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AL Code § 22-8A-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 8A - Termination of Life-Support Procedures.|Section 22-8A-8 - Refusal of Health Care Provider to Comply; Penalties.

Section 22-8A-8Refusal of health care provider to comply; penalties. (a) A health care provider who refuses to comply with a living will or the directions of a duly designated proxy or a duly appointed surrogate or who refuses to honor a portable physician DNAR order executed in compliance with the directives of this chapter and using the form designated by the State Board of Health pursuant to this chapter shall promptly so advise the declarant and any individual designated to act for the declarant, shall not be liable for such refusal, but shall permit the patient to be transferred to another health care provider. Such health care provider shall reasonably cooperate to assist the declarant, or any individual designated to act for the declarant, in the timely transfer of the declarant to another health care provider that will follow the directions of the portable physician DNAR order, living will, health care proxy, or surrogate. During the time for the transfer, all life-sustaining treatments, including resuscitation efforts in the event of cardiopulmonary cessation and artificially provided nutrition and hydration, shall be properly maintained. (b) No nurse, physician, or other health care provider may be required by law or contract in any circumstances to participate in the withholding or withdrawal of resuscitative measures or life-sustaining treatment if such person objects to so doing. No person may be discriminated against in employment or professional privileges because of the person's participation or refusal to participate in the withholding or withdrawal of resuscitative measures or life-sustaining treatment. (c) Any person who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, obliterates, or damages the portable physician DNAR order or advance directive for health care of another without the declarant's consent or who falsifies or forges a revocation of the advance directive for health care of another shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (d) Any person who falsifies or forges the portable physician DNAR order or advance directive for health care of another, or willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of the revocation of a portable physician DNAR order or advance directive for health care, with the intent to cause a withholding or withdrawal of resuscitative measures or life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration contrary to the wishes of the declarant, and thereby, because of such act, directly causes life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration to be withheld or withdrawn and death to be hastened, shall be guilty of a Class C felony. (Acts 1981, No. 81-772, p. 1329, §8; Acts 1997, No. 97-187, p. 281, §1; Act 2016-96, §1.)
AL Code § 22-8A-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 8A - Termination of Life-Support Procedures.|Section 22-8A-9 - Withholding or Withdrawal of Treatment, etc., Not Suicide; Execution of Advance Directive Not to Affect Sale, etc., of Life or Health Insurance nor Be Condition for Receipt of Treatment, etc.; Provisions of Chapter Cumulative.

Section 22-8A-9Withholding or withdrawal of treatment, etc., not suicide; execution of advance directive not to affect sale, etc., of life or health insurance nor be condition for receipt of treatment, etc.; provisions of chapter cumulative. (a) The withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration from a patient in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall not, for any purpose, constitute a suicide and shall not constitute assisting suicide. (b) The making of an advance directive for health care pursuant to this chapter shall not affect in any manner the sale, procurement, or issuance of any policy of life or health insurance, nor shall it be deemed to modify the terms of an existing policy of life or health insurance. No policy of life or health insurance shall be legally impaired or invalidated in any manner by the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration from an insured patient, notwithstanding any term of the policy to the contrary. (c) No physician or other health care provider, and no health care service plan, health maintenance organization, insurer issuing disability or life or health insurance, self-insured employee welfare benefit plan, nonprofit medical service corporation, or mutual nonprofit hospital or hospital service corporation shall require any person to execute an advance directive for health care as a condition for being insured for, or receiving, health care services. (d) Nothing in this chapter shall impair or supersede any legal right or legal responsibility which any person may have, under case law, common law, or statutory law, to effect the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration in any lawful manner. In such respect the provisions of this chapter are cumulative. (e) Nothing in this chapter shall impair or supersede the jurisdiction of the circuit court in the county where a patient is undergoing treatment to determine whether life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration should be withheld or withdrawn in circumstances not governed by this chapter or to determine if the requirements of this chapter have been met. (f) This chapter shall create no presumption concerning the intention of an individual who has not executed an advance directive for health care to consent to the use or withholding of life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration. (Acts 1981, No. 81-772, p. 1329, §9; Acts 1997, No. 97-187, p. 281, §1.)
AL Code § 22-8A-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 8A - Termination of Life-Support Procedures.|Section 22-8A-10 - Provisions of Chapter Not an Approval of Mercy Killing, Etc.

