Ala. Code § 22-14-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 22-14-7
Section 22-14-7 Right of Entry and Inspection
Status: in_force

The agency or its duly authorized representatives shall have the power to enter, at all reasonable times, upon any private or public property for the purpose of determining whether or not there is compliance with or violation of the provisions of this article, and rules and regulations issued thereunder, and the owner, occupant or person in charge of such property shall permit such entry and inspection, except that entry into areas under the jurisdiction of the federal government shall be effected only with the concurrence of the Federal Government or its duly designated representative.
Ala. Code § 11-14-15 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 11-14-15
Section 11-14-15 Failure to Levy Tax for Erection or Repair of County Jail When Necessary
Status: in_force

If any county commission fails to levy a tax to erect or repair a county jail when necessary, the persons composing such county commission are severally guilty of a misdemeanor and must, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00, but any member thereof may exonerate himself from such fine by proving that he was in favor of levying a tax sufficient for the erection or repair of the county jail, but was overruled by his colleagues.
Ala. Code § 22-12B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12B / Section 22-12B-1
Section 22-12B-1 Established; Purpose
Status: in_force

There is hereby established the Alabama Mothers and Babies Indigent Care Trust Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of providing for expansion of medical services available to needy pregnant women and children under the Medicaid Program through implementation of Section 9401 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-509) and for other expansions of the Medicaid Program which are or become feasible.
Ala. Code § 22-14-22 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 22-14-22
Section 22-14-22 Certification of Facilities Licensed Only by Federal Government; Request for Inspection; Inspection Fee; Failure to Pay Fee
Status: in_force

The State Radiation Control Agency may issue a certification for facilities licensed only by the federal government if it has sufficient data, reports, and/or other information to determine whether such a facility is complying with the rule specified in Section 22-14-20. Such facility may request the inspection by the staff of the State Radiation Control Agency of those activities related to the volume reduction of low-level radioactive waste. Such a facility shall pay a fee equal to 75 percent of the appropriate United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s average cost per professional staff hour based upon the professional staff time spent in determining that a facility does or does not comply with the criteria adopted pursuant to Section 22-14-20. Failure to pay such inspection fee shall permit the State Radiation Control Agency to revoke or rescind any certifications issued. All such fees are to be paid into the Radiation Safety Fund.
Ala. Code § 22-30C-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30C / Section 22-30C-3
Section 22-30C-3 Wastes Processed and Destroyed
Status: in_force

The Army, having committed to the safe and complete disposal of the Anniston Army Depot stockpile, shall only process and destroy at its Anniston Demilitarization Facility the stocks stored there as of the date of its contract with a commercial company to do so. No other materials, except those materials used to demonstrate the performance of incinerators and pollution abatement systems during a trial burn demonstration, and the resulting wastes generated by the Anniston facility, may be processed in the Anniston facility during its lifetime.
Ala. Code § 22-10-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10 / Section 22-10-2
Section 22-10-2 How and by Whom Nuisances to Be Abated
Status: in_force

Any such nuisance shall be abated by the county board of health and the county health officer in any of the ways provided in this chapter that may be appropriate or in any other lawful manner including abatement by a complaint. And an effort to abate by one method shall not preclude resort to any other method or methods. In litigation undertaken by such board for the abatement of a nuisance, said litigation may be conducted in the name of said board.
Ala. Code § 22-29-23 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-23
Section 22-29-23 Dissolution
Status: in_force

When all bonds issued by the authority and all obligations made or assumed by it under the provisions of this chapter shall have been paid in full, the then officers and directors of the authority shall at such time file with the Secretary of State a written statement, subscribed and sworn to by each of them, reciting the payment in full of all such bonds and obligations. Such statement shall be filed with the Secretary of State and recorded with the certificate of incorporation of the authority, and thereupon, the authority shall stand dissolved. Any property owned by the authority but leased to a local public body shall become the property of such local public body and any property owned by the authority and not leased to any local public body shall become the property of the state.
Ala. Code § 11-2-28 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-2-28
Section 11-2-28 Requirement of Additional Bonds for County Officers Whose Terms Extended - Effect of Execution of Additional Bond Upon Official Bonds Previously Executed
Status: in_force

In no case provided for under section 11-2-22 shall any of the official bonds previously executed be discharged; but each remains of the same force and obligation as if the additional bonds had not been given, and any person aggrieved can have his remedy upon either or all of such bonds in the same or in separate proceedings.
Ala. Code § 22-21-211 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-211
Section 22-21-211 Purpose of Article
Status: in_force

It is the legislative intent and purpose of this article that the Hospital Service Program for Indigents provided for in this article shall be a program designed and administered so as to provide hospitalization for those residents of the State of Alabama who are ill or injured and who can be helped markedly by treatment in a hospital, but who are clearly unable to meet the cost of such hospitalization from their own resources or from the resources of those upon whom they are legally dependent. It is not intended that the program shall be burdened by attempting to provide purely domiciliary care for persons with permanently disabling diseases or illnesses or with chronic diseases or illnesses, such as tuberculosis or mental disorders, which are already provided for under any special program of the State of Alabama or of the United States. It is also not intended that this article shall be compulsory on any county except during such time as the county agrees, in the manner prescribed in this article, to participate in the program.
Ala. Code § 22-9A-25 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9A / Section 22-9A-25
Section 22-9A-25 Enforcement
Status: in_force

Each local and deputy registrar is charged with the strict and thorough enforcement of the provisions of this chapter in his or her registration district, under the supervision and direction of the State Registrar. He or she shall make an immediate report to the State Registrar of any violation of this section coming to his or her knowledge by observation, upon complaint of any person, or otherwise. The State Registrar shall thoroughly and efficiently execute the provisions of this chapter and rules of the board in every part of the state and shall possess supervisory power over local registrars and deputy registrars, to ensure the compliance with all requirements of this chapter. The State Registrar, either personally or by an accredited representative, may investigate cases of irregularity or violation of this chapter and rules of the board, and all registrars shall aid him or her, upon request, in the investigations. If the State Registrar deems it necessary, he or she shall report cases of violation of any provision of this chapter to the proper district attorney and grand jury with a statement of the facts and circumstances. The district attorney, upon receipt of the report, shall initiate and promptly pursue the necessary court proceedings against the person or corporation responsible for the violation. The Attorney General, upon request of the State Registrar, shall assist in the enforcement of this chapter and the rules of the board.
Ala. Code § 22-5B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5B / Section 22-5B-1
Section 22-5B-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Alabama Lifespan Respite Resource Network Act.”
Ala. Code § 22-4-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 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
Status: in_force

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 systems agency, not less than one half shall be individuals who are consumers of care and who are not providers of care. In addition, the Governor may appoint such persons, including state officials, public elected officials and other representatives of governmental authorities within the state, to serve on the council as he deems appropriate; provided, however, that the number of such persons appointed to the council shall not exceed 40 percent of the total membership of the council, and a majority of such appointees of the Governor shall be consumers of health care who are not also providers of health care.

The Statewide Health Coordinating Council shall elect from its members a chairman and shall meet at least once in each calendar quarter of each year. All meetings of the council shall be held in public.

The State Health Officer shall be an ex officio member of the council. The chief medical director of the Veterans’ Administration shall designate one ex officio member of the council to represent the Veterans’ Administration facilities in Alabama. Not less than one third of the providers of health care who are members of the council shall be direct providers of health care. Not less than one half of the membership of the council shall be consumers.

One third of the members of the council shall be initially appointed for a period of one year, one third shall be appointed initially for a period of two years, and one third shall be appointed initially for a period of three years. All subsequent appointments shall be for a period of three years. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment was made. Members shall serve for the term of appointment or until their replacements are appointed.

The council may from time to time appoint consultants in any field relating to the State Health Planning and Resource Development Program. The council may also from time to time appoint persons other than members of the council to special task forces to perform specifically designated functions and duties for the council with a limited time period.

All members of the council and members of task forces shall be paid all expenses incurred in carrying out the functions and duties of the council as the per diem rate and mileage rate prescribed by law for state employees. Consultants may be paid a negotiated per diem rate plus expenses and mileage rates prescribed by law for state employees.
Ala. Code § 22-28-15 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 28 / Section 22-28-15
Section 22-28-15 Regulations - Hearings; Procedure for Adoption
Status: reserved

(a) No substantive regulations shall be adopted, amended or repealed until after a public hearing. At least 20 days prior to the scheduled date of the hearing, the commission shall give notice of such hearing by public advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the state concerned of the date, time, place and purpose of such hearing and make available to any person upon request copies of the proposed regulations, together with summaries of the reasons supporting their adoption.

(b) Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §14(a)(1).

(c) After such hearing, the commission may revise the proposed regulations before adoption in response to testimony made at the hearing without conducting a further hearing on the revisions.

(d) Any such regulations may make different provisions, as required by circumstances, for different contaminant sources and for different geographical areas; may apply to sources outside this state causing, contributing to or threatening environmental damage in Alabama and may make special provision for alert and abatement standards and procedures respecting occurrences or emergencies of pollution or on other short-term conditions constituting an acute danger to health or to the environment. In promulgating regulations under this chapter, the commission shall take into account the purpose of the chapter.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a hearing prior to the issuance of an emergency order pursuant to Section 22-28-21.
Ala. Code § 22-23-21 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-21
Section 22-23-21 Notification of Permanent Change in Fluoridation Status
Status: in_force

(a) A public water system, as defined in Section 22-23-31, that proposes to initiate any permanent change in the fluoridation status of its water supply, including, but not limited to, discontinuing the fluoridation of the water supply or reducing the level of fluoride from an optimal level as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall provide written notice to the State Health Officer no fewer than 90 days before initiating the change. Notice shall include the proposed date of the change, reasons for the change, and all communities affected by the change.

(b) A public water system that fails to meet the notification requirements of subsection (a) shall resume the fluoridation of its water supply to its previous level until proper notice is provided to the State Health Officer.

(c) The notification requirements of subsection (a) do not apply to a temporary discontinuance of fluoridation that is caused by equipment failure, maintenance, or replacement; temporary chemical supply shortages; placing water sources offline; or other similar unavoidable circumstances.
Ala. Code § 22-23-48 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-48
Section 22-23-48 Prohibited Acts
Status: in_force

The following acts and the causing thereof are prohibited:

(1) Failure by a supplier of water to comply with the requirements of Section 22-23-39, or dissemination by such supplier of any false or misleading information with respect to notices required pursuant to Section 22-23-37 or regulations promulgated thereunder or with respect to remedial actions being undertaken to achieve compliance with State Primary Drinking Water Regulations and State Secondary Drinking Water Regulations;

(2) Failure by any supplier of water to comply with Section 22-23-38;

(3) Failure by a supplier of water to comply with regulations promulgated pursuant to this article or with conditions for variances or exemptions authorized under Section 22-23-35; and

(4) Failure by any person to comply with any order issued by the board pursuant to this article.
Ala. Code § 11-20-81 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-81
Section 11-20-81 Exemption from Certain Taxes. (Amended by Act 2026-497)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-497, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) An agriculture authority, as a governmental entity, is exempt from the payment of all state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes. An agriculture authority and its contractors shall be granted a certificate of exemption from sales and use taxes by the Department of Revenue as provided in Sections 40-9-14.1 and 40-9-60, or other general law.

(b)(1) Any county or municipal sales and use tax proceeds that are collected by an agriculture authority; a joint venture of the authority, including a public/private venture of the authority; or a lessee of the authority or a joint venture of the authority, and remitted to a local taxing authority shall be rebated by that local taxing authority to the agriculture authority.

(2) For an agriculture authority established pursuant to this article, after May 1, 2022, the county commission, at the time of the formation of the authority, may opt-out of the requirement to rebate sales taxes collected by a private entity, joint venture partner, or public-private partnership.

(c) An agriculture authority is exempt from paying all state, county, and local ad valorem taxes.

(d) An agriculture authority is exempt from paying any other taxes levied by a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state, including, but not limited to, license and excise taxes imposed relating to the privilege of engaging in any activities that the authority may engage in.

(e) All state lodging taxes collected by an agriculture authority and remitted to the taxing authority shall be rebated by that taxing authority to the agriculture authority.
Ala. Code § 11-30-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 11-30-1
Section 11-30-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings subscribed to them by this section:

(1) LIABILITY SELF-INSURANCE FUND. An entity or entities, to be formed by two or more counties of Alabama for the purpose of pooling resources and funds to self-insure such counties and/or their officers and employees acting in the line and scope of their employment against:

a. Loss for money damages which any person or other entity is legally entitled to recover from a member county or its officers and employees for damages suffered as a result of a claim as defined under this chapter.

b. Damage to or loss of property owned or leased by a member county.

(2) MEMBER COUNTY. A county which elects to pool its resources and funds with one or more other counties for the purpose of forming a liability self-insurance fund.

(3) CLAIM. Any claim or suit filed against a member county for money damages which any person or other entity is legally entitled to recover for damages suffered as a result of bodily injury, death or property damage caused by a negligent or wrongful act or omission committed by any employee, officer, or servant of the member county while acting within the line and scope of his or her employment under circumstances where the member county would be liable to the claimant for such damages under the laws of the State of Alabama or any claim filed by a member county for damage to or loss of county property covered by the liability self-insurance fund.
Ala. Code § 22-12D-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12D / Section 22-12D-2
Section 22-12D-2 Financial Contributions
Status: in_force

The Alabama Department of Public Health may seek and accept financial contributions from corporations, limited liability corporations, partnerships, individuals, and other private entities for use by the Office of Women’s Health.
Ala. Code § 22-21-323 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-323
Section 22-21-323 Source of Payment; Security
Status: reserved

(a) Securities issued by an authority shall not be general obligations of the authority but shall be payable solely out of the revenues from any health care facilities or other properties or assets (including, without limitation, proceeds from such securities, investment income and insurance and condemnation proceeds) owned or operated by it and the proceeds of any hospital tax appropriated, apportioned or allocated to it or for its benefit, or any portion of either thereof, all as may be provided or specified in the resolution of the board authorizing such securities or the indenture under which issued. The principal of and interest (and premium, if any) on any securities issued by the authority shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues or taxes (or both) out of which the same are payable and may be secured by a trust indenture evidencing such pledge or by a foreclosable mortgage, mortgage indenture or mortgage and trust indenture conveying as security for such securities all or any part of its property.

(b) Any indenture executed on behalf of the authority and any resolution of the board authorizing the issuance of securities may contain such agreements as the board may deem advisable respecting the operation and maintenance of the properties of the authority, the application and use of any revenues (including hospital tax proceeds) out of which any such securities are payable, the rights or duties of the parties to such instrument or the parties for the benefit of whom such instrument is made and the rights and remedies of such parties in the event of default, and may also contain provisions restricting the individual rights of action of the holders of any such securities. Any such indenture may be filed in the office of the judge of probate of any county in which any of the property, real, personal or mixed, subject to the lien thereof is, or is anticipated to be, located, and the lien of such indenture shall, with respect to all personal property and fixtures subject thereto (including after-acquired property) and notwithstanding any contrary provisions of, and without compliance with, the Alabama Uniform Commercial Code (Title 7), be valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind against the authority, irrespective of whether the parties have actual notice thereof, from the time such indenture is so filed. Any such pledge of any such revenues (including hospital tax proceeds) shall be valid and binding from the time it is made, and the revenues (including hospital tax proceeds) so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall immediately become subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of such pledge shall, notwithstanding any contrary provisions of the Alabama Uniform Commercial Code (Title 7), and without compliance with the provisions thereof, be valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind against the authority, irrespective of whether the parties have actual notice thereof, from the time there is filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the principal office of the authority is located a notice stating the date on which the resolution authorizing the issuance of the securities was adopted by the board, the principal amount of the securities issued, a brief description of the revenues (including any hospital tax proceeds) so pledged and a brief description of any property the revenues from which are so pledged. Issuance by any authority of one or more series of securities for one or more purposes shall not preclude it from issuing other securities, but the resolution or indenture whereunder any subsequent securities may be issued shall recognize and protect any prior pledge or mortgage made for the benefit of any prior issue of securities unless in the proceedings authorizing such prior issue the right was reserved to issue subsequent securities on a parity with such prior issue. The trustee under any indenture may be a trust company or bank having trust powers, whether located within or without the state, and may be selected by the board without regard to the provisions of Chapter 25 of Title 36.
Ala. Code § 11-19-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-3
Section 11-19-3 Adoption of Zoning Ordinances and Building Codes for Flood-Prone Areas Outside Municipalities
Status: in_force

The county commission in each county of this state is hereby authorized and may adopt zoning ordinances and building codes for flood-prone areas which lie outside the corporate limits of any municipality in the county.

