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AL Code § 22-9A-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 9A - Vital Statistics.|Section 22-9A-24 - Persons Required to Keep Records and to Furnish Information.

Section 22-9A-24Persons required to keep records and to furnish information. (a)(1) Every person in charge of an institution shall keep a record of personal data concerning each person admitted or confined to the institution. This record shall include information as required for the certificates of birth and death and the reports of fetal death required by this chapter. The record shall be made at the time of admission from information provided by the person being admitted or confined, but when it cannot be obtained, the information shall be obtained from relatives or other persons acquainted with the facts. The name and address of the person providing the information shall be part of the record. (2) When a dead body or dead fetus is released or disposed of by an institution, the person in charge of the institution shall keep a record as provided for in subsection (e) of Section 22-9A-16. (3) Not later than the fifth day of the month following the month of occurrence, the person in charge of each institution shall send to the Office of Vital Statistics a list showing all births, deaths, and fetal deaths occurring in that institution during the preceding month. The lists shall be on forms or in a format prescribed by the State Registrar. (b)(1) A funeral director who removes from the place of death, transports, or makes final disposition of a dead body or fetus shall keep a record as provided for in subsection (f) of Section 22-9A-16. (2) Not later than the fifth day of the month following the month of occurrence, each funeral director shall send to the Office of Vital Statistics a list showing all dead bodies embalmed or otherwise prepared for final disposition or dead bodies finally disposed of by the funeral director during the preceding month. The list shall be on forms or in a format provided by the State Registrar. (c) Not later than the fifth day of the month following the month of occurrence, each county medical examiner, state medical examiner, or coroner who investigates a death or takes charge of a dead body or is responsible for certifying the cause of death shall send to the Office of Vital Statistics a list showing all of these deaths. The list shall contain the name of the deceased and the date and place of death and shall be on forms or in a format prescribed by the State Registrar. (d) Records maintained under this section shall be made available for inspection by the State Registrar or his or her representative upon demand. (Acts 1992, No. 92-607, p. 1255, §24.)
AL Code § 22-9A-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 9A - Vital Statistics.|Section 22-9A-25 - Enforcement.

Section 22-9A-25Enforcement. Each local and deputy registrar is charged with the strict and thorough enforcement of the provisions of this chapter in his or her registration district, under the supervision and direction of the State Registrar. He or she shall make an immediate report to the State Registrar of any violation of this section coming to his or her knowledge by observation, upon complaint of any person, or otherwise. The State Registrar shall thoroughly and efficiently execute the provisions of this chapter and rules of the board in every part of the state and shall possess supervisory power over local registrars and deputy registrars, to ensure the compliance with all requirements of this chapter. The State Registrar, either personally or by an accredited representative, may investigate cases of irregularity or violation of this chapter and rules of the board, and all registrars shall aid him or her, upon request, in the investigations. If the State Registrar deems it necessary, he or she shall report cases of violation of any provision of this chapter to the proper district attorney and grand jury with a statement of the facts and circumstances. The district attorney, upon receipt of the report, shall initiate and promptly pursue the necessary court proceedings against the person or corporation responsible for the violation. The Attorney General, upon request of the State Registrar, shall assist in the enforcement of this chapter and the rules of the board. (Acts 1992, No. 92-607, p. 1255, §25.)
AL Code § 22-9A-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 9A - Vital Statistics.|Section 22-9A-26 - Penalty for Violation of Chapter or Rules of the State Board of Health.