Section 22-8A-10Provisions of chapter not an approval of mercy killing, etc. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to condone, authorize or approve mercy killing or physician assisted suicide or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying as provided in this chapter. (Acts 1981, No. 81-772, p. 1329, §10; Acts 1997, No. 97-187, p. 281, §1.)
AL Code § 22-8A-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 8A - Termination of Life-Support Procedures.|Section 22-8A-12 - Validity of Advance Health Care Directive Executed in Another State.

Section 22-8A-12Validity of advance health care directive executed in another state. An advance health care directive executed in another state in compliance with the law of that state or of this state is valid for purposes of this chapter, but this section does not authorize the administration, withholding, or withdrawal of health care otherwise prohibited by the laws of this state. (Acts 1997, No. 97-187, p. 281, §3.)
AL Code § 22-8A-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 8A - Termination of Life-Support Procedures.|Section 22-8A-13 - Effect of Prior Declarations.

Section 22-8A-13Effect of prior declarations. Any declaration made prior to August 1, 2001, shall be given effect as provided in this chapter provided that: (a) Such declaration was legally effective when written; and (b) Artificially provided nutrition and hydration shall not be withdrawn pursuant to the declaration unless specifically authorized therein. (Acts 1997, No. 97-187, p. 281, §4; Act 2001-658, p. 1352, §2.)
AL Code § 22-8A-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 8A - Termination of Life-Support Procedures.|Section 22-8A-14 - Filing and Recording of Living Will; Fee; Inspection; Duty of Declarant to Provide Copy to Health Care Providers.

Section 22-8A-14Filing and recording of living will; fee; inspection; duty of declarant to provide copy to health care providers. (a) A person may file and have recorded a living will in the office of the judge of probate in the county where the person resides. For the purpose of this section, the term "living will" means an advanced directive for health care as provided for in this chapter, or a similar document. (b) The fee for recording a living will shall be five dollars ($5), which shall be deposited in the county general fund. In addition, any other recording fees required by general or local law shall also be collected and shall be distributed as provided by that law. (c)(1) A living will recorded pursuant to this section shall not be open for general public inspection, but shall be available for inspection and copying at the request of emergency medical personnel, hospital personnel, treating physicians, members of the immediate family, a person with a power of attorney or other legally authorized person, or a person authorized in writing by the maker of the living will. A judge of probate may charge the standard fee for copies provided pursuant to this subsection. (2) A judge of probate shall not be liable for any inspection or copying of a living will recorded pursuant to this section. The recording of a living will as provided in this section shall have no bearing on the validity of the living will. (d) This section does not amend or repeal the provisions of subsection (f) of Section 22-8A-4. It is the responsibility of the maker of a living will to provide a copy of the living will, advance directive for health care, or any similar document to his or her attending physician or other health care providers as provided therein. A physician, hospital, or other health care provider is not required by this section to search the records of the office of any judge of probate to determine the existence or nonexistence of a living will pertaining to individuals seeking medical care. (Act 2006-413, p. 1026, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 22-8A-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 8A - Termination of Life-Support Procedures.|Section 22-8A-15 - Order for Pediatric Palliative and End of Life Care for Qualified Minor; Rulemaking Authority.

