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AL Code § 22-11A-12 (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-12 - Statewide Outpatient Clinics; State Board of Health to Contract for Regional Tuberculosis Hospitals; Expenditures.

Section 22-11A-12Statewide outpatient clinics; State Board of Health to contract for regional tuberculosis hospitals; expenditures. (a) It shall be the duty of the State Board of Health to assure the statewide operation of outpatient clinics necessary for the treatment and control of tuberculosis. These clinics shall make available anti-tuberculosis drugs, other tuberculosis services, and conduct a continuing search for individuals infected with tuberculosis. (b) The State Board of Health shall have the authority to contract with accredited general hospitals to serve as regional contract tuberculosis hospitals and to determine the method of reimbursement. The regional contract tuberculosis hospitals shall furnish the State Board of Health with such reports as are required by the board. The Regional Tuberculosis Hospitals shall be compensated in a manner fixed by the State Board of Health. (c) The amount of expenditure for the purpose of treatment of tuberculosis, operation of clinics for treatment and control of tuberculosis, and provision of anti-tuberculosis drugs shall be that sum provided in the general appropriation act together with any public or private grants or appropriations. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §12.)
AL Code § 22-11A-13 (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-13 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

Section 22-11A-13Sexually transmitted diseases. Sexually transmitted diseases which are designated by the State Board of Health are recognized and declared to be contagious, infectious and communicable diseases and dangerous to public health. The State Board of Health is authorized and directed to promulgate rules for the testing, reporting, investigation and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §13.)
AL Code § 22-11A-14 (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-14 - Cases of Sexually Transmitted Diseases to Be Reported; Contents of Report; Reports Confidential; Penalty for Violation; Measures for Protection of Others.

Section 22-11A-14Cases of sexually transmitted diseases to be reported; contents of report; reports confidential; penalty for violation; measures for protection of others. (a) Any physician who diagnoses or treats a case of sexually transmitted disease as designated by the State Board of Health, or any administrator of any hospital, dispensary, correctional facility or other institution in which a case of sexually transmitted disease occurs shall report it to the state or county health officer or his designee in a time and manner prescribed by the State Board of Health. (b) The report shall be upon a form prescribed by the State Board of Health and, at a minimum, shall state the patient's full name, date of birth, race, sex, marital status, address, telephone number, place of employment, stage of disease, medication and amount given, and the date of onset. (c) Any person who is charged with the responsibility of operating a laboratory which performs tests for sexually transmitted diseases as designated by the State Board of Health shall report all positive and/or reactive test results to the State Board of Health in a time and manner prescribed by the State Board of Health. (d) The laboratory report shall be on a form prescribed by the State Board of Health which, at a minimum, shall include the patient's full name, age or date of birth, race, test results, name and address of attending physician and date of report. (e) The reports required by this section shall be confidential and shall not be subject to public inspection or admission into evidence in any court except proceedings brought under this article to compel the examination, testing, commitment or quarantine of any person or upon the written consent of the patient. (f) Any person violating the provisions of this section or rules made pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, may be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00. (g) Upon receipt of a report of a case of sexually transmitted disease, the county or State Health Officer shall institute such measures as he or she deems necessary or appropriate for the protection of other persons from infection by such diseased person as said health officer is empowered to use to prevent the spread of contagious, infectious or communicable diseases. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §14.)
AL Code § 22-11A-16 (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-16 - Serologic or Other Biologic Sample Required to Be Taken of Pregnant Women and of Newborns.

Section 22-11A-16Serologic or other biologic sample required to be taken of pregnant women and of newborns. (a) Every physician or other person permitted by law to attend a pregnant woman during gestation shall, in the case of each woman so attended, take or cause to be taken any serologic or other biologic sample of the woman as provided by the State Board of Health. Any sample shall be submitted to a laboratory approved by the board for testing for those sexually transmitted diseases for which there exists an effective vaccine or curative treatment approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration and as provided by the board. (b) Every physician or other person permitted by law to attend a pregnant woman during delivery shall take or cause to be taken any serologic or other biologic sample of the woman and any newborn as provided by the State Board of Health. Any sample shall be submitted to a laboratory approved by the board for testing for those sexually transmitted diseases for which there exists an effective vaccine or curative treatment approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration and as provided by the board. (c) All positive or reactive tests shall be reported as provided in Section 22-11A-14. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §16; Acts 1990, No. 90-629, p. 1148, §2; Act 2004-246, p. 338, §1.)
AL Code § 22-11A-17 (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-17 - Testing of Correctional Facility Inmates for Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Treatment; Discharge of Infectious Inmates; Victim May Request Results of HIV Testing.

