself so as to expose others to the disease;
(5) That treatment is available for the person's illness if confined or that confinement is
necessary to prevent further spread of the disease; and (6) That commitment is the least restrictive
alternative necessary and available for the treatment of the person's...
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22-1-7
Section 22-1-7 Procedure when county health officer, etc., resisted. If, in the attempt to
perform any duty enjoined by any public health law of the State of Alabama or rule or regulation
of the State Board of Health, the health or quarantine officer of a county, or his duly authorized
representative, shall be forcibly resisted or threatened with forceful resistance, such health
officer shall, after conference with the county board of health, if found necessary, make
affidavit before any judge of a circuit court, district court, municipal court or the judge
of probate of the municipality or county where such resistance occurs or is threatened, whereupon
the officer before whom said affidavit has been made shall forthwith issue his warrant directed
to the sheriff or to any bonded constable of said county, commanding said sheriff or constable
to remove or abate, under the direction of said health officer, said insanitary condition,
or source of infection or offensive or indecent material...
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22-11A-3
Section 22-11A-3 Action of health officer upon being notified of diseases; quarantine. Whenever
the State Health Officer or his representative, or the county health officer or his representative,
is notified of any person or persons afflicted with any of the notifiable diseases or health
conditions designated by the State Board of Health, he shall, at his discretion, isolate or
quarantine such person or persons as further provided in this article. Such quarantine shall
be established and maintained in accordance with the rules adopted by the State Board of Health
for the control of the disease with which the person or persons are afflicted. (Acts 1987,
No. 87-574, p. 904, §3.)...
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22-11A-10
Section 22-11A-10 State Board of Health to investigate reported cases of tuberculosis; voluntary
treatment; probate court may order compulsory treatment and quarantine; cost of treatment;
exercise of religious freedom. Whenever the State Board of Health or its authorized representative
shall discover, as a result of its own investigation or as a result of any report required
by this article, that any person may be afflicted with tuberculosis, the State Board of Health,
through its authorized representative, shall investigate or further investigate the circumstances
and, if after investigation, the representative of the State Board of Health is of the opinion
that an active case of tuberculosis is found, he shall encourage the person infected to take
voluntary treatment to meet the minimum requirements prescribed by the State Board of Health.
If such afflicted person refuses voluntary treatment, than the state board of health, through
its authorized representative, may petition the...
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22-52-91
Section 22-52-91 Duty of law enforcement officer, community mental health officer to take into
custody alleged mentally ill persons; detention; admission; hearing. (a) When a law enforcement
officer is confronted by circumstances and has reasonable cause for believing that a person
within the county is mentally ill and also believes that the person is likely to be of immediate
danger to self or others, the law enforcement officer shall contact a community mental health
officer. The community mental health officer shall join the law enforcement officer at the
scene and location of the person to assess conditions and determine if the person needs the
attention, specialized care, and services of a designated mental health facility. If the community
mental health officer determines from the conditions, symptoms, and behavior that the person
appears to be mentally ill and poses an immediate danger to self or others, the law enforcement
officer shall take the person into custody and,...
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22-52-90
Section 22-52-90 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings: (1) DESIGNATED MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. A mental health facility
other than a state mental health facility designated by the state Department of Mental Health
to receive persons for evaluation, examination, admission, detention, or treatment pursuant
to the commitment process. (2) COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER. A person who acts as a liaison
between law enforcement and the general public, and who is regularly employed by a municipality
within the county or regularly employed by the county commission or any public body or agency,
including the state Department of Mental Health. A community mental health officer may be
employed jointly or in combination by two or more governments, entities, or agencies authorized
by the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a community mental health
officer shall not be an employee of the Department of Human...
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22-52-93
Section 22-52-93 Costs. No county shall be required to pay costs associated with the temporary
confinement or commitment of a person to a designated mental health facility, including, but
not limited to, the cost of housing and treatment. All costs associated with a probable cause
hearing, including cost of counsel, shall be paid by the State General Fund upon order of
the judge of probate; except, that if the petition is denied and the petitioner is not indigent
and is not a law enforcement officer or other public official acting within the line and scope
of his or her duties, all costs may be taxed against the petitioner, or if the petition is
granted and the person sought to be committed is not indigent, the judge of probate may order
all costs paid from the estate of the person committed. (Acts 1994, No. 94-690, p. 1326, §4.)...
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3-7A-1
Section 3-7A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings respectively ascribed to them unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise: (1) CANINE CORPS DOGS. Those members of the canine family maintained by governmental
agencies for exclusive use in official duties assigned to those agencies. Seeing eye dogs
shall be included within the meaning of this definition. (2) CAT. All members of the domesticated
feline (Felis catus) family. (3) DOG. All members of the domesticated canine (Canis familiaris)
family. (4) FERRET. All members of the ferret (Mustela putorius furo) family. (5) HAS BEEN
EXPOSED. Suspected or confirmed contact of saliva with a break or abrasion of the skin or
with any mucous membrane, as determined by the health officer or medical or law enforcement
personnel. (6) HEALTH OFFICER. The State Health Officer or any county health officer as defined
in Section 22-3-2, or his or her designee. (7) IMMUNIZATION...
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