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AL Code § 22-11A-28 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-28 - Commitment Petition - Limitations Placed Upon Liberty of Person; Probate Judge Determination; Standard for Imposing Limitations; Probable Cause Hearing; Temporary Treatment Before Final Hearing.

Section 22-11A-28Commitment petition - Limitations placed upon liberty of person; probate judge determination; standard for imposing limitations; probable cause hearing; temporary treatment before final hearing. (a) When a petition has been filed, seeking to have limitations placed upon the liberty of a person, pending the outcome of a final hearing on the merits, the probate judge shall order the sheriff of the county in which such person is located, to serve a copy of the petition upon such person and to bring such person before the probate judge instanter. When any such person against whom a petition has been filed, seeking to have limitations placed upon such person's liberty pending the outcome of a full and final hearing on the merits, is initially brought before the probate judge, the probate judge shall determine from an interview with the person sought to be committed and with other available persons, what limitations, if any, shall be imposed upon such person's liberty and what temporary treatment, if any, shall be imposed upon such person pending further hearings. (b) No limitations shall be placed upon such person's liberty nor treatment imposed upon such person unless such limitations are necessary to prevent such person from doing substantial and immediate harm to himself or to others or to prevent such person from leaving the jurisdiction of the court. No person shall be placed in a jail or other facility for persons accused of or convicted of committing crimes unless such person poses an immediate, real and present threat of substantial harm to himself or to others, and no other appropriate public facility is available to safely detain such person. (c) When any person sought to be committed has any limitations imposed upon his liberty or any temporary treatment imposed upon him by the probate judge, pending final hearings on such petition, the probate judge, at the time such limitations or treatment is imposed, shall set a probable cause hearing within seven days of the date of such imposition. If, at such probable cause hearing, the probate judge finds that probable cause exists that such person should be detained temporarily and finds that temporary treatment would be in the best interest of the person sought to be committed, the probate judge shall enter an order so stating and setting the date, time and place of a final hearing on the merits of the petition. The final hearing shall be set within 30 days of the filing of the petition. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §28.)
AL Code § 22-11A-29 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-29 - Commitment Petition - Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem and Attorney.

Section 22-11A-29Commitment petition - Appointment of guardian ad litem and attorney. At the time when any petition has been filed seeking to commit any person to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health, the probate judge shall appoint a guardian ad litem to represent and protect the rights of such person and shall determine if the person has the funds and capacity to secure the services of an attorney to represent him. If the person does not have the funds or capacity to secure the services of an attorney, the probate judge shall appoint an attorney, who may be the same person as the guardian ad litem, to represent him. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §29.)
AL Code § 22-11A-30 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-30 - Commitment Petition - Order for Person to Appear for Hearing and Be Examined by Physician.

Section 22-11A-30Commitment petition - Order for person to appear for hearing and be examined by physician. When a petition has been filed seeking to commit any person to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health, the probate judge shall order such person to appear at the places and times designated for hearing the petition, and may order the person to appear at designated times and places to be examined by licensed physicians. If the respondent does not appear as ordered by the probate judge, the probate judge may order the sheriff of the county in which the person is located to take the respondent into custody and compel his attendance as ordered by the probate judge. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §30.)
AL Code § 22-11A-31 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-31 - Commitment Petition - Rules to Apply at Hearings.

Section 22-11A-31Commitment petition - Rules to apply at hearings. At all hearings conducted by the probate judge in relation to a petition to commit any person to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health or such other facility as the court may order, the following rules shall apply: (1) The person sought to be committed shall be present unless, prior to the hearing, the attorney for such person has filed in writing a waiver of the presence of such person on the ground that the presence of such person would be dangerous to such person's health or that such person's conduct could reasonably be expected to prevent the hearing from being held in an orderly manner, and the probate judge has judicially found and determined from evidence presented in an adversary hearing that the person proposed to be committed is so mentally or physically ill as to be incapable of attending such proceedings. Upon such findings, an order shall be entered approving the waiver. (2) The person sought to be committed shall have the right to compel the attendance of any witness who may be located anywhere in the State of Alabama and to offer evidence including the testimony of witnesses, to be confronted with the witnesses in support of the petition, to cross-examine and to testify in his own behalf, but no such person shall be compelled to testify against himself. The attorney representing the person sought to be committed shall be vested with all rights of said person during all of the hearings if such person is not present in court to exercise his rights. (3) The probate judge shall cause the hearing to be transcribed or recorded stenographically, mechanically, or electronically and shall retain such transcription for a period of not less than three years from the date the petition is denied or granted and not less than the duration of any commitment pursuant to such hearing. (4) All hearings shall be heard by the probate judge and shall be open to the public unless the person sought to be committed or his attorney requests in writing that the hearings be closed to the public. (5) The rules of evidence applicable in other judicial proceedings in this state shall be followed in involuntary commitment proceedings. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §31; Acts 1990, No. 90-629, p. 1148, §5.)
AL Code § 22-11A-32 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-32 - Commitment Petition - Findings; Rehearing; Confinement When No Treatment Available.

