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22-11A-52
Section 22-11A-52 Informed consent implied under certain circumstances. When a written consent
for HIV testing has not been obtained, consent shall be implied when an individual presents
himself to a physician for diagnostic treatment or other medical services and the physician
shall determine that a test for HIV infection is necessary for any of the following reasons:
(1) Said individual is, based upon reasonable medical judgment, at high risk for HIV infection;
(2) Said individual's medical care may be modified by the presence or absence of HIV infection;
(3) The HIV status of the said individual shall be necessary in order to protect health care
personnel from HIV infection. (Acts 1991, No. 91-120, p. 140, §2(c).)...
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22-11A-66
Section 22-11A-66 Violations. "In addition to any other law or regulation, it shall be
grounds for the revocation, suspension, or restriction of the professional license of any
health care worker who is infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other disease designated by the
State Board of Health if the infected health care worker is found to be practicing in violation
of this article. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §7; Act 2015-467, §1.)...
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22-11A-19
Section 22-11A-19 Minor 12 years or older may consent to medical treatment for sexually transmitted
disease; medical care provider may inform parent or guardian. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, a minor 12 years of age or older who may have come into contact with any sexually
transmitted disease as designated by the State Board of Health may give consent to the furnishing
of medical care related to the diagnosis or treatment of such disease, provided a duly licensed
practitioner of medicine in Alabama authorizes such diagnosis and treatment. The consent of
the minor shall be as valid and binding as if the minor had achieved his or her majority,
as the case may be. Such consent shall not be voidable nor subject to later disaffirmance
because of minority. The medical provider or facility of whatever description providing diagnostic
procedures or treatment to a minor patient who has come into contact with any designated sexually
transmitted disease, may, but shall not be...
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22-11A-73
Section 22-11A-73 Reporting requirements; knowledge of infection through application. Nothing
in this article is intended to impose any reporting requirements on life, health, or disability
income insurers who learn that an applicant or insured is infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or
other disease designated by the State Board of Health solely through the application, underwriting,
or claims processes, which insurer may have no means of knowing or verifying that a particular
applicant or insured is a health care worker within the meaning of this article. (Acts 1993,
1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §14; Act 2015-467, §1.)...
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22-12-14
Section 22-12-14 Quarantine of infected portions of county - Establishment. When a contagious
or infectious disease of quarantinable nature exists in a part of a county, the remainder
of the county, and any incorporated city or town therein, may establish quarantine against
the infected portion or portions of the county in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) If a majority of the committee of public health, acting for the board of health of the
county, reside in the uninfected portion of the county, such majority shall have the power
of the full committee, as defined in the Sections 22-12-12 and 22-12-13; or (2) If, however,
a majority of the said committee reside in the infected portion of the county, then said committee
can no longer act, and in that event, the uninfected portion of the county may establish quarantine
as follows: a. The judge of probate, the presiding officer or any two members of the county
commission if they, or either, reside in the uninfected portion of...
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22-4-11
Section 22-4-11 Preparation, adoption, etc., of preliminary state health plan generally; provision
in plan for visual care. The State Board of Health, with the advice and consultation of the
Statewide Health Coordinating Council, is hereby authorized and empowered to prepare, review
and revise as necessary a preliminary state health plan which shall be made up of the health
systems plans of the health systems agencies within the state. The state agency may make revisions
of the health systems plans to achieve appropriate coordination or to deal more effectively
with statewide health needs. The preliminary state health plan shall be submitted to the statewide
health coordinating council for approval or disapproval and for its use in developing the
State Health Plan. The State Board of Health is authorized to confer with any or all other
persons, organizations or governmental agencies that have an interest in public health problems
and needs. Any portion of the State Health Plan that...
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22-11A-6
Section 22-11A-6 Penalty for failure to make report. Any physician or other person designated
in Section 22-11A-2 who has knowledge of a case of a notifiable disease or health condition,
who refuses or willfully fails to make to the health officer, in whose jurisdiction the case
is located, a full and prompt report thereof, specifying the character of the notifiable disease
or health condition and the name and locality of the patient, together with such other details
as may be required by the State Board of Health, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction, may be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574,
p. 904, §6.)...
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22-2-9
Section 22-2-9 Council on Dental Health, Council on Animal and Environmental Health, Council
on Prevention of Disease and Medical Care and Council on Health Costs, Administration and
Organization - Creation; duties; composition; appointment and terms of members. (a) There
are hereby created four councils to be known as: (1) The Council on Dental Health; (2) The
Council on Animal and Environmental Health; (3) The Council on the Prevention of Disease and
Medical Care; and (4) The Council on Health Costs, Administration and Organization. (b) It
shall be the duty of the councils to provide public health information, evaluation of data,
research, advice and recommendations to the State Committee of Public Health and perform such
other functions as may be appropriate and as requested by the State Committee of Public Health.
(c) The Council on Dental Health shall be composed of five members licensed to practice dentistry
in this state and appointed by the Alabama Dental Association. The...
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22-11A-17
Section 22-11A-17 Testing of correctional facility inmates for sexually transmitted diseases;
treatment; discharge of infectious inmates; victim may request results of HIV testing. (a)
All persons sentenced to confinement or imprisonment in any city or county jail or any state
correctional facility for 30 or more consecutive days shall be tested for those sexually transmitted
diseases designated by the State Board of Health, upon entering the facility, and any inmate
so confined for more than 90 days shall be examined for those sexually transmitted diseases
30 days before release. The results of any positive or reactive tests shall be reported as
provided in Section 22-11A-14. Additionally, the results of any positive or negative test
for HIV of a sexual offender shall be provided to the State Health Officer or his or her designee
as provided in Section 22-11A-14. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to
require the testing of any person held in a city or county jail...
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22-3-8
Section 22-3-8 County quarantine officers. There shall be in each county having no health officer
a county quarantine officer, who shall be a licensed physician and who shall be appointed
by the State Committee of Public Health on the recommendation of the county board of health,
whose tenure of office shall expire on the election of a county health officer; provided,
that in no event shall his term of office extend more than three years from the date of his
appointment; and provided further, that the State Committee of Public Health shall have power
to remove a quarantine officer at any time, in its judgment, the public good requires such
removal. The salary of the county quarantine officer shall be fixed, at not exceeding $125.00
per month, by the county commission and shall be paid in monthly installments from funds available
to the county for this purpose. The county quarantine officer shall, under the supervision
and control of the state health officer and county board of health,...
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