Ala. Code § 22-28-13 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 28 / Section 22-28-13
Section 22-28-13 Variances
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may grant individual variances beyond the limitations prescribed in this chapter whenever it is found, upon presentation of adequate proof, that compliance with any rule or regulation, requirement or order of the commission would impose serious hardship without equal or greater benefits to the public and the emissions occurring, or proposed to occur, do not endanger or tend to endanger human health or safety, human comfort and aesthetic values. In granting or denying a variance, the commission shall file and publish a written opinion stating the facts and reasons leading to its decision.

(b) In granting a variance, the commission may impose such conditions as the policies of this chapter may require. If the hardship complained of consists solely of the need for a reasonable delay in which to correct a violation of this chapter or of the commission regulations, the commission shall condition the grant of such variance upon the posting of sufficient performance bond or other security to assure the correction of such violation within the time prescribed.

(c) Any variance granted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be granted for such period of time, not exceeding one year, as shall be specified by the commission at the time of the grant of such variance and upon the condition that the person who receives such variance shall make such periodic progress reports as the commission shall specify. Such variance may be extended from year to year by affirmative action of the commission, but only if satisfactory progress has been shown.

(d) Any person seeking a variance shall do so by filing a petition for variance with the commission, which shall promptly give notice of such petition in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the installation or property for which variance sought is located. The director shall promptly investigate such petition, consider the views of persons who might be adversely affected by the grant of a variance and make a recommendation to the commission as to the disposition of the petition. If the commission, in its discretion, concludes that a hearing would be advisable, or if any person files a written objection to the grant of such variance within 21 days, then a hearing shall be held, under the rules prescribed in subsection (b) of Section 22-28-15, and the burden of proof shall be on the petitioner.

(e) If the commission fails to take final action upon a variance request within 90 days after the filing of the petition, the petitioner may deem the request denied under this chapter.

(f) A variance or renewal shall not be a right of the applicant or holder thereof but shall be in the discretion of the commission; however, any person adversely affected by a variance or renewal granted by the commission may obtain judicial review by filing notice of appeal with the register or clerk of the circuit court in the county where the pollution source is located within 20 days from the action of the commission thereon. The case shall be heard by the court under the same rules and with the same requirements as a petition for injunction would be heard. On appeal, the circuit court shall grant said variance unless it finds the operation of the air contamination source in the manner allowed in the variance would amount to a private or public nuisance or unless it finds that the commission acted arbitrarily and capriciously.
Ala. Code § 22-6A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6A / Section 22-6A-1
Section 22-6A-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act.”
Ala. Code § 22-24-8 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 24 / Section 22-24-8
Section 22-24-8 Drilling Requirements
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter to drill a water well within the State of Alabama unless the following provisions are complied with:

(1) The driller of the water well shall be licensed as provided in Section 22-24-5.

(2) The driller shall, at all times during the drilling of a water well, keep posted in a conspicuous location, at or near the well being drilled or on his person, the appropriate license certificate as furnished by the board.

(3) Before the commencement of the drilling operation, the driller shall file an application of intent to drill a water well, as directed by the board.

(4) The driller of the well, within 30 days after completion of the drilling of each water well, shall deliver to the board, upon forms to be supplied by the board, a “report of well drilled.” The board shall notify the local health authorities within seven days of the receipt thereof.

(5) The driller shall furnish a log and a set of samples to the State Geological Survey from wells specifically designated by the board or State Geologist. The samples shall be collected during the drilling at intervals of not more than 10 feet.
Ala. Code § 22-21-190 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-190
Section 22-21-190 Applicability of State Competitive Bid Law, Etc
Status: in_force

The provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 16 of Title 41, as amended, requiring competitive bids for certain purchases and services shall apply to the corporation to the same extent as said provisions are applicable to the other local governmental agencies specifically mentioned therein.

The provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41 relating to insurance on public building contracts or public construction contracts shall apply to the corporation.
Ala. Code § 22-19-50 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-50
Section 22-19-50 Short Title
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1, 2008.
Ala. Code § 22-1-17 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-1-17
Section 22-1-17 Sale of Over-the-Counter Spectacles
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, over-the-counter spectacles means nonprescription, ready-to-wear magnifying spectacles or glasses that contain spherical convex lenses, uniform in each meridian, which are encased in eyeglass frames and intended to ameliorate the symptoms of presbyopia. The lenses in over-the-counter spectacles may not have a minus power (-) and may not exceed plus three and one-half diopters (+3.50).

(b) The sale of over-the-counter spectacles which do not conform to the definition in subsection (a) is unlawful.

(c) A violation of this section may be enforced by the Board of Optometry, a district attorney, or the Attorney General.
Ala. Code § 22-6-232 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-232
Section 22-6-232 Coverage of Medicaid Beneficiaries by Integrated Care Networks
Status: in_force

(a) The Medicaid Agency shall determine by rule which groups of Medicaid beneficiaries to include for coverage by an integrated care network. The Medicaid Agency, without the approval of the Governor, shall not make a coverage decision that would affect Medicaid beneficiaries who are directly served by another state agency.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the current Medicaid long-term care programs shall continue as currently administered by the Medicaid Agency until one or more integrated care networks are fully operational and has entered into a risk contract as provided herein.
Ala. Code § 22-39-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 39 / Section 22-39-5
Section 22-39-5 Certification Requirement; Civil Penalty
Status: in_force

(a) The Alabama Department of Environmental Management is hereby authorized to require any person, firm, or corporation who is the owner or operator of any asbestos removal project for which notification is required pursuant to the requirements of the Clean Air Act of the United States to insure that the personnel executing the asbestos removal project are certified by the Safe-State Program, the accreditation agency of the State of Alabama, which is authorized to accredit asbestos removal personnel.

(b) Failure of an owner or operator of any asbestos removal project for which notification is required pursuant to the requirements of the Clean Air Act of the United States to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section may be subject to a civil penalty as prescribed in the Alabama Environmental Act, Section 22-22A-5(18).
Ala. Code § 22-21-384 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-384
Section 22-21-384 Practice of Dentistry and Board of Dental Examiners Not Regulated or Limited by Article
Status: in_force

Nothing contained herein shall be construed to regulate the practice of dentistry or limit the powers or authority of the Board of Dental Examiners in the regulation of the conduct of dentists.
Ala. Code § 22-24-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 24 / Section 22-24-3
Section 22-24-3 Promulgation and Enforcement of Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The board is authorized and directed to make, promulgate and publish such rules and regulations as it deems reasonable and necessary to effectuate and carry out the purpose and provisions of this chapter, and a true copy of such rules and regulations shall be kept on file with the Secretary of State and copies thereof shall be made available for public distribution. The board shall cause all rules and regulations it promulgates to be enforced.
Ala. Code § 22-23A-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23A / Section 22-23A-3
Section 22-23A-3 Alabama Water System Assistance Authority; Created; Members
Status: in_force

The Governor, the Director of the Department of Economic and Community Affairs, the Director of Finance, one member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker, and one member of the Senate appointed by the Lieutenant Governor may become a public corporation to be known as the Alabama Water System Assistance Authority with the power and authority hereinafter provided, by proceeding according to the provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-23-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Section 11-23-1
Section 11-23-1 Authority of County Commissions to Establish; Written Approval of Owners Required; Petition for Designation
Status: in_force

Subject to the written approval of the owners of 100 percent in interest based on assessed value for ad valorem tax purposes of each 10 acres, or the part thereof to be included in the proposed industrial park, the county commission of any county in the State of Alabama may establish industrial parks composed of territory wholly within the county boundaries and without the boundaries of any municipality. Any person, firm, or corporation who desires to obtain a designation of an area as an industrial park shall file a petition with the county commission of the county wherein the property is located requesting that the county commission designate the area proposed as an industrial park, and include with such petition the consent of the land owners as above required. The consent of each consenting owner shall be acknowledged before a notary public or other person authorized to take acknowledgements to deeds in Alabama.
Ala. Code § 22-3A-21 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3A / Section 22-3A-21
Section 22-3A-21 Dissolution of Authority
Status: in_force

When all bonds issued by the authority and all obligations assumed by it under the provisions of this chapter shall have been paid in full, the then president of the authority shall thereupon execute and deliver in the name of and in behalf of the authority an appropriate deed, or deeds, to which the seal of the authority shall be affixed and attested by the secretary of the authority, whereby there shall be conveyed to the state all the buildings, properties and other assets then owned by the authority. 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 bonds theretofore issued by the authority and the execution and delivery of such deed or deeds to the state, which statement shall be filed by the Secretary of State and recorded with the certificate of incorporation of the authority, whereupon the authority shall stand dissolved.
Ala. Code § 22-19-59.2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-59.2
Section 22-19-59.2 Examination, Autopsy, Liability
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1, 2008.
Ala. Code § 11-32-19 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 11-32-19
Section 11-32-19 Labor Unions
Status: in_force

Each employee of the authority may join or participate in a labor union. No employee of the authority shall be subject to the provisions of any civil service or merit system or to the rules or regulations of any personnel board that might otherwise be applicable.
Ala. Code § 22-4B-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 4B / Section 22-4B-4
Section 22-4B-4 Maximum Loan Amount - Repayment by Working for Department or Federally-Funded Community Health Center - Balance Due and Payable Upon Demand for Failure to Remain Employed or for Withdrawal from School
Status: in_force

Any recipient who is granted a loan by the board shall be granted a loan in an amount authorized by the board, not to exceed $20,000.00, plus the employee’s salary, if paid by the board while the employee attends school. This maximum loan amount may be adjusted upward by the board not more than once every two years. When the number of qualified applicants for loans exceeds the availability of funds, loans shall be granted by the board based upon an assessment of needs by rural or underserved areas for registered nurses, and based upon an assessment by the board of the merits of each individual application. Any loan made and granted to a recipient shall be made based upon the following conditions of repayment:

(1) The loan recipient shall repay the loan by working for the department or for a federally-funded community health center designated by the board after licensure as a registered professional nurse for a period of two full years for each year of full-time course of study financed by the board. Repayment shall be as follows: under a formula to be determined by the board, a proportionate share of the principal of the loan and of all interest accrued shall be forgiven and shall be deemed paid in full after completion of each full year of such service in the department or community health center in a rural area designated by the board.

(2) If the recipient does not remain employed by the department or a designated community health center for the full commitment period after licensure as a nurse, the remaining unpaid principal of the loan shall become due and payable on demand, with interest accruing at the rate of 12 percent per year from the date the loan obligation was signed by the recipient. In addition, there shall be included in any loan obligation a provision for liquidated damages in an amount equal to $2,000.00 per year for each year remaining to be served under the obligation. Recipients who resign or who are discharged for cause shall be deemed to not remain employed by the department. The board is authorized to rescind any obligation, or to suspend payment thereon, if it is owed by a recipient who becomes unable to perform employment duties due to a reduction in force, or who becomes disabled due to death, illness, injury, or infirmity.

(3) If the recipient fails or withdraws from school at any time before completing nursing training, or if the board cancels the loan for good cause, the principal of the loan shall become due and payable on demand with interest accruing at the rate of twelve per cent per annum from the date the recipient signed the obligation to repay the loan.
Ala. Code § 22-21-152 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-152
Section 22-21-152 Investment of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) Any portion of the principal proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds which the board may determine is not presently needed for any of the purposes for which the bonds are authorized to be issued, and any other moneys of the authority which the board may determine will not be presently needed by the authority may, on order of the board, be invested in:

(1) Any securities that are direct general obligations of the United States of America or the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the United States of America;

(2) Any debt securities that are direct obligations of any agency of the United States of America;

(3) Interest-bearing bank time deposits and interest-bearing bank certificates of deposit; and

(4) Interest-bearing time deposits and interest-bearing certificates of deposit of any federally-chartered savings and loan association.

(b) Any securities, time deposits or certificates of deposit in which any such investment is made may, at any time and from time to time on order of the board, be sold or otherwise converted into cash. The income derived from any such investments shall be disbursed on order of the board for any purpose for which the authority may lawfully expend funds.
Ala. Code § 11-19-10 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-10
Section 11-19-10 Powers and Duties of Planning Commission Generally; Special Surveys or Studies; Right of Entry Upon Lands for Preparation of Examinations and Surveys
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the function and duty of the county planning commission to make and maintain comprehensive surveys and studies of existing conditions and probable future developments in the flood-prone area of the county and to prepare comprehensive plans for physical, social, and economic growth as will best promote the public health, safety, morals, convenience, prosperity, or the general welfare as well as efficiency and economy in the development of the flood-prone area of the county. The county planning commission shall have the authority to:

(1) Promote public interest and understanding of the economic and social necessity for long-term, coordinated county planning.

(2) Confer and cooperate with the federal, state, municipal, and other county and regional authorities regarding matters pertaining to or affecting the planning or development of said county, or vice versa, for the purpose of assuring proper coordination of county development with that of other political subdivisions.

(3) Prepare and recommend for adoption to the appropriate county commission or authorities a zoning ordinance and map for the flood-prone area of the county.

(4) Prepare and recommend for adoption to the appropriate county commission or authorities regulations for the subdivision of land within the flood-prone areas of the county jurisdiction and administer the regulations that they may be adopted.

(b) Upon request of the county planning commission, the county commission may, from time to time, for the purpose of special surveys under the direction of the county planning commission, assign to the county planning commission members of the staff or the personnel of any county administrative department, bureau, or agency or may direct any such department, bureau, or agency to make special surveys or studies for the county planning commission. All public officials, departments, and agencies may upon request furnish the county planning commission within a reasonable time with such available information as it may require for its work. The county planning commission, its members, officers, and employees, in the performance of their functions may enter upon any land and make necessary examinations and surveys. In general, the commission shall have such powers as may be appropriate to enable it to fulfill its functions and duties.
Ala. Code § 11-14-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 11-14-1
Section 11-14-1 Effect of Deeds, Grants, Etc., to Officers, Etc., for Use of County
Status: in_force

All deeds, grants, or conveyances made to any officer or person for the use and benefit of the county vest in such county the title as fully as if made to such county by name.
Ala. Code § 11-11B-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11B / Section 11-11B-2
Section 11-11B-2 Power and Authority of Grantees
Status: in_force

Each grantee shall have the power, and, when approved by its governing body, the authority, to do or perform any one or more of the following:

(1) To apply to any donor for a grant and to pay the expenses involved in making such application;

(2) To accept and receive grants from any donor;

(3) To expend or apply the proceeds of any grant for the purpose or purposes for which the same is made;

(4) To agree to comply with the conditions of the grant;

(5) To pay over or donate or loan to any board, bureau, authority, institution or agency of the grantee, or to any municipality or municipalities of the state, or to any public corporation, or to any county or counties in the state or to the state, or to any board, bureau, authority, institution, or agency of such public corporation, or of such county or counties or of such municipality or municipalities, or of the state or to any person, firm or corporation, any grant proceeds authorized or permitted to be so paid over, donated or loaned by the conditions of the grant.
Ala. Code § 22-19-176 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-176
Section 22-19-176 Other Prohibited Acts
Status: in_force

A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal commits a Class C felony.
Ala. Code § 22-27-41 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 22-27-41
Section 22-27-41 Legislative Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this article is to protect the public health and the state’s environmental quality and to serve the public by recognizing the responsibilities of units of local government for the orderly management of solid wastes generated within their jurisdictions, and to require that decisions about the management of solid wastes shall be based on comprehensive local, regional and state planning. The terms and obligations of this article shall be liberally construed to achieve remedies intended.
Ala. Code § 11-1-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-1-2
Section 11-1-2 County Declared a Body Corporate
Status: in_force

Every county is a body corporate, with power to sue or be sued in any court of record.
Ala. Code § 11-21-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 11-21-1
Section 11-21-1 Power of Counties to Purchase
Status: in_force

Any county in the state shall have the power and authority to purchase or acquire, and to operate, and to assume any indebtedness connected with, any waterworks plant or water distribution system, or both, located in the county and owned by any municipality located within the county or by any public corporation organized under the laws of this state upon such consideration as shall be agreed upon.
Ala. Code § 22-27-26 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 22-27-26
Section 22-27-26 Warrants and Interest Coupons as Claims Against County
Status: in_force

The issuance of warrants and any interest coupons applicable thereto, pursuant to the provisions of this article and in accordance with the authorization of the county commission issuing such warrants, shall be deemed to constitute an audit and allowance by such county commission of a claim, in the aggregate principal amount of such warrants and interest coupons, against the county and against any tax proceeds and any revenues, or either thereof, pledged for payment of such warrants pursuant to the provisions of this article. No proof of registration or other audit or allowance of such claim shall be required, and such warrants and interest coupons 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 tax proceeds and revenues, or either, so pledged therefor.
Ala. Code § 22-19-55 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-55
Section 22-19-55 Routine Inquiry and Required Request; Search and Notification
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1, 2008.
Ala. Code § 11-2-29 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-2-29
Section 11-2-29 Requirement of Additional Bonds for County Officers Whose Terms Extended - Rights and Remedies of Sureties on Bonds Among Themselves
Status: in_force

In any case when an additional bond has been required, the sureties in either bond, who may have been compelled to make any payment thereon for the principal obligor, have the same remedies against the sureties in the remaining bonds as cosureties have against each other and may recover against such sureties such an amount as shall be in the same proportion to the sum paid by the plaintiff as the aggregate penalty of the two bonds bears to the penalty of the bond of the defendant, apportioning the same among the solvent sureties.
Ala. Code § 22-17-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 22-17-9
Section 22-17-9 Service of Persons Having Inflamed, Etc., Skin
Status: in_force

No barber, manicurist or cosmetologist shall serve any person whose skin is inflamed, scabby or contains pus unless tools, equipment, etc., for his or her individual use are provided.
Ala. Code § 11-2-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-2-4
Section 11-2-4 Payment of Premiums on Bonds
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law or in this section, the premiums on all bonds of all county officials and county employees required by this chapter, when made by surety companies shall be paid by the respective counties out of the general funds of the county. The premiums on the bonds of county taxing officials shall be paid on a pro rata basis by each fund, except the State General Fund, or agency receiving noneducational ad valorem taxes paid in the county determined by computing the percentage that the total collections for each fund, except the State General Fund, or agency bears to the total collections of noneducational ad valorem taxes. The premiums on the bonds of the superintendent of education and of the chief school financial officer of the county shall be paid by the board of education of the county out of the three mill school tax.
Ala. Code § 11-15-12 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 11-15-12
Section 11-15-12 Warrants - Security for Payment of Principal and Interest
Status: in_force

The principal of and interest on the warrants shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues out of which the warrants shall be made payable, shall be secured by a mortgage covering the project from which the revenues so pledged shall be derived and shall be secured by a pledge of the lease agreement covering such project and of the rental therefrom.

