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AL Code § 22-21-430 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 14 - Harold Sachs Act.|Section 22-21-430 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective May 12, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 22-21-430THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 12, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Harold Sachs Act. (Act 2021-470, §1.)
AL Code § 22-21-431 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 14 - Harold Sachs Act.|Section 22-21-431 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective May 12, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 22-21-431THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 12, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  (a) The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the residents of Alabama to continue to have access to their loved ones receiving acute care or residing in long-term care facilities during a public health emergency and that companionship with one's loved ones during that time can provide support and peace of mind that positively impacts the healing process. (b) The Legislature also finds that Representative Debbie Wood, whose mother, Peggy Hamby, succumbed to COVID-19, is forever remembered by the Alabama Legislature in the spirit of this bill. This bill represents Mrs. Hamby and the countless Alabamians who tragically lost relatives and loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Act 2021-470, §2.)
AL Code § 22-21-432 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 14 - Harold Sachs Act.|Section 22-21-432 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective May 12, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 22-21-432THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 12, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  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. (Act 2021-470, §3.)
AL Code § 22-21-433 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 14 - Harold Sachs Act.|Section 22-21-433 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective May 12, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 22-21-433THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 12, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  (a) During a declared state public health emergency, a health care facility shall continue to allow patients to receive visitors consistent with all applicable federal laws, regulations, and guidelines of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or any limitations set by a state or federal public health order. (b) A health care facility may require the person visiting a patient under this article to comply with all reasonable safety protocols of the health care facility that have been established to protect the health and safety of the visitor, patients, and staff of the health care facility. Accompaniment by a caregiver or visitation from a visitor advocate shall be subject to reasonable restrictions imposed on the caregiver or visitor advocate because of any of the following: (1) A patient's or resident's likelihood of exposing someone to an infectious disease is not controllable despite using reasonable safety practices, such as personal protective equipment. (2) A caregiver or visitor advocate actively exhibiting symptoms relating to an infectious disease. (3) Lack of adherence to proper infection control practices. (c) A health care facility shall follow all federal laws and regulations that require notice to each patient of his or her visitation rights. If there is any clinical restriction or limitation of the right, the patient is required to be informed of the limitations when he or she is informed of his or her rights under this section. Visitation may not be further restricted, limited, or otherwise denied on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability. (Act 2021-470, §4.)
AL Code § 22-21-434 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 14 - Harold Sachs Act.|Section 22-21-434 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective May 12, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 22-21-434THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 12, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  Nothing in this article shall expand, alter, or amend visitation guidelines or regulations implemented or enforced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (Act 2021-470, §5.)
AL Code § 22-21-435 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 14 - Harold Sachs Act.|Section 22-21-435 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective May 12, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 22-21-435THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 12, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, healthcare facilities shall, at all times, allow family or caregiver presence for the following: (1) End-of-life care, including clergy visitation for end-of-life care. (2) Support for patients with disabilities, including cognitive or developmental disabilities, where presence of the family or caregiver is integral to the patient's clinical care. (3) Pediatric care where the parent or legal guardian is required to be present. (Act 2021-470, §6.)
AL Code § 22-21-436 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 14 - Harold Sachs Act.|Section 22-21-436 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective May 12, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 22-21-436THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 12, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  During the pendency of a public health emergency, a health care facility shall not be liable for any damages, injury, or death based on a claim of negligence connected to the exposure or potential exposure to any virus, disease, infection, or like contagion relating to allowing visitation pursuant to this article. To be afforded this protection, a health care facility shall follow any applicable protocol related to visitors set forth in federal or state regulations, and any applicable emergency health order or directive.  (Act 2021-470, §7.)
AL Code § 22-23-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-23-20 - Upgrading of Water Service; Savings.

