22-21-27
Section 22-21-27 Advisory board. (a) There shall be an advisory board of 17 members to assist
in the establishment of rules, regulations, and standards necessary to carry out this article
and to serve as consultants to the State Health Officer. The board shall meet at least twice
each year and at the call of the State Health Officer. The board may meet by electronic means
in compliance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act and shall establish rules of procedure for
its meetings. The members of the board shall annually elect one of its members to serve as
chair. (b) The advisory board shall be constituted in the following manner: (1) Four representatives
of hospitals who shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Hospital Association
as follows: a. One administrator of a governmental hospital. b. One administrator of a nongovernmental
nonprofit hospital. c. One owner or administrator of a proprietary hospital. d. One member
of a managing board of a nonprofit hospital. (2)...
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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-24
Section 22-11A-24 Commitment to Department of Public Health for compulsory treatment when person
exposed or afflicted and refuses treatment. When any person exposed to a disease or where
reasonable evidence indicates exposure to a disease or infection designated under this article
refuses testing or when any person afflicted with a disease designated under this article
refuses treatment and/or conducts himself so as to expose others to infection, the state or
county health officer or the designee may petition the probate judge of the county in which
such person is located to commit him to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health
for compulsory testing, treatment and quarantine. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §24.)...

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22-11A-7
Section 22-11A-7 Persons having notifiable disease to obey directions of health officials.
Any person reported as having any of the notifiable diseases or health conditions designated
by the State Board of Health shall conform to or obey the instructions or directions given
or communicated to him by the county board of health, county health officer or his designee,
or State Board of Health, State Health Officer, or his designee, to prevent the spread of
the disease. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §7.)...
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22-4-5
Section 22-4-5 Adoption, revision, etc., of rules, regulations, standards, etc., by State Board
of Health; appeals therefrom; State Board of Health not to discriminate among branches of
healing arts in administration of funds. (a) The State Board of Health, with the advice and
consultation of the Statewide Health Coordinating Council, is hereby authorized and empowered
to adopt, revise, abolish, promulgate and publish rules, regulations, standards and procedures
for: (1) The preparation of the preliminary State Health Plan and the State Medical Facilities
Plan; (2) The administration of the State Health Plan and of the State Medical Facilities
Plan after approval by the Statewide Health Coordinating Council; (3) The construction and
operation of health care facilities established under the State Medical Facilities Plan; and
(4) Such other matters as may be necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this article.
(b) The State Board of Health is also authorized and empowered to...
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22-5C-2
Section 22-5C-2 State Advisory Council on Palliative Care and Quality of Life. (a) Not later
than November 23, 2015, the State Health Department shall establish a State Advisory Council
on Palliative Care and Quality of Life within the department. (b) The council membership shall
be appointed by the State Health Officer and shall include interdisciplinary palliative care
medical, nursing, social work, pharmacy, and spiritual professional expertise; patient and
family caregiver advocate representation, and any other relevant appointees the State Health
Officer determines appropriate. The State Health Officer shall consider the racial, gender,
geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state when appointing members. Membership
shall specifically include health professionals having palliative care work experience or
expertise in palliative care delivery models in a variety of inpatient, outpatient, and community
settings such as acute care, long-term care, and hospice and with...
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27-21A-20
Section 27-21A-20 Administrative procedures. (a) When the commissioner has cause to believe
that grounds for the denial of an application for a certificate of authority exist, or that
grounds for the suspension or revocation of a certificate of authority exist, he shall notify
the health maintenance organization and the State Health Officer in writing specifically stating
the grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation. If so requested in writing by the health
maintenance organization, the commissioner shall set a hearing on the matter within 30 days
of the receipt of such request. (b) The State Health Officer, or his designated representative,
shall be in attendance at the hearing and shall participate in the proceedings. The recommendation
and findings of the State Health Officer with respect to matters relating to the quality of
health care services provided in connection with any decision regarding denial, suspension,
or revocation of a certificate of authority, shall be...
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16-47-122
Section 16-47-122 Board of Medical Scholarship Awards - Composition; terms of members; chairman.
(a) The Board of Medical Scholarship Awards shall be composed of three members of the Board
of Censors of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, the Executive Officer of the
State Board of Health, the dean of each school of medicine in Alabama or his designee, the
chairman of the admissions committee of each school of medicine in Alabama and two members
appointed by the Governor for four-year terms, one of whom shall be a member of the State
of Alabama Senate and the other a member of the State of Alabama House of Representatives.
The terms of the legislative members shall be concurrent with their legislative terms. (b)
The Chairman of the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards shall be a member of the Board of
Censors of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1977, No. 663, p. 1125,
§§2, 3.)...
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22-3-5
Section 22-3-5 County health officers - Duties generally. It shall be the duty of the county
health officer: (1) To exercise, subject to the advice of the county board of health in accordance
with the health laws of the state, general supervision over the sanitary interests of the
county; and, should he discover any cause of disease or the existence of any condition detrimental
to the health of the people, he shall, so far as authorized by law, compel the removal or
abatement of the same; and, should no authority for removal or abatement exist, he shall report
the fact to the county board of health, adding such recommendations as to special action as
he may deem proper; (2) To make personal and thorough investigation of the first case or early
cases of any diseases suspected of being or known to be any one of those enumerated in Chapter
11 of this title that may come to his knowledge or be reported to him; and, should he decide
such case or cases to be one of those enumerated in said...
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22-3A-6
Section 22-3A-6 Members; officers; terms; records; meetings; appointment of Governor's designee.
(a) The applicants named in the application and their respective successors in office shall
constitute the members of the authority. The State Health Officer shall be the president of
the authority, the Governor or his designee shall serve as vice-president of the authority,
the Director of Finance of the state shall serve as secretary of the authority, and the State
Treasurer shall be the treasurer of the authority. The State Treasurer shall act as custodian
of the funds of the authority and shall pay the principal of and the interest and premium
(if any) on the bonds of the authority out of the funds hereinafter provided for. The State
Treasurer shall act as paying agent with respect to any series of bonds issued under this
chapter. (b) The service of each of the Governor, the State Health Officer, the Director of
Finance and the State Treasurer as a member of the authority and as an...
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