The mortgage may contain any agreements and provisions customarily contained in instruments securing evidences of indebtedness, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, provisions respecting the collection and application of the rental from any project covered by such mortgage, the terms to be incorporated in the lease agreement respecting such project, the maintenance and insurance of such project, the creation and maintenance of special funds from the rental of such project and the rights and remedies available in the event of default to the holders of the warrants or the trustee under the mortgage, all as the governing body shall deem advisable and as shall not be in conflict with the provisions of this chapter; provided, that in making any such agreements or provisions the corporation shall not have the power to obligate itself except with respect to the project and the application of the revenues therefrom.

If there is any default by the corporation in the payment of the principal of or interest on the warrants or in any of the agreements on the part of the corporation which may properly be included in any mortgage securing the warrants, any holder of any of the warrants or any of the coupons or the trustee under any mortgage, if so authorized in such mortgage, may, either by civil action, mandamus or other proceedings enforce payment of such items and compel performance of all duties of the directors and officers of the corporation and shall be entitled as a matter of right and regardless of the sufficiency of any such security to the appointment of a receiver with all the powers of such receiver for the operation and maintenance of the project covered by such mortgage and the collection and application of rents therefrom; provided, that any such mortgage shall not be subject to foreclosure and shall not be construed so as to compel the sale of the project covered thereby or any part thereof in satisfaction of the warrants secured thereby. The mortgage may contain provisions regarding the rights and remedies of any trustee thereunder and the holders of the warrants and the coupons and may contain provisions restricting the individual rights of action of the holders of the warrants and coupons.
Ala. Code § 11-10-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10 / Section 11-10-1
Section 11-10-1 Authorized; Issuance of Certificates Evidencing Loans; Pledge of Uncollected Taxes to Secure Repayment
Status: in_force

County commissions, for and in behalf of their respective counties, may make temporary loans in anticipation of the collection of taxes for the year in which such loans are made, and may issue certificates covering such loans and may pledge a sufficient amount of uncollected taxes of the current year to secure the repayment of such loan or loans.
Ala. Code § 22-14-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 22-14-6
Section 22-14-6 Licensing or Registration of Persons Dealing with Radioactive Materials
Status: in_force

(a) The agency shall provide, by rule or regulation, for general or specific licensing of persons to receive, possess or transfer by-product, source, special nuclear materials, devices or equipment utilizing such materials, or any other radioactive materials occurring naturally or produced artificially. Such rule or regulation shall provide for amendment, suspension, or revocation of licenses and shall require that each applicant for licensure be a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal government.

(b) The agency is authorized to require registration and inspection of persons dealing with ionizing radiation which does not require a specific license and may require compliance with specific safety standards to be promulgated by the agency.

(c) The agency is authorized to exempt certain sources of ionizing radiation or kinds of uses or users from the licensing or registration requirements set forth in this section when the agency makes a finding that the exemption of such sources of ionizing radiation or kinds of uses or users will not constitute a significant risk to the health and safety of the public.

(d) Any report of investigation or inspection or any information concerning trade secrets or secret industrial processes obtained under this article shall not be disclosed or opened to public inspection by the agency.

(e) Rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter may provide for recognition of other state or federal licenses as the agency may deem desirable, subject to such registration requirements as the agency may prescribe.

(f) It shall be unlawful for any person to use, manufacture, produce, knowingly transport, transfer, receive, acquire, own, or possess any source of ionizing radiation unless licensed by or registered with the agency in accordance with this article and the rules and regulations issued thereunder.
Ala. Code § 22-12-22 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 22-12-22
Section 22-12-22 Transportation of Person or Thing in Violation of Quarantine
Status: in_force

Any person, conductor, captain, agent or manager, operating either for himself or for a corporation a railroad, watercraft or other conveyance for the transportation of passengers or freight, who shall knowingly transport any person or thing in violation of the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense.
Ala. Code § 11-3-11.3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-3-11.3
Section 11-3-11.3 Collection of Local Taxes - Department of Revenue
Status: in_force

(a) Counties may, upon request of the county commission, engage the Department of Revenue to collect and administer any county sales, use, rental, lodgings, tobacco, or other local taxes for which there is a corresponding state levy. Subject to subsections (d) and (e) below, the department shall collect and administer a county sales, use, rental, lodgings, tobacco, or other tax for which there is a corresponding state levy on behalf of the requesting county. Any county sales, use, rental, or lodgings tax levy administered and collected by the Department of Revenue pursuant to this section, whether the levy is imposed pursuant to the authority of Section 40-12-4, or any general, special, or local act of the Legislature, shall parallel the corresponding state tax levy, except for the rate of tax, and shall be subject to all definitions, exceptions, exemptions, proceedings, requirements, provisions, rules, regulations, direct pay permits and drive-out certificate procedures, statutes of limitation, penalties, fines, punishments, and deductions as applicable to the corresponding state tax, except where otherwise provided in this section, including provisions for the enforcement and collection of taxes. The Department of Revenue shall make available to those counties for which it collects and administers a sales, use, rental, or lodgings tax collected and administered pursuant to this section the same services which are made available to municipal governments pursuant to Division 4 of Article 2 of Chapter 51 and Article 3 of Chapter 51.

(b) The department shall prepare and distribute those reports, forms, and other information as may be necessary to provide for its collection and administration of any county tax it collects and administers and, on request, shall make all reports available for inspection by the governing body of the county. In collecting and administering a county sales, use, rental, or lodgings tax, the department shall have all the authority and duties as it has in connection with the collection and administration of the corresponding state tax including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapters 2A, 12, 23, and 26 of Title 40.

(c)(1) The Commissioner of Revenue shall deposit into the State Treasury all county taxes collected and, on a bi-weekly basis, shall certify to the Comptroller the amount of taxes collected for the approximate two-week period immediately preceding the certification and the amount, less the department’s actual cost of collection and administration, to be distributed to each county and which shall be paid to the treasurer or other custodian of funds of the county within three days after certification thereof.

(2) The department shall charge each county the actual cost to the department for collecting and administering a tax. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, the charge shall not exceed two percent of the amount collected for each county. At least once each month, the Comptroller shall issue a warrant to the department for the collection and administration charges due as determined by the Commissioner of Revenue. Payment shall be from funds collected under this section and shall be the actual cost of collection and administration, not to exceed two percent of the amount collected for each county.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the department shall not charge a fee to the county for the cost of filing, payment processing, and remittance services relating to any tax authorized to be filed under the ONE SPOT system of the department. References in this subsection to filing, payment processing, and remittance services shall mean and refer only to the ONE SPOT system to file and pay taxes authorized to be filed thereunder, and shall not include the collection and administration of local taxes as defined in subsection (i).

(4) Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the department, in cooperation with the office of the Examiner of Public Accounts, shall recompute its actual costs for collection and administration of county taxes for the preceding fiscal year. Any collection and administration over-charge shall be redistributed to the counties for which the department collects and administers local taxes, on a pro rata basis of each county’s receipts. No under-charge shall be recovered, either directly or indirectly, from any county.

(d) Except where the department is collecting on July 1, 1998, any county which has a tax levy that will be collected and administered by the department pursuant to the provisions of this section shall forward a certified copy of the enabling ordinance or resolution to the department at least 60 days prior to the first day of the month on which it is to begin collecting and administering the tax.

(e) A new levy, or a levy changed by an amendment of a heretofore adopted levy, which will be collected and administered under this section shall not be subject to collection and administration by the department until the first day of the month following the expiration of 60 days after receipt by the department of a certified copy of the enabling ordinance or resolution with any amendment thereto.

(f) The department shall from time to time issue such rules for making returns and for ascertainment, assessment, collection, and administration of taxes subject to the provisions of this section as it may deem necessary to enforce its provisions and shall make available any municipal or county government a copy of those rules. Upon request, the department shall furnish any taxpayer with a copy of those rules.

(g) Any self-administered county governing body, as defined in Section 40-2A-3(21), may elect, by the adoption of an ordinance or resolution, to assess interest on any tax delinquency. Any such assessment of interest shall be consistent with the provisions of Section 40-23-2.1. Any self-administered county governing body may also elect, by the adoption of an ordinance or resolution, to pay interest on any refund of tax erroneously paid. In the event that the governing body elects to assess interest on any tax delinquency, the governing body must also elect to pay interest, at the same rate charged by the county on tax delinquencies, on any refund of tax erroneously paid. The applicable interest rate to be charged by or due from the county shall be determined pursuant to Section 40-1-44. References in this subsection to “erroneously paid” taxes on which interest shall be due to the taxpayer shall only mean and refer to taxes paid to the self-administered county or its agent as a result of any error, omission, or inaccurate advice by or on behalf of the self-administered county, including in connection with a prior examination of its books and records by the self-administered county or its agent.

(h) The applicable interest rate to be assessed on any tax delinquency or paid on any refund of erroneously paid taxes with respect to all county sales, use, rental, and lodgings tax levies collected by the department shall be determined in accordance with Section 40-1-44.

(i) For the purpose of this section, the terms collection and administration are defined as the act or process of managing local taxes and local tax assignments; this process includes, but is not limited to, any or all functions required or performed, or both, to receive, reconcile, process, audit, assess, collate, and distribute local taxes.
Ala. Code § 22-25C-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25C / Section 22-25C-2
Section 22-25C-2 Rulemaking Authority; Disposition of Fees
Status: in_force

(a) ADEM shall promulgate rules necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this chapter.

(b) Any fees collected pursuant to subsection (a) of this section prior to amendment of this section by Act 2018-178 shall be refunded to the owner or operator of the centralized waste management facility that paid the fee.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-40 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-40
Section 22-11A-40 Laboratory Tests for Aids and Other Diseases; Violations
Status: in_force

(a) Prior to the administration of any laboratory test for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or for viruses that lead to the development of AIDS or any other notifiable disease that may be designated by the State Board of Health, the board shall administer a proficiency testing program to ascertain the qualifications and competency of the personnel conducting the test.

(b) Any laboratory or laboratory personnel who reports the test results of any diseases referenced in this section, when performed by any methods or procedures not approved by the board, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 11-3A-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3A / Section 11-3A-7
Section 11-3A-7 Savings Provision
Status: reserved

Act 562, 1953 Regular Session (Acts 1953, p. 799); Act 463, 1957 Regular Session (Acts 1957, p. 630); Act 716, 1957 Regular Session (Acts 1957, p. 1112); Act 87-758, 1987 Regular Session (Acts 1987, p. 1479); Act 89-527, 1989 Regular Session (Acts 1989, p. 1077); and Act 91-193, 1991 Regular Session (Acts 1991, p. 354), which are local acts applicable to Jefferson County only, shall remain in full force and effect following May 26, 2005, and shall constitute the exclusive regulatory authority to be exercised by the Jefferson County Commission in regard to any powers that would otherwise be granted in this chapter. Nothing authorizing the Jefferson County Commission to exercise any power in this chapter shall apply unless the local act named above relating to the power is specifically repealed by separate local act of the Legislature.
Ala. Code § 22-35-8 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 35 / Section 22-35-8
Section 22-35-8 Rehabilitation of Contamination Sites
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds that in order to provide for the expeditious rehabilitation of contamination sites, voluntary rehabilitation of contamination sites should be encouraged, provided that such rehabilitation is conducted in a manner and to a level of completion which will protect the public health, safety, and welfare and will minimize damage to the environment. To accomplish this purpose, the commission shall promulgate rules and regulations for the approval and compensation of response action contractors or through the use of their own personnel. The state shall not be party to contracts established between an owner or operator and a response action contractor and nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a state contract but to the contrary, it is expressly manifest that these are not state contracts and are expressly exempt from any competitive bid laws.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit a person from conducting site rehabilitation through approved response action contractors.

(c) In the event the director determines that environmental response actions are required, the director may delegate to an approved response action contractor the authority to enter private property, under the supervision of the department, for the purpose of taking investigative and corrective action.
Ala. Code § 11-22-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22 / Section 11-22-7
Section 11-22-7 Board of Directors
Status: in_force

The corporation shall have a board of directors in which all powers of the corporation shall be vested and which shall consist of any number of directors, not less than three, all of whom shall be duly qualified electors of and taxpayers in the county. The directors shall serve as such without compensation; except, that they shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in and about the performance of their duties hereunder. No director shall be an officer or employee of the county. The directors shall be elected by the governing body of the county, and they shall be so elected that they shall hold office for staggered terms. At the time of the election of the first board of directors, the governing body of the county shall divide the directors into three groups containing as nearly equal whole numbers as may be possible. The first term of the directors included in the first group shall be two years, the first term of the directors included in the second group shall be four years, the first term of the directors included in the third group shall be six years, and thereafter the terms of all directors shall be six years; provided, that if at the expiration of any term of office of any director a successor thereto shall not have been elected, then the director whose term of office shall have expired shall continue to hold office until his successor shall be so elected. Any meeting held by the board of directors for any purpose whatsoever shall be open to the public.
Ala. Code § 22-1-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-1-6
Section 22-1-6 Public Dispensaries Treating Communicable Diseases
Status: in_force

No public dispensary where communicable diseases are treated or diagnosed shall be conducted or maintained otherwise than in accordance with the regulations provided by the State Board of Health.
Ala. Code § 22-26-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 26 / Section 22-26-2
Section 22-26-2 Authority of Boards of Health to Require Installation of Connections with Sanitary Sewers, Etc.; Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The State Board of Health and/or county boards of health, acting through its duly authorized agents or employees, shall require every person, firm or corporation or municipal corporation, or agent thereof, owning or occupying property within the state, to install the type and number of sewage collection, treatment, and disposal facilities conforming to rules and regulations of the State Board of Health and/or county boards of health and require connection to a sanitary sewer conforming to rules and regulations of the State Board of Health and/or county boards of health where sanitary sewers are available and are not regulated by the municipal corporation, or to dispose of sewage in such sanitary manner as shall be approved by the State Board of Health. All required sewage treatment and disposal facilities shall conform in every respect with the specifications, rules, and regulations applying to these facilities made, adopted, and promulgated by the State Board of Health and/or county boards of health and shall be maintained as prescribed by the rules and regulations. No rule or regulation of the State Board of Health shall require the permitting or inspection by county government of any plumbing within structures.
Ala. Code § 22-21-417 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-417
Section 22-21-417 Delinquency of Reports; Penalties; Informal Conference; Appeals
Status: in_force

(a) A hospital shall pay to the department a civil penalty of five cents ($.05) per patient discharge record for each day the discharge data required to be reported under this article is delinquent.

(b) A discharge data report is delinquent if the department does not receive the report within 60 calendar days after the end of the quarter for which the discharge data is required to be reported.

(c) If the department receives a discharge data report in incomplete form, the department shall notify the hospital making the report and provide 15 additional calendar days to correct the error and submit complete discharge data as required under this article and the rules adopted by the department to implement this article. If the hospital fails to correct the error and submit complete discharge data within the 15 additional calendar days, the incomplete discharge data report shall be considered delinquent at the end of that 15-day period.

(d) The maximum civil penalty for a delinquent report is ten dollars ($10) for each patient discharge record. The department shall issue an assessment of the civil penalty to any hospital that has a pending delinquent report.

(e) The hospital has a right to an informal conference with the department if the hospital requests a conference within 30 calendar days of receipt of the civil penalty assessment. After the informal conference or, if no conference is requested, after the time for requesting the informal conference has expired, the department may proceed to collect any applicable civil penalty assessment.