Each such county commission shall have broad authority to:

(1) Establish or cause to be established comprehensive land-use and control measures which shall specifically include the control and development of subdivisions in flood-prone areas;

(2) Establish or cause to be established building codes and health regulations incorporating such minimum standards as shall be necessary to reduce flood damage in flood-prone areas;

(3) Provide such standards of occupancy for the prudent use of flood-prone areas in the county;

(4) Provide for the preparation of maps clearly delineating flood-prone areas and floodways in the county and to keep the same for public inspection;

(5) Make such studies as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter;

(6) Employ such technical and/or advisory personnel, including the establishment of a county planning commission, as is deemed necessary or expedient; and

(7) Adopt ordinances for the enforcement of all such regulations.
Ala. Code § 22-35-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 35 / Section 22-35-1
Section 22-35-1 Legislative Findings and Intent
Status: in_force

The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds and declares that certain lands of Alabama constitute unique and delicately balanced resources; that the protection of these resources is vital to the economy of this state; and that the preservation of waters is a matter of the highest urgency and priority as these waters provide a primary source of potable water in this state; that such use can only be served effectively by maintaining the quality of waters in as close to a comparable previous condition as possible, taking into account multiple use accommodations necessary to provide the broadest possible promotion of public and private interests.

The Legislature further finds that where contamination of soils or waters has occurred, remedial measures have often been delayed for long periods while determinations as to liability and the extent of liability are made; that such delays result in the continuation and intensification of the threat to the public health, safety, and welfare, in greater damages to the environment, and in significantly higher costs to contain and remove the contamination; and that adequate financial resources must be readily available to provide for the expeditious supply of safe and reliable alternative sources of potable water to affected persons and to provide a means for investigation and clean-up at contamination sites without delay.

The Legislature intends for this chapter to provide evidence of financial responsibility for owners and operators of underground and aboveground storage tanks under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Subtitle I, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 and other federal laws. Owners and operators of underground and aboveground storage tanks may choose to participate in the fund created by this chapter as one of several available alternatives to provide such evidence of financial responsibility as required under said federal laws. Participation in the fund is voluntary; however, in order to participate in the fund, owners and operators must comply with the provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-9-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-9-2
Section 11-9-2 Authority for Issuance; Form, Terms, Denominations, Etc.; Sale and Disposition of Proceeds; Pledge for Payment of Principal and Interest Generally
Status: in_force

Each county which is now levying or may hereafter levy a special sanitary tax shall have the power from time to time to sell and issue, in addition to all other securities which it may now or hereafter be authorized to issue, interest-bearing warrants or certificates of indebtedness of such county for the purpose of paying the costs of acquiring, providing, constructing, enlarging or extending a sanitary sewer system or systems or any part or parts thereof, including sanitary sewers, outfall lines, a sewage disposal plant or plants and appurtenances to any thereof; provided, that the maximum principal amount of warrants and certificates of indebtedness that may be issued under the provisions of this article shall not exceed $1,500,000.00.

Any such warrants or certificates of indebtedness may be in such denomination or denominations, may have such maturity or maturities not exceeding 20 years from their date, may bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding six percent per annum payable semiannually, may be payable at such place or places whether within or without this state, may be executed in such manner and may contain such terms not in conflict with the provisions of this article, all as the county commission of the county may provide in the proceedings wherein the warrants or certificates of indebtedness are authorized to be issued.

All such warrants and certificates of indebtedness shall be sold only at public sale at such time or times and in such manner and after such notice as the county commission of the county may direct. All such warrants and certificates of indebtedness shall evidence general obligation debts of the county by which they are issued and the full faith and credit of the county shall be irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon. The proceeds derived from the sale of any such warrants or certificates of indebtedness shall be used solely for the purposes for which they are authorized to be issued, including the payment of any expenses incurred in connection with the issuance thereof.
Ala. Code § 11-18-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 11-18-2
Section 11-18-2 Uses of Lands
Status: in_force

Such lands may be used, among other things, for the following public purposes:

(1) For the recreation, health, and betterment of the people within the county;

(2) For the betterment and improvement of all useful and ornamental vegetable life, including agriculture, arborculture, horticulture, and experimentation with growth and seeds of ornamental shrubs, trees, and flowers;

(3) For the betterment of all animal life, including domestic animals, wildlife, fish and for fish hatcheries;

(4) For the collection and exhibit of minerals and all native products;

(5) For the creation and maintenance of springs, streams, and lakes thereon; and

(6) For other improvements thereon such as fair grounds, athletic fields, museums, art galleries, military grounds, state armories, hospitals, school buildings, and such other improvements and buildings thereon as may be deemed necessary for public purposes.
Ala. Code § 22-19-51 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-51
Section 22-19-51 Definitions
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1, 2008.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-17 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 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
Status: in_force

(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 awaiting removal to a state correctional facility.

(b) The authorities of any state, county or city facility shall provide for treatment of any inmate diagnosed with a treatable sexually transmitted disease and not otherwise financially able to pay for such treatment. In the case of a discharge inmate who is infectious, a written notice shall be submitted to the State Health Officer or to the county health officer of the locality to which the prisoner is returned, setting forth the necessary facts and a record of the treatment administered while in custody.

(c) At the request of the victim of a sexual offense (as defined in Section 13A-6-60, et seq.), the State Health Department shall release the results of any tests on the defendant convicted of such sexual offense, for the presence of etiologic agent for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS or HIV) to the victim of such sexual offense. The State Health Department shall also provide the victim of such sexual offense counsel regarding AIDS disease, AIDS testing, in accordance with applicable law and referral for appropriate health care and support services.
Ala. Code § 11-6-24 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 11-6-24
Section 11-6-24 Considered County Employee
Status: in_force

Engineer trainees appointed under provisions of this article shall in all respects be considered as employees of the counties by which employed.
Ala. Code § 22-30B-1.1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30B / Section 22-30B-1.1
Section 22-30B-1.1 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that:

(1) The state is increasingly becoming the nation’s final burial ground for the disposal of hazardous wastes and materials;

(2) The volumes of hazardous wastes and substances disposed in the state have increased dramatically for the past several years;

(3) The existence of hazardous waste disposal activities in the state poses unique and continuing problems for the state;

(4) As the site for the ultimate burial of hazardous wastes and substances, the state incurs a permanent risk to the health of its people and the maintenance of its natural resources that is avoided by other states which ship their wastes to Alabama for disposal;

(5) The state also incurs other substantial costs related to hazardous waste management including the costs of regulation of transportation, spill cleanup and disposal of ever-increasing volumes of hazardous wastes and substances;

(6) Because all waste and substances disposed at commercial sites for the disposal of hazardous waste and hazardous substances, whether or not such waste and substances are herein defined as hazardous, contribute to the continuing problems created for the state, and because state and federal definitions of “hazardous wastes” have regularly changed and are likely to change in the future to include waste not previously defined as hazardous, it is necessary that all waste and substances disposed of at a commercial site for the disposal of hazardous waste or hazardous substances be included within the requirements of this act;

(7) The Legislature finds that the public policy of the state is to encourage business and industry to develop technology that will eliminate the generation of hazardous waste and substances. The Legislature finds that substantial progress has been made in the implementation of hazardous waste disposal programs in the secondary lead recovery industry and that such technology will be generally available by October 1, 1992. Therefore, the intent of the Legislature is that fees assessed herein against the operators of commercial sites for the disposal of hazardous waste or hazardous substances not be applied until after October 1, 1992, to waste disposed of at such sites by secondary lead smelters to the extent that said fee exceeds the fees in effect on April 17, 1990.

(8) Since hazardous wastes and substances generated in the state compose a small proportion of those materials disposed of at commercial disposal sites located in the state, present circumstances result in the state’s citizens paying a disproportionate share of the costs of regulation of hazardous waste transportation, spill cleanup and commercial disposal facilities. Persons, firms or corporations which generate and dispose of such waste and substances in Alabama presently are among the taxpaying citizens of this state who must bear the burden of the regulation, inspection, control and clean-up of hazardous waste sites; addressing the public health problems created by the presence of such facilities in the state; and, preserving this state’s environment while those generating this waste in other states and shipping it to Alabama for disposal presently are not. This act attempts to resolve that inequity by requiring all generators of waste being disposed of in Alabama to share in that financial burden.

(9) The operators of commercial sites for the disposal of hazardous wastes or hazardous substances have the ability to control the flow of said wastes or substances into said sites. Further, said operators, by exercise of said ability to control the flow of wastes or substances disposed at sites during a twelve-month period, only to enlarge the amount of wastes disposed during the next twelve-month period by a proportionate amount. The health of the population of this state and the soundness of the environment of this state are and would be threatened by such an exercise of control. Said exercise of control could cause an artificial decrease in fees during the twelve-month period beginning July 15, 1990, and ending July 14, 1991. To prevent threats to the health of the population of this state and to the soundness of the environment of this state and to prevent an artificial decrease in fees during the twelve-month period beginning July 15, 1990, and ending July 14, 1991, this act provides a cap on the amount of hazardous waste and hazardous substances disposed during the twelve-month period beginning October 1, 1991, said cap being a function of the amount of hazardous waste and hazardous substances disposed during the twelve-month period beginning July 15, 1990, and ending July 14, 1991.
Ala. Code § 11-3-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-3-6
Section 11-3-6 Vacancies
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2007-488, p. 1037, §2, effective September 1, 2007.
Ala. Code § 22-21B-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21B / Section 22-21B-2
Section 22-21B-2 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares:

(1) It is the public policy of the State of Alabama to respect and protect the fundamental right of conscience of individuals who provide health care services.

(2) Without comprehensive protection, health care rights of conscience may be violated in various ways, such as harassment, demotion, salary reduction, termination, loss of privileges, denial of aid or benefits, and refusal to license, or refusal to certify.

(3) It is the purpose of this chapter to protect religious or ethical rights of all health care providers to decline to provide, perform, assist, or participate in providing or performing certain health care services that violate their consciences, where they have made their objections known in writing in advance.

(4) It is the purpose of this chapter to prohibit discrimination, disqualification, or coercion upon such health care providers who decline to perform any health care service that violates their conscience and who object in writing as soon as practicable prior to being asked to perform such health care services.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-113 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-113
Section 22-11A-113 Rules and Regulations Governing Implementation
Status: in_force

By August 1, 2010, the board, after consultation with and the approval of the council, shall promulgate all rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act necessary to implement the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-25-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25 / Section 11-25-6
Section 11-25-6 Administration of Library; Appointment of Advisory Committee
Status: in_force

The presiding circuit judge for the county or county law librarian if one exists, shall administer the county law library and shall disburse the library funds, and shall appoint such librarians and assistants as are necessary for the proper operation of the library. The presiding judge of the circuit shall appoint an advisory committee to the county law library.
Ala. Code § 22-6-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-1
Section 22-6-1 Appropriations
Status: in_force

All revenue, income and receipts for operation of the Medicaid (Title 19) Program received by the State Health Department shall be appropriated for expenditure of that program.
Ala. Code § 11-3-11 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-3-11
Section 11-3-11 Powers and Duties Generally
Status: in_force

(a) The county commission shall have authority:

(1) To direct, control, and maintain the property of the county as it may deem expedient according to law, and in this direction and control it has the sole power to locate the courts in the rooms of the courthouse and to designate the rooms to be occupied by the officers entitled to rooms therein, including the circuit judge if resident in the county, and to change the location of the courts and the designation of the rooms for officers as it may deem best and most expedient, and this shall be done by order of the county commission entered upon the minutes of the county commission at a regular meeting of the county commission. In the event the courthouse is inadequate to supply office rooms for such officers, the county commission may lease such office rooms in a convenient location in the county site and pay the rental from the county fund.

(2) To levy a general tax, for general county purposes and a special tax, for special purposes, according to this Code.

(3) To examine, settle, and allow all accounts and claims chargeable against the county.

(4) To examine and audit the accounts of all officers having the care, management, collection, or disbursement of money belonging to the county or appropriated for its use and benefit.

(5) To make such rules and regulations for the support of the poor in the county as are not inconsistent with any law of the state.

(6) To punish for contempt by fine not exceeding $10.00 and imprisonment not exceeding six hours.

(7) To subpoena, examine, and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers before the county commission in the same manner as the probate court.

(8) To contract for and have made map or plat books showing all subdivisions of land that have been heretofore or that may hereafter be made in the county.

(9) To compromise on such terms as it may deem just all doubtful claims in favor of the county when such claims arise on account of moneys heretofore paid in good faith by order of such county commission or in any case where they deem it to the best interest of the county.

(10) To make an appropriation, in no case to exceed $750.00 per year, to install and maintain an exhibit of the agricultural and mineral resources of the county.

(11) To pay at the regular legal rate for the advertising of notice and substance of local bills which may be introduced in the Legislature for the benefit of the county, or in reference to subjects or matters exclusively relating to county business or affairs.

(12) To procure and provide telephones for the offices of the circuit judge, the clerk and register of the circuit court, the sheriff and jailer, the tax assessor and tax collector and the judge of probate in the county, and to pay for the same out of the general funds of the county, and said county commission may, in like manner and for the same officers, establish telephones in both courthouses where the said officers maintain two offices in the county and must install such telephone upon the request of the officer entitled thereto.

(13) To make appropriations out of the county treasury to pay premiums on livestock that may be exhibited in livestock shows held in the county.

(14) To appropriate, where the state or federal authorities have taken up the works of farm demonstration or the organization of farm life clubs for the promotion of agriculture, such sum or sums as it may deem adequate and necessary for aiding in such work.

(15) To expend money for the purpose of improving the sanitary conditions of the county by laying trunk lines of sewers and constructing sewage disposal plants located in localities contiguous to thickly populated communities and to prescribe the terms on which the owners of houses or householders may connect with such lines of sewers, but no such lines of sewers shall be laid without the written approval of the executive officer of the State Board of Health, such approval to be based on the belief that the laying of any proposed line will materially improve health conditions. The county commission shall have the power to require owners of property in the county to connect to its sewer system any facilities used in the collection or disposal of sewage. If the owner of any property in the county fails to connect any such facility located on such property to such sewer within 10 days after delivery to the occupant of such property of written notice to make such connection, the county commission may cause such connection to be made and shall have the right to enter upon private property to the extent required to make such connection. The cost to the county of connecting to such system any facility used in the collection or disposal of sewage shall be reimbursed to the county by the owner of the property on which such facility is located, and the obligation of the owner of such property to pay such cost to the county shall be secured by a lien on such property to be collected as other debts are collected or liens enforced. The notice required by this subdivision shall be by personal service or by posting a notice on the premises. Any other provisions of this subdivision to the contrary notwithstanding, no county commission shall have the power to require any owner of property to connect to a county sewer system if (i) the property of such owner is served by any other sewer system as of the date (the “prospective connection date”) that the construction of such county sewer system has advanced to the point that operational sewer lines belonging to such system are adjacent to the property of such owner, (ii) the property of such owner is served by a septic tank installed as of the prospective connection date, or (iii) any building to be served by such county sewer system is located on the property of such owner at a distance greater than 200 feet from the collector line of such county sewer system.

(16) To appropriate money to promote or enforce the health and quarantine laws of the state for the benefit of the county and its inhabitants when requested so to do by the State Board of Health.

(17) To pay out of any funds in the county treasury all the expenses, including a reasonable attorney’s fee, incurred by the county treasurer in resisting the payment of any warrant where said resistance on the part of the county treasurer is successful.

(18) To set aside such part of the revenue of the county as may be deemed expedient for the purpose of creating a sinking fund for the payment of bonds or other indebtedness and to invest such sinking fund in such interest-bearing securities or deposit the same on interest-bearing account within the state as it may deem wise.

(19) To set aside, appropriate, and use county funds or revenues for the purpose of developing, advertising, and promoting the agricultural, mineral, timber, water, labor, and all other resources of every kind of the county and for the purpose of locating and promoting agricultural, industrial, and manufacturing plants, factories, and other industries in the county. The county commission is authorized to enter into contracts with any person, firm, corporation, or association to carry out the purposes set forth in this subdivision.

(20) To insure in solvent companies the courthouse, jail, machine shops, and other buildings of the county against loss by fire and storm and the trucks, tractors, machines, shovels, graders, equipment, vehicles, and other personal property of the county against loss by fire and theft and against liability for damages to persons and property. Payment of premiums on such insurance coverage shall be made from the general fund of the county, except that payments of premiums on insurance coverage on vehicles, items of equipment or other personal property used and employed exclusively in connection with the establishment, construction, repair, and maintenance of the public roads and bridges of the county may be made from the gasoline funds of the county and payments of premiums on insurance coverage on the courthouse, jail, machine shops, and other buildings of the county may be made from the proceeds of special taxes levied for erection, repairing, furnishing, or maintenance of public buildings, bridges, or roads. Payments heretofore made for these purposes are validated.

