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AL Code § 22-1-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-1-5 - Salaries of Public Health Dentists.

Section 22-1-5Salaries of public health dentists. The State Health Officer shall, under the direction of the State Board of Health and with the approval of the State Personnel Board, fix the salaries of dentists holding graduate degrees or certificates in public health, or who are diplomates of a specialty board established by the American Dental Association, in any amount which does not exceed an amount that is $1,000.00 less than the salary of the State Health Officer. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 253, p. 368.)
AL Code § 22-1-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-1-6 - Public Dispensaries Treating Communicable Diseases.

Section 22-1-6Public dispensaries treating communicable diseases. 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. (Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1113; Code 1940, T. 22, §57.)
AL Code § 22-1-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-1-7 - Procedure When County Health Officer, etc., Resisted.

Section 22-1-7Procedure when county health officer, etc., resisted. If, in the attempt to perform any duty enjoined by any public health law of the State of Alabama or rule or regulation of the State Board of Health, the health or quarantine officer of a county, or his duly authorized representative, shall be forcibly resisted or threatened with forceful resistance, such health officer shall, after conference with the county board of health, if found necessary, make affidavit before any judge of a circuit court, district court, municipal court or the judge of probate of the municipality or county where such resistance occurs or is threatened, whereupon the officer before whom said affidavit has been made shall forthwith issue his warrant directed to the sheriff or to any bonded constable of said county, commanding said sheriff or constable to remove or abate, under the direction of said health officer, said insanitary condition, or source of infection or offensive or indecent material or thing or to remove said afflicted person; and it shall be the duty of said sheriff or constable, to whom said warrant shall be delivered, to promptly execute the same. In executing every such warrant, the said sheriff or constable shall have the right to enter by force into any such lot, piece of ground, house or vessel or upon such pond, lake or stream. (Code 1907, §721; Code 1923, §1141; Acts 1927, No. 640, p. 774; Acts 1935, No. 443, p. 918; Code 1940, T. 22, §80.)
AL Code § 22-1-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-1-8 - Penalty for Violation of Health or Quarantine Law.

Section 22-1-8Penalty for violation of health or quarantine law. Any person who violates any of the health or quarantine laws, except those for which a special penalty is prescribed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Code 1907, §7058; Code 1923, §4360; Code 1940, T. 22, §104.)
AL Code § 22-1-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-1-9 - Certain County and Local Laws Unaffected by Title.

Section 22-1-9Certain county and local laws unaffected by title. Nothing in this title shall be so construed as to amend or repeal any state quarantine law or any local public health or quarantine law applying to a county. Nothing contained in this title shall be construed to repeal any local law regulating nuisances to the public health. (Code 1907, §729; Code 1923, §1152; Code 1940, T. 22, §91.)
AL Code § 22-1-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-1-12 - Cardiac Arrest Survival.

Section 22-1-12Cardiac arrest survival. (a) The Department of Public Health shall establish a comprehensive cardiac arrest survival plan for the training, credentialing, and certification of primary cardiac care providers in the use of semiautomatic external defibrillators based on national guidelines for life-saving interventions of persons suffering sudden, non-traumatic cardiac arrest promulgated by the National Institutes of Health and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (b) All funds from the appropriation in Act 99-372 of the 1999 Regular Session shall be used to assist in the purchase or acquisition of semiautomatic external defibrillators and training for emergency medical care providers. To be eligible for assistance, emergency medical care providers shall meet standards established by the department. (Act 99-372, p. 600, §§1, 3; Act 2018-152, §3.)
AL Code § 22-1-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-1-13 - Breastfeeding Children in Public or Private Locations.

Section 22-1-13Breastfeeding children in public or private locations. A mother may breastfeed her child in any location, public or private, where the mother is otherwise authorized to be present. (Act 2006-526, p. 1222, §1.)
AL Code § 22-1-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-1-14 - Licensure Freedom Act.