Section 22-11A-32Commitment petition - Findings; rehearing; confinement when no treatment available. (a) If, at the final hearing, upon a petition seeking to commit a person to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health or such other facility as the court may order, the probate judge, on the basis of clear and convincing evidence, shall find: (1) That the person sought to be committed has been exposed or is afflicted with one of the diseases designated in this article; (2) That the person has refused testing or voluntary treatment; (3) That, as a consequence of the disease, the person is dangerous to himself and the health of the community; (4) That the person conducts himself so as to expose others to the disease; (5) That treatment is available for the person's illness if confined or that confinement is necessary to prevent further spread of the disease; and (6) That commitment is the least restrictive alternative necessary and available for the treatment of the person's illness and the protection of public health; Then upon such findings, the probate judge shall enter an order, setting forth his findings, granting the petition and ordering the person committed to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health or such other facility as the court may order. (b) If upon rehearing, the probate judge shall find, from the evidence, that one or more of the elements required for commitment, shall no longer be applicable to the person who is the subject of the rehearing, the probate judge shall discharge the person. (c) If the probate judge finds that no treatment is presently available for the person's illness, but that confinement is necessary to prevent the person from causing harm to the health of the community, the order committing the person shall provide that, should treatment become available during the person's confinement, such curative treatment will immediately be made available to him. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §32.)
AL Code § 22-11A-33 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-33 - Probate Court Retains Jurisdiction Over Person Committed.

Section 22-11A-33Probate court retains jurisdiction over person committed. The probate court committing any person to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health or such other facility as the court may order shall retain jurisdiction over such person concurrently with the probate court of the county in which the person is subsequently located for so long as the person is in custody, and the probate court committing such person may hold any hearing regarding such person at any place within the State of Alabama where such person may be located. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §33.)
AL Code § 22-11A-34 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-34 - Law Enforcement Officers to Convey Person to Custody of Department of Public Health; Public Health Facilities to Report on Progress of Persons Committed.

Section 22-11A-34Law enforcement officers to convey person to custody of Department of Public Health; public health facilities to report on progress of persons committed. The probate judge shall order one or more persons or law enforcement officers to convey any person committed to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health to such facility as designated by the department or to the custody of such other facility as the court may order, and all necessary expenses incurred by the persons or officers conveying such person shall be taxed as costs of the proceeding. Such facilities shall report to the probate judge as to the progress of all persons who have been committed therein. Such reports shall be made as often as may be ordered by the probate court. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §34.)
AL Code § 22-11A-35 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-35 - Attorney and Expert Fees.

Section 22-11A-35Attorney and expert fees. In any commitment proceeding, the fees of any attorney appointed by the probate judge to serve as guardian ad litem shall be set at the rates established by Section 15-12-21; and any expert employed to offer expert testimony, in such amounts as found to be reasonable by the probate judge; and all other costs allowable by law shall be paid by the State General Fund upon order of the probate judge. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §35.)
AL Code § 22-11A-36 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-36 - Appeal of Commitment Order; Notice of Appeal; Limitations to Be Placed Upon Liberty of Person Pending Appeal.

Section 22-11A-36Appeal of commitment order; notice of appeal; limitations to be placed upon liberty of person pending appeal. An appeal from an order of the probate court granting a petition seeking to commit a person to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health or such other facility as the court may order lies to the circuit court for trial de novo unless the probate judge who granted the petition was learned in the law, in which case the appeal lies to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals on the record. Notice of appeal shall be given in writing to the probate judge within five days after the respondent has received actual notice of the granting of the petition and shall be accompanied by security for costs, to be approved by the probate judge, unless the probate judge finds that the person sought to be committed is indigent, in which case no security shall be required. Upon the filing of a notice of appeal, the probate judge shall determine and enter an order setting forth the limitations to be placed upon the liberty of the person sought to be committed, pending appeal. Upon the filing of a notice of appeal, the probate judge shall certify the record to the clerk of the reviewing court. The petition shall be set for hearing by the reviewing court within 60 days of the date that the notice of appeal is filed in the probate court, and such hearing shall not be continued except for good cause, upon motion in writing by the person sought to be committed. The costs of the proceedings in the reviewing court shall be taxed in the same manner as in the probate court. All requirements relative to hearings in probate court shall apply to appeals heard in the circuit court. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §36.)
AL Code § 22-11A-37 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-37 - Testing and Treatment of Inmate of Correctional Facility.

Section 22-11A-37Testing and treatment of inmate of correctional facility. When there is reasonable cause to believe that an inmate of any state correctional facility or any municipal or county jail has been exposed to or is afflicted with any of the diseases designated by this article, the State or county Health Officer may petition the superintendent of the facility to isolate the inmate for compulsory testing, treatment and quarantine. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §37.)
AL Code § 22-11A-39 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-39 - Notification of Pre-Hospital Agencies Who Assisted in Delivering Person With Infectious Disease to Hospital.