Section 22-9A-26Penalty for violation of chapter or rules of the State Board of Health. (a) Any person who does any of the following shall be guilty of a Class C felony: (1) Willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a certificate, record, or report required by this chapter or rules of the board, or in an application for an amendment to a certificate, record, or report, or in an application for a certified copy of a vital record, or who willfully and knowingly supplies false information intending that the information be used in the preparation of any report, record, or certificate, or amendment of the report, record, or certificate. (2) With intent to deceive and without lawful authority, makes, counterfeits, alters, amends, or mutilates any certificate, record, or report required by this chapter or rules of the board, or a certified copy of the certificate, record, or report. (3) Willfully and knowingly obtains, possesses, uses, sells, furnishes, or attempts to obtain, possess, use, sell, or furnish to another, for any purpose of deception, any certificate, record, report, or certified copy thereof, required by this chapter or rules of the board that is any of the following: a. Made, counterfeited, altered, amended, or mutilated. b. False in whole or in part. c. Relates to the birth of another person, whether living or deceased. (4) As an employee of the Office of Vital Statistics or any district designated under Section 22-9A-4, willfully and knowingly furnishes or processes a certificate of birth, or certified copy of a certificate of birth, with the knowledge or intention that it be used for the purposes of deception. (5) Without lawful authority possesses any certificate, record, or report, required by this chapter or rules of the board, or copy or certified copy or the certificate, record, or report knowing same to have been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained. (b) Any person who does any of the following shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 per violation: (1) Willfully and knowingly fails or refuses to provide information required by this chapter or rules of the board adopted pursuant to this chapter. (2) Willfully and knowingly finally disposes of a dead body without authorization as specified in Section 22-9A-16. (3) Willfully and knowingly neglects or violates any of the provisions of this chapter or rules of the board, or refuses to perform any of the duties imposed upon him or her by this chapter or rules of the board. (Acts 1992, No. 92-607, p. 1255, §26.)
AL Code § 22-9A-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 9A - Vital Statistics.|Section 22-9A-27 - Continuation of Rules and Forms.

Section 22-9A-27Continuation of rules and forms. All rules, forms, and procedures promulgated by the board prior to May 21, 1992 shall continue in force and effect until the forms, rules, or procedures are repealed, amended, replaced, or rescinded by action of the board through the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Sections 41-22-1 to 41-22-27, inclusive. (Acts 1992, No. 92-607, p. 1255, §27.)
AL Code § 22-9A-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 9A - Vital Statistics.|Section 22-9A-28 - Applicability.

Section 22-9A-28Applicability. The provisions of this chapter also apply to all certificates of birth, death, marriage, divorce, or annulment, and reports of fetal death and induced termination of pregnancy previously received by the Office of Vital Statistics and in the custody of the State Registrar or any other custodian of vital records. (Acts 1992, No. 92-607, p. 1255, §28.)
AL Code § 22-10-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10 - Nuisances Menacing Public Health.|Section 22-10-1 - Enumeration of Conditions, etc., Constituting Public Nuisances Menacing Public Health.

Section 22-10-1Enumeration of conditions, etc., constituting public nuisances menacing public health. 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. (Code 1907, §718; Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1136; Code 1940, T. 22, §75.)
AL Code § 22-10-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10 - Nuisances Menacing Public Health.|Section 22-10-2 - How and by Whom Nuisances to Be Abated.

Section 22-10-2How and by whom nuisances to be abated. Any such nuisance shall be abated by the county board of health and the county health officer in any of the ways provided in this chapter that may be appropriate or in any other lawful manner including abatement by a complaint. And an effort to abate by one method shall not preclude resort to any other method or methods. In litigation undertaken by such board for the abatement of a nuisance, said litigation may be conducted in the name of said board. (Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1137; Code 1940, T. 22, §76.)
AL Code § 22-10-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10 - Nuisances Menacing Public Health.|Section 22-10-3 - Summary Destruction of Property Without Compensation.