(21) To use convict labor and any county equipment or machinery or expend any necessary sum of money for the improvement, beautification, or decoration of the grounds, campus, or premises of any county school or schools under the control of the board of education in such county.

(22) To exercise such other powers as are or may be given by law.

(b) It shall be the duty of the county commission to provide a janitor for the courthouse and to see that the janitor keeps clean and in a sanitary condition all courtrooms, corridors, halls, and offices in the courthouse of the county.
Ala. Code § 22-6-10 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-10
Section 22-6-10 Women’s Right to Health Care
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Women’s Right to Health Care Act.”

(b) Any state program funded under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1396 et seq., and any other publicly funded state health care program which provides coverage for mastectomy surgery shall also provide coverage for reconstruction of the breast on which surgery has been performed and surgery and reconstruction of the other breast to produce a symmetrical appearance if the patient is eligible for Medicaid and elects reconstruction within two years of the mastectomy surgery and in the manner chosen by the patient and the physician, in accordance with guidelines consistent with Medicare and other third party payers. Reimbursement is allowed only for breast reconstructive surgery following a medically necessary mastectomy when performed for the removal of cancer. As used in this section, the term “reconstruction” shall also include augmentation mammoplasty, reduction mammoplasty following a mastectomy as treatment for removal of cancer, and mastoplexy.
Ala. Code § 22-9A-21 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9A / Section 22-9A-21
Section 22-9A-21 Disclosure of Information from Vital Records
Status: in_force

(a) To protect the integrity of vital records, to insure their proper use, and to insure the efficient and proper administration of the system of vital statistics, it shall be unlawful for any person to permit inspection of, or to disclose information contained in vital records, or to copy or issue a copy of all or part of any record, except as authorized by this chapter and by rules of the board or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(b) The State Registrar or other custodians of vital records shall not permit inspection of, or disclose information contained in vital records, or copy or issue a copy of all or part of any records unless he or she is satisfied that the applicant is authorized to obtain a copy of the record.

(1) The registrant, a member of his or her immediate family, his or her guardian, and their respective legal representatives, when acting on their behalf and for their benefit, may, in any event, obtain copies.

(2) The term “legal representative” shall include an attorney at law, attorney in fact, physician, funeral director, or other designated agent acting on behalf and for the benefit of the registrant or his or her family. The State Registrar may require written authorization that the legal representative is acting on behalf and for the benefit of the principal.

(3) Information from or copies of records shall not be provided to the natural parents of adopted children, when neither has custody, or commercial firms or agencies requesting listings of names and addresses or copies of certificates.

(4) Others may obtain information from or copies of a vital record, if they demonstrate that the information or copy is needed for the determination or protection of his or her personal or property right. The board may adopt rules to define further those who may obtain information from or copies of vital records filed under this chapter.

(c) The State Registrar may permit the use of data from vital records for statistical or legitimate research purposes, subject to conditions he or she may impose. No data shall be furnished from records for legitimate research purposes until the State Registrar has received in writing an agreement signed by a responsible agent of the research organization agreeing to conform to the conditions. Legitimate research for the purposes of this section shall mean a systematic statistical study, conforming to or in accordance with generally accepted scientific standards or principles, designed to develop or contribute to scientific knowledge, and that does not identify the persons in the study. Prior to release of data identifying any specific institution, the institution shall be notified in writing by the State Registrar that the data will be released.

(d) The State Registrar may disclose data from vital records to federal, state, county, or municipal agencies of government that request the data in the conduct of their official duties, upon proper request. Conditions for disclosure may be imposed by the State Registrar and the State Registrar may require a responsible agent of the governmental agency to sign a written agreement conforming to those conditions.

(e) Marriage and divorce certificates in the custody of the State Registrar shall be considered nonrestricted public records and any person may obtain copies of the records for any purpose upon submission of an application containing sufficient information to locate the record and payment of the required fee.

(f) When 125 years have elapsed after the date of birth or 25 years have elapsed after the date of death, the records of these events in the custody of the State Registrar shall become nonrestricted public records and any person may obtain copies of the records upon submission of an application containing sufficient information to locate the record and payment of the required fee. The records may be made available for viewing in photographic, digital, electronic, or other suitable format as provided for by rules of the board.

(g) The board is authorized to provide for a system for death reviews using vital records and information from vital records and other medical records deemed necessary for these reviews. All information relating to individuals and physicians obtained for these reviews and all results of these reviews relating to individuals and physicians shall be deemed confidential, shall not be admissible in court for any purpose, and shall not be subject to discovery in any civil action. Nothing in this section shall limit the admissibility or discoverability of patient medical records, regularly and ordinarily kept in the course of treatment of a patient, that otherwise would be admissible or discoverable.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-117 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-117
Section 22-11A-117 Studies and Publication
Status: in_force

The department may undertake a reasonable number of studies and publish information in collaboration with licensed health care providers based upon the data obtained pursuant to the provisions of this article. One of the purposes for such studies will be to provide specific comparative health care facility acquired infection rates. The department shall allow all health care facilities that have submitted data which will be used in any report to review and comment on the report prior to its publication or release for general public use. The department shall include comments of a health care facility, at the option of the health care facility, in the publication, if the department does not change the publication based upon those comments.
Ala. Code § 11-16-33 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-33
Section 11-16-33 Resolution of County Commission for Erection of Courthouse on New Site
Status: in_force

Whenever the county commission of any county shall determine that it is advisable to erect a new courthouse for such county on a site in the city or town where the courthouse is located, which site was not within the corporate limits of such city or town when such courthouse was first located therein, and shall pass a resolution to that effect, the courthouse may be erected on such new site if it shall be so decided by a vote of the people of the county at an election to be held as provided in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 22-21-357 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-357
Section 22-21-357 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this division, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) AUTHORITY. Any public corporation now or hereafter organized or reincorporated, as the case may be, pursuant to the provisions of the Health Care Authorities Act.

(2) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. Each county, municipality, and educational institution with the governing body of which the application for the incorporation of any authority under the Health Care Authorities Act or the reincorporation of a public corporation under the Health Care Authorities Act was filed.

(3) COUNTY. Any county in the State of Alabama.

(4) GOVERNING BODY. With respect to a county, its county commission or other like governing body, and, with respect to a municipality, its city or town council, board of commissioners or other like governing body, and, with respect to an educational institution, its board of trustees, or other like governing body.

(5) EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. A public college or university established under the Constitution of Alabama or act of the Alabama Legislature that operates a school of medicine.

(6) HEALTH CARE AUTHORITIES ACT. Act No. 82-418 enacted at the 1982 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama, as supplemented by Act No. 87-745 enacted at the 1987 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama (codified as Articles 11 and 11A of Chapter 21 of Title 22 as amended).

(7) MUNICIPALITY. An incorporated city or town of the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 22-4-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-9
Section 22-4-9 Health Systems Agencies
Status: in_force

The health systems agencies designated by the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, in coordination with the Governor, shall provide those functions accorded to them in Section 1513 of PL 93-641 (42 U.S.C. §3001-2) for their designated health service areas and coordinate their efforts with the State Board of Health and the Statewide Health Coordinating Council in all planning activities. The activities include:

(1) The gathering and analysis of suitable data;

(2) The establishment of a regional health systems plan and an annual implementation plan;

(3) The provision of technical assistance and/or limited financial assistance to those seeking to implement provisions of the plans;

(4) The coordination of activities with the PSRO and other appropriate planning and regulatory bodies;

(5) The review and approval or disapproval of applications for federal funds for health programs within their areas;

(6) Assistance to the State Board of Health in the performance of capital expenditure reviews;

(7) Assistance to the State Board of Health in making findings as to the need for new institutional health services proposed to be offered in their areas;

(8) Assistance to the State Board of Health in reviewing existing institutional health services offered with respect to the continuing appropriateness of such services; and

(9) Presentation annually of recommendations to the State Board of Health regarding projects for the modernization, construction and conversion of medical facilities in their areas.
Ala. Code § 22-21-391 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-391
Section 22-21-391 Promulgation of Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall devise and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of the article, as he deems advisable for effectuating its orderly administration.
Ala. Code § 22-26-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 26 / Section 22-26-1
Section 22-26-1 Insanitary Sewage Facilities Menacing Public Health
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful and shall constitute a misdemeanor to build, maintain or use an insanitary sewage collection, treatment and disposal facility or one that is or is likely to become a menace to the public health anywhere within the state, including plumbing facilities, privies, septic tank systems, other private collection and disposal systems, sewer lines, public or private, municipal, community, subdivision or other treatment plant and disposal units, but excluding plumbing within structures located within the police jurisdiction of municipal corporations and regulated by the municipal corporation.
Ala. Code § 11-29-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 29 / Section 11-29-6
Section 11-29-6 Distribution of Fund Capital; Purposes for Which Counties May Use Funds
Status: in_force

The fund capital shall be distributed to the several counties of the state and shall be paid on April 15 of the fiscal year for which each annual appropriation is made as follows:

Part of the funds to be paid to counties that is equal to 45.45 percent of the total of such portion shall be allocated equally among the 67 counties of the state; and the entire residue of the portion to be paid to counties, being an amount equal to 54.55 percent of such portion, shall be allocated among the 67 counties of the state on the basis of the ratio of the population of each county to the total population of the state according to the then next preceding federal decennial census or, prior to the effective date of the 1990 decennial census, any special federal census held in any county subsequent to the effective date of the 1980 federal decennial census and prior to the adoption hereof. Such funds shall only be used by counties for the following purposes:

a. Public buildings; counties may expend such funds for the construction, furnishing, equipping, and renovation of public buildings including, without limitation, jails, courthouses and courthouse annexes, juvenile facilities, and paying rentals to public corporations for the use of public buildings. Such funds may also be expended for the purpose of purchasing land for public buildings.

b. Solid waste; counties may expend such funds for the purchase of land for sanitary landfills, the purchase of solid waste handling and disposal equipment including collection vehicles and landfill compaction equipment, and other solid waste handling and disposal equipment and/or facilities.

c. Public utilities; counties may expend such funds for public water and waste water treatment facilities and drainage facilities. Such expenditures may include the purchase of land and rights-of-way, and the purchase of equipment and supplies necessary for the installation and maintenance of such public facilities.

d. Roads and bridges; up to 50 percent of the funds received by counties may be expended for the construction, maintenance, reconstruction, restoration, or resurfacing of county roads and bridges.

e. Bonds and warrants; counties may expend such funds for the payment of any valid obligation of a county that is evidenced by bonds, notes, warrants, or other instruments now or hereafter authorized by law to be issued for any of the purposes enumerated in clauses a, b, c, and d of this paragraph.

f. Public health; counties may expend funds for the operation and maintenance of the county health department.

g. Pensions and security; counties may expend funds for the operation and maintenance of the county human resources department.
Ala. Code § 22-6-195 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-195
Section 22-6-195 Privilege Assessment - Payment; Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) The assessment imposed by this article shall be due and payable to the department on or before the twentieth day of the month next succeeding the month in which the assessment accrues and, when collected, shall be paid by the department into the State Treasury. Payment by United States mail shall be timely if mailed in accordance with Section 40-1-45. When paid into the State Treasury, all such taxes shall be deposited to the credit of the Alabama Health Care Trust Fund or any successor fund administered by or on behalf of the Medicaid Agency.

(b) The receipts from the assessment levied in this article shall be solely available for appropriation by the Legislature to the Medicaid Agency for use by the agency in accomplishing the purposes of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-20-37 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-37
Section 11-20-37 Powers Generally; Location and Operation of Projects
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary for the performance of those stated in this subsection:

(1) To have succession by its corporate name for the period specified in the certificate of incorporation unless sooner dissolved as provided in this article;

(2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend civil actions in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties;

(3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;

(4) To acquire, whether by purchase, construction, exchange, gift, lease or otherwise, improve, maintain, equip and furnish one or more projects, including all real and personal properties which the board of directors of the corporation may deem necessary in connection therewith and regardless of whether or not any such projects or any part thereof shall then be in existence;

(5) To sell, exchange, donate and convey, to contract to sell, exchange and convey and to grant, with or without additional consideration, options to acquire any or all of its properties whenever its board of directors shall find any such action to be in furtherance of the purposes for which the corporation was organized;

(6) To lease to others for a period not to exceed 40 years any or all of its projects or any part thereof and to charge and collect rent therefor and to terminate any such lease upon the failure of the lessee to comply with any of the obligations thereof;

(7) To grant to others privileges, licenses or permits for the use of land for the construction and operation of projects and to authorize such lessees or grantees to mortgage their interest, rights and properties to finance the construction, enlargement and improvement of such projects;

(8) To issue its bonds for the purpose of carrying out any of its powers;

(9) As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds so issued and any agreements made in connection therewith, to mortgage and pledge any or all of its projects or any part or parts thereof, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, and to pledge the revenues and receipts therefrom or from any thereof;

(10) To assume obligations secured by a lien on any project or any part thereof that may be acquired, any obligation so assumed to be payable solely out of the revenues and receipts from any or all of its projects or part thereof;

(11) To appoint, employ, contract with and provide for the compensation of such officers, employees and agents, including, but without limitation, engineers, attorneys, architects, construction contractors, management consultants and fiscal advisers, as its business may require;

(12) To provide for such insurance as the board of directors may deem advisable;

(13) To cooperate with the United States of America, any agency or instrumentality thereof, the state, any municipality, county, public corporation or other public entity in the state or any person, or any combination of any of the foregoing; and

(14) To accept gifts, grants, bequests and devises.

(b) Any project or projects of the corporation may be located within or partially within and partially without the county, subject to the following conditions:

(1) No part of a project shall be located more than three miles outside the boundaries of the county;

(2) In no event shall any project or part thereof be located within the corporate limits of a municipality unless the governing body of such municipality has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location of such project or part thereof in such municipality; and

(3) No such project or part thereof shall be located in a county other than the county which authorized the formation of the corporation unless the governing body of such other county has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location of a part of such project in such other county.

(c) The corporation shall not have the power to operate any project as a business other than as a lessor.
Ala. Code § 11-32-27 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 11-32-27
Section 11-32-27 Budget Requirements
Status: in_force

On or prior to the beginning of the fifth month before the start of each fiscal year, the authority shall prepare and submit to the authorizing county, the principal municipality, and each municipality which has requested to be served by the authority pursuant to Section 11-32-26, a written budget for the authority for the forthcoming fiscal year. The budget shall be prepared by the authority and shall set forth the number of hours of operation and the anticipated cost per hour of operation for the forthcoming fiscal year for the service requested by each municipality pursuant to Section 11-32-26, exclusive of anticipated fare box revenue, federal operating subsidies and funds received by the authority pursuant to Sections 11-32-24 and 11-32-25; if the cost per hour of operation shall include all costs for the provision of public transportation service, including, but not limited to, the costs of operation, maintenance, administration, and capital costs of the authority. If a municipality requests service which requires that vehicles travel through a municipality which is not served by the authority or on a limited access roadway where there is no pick-up or discharge of passengers, the municipality requesting the service shall assume and be responsible for the operating time of the vehicles from the point of their last scheduled pick-up of passengers until the vehicles reach the city limits of the requesting municipality. The principal municipality shall be authorized to review such budget, and by written notice to the authority given on or prior to the fifteenth day of the fifth month before the start of each fiscal year, reduce such budget in any area in which it deems the budget to be excessive. Neither the authorizing county, principal municipality, nor a participating municipality shall have any further power to approve or disapprove expenditures of the authority.
Ala. Code § 22-12-26 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 22-12-26
Section 22-12-26 Arrests Without Warrants
Status: in_force

Any legal quarantine officer or guard may, without warrant, arrest a person who attempts to violate a quarantine regulation and carry such person either to a designated place of detention or before an officer having jurisdiction of such offense.
Ala. Code § 22-18-61.1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 22-18-61.1
Section 22-18-61.1 Retroactive Reimbursement of Actual Tuition Costs
Status: in_force

Upon written request by an association or a member of an association, the ACCS may retroactively consider reimbursement of actual tuition costs, excluding required fees, provided by the association or its members to a student to pay his or her eligible tuition costs.
Ala. Code § 22-6-225 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-225
Section 22-6-225 Denial of Claims; Grievances and Appeals
Status: in_force

(a) The Medicaid Agency shall establish by rule procedures for safeguarding against wrongful denial of claims and addressing grievances of enrollees in an integrated care network.

(b) If a patient or the provider is dissatisfied with the decision of an integrated care network, the patient or provider may file a written notice of appeal to the Medicaid Agency. The Medicaid Agency shall adopt rules governing the appeal, which shall include a full evidentiary hearing and a finding on the record. The Medicaid Agency’s decision shall be binding upon the integrated care network. However, a patient or provider may file an appeal in circuit court in the county in which the patient resides, or the county in which the provider provides services.

