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AL Code § 22-19-184 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 19 - Dead Bodies.|Article 9 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.|Section 22-19-184 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

Section 22-19-184Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. This article modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(a) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b). (Act 2008-453, p. 867, §1.)
AL Code § 22-20A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products.|Article 1 - Source or Origin of Farm-Raised and Wild Fish.|Section 22-20A-1 - Legislative Findings.

Section 22-20A-1Legislative findings. The Legislature hereby finds and declares the consumer's right to know the source or origin of a food product for human consumption is paramount and essential to the health, safety, and well-being of the people of this state and nation. Providing notice to the public of whether farm-raised fish and wild fish are imported or domestic is compelling. (Act 2009-582, p. 1715, §1.)
AL Code § 22-20A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products.|Article 1 - Source or Origin of Farm-Raised and Wild Fish.|Section 22-20A-2 - Definitions.

Section 22-20A-2Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The State Board of Health as defined in Section 22-2-3. (2) DOMESTIC. Any farm-raised fish or wild fish hatched, raised, harvested, or processed within the United States or a territory of the United States. (3) FARM-RAISED FISH. Includes farm-raised shellfish and fillets, steaks, nuggets, and any other flesh from a farm-raised fish or shellfish and includes any product of which farm-raised fish is an ingredient. (4) FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT. Any place, vehicle, or vessel where food for individual portion service is prepared, stored, held, transported, served, or dispensed and includes any such place regardless of whether consumption is on- or off-premises and which is regulated by the Alabama Department of Public Health. Hospitals, as defined in Section 22-21-20, shall be excluded from the requirements of this article. (5) IMPORTED. Any farm-raised fish or wild fish that was hatched, raised, harvested, or processed outside the United States or a territory of the United States. (6) SHELLFISH. Includes crab, lobster, oyster, shrimp, crayfish, clam, and scallops in the wild and any farm-raised shellfish and includes any product of which shellfish is an ingredient. (7) STATE HEALTH OFFICER. The State Health Officer as defined in Section 22-2-8, or his or her designated representative. (8) VERIFIED COMPLAINT. An allegation of noncompliance with the provisions of this article that can be attributed to the complainant and which is signed and verified by the complainant. (9) WILD FISH. Naturally born or hatchery-raised fish and shellfish harvested in the wild. The term includes a fillet, steak, nugget, and any other flesh from wild fish or shellfish and also includes any product of which wild fish is an ingredient. Net-pen aquacultural or other farm-raised fish are excluded from the definition. (Act 2009-582, p. 1715, §2.)
AL Code § 22-20A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products.|Article 1 - Source or Origin of Farm-Raised and Wild Fish.|Section 22-20A-3 - Suppliers and Food Service Establishments to Provide Required Information.

Section 22-20A-3Suppliers and food service establishments to provide required information. (a) Any person who supplies farm-raised fish or wild fish to a food service establishment shall provide information of the country of origin of the product to the food service establishment as required by federal law. The State Health Officer, upon verified complaint and in compliance with all applicable state and federal law, shall investigate any and all reports of noncompliance with this subsection. Upon receipt of the verified complaint, a copy of the complaint shall be given to the food service establishment. (b) If farm-raised fish or wild fish is supplied to a food service establishment and the fish or fish product is not required to be labeled with the country of origin pursuant to the requirements of federal law, the supplier of the fish or fish product or the food service establishment shall not be required to provide any additional information to comply with this article. (c) A food service establishment serving farm-raised fish or wild fish shall place a disclaimer or notice on the menu or on a placard not smaller than 8 and one half inches by 11 inches in close proximity to the food establishment permit, in a conspicuous place specifically stating the following: "Under Alabama law, the consumer has the right to know, upon request to the food service establishment, the country of origin of farm-raised fish or wild fish." The disclaimer or notice listed on a menu shall be listed in print as large as the listing of the product.  (d) For purposes of this section, the United States is the country of origin for farm-raised fish hatched, raised, harvested, and processed in the United States and wild fish that were harvested in waters of the United States, a territory of the United States, or a state and processed in the United States, a territory of the United States, or a state, including the waters thereof. (Act 2009-582, p. 1715, §3.)
AL Code § 22-20A-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products.|Article 1 - Source or Origin of Farm-Raised and Wild Fish.|Section 22-20A-4 - Labeling Requirements.