Section 22-8A-15THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 28, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  (a) The representative of a qualified minor may execute a directive with respect to the extent of medical treatment, medication, and other interventions available to provide palliative and supportive care to the qualified minor by completing and signing an Order for PPEL Care form. Once completed and signed by the representative, the attending physician may complete and sign the executed directive and enter the directive into the medical record of the qualified minor. Once properly entered and received into the medical record, the directive is deemed a valid Order for PPEL Care; provided, however, it is the intent of this section to recognize the desires as reflected in communications, including verbal or written statements, of a qualified minor and of the representative of a qualified minor with respect to the extent of medical treatment, medication, and other interventions available to provide palliative and supportive care to the qualified minor. The desires, as reflected in communications, including verbal or written statements, of a qualified minor and representative of a qualified minor shall at all times supersede an Order for PPEL Care. (b) The Department of Public Health, in consultation with the task force created pursuant to Section 22-8A-16, shall adopt rules not later than March 31, 2019, establishing the Order for PPEL Care form.  (c) The Department of Public Health may adopt rules to implement this section. (Act 2018-466, §3.)
AL Code § 22-8A-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 8A - Termination of Life-Support Procedures.|Section 22-8A-17 - Application of Order for Ppel Care Form; Liability.

Section 22-8A-17THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MARCH 28, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  (a) An Order for Pediatric Palliative and End of Life (PPEL) Care shall only apply in the school setting if the order is included as part of a Palliative and End of Life Individual Health Plan executed pursuant to Chapter 30B of Title 16. (b) The attending physician of a qualified minor shall have no supervisory authority over a school's execution of a Palliative and End of Life Individual Health Plan. Any health care provider or health care facility acting within the applicable standard of care with regard to a Palliative and End of Life Individual Health Plan is not subject to criminal or civil liability and may not be found to have committed an act of unprofessional conduct. Nothing in this chapter or any related act involving Orders for PPEL Care shall be construed to establish a standard of care for physicians or otherwise modify, amend, or supersede any provisions of the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1987, the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1996, or any amendment or judicial interpretation thereof. (Act 2018-466, §4.)
AL Code § 22-8B-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 8B - Assisted Suicide Ban Act|Section 22-8B-1 - Short Title.

Section 22-8B-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Assisted Suicide Ban Act. (Act 2017-231, §1.)
AL Code § 22-8B-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 8B - Assisted Suicide Ban Act|Section 22-8B-2 - Legislative Findings.

Section 22-8B-2Legislative findings. The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) In almost every state, it is a crime to assist a suicide. These bans are long-standing expressions of the commitment of the states to protect and preserve all human life. (2) The state has an interest in protecting vulnerable groups, including the impoverished, the elderly, and disabled persons from abuse, neglect, and mistakes. A ban on assisted suicide reflects and reinforces our belief that the lives of those in vulnerable groups are no less valued than the lives of the young and healthy. (3) The state has an interest in protecting the integrity and ethics of the medical profession, including its obligation to serve its patients as healers and adhere to the principles articulated in the Hippocratic Oath. (4) The state recognizes the close link between physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia where a right to die can easily become a duty to die. A prohibition against assisted suicide is the only reasonable means to protect against foreseeable abuses. (5) The state recognizes the distinction between a patient refusing life-sustaining medical treatment where he or she dies from the underlying fatal disease and a patient ingesting or administering a lethal medication prescribed by a physician, where the medication is the cause of death. The state also recognizes the difference between pain management intended to alleviate pain and pain medicine used to assist in causing death. (Act 2017-231, §2.)
AL Code § 22-8B-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 8B - Assisted Suicide Ban Act|Section 22-8B-3 - Definitions.