(f) In its request for an informal conference, the hospital may request the department to waive the civil penalty assessment. The State Health Officer may waive the penalty in cases of an act of God or other acts beyond the control of the hospital, at the discretion of the State Health Officer, or for other reasons reasonably related to compliance with this article. Waiver of the penalty is in the sole discretion of the State Health Officer.

(g) The imposition of a civil penalty under this section may be appealed pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. All civil penalties collected pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the department and shall be deposited in the General Fund, and shall not be earmarked for the department. A hospital may not renew its license to operate if the hospital has any unpaid civil penalties that were levied more than 30 days before the hospital license expiration date, except for any civil penalties that are subject to appeal and except for penalties for which arrangements for payment have been made which are satisfactory to the department.
Ala. Code § 11-24-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 24 / Section 11-24-3
Section 11-24-3 Fines; Injunctions; Inspections; Enforcement of Chapter
Status: in_force

(a) Any owner or developer failing to comply with the permitting requirement or otherwise violating this chapter or any rule or regulation made pursuant to this chapter shall be fined one thousand dollars ($1,000) per lot that has been sold, offered for sale, transferred, or leased to the public.

(b) In the event that the developer or owner fails to comply with this chapter, the county commission shall have the right to enjoin action of the developer or owner by a civil action for the injunction brought in any court of competent jurisdiction or, in the event that work on the subdivision has been completed, to bring action to compel the developer or owner to comply with this chapter. In addition to injunction, the county commission may recover the penalty as provided by this section in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(c) The county commission may employ inspectors and may request the county license inspector to see that its rules and regulations are not violated and that the plans and specifications for the minimum size of lots, the planning and construction of public streets, public roads, and drainage structures, and the placement of public utilities are not in conflict with the rules and regulations of the county. The county commission may charge inspection fees, not to exceed actual costs, to be paid by the owners of the property inspected.

(d) This chapter may be enforced by the county license inspector under Section 40-12-10, including issuing citations as provided in subsection (j) of Section 40-12-10 for failure to properly obtain the permit to develop required pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 11-24-2. The license inspector may issue subsequent citations for failure to properly obtain a permit to develop if, after 30 days following the issuance of the previous citation for the same violation, the owner or developer of the subdivision has not made proper application for a permit pursuant to the requirements of this chapter. The applicable fines set out in subsection (a) shall be doubled and separately assessed against the owner or developer of the subdivision for each subsequent citation issued by the license inspector as provided herein.
Ala. Code § 11-19-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-4
Section 11-19-4 Land-Use and Control Measures
Status: in_force

Land-use and control measures shall provide land-use restrictions based on probable exposure to flooding. Measures specified in this section shall:

(1) Prohibit inappropriate new construction or substantial improvements in the flood-prone areas;

(2) Control land uses and elevations of all new construction within the flood-prone area;

(3) For coastal flood-prone areas prescribed land uses and minimum elevations of the first floors of buildings and include consideration of the need for bulkheads, seawalls, and pilings;

(4) Be based on competent evaluation of the flood hazard as revealed by current authoritative flood-prone information;

(5) Be consistent with existing flood-prone management programs affecting adjacent areas and applicable to appropriate state standards; and

(6) Prescribe such additional standards as may be necessary to comply with federal requirements for making flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 available in this state.
Ala. Code § 22-21-340 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-340
Section 22-21-340 Multiple Corporations Permitted
Status: in_force

Neither the formation or dissolution of one authority hereunder nor the reincorporation hereunder of a public hospital corporation shall prevent the subsequent incorporation hereunder of another authority or the subsequent reincorporation hereunder of another public hospital corporation pursuant to authority granted by one or more of the same authorizing subdivisions. Further, any county may authorize the incorporation of an authority hereunder notwithstanding the existence in such county of a public hospital corporation designated as the agency of such county with respect to public hospital facilities therein pursuant to the provisions of Division 2 of Article 4 of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 22-23A-15 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23A / Section 22-23A-15
Section 22-23A-15 Purpose of Chapter
Status: in_force

This chapter is intended to aid the state through the furtherance of its purposes by providing an appropriate and independent instrumentality of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill its functions. Except as expressly provided in this chapter, no proceeding, notice or approval shall be required for the incorporation of the authority, the purchase of any loans or the making of any loan to a community water system, the issuance of any bonds, or the exercise of any other of its powers by the authority.
Ala. Code § 11-20-8 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-8
Section 11-20-8 Refunding Bonds
Status: in_force

Any bonds issued under this article and at any time outstanding may at any time and from time to time be refunded by a county by the issuance of its refunding bonds in such amount as the county commission may deem necessary but not exceeding an amount sufficient to refund the principal of the bonds so to be refunded, together with any unpaid interest thereon and any premiums and commissions necessary to be paid in connection therewith. Any such refunding may be effected whether the bonds to be refunded shall have then matured or shall thereafter mature, either by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds thereof for the payment of the bonds to be refunded thereby or by exchange of the refunding bonds for the bonds to be refunded thereby; provided, that the holders of any bonds so to be refunded shall not be compelled without their consent to surrender their bonds for payment or exchange prior to the date on which they are payable or, if they are called for redemption, prior to the date on which they are by their terms subject to redemption. Any refunding bonds issued under the authority of this article shall be payable solely from the revenues out of which the bonds to be refunded thereby were payable and shall be subject to the provisions contained in section 11-20-5 and may be secured in accordance with the provisions of section 11-20-6.
Ala. Code § 22-13-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13 / Section 22-13-1
Section 22-13-1 Plan for Care of Indigents; Designation of Cancer Units
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 1-2A-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2A / Section 1-2A-7
Section 1-2A-7 Display of Alabama State Flag - Department or Agency Facilities
Status: in_force

(a) Each facility or building located in this state that is affiliated with any department or agency of the state and supported in whole or in part by public funds, 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 facility or building. Any facility or building that is not in public view or open to the general public, or is used only for storage or other warehouse purposes, may be exempt from the requirements of this section at the discretion of the director or chief official of the department or agency.

(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 department or agency within three years after August 1, 2001.
Ala. Code § 22-21-294 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-294
Section 22-21-294 Certification of Indigency; Rules
Status: in_force

Not later than October 1, 1979, the Department of Human Resources shall adopt rules which provide a statewide eligibility standard to certify residents of each county as indigent for the purposes of this article. These rules shall further provide that certification as indigent for the purposes of this article may occur either prior to a person’s admission to a regional referral hospital, or subsequent to such admission for an emergency condition, but in any event if a determination of whether a patient meets or does not meet eligibility standards for certification as indigent for the purpose of this article is not made within 90 days following written notification by the regional referral hospital to the county of residence of the patient’s admission to a regional referral hospital, the patient shall be considered to have been a certified indigent patient upon admission. A patient certified as indigent for the purpose of this article subsequent to his or her admission to a regional referral hospital shall be considered to have been certified upon admission. Such certification shall be made by a person designated by the board of county commissioners, or in the absence of such a designated person, by the county health officer. Furthermore, any county may establish standards of eligibility which are less restrictive than the standards adopted by the department under this section and no county may establish standards which are more restrictive than the standards adopted by the department under this section.
Ala. Code § 11-11-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-11-5
Section 11-11-5 Disposition of Proceeds from Sale of Warrants
Status: in_force

The proceeds derived from the sale of warrants issued under the provisions of this chapter, other than refunding warrants, shall be used for the construction, surfacing, resurfacing, grading and draining of roads, streets, bridges and causeways in the county issuing the same and for payment of the expenses incurred by the county in the authorization and issuance of the said warrants.
Ala. Code § 22-34-11 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 34 / Section 22-34-11
Section 22-34-11 Dedicated Source of Revenue to Repay Moneys; Default; Accounting Standards
Status: in_force

(a) In order to provide for the funding of a loan by the authority for a project to a public body, the public body shall establish a dedicated source of revenue to repay the monies received from the authority and to provide for operation, maintenance, and equipment replacement expenses. Notwithstanding any state law to the contrary, a public body may do all of the following:

(1) Obligate itself to pay to the authority at periodic intervals a sum sufficient to provide bond debt service with respect to the bonds of the authority issued to fund the loan for such project and to pay over such debt service to the account of the project for deposit to the revolving loan fund.

(2) Levy, collect, and pay over to the authority and obligate itself to continue to levy, collect, and pay over to the authority the proceeds of any of the following:

a. A sewer or waste disposal service fee or charge.

b. Licenses, permits, taxes, and fees.

c. A special assessment on the property drained, served, or benefitted by the project.

d. Other revenue available to the public body.

(3) Undertake and obligate itself to pay its contractual obligation to the authority solely from the proceeds from any one or more of the sources specified in subdivision (2), or impose upon itself a general obligation pledge to the authority additionally secured by a pledge of any one or more of such sources.

(4) Obligate itself to levy and collect revenues, fees, and charges in an amount of not less than 110 percent nor more than 125 percent, as determined by the authority, of the maximum principal and interest maturing and coming due in any one year on the bonds issued by the authority to fund a loan for the project.

(5) Enter into agreements, perform acts, and delegate functions and duties as its governing body determines are necessary or desirable to enable the authority to fund a loan to the public body to aid it in the construction or acquisition of a project.

(b) In the event of default, the authority may use all available remedies under state law.

(c) Any loan made by the authority shall provide that repayment of the loan shall begin not later than one year after completion of construction of the project for which the loan was made and shall be repaid in full no later than 20 years after completion of construction. The repayment period may be extended as required or permitted under the Federal Clean Water Act, provided the extended repayment period does not exceed the expected design life of the project.

(d) The recipients of loans shall maintain project accounts in accordance with generally accepted government accounting standards.
Ala. Code § 11-32-31 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 11-32-31
Section 11-32-31 Payment Schedule; Sufficiency of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) The amounts required to be paid to the authority under this chapter shall be paid by the authorizing county tax collector for the authorizing county, the principal municipality, and participating municipalities upon the payment schedule established pursuant to the terms of this chapter.

(b) If the authorizing county tax collector does not have ad valorem taxes due the authorizing county, the principal municipality, or any participating municipality sufficient to pay the amounts due under the provisions of this chapter, then the balance due as to any payment under this chapter shall be paid to the authority by the director of revenue of the authorizing county, if any, from any tax monies in his or her possession for distribution to the authorizing county, principal municipality, or participating municipality.

(c) If as to any payment due under this chapter, neither the authorizing county tax collector nor the revenue commissioner of the authorizing county, if any, shall have sufficient tax monies for distribution to the authorizing county, principal municipality, or a participating municipality in an amount sufficient to make the payment, then the balance of the payment shall be a priority claim subject, however, to any claims having a priority under or pursuant to any provision of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, or the Constitution of the United States, against any and all other funds of the authorizing county, or the participating municipality, and shall be paid directly by the authorizing county, principal municipality, or participating municipality to the authority.

(d) It is expressly provided that neither the authorizing county tax collector, revenue commissioner, nor the director of revenue of the authorizing county, if any, shall pay to the authority any monies, the payment of which would impair the obligation under any contract entered into by the authorizing county, the principal municipality, or any participating municipality prior to May 24, 2013, or any tax monies from levies made for a specific purpose under the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Ala. Code § 11-32-17 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 11-32-17
Section 11-32-17 Use of Public Roads
Status: in_force

Any authority may use the rights-of-way of all public roads in the authorizing county without securing the prior approval of the state or of its agencies or departments or the governing body of a county and subject only to the necessity of obtaining the municipal consent required by Section 220 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, except that nothing herein shall be construed to exempt any authority from the requirements of Section 23-1-4. The authority shall have the duty to restore at its expense all roads, highways, and public rights-of-way in which it may have made excavations or done other work in constructing a transit system or performing any of its other corporate functions.
Ala. Code § 11-5-34 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-5-34
Section 11-5-34 Deputy Coroners
Status: in_force

The coroner of each county is authorized to appoint such deputy coroners as are needed, with the prior approval of the county commission. Any appointment shall be in writing and shall be filed in the office of the coroner and the office of the judge of probate. The coroner of each county may delegate any of the powers of the office to one or more deputies who shall then have the same duties with respect thereto as has the coroner. Any act of a deputy shall be performed in the name of the coroner and signed by the deputy performing the act. A deputy coroner shall hold office during and subject to the pleasure of the coroner. Each deputy coroner, before entering the performance of the office, shall file with the judge of probate of the county the bond and oath of office required by law to be filed by the coroner. No compensation shall be paid to a deputy coroner without approval of a majority of the membership of the county commission.
Ala. Code § 11-29-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 29 / Section 11-29-5
Section 11-29-5 Appropriations
Status: in_force

Beginning October 1, 1985, in addition to all other appropriations heretofore or hereafter made there is hereby annually appropriated from the General Fund of the state to the County Government Capital Improvement Fund an amount equal to 10 percent of the trust income at such time as the trust income received by the state in the preceding fiscal year equals or exceeds $60,000,000. Provided, however, no funds shall be appropriated to the County Government Capital Improvement Fund in any fiscal year for which in the previous fiscal year trust income received by the state was less than $60,000,000.
Ala. Code § 22-19-140 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-140
Section 22-19-140 Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature of Alabama is acutely aware of the serious shortage of organs needed for transplantation. In its concern with this shortage of organs, the Legislature intends to establish in this article, a mechanism for the requesting of donor organs of any person who has died in a hospital and has not made an anatomical gift to take effect upon death.

(b) The Legislature of Alabama believes the citizens of Alabama are compassionate and loving, and, in the appropriate circumstances, will respond to the request for organs for transplantation in that such a gift is, many times, literally, a “gift of life”.

(c) It is also the intent of the Legislature of Alabama to encourage organ donation in Alabama by establishing “The Lifesaving Organ Procurement Act of 1986.”
Ala. Code § 22-10-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10 / Section 22-10-1
Section 22-10-1 Enumeration of Conditions, Etc., Constituting Public Nuisances Menacing Public Health
Status: in_force

The following things, conditions and acts, among others, are hereby declared to be public nuisances per se, menacing public health and unlawful:

(1) Animals (including fish, birds, fowls and insects), other than human beings, infected with or acting as, or likely to act as, conveyors of disease or infection whereby they are likely to become menaces to public health;

(2) Insanitary buildings, yards, premises, places, privies, ponds, marshes, swamps and dumps which are, or are likely to become, menaces to public health;

(3) Insanitary clothing, bedding, furniture, vehicles, containers, receptacles, appliances and equipment which are, or are likely to become, nuisances to public health;

(4) Unwholesome, or decayed or infected meats, fish, fruits or other food or foodstuffs, medicines, drugs, beverages or drinking waters which are, or are likely to become, menaces to public health;

(5) Such other acts, things or conditions as may, from time to time, be by the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health declared to be public nuisances per se, menacing public health;

(6) The ownership, possession, management, control, maintenance, permitting or use of any of the things or conditions described or referred to in this section or in any rule or regulation adopted under subdivision (5) of this section;

(7) The conducting of a business, trade, industry or occupation or the doing of a thing, not inherently insanitary or a menace to public health, in such a manner as to make it a menace, or likely to become a menace, to public health; and

(8) The conducting of a business, trade or industry or occupation or the doing of a thing lawful, but inherently insanitary or a menace to public health, without complying with safeguards for the protection of health as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health.
Ala. Code § 22-22A-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22A / Section 22-22A-3
Section 22-22A-3 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context or by legislation governing functions transferred by this chapter, shall have the following meanings:

(1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management, established by this chapter.

(2) DIRECTOR. The director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

(3) DIVISION. A subdivision of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, which may be headed by a division chief. Such divisions may be divided into sections where appropriate.

(4) ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION. The Environmental Management Commission of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

(5) FUNCTION(S). A duty, power or program exercised by or assigned to a commission, board or the State Health Department, including all positions and personnel relating to the performance of such function, unless otherwise provided by this chapter.

(6) HEARING OFFICER. An attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Alabama, designated by the Environmental Management Commission to hear appeals for the Environmental Management Commission and to make findings of fact, conclusions of law and recommendations to the Environmental Management Commission for its final decision.

(7) PERSON. Any and all persons, natural or artificial, including, but not limited to, any individual, partnership, association, society, joint stock company, firm, company, corporation, institution, trust, estate, or other legal entity or other business organization or any governmental entity, and any successor, representative, agent or agency of the foregoing.

(8) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION(S). The issuance, modification, repeal or denial of any permit, license, certification, or variance, or the issuance, modification or repeal of any order, notice of violation, citation, rule or regulation by the department.

(9) All definitions of the Alabama Water Pollution Control Act, Section 22-22-1, shall be the definitions of the department for its Water Pollution Control Program.

(10) All definitions found in Section 22-23-31, relating to safe drinking water, shall be the definitions of the department for its Safe Drinking Water Program.

(11) All definitions of the Alabama Air Pollution Control Act, Section 22-28-2, shall be the definitions of the department for its Air Pollution Control Program.

(12) All definitions found in Section 22-24-1, relating to water well standards, shall be the definitions of the department for its Water Well Standards Program.

(13) All definitions found in Section 22-25-1, relating to water and wastewater systems and treatment plants, shall be the definitions of the department for its Water and Wastewater Systems and Treatment Plant Operator Program.