Section 22-20A-4Labeling requirements. Any labeling requirements as to farm-raised fish and wild fish offered for direct retail sale for human consumption by a food service establishment may comply with this article by stating the country of origin in lieu of the disclaimer or notice; except, that the appropriate state name or USA or United States of America, including a trade name or trademark, may be inserted in lieu thereof to accommodate similar products produced in any of the states or a territory of the United States of America. (Act 2009-582, p. 1715, §4.)
AL Code § 22-20A-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products.|Article 1 - Source or Origin of Farm-Raised and Wild Fish.|Section 22-20A-5 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 22-20A-5Rules and regulations. The board shall promulgate rules as may be necessary for the enforcement of this article, such rules to be promulgated according to the Administrative Procedure Act.  (Act 2009-582, p. 1715, §5.)
AL Code § 22-20A-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products.|Article 1 - Source or Origin of Farm-Raised and Wild Fish.|Section 22-20A-6 - Governmental Cooperation.

Section 22-20A-6Governmental cooperation. The board may cooperate with and enter into agreements with governmental agencies of this state or agencies of the federal government in order to carry out the purpose of this article. (Act 2009-582, p. 1715, §6.)
AL Code § 22-20A-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products.|Article 1 - Source or Origin of Farm-Raised and Wild Fish.|Section 22-20A-7 - Enforcement.

Section 22-20A-7Enforcement. The State Health Officer may apply for and the court may grant a temporary restraining order or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this article or any rule promulgated under this article, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. The injunction shall be issued without bond in the county where the violation occurred. (Act 2009-582, p. 1715, §7.)
AL Code § 22-20A-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products.|Article 1 - Source or Origin of Farm-Raised and Wild Fish.|Section 22-20A-8 - Violations.

Section 22-20A-8Violations. (a) Any food service establishment violating this article or the rules promulgated thereunder, after notice and a hearing, shall be subject to penalties on a graduated scale in accordance with the following schedule for all violations within a 24-month period: (1) First offense - Written warning. (2) Second offense - One hundred dollars ($100). (3) Third offense - Two hundred fifty dollars ($250). (4) Fourth offense - Five hundred dollars ($500). (5) Fifth offense - One thousand dollars ($1,000). (b) Any food service establishment which unknowingly violates this article shall be held harmless against penalties from failure to disclose country of origin of any product which was mislabeled by the wholesaler or distributor. (Act 2009-582, p. 1715, §8.)
AL Code § 22-20A-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products.|Article 2 - Country of Origin of Catfish Products.|Section 22-20A-30 - Definitions.

Section 22-20A-30Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) BOARD. The State Board of Health as defined in Section 22-2-3. (2) CATFISH. Any species of fish classified within the family Ictaluridae. (3) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Public Health. (4) FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT. Any place, vehicle, or vessel where food for individual portion service is prepared, stored, held, transported, served, or dispensed and includes any such place regardless of whether consumption is on or off premises and which is regulated by the Alabama Department of Public Health. (5) LABEL. A legible display of written, printed, or graphic information on a placard, menu, sign, or other material that represents the product to the consumer. (6) PRODUCT. Any catfish product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any catfish or portion thereof, except products which contain catfish only in small portions and which are exempt from this definition by rules of the State Board of Health. (Act 2009-584, p. 1719, §1.)
AL Code § 22-20A-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products.|Article 2 - Country of Origin of Catfish Products.|Section 22-20A-31 - Advertising Restrictions; Food Service Establishments to Provide Required Information.

Section 22-20A-31Advertising restrictions; food service establishments to provide required information. (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. (Act 2009-584, p. 1719, §2; Act 2015-156, §1.)
AL Code § 22-20A-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products.|Article 2 - Country of Origin of Catfish Products.|Section 22-20A-32 - Violations.

Section 22-20A-32Violations. (a) Any food service establishment engaged in the sale or advertising of catfish products in violation of this article shall be subject to civil penalties. The department shall impose the following civil penalties. For violations occurring within a 24-month period: (1) A warning for the first violation. (2) A fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for a second violation with 24 months. (3) A fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the third violation within 24 months. (4) A fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for the fourth violation within 24 months. (5) A fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the fifth violation within 24 months and at the discretion of the department, a suspension of the food service establishment permit. (b) A person may appeal the assessment of a civil penalty by requesting a hearing that shall be held in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. Judicial review of a final action of the department shall be pursuant to Section 41-22-20. (c) All fines and other moneys collected pursuant to this section shall be continuously appropriated to the department and used to implement and administer this article. (d) If a civil penalty imposed by the department is not paid, the department, the Attorney General, or appropriately the district attorney may file an action to collect the civil penalty in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the violation occurred. The food establishment shall be responsible to pay all costs associated with the collection of the civil penalty. (e) Any food service establishment which unknowingly violates this article shall be held harmless against penalties from failure to disclose country of origin of any product which was mislabeled by the wholesaler or distributor. (f) The board may promulgate rules as may be necessary for the implementation and enforcement of this article. (Act 2009-584, p. 1719, §3.)
AL Code § 22-20A-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products.|Article 3 - Processing of Shrimp.|Section 22-20A-50 - Processing at Harvesting Site.