(c) The Medicaid Agency shall by rule establish procedures for addressing grievances and appeals of the integrated care network. The appeal procedure shall include an opportunity for a fair hearing before an impartial hearing officer in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 22 of Title 41. The state Medicaid Commissioner shall appoint one, or more than one, hearing officer to conduct fair hearings. After each hearing, the findings and recommendations of the hearing officer shall be submitted to the Commissioner, who shall make a final decision for the agency. Judicial review of the final decision of the Medicaid Agency may be sought pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act. All costs related to development and implementation of the appeal procedure, including the provision of administrative hearings, shall be borne by the Medicaid Agency. The Medicaid Agency shall adopt rules for implementing this subsection in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Ala. Code § 11-22-15 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22 / Section 11-22-15
Section 11-22-15 Nonprofit Status; Disposition of Surplus Revenue
Status: in_force

The corporation shall be a nonprofit corporation, and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm or corporation; except, that in the event the board of directors of the corporation shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of expenses, bonds and other obligations of the corporation, then any net earnings of the corporation thereafter accruing shall, at the option of the board of directors, be used to pay the cost of extensions and improvements to any of its projects or paid to the county with respect to which the corporation was organized.
Ala. Code § 22-40A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 40A / Section 22-40A-2
Section 22-40A-2 Legislative Findings; Purpose
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds as follows:

(1) The Alabama Scrap Tire Study Commission (STSC) submitted a report as required by Section 22-40-10, and SJR 152, adopted May 11, 2000. The section and the resolution both directed the STSC to study the present law and recommend revisions that are needed. The report from the STSC recommended substantial changes to the present law, which are incorporated into this chapter. The study and report were necessary to address the estimated 14 to 20 million tires stockpiled or illegally dumped.

(2) This state generates over five million scrap tires annually. Of these tires, an estimated two million are recycled annually and an estimated two million are disposed of legally in landfills. Many of the remaining tires are disposed of illegally and therefore may present a public health and/or environmental threat to the citizens of Alabama.

(b) This chapter has the following stated purposes, to:

(1) Remediate existing scrap tire stockpiles and prevent the formation of new ones.

(2) Provide a uniform, statewide system of regulation of scrap tires from the point of generation to the point of end use or disposal, to include a statewide scrap tire manifest system, and effective enforcement of scrap tire laws.

(3) Stimulate end use market development activities.

(4) Provide an adequate funding mechanism to clean up scrap tire piles, to provide for responsible enforcement of scrap tire laws, and to assist in promoting end use markets.

(5) Implement other recommendations contained in the report of the STSC.
Ala. Code § 22-11E-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11E / Section 22-11E-2
Section 22-11E-2 Athletic Head Injury Safety Training
Status: in_force

(a) Each local school system and governing body of each sport or recreational organization shall develop guidelines and other pertinent information and forms to inform and educate youth athletes and their parents or guardians in their program of the nature and risk of concussion and brain injury, including continuing to play after a suspected concussion or brain injury. On a yearly basis, a concussion and head injury information sheet shall be signed and returned by the youth athlete and the athlete’s parent or guardian prior to the youth athlete’s initiating practice or competition.

(b) Each local school system and sports or recreational organization governing body shall ensure that coaches receive annual training to learn how to recognize the symptoms of a concussion and how to seek proper medical treatment for a person suspected of having a concussion.

(c) Each local school system and sports or recreational organization shall establish by rule the requirements of the training which shall be provided by using designated resources to the extent practicable and timelines to ensure that, to the extent practicable, every coach receives the training before the beginning of practice for the school athletic team.

(d) A youth athlete who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or brain injury in practice or a game shall be immediately removed from participation and may not return to play the day of the injury and until he or she is evaluated by a licensed physician and receives written clearance to return to play from a licensed physician.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-53 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-53
Section 22-11A-53 Notification of Positive Test Result; Counseling; Referral to Appropriate Health Care Services; Explanation of Individual Responsibility
Status: in_force

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.
Ala. Code § 22-19-202 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-202
Section 22-19-202 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) ANATOMICAL GIFT. The donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor’s death for the purpose of transplantation or transfusion.

(2) AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES. Reasonable accommodations that include the following:

a. Qualified interpreters or other effective methods of making aurally delivered materials available to individuals with hearing impairments.

b. Qualified readers, taped texts, or other effective methods of making visually delivered material available to individuals with visual impairments.

c. Acquisition or modification of equipment or devices.

d. Any other aid or service that is used to provide information in a format that is easily understandable and accessible to individuals with cognitive, neurological, developmental, or intellectual disabilities.

(3) COVERED ENTITY. Any of the following:

a. A health care provider licensed under Title 34.

b. A health care facility licensed under Chapter 21.

c. An entity responsible for matching anatomical gift donors to potential recipients.

(4) DISABILITY. The definition as provided in 42 U.S.C. § 12102.

(5) ORGAN TRANSPLANT. The transplantation or transfusion of a part of a human body into the body of another for the purpose of treating or curing a medical condition.

(6) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL. An individual with a disability who meets the essential eligibility requirements for the receipt of an anatomical gift, with or without any of the following:

a. A support network available to the individual.

b. The provision of auxiliary aids and services.

c. Access to a covered entity that has made reasonable modifications to its policies or practices, including modifications to allow both of the following:

1. Communication with individuals responsible for supporting the individual with post-surgical and post-transplantation care, including medication.

2. The consideration of a support network available to the individual, including family, friends, and home-based and community-based services funded through Medicaid, Medicare, or another health plan in which the individual is enrolled, or any program or source of funding available to the individual in determining whether the individual is able to comply with post-transplantation medical requirements.

(7) SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING. The reasonable accommodation of a support person or persons to assist an individual in making medical decisions, communicate information to the individual, or ascertain an individual’s wishes, including the following:

a. The individual’s parent, court-appointed guardian, legal custodian, attorney-in-fact, or designated health care proxy.

b. A person designated in writing by the individual.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-65 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-65
Section 22-11A-65 Monitoring of Practice of Infected Health Care Worker
Status: in_force

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 determines that practice restrictions may be necessary for an infected health care worker for whom practice restrictions had not been previously necessary, the State Health Officer shall convene an expert review panel as provided in Section 22-11A-63.
Ala. Code § 11-27-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 11-27-2
Section 11-27-2 Granting of Franchises; Conditions, Revocation, Etc.; Local Law Exception
Status: in_force

A franchise is hereby granted for the installation of poles or conduits within the boundary lines of public roads, highways, or rights-of-way in any county of this state for the operation of community antenna television facilities to any person, partnership, or corporation that is lawfully providing community antenna television service in any such county on July 8, 1982. Any franchise granted under this section shall be limited to the portion or portions of the unincorporated areas of any such county as is being served by the franchisee on July 8, 1982, but may be extended to include other portions of the unincorporated areas of the county at the discretion of the county commission of such county. Any franchise granted under this section shall be governed by the permit, agreement, franchise, ordinance, resolution, or other instrument, if any, granting authority by the county to the entity currently providing such service (for the period of time covered by the instrument but not to exceed two years from July 8, 1982) unless the county and the entity mutually agree upon differing terms. At the expiration of the term of such instrument, not to exceed two years after July 8, 1982, or immediately, if no such instrument exists, then a franchise is granted to all portions of the unincorporated areas of such county as are being served by the franchisee on July 8, 1982, (but may be extended to include other portions of the unincorporated areas of the county at the discretion of the county commission of such county) and shall be conditioned upon reasonable rules and regulations to be established by the county commission of the county to which the franchise applies.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, where the franchise area is, at the time of the franchise, served by an existing cable television facility operating without such instrument, the existing cable television facility shall be given the option to continue operation under the franchise, in accordance with the reasonable rules and regulations provided for herein, and no other system shall be given a franchise under terms more favorable than those offered to the existing system, where the existing system is not in violation of the said reasonable rules and regulations.

Said franchise may be revoked for the continued violation of any of said rules or regulations. Provided, however, that prior to such revocation the franchisee shall be given a notice of continued violation and a sixty-day period in which to cure the violations or to make substantial progress toward such cure as shall be determined by the county commission. The reasonable rules and regulations shall not be designed to discriminate against the existing cable television system or used as a device to preclude its continued operation.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to any county for which a local law or general law of local application has been enacted regulating the grant of franchises for the operation of community antenna television facilities. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a county to construct, own, or operate a cable television system or community antenna television facilities.
Ala. Code § 11-16-22 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-22
Section 11-16-22 Preparation and Disposition of Certified Statements of Votes and Poll Lists
Status: in_force

Immediately on the closing of the polls, the inspectors must count the ballots and certify the number of votes cast “For removal to _____” and the number of votes cast “Against removal,” and certify on one of the poll lists that such poll list is the poll list of the election precinct or voting place at which they were inspectors and the day and year on which said election was held, and they shall securely seal up such statements of the votes and poll lists, together with the ballots cast in said election, in an envelope or other wrapper or receptacle and label the same so as to show the precinct or ward in which said ballots were cast and deliver the same to the returning officer, and said returning officer must, within 24 hours thereafter, deliver the same to the said board of commissioners at the courthouse of the county.
Ala. Code § 22-12A-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12A / Section 22-12A-3
Section 22-12A-3 Plan to Reduce Infant Mortality and Handicapping Conditions; Procedure, Contents, Etc
Status: in_force

The Bureau of Maternal and Child Health under the direction of the State Board of Health shall, in coordination with the State Health Planning and Development Agency, the State Health Coordinating Council, the Alabama Council on Maternal and Infant Health and the regional and State Perinatal Advisory Committees, annually prepare a plan, consistent with the legislative intent of Section 22-12A-2, to reduce infant mortality and handicapping conditions to be presented to legislative health and finance committees prior to each regular session of the Legislature. Such a plan shall include: primary care, hospital and prenatal; secondary and tertiary levels of care both in hospital and on an out-patient basis; transportation of patients for medical services and care and follow-up and evaluation of infants through the first year of life; and optional educational programs, including pupils in schools at appropriate ages, for good perinatal care covered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. All recommendations for expenditure of funds shall be in accord with provisions of this plan.
Ala. Code § 22-9A-14 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9A / Section 22-9A-14
Section 22-9A-14 Death Registration
Status: in_force

(a) A certificate of death for each death which occurs in this state shall be filed with the Office of Vital Statistics, or as otherwise directed by the State Registrar, within five days of the death and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section.

(1) If the place of death is not known, but the dead body is found in this state, the certificate of death shall be completed and filed in accordance with this section. The county where the body is found shall be shown on the certificate as the county of death. If the date of death is unknown, the date the dead body was found shall be shown on the certificate as the date of death.

(2) When death occurs in a moving conveyance in the United States and the body is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the death shall be registered in this state and the county where it is first removed shall be considered as the county of death. When a death occurs on a moving conveyance while in international waters or air space or in a foreign country and the body is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the death shall be registered in this state but the certificate shall show the actual place of death if it can be determined.

(b) The funeral director or person acting as the funeral director who first assumes custody of the dead body shall file the certificate of death. He or she shall obtain the personal and statistical data from the next of kin or the best qualified person or source available and shall forward the certificate to the person responsible for completion of the medical certification.

(c) The physician in charge of the care of the patient for the illness or condition that resulted in death shall complete and sign the medical certification and transmit the certificate to the Office of Vital Statistics in the manner directed by the State Registrar, within 48 hours after receipt of the certificate. In the absence of the physician, the certificate may be completed and signed by another physician designated by the physician, or the certificate may be completed and signed by the chief medical officer of the institution in which death occurred or by the physician who performed an autopsy upon the decedent. Deaths required to be reported to the county medical examiner or coroner shall be reported whether the cause is known or suspected, primary or contributory, or recent, delayed, or remote.

(d) When the death occurs with no physician in charge of the care of the patient for the illness or condition that resulted in death, the county medical examiner, if one has been appointed, the State Medical Examiner, if he or she examines the body, or if neither occurs, the coroner shall determine the cause of death. In all cases, the medical certification shall be completed and signed and the certificate forwarded to the Office of Vital Statistics, or as otherwise directed by the State Registrar, within 48 hours after receipt of the certificate. This section shall not diminish the duty of the Coroner to hold inquests.

(e) If the cause of death cannot be determined within 48 hours after receipt of the certificate, the physician, county medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner shall indicate the medical certification as “PENDING” and shall sign the certificate. Immediately after the medical or other data necessary for determining the cause of death have been made known, the physician, county medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner shall, over his or her signature, forward the cause of death to the State Registrar. If the physician has reason to believe that the case is within the jurisdiction of the county medical examiner or coroner, he or she shall immediately report the case to the county medical examiner or coroner and shall advise the funeral director of this fact. If the county medical examiner or coroner does not assume jurisdiction, the physician shall sign the medical certification.

(f) When a death occurs in an institution and the death is not under the jurisdiction of the county medical examiner or coroner, the person in charge of the institution or his or her designated representative, shall initiate the preparation of the death certificate within 24 hours of death as follows:

(1) The full name of the decedent and the date of death shall be placed on the death certificate in the designated spot.

(2) The medical certification of death and the signature of the physician shall be obtained from the attending physician.

(3) The partially completed death certificate shall be presented to the funeral director or the person acting as the funeral director within 72 hours of death.

(g) When a death is presumed to have occurred in this state but the body cannot be located, a death certificate may be prepared by the State Registrar upon receipt of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, that shall include the finding of facts required to complete the death certificate. The death certificate shall be marked “PRESUMPTIVE” and shall show on its face the date of registration and shall identify the court and date of decree.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-68 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-68
Section 22-11A-68 Immunity from Liability for Those Involved in Investigation
Status: in_force

(a) Members and staff of the State Board of Health, the State Committee of Public Health, the Board of Medical Examiners, the Medical Licensure Commission, the Board of Nursing, the Board of Dental Examiners, the Board of Podiatry, physicians, hospitals, other health care facilities, and other entities and persons required to report or furnish information under this article and any expert review panels, consultants to any expert review panel, and agents and employees of the Alabama Department of Public Health shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability for making reports or furnishing any information required by this article or for actions taken or actions not taken in the line and scope of official or required duties during their investigations, hearings, rulings, and decisions.

(b) All information collected during the investigation of an infected health care worker is privileged and shall be released in one of the following ways only:

(1) To professional licensing boards, employers, and patients in a manner provided elsewhere in this article, and to employees, agents, and consultants of the Department of Public Health, provided that any release of information under this subsection shall conform to rules adopted by the Board of Health and shall be restricted to individuals with a legitimate need to know the information.

(2) Upon the lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The information shall be released only upon a finding by the court that the interest of the party applying for the information outweighs the privacy interest of any individuals identified, and the public interest and the interest of the Board of Health in safeguarding the confidentiality of the information. No order shall be issued without notice and an opportunity to be heard by the Board of Health. Upon application by the Board of Health, the court shall also afford an opportunity to be heard by any individual identified in the information, who may be represented by counsel anonymously. Any order issued ex parte or without an opportunity for a hearing as provided in this subsection shall be void unless the hearing is waived by the affected parties. The court may examine the information in camera before deciding upon the terms of its release. Any order releasing the information shall include any terms the court finds are necessary to protect the legitimate privacy interests of identified persons and shall include an additional protective order specifying the individuals to whom the information may be released and enjoining the individuals from releasing it to any other persons. An individual violating the court order may be punished for civil and criminal contempt.

(c) Any individual releasing information in violation of subsection (b) of this section shall not be exempt from liability for the release of the information. Any person providing information to the Department of Public Health in connection with an investigation conducted hereunder shall not be subject to liability for providing records or other information which the individual knows or reasonably believes to be truthful.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-66 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-66
Section 22-11A-66 Violations
Status: in_force

“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.
Ala. Code § 22-21A-8 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21A / Section 22-21A-8
Section 22-21A-8 Amendments
Status: in_force

The member states, by unanimous agreement, may amend this compact from time to time without the prior consent or approval of Congress and any amendment shall be effective unless, within one year, the Congress disapproves that amendment. Any state may join this compact after the date on which Congress consents to the compact by adoption into law under its state Constitution.
Ala. Code § 22-34-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 34 / Section 22-34-5
Section 22-34-5 Application for Corporation; Contents; Officers; Board of Directors; Record of Proceedings
Status: in_force

(a) To become a corporation, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House, the director of the department and the Director of Finance shall present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an application signed by them which shall set forth:

(1) The name, official designation and official residence of each of the applicants, together with a certified copy of the commission evidencing each applicant’s right to office;

(2) The date on which each applicant was inducted into office and the term of office of each of the applicants;

(3) The name of the proposed corporation, which shall be the “Alabama Water Pollution Control Authority”;

(4) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation; and

(5) Any other matter relating to the incorporation which the applicants may choose to insert and which is not inconsistent with this chapter or any other laws of the state. The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgments to deeds. The Secretary of State shall examine the application; and, if he finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this section, he shall receive and file it and record it in an appropriate book of records in his office.