Section 22-10-3Summary destruction of property without compensation. When such nuisance consists of one or more of the diseased animals mentioned in this chapter, or of insanitary clothing or bedding, furniture, vehicles, containers, receptacles or appliances, or of unwholesome or decayed or infected meats, fish, fruits or other foods or foodstuffs, medicines, drugs or beverages or consists of personal property of small value and which nuisance, in the opinion of the county board of health, should be abated by destroying rather than curing, cleansing or disinfecting the animal or animals or thing or material involved; or consists of equipment which by reason of its nature cannot be used without being such a nuisance; or consists of a privy of an insanitary or improper type, the county board of health shall, if after a careful investigation of the facts it considers such a course necessary for the protection of the public health, adjudicate such animal or animals, or things or material involved or such privy, as the case may be, to be such nuisance and order its summary destruction without compensation to the owner thereof; and thereupon, the county health officer shall proceed with such destruction in such manner as reasonably to avoid danger of infection. (Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1138; Code 1940, T. 22, §77.)
AL Code § 22-10A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10A - Genetics Service.|Section 22-10A-1 - Declaration of Policy.

Section 22-10A-1Declaration of policy. It is declared to be the policy of this state to identify families who have members with genetic disorders that cause birth defects and mental retardation. A part of this policy shall be to encourage prevention of birth defects and mental retardation through education, genetic counseling and amniocentesis when applicable. (Acts 1978, No. 824, p. 1226, §1.)
AL Code § 22-10A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10A - Genetics Service.|Section 22-10A-2 - Diagnostic Facilities, Genetic Counseling and Prenatal Testing for Genetic Disorders at University of Alabama in Birmingham and University of South Alabama.

Section 22-10A-2Diagnostic facilities, genetic counseling and prenatal testing for genetic disorders at University of Alabama in Birmingham and University of South Alabama. (a) The University of Alabama in Birmingham, through its laboratory of medical genetics, and the University of South Alabama shall expand their respective medical genetics programs to provide diagnostic facilities, genetic counseling and prenatal testing for genetic disorders. (b) Each shall: (1) Develop an education program designed to educate physicians and the public concerning genetic disorders and the availability of this program. (2) Assure that genetic counseling is available to those Alabama families who need it. This will include those families who have a member with a birth defect, mental retardation, or other handicapping disorder due to genetic factors as well as families identified by screening to be at increased risk for having a child with one of these problems. (3) Formulate a graduated fee schedule, based on the ability of the patient to pay, to offset the costs of the program. (c) Each shall expand its current program to assist private physicians and clinics of the Department of Public Health, the Children's Rehabilitation Service and the Department of Mental Health in referring affected members and their families to the program. (d) Each shall extend prenatal testing to those families meeting criteria for eligibility, including but not limited to the following: (1) Pregnant women 35 years of age or older. (2) Pregnant women having had a previous Down's Syndrome child or a child with any other chromosomal disorder. (3) Pregnancies where one parent is a translocation carrier. (4) Women who are carriers of an X-linked disorder. (5) Pregnancies where both parents are carriers of an Autosomal Recessive Disorder that can be detected prenatally. (6) Pregnancies where the parents have a previous child who has a neural tube defect. (Acts 1978, No. 824, p. 1226, §2.)
AL Code § 22-10A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10A - Genetics Service.|Section 22-10A-3 - Participation by Individuals Voluntary.

Section 22-10A-3Participation by individuals voluntary. The participation by any individual in this program shall be voluntary and shall not be a prerequisite to eligibility for or receipt of any other service or assistance from, or to participation in, any other program. (Acts 1978, No. 824, p. 1226, §3.)
AL Code § 22-10B-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10B - Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission.|Section 22-10B-1 - Establishment.

Section 22-10B-1Establishment. There is created and established the Alabama Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission. (Acts 1996, No. 96-727, p. 1219, §1.)
AL Code § 22-10B-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10B - Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission.|Section 22-10B-2 - Composition; Reimbursement for Expenditures.

