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22-11A-72
Section 22-11A-72 Penalties. (a) It shall be grounds for revocation, suspension, or restriction
of the professional license of any licensed infected health care worker who shall be found
to perform invasive procedures and shall have failed to notify the State Health Officer as
provided in Section 22-11A-61. (b) Any physician providing care to an individual known to
the physician to be an infected health care worker who fails to report the infected health
care worker to the State Health Officer as provided in Section 22-11A-61 shall be guilty of
a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law. (c) Any
individual who deliberately fails to provide records under his or her control or who falsifies
those records shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished
as provided by law. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §13.)...
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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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22-12-6
Section 22-12-6 Investigations; quarantine pending investigations. The State Health Officer,
or any representative designated by him, may go into any place in this state for the purpose
of making such investigations as shall determine the necessity for quarantine. Quarantine
may be established, pending such investigation, upon authentic information of the existence
of a quarantinable disease at any place from which such disease is likely to invade the state,
or any portion thereof. (Code 1907, §739; Code 1923, §1208; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926;
Code 1940, T. 22, §145.)...
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22-11A-67
Section 22-11A-67 Records and information necessary to assist investigation. (a) Any health
care worker found to have HBV, HIV, or HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board
of Health and any health care facility at which an infected health care worker is employed
or practices shall make available to the State Board of Health, and to the expert review panel,
any and all patient medical records and other records requested by those groups, except that
records or documents greater than three years old shall not be provided. (b) The following
persons and facilities shall provide to the State Board of Health and the expert review panel
all requested documents or records three years old or less: (1) Any person having knowledge
of a health care worker diagnosed as infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other disease designated
by the State Board of Health. (2) The administrator of any health facility having knowledge
of a health care worker diagnosed as infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other...
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22-11A-13
Section 22-11A-13 Sexually transmitted diseases. Sexually transmitted diseases which are designated
by the State Board of Health are recognized and declared to be contagious, infectious and
communicable diseases and dangerous to public health. The State Board of Health is authorized
and directed to promulgate rules for the testing, reporting, investigation and treatment of
sexually transmitted diseases. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §13.)...
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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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22-4-8
Section 22-4-8 Statewide Health Coordinating Council - Functions. (a) The Statewide Health
Coordinating Council shall advise and serve as consultants to the State Board of Health regarding
policies and regulations necessary for carrying out this article. (b) In addition, the council
shall perform the following functions: (1) Review annually and coordinate the health systems
plans of each of the health systems agencies; (2) Prepare, review and revise as necessary,
with the assistance of the State Health Planning and Development Agency, and approve or disapprove,
the State Health Plan, which shall be made up of the health systems plans modified to achieve
their coordination and compliance with statewide health planning criteria and standards; (3)
Review the State Medical Facilities Plan, pursuant to Title XVI of the Public Health Service
Act, prepared by the State Health Planning and Development Agency, and approve the plan as
consistent with the State Health Plan and advise and consult...
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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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34-24-361
Section 34-24-361 Investigations; reporting offenses; proceedings and actions; privileged information.
(a)(1) The State Board of Medical Examiners on its own motion may investigate any evidence
which appears to show that a physician or osteopath holding a certificate of qualification
to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama is or may be guilty of any of the
acts, offenses, or conditions set out in Section 34-24-360. As part of its investigation,
the board may require a criminal history background check of the physician or osteopath. In
such event, the physician or osteopath shall submit a complete set of fingerprints to the
State Board of Medical Examiners. The board shall submit the fingerprints provided by the
physician or osteopath to the Alabama Bureau of Investigation (ABI). The fingerprints shall
be forwarded by the ABI to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a national criminal
history record check. Costs associated with conducting a criminal history...
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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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