Section 22-1-14Licensure Freedom Act.  (a) State licensure requirements for physicians, chiropractors, optometrists, and dentists in this state shall be granted based on demonstrated skill and academic competence. Licensure approval for physicians, chiropractors, optometrists, and dentists in this state may not be conditioned upon or related to participation in any public or private health insurance plan, public health care system, public service initiative, or emergency room coverage. (b) The licensure of dentists, osteopaths, chiropractors, optometrists, and physicians shall be conducted exclusively pursuant to Chapter 9 of Title 34; Division 1, commencing with Section 34-24-50, of Article 3 of Chapter 24 of Title 34; Article 4, commencing with Section 34-24-120, of Chapter 24 of Title 34; Chapter 22 of Title 34; and Division 1, commencing with Section 34-24-310, of Article 8 of Title 34, respectively. (c) Physician or optometric licensure shall not be conditioned upon or related to compliance with the "meaningful use" of electronic health records as set forth in C.F.R. Part 170. (Act 2014-273, p. 877, §1.)
AL Code § 22-1-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-1-15 - Certification Card for Persons Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Section 22-1-15Certification card for persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.  (a) Upon the request of a person medically diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, or the guardian or caregiver of the person, the Alabama Department of Public Health shall issue a certification card denoting that the person has been medically diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. The certification card and the person's driver's license may be presented to law enforcement as necessary. (b) The Alabama Department of Public Health shall establish by rule the proof required to be produced by a person medically diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who requests a certification card under subsection (a). (c) The department may collect a reasonable fee for the issuance of the certification card as determined by the department. (Act 2014-344, p. 1284, §3.)
AL Code § 22-1-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-1-17 - Sale of Over-the-Counter Spectacles.

Section 22-1-17Sale of over-the-counter spectacles. (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. (Act 2017-319, §1.)
AL Code § 22-1-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-1-18 - Autism Spectrum Disorder Coverage and Reimbursement Under Children’s Health Insurance Plan.

Section 22-1-18Autism Spectrum Disorder coverage and reimbursement under Children’s Health Insurance Plan. In the administration of and provision of benefits for the Children's Health Insurance Plan (ALL Kids), the Alabama Department of Public Health, on and after December 31, 2018, shall provide coverage and reimbursement for the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the same manner and same levels as health benefit plans. (Act 2017-337, §2.)
AL Code § 22-2-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 2 - State Health Authorities.|Section 22-2-1 - State Board of Health - How Constituted.

Section 22-2-1State Board of Health - How constituted. The Medical Association of the State of Alabama, as constituted under the laws now in force or which hereafter may be in force, is the State Board of Health. (Code 1907, §698; Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1046; Code 1940, T. 22, §1.)
AL Code § 22-2-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 2 - State Health Authorities.|Section 22-2-2 - State Board of Health - Authority and Jurisdiction.

Section 22-2-2State Board of Health - Authority and jurisdiction. The State Board of Health shall have authority and jurisdiction: (1) To exercise general control over the enforcement of the laws relating to public health. (2) To investigate the causes, modes or propagation and means of prevention of diseases. (3) To investigate the influence of localities and employment on the health of the people. (4) To inspect all schools, hospitals, asylums, jails, theatres, opera houses, courthouses, churches, public halls, prisons, stockades where convicts are kept, markets, dairies, milk depots, slaughter pens or houses, railroad depots, railroad cars, street railroad cars, lines of railroads and street railroads (including the territory contiguous to said lines), industrial and manufacturing establishments, offices, stores, banks, club houses, hotels, rooming houses, residences and other places of like character, and whenever insanitary conditions in any of these places, institutions or establishments or conditions prejudicial to health, or likely to become so, are found, proper steps shall be taken by the proper authorities to have such conditions corrected or abated. (5) To examine the source of supply, tanks, reservoirs, pumping stations and avenues of conveyance of drinking water, and whenever these waters are found polluted or conditions are discovered likely to bring about their pollution, proper steps shall be taken by proper authorities to improve or correct conditions. (6) To adopt and promulgate rules and regulations providing proper methods and details for administering the health and quarantine laws of the state, which rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of law and shall be executed and enforced by the same courts, bodies, officials, agents and employees as in the case of health laws, and a quorum, as provided for by the constitution of the medical association of the State of Alabama, shall be competent to act. (7) To exercise supervision and control over county boards of health and over county health officers and county quarantine officers in the enforcement of the public health laws of the state in their respective counties, and whenever any such county board of health, county health officer or county quarantine officer shall fail or refuse to discharge its or his duties, said duties may be discharged by the State Board of Health until proper arrangements are made to insure their discharge by said county board of health or said county health officer or said county quarantine officer, as the case may be. (8) To act as an advisory board to the state in all medical matters and matters of sanitation and public health. (Code 1907, §702; Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1051; Acts 1927, No. 640, p. 774; Code 1940, T. 22, §7; Acts 1965, No. 796, p. 1496, §2.)
AL Code § 22-2-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 2 - State Health Authorities.|Section 22-2-3 - State Board of Health - Annual Report to Governor.