Section 22-11A-17Testing of correctional facility inmates for sexually transmitted diseases; treatment; discharge of infectious inmates; victim may request results of HIV testing. (a) All persons sentenced to confinement or imprisonment in any city or county jail or any state correctional facility for 30 or more consecutive days shall be tested for those sexually transmitted diseases designated by the State Board of Health, upon entering the facility, and any inmate so confined for more than 90 days shall be examined for those sexually transmitted diseases 30 days before release. The results of any positive or reactive tests shall be reported as provided in Section 22-11A-14. Additionally, the results of any positive or negative test for HIV of a sexual offender shall be provided to the State Health Officer or his or her designee as provided in Section 22-11A-14. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to require the testing of any person held in a city or county jail awaiting removal to a state correctional facility. (b) The authorities of any state, county or city facility shall provide for treatment of any inmate diagnosed with a treatable sexually transmitted disease and not otherwise financially able to pay for such treatment. In the case of a discharge inmate who is infectious, a written notice shall be submitted to the State Health Officer or to the county health officer of the locality to which the prisoner is returned, setting forth the necessary facts and a record of the treatment administered while in custody. (c) At the request of the victim of a sexual offense (as defined in Section 13A-6-60, et seq.), the State Health Department shall release the results of any tests on the defendant convicted of such sexual offense, for the presence of etiologic agent for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS or HIV) to the victim of such sexual offense. The State Health Department shall also provide the victim of such sexual offense counsel regarding AIDS disease, AIDS testing, in accordance with applicable law and referral for appropriate health care and support services. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §17; Acts 1990, No. 90-629, §3; Acts 1993, No. 93-723, p. 1424, §1.)
AL Code § 22-11A-18 (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-18 - Isolation of Person Believed to Have Sexually Transmitted Disease; Such Person Required to Report for Treatment; Costs; Compulsory Treatment and Quarantine.

Section 22-11A-18Isolation of person believed to have sexually transmitted disease; such person required to report for treatment; costs; compulsory treatment and quarantine. (a) Any person where there is reasonable cause to believe has a sexually transmitted disease or has been exposed to a sexually transmitted disease shall be tested and examined by the county or State Health Officer or his designee or a licensed physician. Whenever any person so suspected refuses to be examined, such person may be isolated or committed as provided in this article until, in the judgment of the State or county Health Officer, that person is no longer dangerous to public health. The cost of rooming and boarding such person, other than when confined to his/her own residence, shall be the responsibility of the state. (b) The State Health Officer or county health officer shall require all persons infected with a sexually transmitted disease to report for treatment by the health officer or a licensed physician, and continue treatment until such disease, in the judgment of the attending physician is no longer communicable or a source of danger to public health. When such infected persons are unable to pay the attending physician's fees and are indigent, they shall submit to treatment at state expense. Whenever, in the judgment of the state or county health officer, such a course is necessary to protect public health, a person infected with a sexually transmitted disease may be committed or isolated for compulsory treatment and quarantine in accordance with the provisions of this article. The cost of rooming and boarding such person, other than when confined to his/her own residence, shall be the responsibility of the state. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §18; Acts 1990, No. 90-629, §4.)
AL Code § 22-11A-19 (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-19 - Minor 12 Years or Older May Consent to Medical Treatment for Sexually Transmitted Disease; Medical Care Provider May Inform Parent or Guardian.

Section 22-11A-19Minor 12 years or older may consent to medical treatment for sexually transmitted disease; medical care provider may inform parent or guardian. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a minor 12 years of age or older who may have come into contact with any sexually transmitted disease as designated by the State Board of Health may give consent to the furnishing of medical care related to the diagnosis or treatment of such disease, provided a duly licensed practitioner of medicine in Alabama authorizes such diagnosis and treatment. The consent of the minor shall be as valid and binding as if the minor had achieved his or her majority, as the case may be. Such consent shall not be voidable nor subject to later disaffirmance because of minority. The medical provider or facility of whatever description providing diagnostic procedures or treatment to a minor patient who has come into contact with any designated sexually transmitted disease, may, but shall not be obligated to, inform the parent, parents or guardian of any such minor as to the treatment given or needed. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §19.)
AL Code § 22-11A-20 (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-20 - Physicians to Instruct Persons on Prevention and Cure of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

Section 22-11A-20Physicians to instruct persons on prevention and cure of sexually transmitted diseases. Every physician who examines or treats a person having a sexually transmitted disease shall instruct such person in measures for preventing the spread of such disease and the necessity of treatment until cured. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §20.)
AL Code § 22-11A-21 (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-21 - Penalties for Treating or Preparing Medicine Without a License; Penalty for Person Afflicted With Sexually Transmitted Disease to Transmit Such Disease to Another Person.