When the application has been made, filed and recorded as herein provided, the applicants shall constitute a corporation under the name proposed in the application, and the Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation pursuant to this chapter, under the Great Seal of the State, and shall record the certificate with the application. There shall be no fees paid to the Secretary of State for any work done in connection with the incorporation or dissolution of the authority.

(b) The applicants named in the application and their respective successors in office shall constitute the members of the authority. The Governor shall be the president of the authority, the director of the department shall be the vice-president thereof and the director of finance shall be the secretary thereof. The members of the authority shall constitute all the members of the board of directors of the authority, and any three members of the said board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Should any person holding any state office named in this section cease to hold such office by reasons of death, resignation, expiration of his term of office or for any other reason, then his successor in office shall take his place as a member, officer or director of the authority. No member, officer or director of the authority shall draw any salary, in addition to that now authorized by law, for any service he may render or for any duty he may perform in connection with the authority.

(c) All proceedings had and done by the board of directors shall be reduced to writing by the secretary of the authority, shall be signed by at least three members of the authority and shall be recorded in a substantially bound book and filed in the office of the secretary. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the authority, under the seal of the authority, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified.
Ala. Code § 11-20-46 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-46
Section 11-20-46 Documents of Corporations May Be Filed for Record Without Payment of Taxes or Certain Fees
Status: in_force

The certificate of incorporation of the corporation or any amendment thereof, any deeds or other documents whereby properties are conveyed over to the corporation, any mortgages executed by the corporation, any leases made by the corporation and the certificate of dissolution of the corporation may all be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the corporation is organized without the payment of any tax or fees other than such fees as may be authorized by law for recording of such instruments.
Ala. Code § 11-2-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-2-3
Section 11-2-3 Filing and Recordation of Bonds of County Officers and Employees
Status: in_force

The bonds of all county officers and county employees required by the provisions of this Code, with the exception of the bond of the judge of probate, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the judge of probate, and the bond of the judge of probate shall be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court, and duplicate copies of the bonds of the probate judge and tax assessor and tax collector shall be filed with the comptroller.
Ala. Code § 22-8-11 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8 / Section 22-8-11
Section 22-8-11 Receipt of Covid-19 Vaccination by Minor Without Written Consent of Parent or Legal Guardian; Inquiry into Vaccination Status of Minor Student by Institution of Education; Violations
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, the terms “vaccination” and “vaccine” mean any injection intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19 or minimize the effects of COVID-19, irrespective of whether or not the injection meets the classical definition of vaccine.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 22-8-4, no minor may receive a vaccination without the written consent of the minor’s parent or, if applicable, legal guardian.

(c) Institutions of education may not inquire into the vaccination status of a minor student without the written consent of the minor’s parent or, if applicable, the legal guardian.

(d) The Attorney General may commence a civil action to enjoin a threatened or continuing violation of this section.
Ala. Code § 11-16-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-7
Section 11-16-7 Commissioners - Removal
Status: in_force

If at any time it shall be made to appear to the Governor that any commissioner has willfully neglected to discharge in good faith any duty resting upon him under the provisions of this chapter or is physically unable or otherwise incompetent to properly perform such duties or is seeking in any manner to prevent or defeat a full and fair expression of the wishes of the qualified electors of the county on the question of such removal of the county seat, the Governor must remove such commissioner and appoint another in his stead, who shall qualify as provided in Sections 11-16-2 and 11-16-4.
Ala. Code § 22-21-389 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-389
Section 22-21-389 Nonprofit Corporations Organized Prior to May 4, 1982
Status: in_force

No nonprofit corporation, organized under the laws of this state prior to May 4, 1982 to operate a dental service plan in the state or any of the counties thereof, the charter or certificate of incorporation of which has been approved or consented to by the insurance commissioner prior to May 4, 1982, shall be required to incorporate or reincorporate as provided herein. However, every such corporation desiring to operate such a plan shall file with the insurance commissioner its acceptance of this article within six months from May 4, 1982, and every such corporation so accepting this article shall continue, shall have all the powers, authority, and exemptions of this article, and shall be subject to all the provisions hereof except as otherwise provided herein. At the time of filing its acceptance, each such corporation must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that it is in compliance with the substantive provisions of this article and that it has the present ability to meet all current or contractual obligations to subscribers or to participating dentists. All preexisting corporations shall have one year from May 4, 1982 to demonstrate compliance with Section 22-21-364(3), requiring minimum working capital. In addition, each such corporation shall file an audited financial statement. Any such corporation may amend its charter to become a profit-making corporation with the prior approval of the commissioner and subject to the provisions of law.
Ala. Code § 22-37A-7.1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 37A / Section 22-37A-7.1
Section 22-37A-7.1 Institution of Proceedings for Assessment of Civil Penalty
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the administrative procedure provided in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of Section 22-37A-7, the board may institute proceedings for assessment of a civil penalty in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, or in the circuit court of the county in which all or part of the violation occurred.
Ala. Code § 22-30D-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30D / Section 22-30D-3
Section 22-30D-3 Definitions
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise defined in this chapter, the definitions of terms included in Section 22-30-3 shall be applicable to this chapter. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) ABANDONED DRYCLEANING FACILITY. Any real property premises or individual leasehold space located in this state owned by any person in which a drycleaning facility or wholesale distribution facility formerly operated; provided, however, that any owner or operator or wholesale distributor who shall have elected not to be covered by the provisions of this chapter shall not be considered a person owning or leasing such a facility for the purposes of this chapter.

(2) ADJACENT LAND OWNER. Any owner, lessor, or mortgagee of any real property onto which contamination from a drycleaning facility, abandoned drycleaning facility, or wholesale distribution facility of any owner or operator or wholesale distributor who shall have elected to be covered by the provisions of this chapter has migrated or is threatening to migrate; or any of the successors or assigns, predecessors-in-title, and successors-in-title of the foregoing.

(3) AHWMMA. The Alabama Hazardous Waste Management and Minimization Act.

(4) BOARD. The Alabama Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Advisory Board created under Section 22-30D-8.

(5) CONTAMINATION. The presence of drycleaning agent in soil, groundwater, surface water, or any other medium at or on a drycleaning facility, abandoned drycleaning facility, wholesale distribution facility, or any real property of any impacted third party.

(6) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management, or any successor department or agency of the state.

(7) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, or any successor department or agency of the state.

(8) DRYCLEANING AGENT. Any non-hydrocarbon chlorine or hydrocarbon-based formulations or products used or to be used as a primary cleaning agent in the cleaning of garments, apparel, or household fabrics at a drycleaning facility and includes, but is not limited to, perchloroethylene, also known as tetrachloroethylene, other chemicals using CAS No. 127-18-4, solvent-charged detergent, spotting agents, glutone and any other chlorine or petroleum-based formulations or products and the substances into which any such formulations or products degrade.

(9) DRYCLEANING FACILITY. A place of business, located at or on any real property premises or individual leasehold space located in this state which operates, or has operated in the past, in whole or in part, a commercial facility for the purpose of laundering or cleaning garments, apparel, or household fabrics for the general public using any process that involves the use of drycleaning agents. The term “drycleaning facility” specifically includes: All contiguous land, structures, and other appurtenances and improvements on the land used in connection with a drycleaning facility; tuxedo rental facilities renting to the general public which conduct drycleaning operations on the premises; and “route sales,” “dry stores,” “stores,” or other facilities located in this state which do not engage in on-site laundering or drycleaning but which have laundering or drycleaning performed off-site by any person, including the person owning the “route sales,” “dry store,” or “pick-up store”. The following facilities are excepted from the definition of “drycleaning facility”:

a. A “stand-alone” coin-operated laundry or a coin-operated drycleaning facility.

b. A facility located on a United States military base or owned by the United States, or any department or agency thereof.

c. A facility owned or leased by the state, any county, city, town, or public or quasi-public organization of the state, any public subdivision thereof, or any agency or department thereof, or any body corporate or system of the state under the management or administration of a board of control or governing board established by the state.

d. A facility primarily engaged in uniform service or linen supply.

e. Prisons, hotels, motels, industrial launderers or drycleaners not providing services to the general public, hospitals, or nursing homes.

f. Any facility owned or leased by any owner or operator who shall elect not to be covered by this chapter.

(10) FUND. Alabama Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund created under Section 22-30D-5.

(11) IMPACTED THIRD PARTY. Any person who is or has been an owner, lessor, or mortgagee of real property on which is or has been located a drycleaning facility, abandoned drycleaning facility, or wholesale distribution facility of any owner or operator or wholesale distributor who has elected to be covered by this chapter or any of the successors or assigns, predecessors-in-title, and successors-in-title of the foregoing.

(12) OWNER or OPERATOR. Any person who owns or leases an active drycleaning facility and who is or has been responsible for operations at such drycleaning facility and who shall elect to be covered by this chapter.

(13) PERSON. An individual, trust, firm, joint venture, consortium, joint-stock company, corporation, partnership, association, or limited liability company. Person does not include any governmental organization.

(14) REGISTRATION FEE. Registration fees required to be paid pursuant to Section 22-30D-6 by each owner or operator of any drycleaning facility operating in this state who shall elect to be covered by this chapter and by each wholesale distributor selling to drycleaning facilities in this state who shall elect to be covered by this chapter.

(15) RELEASE. Any actual spilling, pouring, overfilling, leaking, leaching, emitting, discharging, or escaping of drycleaning agents at or from a drycleaning facility or wholesale distribution facility into the soils or waters of the state.

(16) REPORTABLE QUANTITY. A known release outside of containment of a drycleaning agent in excess of the federal reporting standards.

(17) SITE. Land on which a drycleaning facility, abandoned drycleaning facility, or wholesale distribution facility is or has been physically located.

(18) SMALL BUSINESS. Any person owning or leasing any drycleaning facility, wholesale distribution facility, or abandoned drycleaning facility in this state and having a net worth of two million dollars ($2,000,000) or less each calendar year from the time of discovery of contamination through the present.

(19) STATE. The State of Alabama.

(20) WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION FACILITY. A place of business located in this state of a wholesale distributor or any real property premises or individual leasehold space located in this state, occupied by a wholesale distributor who shall elect to be covered by this chapter.

(21) WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTOR. Any person whose primary business is selling drycleaning agents and supplies to drycleaning facilities and who shall elect to be covered by this chapter. “Primary business” as used in this definition means the percentage of the person’s gross receipts from the sale of laundry and drycleaning agents and supplies equals or exceeds 20 percent of the total gross receipts of such person.
Ala. Code § 22-20A-30 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 20A / Section 22-20A-30
Section 22-20A-30 Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) BOARD. The State Board of Health as defined in Section 22-2-3.

(2) CATFISH. Any species of fish classified within the family Ictaluridae.

(3) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Public Health.

(4) FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT. Any place, vehicle, or vessel where food for individual portion service is prepared, stored, held, transported, served, or dispensed and includes any such place regardless of whether consumption is on or off premises and which is regulated by the Alabama Department of Public Health.

(5) LABEL. A legible display of written, printed, or graphic information on a placard, menu, sign, or other material that represents the product to the consumer.

(6) PRODUCT. Any catfish product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any catfish or portion thereof, except products which contain catfish only in small portions and which are exempt from this definition by rules of the State Board of Health.
Ala. Code § 11-32-12 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 11-32-12
Section 11-32-12 Use of Bond Proceeds
Status: in_force

All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued by the authority shall be used solely for the purposes for which the moneys are authorized and any costs and expenses incidental thereto. The costs and expenses may include, but shall not be limited to, the following:

(1) The fiscal, engineering, legal, and other expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds.

(2) In the case of bonds issued to pay costs of acquiring or constructing all or any part of a transit system interest on the bonds or, if a part only of any series of bonds is issued for acquisition or construction purposes, interest on that portion of the bonds of that series that is issued to pay the acquisition or construction costs prior to and during the acquisition or construction and not exceeding one year after completion of the acquisition or construction.

(3) In the case of refunding bonds, any premium that it may be necessary to pay in order to redeem or retire the bonds to be refunded.
Ala. Code § 22-21-82 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-82
Section 22-21-82 Dissolution of Corporation
Status: in_force

At any time when the corporation owns no property and has no indebtedness outstanding, the county commission of the county in which the corporation was organized may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon the minutes of said county commission, declaring that the corporation shall be dissolved. Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of said resolution in the office of the judge of probate of said county, the corporation shall thereupon stand dissolved. The formation of one or more corporations under the provisions of this division shall not prevent the subsequent formation under this division of another corporation or corporations.
Ala. Code § 11-20-77 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-77
Section 11-20-77 Construction of Article
Status: in_force

This article shall not be construed to limit the right, power, or authority of any municipality to operate facilities similar to the facilities provided for by this article. It is expressly provided that this article shall not in any way affect any auditorium, art museum, or other facility presently owned or hereafter acquired by any municipality, whether situated in the agriculture center or elsewhere.
Ala. Code § 22-6-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-7
Section 22-6-7 Medicaid Agency Authorized to Contract with Fiscal Intermediaries for Purpose of Receiving, Processing, and Paying Claims
Status: in_force

(a) The Medicaid Agency of the State of Alabama, the single state agency charged with responsibility for administering the Alabama Medicaid Program, is hereby authorized to contract, for periods not to exceed seven years, with one or more fiscal intermediaries for the purpose of receiving, processing, and paying claims for services rendered recipients of the Alabama Medicaid Program; provided, that such contracts shall comply in all other respects with the provisions of the Alabama Competitive Bid Law as codified in Sections 41-16-20 through 41-16-32, as amended.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) notwithstanding, the Medicaid Agency of the State of Alabama may extend the present contract in existence on September 1, 2007, for two additional years through September 30, 2011.
Ala. Code § 1-2-41 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 1-2-41
Section 1-2-41 State Cake
Status: in_force

The Lane Cake, which originated in Clayton, Alabama, is designated as the official State Cake of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-28-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 28 / Section 11-28-5
Section 11-28-5 Warrants to Be Legal Investments for Trust Funds
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof, or by the document that is the source of authority, a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, or one acting in any other fiduciary capacity may, in addition to any other investment powers, invest trust funds in warrants issued under the provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 22-19-143 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-143
Section 22-19-143 Immunity of Persons Complying with Article
Status: in_force

Any person who acts in good faith in accord with the terms of this article or with the anatomical gift laws of this state, or another state, or a foreign country shall not be liable for damages in any civil action or subject to prosecution in any criminal proceeding for such act.
Ala. Code § 22-30E-13 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30E / Section 22-30E-13
Section 22-30E-13 Stakeholders Advisory Committee
Status: in_force

(a) Within 90 days of May 21, 2001, the department shall notify potentially affected and other interested parties to invite participation in developing the program created by this chapter, and schedule an initial meeting with them.

(b) Upon promulgation of regulations, the department and the committee shall continue to meet at least once annually to review progress under the regulations and recommend needed changes.

(c) Participation on the stakeholders advisory committee shall be on a voluntary basis. No salary or compensation shall be allowed any member of such committee for services thereon, and no travel, subsistence, or other expenses incurred in participating in committee activities shall be allowed.
Ala. Code § 11-9-28 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-9-28
Section 11-9-28 Provisions of Article Controlling; Applicability of Provisions of Section 11-8-10
Status: in_force

Insofar as the provisions of this article may be inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this article shall control, it being hereby specifically declared that the provisions of section 11-8-10 shall not be applicable to the warrants issued under the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 22-7-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-7-5
Section 22-7-5 Appropriation, Allocation and Expenditure of Receipts
Status: in_force

All of the receipts of said Home Health Service Fund are hereby appropriated annually to the State Board of Health to be allocated and expended by said board in each of those counties respectively from which said receipts were collected and for the purpose of administering and operating a program of home health services.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-52 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-52
Section 22-11A-52 Informed Consent Implied Under Certain Circumstances
Status: in_force

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.
Ala. Code § 22-6-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-3
Section 22-6-3 Disposition of Fund Balances
Status: in_force

(a) All balances of revenue, income and receipts remaining in the Medicaid Fund at the end of a fiscal year shall carry over to the next fiscal year and shall not revert to the State General Fund under the provisions of Section 41-4-93.