Section 22-20A-50Processing at harvesting site.  Any shrimp harvested from inland ponds or farms may be processed at the site where the harvesting occurs pursuant to rules adopted by the Alabama Department of Public Health. (Act 2015-488, §2.)
AL Code § 22-21-1 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-21-1 - Establishment of Hospitals by Local Authorities.

Section 22-21-1Establishment of hospitals by local authorities. 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. (Code 1852, §956; Code 1867, §1207; Code 1876, §1504; Code 1886, §1260; Code 1896, §2392; Code 1907, §734; Code 1923, §1200; Code 1940, T. 22, §189.)
AL Code § 22-21-2 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-21-2 - Appropriations for Indigent Persons in Hospitals.

Section 22-21-2Appropriations for indigent persons in hospitals. The governing body of any county or municipality in this state may make an appropriation or appropriations out of their respective treasuries to aid in maintaining and taking care of sick and wounded persons who are unable to provide for themselves in any hospital maintained for the care of the sick and wounded. Any county or municipally owned or controlled hospital may accept patients from any county or municipality. (Code 1907, §735; Acts 1911, No. 190, p. 192; Code 1923, §1201; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 340, p. 335; Code 1940, T. 22, §190.)
AL Code § 22-21-3 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-21-3 - Scholarships for Professional and Technical Personnel at Public Hospitals.

Section 22-21-3Scholarships for professional and technical personnel at public hospitals. (a) This section shall apply to any public hospital in this state, operated on a municipal-county basis, on a county basis, on a municipal basis or on a regional or statewide basis operating under the authority of any act or acts of the Legislature of Alabama, heretofore passed or hereinafter enacted, either local or general. (b) The Board of Trustees or other like governing bodies of any hospital coming within the purview of this section is hereby authorized and permitted, but not required, to expend any funds such hospital has on hand by providing scholarships for the purpose of the educating and training of professional and technical personnel, and each such hospital, by and through its governing body, shall make and provide its own rules and regulations to govern the issuance of such scholarships. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 213, p. 265.)
AL Code § 22-21-4 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-21-4 - Annual Audit of Books and Records of Publicly Owned Medical Institutions.

Section 22-21-4Annual audit of books and records of publicly owned medical institutions. (a) The books and records of publicly owned hospitals, nursing homes, rest homes or any other publicly owned medical institution may, upon request of the governing board of the particular institution, be audited annually by any certified public accountant who is subject to the control of the Alabama State board of Public Accountancy. The selection of the certified public accountant to perform the audit shall be the responsibility of the governing board of the particular institution. Such audit, upon approval as provided in this section, shall be in lieu of any audits otherwise required by law of said institutions. The audit to be performed by the certified public accountant shall be in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall comply with the procedures promulgated by the Chief Examiner of Public Accounts, and the audit report shall be addressed to the Chief Examiner of Public Accounts, who shall be charged with the responsibility of processing and distributing it as provided by law, and upon approval and acceptance, such audit report shall have the legal effect as a report of an examiner of public accounts. (b) Examinations and audits performed upon provisions of this section shall be made at the expense of the institution and not as an expense of the State of Alabama. Such audit reports shall be public records open to public inspection, and a copy of each report shall be kept on file at the institution concerning which the audit was made. (c) The provisions of this section shall be cumulative and supplemental and shall be construed in pari materia with other laws relative to the audit of the books and records of publicly owned hospitals, nursing homes, rest homes and any other publicly owned medical institutions. (Acts 1967, No. 205, p. 569.)
AL Code § 22-21-5 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-21-5 - Incorporation of Public Bodies Created Under Chapter; Powers of Same.

Section 22-21-5Incorporation of public bodies created under chapter; powers of same. (a) Any public body heretofore or hereafter created and established by ordinance or resolution pursuant to this chapter may become a body corporate and politic under the name set forth in such ordinance or resolution by filing a certified copy of such ordinance or resolution with the Secretary of State, to be recorded in his office. The members of such public body shall constitute the members of the corporation until they are succeeded by other members as provided by said ordinance or resolution. Neither the members of the corporation nor its directors or officers shall be personally liable for the debts, torts or undertakings of the corporation. (b) The corporations provided for by this section shall have all the power and authority of health care authorities as provided for by Article 11 of this chapter; except, that such corporations shall not have or exercise any power which is inconsistent with or repugnant to the provisions of the ordinance or resolution under which it came into existence. (c) This section shall be deemed to be cumulative. (Acts 1957, No. 63, p. 102; Acts 1991, No. 91-552, p. 1020, §1.)