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22-55-1
Section 22-55-1 Enactment of compact; terms. The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is hereby
enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joining therein
in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH The contracting
states solemnly agree that: Article I The party states find that the proper and expeditious
treatment of the mentally ill and mentally deficient can be facilitated by cooperative action
to the benefit of the patients, their families and society as a whole. Further, the party
states find the necessity of and desirability for furnishing such care and treatment bear
no primary relation to the residence or citizenship of the patient but that, on the contrary,
the controlling factors of community safety and humanitarianism require that facilities and
services be made available for all who are in need of them. Consequently, it is the purpose
of this compact and of the party states to provide the necessary legal basis...
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45-49-170.22
Section 45-49-170.22 Investigations; impounding; judicial determination. (a) An animal control
officer or law enforcement officer of Mobile County shall investigate any incidents involving
any dog reported to be dangerous or a nuisance in the unincorporated areas of Mobile County.
(b) If a dog, which is unowned and has been reported to be dangerous, bites a person, the
dog may be quarantined and destroyed pursuant to subsection of Section 3-7A-9. For purposes
of this subsection, bites means the same as has been exposed as defined in subdivision (5)
of Section 3-7A-1. (c) If there is probable cause to believe that an owned dog is dangerous
or a nuisance and has caused serious physical injury or has caused damage to real or personal
property, the law enforcement officer or animal control officer shall impound the dog pending
disposition of a petition to declare a dog to be dangerous or a nuisance. The county may impound
the dog at the county pound as described in Section 3-7A-7, or may...
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22-11A-9
Section 22-11A-9 Tuberculosis cases to be reported; contents of report; reports confidential.
Any physician who diagnoses or treats a case of active tuberculosis, the administrator of
any hospital, dispensary, correctional facility or other institution in which there is a case
of active tuberculosis, the person in charge of any laboratory performing a positive test
for active or suspected active tuberculosis, and pharmacist dispensing anti-tuberculosis medication
shall report this information to the State Health Officer, the county health officer, or their
designee, in the manner provided in Section 22-11A-1. These reports shall include, at a minimum,
the name of the patient and the name and address of the physician. The reports required by
this section shall be confidential and shall not be subject to public inspection, subpoena,
or admission into evidence in any court except proceedings brought under this article to compel
the examination, treatment, commitment or quarantine of any...
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22-21-11
Section 22-21-11 Mandatory reporting of any injury resulting from gunshot; liability. (a) Any
physician, nurse, or employee thereof or agent of the same and any employee or agent of a
hospital, mental health facility, clinic, or nursing home knowingly treating a person suffering
from a gunshot wound, or receiving a request for treatment, shall report the injury to a law
enforcement officer. A report to either the applicable county sheriff or applicable municipal
law enforcement officer shall satisfy any and all reporting requirements imposed by this section.
A report shall be made as soon as possible, but no later than the time of the victim's release
from that facility. No report is necessary if law enforcement is present. (b) Any person or
persons who, in good faith, makes a report or causes a report to be made to the appropriate
law enforcement authority pursuant to subsection (a) or participates in any judicial proceeding
or any other proceeding resulting from the report shall be...
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45-11-172.02
Section 45-11-172.02 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR
SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 15, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) An animal
control officer or law enforcement officer of the county shall investigate any incidents involving
any dog reported to be dangerous or a nuisance in the unincorporated areas of the county.
(b) If a dog, which is unowned and has been reported to be dangerous, bites a person, the
dog may be quarantined and destroyed pursuant to Section 3-7A-9(b). For purposes of this subsection,
"bites" means the same as "has been exposed" as defined in Section 3-7A-1(5).
(c) If there is probable cause to believe that an owned dog is dangerous or a nuisance and
has caused serious physical injury or has caused damage to real or personal property, the
law enforcement officer or animal control officer shall impound the dog pending disposition
of a petition to declare a dog to be dangerous or a nuisance. The county may impound...
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26-14-6
Section 26-14-6 Temporary protective custody. A police officer, a law enforcement official,
or a designated employee of the State or County Department of Human Resources may take a child
into protective custody, or any person in charge of a hospital or similar institution or any
physician treating a child may keep that child in his or her custody, without the consent
of the parent or guardian, whether or not additional medical treatment is required, if the
circumstances or conditions of the child are such that continuing in his or her place of residence
or in the care and custody of the parent, guardian, custodian, or other person responsible
for the child's care presents an imminent danger to that child's life or health. However,
such official shall immediately notify the court having jurisdiction over juveniles of such
actions in taking the child into protective custody; provided, that such custody shall not
exceed 72 hours and that a court of competent jurisdiction and the...
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12-15-127
Section 12-15-127 Release, delivery to detention or shelter care facility, medical facility
of children taken into custody generally. (a) A person taking a child into custody without
an order of the juvenile court shall, with all possible speed, and in accordance with this
chapter and the rules of court pursuant thereto: (1) Release the child to the parents, legal
guardian, or legal custodian of the child or other suitable person able to provide supervision
and care for the child and issue verbal counsel and warning as may be appropriate. (2) Release
the child to the parents, legal guardian, or legal custodian of the child upon his or her
promise to bring the child before the juvenile court when requested, unless the placement
of the child in detention or shelter care appears required. If a parent, legal guardian, or
other legal custodian fails, when requested, to bring the child before the juvenile court
as provided in this section, the juvenile court may issue an order directing that...
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13A-6-21
Section 13A-6-21 Assault in the second degree. (a) A person commits the crime of assault in
the second degree if the person does any of the following: (1) With intent to cause serious
physical injury to another person, he or she causes serious physical injury to any person.
(2) With intent to cause physical injury to another person, he or she causes physical injury
to any person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument. (3) He or she recklessly
causes serious physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous
instrument. (4) With intent to prevent a peace officer, as defined in Section 36-21-60, a
detention or correctional officer at any municipal or county jail or state penitentiary, emergency
medical personnel, a utility worker, or a firefighter from performing a lawful duty, he or
she intends to cause physical injury and he or she causes physical injury to any person. For
the purpose of this subdivision, a person who is a peace officer who is...
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15-23-102
Section 15-23-102 Order to submit to testing; designation of attending physician; additional
testing; access to results; post-test counseling. (a)(1) If the district attorney files a
motion under Section 15-23-101, the court shall order the person charged to submit to testing
if the court determines there is probable cause to believe that the person charged committed
the crime of rape, sodomy, sexual misconduct, sexual torture, sexual abuse, assault by bodily
fluids, or any other crime where the victim was compelled to engage in sexual activity by
force or threat of force and the transmission of body fluids was involved. (2) If a warrant,
information, or indictment has been issued and the defendant is in custody or has been served
with the warrant, information, or indictment, the test shall be performed within 48 hours
of service of the court order requiring the defendant to submit to testing. (b) When a test
is ordered under Section 15-23-101, the victim of the crime or a parent or...
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26-16-91
Section 26-16-91 Definitions. The following words and phrases have the following meanings unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTOPSY. An external and internal examination,
medical history, and record review. (2) CHILD. A person who has not yet reached his or her
eighteenth birthday. (3) CHILD DEATHS TO BE REVIEWED. Those deaths which are unexpected or
unexplained. (4) COMMUNITY. The people and area within the local team jurisdiction. (5) COUNTY.
The county in which a deceased child resided prior to his or her death. (6) INVESTIGATION.
In the context of child death, includes all of the following: a. A postmortem examination
which may be limited to an external examination or may include an autopsy. b. An inquiry by
law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction into the circumstances of the death, including
a scene investigation and interview with the child's parents, guardians, or caretakers and
the person who reported the child's death. c. A review of information...
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