(b) All balances carried forward to the next fiscal year shall be reapportioned for expenditure for operation of the Medicaid Program.
Ala. Code § 22-21-136 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-136
Section 22-21-136 Officers
Status: in_force

The officers of the authority shall consist of a president, a vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as the board shall deem necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the authority was organized. The offices of secretary and treasurer may, but need not, be held by the same person. The president and vice-president of the corporation shall be elected by the board from its membership. The secretary, the treasurer and any other officers of the authority, who may, but need not, be members of the board shall also be elected by the board.
Ala. Code § 22-19-59 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-59
Section 22-19-59 Coordination of Procurement and Use
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1, 2008.
Ala. Code § 22-6-95 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-95
Section 22-6-95 Transfer of Funds - Annual Certification
Status: in_force

At the time a hospital or hospital system transfers funds to the Medicaid Agency, or no less frequently than within 30 days after the close of the transferor hospital’s or hospital system’s fiscal year, the hospital or hospital system shall certify in writing to the Medicaid Agency that the funds transferred met the requirements of Section 22-6-93. In the case of an annual certification, the transferor hospital or hospital system shall certify that all the funds transferred during the hospital’s or hospital system’s past fiscal year met the requirements of Section 22-6-93. The certifications pursuant to this section shall be executed by the hospital’s or hospital system’s administrator or chief financial officer and may be made electronically. The Medicaid Agency shall determine that it has not sought federal matching funds on funds transferred to it by a hospital or hospital system that have not been certified by the transferor hospital or hospital system as provided for in this section.
Ala. Code § 22-8A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8A / Section 22-8A-5
Section 22-8A-5 Revocation of Advance Directive for Health Care
Status: in_force

(a) An advance directive for health care may be revoked at any time by the declarant by any of the following methods:

(1) By being obliterated, burnt, torn, or otherwise destroyed or defaced in a manner indicating intention to cancel;

(2) By a written revocation of the advance directive for health care signed and dated by the declarant or person acting at the direction of the declarant; or

(3) By a verbal expression of the intent to revoke the advance directive for health care in the presence of a witness 19 years of age or older who signs and dates a writing confirming that such expression of intent was made. Any verbal revocation shall become effective upon receipt by the attending physician or health care provider of the above mentioned writing. The attending physician or health care provider shall record in the patient’s medical record the time, date and place of when he or she received notification of the revocation.

(b) There shall be no criminal or civil liability on the part of any person for failure to act upon a revocation made pursuant to this section unless that person has actual knowledge of the revocation.
Ala. Code § 11-13-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13 / Section 11-13-2
Section 11-13-2 Publication of Legislative Laws of Local Nature - Authorized
Status: in_force

The county commission of any county may have published, at the expense of the county, within 60 days after the adjournment of each session of the Legislature, any or all laws of a local nature, said laws to be published in a newspaper published and at least partly printed in the county, which newspaper shall be permanently established and of general circulation in such county to which such laws relate.
Ala. Code § 1-1-16 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1-16
Section 1-1-16 Severability of Provisions of Code and Statutes
Status: in_force

If any provision of this Code or any amendment hereto, or any other statute, or the application thereof to any person, thing or circumstances, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the provisions or application of this Code or such amendment or statute that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end, the provisions of this Code and such amendments and statutes are declared to be severable.
Ala. Code § 1-2-46 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 1-2-46
Section 1-2-46 State Native Grass
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) Schizachyrium scoparium, commonly known as Little Bluestem, is a warm-season grass native to lower Canada and all of the United States except Nevada and Washington.

(2) Little Bluestem fosters healthier Alabama ecosystems by maintaining ecological balance and creating and enhancing habitats that support environmental heterogeneity.

(3) Little Bluestem is vital to the overall resilience of Alabama ecosystems by combating Alabama’s challenges regarding drought conditions and soil erosion.

(4) Little Bluestem contributes to the overall richness of Alabama’s wildlife. In addition to the structure of Little Bluestem offering cover and nesting sites for birds, insects, and small mammals, the seeds of Little Bluestem serve as a food source for various organisms.

(5) Little Bluestem’s distinctive blue-green foliage and reddish-brown seed heads offer unique aesthetic benefits for the residents and visitors of Alabama by adding to the inherent beauty of Alabama’s landscapes and natural areas.

(6) The planting of Little Bluestem aligns with existing conservation and ecological restoration initiatives in Alabama. Little Bluestem’s inclusion in restoration projects aids in the rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems, particularly in areas impacted by agriculture, urbanization, and other land-use changes.

(b) Little Bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium, is hereby declared to be the official State Native Grass of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 22-21-73 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-73
Section 22-21-73 Incorporation - Certificate of Incorporation - Form and Contents; Approval by County Commission; Validation of Certain Certificates of Incorporation
Status: in_force

(a) The certificate of incorporation shall state:

(1) The name of the corporation, which shall be “_____ County Hospital Board,” if such name is available for use by the corporation and, if not available, then the incorporators shall designate some other similar name that is available; provided, that if the corporate functions of the corporation are to be exercised in a portion only of the county, the corporate name of the corporation shall be a name that is appropriate for the area in which such functions are to be exercised;

(2) The location of its principal office and the post office address thereof;

(3) The number of directors, which number shall be a multiple of three and shall be not less than nine, except that, in counties having a population of less than 50,000 inhabitants according to the 1950 or any subsequent federal decennial census, the number of directors shall be nine, and the terms for which they shall hold office;

(4) In the event that the corporation is to exercise its corporate functions in a portion only of the county and not in the county as a whole, a brief description of the area of the county in which such functions are to be exercised; and

(5) The period, if any, for the duration of the corporation; if the duration of the corporation is to be perpetual, that fact shall be stated.

(b) The certificate of incorporation may also contain:

(1) Provisions requiring that one or more of the directors shall be elected or appointed from persons residing in certain specified political or other similar subdivisions of the county or from certain specified occupational, professional or other similar groups or from among persons nominated by the governing bodies of certain specified political subdivisions in the county, by certain specified public officials or by certain occupational, professional or similar groups; provided, that if the certificate of incorporation does contain provisions requiring that one or more directors be elected or appointed from among persons nominated by governing bodies, public officials or groups other than the county commission of the county, it shall also require that there shall be at least three nominees for each place on the board of directors to be so filled; provided further, that no such certificate of incorporation may contain any provisions permitting a director to be an officer of the county or an incorporated municipality unless such is permitted by Section 22-21-76 or any provisions permitting a person who is not a resident of the county to be a director; and

(2) Any other provisions not contrary to law which the incorporators may choose to insert for the regulation and conduct of the affairs of the corporation.

(c) The form and contents of the certificate of incorporation must be submitted to the county commission of the county for its approval, which shall be evidenced by resolution duly entered on the minutes of said county commission.

(d) The certificate of incorporation of any corporation containing provisions of the type authorized in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section is hereby validated and confirmed, and such provisions shall be fully effective as if, at the time of the approval and filing of such certificate of incorporation, the aforesaid subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section was included in this section.
Ala. Code § 11-8-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8 / Section 11-8-7
Section 11-8-7 Record of Financial Status - Required; Contents; Public Examination
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2007-488, p. 1037, §2, effective September 1, 2007.
Ala. Code § 22-8B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8B / Section 22-8B-1
Section 22-8B-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Assisted Suicide Ban Act.
Ala. Code § 22-21-71 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-71
Section 22-21-71 Purpose and Construction of Division
Status: in_force

It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this division to authorize in each of the several counties of the state the organization of one or more public corporations for the purpose of acquiring, owning and operating public hospitals and other public health facilities in the county in which such corporation shall be organized, or in a portion of the said county. It is the legislative intent to confer on corporations organized under this division all the powers requisite for the fulfillment of the purposes of their organization, including the power to do whatever financing may be necessary to accomplish such purposes. This division shall be liberally construed to give effect to its purpose. Corporations organized under this division shall be nonprofit corporations, and no part of the net earnings thereof shall inure to the benefit of any member thereof or other individual or private corporation.
Ala. Code § 22-20-11 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 20 / Section 22-20-11
Section 22-20-11 Restrictions on Retail Sales of Certain Poisons
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to retail any poisons enumerated in Schedules “A” and “B” which are as follows, except upon the conditions named in this section:

(1) Schedule “A” - biniodide of mercury, cyanide of potassium, carbolic acid, hydrocyanic acid, strychnine, arsenate and its preparations and all other poisonous alkaloids and their salts and the essential oil of bitter almonds.

(2) Schedule “B” - acenite, belladonna, colchium, conium, nux vomica, henbane, savin, ergot, cotton root, cantharides, creosote, veratrium, digitalis and their pharmaceutical preparations, croton oil, chloroform, sulphate of zinc, corrosive sublimate, red precipitate, white precipitate, mineral acids and oxalic acid.

(b) Any of the poisons included in Schedule “A” may be legally sold by any registered pharmacist, but he shall, before delivering the same to the purchaser, cause an entry to be made in a book kept for that purpose, stating the date of sale, name and address of purchaser, the name of poison sold and the amount, the purpose for which it was represented by the purchaser to be required and the name of the dispenser, such book to be always open for inspection by the proper authorities and to be preserved for at least three years.

(c) Any of the poisons named in Schedule “B” may be legally sold, but only on the condition that the person, firm or corporation selling or furnishing the same shall label the box, vessel or paper in which the said poison is contained with the name of the drug, the word “poison” and the name and place of the seller.

(d) It shall be unlawful for any registered pharmacists to sell or deliver any poisons enumerated in Schedule “A” and “B” unless, upon due inquiry, it is found that the purchaser is aware of its poisonous character and represents that it is to be used for legitimate purposes.

(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the dispensing of poison in not unusual quantities or upon the prescription of practitioners of medicine.

(f) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the sale of insecticides, fungicides or poisons used in the arts, when sold in original packages and labeled according to the law and other remedies or materials used in the control or eradication of insect pests and plant diseases.

(g) Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00. Whoever shall fail to preserve the original of any prescription, or a true copy of the same, or to produce same when lawfully required, in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $200.00.
Ala. Code § 22-5A-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5A / Section 22-5A-3
Section 22-5A-3 Duties of State Ombudsman and Department
Status: in_force

The State Ombudsman and the department are hereby authorized to investigate complaints concerning health care, domiciliary and residential care facilities. The State Ombudsman shall promote the well-being and quality of life of long-term residential health care recipients and encourage the development of community ombudsman activities at the local level. After appropriate training and approval by the department, community ombudsmen shall be certified by the department and shall have the powers and responsibilities set forth in Sections 22-5A-4 and 22-5A-6, subject to the procedures established by the State Ombudsman pursuant to Section 22-5A-5. The State Ombudsman shall submit to the department an annual written report documenting the kinds of complaints and problems reported so that the department can make recommendations concerning needed policy, regulatory, and legislative changes.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-121 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-121
Section 22-11A-121 Use of Data
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall utilize the data and information received for the benefit of the public.

(b) Individual patient data submitted to the department by health care facilities pursuant to this article shall at all times remain confidential and privileged from discovery. This article does not expand or repeal any protection from discovery, privilege, or confidentiality for patient specific information that exists by statute, regulation, or decision by a court of final jurisdiction.
Ala. Code § 11-15-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 11-15-7
Section 11-15-7 Powers Generally
Status: in_force

The corporation shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form:

(1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as provided in this chapter;

(2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend civil actions in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties;

(3) To make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;

(4) To acquire, whether by purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, property of every description and to hold title thereto;

(5) To construct, enlarge, equip, improve, maintain and operate one or more projects;

(6) To sell and issue and do all things incidental to the sale and issuance of its interest-bearing revenue warrants and to secure the same by pledge and mortgage as provided in this chapter;

(7) To appoint and employ such agents, architects and attorneys as the business of the corporation may require;

(8) To provide for such insurance as the board may deem advisable;

(9) To invest in obligations which are direct general obligations of the United States of America or which are unconditionally guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States of America any funds of the corporation which the board may determine are not presently needed for the corporate purposes of the corporation;

(10) To contract, lease and make lease agreements respecting its properties or any thereof; and

(11) To sell and convey any of its properties which may have become obsolete or worn out or which may no longer be needed or useful in connection with or in the operation of any project; provided, that it shall not have the power to sell or convey any project substantially as a whole except as provided in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 22-22A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22A / Section 22-22A-2
Section 22-22A-2 Legislative Intent and Purposes of Chapter
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds the resources of the state must be managed in a manner compatible with the environment, and the health and welfare of the citizens of the state. To respond to the needs of its environment and citizens, the state must have a comprehensive and coordinated program of environmental management. It is therefore the intent of the Legislature to improve the ability of the state to respond in an efficient, comprehensive and coordinated manner to environmental problems, and thereby assure for all citizens of the state a safe, healthful and productive environment.

(1) To this end an Alabama Department of Environmental Management is created by this chapter within the Executive Branch of State Government in order to effect the grouping of state agencies which have primary responsibility for administering environmental legislation into one department, to promote economy and efficiency in the operation and management of environmental programs, to eliminate overlapping or duplication of effort within the environmental programs of the state, to provide for timely resolution of permitting actions, to improve services to the citizens of the state, to protect human health and safety, to develop and provide for a unified environmental regulatory and permit system, to provide that the responsibility within the Executive Branch for the implementation of environmental programs and policies is clearly fixed and ascertainable, and to insure that government is responsive to the needs of the people and sufficiently flexible to meet changing conditions.

(2) It is also declared to be the intent of the Legislature to retain for the state, within the constraints of appropriate federal law, the control over its air, land and water resources and to secure cooperation between agencies of the state, agencies of other states, interstate agencies and the federal government in carrying out these objectives.

(3) It is the intent of the Legislature to recognize the unique characteristics of the Alabama coastal region and to provide for its protection and enhancement through a continued coastal area program.

(4) It is not the intent of the Legislature to abrogate any of the powers or duties of the State Board of Health which are found in Sections 22-2-1 through 22-2-14.
Ala. Code § 11-32-15 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 11-32-15
Section 11-32-15 Incorporation of Subsequent Authority
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2014-264, §2, effective July 1, 2014.
Ala. Code § 22-11D-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11D / Section 22-11D-7
Section 22-11D-7 Designation of Trauma Care Regions; Regional Trauma Advisory Councils
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall designate, by rule, trauma care regions, so that all parts of the state are within such regions. The regional designations shall be made on the basis of efficiency of delivery of needed trauma care.

(b) The board may establish regional trauma advisory councils as needed. Regional trauma advisory councils shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the council on suggested regional modifications to the statewide trauma system that will improve patient care and accommodate specific regional needs. Each regional trauma advisory council shall provide data required by the department or the council to assess the effectiveness of the statewide trauma system.

(c) Each regional trauma advisory council shall have a minimum of 10 members. The membership of regional trauma advisory councils shall be appointed in the same manner as the council is appointed and shall be composed of representatives of the same groups. Additional members may be appointed pursuant to rules promulgated by the board. The chair of each regional trauma advisory council shall be elected by the members to serve for four years. The members shall represent the demographic composition of the region served, as far as practicable.

(d) Regional trauma advisory council members shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties at the same rate as state employees.

(e) All other governance requirements of the regional trauma advisory councils shall be established by rule of the board.

(f) The board may designate the trauma care regions as the regions for planning and coordination of emergency medical and hospital care for other illnesses. The trauma advisory councils shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations on coordination of systems of care by health care centers for other illnesses as may be determined necessary by the board.
Ala. Code § 22-21-8 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-8
Section 22-21-8 Confidentiality of Accreditation, Quality Assurance Credentialling Materials, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) Accreditation, quality assurance and similar materials as used in this section shall include written reports, records, correspondence, and materials concerning the accreditation or quality assurance or similar function of any hospital, clinic, or medical staff. The confidentiality established by this section shall apply to materials prepared by an employee, advisor, or consultant of a hospital, clinic, or medical staff and to materials prepared by an employee, advisor or consultant of an accrediting, quality assurance or similar agency or similar body and to any individual who is an employee, advisor or consultant of a hospital, clinic, medical staff or accrediting, quality assurance or similar agency or body.

