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22-11A-63
Section 22-11A-63 Investigation by State Health Officer. (a) Upon notification of the existence
of an infected health care worker, the State Health Officer shall undertake an investigation
of the practice of the health care worker. In the investigation, the State Health Officer
shall seek advice of individuals and organizations deemed necessary. The investigation shall
determine if the infected health care worker performs invasive procedures. If the health care
worker is determined not to perform invasive procedures, no review panel shall be established,
no restrictions shall be placed on his or her practice, and all information obtained in the
investigation shall be confidential as provided for in Section 22-11A-69. If the infected
health care worker is determined to perform invasive procedures, the State Health Officer
shall cause an expert review panel to be formed. To the extent possible, the review shall
be conducted so that the identity of the health care worker shall not be...
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22-11A-69
Section 22-11A-69 Confidentiality standards; uses of information gained during investigation.
(a) The records, proceedings, deliberations, and documents related to the investigation and
review of any infected health care worker are confidential and shall be used by committees,
licensing boards of licensed health care workers, panels, and individuals only in the exercise
of their official duties and shall not be public records nor be admissible in court for any
purpose nor subject to discovery in any civil action except appeals governed by Sections 22-11A-64
and 22-11A-65 and appeals from adverse professional license determinations made pursuant to
Sections 22-11A-66 and 22-11A-72(a). Information gained during the investigation of an infected
health care worker and the decision about restriction of practice of an infected health care
worker shall be made available to the appropriate licensing board and to the employer of an
infected health care worker and may be used by the licensing...
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22-11A-62
Section 22-11A-62 Performing invasive procedures. No health care worker having knowledge that
he or she is infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of
Health shall perform or assist in the performance of an invasive procedure unless and until
he or she has notified the State Health Officer, as provided in Section 22-11A-61, and agrees
to cooperate with any investigation authorized in Section 22-11A-63 and any necessary practice
modifications. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §3; Acts 1995, No. 95-255, p.
427, §1; Act 2015-467, §1.)...
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22-11A-65
Section 22-11A-65 Monitoring of practice of infected health care worker. The State Health Officer
shall cause the infected health care worker's practice to be reviewed at intervals established
by the expert review panel but not less than annually. The review shall verify the compliance
with any restrictions or conditions on the infected health care worker's practice as established
pursuant to subsection (f) of Section 22-11A-63. For infected health care workers for whom
no restrictions have previously been necessary, the review shall determine if, based upon
factors identified in subsection (c) of Section 22-11A-63, restrictions are necessary. The
findings of any review shall be forwarded to the State Health Officer pursuant to Section
22-11A-63 who shall forward evidence of noncompliance with previously established restrictions
to the appropriate licensing board or to the employer of the infected health care worker if
he or she does not have a professional license. If the review...
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34-21-2
Section 34-21-2 Board of Nursing generally. (a) There is created the Board of Nursing, which
shall be composed of 13 members to be appointed and have the duties and powers enumerated
in this section. The membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender,
geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. In order to insure continuity
of administration, the nine board members provided for by Section 3 of Act 427, Regular Session
1975, shall continue to serve to the completion of the term for which they are serving. The
Governor, within 60 days of January 1, 1984, shall appoint a tenth member who shall be a licensed
practical nurse for a term of four years from a list of nominees furnished him or her by the
Alabama Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses, Incorporated, or its successor organization.
As the terms of all board members expire, their successors shall be appointed for terms of
four years each. Vacancies in unexpired terms shall be filled in...
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22-11A-61
Section 22-11A-61 Reporting of infected worker to State Health Officer. (a) Any health care
worker infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health
who performs an invasive procedure shall notify the State Health Officer, or his or her designee,
of the infection in a time and manner prescribed by the State Board of Health. (b) Any physician
providing care to an infected health care worker shall notify the State Health Officer, or
his or her designee, about the presence of the infection in the health care worker in a time
and manner prescribed by the State Board of Health. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846,
p. 57, §2; Act 2015-467, §1.)...
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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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22-11A-64
Section 22-11A-64 Appeal process. (a) Any health care worker who has appealed the State Health
Officer's final order to the State Committee of Public Health and who is aggrieved by the
outcome may appeal that decision by filing a notice of appeal in the circuit court of his
or her county of residence or in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County within 30 days of
the issuance of the final decision of the State Committee of Public Health. (b) The health
care worker may be represented by counsel or may participate in proceedings in the court on
his or her own behalf. If the health care worker elects to represent himself or herself, the
pleadings, documents, and evidence filed with the court shall be liberally construed to do
substantial justice. The court shall provide assistance to the health care worker in preparing
and filing the notice of appeal and shall take those steps that are necessary to keep the
health care worker's identity confidential. The assistance may be provided by court...
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34-9-6.1
Section 34-9-6.1 Mobile dental facilities or portable dental operations. (a) For purposes of
this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) DENTAL HOME. The dental
home is the ongoing relationship between the dentist and the patient, inclusive of all aspects
of oral health care, delivered in a comprehensive, continuously accessible, coordinated, and
family-centered way. (2) MOBILE DENTAL FACILITY. Any self-contained facility in which dentistry
or dental hygiene is practiced which may be moved, towed, or transported from one location
to another. (3) OPERATOR. A person licensed to practice dentistry in this state or an entity
which is approved as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code which
employs dentists licensed in the state to operate a mobile dental facility or portable dental
operation. (4) PORTABLE DENTAL OPERATION. The use of portable dental delivery equipment which
is set up on site to provide dental services outside of a mobile...
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26-16-96
Section 26-16-96 Local child death review teams. (a) There are hereby created local child death
review teams. (b) Each county of the state shall be included in a local multidisciplinary,
multiagency child death review team's jurisdiction. The district attorney shall initiate the
establishment of local teams by convening a meeting of potential team members within 60 days
of September 11, 1997. In the absence of the initiation of a child death review team by the
district attorney within 60 days of September 11, 1997, the local public health representative
will initiate the first team meeting. During this meeting, participants shall recommend whether
to establish a team for that county alone or to establish a team with and for the counties
within that judicial circuit. (c) The local team shall include, but not be limited to, all
of the following members, the first five of whom are ex officio. The ex officio members may
designate representatives from their particular departments or offices...
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