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22-11A-38
Section 22-11A-38 Notification of third parties of disease; rules; who may be notified; liability;
confidentiality; disclosure of information for certain criminal proceedings; penalty. (a)
The State Committee of Public Health is hereby authorized to establish the rules by which
exceptions may be made to the confidentiality provisions of this article and establish rules
for notification of third parties of such disease when exposure is indicated or a threat to
the health and welfare of others. All notifications authorized by this section shall be within
the rules established pursuant to this subsection. (b) Physicians and hospital administrators
or their designee may notify pre-hospital transport agencies and emergency medical personnel
of a patient's contagious condition. In case of a death in which there was a known contagious
disease, the physician or hospital administrator or their designee may notify the funeral
home director. (c) The attending physician or the State Health Officer...
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22-11A-53
Section 22-11A-53 Notification of positive test result; counseling; referral to appropriate
health care services; explanation of individual responsibility. An individual tested shall
be notified of a positive test result by the physician ordering the test, his designee, a
physician designated by the applicant or by the Department of Public Health. Such notification
shall include: (1) Face-to-face post-test counseling on the meaning of the test results, the
possible need for additional testing, and the need to eliminate behavior which may spread
the disease to others; (2) Information as to the availability of appropriate health care services,
including mental health care, and appropriate social and support services; and (3) Explanation
of the benefits of locating, testing and counseling any individual to whom the infected individual
may have exposed the HIV virus and a full description of the services of public health with
respect to locating and counseling all such individuals. (Acts...
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34-13-121
Section 34-13-121 Cremation procedures; authorization; identification of remains; records.
(a) Human remains shall not be cremated under either of the following circumstances: (1) Within
24 hours after the time of death, unless death was a result of an infectious, contagious,
or communicable disease and unless the disease is verified and the time requirement waived
by a medical examiner, county health director, county coroner, or attending physician where
the death occurred. (2) Without a completed cremation authorization form approved by the board
and signed by the authorizing agent and a completed state identification form. A copy of the
cremation authorization shall be presented with the body to the crematory before any cremation
process may be initiated. (b) All cremations of human remains performed in this state shall
be arranged through a funeral establishment licensed by the board pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Whenever a crematory is unable or unauthorized to cremate human...
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22-11A-60
Section 22-11A-60 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the
following meanings: (1) HEALTH CARE FACILITY. A hospital, nursing home, ambulatory surgical
center, outpatient surgical facility, ambulance service, rescue squad, paid fire department,
volunteer fire department, or any other clinic, office, or facility in which medical, dental,
nursing, or podiatric services are offered. (2) HEALTH CARE WORKER. Physicians, dentists,
nurses, respiratory therapists, phlebotomists, surgical technicians, physician assistants,
podiatrist, dialysis technicians, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, ambulance drivers,
dental hygienists, dental assistants, students in the healing arts, or any other individual
who provides or assists in the provision of medical, dental, or nursing services. (3) HEPATITIS
B VIRUS (HBV) INFECTION. The presence of the HBV as determined by the presence of hepatitis
B(e) antigen for six months or longer or by other means as determined by...
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45-13-41
Section 45-13-41 License requirements; operation of massage parlor; unlawful activities; violations.
(a) The provisions of this section shall apply to all counties having a population of not
less than 26,000 nor more than 26,800 inhabitants according to the 1970 or any subsequent
federal decennial census. (b) The following words and terms as used in this section shall,
unless the context requires a different meaning, have the meanings respectively ascribed to
them by this section: (1) The term "massage parlor" shall mean any establishment,
building, room, or place other than a regularly licensed hospital, medical clinic, nursing
home, or dispensary, the offices of a physician, a surgeon, or an osteopath, where non-medical,
non-surgical, non-osteopathic, and non-chiropractic manipulative exercises, massages, or procedures
are practiced upon the human body, or any part thereof, for other than cosmetic or beautifying
purposes, with or without the use of mechanical or other devices, by...
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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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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-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-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-14
Section 22-11A-14 Cases of sexually transmitted diseases to be reported; contents of report;
reports confidential; penalty for violation; measures for protection of others. (a) Any physician
who diagnoses or treats a case of sexually transmitted disease as designated by the State
Board of Health, or any administrator of any hospital, dispensary, correctional facility or
other institution in which a case of sexually transmitted disease occurs shall report it to
the state or county health officer or his designee in a time and manner prescribed by the
State Board of Health. (b) The report shall be upon a form prescribed by the State Board of
Health and, at a minimum, shall state the patient's full name, date of birth, race, sex, marital
status, address, telephone number, place of employment, stage of disease, medication and amount
given, and the date of onset. (c) Any person who is charged with the responsibility of operating
a laboratory which performs tests for sexually transmitted...
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