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AL Code § 22-11A-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker.|Section 22-11A-61 - Reporting of Infected Worker to State Health Officer.

Section 22-11A-61Reporting of infected worker to State Health Officer. (a) Any health care worker infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health who performs an invasive procedure shall notify the State Health Officer, or his or her designee, of the infection in a time and manner prescribed by the State Board of Health. (b) Any physician providing care to an infected health care worker shall notify the State Health Officer, or his or her designee, about the presence of the infection in the health care worker in a time and manner prescribed by the State Board of Health. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §2; Act 2015-467, §1.)
AL Code § 22-11A-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker.|Section 22-11A-62 - Performing Invasive Procedures.

Section 22-11A-62Performing invasive procedures. No health care worker having knowledge that he or she is infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health shall perform or assist in the performance of an invasive procedure unless and until he or she has notified the State Health Officer, as provided in Section 22-11A-61, and agrees to cooperate with any investigation authorized in Section 22-11A-63 and any necessary practice modifications. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §3; Acts 1995, No. 95-255, p. 427, §1; Act 2015-467, §1.)
AL Code § 22-11A-65 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker.|Section 22-11A-65 - Monitoring of Practice of Infected Health Care Worker.

Section 22-11A-65Monitoring of practice of infected health care worker. The State Health Officer shall cause the infected health care worker's practice to be reviewed at intervals established by the expert review panel but not less than annually. The review shall verify the compliance with any restrictions or conditions on the infected health care worker's practice as established pursuant to subsection (f) of Section 22-11A-63. For infected health care workers for whom no restrictions have previously been necessary, the review shall determine if, based upon factors identified in subsection (c) of Section 22-11A-63, restrictions are necessary. The findings of any review shall be forwarded to the State Health Officer pursuant to Section 22-11A-63 who shall forward evidence of noncompliance with previously established restrictions to the appropriate licensing board or to the employer of the infected health care worker if he or she does not have a professional license. If the review determines that practice restrictions may be necessary for an infected health care worker for whom practice restrictions had not been previously necessary, the State Health Officer shall convene an expert review panel as provided in Section 22-11A-63. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §6.)
AL Code § 22-11A-66 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker.|Section 22-11A-66 - Violations.

Section 22-11A-66Violations. "In addition to any other law or regulation, it shall be grounds for the revocation, suspension, or restriction of the professional license of any health care worker who is infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health if the infected health care worker is found to be practicing in violation of this article. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §7; Act 2015-467, §1.)
AL Code § 22-11A-67 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker.|Section 22-11A-67 - Records and Information Necessary to Assist Investigation.

Section 22-11A-67Records and information necessary to assist investigation. (a) Any health care worker found to have HBV, HIV, or HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health and any health care facility at which an infected health care worker is employed or practices shall make available to the State Board of Health, and to the expert review panel, any and all patient medical records and other records requested by those groups, except that records or documents greater than three years old shall not be provided. (b) The following persons and facilities shall provide to the State Board of Health and the expert review panel all requested documents or records three years old or less: (1) Any person having knowledge of a health care worker diagnosed as infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health. (2) The administrator of any health facility having knowledge of a health care worker diagnosed as infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health. (3) Any person serving as the guardian of or the conservator of any health care worker diagnosed with HIV, HBV, or HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health, or any person who is the administrator or executor of the estate of any health care worker diagnosed with HIV, HBV, or HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health. (4) Any person serving as the custodian of patient records of any HBV, HIV, or HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health, infected health care worker. (5) Any facility employing a worker diagnosed with HIV, HBV, or HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health. (c) The hospital or other individual or organization providing records may collect the usual fee for copies of records or documents. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §8; Act 2015-467, §1.)
AL Code § 22-11A-69 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker.|Section 22-11A-69 - Confidentiality Standards; Uses of Information Gained During Investigation.

Section 22-11A-69Confidentiality standards; uses of information gained during investigation. (a) The records, proceedings, deliberations, and documents related to the investigation and review of any infected health care worker are confidential and shall be used by committees, licensing boards of licensed health care workers, panels, and individuals only in the exercise of their official duties and shall not be public records nor be admissible in court for any purpose nor subject to discovery in any civil action except appeals governed by Sections 22-11A-64 and 22-11A-65 and appeals from adverse professional license determinations made pursuant to Sections 22-11A-66 and 22-11A-72(a). Information gained during the investigation of an infected health care worker and the decision about restriction of practice of an infected health care worker shall be made available to the appropriate licensing board and to the employer of an infected health care worker and may be used by the licensing board in any subsequent administrative hearing or procedure. (b) However, nothing in this article shall preclude the notification of patients who have had an invasive procedure performed by an infected health care worker when deemed necessary by the State Health Officer to protect the patients of the health care worker. (c) Any person violating the confidentiality provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500. (d) Under no circumstances shall disclosure of the identity of the infected health care worker to members of the expert review panel pursuant to Section 22-11A-63 constitute a violation of the confidentiality provisions of this section. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §10.)
AL Code § 22-11A-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker.|Section 22-11A-70 - Promulgation of Rules for Administration.