Section 22-10B-2Composition; reimbursement for expenditures. (a) The commission shall consist of the following members: (1) Two members shall be appointed by the Governor. (2) One member shall be appointed by the University of South Alabama Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center. (3) One member shall be appointed by the University of Alabama-Birmingham. (4) One member shall be appointed by the Children's Hospital of Birmingham. (5) Each of the seven chapters of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America-Alabama Chapter, Incorporated, shall appoint one member. (b) Appointees to the commission shall be citizens of this state and shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate, and upon confirmation, serve for a term of four years. The membership of the commission shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. The commission shall annually report to the Legislature by the second legislative day of each regular session the extent to which the commission has complied with the diversity provisions of this subsection. In the event of the death or resignation of any member of the commission, a successor shall be appointed by the original appointing authority and the successor appointed to the vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. The members shall elect from their membership a chair and a vice chair at an organizational meeting held no later than 30 days after appointments to the commission are confirmed. (c) Members of the commission shall receive no salaries but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenditures incurred in the performance of their official duties pursuant to Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 36. Expenses of the commission are to be paid from funds available to the commission. (d) A member who has failed to attend three consecutive properly noticed meetings may be removed at the request of the commission. (Acts 1996, No. 96-727, p. 1219, §2; Act 2010-277, p. 500, §3; Act 2015-317, §1.)
AL Code § 22-10B-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10B - Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission.|Section 22-10B-3 - Duties.

Section 22-10B-3Duties. (a) The Alabama Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission shall be designated as the agency to insure the delivery of sickle cell services pursuant to Section 22-10B-5 to affected persons in all counties in Alabama and assist in establishing geographical service delivery boundaries. The commission shall promulgate guidelines for creating uniformity in the delivery of services and the management of statewide programs. (b) The commission shall also promulgate rules pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act for handling complaints regarding service and management of statewide programs and addressing any other discrepancies brought to the attention of the commission. The commission shall not have the authority to promulgate rules regarding medical care. Any rule promulgated shall not be construed to establish a standard of care for physicians licensed to practice medicine. (Acts 1996, No. 96-727, p. 1219, §3; Act 2000-697, p. 1420, §1; Act 2015-317, §1.)
AL Code § 22-10B-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10B - Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission.|Section 22-10B-4 - Approval and Funding to Provide Services; Budget.

Section 22-10B-4Approval and funding to provide services; budget. All persons, firms, corporations, unincorporated associations, state agencies, units of local government, or any public or private entity requesting public funding to provide quality sickle cell services shall receive approval biannually from the commission. The commission shall allocate the funds from any appropriation by the state for sickle cell treatment and education, and shall be responsible for submitting a consolidated budget and any other financial information required of state agencies, pursuant to the Budget Management Act. (Acts 1996, No. 96-727, p. 1219, §4; Act 2000-697, p. 1420, §1.)
AL Code § 22-10B-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10B - Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission.|Section 22-10B-5 - Sickle Cell Services.

Section 22-10B-5Sickle cell services. The sickle cell services shall include all of the following: (1) Public and professional health education which shall be provided by persons specially trained for the task. (2) Screening of all newborns within a designated area for sickle cell disease by accurate laboratory techniques. (3) Genetic counseling and decision-making counseling which shall be offered to all parents of infants who are affected with Sickle Cell Disease and to those parents and patients at risk of having other children affected with this disease. (4) Medical referral and follow-up which shall consist of a prompt definitive diagnosis of patients found to have medically significant hemoglobin and the medical management of painful episodes, infections, and other complications which shall be provided by physicians and other medical professionals. (5) Psychosocial support services which shall be provided to help patients affected with Sickle Cell Disease to live a happy and successful life. (Acts 1996, No. 96-727, p. 1219, §5.)
AL Code § 22-10B-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10B - Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission.|Section 22-10B-6 - Status as Enumerated Agency Under Section 41-20-3(a)(6).

Section 22-10B-6Status as enumerated agency under Section 41-20-3(a)(6). This commission shall be an enumerated agency pursuant to Section 41-20-3(a)(6). (Acts 1996, No. 96-727, p. 1219, §6.)
AL Code § 22-10B-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10B - Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission.|Section 22-10B-7 - Exemption of Alabama Department of Public Health.

Section 22-10B-7Exemption of Alabama Department of Public Health. The Alabama Department of Public Health shall be exempt from any and all provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1996, No. 96-727, p. 1219, §7.)