Section 22-23-20Upgrading of water service; savings. (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any water authority that upgrades its water services, including fire hydrants, that results in lower insurance rates for the customers, may enter into contracts with residential customers or business customers to receive the net savings realized for the first through fifth fiscal years thereafter, because of the upgrade. (b) Any savings from the sixth fiscal year on realized for water service upgrade by a water authority including fire hydrants shall be passed to the residential customers or business customers of the service. (Acts 1997, No. 97-417, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 22-23-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-23-21 - Notification of Permanent Change in Fluoridation Status.

Section 22-23-21Notification of permanent change in fluoridation status. (a) A public water system, as defined in Section 22-23-31, that proposes to initiate any permanent change in the fluoridation status of its water supply, including, but not limited to, discontinuing the fluoridation of the water supply or reducing the level of fluoride from an optimal level as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall provide written notice to the State Health Officer no fewer than 90 days before initiating the change. Notice shall include the proposed date of the change, reasons for the change, and all communities affected by the change. (b) A public water system that fails to meet the notification requirements of subsection (a) shall resume the fluoridation of its water supply to its previous level until proper notice is provided to the State Health Officer. (c) The notification requirements of subsection (a) do not apply to a temporary discontinuance of fluoridation that is caused by equipment failure, maintenance, or replacement; temporary chemical supply shortages; placing water sources offline; or other similar unavoidable circumstances. (Act 2018-547, §1.)
AL Code § 22-23-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-30 - Short Title.

Section 22-23-30Short title. This article may be cited as the "Alabama Safe Drinking Water Act of 1977." (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §1.)
AL Code § 22-23-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-32 - Regulatory Authority of Board Over Water Supplies.

Section 22-23-32Regulatory authority of board over water supplies. The board has regulatory authority over all public water systems in the state insofar as purity, potability, wholesomeness and physical quality of water which may affect the public health, comfort or well-being and shall, from time to time, examine, investigate and monitor the sources of public water supplies, the method of protecting groundwater supplies and the method of filtering, treating, storing and delivering water to consumers. The board shall consult with and advise suppliers of water or persons intending to become suppliers of water as to the best source of water and the best method of assuring its purity. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §3.)
AL Code § 22-23-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-33 - State Primary Drinking Water Regulations.

Section 22-23-33State primary drinking water regulations. The board shall promulgate and enforce state primary drinking water regulations that at no time shall be less stringent than the complete, current interim or revised national primary drinking water regulations. State primary drinking water regulations shall apply to each public water system in the state, except those which meet all the following: (1) Consist only of distribution and storage facilities and which do not have any collection and treatment facilities; (2) Obtain all their water from, but are not owned or operated by, a public water system to which such regulations apply; (3) Do not sell water to any person; and (4) Are not carriers which convey passengers in interstate commerce. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §4.)
AL Code § 22-23-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-34 - State Secondary Drinking Water Regulations.

Section 22-23-34State secondary drinking water regulations. The board shall promulgate and enforce state secondary drinking water regulations. State secondary drinking water regulations shall apply to each public water system in the state, except those systems exempted by Section 22-23-33. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §5.)
AL Code § 22-23-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-35 - Variances and Exemptions From Regulations.

Section 22-23-35Variances and exemptions from regulations. The board may authorize variances and exemptions from the regulations issued pursuant to Section 22-23-32 under conditions and in such manner as it, by regulation, deems necessary and desirable. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §6.)
AL Code § 22-23-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-36 - Action by Board Regarding Imminent and Substantial Hazards.

Section 22-23-36Action by board regarding imminent and substantial hazards. The board, upon receipt of information that a contaminant which is present in or is likely to enter a public water system may present an imminent and substantial danger to the public health, may take the following or other appropriate administrative actions: (1) Issue such orders as may be necessary to protect the health of persons who are or may be users of such system, including travelers; and (2) Commence a civil action for appropriate relief, including a restraining order or permanent injunction as provided in Sections 22-23-52 and 22-23-53. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §7.)
AL Code § 22-23-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-37 - Notification of Users and Regulatory Agencies by Water Suppliers of Certain Violations, Etc.