Section 22-11A-70Promulgation of rules for administration. (a) The State Board of Health may adopt rules necessary for the administration of this article. The State Board of Health, the Board of Medical Examiners, the Medical Licensure Commission, the Board of Dental Examiners, the Board of Nursing, and the Board of Podiatry may each adopt rules governing professional licensure determinations made under the provisions of this article. (b) The State Board of Health may institute a civil action in any circuit court in the state to seek an extraordinary writ compelling compliance with this article or any rule or order promulgated or issued pursuant to this article. Those civil actions shall have preferred or expedited scheduling and hearing by the circuit courts. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §11.)
AL Code § 22-11A-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker.|Section 22-11A-71 - Entitlement to Costs.

Section 22-11A-71Entitlement to costs. Individuals serving on review panels, or otherwise providing consultation or assistance to the State Health Officer in the enforcement of this article shall be entitled to mileage and per diem as provided by law. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §12.)
AL Code § 22-11A-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker.|Section 22-11A-72 - Penalties.

Section 22-11A-72Penalties. (a) It shall be grounds for revocation, suspension, or restriction of the professional license of any licensed infected health care worker who shall be found to perform invasive procedures and shall have failed to notify the State Health Officer as provided in Section 22-11A-61. (b) Any physician providing care to an individual known to the physician to be an infected health care worker who fails to report the infected health care worker to the State Health Officer as provided in Section 22-11A-61 shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law. (c) Any individual who deliberately fails to provide records under his or her control or who falsifies those records shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §13.)
AL Code § 22-11A-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker.|Section 22-11A-73 - Reporting Requirements; Knowledge of Infection Through Application.

Section 22-11A-73Reporting requirements; knowledge of infection through application. Nothing in this article is intended to impose any reporting requirements on life, health, or disability income insurers who learn that an applicant or insured is infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health solely through the application, underwriting, or claims processes, which insurer may have no means of knowing or verifying that a particular applicant or insured is a health care worker within the meaning of this article. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §14; Act 2015-467, §1.)
AL Code § 22-11A-90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 4 - AIDS Task Force of Alabama, Incorporated.|Section 22-11A-90 - Organizations Receiving Funds.

Section 22-11A-90Organizations receiving funds. The AIDS Task Force of Alabama, Incorporated (hereinafter referred to as ATFA) shall limit the disbursement of funds contained in Acts 1994, No. 94-363 or any other act which provides public funds to ATFA, to the following participating organizations and to no other organization or non-state agency: (1) AIDS Task Force of Alabama, Inc. (2) Birmingham AIDS Outreach, Inc. (3) Jefferson County AIDS in Minorities (4) AIDS Action Council of Huntsville (5) Mobile AIDS Support Services (6) Montgomery AIDS Outreach, Inc. (7) AIDS Services Center, Inc. (8) Lee County AIDS Outreach, Inc. (9) West Alabama AIDS Outreach (10) Wiregrass AIDS Outreach, Inc. (Acts 1994, No. 94-363, p. 611, §4.)
AL Code § 22-11A-91 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 4 - AIDS Task Force of Alabama, Incorporated.|Section 22-11A-91 - Disbursement of Funds.

Section 22-11A-91Disbursement of funds. The ATFA board of directors shall develop a formula for the distribution of all State Funds to the organizations enumerated in Section 22-11A-90. Before the distribution formula is developed, there shall be appropriate input from all of the organizations listed in Section 22-11A-90. Additional monies which have been provided for the 1994-95 fiscal year which exceed the fiscal year 1993-94 appropriation to ATFA shall be disbursed to the organizations listed in Section 22-11A-90 according to a formula based on the client caseload or incidence of client Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection served by each organization listed in Section 22-11A-90. The formula may take into consideration the statewide educational services which may be provided by ATFA from time to time. (Acts 1994, No. 94-363, p. 611, §5.)
AL Code § 22-11A-92 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 4 - AIDS Task Force of Alabama, Incorporated.|Section 22-11A-92 - Expenses for Administration.

Section 22-11A-92Expenses for administration. The expenses which are charged by ATFA for the overall and general administration of public funds provided by Acts 1994, No. 94-363 or any other act of the Legislature which makes appropriations to ATFA shall not exceed twelve (12) percent per fiscal year. (Acts 1994, No. 94-363, p. 611, §6.)
AL Code § 22-11A-93 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 4 - AIDS Task Force of Alabama, Incorporated.|Section 22-11A-93 - Tax Exemption.

Section 22-11A-93Tax exemption. All of the organizations listed in Section 22-11A-90 shall be exempt from the payment of any and all state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes. (Acts 1994, No. 94-363, p. 611, §7.)
AL Code § 22-11A-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection.|Section 22-11A-110 - Short Title.