(14) All definitions found in Section 22-27-2, relating to solid wastes, shall be the definitions of the department for its Solid Waste Program.

(15) All definitions found in Section 9-7-10, relating to the coastal area Management Program, shall be the definitions of the Department and the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs for their Coastal Area Program.

(16) All definitions found in Section 22-30-3, relating to hazardous wastes, shall be the definitions of the department for its Hazardous Waste Program.
Ala. Code § 11-3-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-3-2
Section 11-3-2 Eligibility of Commissioners to Serve on Public Boards, Etc
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the restrictions of Section 280 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and the laws of this state, any member of a county commission may be appointed to and may serve on public boards, commissions, and authorities within this state unless otherwise prohibited by law. Except where otherwise specifically authorized or required by general state or federal law, only one member from a particular county commission may serve on any particular public board, commission, or authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this subsection shall not be interpreted to authorize a county commission to appoint a member to serve on the board of any authority, corporation, or association organized pursuant to Chapter 21 of Title 22 unless the appointment is authorized in the articles of incorporation of the authority, corporation, or association.

(b) All service on a board, commission, or authority by a member of a county commission prior to September 1, 2007, meeting the requirements of subsection (a) and all actions taken by any member of a county commission acting in his or her official capacity on the board, commission, or authority are ratified and confirmed.

(c) A member of a county commission shall not be reimbursed for expenses by both the public board, commission, or authority, and the county commission on which he or she serves. The member may elect to be reimbursed from either the public board, commission, or authority, or the county commission.
Ala. Code § 22-13-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13 / Section 22-13-3
Section 22-13-3 Educational Plan
Status: in_force

The State Board of Health, in collaboration with the Committee on Cancer Control of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama and other agencies, shall formulate and put into effect an educational plan for the purpose of preventing cancer throughout the State of Alabama, and for the purpose of aiding in the early diagnosis of cancer and for the purpose of informing hospitals and cancer patients of the proper treatment.
Ala. Code § 22-13-35 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13 / Section 22-13-35
Section 22-13-35 Liability Under Article
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall have any claim or cause of action against the State of Alabama, or its political subdivisions, or any individual arising out of any acts or omissions which occurred under the provisions of this article, if the state, political subdivisions, or individual is in compliance with this article.

(b) No person shall have any claim or cause of action against any person, or the employer or employee of any person, who participates in good faith in the reporting or receiving, or both, of cancer registry data or data for cancer or benign brain-related tumor morbidity or mortality studies in accordance with this article.

(c) No license of a health care facility or health care provider may be denied, suspended, or revoked for the good faith disclosure of confidential or privileged information in the reporting of cancer registry data or data for cancer or benign brain-related tumor morbidity or mortality studies in accordance with this article.

(d) No license of a health care facility or health care provider may be denied, suspended, or revoked for the failure to disclose confidential or privileged information in the reporting of cancer or benign brain-related tumor registry data or data for cancer or benign brain-related tumor morbidity or mortality studies.

(e) Nothing in this article shall be construed to apply to the unauthorized disclosure of confidential or privileged information when that disclosure is due to gross negligence or wanton or willful misconduct.
Ala. Code § 22-23-31 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-31
Section 22-23-31 Definitions
Status: in_force

When used in this article and except where the context prohibits, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) FEDERAL ACT. The Federal Safe Drinking Water Act, being Public Law 93-523.

(2) ADMINISTRATOR. The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

(3) NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS. Primary drinking water regulations promulgated by the administrator pursuant to the federal act.

(4) FEDERAL AGENCY. Any department, agency or instrumentality of the government of the United States, the regulation of which has been delegated to the State of Alabama pursuant to the federal act.

(5) BOARD. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

(6) HEALTH OFFICER. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

(7) LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNIT. Any community, town, city, county, board, authority, nonprofit corporation or other unit of government created by the Legislature.

(8) PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, local governmental unit, party, company, association, federal agency, state agency or any other public or private legal entity.

(9) SUPPLIER OF WATER. Any person who owns or operates a public water system.

(10) CONTAMINANT. Any physical, chemical, biological or radiological substance or matter in water.

(11) PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM. A system for the provision to the public of piped water for human consumption, if such system has at least 15 service connections or regularly serves an average of at least 25 individuals at least 60 days out of the year. A public water system includes:

a. Any collection, treatment, storage and distribution facilities under the control of the operator of such system and used primarily in connection with such system; and

b. Any collection or pretreatment storage facilities not under such control which are used primarily in connection with such system.

A public water system is either a community water system or a noncommunity water system.

(12) COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM. A public water system which serves at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents.

(13) NONCOMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM. A public water system which does not meet the requirements of a community water system.

(14) MAJOR MODIFICATION. Any modification of a public water supply which is declared to be “major” by the regulations of the board.

(15) STATE PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATION. A regulation which:

a. Applies to a public water system;

b. Specifies contaminants which, in the judgment of the board, may have an adverse effect on the public health;

c. Specifies for each such contaminant either:

1. A maximum contaminant level; or

2. Each treatment technique known to the board which leads to a reduction in the level of such contaminant sufficient to satisfy the requirements of Section 22-23-33 if, in the judgment of the board, it is not economically or technologically feasible to ascertain the level of such contaminant; and

d. Contains criteria and procedures to assure a supply of drinking water which dependably does not exceed such maximum contaminant levels, including quality control and testing procedures to insure compliance with such levels and to insure proper operation and maintenance of the system, and requirements as to:

1. The minimum quality of water which may be taken into the system; and

2. Siting for new facilities for public water systems.

(16) STATE SECONDARY DRINKING WATER REGULATION. A regulation which:

a. Applies to a public water system;

b. Specifies maximum contaminant levels necessary to protect the public comfort or well-being controlling contaminants which:

1. Adversely affect odor or appearance of water, thereby causing substantial number of persons to discontinue its use; or

2. Otherwise adversely affect the public comfort or well-being; and

c. May vary according to geographic and other circumstances.
Ala. Code § 22-19-178 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-178
Section 22-19-178 Law Governing Validity; Choice of Law as to Execution of Document of Gift; Presumption of Validity
Status: in_force

(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:

(1) this article;

(2) the laws of the state or country where it was executed; or

(3) the laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.

(b) If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.

(c) A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.
Ala. Code § 11-3-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-3-9
Section 11-3-9 Special Meetings
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2004-384, p. 639, §2, effective May 3, 2004.
Ala. Code § 22-21-138 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-138
Section 22-21-138 Powers - Eminent Domain
Status: in_force

The authority shall have the same power of eminent domain as is vested by law in the municipality, which power shall be exercised in the same manner and under the same conditions as are provided by law for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by the municipality.
Ala. Code § 1-2-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 1-2-1
Section 1-2-1 Official Coat of Arms - General Description
Status: in_force

Alabama shall have an official coat of arms which shall be as follows: a shield upon which is carried the flags of four of the five nations which have at various times held sovereignty over a part or the whole of what is now the State of Alabama: Spain, France, Great Britain and the Confederacy. The union binding these flags shall be the shield of the United States. The shield upon which the flags and shield of the United States are placed shall be supported on either side by an eagle. The crest of the coat of arms shall be a ship representing the “Badine” which brought the French colonists who established the first permanent white settlements in the state. Beneath the shield there shall be a scroll containing the sentence in Latin: “Audemus jura nostra defendere,” the English interpretation of which is “We Dare Maintain Our Rights.” The word “Alabama” shall appear beneath the state motto.
Ala. Code § 22-19-162 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-162
Section 22-19-162 Applicability
Status: in_force

This article applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.
Ala. Code § 11-9-22 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-9-22
Section 11-9-22 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 shall have the power from time to time to sell and issue interest-bearing warrants of such county for the purpose of paying costs to that county of acquiring and providing one or more waterworks systems for the purpose of rendering water service in any part of the county; provided, that the county shall not render water service within any municipality except pursuant to franchise granted to the county by such municipality. Any warrants issued under the provisions of this article may be in such denomination or denominations, may have such maturity or maturities not exceeding 30 years from their date, may bear interest from their date at such rate or rates payable at such times, may be payable at such place or places within or without the state, may be sold at such time or times and in such manner, whether publicly or privately, may be executed in such manner and may contain such terms not in conflict with the provisions of this article, all as the governing body of such county may provide in the proceedings wherein the warrants are authorized to be issued. All such warrants shall evidence general obligation indebtedness 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 shall be used solely for the purpose for which they are authorized to be issued, including the payment of any expenses incurred in connection with the issuance thereof.
Ala. Code § 22-6-228 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-228
Section 22-6-228 Risk Contracts
Status: in_force

A risk contract between the Medicaid Agency and an integrated care network shall be for two years, with the option for Medicaid to renew the contract for not more than three additional one-year periods. The Medicaid Agency shall obtain provider input and an independent evaluation of the cost savings, patient outcomes, and quality of care provided by an integrated care network, and obtain the results of an integrated care network’s evaluation in time to use the findings to decide whether to enter into another multi-year contract with the integrated care networks or change the Medicaid care delivery system associated with an integrated care network.
Ala. Code § 22-12-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 22-12-6
Section 22-12-6 Investigations; Quarantine Pending Investigations
Status: in_force

The State Health Officer, or any representative designated by him, may go into any place in this state for the purpose of making such investigations as shall determine the necessity for quarantine. Quarantine may be established, pending such investigation, upon authentic information of the existence of a quarantinable disease at any place from which such disease is likely to invade the state, or any portion thereof.
Ala. Code § 11-3A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3A / Section 11-3A-1
Section 11-3A-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as “The Alabama Limited Self-Governance Act.”
Ala. Code § 22-35-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 35 / Section 22-35-4
Section 22-35-4 Alabama Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the Alabama Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund, hereinafter referred to as the “fund,” to be administered by the Secretary-Treasurer of the Retirement Systems of Alabama. The fund shall be used by the department as a revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this chapter. The fund is not an insurance company and the laws relating to the conduct of business in this state by an insurance company do not apply to the fund. A decision that underground or aboveground storage tanks are ineligible for benefits under the fund does not expose the fund, the director, department, or commission to a claim of bad faith as such terms are used in general insurance law. Further, in no event shall combined claims against the fund for payment of response actions and third-party claims exceed the per occurrence indemnification limit set by the commission. Under no circumstances shall monies from the fund be expended to pay punitive damages. To the fund shall be credited all tank fee and Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund charge revenues levied, collected, and credited pursuant to this chapter. Charges against the fund shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(1) Whenever in the director’s determination incidents of soil or water contamination related to the storage of motor fuels in underground storage tanks discovered and reported to the department on or after October 1, 1988, and in aboveground storage tanks discovered and reported to the department on or after August 1, 1993, may pose a threat to the environment or the public health, safety, or welfare, and the owner or operator of the underground or aboveground storage tank has been found to be in substantial compliance, the department shall obligate moneys available in the fund to provide for:

a. Investigation and assessment of contamination sites;

b. The interim replacement and permanent restoration of potable water supplies;

c. Rehabilitation of contamination sites, which may consist of cleanup of affected soil and groundwater, using cost effective alternatives that are technologically feasible and reliable, and that provide adequate protection of the public health, safety, and welfare and minimize environmental damage, in accordance with the site selection and cleanup criteria established by the department, except that nothing herein shall be construed to authorize the department to obligate funds for payment of costs which may be associated with, but are not integral to, site rehabilitation, such as the cost for retrofitting or replacing underground and aboveground storage tanks. The moneys expended from the fund for any of the above approved costs shall be spent only up to such sum as will cause the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Subtitle I, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and any other federal laws governing disbursement of federal funds for cleanup and/or third-party claims to come into effect. The total amount of reimbursement available from the fund as a result of a release from underground or aboveground tanks shall not exceed under any circumstance the per occurrence indemnification limit set by the commission, less the applicable deductible. The indemnification limit of the fund shall be determined by the commission upon recommendation of the Trust Fund Management Board, on an annual basis, which shall not be greater than two million dollars ($2,000,000), nor less than one million dollars ($1,000,000). Provided that, beginning May 20, 2009, this amount shall remain at its current level of one million dollars ($1,000,000) and may be changed, if at all, for the first time for the year beginning October 1, 2009. If the indemnification limit of the fund is increased, such increased limit shall be available for response action costs or third party claims, or both, as to those existing sites that are eligible for trust fund benefits, but such increased limits shall not be available to existing sites where the department has previously issued a No Further Action Letter.

(2) In addition, the department shall obligate moneys available in the fund for payments of judgments or settlements for third-party claims entered against the fund under this chapter.

(3) Whenever costs have been incurred by the department for taking response action or enforcement action with respect to the release of motor fuels from an underground or aboveground storage tank, or the department has expended funds from the fund created by this chapter, the owner of the underground storage tank shall be liable to the department for such costs if such release was discovered or reported prior to October 1, 1988, and the owner of the aboveground storage tank shall be liable to the department for such costs if such release was discovered or reported prior to August 1, 1993, or if such owner or operator was not in substantial compliance on the date of discovery of the release of motor fuels which necessitates the cleanup or such owner or operator fails to maintain substantial compliance thereafter; otherwise liability is limited to the provisions contained in Section 22-35-7.

(4) The indemnification limit of the fund with respect to satisfaction of third-party claims shall be the following amounts:

a. For owners or operators of motor fuels underground and aboveground storage tanks that are located at petroleum marketing facilities, or that handle an average of more than 10,000 gallons of motor fuels per month based on annual throughput for the previous calendar year; one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence.

b. For all other owners or operators of motor fuels underground and aboveground storage tanks; five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per occurrence.

c. For owners or operators of 1 to 100 motor fuels underground and aboveground storage tanks; one million dollars ($1,000,000) annual aggregate.

d. For owners or operators of 101 or more motor fuels underground and aboveground storage tanks; two million dollars ($2,000,000) annual aggregate.
Ala. Code § 22-20A-31 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 20A / Section 22-20A-31
Section 22-20A-31 Advertising Restrictions; Food Service Establishments to Provide Required Information
Status: in_force

(a) A food service establishment shall not advertise or label a food item as catfish unless it is fish classified within the family of Ictaluridae.

(b) Any advertising of catfish or other members of the Order of Siluriformes, or catfish products or siluriformes products by food service establishments shall state the country of origin if the product was imported from a country other than the United States of America. The advertising required in this subsection stating the country of origin of the product shall be displayed daily when the catfish or siluriformes or catfish products or siluriformes products are from a country other than the United States of America.

(c) No catfish or siluriformes product shall be offered for sale at a food service establishment unless consumers are notified of the name and country of origin of the product. A food service establishment shall comply with this requirement by listing the country of origin on the menu in the same location and in the same size font as the product being offered, or by using a sign or tabletop display identifying the country of origin of the catfish offered for sale. If a sign is used, it shall be a minimum of 93 square inches with characters at least one inch in size. The sign or a series of signs shall be posted on a wall in a conspicuous location or locations in plain view of all patrons. If a tabletop display is used, it shall be at least 30 square inches and be placed on each table that is used for service.
Ala. Code § 22-22A-15 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22A / Section 22-22A-15
Section 22-22A-15 Chapter Does Not Repeal Section 22-30-5.1
Status: in_force

No provision of this chapter shall be construed to repeal in whole or in part any provision of Section 22-30-5.1.
Ala. Code § 22-13-55 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13 / Section 22-13-55
Section 22-13-55 Implementation of Article
Status: in_force

This article shall be implemented only to the extent that sufficient funds are made available for its implementation and administration.
Ala. Code § 22-19-54 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-54
Section 22-19-54 Authorization by Coroner; Medical Examiner; Local Public Health Official
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1, 2008.
Ala. Code § 22-7-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Section 22-7-1
Section 22-7-1 Authority to Charge and Collect Fees or Charges
Status: in_force

The State Board of Health is hereby authorized to charge and collect a reasonable fee or charge for services rendered by salaried employees of the State or County Board of Health or State or County Health Department in home health service programs administered by those agencies.
Ala. Code § 22-21-380 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-380
Section 22-21-380 Contracting Sales Representatives - Grounds for Discretionary Denial, Suspension, Revocation, or Refusal to Renew Registration
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §16, effective January 1, 2002.
Ala. Code § 22-6-227 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-227
Section 22-6-227 Quality Assurance Committee; Reporting Requirements
Status: in_force

(a) The Medicaid Agency shall create a quality assurance committee appointed by the Medicaid Commissioner to review the care rendered through the integrated care networks. The members of the committee shall serve two-year terms. The Medicaid Agency shall promulgate a rule establishing the membership and criteria to serve on the quality assurance committee.

(b) The Medicaid Agency shall continuously evaluate the outcome and quality measures adopted by the committee pursuant to this section.

(c) The Medicaid Agency shall utilize available data systems for reporting outcome and quality measures adopted by the committee and take actions to eliminate any redundant reporting or reporting of limited value.

(d) The Medicaid Agency shall publish the information collected under this section at aggregate levels that do not disclose information otherwise protected by law. The information published shall report all of the following:

(1) Quality measures.

(2) Costs.

(3) Outcomes.