Section 22-2-3State Board of Health - Annual report to Governor. The State Board of Health shall submit to the Governor an annual report of its transactions, in which report recommendations as to needed health legislation may be embodied. (Code 1907, §705; Code 1923, §1054; Code 1940, T. 22, §11.)
AL Code § 22-2-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 2 - State Health Authorities.|Section 22-2-4 - State Committee of Public Health - How Constituted.

Section 22-2-4State Committee of Public Health - How constituted. There is hereby created a State Committee of Public Health which shall be composed of 12 members of the board of censors of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama and the chairman of the four councils which are created in Section 22-2-9. The medical doctor members of the committee shall be selected by the State Board of Health, one from each of the United States congressional districts and the remainder from the state at large. A majority of the State Committee of Public Health shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman to serve one term of four years. Upon incapacitation or resignation of the chairman, the vice-chairman shall succeed to the chairmanship of the committee. Each member of the State Committee of Public Health shall have one vote, except the chairman who shall vote only in case of a tie. The State Health Officer shall be ex officio secretary to the committee, though not a member thereof, and he shall have no vote. The members of the committee shall receive per diem at a rate of $100.00 per day or any portion thereof that such committee members shall be in attendance at an official meeting or function of the committee. In addition, each committee member shall receive reimbursement for subsistence and travel in accordance with state law for each day actively engaged in the duties of their office. (Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1047; Code 1940, T. 22, §2; Acts 1973, No. 762, p. 1141, §1; Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-931, p. 230, §1.)
AL Code § 22-2-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 2 - State Health Authorities.|Section 22-2-5 - State Committee of Public Health - Prerogatives, Powers and Duties.

Section 22-2-5State Committee of Public Health - Prerogatives, powers and duties. Whenever the words "State Board of Health" are used in this title, or in any chapter or subsection thereof, said words shall mean the "State Committee of Public Health," as created in Section 22-2-4, except when the State Board of Health is in actual session assembled. The State Committee of Public Health, as constituted by this chapter, shall have and possess all the prerogatives and powers and duties heretofore prescribed by law for the State Board of Health and shall act for said board. The State Board of Health may by a three-fifths vote alter or amend any action of the State Committee of Public Health, but only when said board is in session assembled. (Acts 1973, No. 762, p. 1141, §5.)
AL Code § 22-2-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 2 - State Health Authorities.|Section 22-2-6 - When State Committee to Act for State Board; Meetings of State Committee.

Section 22-2-6When state committee to act for state board; meetings of state committee. When the State Board of Health is not in session, the State Committee of Public Health shall act for said board and have and discharge all the prerogatives and duties of said board, including the adoption and promulgation of rules and regulations. Meetings of the State Committee of Public Health shall be held monthly. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. Special meetings of the committee may be called by the chairman upon 10 days prior written notice to the members thereof. (Code 1896, §2424; Code 1907, §699; Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1048; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 22, §3; Acts 1965, No. 796, p. 1496, §1.)
AL Code § 22-2-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 2 - State Health Authorities.|Section 22-2-7 - Annual Report to Legislature by State Committee; Requests by Same for Information.