Section 22-11A-39Notification of pre-hospital agencies who assisted in delivering person with infectious disease to hospital. The chief administrator, or his designee, of a hospital, pursuant to rules promulgated by the Department of Public health, shall notify all pre-hospital agencies who assisted in handling and delivering a person to a hospital, if the hospital learns said person has an infectious disease. The State Board of Health shall designate what shall constitute an infectious disease for the purpose of this section. For the purposes of this section the term "hospital" shall have the meaning prescribed by Section 22-21-20. For the purposes of this section the term "pre-hospital agencies" shall include but shall not be limited to paramedics, firemedics, firemen, law enforcement officers, ambulance drivers, medical personnel, and similar emergency personnel. (Acts 1990, No. 90-552.)
AL Code § 22-11A-40 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-40 - Laboratory Tests for AIDS and Other Diseases; Violations.

Section 22-11A-40Laboratory tests for AIDS and other diseases; violations. (a) Prior to the administration of any laboratory test for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or for viruses that lead to the development of AIDS or any other notifiable disease that may be designated by the State Board of Health, the board shall administer a proficiency testing program to ascertain the qualifications and competency of the personnel conducting the test.  (b) Any laboratory or laboratory personnel who reports the test results of any diseases referenced in this section, when performed by any methods or procedures not approved by the board, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (Acts 1990, No. 90-629, §6; Act 2019-302, §1.)
AL Code § 22-11A-41 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-41 - Approval of Testing or Diagnostic Kits.

Section 22-11A-41Approval of testing or diagnostic kits. All individual testing and diagnostic kits or like kits for the identification of any of the designated notifiable diseases in Chapter 11A of Title 22 that are advertised, promoted or marketed for sale to the general public in the state shall be approved by the State Board of Health. (Acts 1990, No. 90-629, §7.)
AL Code § 22-11A-42 (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 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-42 - Fees for Services by Bureau of Clinical Laboratories.

Section 22-11A-42Fees for services by Bureau of Clinical Laboratories. The State Board of Health may set a reasonable schedule of fees for services rendered by the Bureau of Clinical Laboratories of the State Board of Health. All fees collected shall be deposited to the credit of the State Board of Health for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. (Act 2019-302, §2.)
AL Code § 22-11A-50 (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 2 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Aids.|Section 22-11A-50 - Definitions.

Section 22-11A-50Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings respectively ascribed to them, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) HIV. Human Immunodeficiency Virus. (2) AIDS. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. (3) HIV INFECTION. Infection with human immunodeficiency virus as determined by antibody tests, culture or other means approved by the State Board of Health. (Acts 1991, No. 91-120, p. 140, §1.)
AL Code § 22-11A-51 (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 2 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Aids.|Section 22-11A-51 - Informed Consent Required for HIV Testing.

Section 22-11A-51Informed consent required for HIV testing. (a) Before any HIV test is performed, the health care provider or testing facility shall obtain from the person a voluntary informed consent to administer the test. (b) A general consent form should be signed for medical or surgical treatment which specifies the testing for HIV infection by any antibody tests or other means and may be considered as meeting the standard of informed consent in subsection (a). (Acts 1991, No. 91-120, p. 140, §2(a), (b).)
AL Code § 22-11A-52 (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 2 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Aids.|Section 22-11A-52 - Informed Consent Implied Under Certain Circumstances.

Section 22-11A-52Informed consent implied under certain circumstances. When a written consent for HIV testing has not been obtained, consent shall be implied when an individual presents himself to a physician for diagnostic treatment or other medical services and the physician shall determine that a test for HIV infection is necessary for any of the following reasons: (1) Said individual is, based upon reasonable medical judgment, at high risk for HIV infection; (2) Said individual's medical care may be modified by the presence or absence of HIV infection; (3) The HIV status of the said individual shall be necessary in order to protect health care personnel from HIV infection. (Acts 1991, No. 91-120, p. 140, §2(c).)
AL Code § 22-11A-53 (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 2 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Aids.|Section 22-11A-53 - Notification of Positive Test Result; Counseling; Referral to Appropriate Health Care Services; Explanation of Individual Responsibility.

Section 22-11A-53Notification of positive test result; counseling; referral to appropriate health care services; explanation of individual responsibility. An individual tested shall be notified of a positive test result by the physician ordering the test, his designee, a physician designated by the applicant or by the Department of Public Health. Such notification shall include: (1) Face-to-face post-test counseling on the meaning of the test results, the possible need for additional testing, and the need to eliminate behavior which may spread the disease to others; (2) Information as to the availability of appropriate health care services, including mental health care, and appropriate social and support services; and (3) Explanation of the benefits of locating, testing and counseling any individual to whom the infected individual may have exposed the HIV virus and a full description of the services of public health with respect to locating and counseling all such individuals. (Acts 1991, No. 91-120, p. 140, §2(d).)
AL Code § 22-11A-54 (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 2 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Aids.|Section 22-11A-54 - Confidentiality.

Section 22-11A-54Confidentiality. A health care or other testing facility shall maintain confidentiality regarding medical test results with respect to the HIV infection or a specific sickness or medical condition derived from such infection and shall disclose results only to those individuals designated by this article or otherwise as authorized by law. (Acts 1991, No. 91-120, p. 140, §2(e).)