(4) Other information, as specified by the contract between the integrated care network and the Medicaid Agency, that is necessary for the Medicaid Agency to evaluate the value of health services delivered by an integrated care network.
Ala. Code § 22-37-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 37 / Section 22-37-3
Section 22-37-3 Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate rules and regulations to restrict the import, distribution, and sale of plumbing, appurtenances and materials which are not lead-free. In addition, such regulations shall prohibit the use of any pipe, solder, or flux which is not lead-free in the installation or repair of any public water system or any plumbing providing water for human consumption which is connected to or supplied by a public water system.
Ala. Code § 22-6-21 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-21
Section 22-6-21 Short Title
Status: in_force

This article shall be known as “The Long Term Quality Health Care Act.”
Ala. Code § 22-19-28 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-28
Section 22-19-28 Carriers for Conveyance of Bodies; Receipts for Bodies
Status: in_force

The said board may employ a carrier or carriers for the conveyance of said bodies, which shall be enclosed in a suitable encasement and carefully deposited free from public observation. Said carrier or carriers shall obtain receipts by name or, if the person be unknown, by a description for such body delivered by him and shall deposit said receipts with the secretary of said board, who shall record and preserve the same.
Ala. Code § 11-19-20 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-20
Section 11-19-20 Appeals from Final Judgment of Board of Adjustment
Status: in_force

Any party aggrieved by any final judgment or decision of a board of adjustment established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may within 15 days thereafter appeal therefrom to the court having jurisdiction within the county wherein the affected property of the aggrieved party is located by filing with such board a written notice of appeal specifying the judgment or decision from which appeal is taken. In case of such appeal, such board shall cause a transcript of the proceedings in the action to be certified to the court to which the appeal is taken and the action in such court shall be tried de novo.
Ala. Code § 11-3-61 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-3-61
Section 11-3-61 Procurement or Purchasing Programs. (Amended by Act 2026-57)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-57, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) In addition to authority granted in Section 11-3-60, a county commission may adopt a procurement or purchasing program designed to simplify the purchasing of certain tangible personal property provided the program is designed in a manner that shall provide significant cost savings to the county and includes written policy and procedures for implementation and administration of the program as set out in subsection (c). For the purposes of this article, a “procurement or purchasing program” is a purchase payment program utilized as an alternative purchase order process with vendors agreeing to participate in such process. The program shall be approved by the county commission in order to allow individualized purchases of tangible personal property items which have received prior approval by the county commission through use of a card programmed for limited purchases of specific items by an individual designated by the county commission to make the purchases.

(b) Prior to implementation of a procurement or purchasing program, the county commission shall make the following determinations:

(1) That the program to be implemented meets governmental accounting standards and practices for development and administration of such program.

(2) That the program will provide significant cost savings to the county.

(3) That the program has been developed and designed in a manner that provides all necessary purchasing and accounting documentation required by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.

(4) That the program has been developed and designed with sufficient safeguards to significantly reduce the risk of mismanagement or misappropriation of funds.

(5) That the program will be carefully supervised and overseen by the county chief administrative officer.

(c) The county commission shall adopt written policy and procedures for the implementation, administration, and operation of the program, which policy and procedures shall include at a minimum, each of the following:

(1) A monetary limit on the amount of any individual purchase which may be made using a procurement or purchasing card.

(2) A monetary limit on the total monthly amount that may be purchased with a procurement or purchasing card, taking into consideration the county’s debt limit.

(3) Procedures to ensure that any person utilizing a procurement or purchasing card has been properly trained regarding use of the card, including purchases which are allowed, proper process for documenting purchases, and daily and monthly monetary limits.

(4) Procedures to ensure that the chief administrative officer carefully supervises and oversees the administration of the program and the use of procurement or purchasing cards within the county.

(5) Procedures for the chief administrative officer to keep accurate records of all purchases made with a procurement or purchasing card, which records shall be periodically reviewed by the chair of the county commission and may be reviewed periodically by any member of the county commission.

(6) Procedures to ensure that all procurement or purchasing card bills are carefully reviewed by the chief administrative officer each month to make sure that no unauthorized charges appear on the bill.

(7) Procedures to ensure the full cost of every purchase made through the use of a procurement card is paid or settled by electronic transfer within not more than 45 days of the purchase.

(8) Procedures to ensure that the county is at all times in compliance with the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41.

(d) Any company, financial institution, or other organization providing procurement card services as authorized under this article shall ensure the county commission’s purchasing authority is suspended immediately should the payment or electronic settlement for any item fail to be received within the 45-day limit required in subdivision (7) of subsection (c).
Ala. Code § 22-9A-17 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9A / Section 22-9A-17
Section 22-9A-17 Marriage Registration
Status: in_force

(a) Two persons desiring to unite in marriage may do so by submitting the affidavits, forms, and data specified in Section 30-1-5 and Section 30-1-9.1 for recording with the office of the judge of probate. The recording of the affidavits, forms, and data establishes legal recognition of the marriage as of the date the affidavits and forms were properly signed by the two parties so long as the documentation was provided to the probate office within 30 days of the signatures of the parties. Each marriage filed with the probate office shall be filed and registered with the Office of Vital Statistics.

(b) The office of the judge of probate shall record, in a permanent record, each marriage presented to the probate office for filing so long as the affidavits, forms, and data are submitted as required by Act 2019-340, and shall forward each marriage filed with the probate office during the preceding calendar month to the Office of Vital Statistics on or before the fifth day of the following calendar month.
Ala. Code § 22-19-81 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-81
Section 22-19-81 Persons Who May Be Directed to Withdraw Samples
Status: in_force

Only a physician, registered nurse, duly licensed clinical laboratory technologist, clinical laboratory technician, mortician, licensed embalmer or licensed practicing embalmer may be directed by a coroner, deputy coroner, a law enforcement officer or the State Toxicologist or his designated or appointed assistants to withdraw blood and/or urine for the purpose or purposes cited in Section 22-19-80.
Ala. Code § 11-4-44 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-4-44
Section 11-4-44 Compensation
Status: in_force

The qualified public depository or depositories acting as county depositories pursuant to Section 11-4-41 shall not receive any compensation or commission or other allowance for services as county depositories.
Ala. Code § 22-21A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21A / Section 22-21A-1
Section 22-21A-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this compact, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) COMMISSION. The Interstate Advisory Health Care Commission.

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE. The date upon which this compact shall become effective for purposes of the operation of state and federal law in a member state, which shall be the later of:

a. The date upon which this compact shall be adopted under the laws of the member state.

b. The date upon which this compact receives the consent of Congress pursuant to Article I, Section 10, of the United States Constitution, after at least two member states adopt this compact.

(3) HEALTH CARE. Care, services, supplies, or plans related to the health of an individual and includes, but is not limited to:

a. Preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or palliative care and counseling, service, assessment, or procedure with respect to the physical or mental condition or functional status of an individual or that affects the structure or function of the body.

b. Sale or dispensing of a drug, device, equipment, or other item in accordance with a prescription.

c. An individual or group plan that provides, or pays the cost of, care, services, or supplies related to the health of an individual.

Except any care, services, supplies, or plans provided by the United States Department of Defense and United States Department of Veteran Affairs, or provided to Native Americans.

(4) MEMBER STATE. A state that is signatory to this compact and has adopted it under the laws of that state.

(5) MEMBER STATE BASE FUNDING LEVEL. A number equal to the total federal spending on health care in the member state during federal fiscal year 2010. On or before the effective date, each member state shall determine the member state base funding level for its state, and that number shall be binding upon that member state. The preliminary estimate of member state base funding level for the State of Alabama is thirteen billion eight hundred eighty million dollars ($13,880,000,000).

(6) MEMBER STATE CURRENT YEAR FUNDING LEVEL. The member state base funding level multiplied by the member state current year population adjustment factor multiplied by the current year inflation adjustment factor.

(7) MEMBER STATE CURRENT YEAR POPULATION ADJUSTMENT FACTOR. The average population of the member state in the current year less the average population of the member state in federal fiscal year 2010, divided by the average population of the member state in federal fiscal year 2010, plus 1. Average population in a member state shall be determined by the United States Census Bureau.

(8) CURRENT YEAR INFLATION ADJUSTMENT FACTOR. The total gross domestic product deflator in the current year divided by the total gross domestic product deflator in federal fiscal year 2010. Total gross domestic product deflator shall be determined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce.
Ala. Code § 22-21-297 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-297
Section 22-21-297 Certification Necessary for Treatment; Exception
Status: in_force

No patient shall be treated or admitted to, except in the case of an emergency, to a regional referral hospital as an indigent unless and until the board of county commissioners of the county providing certification notifies the hospital that the patient is certified as an indigent and that he is approved by the board for treatment or admission.
Ala. Code § 11-11B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11B / Section 11-11B-1
Section 11-11B-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) CONDITIONS OF A GRANT. The terms and conditions upon which a grant is made by a donor.

(2) COUNTY. Any county of the state.

(3) DONOR. The United States of America, or the state, or any county in the state or any municipality or any department, division, board, bureau, institution or agency of any of the foregoing, or any person, firm or corporation, institution, foundation or other agency or any combination of any two or more such donors.

(4) GOVERNING BODY. The county commission, board of directors or other group or body which governs, controls or makes decisions for a grantee.

(5) GRANT. Any gift, grant, appropriation, donation, or advance by any donor, whether absolute or conditional, for any purpose.

(6) GRANTEE. Any county, or any department, board, bureau, commission or agency of any county, whether incorporated or not, acting on behalf of the county, or any public corporation, to which a grant is to be made.

(7) PUBLIC CORPORATION. Any board, authority or other county public corporation incorporated with the approval of, or more than one of the directors of which are elected or appointed by, the governing body of a county. A county board of education shall be considered a public corporation within the meaning of this chapter.

(8) SECURITIES. One or more bonds, notes, warrants or certificates of indebtedness of a county or public corporation.

(9) STATE. The State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 22-19-121 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-121
Section 22-19-121 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) CHAIRMAN. The Chairman of the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

(2) PERSON. Any person, firm, partnership, association, joint venture, or corporation, and any combination of persons herein specified, but “person” shall not include the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, except in the case of voluntary submission to the policies and procedures and standards for quality assurance established by this article and by the “chairman”.

(3) QUALITY ASSURANCE. The policies and procedures and standards of quality for the acquisition and/or transportation of donated organs, bones, and tissue retrieved in Alabama.

(4) ORGAN. Any human organ, human bone or human tissue, or any other part or portions of the human body, retrieved in Alabama except that the term “organ” shall not include blood, blood products, or eyes or corneas of the eye for the purposes established by this article.

(5) SERVICE. Any service pertaining to the acquisition and/or transporting of organs, bones, or tissues retrieved in Alabama.
Ala. Code § 22-21B-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21B / Section 22-21B-3
Section 22-21B-3 Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, unless otherwise required by their respective context:

(1) CONSCIENCE. The religious, moral, or ethical principles held by a health care provider.

(2) DISCRIMINATION. Discrimination includes, but is not limited to: Hiring, termination, refusal of staff privileges, refusal of board certification, demotion, loss of career specialty, reduction of wages or benefits, adverse treatment in the terms and conditions of employment, refusal to award any grant, contract, or other program, or refusal to provide residency training opportunities.

(3) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be asked to participate in any way in a health care service, including, but not limited to: A physician, physician’s assistant, nurse, nurse’s aide, medical assistant, hospital employee, clinic employee, nursing home employee, pharmacist, researcher, medical or nursing school faculty, student, or employee, counselor, social worker, or any professional, paraprofessional, or any other person who furnishes or assists in the furnishing of health care services.

(4) HEALTH CARE SERVICE. Patient medical care, treatment or procedure that is limited to abortion, human cloning, human embryonic stem cell research, and sterilization, and is related to: Testing, diagnosis or prognosis, research, instruction, prescribing, dispensing, or administering any device, drug, or medication, surgery, or any other care or treatment rendered or provided by health care providers. Health care service does not include notifying a member of a health care institution’s management of a patient inquiry about obtaining a health care service that a health care provider believes may violate his or her conscience.

(5) OBJECT IN WRITING. To provide advance notice in a signed written paper document to an authorized agent of his or her employer, board, or other oversight agency of a particular health care provider. The notice shall be provided within a reasonable time, but in no case less than 24 hours prior to any service or procedure objected to under this chapter by the health care provider.

(6) PARTICIPATE. To perform, assist in, refer for, admit for purposes of providing, or participate in providing, any health care service or any form of such service. Participate does not include compliance with a health care institution’s policy and procedure which states that a health care provider must notify a member of the health care institution’s management of a patient’s inquiry about obtaining a health care service that the health care provider believes may violate his or her conscience.
Ala. Code § 22-3-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-3-6
Section 22-3-6 County Health Officers - Salary
Status: in_force

The salary of the county health officer shall be fixed by the appropriate merit system, and shall be payable from funds available to the county for this purpose; provided, that in those counties in which a budget has been provided and agreed upon by the state, county or other contributing agencies, it may be paid out of said budget, by or under the direction of the State Board of Health, as other claims are paid out of said budget.
Ala. Code § 22-30B-19 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30B / Section 22-30B-19
Section 22-30B-19 Creation of the Alabama Legacy for Environmental Research Trust
Status: reserved

REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-412 EFFECTIVE MARCH 28, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
Ala. Code § 11-16-28 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-28
Section 11-16-28 Acquisition of Lands for New County Seat; Erection of Courthouse and Jail
Status: in_force

The county commission shall then procure by donation or by purchase at the expense of the county suitable lots or parcels of land in such city, town, or village, taking the fee simple title thereto to the county, and shall cause to be erected at the expense of the county a suitable courthouse and a suitable jail on said lots for the county as soon as practicable.
Ala. Code § 22-23B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23B / Section 22-23B-1
Section 22-23B-1 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the following facts are true and correct:

The 104th Congress of the United States of America has recently enacted into law amendments to Public Law 104-182 (the “federal act”) commonly known as the “Safe Drinking Water Act;”

Congress, in the federal act, has determined that the federal government is committed to maintaining and improving its partnership with the states in the administration and implementation of the federal act;

Congress has, in the federal act, determined that the requirements of the federal act with respect to safe drinking water will impose new requirements that may exceed the financial and technical capacity of many public water systems;

The federal act authorizes state revolving loan funds and authorizes the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to offer to enter into agreements with eligible states to make capitalization grants to further the health protection objectives of the federal act, promote the efficient use of fund resources and carry out the other purposes specified in the federal act;

The Legislature deems it necessary, desirable and in the public interest that the state take all action necessary to accomplish the full participation of the state in the revolving loan fund program authorized by the federal act in order to make available to public bodies funds available under the federal act;

Among the requirements of the federal act is the requirement that the state establish a revolving loan fund in compliance with the federal act and provide the other assurances, procedures and mechanisms to carry out the requirements of the federal act as a condition precedent to entering into a grant and other agreements with the federal government pursuant to which funds appropriated by the United States of America will be made available to the state for the purposes of the federal act;

It is necessary, desirable and in the public interest that the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, as the agency of the state charged with the primary responsibility for enforcing state and federal standards for public water systems in the state, be authorized and directed, together with the public corporation herein provided for, to take such actions as are necessary to comply with the provisions of the federal act and to enter into capitalization grants and other agreements with the United States of America pursuant to the federal act;

The federal act authorizes the authority to accelerate the availability of assistance to public bodies by leveraging the amounts available under the federal act through the issuance of bonds of the authority in order to make funds available to public bodies as soon as possible; and

It is necessary, desirable and in the public interest that the authority herein provided for be created for the purpose of issuing its bonds to fully utilize the federal assistance provided for in the federal act to the end that below market rate loans can be made available to public bodies for the purpose of facilitating compliance with the provisions of the federal act.
Ala. Code § 22-21-432 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-432
Section 22-21-432 Definitions
Status: reserved

REPEALED PER ACT 2023-24 EFFECTIVE APRIL 18, 2023.

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

(1) HEALTH CARE FACILITY. A general acute care hospital, long-term care facility, skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, assisted living facility, or specialty care assisted living facility.