Section 22-2-7Annual report to Legislature by state committee; requests by same for information. The State Committee of Public Health and the State Board of Health shall be accountable to the Legislature of Alabama and shall make an annual report to the Legislature. The Legislature, or any committee thereof, may, from time to time, request certain information from the State Board of Health and the State Committee of Public Health, and both groups are hereby directed to lend their full cooperation in response to these requests. (Acts 1973, No. 762, p. 1141, §6.)
AL Code § 22-2-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 2 - State Health Authorities.|Section 22-2-8 - State Health Officer.

Section 22-2-8State Health Officer. The State Committee of Public Health shall elect an executive officer who shall be a physician licensed in the State of Alabama to be known as the State Health Officer and shall fix his term of office and salary. The qualifications of this individual shall be determined by the State Committee of Public Health. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the State Health Officer shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in the amount of $5,000.00, for the faithful performance of his duties. The State Health Officer so elected shall, under the direction of the State Committee of Public Health and with the approval of the State Personnel Board, fix the salaries of the medical employees of the State Committee of Public Health. When the State Committee of Public Health is not in session, the State Health Officer, as executive officer of the Department of Public Health, shall act for said committee and shall have and discharge all the prerogatives and duties of said committee. He shall report his actions to the committee at its next meeting after such action is taken, and such action of the State Health Officer shall then be subject to confirmation or modification by the committee. The State Health Officer shall exercise general supervision over county boards of health and county health officers and promptly report to said county boards of health any delinquencies of official duty on the part of said county health officers which may come to his knowledge, keep himself informed in regard to all diseases which may be in danger of invading the state and, as far as authorized by law, take prompt measures to prevent such invasions and keep the Governor and the Legislature informed as to the health conditions prevailing in the state, especially as to outbreaks of any of the diseases enumerated in Chapter 11 of this title, and submit to the Governor and Legislature such recommendations as he deems proper to control such outbreaks. (Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190; Acts 1973, No. 762, p. 1141, §4.)
AL Code § 22-2-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 2 - State Health Authorities.|Section 22-2-10 - Council on Dental Health, Council on Animal and Environmental Health, Council on Prevention of Disease and Medical Care and Council on Health Costs, Administration and Organization - Chairmen; Vacancies; Meetings; Quorum; Compensation.

Section 22-2-10Council on Dental Health, Council on Animal and Environmental Health, Council on Prevention of Disease and Medical Care and Council on Health Costs, Administration and Organization - Chairmen; vacancies; meetings; quorum; compensation. Each such council shall select from among its members, by majority vote, a chairman; and the chairman of each such council, by virtue of his selection as chairman, shall be a member of the State Committee of Public Health with full voting privileges, rights and responsibilities of membership. As each term expires on each council, the designated association or person responsible for the original appointment shall fill the vacancy for a five-year term. Appointees who serve less than five-year terms shall be eligible for reappointment for only one five-year term. A council member who ceases to be a member of the appointing authority or who no longer is a resident of the State of Alabama shall automatically cease to be a member of the council and his unexpired term shall be filled by the original appointing authority. No person shall be eligible for appointment to the State Committee of Public Health or to a council created in Section 22-2-9 who, at the time of his appointment, is 65 years of age. A schedule of meetings for each council shall be established by each council on a quarterly basis, or more frequently, as may be deemed necessary. A majority of the members of each council shall constitute a quorum. The chairman of each council shall serve for a term of two years and may be reelected as chairman for not more than one successive term or for a total of four years as chairman. Members of the four councils as outlined in this section shall serve without compensation, but members may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in connection with attendance at council meetings or authorized business of the council pursuant to Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 36. (Acts 1973, No. 762, p. 1141, §3; Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-931, p. 230, §2.)