Section 22-11A-110Short title. This article shall be cited and known as the "Mike Denton Infection Reporting Act." (Act 2009-490, p. 900, §1.)
AL Code § 22-11A-111 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection.|Section 22-11A-111 - Definitions.

Section 22-11A-111Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public Health. (2) BOARD. The State Board of Health. (3) COUNCIL. The Health Care Data Advisory Council. (4) DATA. Patient information submitted by health care facilities to the Department of Public Health necessary to carry out the requirements of this article. The information required to be reported by health care facilities to the department shall be based upon the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Preventions National Healthcare Safety Network definitions of hospital-acquired infections and the guidelines for reporting. (5) HEALTH CARE FACILITY. General, critical access, and specialized hospitals licensed pursuant to Section 22-21-20. (6) HEALTH CARE FACILITY ACQUIRED INFECTIONS. A localized or systemic condition that: a. Results from adverse reaction to the presence of an infectious agent or agents or its toxins. b. Was not present or incubating at the time of admission to the health care facility. (Act 2009-490, p. 900, §2.)
AL Code § 22-11A-112 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection.|Section 22-11A-112 - Health Care Facility Acquired Infection Data Collection and Dissemination.

Section 22-11A-112Health care facility acquired infection data collection and dissemination. (a) The board, upon consultation with and approval of the council, shall establish and maintain a system for the protection, collection, and dissemination of health care facility acquired infection data. (b) The health care facility acquired infection data collection, and dissemination shall become operational within 12 months after the State Health Officer certifies to the Governor in writing that the department has sufficient funds to finance its development, implementation, and operation. (c) The department may contract for any services needed to carry out the provisions of this article. (Act 2009-490, p. 900, §3.)
AL Code § 22-11A-113 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection.|Section 22-11A-113 - Rules and Regulations Governing Implementation.

Section 22-11A-113Rules and regulations governing implementation. By August 1, 2010, the board, after consultation with and the approval of the council, shall promulgate all rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act necessary to implement the provisions of this article. (Act 2009-490, p. 900, §4.)
AL Code § 22-11A-114 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection.|Section 22-11A-114 - Reporting Categories.

Section 22-11A-114Reporting categories. (a) All general, critical access, and specialized hospitals licensed pursuant to Section 22-21-20, shall report data on health care facility acquired infections for the specific clinical procedures as recommended by the council and defined by the department, in the following categories: Surgical site infections; ventilator associated pneumonia and central line related bloodstream infections. (b) The board may promulgate rules to require health care facilities licensed pursuant to Section 22-21-20, to collect data on health care facility acquired infection rates either in lieu of or in addition to the categories specified in this section. (Act 2009-490, p. 900, §5.)
AL Code § 22-11A-115 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection.|Section 22-11A-115 - Submission of First Report.

Section 22-11A-115Submission of first report. Within one year of the certification by the department, health care facilities shall make the first report due under this article. The board shall specify by rule the types of information on patients with health care facility acquired infections which shall be submitted and the method of submission. The first report due under this article submitted by health care facilities shall only be required to cover those persons provided services during the immediately preceding three months' time period. (Act 2009-490, p. 900, §6.)
AL Code § 22-11A-116 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection.|Section 22-11A-116 - Confidentiality of Information.

Section 22-11A-116Confidentiality of information. Individual patient information submitted to the department under the provisions of this article shall not be public information. Reports and studies prepared and released by the department based upon such data shall be public information. Reports and studies prepared by the department shall be statistically risk adjusted using a generally accepted formula for such adjustments to account for variations in patient morbidity and diagnoses. The department shall not release any information obtained from the data in a form which could be used to identify a patient. The department may authorize the use of the data redacted to prevent the release of confidential patient information by legitimate research organizations, so long as patient confidentiality is maintained. (Act 2009-490, p. 900, §7.)
AL Code § 22-11A-117 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection.|Section 22-11A-117 - Studies and Publication.

Section 22-11A-117Studies and publication. The department may undertake a reasonable number of studies and publish information in collaboration with licensed health care providers based upon the data obtained pursuant to the provisions of this article. One of the purposes for such studies will be to provide specific comparative health care facility acquired infection rates. The department shall allow all health care facilities that have submitted data which will be used in any report to review and comment on the report prior to its publication or release for general public use. The department shall include comments of a health care facility, at the option of the health care facility, in the publication, if the department does not change the publication based upon those comments. (Act 2009-490, p. 900, §8.)
AL Code § 22-11A-119 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection.|Section 22-11A-119 - Rules and Regulations Governing Penalties.

Section 22-11A-119Rules and regulations governing penalties. The board shall promulgate rules and regulations developed pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act for certain civil monetary penalties for health care facilities which substantially fail to comply with the provisions of this article.  (Act 2009-490, p. 900, §10.)