(2) PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. A proclamation of the Governor or a resolution of the Legislature as provided in Section 31-9-3.
Ala. Code § 22-21-186 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-186
Section 22-21-186 Corporation Tax Exempt
Status: in_force

All property, real, personal or mixed, that may be owned by the corporation and the corporation itself shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation, including, without limitation, income, excise, privilege and license taxation. Further, the gross proceeds of sales of tangible personal property to or by the corporation and the storage, use or other consumption by the corporation of tangible personal property, as well as the gross proceeds from the lease or rental of tangible personal property by or to the corporation, shall be exempt from all such state, county and municipal taxation and from the measure of any such taxation imposed on others.
Ala. Code § 22-8A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8A / Section 22-8A-6
Section 22-8A-6 Proxy to Comply with Instructions, Intent of Patient
Status: in_force

An individual designated to make decisions regarding the providing, withholding, or withdrawing of life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration for another pursuant to Section 22-8A-4(b) shall make those decisions according to the specific instructions or directions given to him or her in the designation or other document or by the individual making the designation. In the absence of specific directions or guidance, the designated proxy shall make those decisions that conform as closely as possible to what the patient would have done or intended under the circumstances, taking into account the patient’s personal, philosophical, religious and moral beliefs, and ethical values relative to the decisions. Where possible, the designated proxy shall determine how the patient would have weighed the burdens and benefits of initiating or continuing life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration against the burdens and benefits to the patient of that treatment.
Ala. Code § 22-12-11 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 22-12-11
Section 22-12-11 Violation of Regulations as to Arriving Vessels
Status: in_force

Any person who violates the regulations prescribed by the corporate authorities of any town or city or by the county commissioner of any county in relation to vessels arriving in the harbor or in the vicinity of such town or city, after notice thereof has been given for five days in some newspaper printed in such town or city or, when there is none, by notice posted up at some public place therein for the same length of time, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00.
Ala. Code § 11-11B-8 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11B / Section 11-11B-8
Section 11-11B-8 Grant of Additional Authority; Chapter Not to Repeal, Restrict or Modify Any Law
Status: in_force

This chapter is intended to grant additional authority to grantees, counties and public corporations and shall not be considered to repeal, restrict or modify any law now in effect or hereafter enacted.
Ala. Code § 22-21-26 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-26
Section 22-21-26 License - Judicial Review of Suspension or Revocation
Status: in_force

Any party aggrieved by a final decision or order of the Board of Health suspending or revoking a license is entitled to a review of such decision or order by taking an appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the hospital is located or is to be located.
Ala. Code § 22-21-50 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-50
Section 22-21-50 Proceedings to Establish
Status: in_force

(a) Any one or more local governing bodies located in the same or contiguous counties, within a zone determined by the State Board of Health as a zone for public hospitals, may act to establish a hospital association, a body corporate and politic. Before taking action to establish a hospital association, each local governing body involved shall give notice of the time, place and purpose of a public hearing at which all residents and taxpayers of the local political subdivision shall be given an opportunity to be heard. Such notice by the local governing body shall be given by publishing or posting a notice at least 10 days preceding the day on which the hearing is to be held. In determining whether a hospital association shall be established, the need for additional hospital beds in the areas affected shall be determined. After such a hearing, the local governing body shall determine whether to establish a hospital association, and if it is decided to establish a hospital association, an appropriate resolution or ordinance shall be passed, which resolution or ordinance shall take effect immediately and shall not be laid over or published or posted. After the adoption of such resolution or ordinance, the local governing body shall thereupon appoint one member for each precinct or ward falling within the jurisdiction of the local governing body to act as a director for the hospital association.

(b) Said hospital association shall be a public body and a body corporate and politic upon the completion of the taking of the following proceedings:

(1) The directors of the hospital association shall present to the secretary of state an application signed by them, which shall set forth:

a. That notice has been given and a public hearing has been held and that they have been appointed by a local governing body as members of a board of directors of a hospital association;

b. The name and official residence of each of the directors, together with a certified copy of the appointment evidencing their right to office;

c. The date and place and induction into and taking oath of office and that they desire the hospital association to become a public body and body corporate and politic;

d. The term of office of each of the directors and the place where the official appointment of each of said directors is kept a record; and

e. The name which is proposed for the corporation;

(2) The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the directors before an officer authorized by the laws of the State of Alabama to take and certify oaths, who shall certify upon the application that he personally knows the directors and knows them to be the officers as asserted in the application and that each subscribed and swore thereto in the officer’s presence; and

(3) The Secretary of State shall examine the application, and if he finds that the name proposed for the corporation is not identical with that of a person or of any other corporation of the state or so nearly similar as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, he shall receive and file it and shall record it in an appropriate book of records in his office.

When the application has been made, filed and recorded as provided in this subsection, the association shall constitute a public body and a body corporate and politic under the name proposed in the application. The Secretary of State shall make and issue to the said directors a certificate of incorporation pursuant to this division under the seal of the state and shall record the same with the application.
Ala. Code § 22-8A-18 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8A / Section 22-8A-18
Section 22-8A-18 Consent of Parent or Representative of a Qualified Minor Required Before Instituting a Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Order
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as Simon’s Law.

(b)(1) Unless an Order for Pediatric Palliative and End of Life (PPEL) Care has been executed by the representative of a qualified minor and entered into the medical record of the qualified minor by the attending physician of the qualified minor in accordance with this chapter, a Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) order, whether oral or in writing, shall not be instituted for a qualified minor until both of the following occur:

a. Consent is obtained from the representative of the qualified minor for a DNAR order.

b. A reasonable attempt is made to inform one or the other parent of the consent by the representative of the qualified minor.

(2) An attending physician, health care facility, or the designee of any of the aforementioned shall provide information regarding the intent to institute a DNAR order in writing or orally. The attending physician, health care facility, or the designee of any of the aforementioned shall contemporaneously record the provision of information in the medical record of the qualified minor, and specify by whom and to whom the information was given. When the representative of the qualified minor has been informed, the attending physician, health care facility, or the designee of any of the aforementioned shall contemporaneously record, within the medical record of the qualified minor, information regarding the attempts to inform one or the other parent of the decision.

(c) The qualified minor’s representative may refuse consent for a PPEL order or a DNAR order for the qualified minor, either in writing or orally. Any refusal of consent shall be contemporaneously recorded in the medical record of the qualified minor. No DNAR order shall be instituted if there has been a timely refusal of consent, except when a PPEL order or DNAR order is consented to at a later date or in accordance with a court order issued pursuant to subsection (d).

(d) If the parents or representative of a qualified minor are unable to agree on whether to institute or revoke a DNAR order, either a parent or representative may institute a proceeding under subsection (e) to resolve the conflict based on a presumption in favor of the provision of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Pending the final determination of the proceedings, including any appeals, a DNAR order shall not be implemented.

(e) A representative of a qualified minor, attending physician, or health care facility may petition a circuit court of the county in which the qualified minor resides, or in which the qualified minor is receiving treatment, for an order enjoining a violation or threatened violation of this chapter or to resolve a conflict or perceived conflict. Upon receiving the petition, the circuit court shall issue an order fixing the date, time, and place of a hearing on the petition and ordering that notice of the hearing shall be provided. A preliminary hearing may be held without notice if the court determines that holding that hearing without notice is necessary to prevent imminent danger to the life of the qualified minor. In the court’s discretion, a hearing may be conducted in a courtroom, a treatment facility, or at some other suitable place.

(f) Upon the request of a qualified minor or the representative of a qualified minor, a health care facility or attending physician shall disclose in writing any policies relating to services a qualified minor may receive involving PPEL orders, DNAR orders, or life-sustaining measures within the health care facility. Nothing in this section shall require a health care facility or attending physician to have a written policy relating to or involving PPEL orders, DNAR orders, or life-sustaining treatment.

(g) Nothing in this section shall affect the rights of individuals or obligations of providers under the Federal Patient Self Determination Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395cc and 1396a.
Ala. Code § 22-30E-11 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30E / Section 22-30E-11
Section 22-30E-11 Voluntary Cleanup Properties Inventory List
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning on August 21, 2001, the department shall compile and update as necessary an inventory of all qualifying properties for which a voluntary properties assessment plan or cleanup plan has been approved by the department. At least annually, beginning July 1, 2002, the department shall send a copy of the inventory with the properties listed by county to the clerk of each probate court of the state, who shall place and maintain the most current copy of the inventory in the room or rooms in which the deed records of the county are kept. The inventory shall be called the Voluntary Cleanup Properties Inventory. The inventory shall include all the following information:

(1) The name of the property or another description identifying the property.

(2) The location of the property.

(3) The name of the owner of the property at the time of the property’s inclusion in the inventory.

(4) A general description of the voluntary property assessment plan or voluntary cleanup plan.

(5) If a property is to be cleaned up to standards less stringent than those required for unrestricted residential use, a description of the standards to which the property will be cleaned up and of any use restrictions which are imposed due to the nonresidential remediation.

(b) Beginning August 21, 2001, the property owner of any property listed on the inventory which is designated as having been cleaned up to standards less stringent than those required for unrestricted residential use shall include the following notice in any deed, mortgage, deed to secure debt, lease, rental agreement, or other instrument given or caused to be given by the property owner which creates an interest in the property:

“This property has been listed on the state’s Voluntary Cleanup Properties Inventory and has been cleaned up to standards less stringent than those required for unrestricted residential use due to the presence of substances regulated under state law. Certain uses of this property may require additional cleanup. Contact the property owner or the Alabama Department of Environmental Management for further information concerning this property. This notice is provided in compliance with the Alabama Land Recycling and Economic Redevelopment Act.”

(c) Upon a written determination by the department that a property has been cleaned up to standards suitable for unrestricted residential use, the notices required by subsection (b) shall be removed from the subject property records for the property.
Ala. Code § 22-23-38 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-38
Section 22-23-38 Samples of Water Supplied to the Public - Required
Status: in_force

At least once a month or as required by the board, every supplier of water shall deliver to the State Laboratory or a laboratory certified by the board samples of water supplied to the public.
Ala. Code § 22-12B-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12B / Section 22-12B-3
Section 22-12B-3 Sources of Funding
Status: in_force

The source of funding for moneys to be received by the Alabama Mothers and Babies Indigent Care Trust Fund shall include, without limitation, grants, appropriations, contributions, and donations. For the purposes of this chapter, political subdivisions may appropriate moneys directly to the trust fund. Any such grants, appropriations, contributions, and donations are hereby appropriated and allocated to the Alabama Mothers and Babies Indigent Care Trust Fund Board, at the time of the receipt of the grant, contribution or donation, or at the effective date of the legislation making the appropriation.
Ala. Code § 22-19-40 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-40
Section 22-19-40 Short Title
Status: in_force

(a) This article may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Anatomical Gift Act of 1969.

(b) This article shall only apply to gifts made prior to January 1, 2004.
Ala. Code § 22-21-330 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-330
Section 22-21-330 Lease Agreements with Authorizing Subdivision; Terms; Renewal Options; Special Pledge as Security for Payment of Rental, Etc.; Use of Vacant Space
Status: in_force

(a) Each authority and any authorizing subdivision are hereby respectively authorized to enter into one or more lease agreements with each other whereunder any health care facilities situated within (or within 10 miles of) such authorizing subdivision or any part thereof shall be leased by the authority to such authorizing subdivision, but if and only if such authorizing subdivision is then permitted by law to operate such health care facilities, to issue its bonds, warrants, notes or other securities therefor and to pledge for the benefit of any such securities its full faith and credit. No such lease agreement shall be for a term longer than the then current fiscal year in which it is made. Any such lease agreement may, however, contain a grant to such authorizing subdivision of successive options to renew such lease agreement, on the conditions specified therein, for additional terms, but no such additional term shall be for a period longer than the fiscal year in which such renewal shall be made. Such lease agreement may contain provisions as to the method by which such renewal may be effected.

(b) The obligation on the part of such authorizing subdivision to pay the rental required to be paid and to perform the agreements on its part required to be performed during any fiscal year during which such lease agreement is in effect shall constitute a general obligation of such authorizing subdivision, which is authorized to pledge its full faith and credit for the payment of such rental and the performance of such agreements; provided, that the rental required to be paid and the agreements required to be performed by such authorizing subdivision under such lease agreement during any fiscal year during which such lease agreement is in effect shall be payable solely out of the current revenues of such authorizing subdivision for such fiscal year.

(c) As additional security for the payment of the rental required to be paid and for performance of the agreements on the part of such authorizing subdivision required to be performed during the first or initial term of any lease agreement made by the authority with such authorizing subdivision, such authorizing subdivision is authorized to pledge specially so much of the following revenues and tax proceeds as may be necessary to pay the rental and to perform the agreements which are required in said lease agreement to be paid and performed during the said initial term:

(1) The revenues that may be received by such authorizing subdivision during the said initial term from the operation of the health care facilities covered by the said lease agreement remaining after the payment of all reasonable expenses during the said initial term for the operation and maintenance of the said health care facilities; and

(2) The proceeds that may be received by such authorizing subdivision during the said initial term from any tax or taxes, the proceeds of which the authorizing subdivision is authorized, in Section 11-81-16, to pledge for the benefit of bonds of such authorizing subdivision.

Whenever a lease agreement containing such a special pledge is renewed under its terms for an additional term, such special pledge shall be deemed effective for such additional term without the necessity of a new pledge being made or a new lease agreement being entered into for that purpose, and the exercise of the option to renew shall be construed as a renewal also of the said special pledge; provided, that said special pledge shall be applicable only to the aforesaid pledged revenues that are received by such authorizing subdivision during the fiscal year for which the lease agreement is renewed. Each such special pledge that shall be so effected by renewal of said lease agreement for an additional term shall be deemed to relate to, and to have been made as of, the date on which such lease agreement was made and shall take precedence over any pledge of said pledged revenues which might be made by such authorizing subdivision and over any claim which might arise against the said pledged revenues between the date on which such lease agreement was made and the first day of the additional term for which such lease agreement shall be so renewed. Any pledge of revenues made by such authorizing subdivision as aforesaid under the provisions of any contract made by it subsequent to the date of the lease agreement containing such special pledge shall be subordinate to the special pledge contained in such lease agreement.

(d) In any instance where a lease agreement contains a pledge of any tax proceeds, such authorizing subdivision shall during each fiscal year that such lease agreement shall be in effect:

(1) Levy the tax or taxes so pledged; and

(2) Use so much of the proceeds therefrom as may be necessary to pay the rentals and perform the agreements on the part of such authorizing subdivision which are required in such lease agreement to be paid and performed during such fiscal year.

(e) Any lease agreement may contain such covenants as shall not be inconsistent with this article. The rental required to be paid and the agreements required to be performed by such authorizing subdivision under the provisions of such lease agreement shall never create an indebtedness of such authorizing subdivision within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation or provision. If any space available for rent in any health care facilities which shall have been leased, in whole or in part, to such authorizing subdivision should become vacant after acquisition or construction of such health care facilities by the authority, then until such time as all such vacant space therein shall have been filled or rented, neither such authorizing subdivision nor any officer, department or agency thereof, shall thereafter enter into any rental agreement, or renew any then existing rental agreement, for other space in or about such authorizing subdivision to be used for the same purposes for which such vacant space in such health care facilities is capable of being used.
Ala. Code § 22-25A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25A / Section 22-25A-6
Section 22-25A-6 Violations
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2009-773, p. 2388, §1, effective May 22, 2009.
Ala. Code § 22-23-44 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-44
Section 22-23-44 Permit to Construct or Modify Water System - Issuance; Suspension or Revocation; Permits in Addition to Others Required by Law
Status: in_force

If the board shall determine that the water being supplied or to be supplied is pure, wholesome and potable and does not endanger the lives or health of human beings, it is authorized to grant the applicant a permit authorizing the applicant to furnish or to continue to furnish or supply water to human beings. All permits issued hereunder are revocable and may be suspended by the board at any time the board shall determine that the water being supplied is or is in danger of becoming impure, unwholesome or unpotable or does or will endanger the lives, health, comfort or well-being of human beings. Permits issued under this article are in addition to any other permits required by law.
Ala. Code § 22-4-12 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-12
Section 22-4-12 Designation of State Board of Health as State Agency for Receipt, Administration, Etc., of Funds for Preparation, Administration, Etc., of State Health Plan
Status: in_force

The State Board of Health, while acting in its capacity as the sole and official state agency to administer or to supervise the administration of the official State Health Plan, is hereby designated as the sole and official state agency to accept, receive, retain and administer any and all funds which are now available or which may become available in the future, either through donations or appropriations, for the preparation and administration or the supervision of the preparation and administration of the State Health Plan.
Ala. Code § 11-7-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-7-9
Section 11-7-9 Liability for Damages
Status: in_force

A county surveyor is liable on his official bond, for any damages done by a wrongful survey or plat.
Ala. Code § 11-30-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 11-30-3
Section 11-30-3 Powers of Liability Self-Insurance Fund
Status: in_force

Each liability self-insurance fund established under provisions of this chapter shall have the power and authority to establish a governing body of trustees; establish bylaws for the governing of such group; enter into contracts with member counties; establish a schedule of benefits payable; establish a schedule of charges to be collected from member counties for benefits provided; enter into contracts with solvent insurance companies authorized to do business in this state; enter into management and consultant contracts; hire attorneys and employees; and, exercise such powers and authority incident to the purposes of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-16-21 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-21
Section 11-16-21 Provision of Certified Lists of Registered Voters for Inspectors; Qualifications for Voting
Status: in_force

The judge of probate must furnish to the board of commissioners provided for in this chapter a duly certified list of the registered voters in each precinct or ward in the county on request of said commissioners or either of them and the payment of one cent for each name contained in such list, to be paid out of the county treasury on order of the commissioners. The commissioners aforesaid shall cause said lists to be placed in the hands of the inspectors of the respective precincts or wards or other voting places prior to the day of said election, and no person shall be entitled to vote in said election whose name does not appear as that of a duly registered elector on said list, unless he shall produce to the inspectors a certificate of registration showing his right to vote therein.
Ala. Code § 22-5A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5A / Section 22-5A-2
Section 22-5A-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section:

(1) ADMINISTRATOR. Any person charged with the general administration or supervision of a health care, domiciliary or residential facility without regard to whether such person has an ownership interest in such facility or to whether such person’s functions and duties are shared with one or more other persons.