(b) All accreditation, quality assurance credentialling and similar materials shall be held in confidence and shall not be subject to discovery or introduction in evidence in any civil action against a health care professional or institution arising out of matters which are the subject of evaluation and review for accreditation, quality assurance and similar functions, purposes, or activities. No person involved in preparation, evaluation or review of accreditation, quality assurance or similar materials shall be permitted or required to testify in any civil action as to any evidence or other matters produced or presented during the course of preparation, evaluation, or review of such materials or as to any finding, recommendation, evaluation, opinion, or other action of such accreditation, quality assurance or similar function or other person involved therein. Information, documents, or records otherwise available from original sources are not to be construed as being unavailable for discovery or for use in any civil action merely because they were presented or used in preparation of accreditation, quality assurance or similar materials nor should any person involved in preparation, evaluation, or review of such materials be prevented from testifying as to matters within his knowledge, but the witness testifying should not be asked about any opinions or data given by him in preparation, evaluation, or review of accreditation, quality assurance or similar materials.
Ala. Code § 22-3A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3A / Section 22-3A-5
Section 22-3A-5 Certificate of Incorporation
Status: in_force

When the application has been made, filed, and recorded as herein provided, the applicants shall constitute a public corporation under the name proposed in the application. The Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation under the Great Seal of the state and shall record the certificate with the application. No fees or compensation shall be paid to the Secretary of State for any service rendered or work performed in connection with the authority, its incorporation, dissolution or records.
Ala. Code § 11-20-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-5
Section 11-20-5 Bonds - Form, Terms, Denominations, Etc.; Execution, Sale, Delivery, Redemption, Etc.; Applicability of Usury, Etc., Laws
Status: in_force

All bonds issued by a county under authority of this article shall be limited obligations of the county, the principal of and interest on which shall be payable solely out of the revenues derived from the leasing of the project to finance which the bonds are issued. Bonds and interest coupons issued under authority of this article shall never constitute an indebtedness of the county within the meaning of any state constitutional provision or statutory limitation and shall never constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liability of the county or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers, and such fact shall be plainly stated on the face of each such bond. Such bonds may be executed and delivered at any time and from time to time, may be in such form and denominations, may be of such tenor, may be in registered or bearer form either as to principal or interest or both, may be payable in such installments and at such time or times not exceeding 30 years from their date, may be payable at such place or places, may bear interest at such rate or rates payable at such place or places and evidenced in such manner and may contain such provisions not inconsistent herewith, all as shall be provided in the proceedings of the county commission whereunder the bonds shall be authorized to be issued. The bonds issued under this article shall be subject to the general provisions of law, presently existing or that may hereafter be enacted, respecting the execution and delivery of the bonds of a county and respecting the retaining of options of redemption in proceedings authorizing the issuance of county securities. Such bonds shall not, however, be subject to the usury laws, and all such bonds are specifically exempted from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8 of this Code. Any bonds issued under the authority of this article may be sold at public or private sale in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the county commission to be most advantageous, and the county may pay all expenses, premiums and commissions which the county commission may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance thereof. All bonds issued under the authority of this article and all interest coupons applicable thereto shall be construed to be negotiable instruments, despite the fact that they are payable solely from a specified source.
Ala. Code § 22-6-254 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-254
Section 22-6-254 Notification by Commissioner of Anticipated Exhaustion of State General Fund Appropriation
Status: in_force

(a) The Commissioner of the Alabama Medicaid Agency shall notify the Governor when he or she foresees that the Alabama Medicaid Agency will exhaust its State General Fund appropriation within 180 days or less due to any of the reasons stated in Section 22-6-253(a). The notification must include a detailed explanation of why the State General Fund appropriation will be exhausted, the anticipated amount of funds necessary to continue the operation of the Medicaid program until the next fiscal year, and the effect on the Medicaid program if the Alabama Medicaid Agency is unable to utilize funds from the Medicaid Emergency Reserve Fund.

(b) The Commissioner of the Alabama Medicaid Agency shall send the same notification to the Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee General Fund, the Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee General Fund, the State Finance Director, and the Legislative Fiscal Officer.
Ala. Code § 22-8-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8 / Section 22-8-1
Section 22-8-1 Persons Physically or Mentally Unable to Consent
Status: in_force

No consent shall be required for a licensed physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant to provide any legally authorized medical or mental health services to a person when the person is either physically unable to consent or mentally unable to consent and who, but for the mental or physical disability, would be able to consent; provided, that two or more licensed physicians, psychiatrists, or psychologists, or one licensed physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist and one or more nurse practitioners or physician assistants, after having consultation, have signed a written statement finding, in their judgment, that the medical services are necessary and that a delay in treatment would increase the risk to the person’s life or health.
Ala. Code § 11-4-42 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-4-42
Section 11-4-42 Bond or Security
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2000-748, p. 1669, §2, effective January 1, 2001.
Ala. Code § 22-21-268 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-268
Section 22-21-268 Certificates of Need - Emergency Certificate Prior to Hearing
Status: in_force

Any person may apply, either independently and without notice under Section 22-21-267 or as a part of an application filed under Section 22-21-267, for an emergency certificate of need for the authorization of capital expenditures made necessary by unforeseen events which endanger the health and safety of the patients. Emergency capital expenditures include, but are not necessarily limited to, emergency expenditures to maintain quality care, to overcome failure of fixed equipment, including heating and air conditioning equipment, elevators, electrical transformers and switch gear, sterilization equipment, emergency generators, water supply and other utility connections. Applications for emergency certificates of need shall include a description of the work to be done and/or equipment to be purchased, the cost thereof, justification for considering the capital expenditure as being of an emergency nature and such other information as the SHPDA may require. Emergency certificates of need issued hereunder shall be subject to such special limitations and restrictions as the duration and right of extension or renewal as may be prescribed in the rules and regulations adopted by the SHPDA.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-120 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-120
Section 22-11A-120 Rules and Regulations Governing Dissemination and Costs
Status: in_force

The board shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act providing for the dissemination and costs of reports and publications to any party deemed appropriate by the department.
Ala. Code § 22-29-15 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-15
Section 22-29-15 Bonds, Notes and Certificates Not Debt of State
Status: in_force

All bonds, notes and certificates issued by the authority shall be solely and exclusively obligations of the authority, payable solely from the revenues, income, fees, charges or rent, which may, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, be pledged to the payment thereof, and no such bonds, notes or certificates shall create an obligation or debt of the state; provided, that an agreement by the authority to make a grant to a local public body for a project shall impose an obligation on the state to make such grant from any funds which are then or may thereafter become available regardless of the funding of the grant by the local public body and subject only to any terms and conditions set forth in such agreement.
Ala. Code § 22-21-100 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-100
Section 22-21-100 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this division, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

(1) HOSPITAL CORPORATION. A hospital association heretofore or hereafter organized under and pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 211, General Acts of Alabama 1945, or Article 3 of this chapter, or a hospital board heretofore or hereafter organized under and pursuant to the provisions of Division 1 of this article.

(2) SECURITIES. Notes, bonds, certificates of indebtedness, warrants or other evidences of indebtedness.

(3) PUBLIC HOSPITAL PURPOSES. Such term includes the acquisition by purchase, lease or otherwise and the construction, equipment, operation and maintenance of public hospital facilities or any one or more of such purposes.

(4) PUBLIC HOSPITAL FACILITIES. Such term includes public hospitals, public clinics, public health centers, nurses’ homes and training facilities of any kind.
Ala. Code § 22-11D-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11D / Section 22-11D-2
Section 22-11D-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) BOARD. The State Board of Health.

(2) COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. A radio and land line network complying with the board’s rules and which provides rapid public access, coordinated central dispatching of services, and coordination of personnel, equipment, and facilities in the trauma and health system.

(3) COUNCIL. The Statewide Trauma and Health System Advisory Council.

(4) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public Health.

(5) DESIGNATION. A formal determination by the department that a hospital is capable of providing designated trauma or other specific health care as authorized by this chapter.

(6) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE. The organization responding to a perceived individual’s need for immediate medical care in order to prevent loss of life or aggravation of physiological or psychological illness or injury.

(7) HEALTH CARE CENTER. A hospital that voluntarily participates in a statewide health system and that has been designated as a health care center pursuant to the rules of the board.

(8) REGIONAL COUNCILS. The regional trauma advisory councils.

(9) TRAUMA CENTER. A hospital that voluntarily participates in the statewide trauma system and that has been designated as a trauma center pursuant to the rules of the board.
Ala. Code § 22-15A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15A / Section 22-15A-6
Section 22-15A-6 Designation of Smoking Areas; Requirements; Nonsmoking Policies
Status: reserved

(a) Pursuant to this section, the person in charge of a public place may designate an area for the use of smokers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a smoking area may not be designated and no person may smoke in any of the following unless the area is enclosed and well ventilated:

(1) Child care facilities.

(2) Hospitals, health care clinics, doctors’ offices, physical therapy facilities, and dentists’ offices.

(3) Elevators.

(4) Buses, taxicabs, and other means of public conveyance.

(5) Government buildings, except private offices.

(6) Restrooms.

(7) Service lines.

(8) Public areas of aquariums, galleries, libraries, and museums.

(9) Lobbies, hallways, and other common areas in apartment buildings, senior citizen residences, nursing homes, and other multiple-unit residential facilities.

(10) Polling places.

(11) Schools or other school facilities or enclosed school sponsored events for grades K-12.

(12) Retail establishments, excluding restaurants, except areas in retail establishments not open to the public.

(13) Lobbies, hallways, and other common areas in multiple-unit commercial facilities.

(b) If a smoking area is designated, existing physical barriers and ventilation systems shall be used to minimize the toxic effect of smoke, and no more than one-fourth of the total square footage in any public place within a single enclosed area shall be reserved and designated for smokers unless clientele dictates otherwise. No area designated as a smoking area shall contain common facilities which are expected to be used by the public.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any owner, operator, manager, or other person who controls any establishment or facility from declaring and enforcing a nonsmoking policy in the entire establishment or facility.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or this chapter, if any restaurant is deemed by its owner as being too small to have a designated smoking area, it shall be left up to the discretion of the owner if the facility will be a “smoking” or a “nonsmoking” facility.
Ala. Code § 22-19-24 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-24
Section 22-19-24 Holding Period; Notice of Death
Status: in_force

Such body or bodies shall, in each and every instance, be held and kept by the person or persons having charge or control of it or them at least 24 hours after death before being delivered to said board, or its agent or agents, during which period notice of the death of such person or persons shall be posted at the courthouse door of the county in which said body or bodies are held.
Ala. Code § 1-2A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2A / Section 1-2A-6
Section 1-2A-6 Display of Alabama State Flag - State Parks or Historic Sites
Status: in_force

(a) Each state park or historic site administrative building, which is located on park property and open to the general public, shall prominently display the Alabama State Flag, in accordance with appropriate flag display protocol, on a flag pole or flag poles located near the main entrance of each administrative building.

(b) Unless otherwise acquired pursuant to gift, donation, or other means, the flags and flag poles required by this section shall be purchased by the applicable park or historic site within three years after August 1, 2001.
Ala. Code § 22-19-177 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-177
Section 22-19-177 Immunity
Status: in_force

(a) In the absence of wantonness or willful misconduct, a person that acts in accordance with this article or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding.

(b) In the absence of wantonness or willful misconduct, neither the person making an anatomical gift nor the donor’s estate is liable for any injury or damage that results from the making or use of the gift.

(c) In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended, or revoked under this article, a person may rely upon representations of an individual listed in Section 22-19-168(a)(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) relating to the individual’s relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.
Ala. Code § 22-25A-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25A / Section 22-25A-9
Section 22-25A-9 Civil Action
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2009-773, p. 2388, §1, effective May 22, 2009.
Ala. Code § 11-15-8 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 11-15-8
Section 11-15-8 Leasing of Projects to Counties
Status: in_force

The corporation and the county are hereby respectively authorized to enter into with each other one or more lease agreements whereunder a project shall be leased by the corporation to the county for a term not longer than the then current fiscal year of the county, but any such lease agreement may contain a grant to the county of successive options of renewing the said lease agreement on the terms specified therein for any subsequent fiscal year or years of the county. The said lease agreement may contain appropriate provisions as to the method by which the county may, at its election, exercise such of the said options of renewal as its county commission may elect on the terms provided therein and such other covenants and provisions as shall not be inconsistent with this chapter and as the corporation and the county may agree. The rental for each fiscal year during which said lease agreement shall be in effect shall be due in advance on the first day of the fiscal year, and the said rental for said fiscal year shall be payable and any such covenant on the part of the county shall be performed solely out of the current revenues of the county for such fiscal year. The state shall not in any manner be liable for the performance of any obligation or agreement contained in said lease agreement. The rental payable and the covenants to be performed by the county under the provisions of said lease agreement shall never create a debt of the county within the meaning of Section 224 of the Constitution of the state.

It is hereby declared that it is an essential governmental function of the county to secure and supply reasonable and adequate building and office facilities for its courts, jails, officers, departments and agencies engaged in the performance of governmental duties and the rentals payable by the county for such purpose are necessary governmental operating expenses of the county.

If there is any default in the payment of any rental required to be paid or in the performance of any covenant required to be performed by the county under the provisions of any such lease agreement while such lease agreement shall be in effect, the corporation and any pledgee of said lease agreement may, by any appropriate civil action instituted within the time permitted by law, enforce and compel payment of such rental and performance of such covenant. Should any office or storage space in the project become vacant after acquisition or construction thereof, then neither the county nor any officer, department or agency of the county shall thereafter enter into any lease or rental agreement for additional office or storage space or renew any existing lease or rental agreement for office or storage space in or about the municipality in which the project is located until after all such vacant space in the project shall have been filled.
Ala. Code § 11-20-10 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-10
Section 11-20-10 Investment in Bonds by Savings Banks and Insurance Companies
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall be legal investments for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of this state.
Ala. Code § 11-7-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-7-2
Section 11-7-2 Bond
Status: in_force

The official bonds of county surveyors shall be $1,000.00, the premiums on said bonds to be paid by the persons making such bonds without expense to the county.
Ala. Code § 22-6-96 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-96
Section 22-6-96 Transfer of Funds - Return of Uncertified Funds
Status: in_force

In the event a hospital or hospital system transfers funds to the Medicaid Agency and fails to certify that the funds transferred are in compliance with the requirements of Section 22-6-93, the Medicaid Agency shall return any portion of the funds not certified to the transferor hospital or hospital system no later than 90 days after the close of the transferor hospital’s or hospital system’s fiscal year.
Ala. Code § 22-11D-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11D / Section 22-11D-1
Section 22-11D-1 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that trauma is one of many severe health problems in the State of Alabama and a major cause of death and long-term disability. It is in the best interest of the citizens of Alabama to establish an efficient and well-coordinated statewide trauma system and to provide for other systems of care as the needs are recognized and funding becomes available to reduce costs and incidences of inappropriate or inadequate emergency medical services.
Ala. Code § 22-8A-12 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8A / Section 22-8A-12
Section 22-8A-12 Validity of Advance Health Care Directive Executed in Another State
Status: in_force

An advance health care directive executed in another state in compliance with the law of that state or of this state is valid for purposes of this chapter, but this section does not authorize the administration, withholding, or withdrawal of health care otherwise prohibited by the laws of this state.
Ala. Code § 22-23B-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23B / Section 22-23B-7
Section 22-23B-7 Purpose; Issuing, Selling and Refunding of Bonds
Status: in_force

For the purpose of providing funds for the authority to make loans to public bodies for a project or projects, or for the payment of obligations incurred or temporary loans made for any of said purposes, the authority is hereby authorized, from time to time, to issue and sell its bonds or other evidences of indebtedness. Such bonds may be issued in one or more series; shall be in such form and denominations and of such terms and maturities, not exceeding 30 years from the date of issue of each series; shall bear such rate or rates of interest, payable and evidenced in such manner; may contain such provisions for registration or for redemption prior to maturity; and may contain such other provisions not inconsistent herewith, all as may be provided by the authorizing resolution. As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on its bonds, the authority is authorized to pledge, transfer and assign any obligations of each public body payable to the authority and the security for such obligation, all or any portions of the amounts on deposit in the revolving loan fund and the interest income therefrom, and any other funds available to the authority under the provisions of this chapter.

The bonds and other evidences of indebtedness of the authority may be sold at such time or times as the board of directors may deem advantageous. The bonds may be sold at private or public sale. Bonds sold at public sale may be offered on a basis determined by the authority to enable it to effect the sale of the bonds being sold at the lowest effective borrowing cost to the authority; provided, that if no bid acceptable to the authority is received, it may reject all bids and reoffer the bonds for sale. Notice of any public sale shall be given by publication in one or more newspapers published in the state or by distribution of summary notices of sale or both, in such form and published in such manner and at such times as the board of directors may determine. The authority may pay from the proceeds of the sale of its bonds all expenses, including publication and printing charges, attorney’s fees, paying agent and trustee fees, financial advisory fees, bond insurance premiums, letter of credit and other credit enhancement fees, and other expenses which the board of directors may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, advertisement, sale, execution, issuance and delivery thereof.

Any bonds issued by the authority may from time to time be refunded by the issuance, by sale or exchange, of refunding bonds payable from the same or different sources for the purpose of paying all or any part of the principal of the bonds to be refunded, any redemption premium required to be paid as a condition to the redemption prior to maturity of any such bonds that are to be so redeemed in connection with such refunding, any accrued and unpaid interest on the bonds to be refunded, any interest to accrue on each bond to be refunded to the date on which it is to be paid, whether at maturity or by redemption prior to maturity, and the expenses incurred in connection with such refunding.