Section 22-8B-3Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) AID IN DYING. The act of a person providing the means or manner for another person to be able to commit suicide, with actual knowledge that the person deliberately intends on committing suicide by that means or manner. (2) ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED NUTRITIONAL HYDRATION. A medical treatment consisting of the administration of food and water through a tube or intravenous line, where the recipient is not required to chew or swallow voluntarily. Artificially provided nutrition and hydration does not include assisted feeding, such as spoon or bottle feeding. (3) DELIBERATELY. More than knowing the consequences of an act or action; meaning to consider carefully; done on purpose; intentional; requiring premeditation; with intent to cause the death of a person. (4) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be asked to participate in any way in a health care service, including, but not limited to, a physician, physician's assistant, nurse, nurse's aide, medical assistant, hospital employee, clinic employee, nursing home employee, pharmacist, pharmacy employee, researcher, medical or nursing school faculty member, student, or employee, counselor, social worker, or any professional, paraprofessional, or any other person who furnishes or assists in the furnishing of health care services. (5) LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT. Any medical treatment, procedure, or intervention that, in the judgment of the attending physician, when applied to the patient, would serve only to prolong the dying process where the patient has a terminal illness or injury, or would serve only to maintain the patient in a condition of permanent unconsciousness. These procedures include, but are not limited to, assisted ventilation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, renal dialysis, surgical procedures, blood transfusions, and the administration of drugs and antibiotics. Life-sustaining treatment does not include the administration of medication or the performance of any medical treatment where, in the opinion of the attending physician, the medication or treatment is necessary to provide comfort or to alleviate pain. (6) PERSON. Any natural person, and when appropriate, an organization, to include all of the following: a. A public or private corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, or joint-stock company. b. Government or a governmental instrumentality. c. A foundation, institution, society, union, club, or church. (7) PHYSICIAN. A person licensed to practice medicine in the state, including medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy. (8) SUICIDE. The act or instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally. (Act 2017-231, §3.)
AL Code § 22-8B-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 8B - Assisted Suicide Ban Act|Section 22-8B-4 - Prohibited Activity.

Section 22-8B-4Prohibited activity. (a) Any person who deliberately assists another person to commit suicide or provides aid in dying is guilty of a Class C felony. (b) Any physician or health care provider who prescribes any drug, compound, or substance to a patient deliberately to aid in dying or assists or performs any medical procedure deliberately to aid in dying is guilty of a Class C felony. (Act 2017-231, §4.)
AL Code § 22-8B-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 8B - Assisted Suicide Ban Act|Section 22-8B-5 - Liability for Damages; Wrongful Death Action; Suspension or Revocation of License.

Section 22-8B-5Liability for damages; wrongful death action; suspension or revocation of license. (a) Any person, physician, or health care provider who deliberately violates this chapter by aiding in dying shall be liable for damages. (b) If any person deliberately aids in dying in violation of this chapter that results in death, the personal representative or administrator of the estate of the decedent may bring an appropriate action for wrongful death. (c) Any physician or other health care provider who deliberately aids in dying in violation of this chapter shall be considered to have engaged in unprofessional conduct for which his or her license to provide health care services in the state shall be suspended or revoked by the appropriate licensing board. (Act 2017-231, §5.)
AL Code § 22-8B-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 8B - Assisted Suicide Ban Act|Section 22-8B-6 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 22-8B-6Construction of chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a physician or health care provider from doing any of the following: (1) Participating in the execution of a person sentenced by a court to death by any means recognized by Alabama law. (2) Following a patient's wishes or health care proxy's instructions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutritional hydration. (3) Prescribing and administering palliative care or pain medication treatment options intended to relieve pain while the illness or condition of the patient follows its natural course. (4) Following the wishes or instructions of an individual which are made in compliance with Chapter 8A. (Act 2017-231, §6.)
AL Code § 22-8B-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 8B - Assisted Suicide Ban Act|Section 22-8B-7 - Legislative Intent.

Section 22-8B-7Legislative intent. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Attorney General exhaust the internal resources and personnel of the office prior to the retention of any outside counsel to assist in the defense of any constitutional challenge to this chapter. (Act 2017-231, §7.)
AL Code § 22-9A-2 (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-2 - Office of Vital Statistics and Statewide System of Vital Statistics.

Section 22-9A-2Office of Vital Statistics and statewide system of vital statistics. The State Board of Health shall have charge of an Office of Vital Statistics. The Office of Vital Statistics shall install, maintain, and operate the only system of vital statistics and the only system of health statistics throughout this state. The Office of Vital Statistics shall be provided with sufficient staff, suitable offices, and other resources for the proper administration of the system of vital statistics and for the preservation and adequate security of its official records. The State Board of Health, hereinafter referred to as "the board," may adopt, amend, and repeal rules for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. (Acts 1992, No. 92-607, p. 1255, §2.)