(2) COMMUNITY OMBUDSMAN. A person selected by an area agency on aging who is then trained and certified as such by the commission pursuant to Section 22-5A-4.

(3) DEPARTMENT. Department of Senior Services.

(4) HEALTH CARE FACILITY. Any skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, domiciliary, boarding home facility or hospital now or hereafter subject to regulation or licensure by the Bureau of Licensure and Certification of the State Department of Health or a county department of health which provides any generally accepted facet of long-term residential health care or treats any recipient of long-term residential health care.

(5) LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE. Those health care services rendered to an individual who is a resident in-patient of a health care facility for any period which is expected to exceed 90 days.

(6) OMBUDSMAN. The State Ombudsman or any community ombudsman.

(7) RECIPIENT. Any person receiving long-term residential health care treatment in any health care facility in all its aspects including, but not limited to, admission, retention, confinement, commitment, length of stay, transfer, discharge, physical examination, issuing or filling a prescription for a controlled pharmaceutical substance, dispensing drugs or medication, counseling and/or treatment, and any instances directly related.

(8) STATE OMBUDSMAN. The State Long-term Residential Health Care Recipient Ombudsman, currently known as the Nursing Home Ombudsman of the Alabama Commission on Aging. The State Ombudsman shall be appointed by the commission and shall report to the executive director of the commission.
Ala. Code § 22-13-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13 / Section 22-13-5
Section 22-13-5 Annual Program for Early Diagnosis of Cancer
Status: in_force

The State Board of Health may, in its discretion, provide for such an annual program for the early diagnosis of cancer for residents of this state as, in its judgment, is practicable.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-42 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-42
Section 22-11A-42 Fees for Services by Bureau of Clinical Laboratories
Status: in_force

The State Board of Health may set a reasonable schedule of fees for services rendered by the Bureau of Clinical Laboratories of the State Board of Health. All fees collected shall be deposited to the credit of the State Board of Health for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.
Ala. Code § 22-23A-13 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23A / Section 22-23A-13
Section 22-23A-13 Taxation Exemption
Status: in_force

All bonds or other indebtedness of the authority and the coupons applicable thereto and the income therefrom and all projects or parts thereof and all assets of the authority shall be forever exempt from any and all taxation in the state.
Ala. Code § 22-34-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 34 / Section 22-34-7
Section 22-34-7 Authority Authorized to Issue 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 25 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.
Ala. Code § 22-30B-2.2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30B / Section 22-30B-2.2
Section 22-30B-2.2 Pledge and Appropriation of Funds for Public Health Finance Authority
Status: in_force

For the purpose of providing funds, not to exceed $4,500,000.00 during any fiscal year of the state, for the Alabama Public Health Finance Authority to pay at their respective maturities the principal of premiums, if any, and interest on any bonds issued by it under the provisions of Sections 22-3A-1 to 22-3A-24, inclusive, there is hereby irrevocably pledged for said above purpose and hereby appropriated the annual amount necessary, not to exceed $4,500,000.00 during any fiscal year of the state, from the first receipts after payment of any guarantees in Section 22-30B-2.1 of the fees that are levied on the disposal of waste, hazardous waste or hazardous substances pursuant to this act and that were not theretofore appropriated and paid into the General Fund of the State of Alabama (i.e., the amount resulting from the additional fee of $72.00 per ton for all waste or substances disposed of at each commercial site for the disposal of hazardous waste or hazardous substances from July 15, 1990 to April 30, 1992 and the amount resulting from the additional fees provided for in this act for all waste or substances disposed of at each commercial site for the disposal of hazardous waste or hazardous substances after September 30, 1992). The Alabama Public Health Finance Authority referred to in this section shall be organized pursuant to Sections 22-3A-1 to 22-3A-24, inclusive. Provided, however, if said Alabama Public Health Finance Authority is not in existence on July 15, 1990, the funds provided for in this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund until enactment of legislation establishing the aforementioned Alabama Public Health Finance Authority.
Ala. Code § 22-25A-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25A / Section 22-25A-7
Section 22-25A-7 Public Health Management Entity Fund
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2009-773, p. 2388, §1, effective May 22, 2009.
Ala. Code § 22-21-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-1
Section 22-21-1 Establishment of Hospitals by Local Authorities
Status: in_force

The corporate authorities of any town or city and the county commission of any county may each establish, within the town or city or within the county, hospitals, temporary or permanent, for the reception of the sick or infirm or of persons suspected of having infectious or contagious diseases, and may make all needful rules and regulations for the control and management thereof and may confer by contract upon any institution for the instruction of students of medicine located in the city, town or county in which such hospital is situated, upon such terms and for such number of years as they may determine, the right to select the visiting staff of physicians to such hospital for the collegiate course of each year and to hold clinics on the patients therein and have its students attend such clinics. The corporate authorities and the county commission may unite in the establishment of such hospitals, if deemed expedient, making them common for the use of the town or city and of the county, and in the making of rules and regulations for the control and management thereof and shall jointly have the same powers and authority above conferred upon each.
Ala. Code § 22-22-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-22-2
Section 22-22-2 Purpose of Chapter; Declaration of Policy
Status: in_force

Whereas the pollution of the waters of this state constitutes a menace to public health and welfare, creates public nuisances, is harmful to wildlife, fish and aquatic life and impairs domestic, agricultural, industrial, recreational and other legitimate beneficial uses of water, it is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state and the purpose of this chapter to conserve the waters of the state and to protect, maintain and improve the quality thereof for public water supplies, for the propagation of wildlife, fish and aquatic life and for domestic, agricultural, industrial, recreational and other legitimate beneficial uses; to provide for the prevention, abatement and control of new or existing water pollution; and to cooperate with other agencies of the state, agencies of other states and the federal government in carrying out these objectives.
Ala. Code § 11-3-28 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-3-28
Section 11-3-28 Management of County Juvenile Detention Facilities
Status: in_force

(a) Upon written request by the presiding juvenile judge of the county, a county commission, by resolution adopted no later than August 11, 2025, may assume the supervision and administration of the county’s juvenile detention facility and the individuals employed to work in the facility. Upon the passage of a resolution, the commission may hire a detention superintendent to manage the facility and the facility’s employees on behalf of the commission.

(b) The Supreme Court of Alabama shall review and revise as necessary the Rules of Juvenile Procedure to ensure compliance with this section.
Ala. Code § 11-16-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-6
Section 11-16-6 Commissioners - Vacancies
Status: in_force

If any person appointed commissioner shall fail or refuse to qualify or if any vacancy shall occur in the membership of said board at any time during its existence, the Governor shall fill such vacancy, and the appointee shall qualify as provided in Sections 11-16-2 and 11-16-4.
Ala. Code § 22-30D-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30D / Section 22-30D-2
Section 22-30D-2 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature of the State of Alabama makes the following findings and declarations:

(1) The soils, water, and air of this state constitute unique and delicately balanced resources.

(2) The protection of these resources is vital to the economy of this state.

(3) The preservation of waters of this state is a matter of the highest urgency and priority as these waters provide a primary source of potable water in this state and 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.

(b) The Legislature makes the following additional findings:

(1) Where contamination of soils, waters, or air has occurred, remedial measures have often been delayed for long periods while investigations of the extent of such contamination and determinations as to liability and the extent of liability are made.

(2) 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 or remediate the contamination.

(3) Adequate financial resources must be available to provide funding to investigate such contamination and, if necessary, promptly begin remedial measures.

(c) The Legislature makes the following additional findings:

(1) Drycleaning agents may have caused contamination in the past as part of the normal operation of drycleaning facilities and wholesale distribution facilities, and in many instances, such contamination may have occurred while such facilities were being operated in full compliance with laws existing at the time of such possible contamination.

(2) Such contamination, if any, which may have been caused by drycleaning agents at drycleaning facilities and wholesale distribution facilities may possibly pose a threat to the quality of the soils and waters of this state.

(3) Owners and operators of drycleaning facilities and wholesale distributors individually may lack the resources to investigate, assess, and, if necessary, remediate such contamination.

(4) Resources must be generated by the drycleaning industry as a whole to provide funds to establish and fund a drycleaning self-insurance program to provide funds to cover the cost to investigate, assess, and, if necessary, remediate sites contaminated by drycleaning agents.
Ala. Code § 22-6-200 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-200
Section 22-6-200 Federal Financial Participation; Contract for Services
Status: in_force

This article shall be of no effect if federal financial participation under Title XIX of the Social Security Act is not available to the Medicaid program for the purposes of this article at the approved federal medical assistance percentage, established under Section 1905 of the Social Security Act, for the applicable fiscal year, or in the event a contract for services between the PACE program and the State of Alabama Medicaid Agency or Regional Care Organization is not executed by September 30, 2014, and by the end of each subsequent state fiscal year thereafter.
Ala. Code § 22-40-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 40 / Section 22-40-3
Section 22-40-3 Scrap Tire License - Display; Decal
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2003-332, p. 823, §25 effective October 1, 2004.
Ala. Code § 22-3A-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3A / Section 22-3A-9
Section 22-3A-9 Form of Bonds; Redemption Option
Status: in_force

The bonds, which may be issued in one or more series, shall be in such forms and denominations and of such tenor and maturities, shall, if issued as interest-bearing bonds, bear such rate(s) of interest and be payable and evidenced in such manner, shall be payable in such installments at such time(s) and at such place(s), and may contain such other provisions not inconsistent with this chapter, all as may be provided in the resolution(s) of the directors under which the bonds are authorized to be issued; provided that none of the bonds shall have a specified maturity date later than 20 years after its date. At its election, the authority may retain in the resolution(s) under which any of the bonds are issued an option to redeem all or any thereof and at such redemption price(s) and after such notice(s) and on such dates and subject to such terms and conditions as may be set forth in said resolution(s) and as may be briefly recited in the bonds with respect to which such option of redemption is retained.
Ala. Code § 22-6-93 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-93
Section 22-6-93 Transfer of Funds - Generally
Status: in_force

To the extent any hospital or hospital system transfers, directly or indirectly, funds to the Medicaid Agency, transfers by the hospital or hospital system in any fiscal period which may be determined on an annual or other reasonable periodic basis may not exceed the amount of revenues received by the hospital or hospital system from payors other than the Medicaid Agency or a partnership hospital program during that period.
Ala. Code § 22-4-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-4
Section 22-4-4 Establishment of Internal Divisions or Bureaus and Professional Staff by State Board of Health
Status: in_force

The State Board of Health is hereby authorized and empowered to establish and support such internal divisions or bureaus as may be needed for the purpose of meeting the responsibilities and duties set forth in this article. As a minimum there shall be established an adequate professional staff for health planning and health resource development and construction of health care facilities.
Ala. Code § 22-37-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 37 / Section 22-37-4
Section 22-37-4 Amendment of City and County Plumbing Codes to Include Provisions of This Chapter
Status: in_force

All formally adopted city and county plumbing codes shall be amended within 12 months of May 10, 1988, to include the provisions of this chapter for installation and repair of plumbing facilities. All proposed plumbing codes shall include appropriate lead ban provisions as determined by the department, prior to adoption.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-38 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-38
Section 22-11A-38 Notification of Third Parties of Disease; Rules; Who May Be Notified; Liability; Confidentiality; Disclosure of Information for Certain Criminal Proceedings; Penalty
Status: in_force

(a) The State Committee of Public Health is hereby authorized to establish the rules by which exceptions may be made to the confidentiality provisions of this article and establish rules for notification of third parties of such disease when exposure is indicated or a threat to the health and welfare of others. All notifications authorized by this section shall be within the rules established pursuant to this subsection.

(b) Physicians and hospital administrators or their designee may notify pre-hospital transport agencies and emergency medical personnel of a patient’s contagious condition. In case of a death in which there was a known contagious disease, the physician or hospital administrator or their designee may notify the funeral home director.

(c) The attending physician or the State Health Officer or his designee may notify the appropriate superintendent of education when a student or employee has a contagious disease that endangers the health and welfare of others.

(d) Physicians or the State Health Officer or his designee may notify a third party of the presence of a contagious disease in an individual where there is a foreseeable, real or probable risk of transmission of the disease.

(e) Any physician attending a patient with a contagious disease may inform other physicians involved in the care of the patient and a physician to whom a referral is made of the patient’s condition.

(f) No physician, employee of the health department, hospitals, other health care facilities or organizations, funeral homes or any employee thereof shall incur any civil or criminal liability for revealing or failing to reveal confidential information within the approved rules. This subsection is intended to extend immunity from liability to acts which could constitute a breach of physician/patient privilege but for the protections of this subsection.

(g) All persons who receive a notification of the contagious condition of an individual under this section and the rules established hereunder, shall hold such information in the strictest of confidence and privilege and shall take only those actions necessary to protect the health of the infected person or other persons where there is a foreseeable, real or probable risk of transmission of the disease.

(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any other provisions of law, the State Health Officer or his or her designee shall under the circumstances set forth below disclose such information as is necessary to establish the following: That an individual is seropositive for HIV infection, confirmed by appropriate methodology as determined by the Board of Health; that the individual has been notified of the fact of his or her HIV infection; and that the individual has been counseled about appropriate methods to avoid infecting others with the disease. Such information shall be provided only under either of the following circumstances:

(1) In response to a subpoena from a grand jury convened in any judicial circuit in the state, when such a subpoena is accompanied by a letter from the Attorney General or an Alabama district attorney attesting that the information is necessary to the grand jury proceedings in connection with an individual who has been charged with or who is being investigated for murder, attempted murder, or felony assault as a result of having intentionally or recklessly exposed another to HIV infection where the exposed person is later demonstrated to be HIV infected. Prior to release of such evidence to the grand jury, such evidence shall be reviewed in camera by a court of competent jurisdiction to determine its probative value, and the court shall fashion a protective order to prevent disclosure of the evidence except as shall be necessary for the grand jury proceedings.

(2) In response to a subpoena from the State of Alabama or the defendant in a criminal trial in which the defendant has been indicted by a grand jury for murder, attempted murder, or felony assault as a result of having intentionally or recklessly exposed another to HIV infection where the exposed person is later demonstrated to be HIV infected, and, if subpoenaed by the State of Alabama, such material has previously been presented to the appropriate grand jury for review pursuant to subdivision (1), above. Prior to the introduction of such evidence in a criminal trial, it shall be reviewed by the court in camera to determine its probative value, and the court shall fashion a protective order to prevent disclosure of the evidence except as shall be necessary to prosecute or defend the criminal matter.

(i) Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean a physician, hospital, health department, or health care facility or employee thereof will be under any obligation to test an individual to determine their HIV infection status.

(j) Except as provided in this section, any information required pursuant to this article shall remain confidential.

(k) Any person violating any provision of this section or approved guidelines shall be guilty of a Class “C” misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 11-1-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-1-6
Section 11-1-6 Transfer of Money Erroneously Paid into County Treasury, Etc., to State Treasury
Status: in_force

Whenever any money to which the state is entitled and which should be paid into the State Treasury is erroneously or wrongfully paid into the county treasury to the credit of any fund therein or whenever any money from any source is in the county treasury and belongs to the state, the county commission in such county shall draw a warrant in favor of the person whose duty it is to collect and pay said money into the State Treasury, and it shall be the duty of the person in whose favor the warrant is drawn to collect said money and pay it into the State Treasury as in other cases.
Ala. Code § 22-27-25 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 22-27-25
Section 22-27-25 Investment of Trust Funds in Warrants
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 article.
Ala. Code § 22-6-250 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-250
Section 22-6-250 Short Title
Status: in_force

This article shall be known as the Medicaid Emergency Reserve Fund Act.
Ala. Code § 11-14-16 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 11-14-16
Section 11-14-16 Special Tax for Courthouse or Jail; Disposition of Surplus
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall be deemed necessary by the county commission of any county in this state to pay any debt or liability now existing against any county incurred for the erection, construction, or maintenance of the necessary public buildings or bridges or that may hereafter be created for the erection of necessary public buildings, bridges, or roads, such court shall have the power and authority to levy and collect a special tax upon the taxable property of such county, not to exceed in one year one fourth of one percent for such purposes; and such tax, when collected, shall be applied exclusively for the purposes for which the same was so levied and collected.
Ala. Code § 22-4A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 4A / Section 22-4A-5
Section 22-4A-5 Allocation and Distribution of Funds; Purposes
Status: in_force

The board shall allocate the funds appropriated through the Public Health Department for Family Practice Rural Health Programs. The Health Department shall distribute the funds as allocated by the board except for sufficient amounts necessary to cover the per diem, mileage and printing cost associated with the board’s activities. The board shall make allocations from the available revenue for existing Family Practice Residency Programs or any like program which may be hereafter created, provided such a program meets the criteria specified in Section 22-4A-4. The board is further authorized to allocate funds and make grants for the recruitment of physicians with such specialties necessary to meet the requirements of this chapter; to track students in physician residency specialty training programs; for the recruitment of physicians to locate in medically underserved areas; to fund health fairs for the recruitment of physicians or other medical personnel for underserved areas; to fund and provide for Medical Preceptorship Programs; to fund and provide for out of state rotations for residency training; and to fund essential studies, assessments or matters within the authority of the board.
Ala. Code § 22-8A-15 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8A / Section 22-8A-15
Section 22-8A-15 Order for Pediatric Palliative and End of Life Care for Qualified Minor; Rulemaking Authority
Status: in_force

(a) The representative of a qualified minor may execute a directive with respect to the extent of medical treatment, medication, and other interventions available to provide palliative and supportive care to the qualified minor by completing and signing an Order for PPEL Care form. Once completed and signed by the representative, the attending physician may complete and sign the executed directive and enter the directive into the medical record of the qualified minor. Once properly entered and received into the medical record, the directive is deemed a valid Order for PPEL Care; provided, however, it is the intent of this section to recognize the desires as reflected in communications, including verbal or written statements, of a qualified minor and of the representative of a qualified minor with respect to the extent of medical treatment, medication, and other interventions available to provide palliative and supportive care to the qualified minor. The desires, as reflected in communications, including verbal or written statements, of a qualified minor and representative of a qualified minor shall at all times supersede an Order for PPEL Care.