Section 22-23-37Notification of users and regulatory agencies by water suppliers of certain violations, etc. (a) The supplier of water shall, as soon as practicable, notify the local county health departments, the board, the administrator, users, the public and communications media located in the area served by the system whenever a public water system: (1) Is not in compliance with the state primary drinking water regulations; (2) Fails to perform monitoring required by regulations adopted by the board; (3) Is subject to a variance granted for an inability to meet a maximum contaminant level requirement; (4) Is subject to an exemption; or (5) Fails to comply with the requirements prescribed by a variance or exemption. (b) The notice shall include the fact of violation of public drinking water regulations, variance or exemption from compliance with such regulations and the extent, nature and possible health effects of such fact. Public notice shall be given in a manner prescribed by regulation. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §8.)
AL Code § 22-23-38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-38 - Samples of Water Supplied to the Public - Required.

Section 22-23-38Samples of water supplied to the public - Required. 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. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §9.)
AL Code § 22-23-39 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-39 - Samples of Water Supplied to the Public - Analysis; Fee.

Section 22-23-39Samples of water supplied to the public - Analysis; fee. 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. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §10; Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-783, §3.)
AL Code § 22-23-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-40 - Permit to Construct or Modify Water System - Required; Prerequisite to Issuance of Bonds by Local Government Unit.

Section 22-23-40Permit to construct or modify water system - Required; prerequisite to issuance of bonds by local government unit. No person shall construct or make major modification of any public water system, or portion thereof, without having first obtained a permit from the board as provided in this article. No local government unit shall be authorized to incur any debt or to issue bonds in aid of such public water system unless a permit shall first have been obtained from the board as required by this article. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §17.)
AL Code § 22-23-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-41 - Permit to Construct or Modify Water System - Application.

Section 22-23-41Permit to construct or modify water system - Application. Any person proposing to operate, construct, install, add to or make major modification of a public water system shall, prior to construction of such, file with the board an application for a permit to do so, together with complete plans and specifications and a statement containing a general description of the proposed public water system or of the proposed changes in the existing system, showing the geographical location thereof with relation to the source of water supply and the manner of storage, purification, treatment or delivery proposed or used for the supply, and all the sanitary and health conditions surrounding and affecting the said supply and the works, system and plant. The plans and specifications and statements shall be in such form and shall detail such matters as the board by regulation shall require. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §11.)
AL Code § 22-23-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-42 - Permit to Construct or Modify Water System - Investigation of Water System.

Section 22-23-42Permit to construct or modify water system - Investigation of water system. Upon filing of plans and specifications and statements by an applicant, the board is authorized to investigate the proposed system or existing works, system, plant, water supply and all other circumstances and conditions deemed material by the board. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §12.)
AL Code § 22-23-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-43 - Permit to Construct or Modify Water System - Order of Board Upon Finding That Water Is Impure, Unwholesome, Etc.

Section 22-23-43Permit to construct or modify water system - Order of board upon finding that water is impure, unwholesome, etc. Upon completion of any such investigation or of any routine or special inspection, if the board shall determine that the water being supplied or to be supplied is impure, unwholesome or unpotable, fails to comply with a maximum contaminant level or may constitute a menace or danger to the health or lives of human beings, or that the existing or proposed works, systems, plant or water supply or proposed modifications thereof are not suited to the production and delivery of healthful, pure and wholesome water, then, upon order of the board, the applicant or supplier of water shall make, within a time designated by the board, such changes as the board deems necessary to secure a continuous supply of pure, wholesome, potable and healthy water. The board may prohibit the use of said water supply or any modification, construction or operation of said works, system or plant until all orders of the board are carried out. Thereafter, it shall be unlawful for the applicant to use the said public water supply or to modify, construct or operate the said works, system or plants until the orders of the board are withdrawn. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §13.)
AL Code § 22-23-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally.|Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act.|Section 22-23-44 - Permit to Construct or Modify Water System - Issuance; Suspension or Revocation; Permits in Addition to Others Required by Law.

Section 22-23-44Permit to construct or modify water system - Issuance; suspension or revocation; permits in addition to others required by law. 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. (Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §14.)