All bonds issued by the authority shall be solely and exclusively obligations of the authority, payable solely from the revenues, income, fees or charges pledged to the payment thereof. No bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a debt or liability of the state or any political subdivision thereof other than the authority or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the sources pledged or available for such payment as authorized in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 22-30F-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30F / Section 22-30F-7
Section 22-30F-7 Alabama Land Recycling Finance Authority - Powers
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall have each of the following powers, among others specified by or required to implement this chapter:

(1) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend, at law and in equity, in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto.

(2) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter such seal at pleasure.

(3) To establish a fiscal year.

(4) To acquire in any manner and to hold title to or leasehold interests in real and personal property and to sell, convey, or lease the same for the purpose of carrying out its functions and duties hereunder.

(5) To construct and operate or lease to or from any public body any one or more projects.

(6) To execute agreements obligating the authority to agree to pay and to pay such portion of the estimated reasonable cost of the project of each public body as may be required to meet the requirements of any federal act and the state.

(7) To make loans to public bodies and to enter into agreements with public bodies deemed necessary by the authority.

(8) To appoint and employ such banks, attorneys, financial advisors, agents, and employees as the business of the authority may require.

(b) The authority shall use accounting, audit, and fiscal procedures conforming to generally accepted government accounting standards. The authority shall hire or contract with banks, attorneys, financial advisors, agents, and employees which reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the state. A report shall be made annually to the Legislature on the second legislative day of each regular session detailing the extent to which this diversity provision has been implemented.
Ala. Code § 22-6-192 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-192
Section 22-6-192 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, the following words have the following meanings:

(1) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Revenue.

(2) FISCAL YEAR. An accounting period of 12 months beginning on the first day of the first month of the state fiscal year.

(3) MEDICAID PROGRAM. The medical assistance program as established in Title XIX of the Social Security Act and as administered in the State of Alabama by the Medicaid Agency pursuant to executive order and Title 560 of the Alabama Administrative Code.

(4) PACE PROVIDER. PACE means a provider under the federal Program for All Inclusive Care for the Elderly operated by a public, private, nonprofit, or proprietary entity, as permitted by federal law as defined at 42 C.F.R. §460.6, as amended and supplemented.
Ala. Code § 22-6-5.1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-5.1
Section 22-6-5.1 Collection of Patient’s Income by Tax Collector; Payment to Medicaid Agency; Exceptions; Rules and Regulations
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 22-18-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 22-18-4
Section 22-18-4 Fees of Licenses; Disposition of Funds; Qualifications for EMSP Licensure. (Amended by Act 2026-186)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-186, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) In addition to all other fees now payable, the Board of Health shall establish, by rule, a fee for EMSP and air or ground provider service licenses. Each license issued to an EMSP shall be valid for a period of 24 calendar months. Each license issued to a provider service shall be valid for a period not to exceed 12 calendar months. The same fee shall be charged for renewal of a license. No additional fee shall be collected when an EMSP becomes eligible for reclassification of his or her license to a higher level.

(b) All fees collected under this chapter shall be retained in a separate fund by the Board of Health for the purpose of enforcing this chapter and shall be disbursed as other funds of the state are disbursed; provided, that no fee or permit charge authorized under this chapter shall be charged or collected for the issuing of a permit to a volunteer rescue squad, as defined in Section 32-11-1, for providing ambulance service on a gratuitous basis, or any member who volunteers his or her service, unless licensure is requested by the squad, company, or individual, whereupon, a fee will be charged.

(c) Any person desiring EMSP licensure shall complete an approved EMSP course as defined by rules of the Board of Health, successfully pass the appropriate level licensure examination as determined by the Board of Health, and submit an application to the board. An approved EMSP course for any level shall be a course conforming to the curriculum for that level approved by the United States Department of Transportation, or approved by any other federal agency as, in the future, may take jurisdiction over EMSP training curriculum development. A curriculum may be required to be supplemented with additional modules if the modules are optional modules approved by the United States Department of Transportation, or its successor as specified above, and the optional modules are prescribed by rule by the board pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.

(d) No air or ground ambulance shall be operated for ambulance purposes and no individual shall fly, drive, operate, attend, or permit the ambulance to be operated for the purpose of transporting a patient from any point within the State of Alabama to any other point within the State of Alabama unless the ambulance is duly licensed by the Board of Health. The Board of Health may prescribe exceptions to this requirement consistent with the interests of public health. Any ground ambulance shall at all times be driven by a person holding a valid driver’s license and who has passed the Emergency Vehicle Operator Course approved by the Board of Health, the Apparatus Operator’s Course taught by the Alabama Fire College, or the Emergency Vehicle Driver Course taught by the Alabama Fire College.
Ala. Code § 11-6-22 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 11-6-22
Section 11-6-22 Duties
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the engineer trainee, appointed under provisions of this article, subject to approval and direction of the county commission or like governing body, to assist the county engineer or chief engineer of the division of public roads of said county in all duties of said engineer as prescribed by law or as directed by the county commission and to perform such other duties as necessary and incident to the operation of the county highway system.
Ala. Code § 22-31-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 31 / Section 22-31-2
Section 22-31-2 Use of Other Methods
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a physician from using other procedures based on accepted medical standards for determining death as the exclusive basis for pronouncing a person dead.
Ala. Code § 22-19-173 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-173
Section 22-19-173 Rights and Duties of Procurement Organization and Others
Status: in_force

(a) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and any donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the individual resides to ascertain whether the individual has made an anatomical gift.

(b) A procurement organization must be allowed reasonable access to information in the records of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to ascertain whether an individual at or near death is a donor.

(c) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization may conduct any reasonable examination necessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part that is or could be the subject of an anatomical gift for transplantation, therapy, research, or education from a donor or a prospective donor. During the examination period, measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of the part may not be withdrawn unless the hospital or procurement organization knows that the individual expressed a contrary intent.

(d) Unless prohibited by law other than this article, at any time after a donor’s death, the person to which a part passes under Section 22-19-170 may conduct any reasonable examination necessary to ensure the medical suitability of the body or part for its intended purpose.

(e) Unless prohibited by law other than this article, an examination under subsection (c) or (d) may include an examination of all medical and dental records of the donor or prospective donor.

(f) Upon the death of a minor who was a donor or had signed a refusal, unless a procurement organization knows the minor is emancipated, the procurement organization shall conduct a reasonable search for the parents of the minor and provide the parents with an opportunity to revoke or amend the anatomical gift or revoke the refusal.

(g) Upon referral by a hospital under subsection (a), a procurement organization shall make a reasonable search for any person listed in Section 22-19-168 having priority to make an anatomical gift on behalf of a prospective donor. If a procurement organization receives information that an anatomical gift to any other person was made, amended, or revoked, it shall promptly advise the other person of all relevant information.

(h) Subject to Sections 22-19-170(i) and 22-19-182, the rights of the person to which a part passes under Section 22-19-170 are superior to the rights of all others with respect to the part. The person may accept or reject an anatomical gift in whole or in part. Subject to the terms of the document of gift and this article, a person that accepts an anatomical gift of an entire body may allow embalming, burial, or cremation, and use of remains in a funeral service. If the gift is of a part, the person to which the part passes under Section 22-19-170, upon the death of the donor and before embalming, burial, or cremation, shall cause the part to be removed without unnecessary mutilation.

(i) Neither the physician who attends the decedent at death nor the physician who determines the time of the decedent’s death may participate in the procedures for removing or transplanting a part from the decedent.

(j) The removal will be by a physician, surgeon, surgeon’s assistant, tissue recovery technician certified by the Alabama Organ Center after completing the training of the Alabama Organ Center according to the medical standards of the American Association of Tissue Banks, or a certified procurement transplant coordinator certified by completing the training of the Alabama Organ Center and the American Board of Transplant Coordinators; but in the case of eyes, a technician certified by the Alabama Eye Bank after completing training according to the medical standards of the Eye Bank Association of America may remove any donated eyes or parts of eyes, after determination of death by a physician or surgeon.
Ala. Code § 11-28-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 28 / Section 11-28-6
Section 11-28-6 Issuance of Warrants Constitutes Audit and Allowance of Claim
Status: in_force

The issuance of warrants and any interest coupons applicable thereto, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and in accordance with the authorization of the county commission of the county issuing such warrants, shall be deemed to constitute an audit and allowance by such county commission of a claim, in the aggregate amount of such warrants and the interest thereon, against such county and against any pledged funds pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such warrants pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. No proof of registration or other audit or allowance of such claim shall be required and such warrants and the interest thereon shall, from and after the date of their lawful issuance, be deemed to be allowed claims against the county by which they were issued and against any pledged funds so pledged therefor.
Ala. Code § 22-27-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 22-27-9
Section 22-27-9 Authority of Department of Environmental Management and Department of Public Health
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Environmental Management shall be the agency with primary regulatory authority over the management of solid waste in the state, except for the collection and transportation of nonhazardous and nonmedical solid waste. The department may exercise the regulatory authority over the permitting and operation of solid waste management facilities necessary to enforce the requirement and purposes of this article.

(b) The Alabama Department of Public Health shall have primary regulatory authority over the collection and transportation of solid waste, excluding medical waste and hazardous waste, the management of sanitary waste in septic tanks, excluding landfill disposal, and the management of collection activities including, but not limited to, the provision of collection services by county and municipal governing bodies, participation in local collection systems, the temporary retainment of solid waste on the generator’s own property, not constituting storage, and any containers, or container systems used in the collection of solid waste, such as bulk refuse receptacles, dumpsters, roll-off containers, and household collection carts. The State Board of Health may adopt rules necessary to enforce the requirements of this article.

(c) The State Health Officer and the Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management shall ensure that their responsibilities under this article are consistently and equitably applied.
Ala. Code § 22-17-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 22-17-3
Section 22-17-3 Duty of Manager as to Maintenance of Shop and Equipment
Status: in_force

Every manager of a barber, manicure or beauty shop shall keep the said shop, and all furniture, tools, appliances and other equipment used therein, at all times in a clean and hygienic condition. The use of soiled, greasy or visibly unclean tools, appliances, combs, brushes, etc., or towels which have not been laundered since last used is hereby prohibited.
Ala. Code § 22-21-130 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-130
Section 22-21-130 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

(1) AUTHORITY. A corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article.

(2) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority.

(3) BOND. Any bond issued under the provisions of this article, including refunding bonds.

(4) COUNTY. That county in which the certificate of incorporation of the authority shall be filed for record.

(5) COUPON. Any interest coupon evidencing an installment of interest payable with respect to a bond.

(6) FISCAL YEAR. A fiscal year of the municipality.

(7) GOVERNING BODY. The council, board of commissioners or other like body in which the legislative functions of the municipality are vested by law.

(8) INDENTURE. A mortgage, an indenture of mortgage, deed of trust or trust indenture executed by the authority as security for any bonds.

(9) LEASE AGREEMENT. Any agreement of lease respecting the project or any part thereof which is made pursuant to the provisions of this article.

(10) MUNICIPALITY. The incorporated city or town in the state which authorized the organization of the authority.

(11) PROJECT. One or more buildings located, or to be located, within the municipality or within its police jurisdiction and designed for use and occupancy as a public hospital, public clinic or public health center and related public health facilities, such as laboratories, outpatient departments, nurses’ homes, nurses’ training facilities, central service facilities operated in connection therewith and any equipment and lands necessary therefor.

(12) SPECIALLY PLEDGED REVENUES. Any revenues and tax proceeds specially pledged under a lease agreement pursuant to the authorization contained in Section 22-21-140.

(13) STATE. The State of Alabama.

(14) THIS ARTICLE. Any reference in this article to “this article” shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, be deemed to refer not only to this article, but also to Act No. 109, enacted at the 1961 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama, as amended, it being the intention hereof that public corporations heretofore organized under the provisions of said Act No. 109 shall hereafter be governed exclusively by this article and shall have all powers and rights thereby conferred on public corporations organized thereunder.
Ala. Code § 22-19-45 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-45
Section 22-19-45 Delivery or Deposit of Gift Document
Status: in_force

If the gift is made by the donor to a specified donee, the will, card or other document, or an executed copy thereof, may be delivered to the donee to expedite the appropriate procedures immediately after death. Delivery is not necessary to the validity of the gift. The will, card or other document, or an executed copy thereof, may be deposited in any hospital, bank or storage facility or registry office that accepts it for safekeeping or for facilitation of procedures after death. On request of any interested party upon, or after, the donor’s death, the person in possession shall produce the document for examination.
Ala. Code § 11-3-43 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-3-43
Section 11-3-43 Course of Training and Education in Matters of County Government Administration and Operation
Status: in_force

(a) All persons elected as members of a county commission who were not serving as members of a county commission on June 1, 1994, may enroll in, participate in, and satisfactorily complete a course of training and education of at least 50 hours on matters pertaining to the administration and operations of county government. The course of training and education shall include, but not be limited to, instruction in local government operations finance and budgeting; planning; public works and utilities; environmental management; personnel management; responsiveness to the community; ethics, duties, and responsibilities of members of the county commission; and all other matters deemed necessary and appropriate by the board.

(b) All expenses incurred by a county commissioner related to the course of training and education pursuant to this article, including the reasonable costs of housing, travel, and meals, shall be paid from the general fund of the county.

(c) The course of training and education required by this article may be offered by any four-year institution of higher education located in Alabama.
Ala. Code § 22-19-201 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-201
Section 22-19-201 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds all of the following:

(1) A mental or physical disability does not diminish an individual’s right to health care.

(2) The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities, yet many individuals with disabilities still experience discrimination in accessing critical health care services.

(3) Historically, individuals with mental and physical disabilities have been denied life-saving organ transplants based on assumptions their lives are less worthy, they are incapable of complying with post-transplant medical regimens, or they lack adequate support systems to ensure compliance.

(4) Although organ transplant centers must consider medical and psychosocial criteria when determining if a patient is suitable to receive an organ transplant, transplant centers that participate in Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal funding programs are required to use patient selection criteria that result in a fair and nondiscriminatory distribution of organs.

(5) Alabama residents in need of organ transplants are entitled to assurances that they will not encounter discrimination on the basis of a disability.
Ala. Code § 22-19-104 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-104
Section 22-19-104 Article Cumulative
Status: in_force

This article does not supersede, modify, or amend prior acts, specifically Sections 34-13-150 through 34-13-152.
Ala. Code § 22-21-131 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-131
Section 22-21-131 Purpose and Construction of Article
Status: in_force

It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this article to empower each incorporated city and town in the state to authorize the incorporation of one or more public corporations as political subdivisions of the state for the purpose of providing public hospital facilities, to invest each corporation organized under this article with all powers that may be necessary to enable it to accomplish such purposes, including the power to lease or operate its properties and to issue interest-bearing revenue bonds, and to grant to the municipality power to rent such public hospital facilities on a year-to-year basis and to pledge tax revenues to secure the rent payable therefor. This article shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intent.
Ala. Code § 22-2-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-2-7
Section 22-2-7 Annual Report to Legislature by State Committee; Requests by Same for Information
Status: in_force

The State Committee of Public Health and the State Board of Health shall be accountable to the Legislature of Alabama and shall make an annual report to the Legislature. The Legislature, or any committee thereof, may, from time to time, request certain information from the State Board of Health and the State Committee of Public Health, and both groups are hereby directed to lend their full cooperation in response to these requests.
Ala. Code § 22-30B-13.1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30B / Section 22-30B-13.1
Section 22-30B-13.1 Credit for Overpayment
Status: in_force

Any operator subject to this chapter who, after September 30, 1992, pays increased fees for disposal of waste and substances which have been generated inside of Alabama shall be entitled to a credit of $72 per ton for the amount of such waste generated inside Alabama and disposed of from July 15, 1990, to April 30, 1992. Such credit created under this section shall be credited against any fees which are payable to the General Fund of the State of Alabama and shall be granted at the rate of 1/12 th of such credit per month, beginning October 1, 1993, and until such credit is exhausted. For purposes of this section, no certificate of overpayment must be issued by the state Comptroller.
Ala. Code § 22-21-383 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-383
Section 22-21-383 Deposit of Moneys Received by Department Pursuant to Article
Status: in_force

All moneys received pursuant to this article shall be deposited to the credit of the Examiners’ Revolving Fund of the Department of Insurance.
Ala. Code § 22-18-21 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 22-18-21
Section 22-18-21 Travel and Per Diem Expenses
Status: reserved

REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
Ala. Code § 22-19-53 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-53
Section 22-19-53 Making, Revoking, and Objecting to Anatomical Gifts by Others
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1, 2008.