Section 22-11A-21Penalties for treating or preparing medicine without a license; penalty for person afflicted with sexually transmitted disease to transmit such disease to another person. (a) Any person who shall treat or prescribe for any person having a sexually transmitted disease except a physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama by the Medical Licensure Commission shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (b) Any druggist or other person who shall sell any drug, medicine or preparation or preparations advertised, called for, labeled or intended to be used as a cure or treatment for a sexually transmitted disease, except on the written prescription of a licensed physician, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (c) Any person afflicted with a sexually transmitted disease who shall knowingly transmit, or assume the risk of transmitting, or do any act which will probably or likely transmit such disease to another person shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §21.)
AL Code § 22-11A-22 (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-22 - Medical Records of Persons Infected With Sexually Transmitted Diseases Confidential; Penalty for Release.

Section 22-11A-22Medical records of persons infected with sexually transmitted diseases confidential; penalty for release. All information, reports and medical records concerning persons infected with sexually transmitted diseases designated by the State Board of Health shall be confidential and shall not be subject to public inspection or admission into evidence in any court except commitment proceedings brought under this article. Individual medical records may be released on the written consent of the patient. Anyone violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §22.)
AL Code § 22-11A-23 (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-23 - Any Person Believed Exposed to Diseases to Be Tested; Any Person Believed Afflicted Shall Seek and Accept Treatment.

Section 22-11A-23Any person believed exposed to diseases to be tested; any person believed afflicted shall seek and accept treatment. Any person who the state or county health officer has reason to believe has been exposed to any of the diseases designated under this article shall be tested. Any person who the state or county health officer has reason to believe is afflicted with any of the diseases designated under this article shall seek and accept treatment at the direction of the health officer or a physician licensed to practice medicine in Alabama. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §23.)
AL Code § 22-11A-24 (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-24 - Commitment to Department of Public Health for Compulsory Treatment When Person Exposed or Afflicted and Refuses Treatment.

Section 22-11A-24Commitment to Department of Public Health for compulsory treatment when person exposed or afflicted and refuses treatment. When any person exposed to a disease or where reasonable evidence indicates exposure to a disease or infection designated under this article refuses testing or when any person afflicted with a disease designated under this article refuses treatment and/or conducts himself so as to expose others to infection, the state or county health officer or the designee may petition the probate judge of the county in which such person is located to commit him to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health for compulsory testing, treatment and quarantine. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §24.)
AL Code § 22-11A-25 (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-25 - Commitment Petition - Contents.

Section 22-11A-25Commitment petition - Contents. The petition shall be executed under oath and shall contain the name and address of the petitioner, the name and location of the person sought to be committed, the disease to which the person has been exposed or is afflicted with, and a statement of the reasons why the petitioner believes the person has been exposed or is afflicted with one of the designated diseases and the danger he poses to public health. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §25.)
AL Code § 22-11A-26 (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-26 - Commitment Petition - Probate Judge May Take Sworn Testimony of Petitioner; Petition Without Merit to Be Dismissed.

Section 22-11A-26Commitment petition - Probate judge may take sworn testimony of petitioner; petition without merit to be dismissed. When any petition is filed, seeking to commit any person to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health, the probate judge shall immediately review the petition and may require the petitioner to be sworn in and to answer, under oath, questions regarding the petition and the person sought to be committed. If it appears from the face of the petition or the testimony of the petitioner that the petition is totally without merit, the probate judge may order the petition dismissed without further proceedings. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §26.)
AL Code § 22-11A-27 (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-27 - Commitment Petition - Notice of Petition to Be Served; Contents.

Section 22-11A-27Commitment petition - Notice of petition to be served; contents. When any petition has been filed seeking to commit a person to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health on the ground that such person is a danger to public health and such petition has been reviewed by the probate judge, the probate judge shall order the sheriff of the county in which such person is located to serve a copy of the petition, together with a copy of the order setting the petition for hearing, upon such person. Said notice shall include the date, time and place of the hearing; a clear statement of the purpose of the proceeding and the possible consequences to the subject thereof; the alleged factual basis for the proposed commitment; a statement of the legal standards upon which commitment is authorized; and a list of the names and addresses of the witnesses who may be called to testify in support of the petition. Said notice shall be served on the person sought to be committed at least five days prior to the date of the hearing. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §27.)