(b) The Department of Public Health, in consultation with the task force created pursuant to Section 22-8A-16, shall adopt rules not later than March 31, 2019, establishing the Order for PPEL Care form.

(c) The Department of Public Health may adopt rules to implement this section.
Ala. Code § 11-16-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-9
Section 11-16-9 Order Establishing Date for Election - Form
Status: in_force

The order may be substantially as follows:

Order for county seat election. The State of Alabama, _____ County. A majority of the qualified electors of this county having petitioned the Governor praying that an election be held in this county on the question of removing the county seat from _____ to _____, in this county; and the Governor having appointed the undersigned as the board of commissioners of county seat election, as provided by law: It is hereby ordered that an election be held at the usual voting places in this county, by the qualified electors thereof, on Tuesday, the _____ day of _____, 2__, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., on the question of such removal, at which election the elector who desires that the county site shall remain at _____ shall have written or printed on his ballot the words: “Against removal”; and the elector who desires that the county seat shall be removed to _____ shall have written or printed on his ballot the words: “For removal to _____. “Done this, the _____ day of _____, 2____. (Signed _____, the board of commissioners of county seat election.)
Ala. Code § 11-2-31 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-2-31
Section 11-2-31 Proceedings as to Sufficiency of Bonds of Certain County Officers - Oath and Bond of Applicants
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2009-744, p. 2229, §2, effective May 22, 2009.
Ala. Code § 22-1-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-1-2
Section 22-1-2 Conflicts Between Municipal and General Health Laws
Status: in_force

In the event that any of the provisions of Title 11 of this Code relating to municipal corporations shall be in conflict with any of the provisions of the general health and quarantine laws of the state, the provisions of such general health and quarantine laws shall prevail.
Ala. Code § 22-12-24 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 22-12-24
Section 22-12-24 Passing of Quarantine Lines by State Quarantine Officers and Guards
Status: in_force

All state quarantine officers and guards, upon presentation of such credentials and compliance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the State Board of Health, shall be permitted to pass all quarantine lines established by county, city or town authority.
Ala. Code § 11-16-14 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-14
Section 11-16-14 Powers and Duties of Returning Officers Generally
Status: in_force

The returning officer for each precinct or ward is clothed with all the power and charged with all the duties of a peace officer under the laws of the state while engaged in the discharge of his duties as such returning officer.
Ala. Code § 22-21-339 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-339
Section 22-21-339 Dissolution of Authority
Status: in_force

At any time when the authority does not have any securities outstanding, and when there shall be no other obligations assumed by the authority that are then outstanding, the board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of said resolution in the office of the judge of probate in which the certificate of incorporation of the authority was filed, the authority shall thereupon stand dissolved, and in the event that it owned any assets or property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all its assets and property shall, subject to any constitutional provision or inhibition to the contrary, thereupon vest in one or more counties, municipalities, or educational institutions in such manner and interests as may be provided in the said certificate of incorporation; provided however, that if the said certificate of incorporation contains no provision respecting the vesting of title to the assets and property of the authority, title to all such assets and property shall, subject to any constitutional provision or inhibition to the contrary, thereupon vest in its authorizing subdivisions as tenants in common.
Ala. Code § 22-18-64 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 22-18-64
Section 22-18-64 Annual Report; Joint Agreement; Disposition of Funds. (Amended by Act 2026-520)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-520, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) The ACCS shall annually report on the condition and accomplishments of the tuition reimbursement program to the Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Chair of the House Ways and Means Education Committee, the Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee, and the Deputy Director of the Legislative Services Agency, Fiscal Division. The report shall include the number of students participating in the program and the amount of tuition reimbursed for the reporting year. The member institutions of the ACCS, the fire college, and the University of South Alabama shall provide this information to ACCS for inclusion in the annual report. The report shall be submitted by the fifth legislative day of each regular session of the Legislature.

(b) The ACCS, the fire college, and the University of South Alabama shall enter into a joint agreement to implement and administer the tuition reimbursement program, which shall include provisions for ensuring that operational expenses for the program in a fiscal year do not exceed 10 percent of the funding for the program in that fiscal year. The joint agreement shall provide for limiting the acceptance of applications for the program or limiting tuition reimbursements when necessary, or both.

(c) Any monies received for the operations of the tuition reimbursement program, including repayments, interest, and penalties paid because of failure to honor service requirements, shall be used to fund tuition reimbursements.
Ala. Code § 22-21-10 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-10
Section 22-21-10 Flu and Pneumonia Vaccinations for Long Term Care Facility Residents and Employees
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, the following words have the following meanings:

(1) EMPLOYEE. An individual who is a part-time or full-time employee of the long term care facility.

(2) LONG TERM CARE FACILITY. The term includes a skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, specialty care assisted living facility or dementia care facility, or an assisted living facility licensed under this chapter.

(b) Each long term care facility in this state shall conduct an immunization program as provided in this section which gives residents the opportunity to be immunized annually against the influenza virus and to be immunized against pneumococcal disease and employees the opportunity to be immunized against influenza virus.

(c) A long term care facility shall notify the resident upon admission of the immunization program provided by this section and shall request that the resident agree to be immunized against influenza virus and pneumococcal disease.

(d) A long term care facility shall document the annual immunization against influenza virus and the immunization against pneumococcal disease for each resident and the annual immunization against influenza virus for each employee, as provided in this section. Upon finding that a resident is lacking the immunizations as provided herein or that an employee has not been immunized against influenza virus, or if the long term care facility is unable to verify that the individual has received the required immunizations, the long term care facility shall provide or arrange for immunization.

(e)(1) The annual immunization and documentation program provided by this section for influenza shall be completed not later than November 30 of each year.

(2) The annual immunization and documentation program provided by this section for pneumococcal disease shall be assessed within 5 days of admission and when indicated.

(f) For an individual who becomes a resident of or who is newly employed by the long term care facility after November 30, but before March 30 of the following year, the long term care facility shall determine the individual’s status for the influenza virus required under this section, and if found to be deficient, the long term care facility shall provide the required immunizations.

(g) No individual, resident, or employee, shall be required to receive vaccine under this section if the vaccine is medically contraindicated, if the vaccine is against the individual’s religious beliefs, or if the individual refuses the vaccine after being fully informed of the health risks of not being immunized.

(h) The State Board of Health may adopt rules to implement the immunization provisions of this section.

(i) The State Health Officer shall waive the requirements of this section in the event that there is a shortage of vaccine.

(j) The State Board of Health shall make available to long term care facilities educational and informational materials pertaining to the vaccination program provided in this section.
Ala. Code § 22-30B-2.4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30B / Section 22-30B-2.4
Section 22-30B-2.4 Restrictions on Disposal of Hazardous Waste; Exceptions
Status: in_force

No commercial site for the disposal of hazardous waste and hazardous substances shall during any calendar year receive and dispose of more than 600,000 tons of waste that cannot be legally disposed of in a solid waste landfill permitted under Subtitle D of RCRA 42 U.S.C. §6941.

Provided, however, that the Environmental Management Commission or its designee may allow the disposal of hazardous wastes in excess of the 600,000 ton annual limitation of volume imposed in this section if such action is determined by the Environmental Management Commission or its designee to be necessary to protect human health or the environment in the state. Provided further, if the commission determines that public awareness of environmental matters may be enhanced by special events or if amnesty or similar programs will promote the protection of human health and the environment of Alabama, then it may exempt any wastes so collected from the limitation of volume provisions of this section. Provided further, the Governor, or his designee, may allow the disposal of hazardous waste in excess of the 600,000 ton annual limitation of volume imposed in this section if such action is necessary to allow the state to comply with its obligations to assure disposal capacity pursuant to applicable state or federal law.

Notwithstanding the foregoing the operator of a commercial site for the disposal of hazardous waste and hazardous substances shall not be permitted to dispose of any “household waste” as defined in 40 C.F.R. 261.4(b), except residuals from incineration of such waste and household hazardous waste or with prior approval by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
Ala. Code § 22-23-39 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-39
Section 22-23-39 Samples of Water Supplied to the Public - Analysis; Fee
Status: in_force

The board shall cause a bacteriological, sanitary and/or chemical analysis to be made of each sample so delivered, shall record such analysis and shall furnish a copy to the supplier of water. The board is authorized to collect from the supplier a fee equal to its reasonable anticipated costs in causing such analysis to be made and providing such record.
Ala. Code § 22-25-8 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25 / Section 22-25-8
Section 22-25-8 Certification of Operators - Examinations
Status: in_force

The board shall hold at least one examination each year for the purpose of examining candidates for certification, at a time and place designated by the board.
Ala. Code § 22-11C-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11C / Section 22-11C-9
Section 22-11C-9 Registry Funding
Status: in_force

(a) The State Health Officer may accept grants, services, and property from the federal government, foundations, organizations, medical schools, and other entities as may be available for the purposes of fulfilling the obligations of this program.

(b) The State Health Officer shall seek any federal waiver or waivers that may be necessary to maximize funds from the federal government to implement this program.
Ala. Code § 22-19-167 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-167
Section 22-19-167 Preclusive Effect of Anatomical Gift, Amendment, or Revocation
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) and subject to subsection (f), in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under Section 22-19-164 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under Section 22-19-165.

(b) A donor’s revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under Section 22-19-165 is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in Section 22-19-163 or 22-19-168 from making an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under Section 22-19-164 or 22-19-169.

(c) If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under Section 22-19-164 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under Section 22-19-165, another person may not make, amend, or revoke the gift of the donor’s body or part under Section 22-19-169.

(d) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part under Section 22-19-165 by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part under Section 22-19-164 or 22-19-169.

(e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 22-19-163, an anatomical gift of a part is neither a refusal to give another part nor a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person.

(f) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 22-19-163, an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes set forth in Section 22-19-163 is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any of the other purposes by the donor or any other person under Section 22-19-164 or 22-19-169.

(g) If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a parent of the donor who is reasonably available may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part.

(h) If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a parent of the minor who is reasonably available may revoke the minor’s refusal.
Ala. Code § 22-6-27 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-27
Section 22-6-27 Resident Protection Trust Fund; Appropriation; Use
Status: in_force

All revenue collected pursuant to assessing civil penalties shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of Medicaid in a trust fund known as The Resident Protection Trust Fund. This fund is hereby appropriated to Medicaid to be expended for the purpose of protecting the health and property of residents in nursing facilities found deficient and for assisting with relocating indigent residents when an action is taken under the auspices of this article. This fund may be used for the maintenance of a facility pending correction of deficiencies or closure and to reimburse residents for personal funds lost. All funds in excess of $50,000.00 may be used to provide technical assistance to facilities to return to full compliance with this article.
Ala. Code § 22-4-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-6
Section 22-4-6 Appropriations to State Board of Health
Status: in_force

There is hereby appropriated to the State Board of Health any funds held by the State Treasury for the State Board of Health planning, health resource development, health care facilities construction or for administrative purposes, and there is hereby appropriated to the State Board of Health for planning, health care facilities construction and resource development any funds which are transferred or donated to it from any source for such health planning, health care facilities construction and resource development functions.
Ala. Code § 22-27-94 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 22-27-94
Section 22-27-94 Violations of Article
Status: in_force

Any person who violates the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 22-30F-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30F / Section 22-30F-9
Section 22-30F-9 Usury Exemption
Status: in_force

All notes, bonds, or other securities issued by the authority shall be exempt from the laws of the state governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, but without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8, commencing with Section 8-8-1, of Title 8.
Ala. Code § 11-8-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8 / Section 11-8-6
Section 11-8-6 Disposition of Unexpended Balances at End of Fiscal Year
Status: in_force

At the end of every fiscal year any unexpended balances remaining in the several funds set up under the provisions of this chapter shall go forward into the respective several funds for the succeeding year, and such balance or balances shall constitute a part of the income available for such fiscal year and shall be handled, appropriated, and disbursed as any other income for that year.
Ala. Code § 22-13A-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13A / Section 22-13A-9
Section 22-13A-9 State Health Officer Authorized to Accept Grants, Services, and Property from Entities; Federal Waivers
Status: in_force

(a) The State Health Officer may accept grants, services, and property from the federal government, foundations, organizations, medical schools, and other entities as may be available for the purposes of fulfilling the obligations of this program.

(b) The State Health Officer shall seek any federal waiver or waivers that may be necessary to maximize funds from the federal government to implement this program.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-14 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-14
Section 22-11A-14 Cases of Sexually Transmitted Diseases to Be Reported; Contents of Report; Reports Confidential; Penalty for Violation; Measures for Protection of Others
Status: in_force

(a) Any physician who diagnoses or treats a case of sexually transmitted disease as designated by the State Board of Health, or any administrator of any hospital, dispensary, correctional facility or other institution in which a case of sexually transmitted disease occurs shall report it to the state or county health officer or his designee in a time and manner prescribed by the State Board of Health.

(b) The report shall be upon a form prescribed by the State Board of Health and, at a minimum, shall state the patient’s full name, date of birth, race, sex, marital status, address, telephone number, place of employment, stage of disease, medication and amount given, and the date of onset.

(c) Any person who is charged with the responsibility of operating a laboratory which performs tests for sexually transmitted diseases as designated by the State Board of Health shall report all positive and/or reactive test results to the State Board of Health in a time and manner prescribed by the State Board of Health.

(d) The laboratory report shall be on a form prescribed by the State Board of Health which, at a minimum, shall include the patient’s full name, age or date of birth, race, test results, name and address of attending physician and date of report.

(e) The reports required by this section shall be confidential and shall not be subject to public inspection or admission into evidence in any court except proceedings brought under this article to compel the examination, testing, commitment or quarantine of any person or upon the written consent of the patient.

(f) Any person violating the provisions of this section or rules made pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, may be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00.

(g) Upon receipt of a report of a case of sexually transmitted disease, the county or State Health Officer shall institute such measures as he or she deems necessary or appropriate for the protection of other persons from infection by such diseased person as said health officer is empowered to use to prevent the spread of contagious, infectious or communicable diseases.
Ala. Code § 22-21B-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21B / Section 22-21B-4
Section 22-21B-4 Participation in a Health Care Service That Violates the Conscience of Health Care Provider; Written Objection; Liability
Status: in_force

(a) A health care provider has the right not to participate, and no health care provider shall be required to participate, in a health care service that violates his or her conscience when the health care provider has objected in writing prior to being asked to provide such health care services.

(b) When objecting in writing in accordance with this chapter, no health care provider shall be civilly, criminally, or administratively liable for declining to participate in a health care service that violates his or her conscience except when failure to do so would immediately endanger the life of a patient.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any person, health care provider, health care institution, public or private institution, public official, or any board which certifies competency in medical or health care specialties to discriminate against any health care provider in any manner based on his or her declining to participate in a health care service that violates his or her conscience, where the health care provider has made his or her objections known in writing. Provided further, students may be evaluated based on their understanding of course materials, but no student shall be required to perform a health care service or be penalized because he or she subscribes to a particular position on health care services.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, in a life-threatening situation where no other health care provider is available or capable of providing or participating in a health care or medical service, a health care provider shall provide and participate in diagnosis, medical treatment, medical care, and medical procedures until an alternate health care provider capable of providing or participating in the emergency medical treatment, medical care, or medical procedures is found or otherwise becomes available.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a hospital, as defined in Section 22-21-20, or other health care entity, and any employee, physician, member, or person associated with the hospital or other health care entity is immune from criminal and civil liability for any damage caused by the refusal of a health care provider to participate in a health care service as defined in this chapter at a facility owned, operated, or controlled by the hospital or other health care entity.
Ala. Code § 22-2-12 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-2-12
Section 22-2-12 How Salaries, Costs, and Expenses to Be Paid
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, salaries of all employees and the costs of all supplies and other expenses necessary to make operative the provisions of this Code and other statutes administered or enforced by the State Health Department shall be paid by the State Health Department out of the general appropriation made by the Legislature for public health work.