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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11D - Statewide Trauma System. › Section 22-11D-4 - Verification and Certification of Trauma or Health Care Center Status.

Section 22-11D-4
Verification and certification of trauma or health care center status.
(a) With the advice of and after approval of the council, the board may adopt rules for verification and certification of trauma or health care center status which assign level designations based on resources available within the facility. Rules shall be based upon national guidelines, including, but not limited to, those established by the American College of Surgeons, the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, in Hospital and Pre-hospital Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient, and any published appendices thereto. Rules specific to rural and urban areas shall be developed and adopted by rule of the board.
(b) Any medical facility that desires to be a designated trauma or other health care center shall request a designation from the department whereby the medical facility agrees to maintain a level of commitment and resources sufficient to meet the responsibilities and standards required by the rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter. The board shall determine by rule the manner and form of such requests and the standards for review of such requests. Any medical facility that meets such standards shall be certified by the department and shall be included in the trauma or other health system. The department may revoke, suspend, or modify a designation if it determines that the medical facility is substantially out of compliance with standards and it has refused or been unable to comply after a reasonable period of time has elapsed. Any medical facility may challenge the board's designation, denial, revocation, suspension, or modification of its trauma center or other health care centers designation pursuant to the contested case provisions of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act and rules of the board.
(c) No medical facility shall hold itself out to the public as a trauma or other health care center unless it is designated as such by the department.
(Act 2007-299, p. 541, §4; Act 2012-526, p. 1556, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11D - Statewide Trauma System. › Section 22-11D-5 - Establishment of Council; Composition; Meetings.

Section 22-11D-5
Establishment of council; composition; meetings.
(a) There is established the Statewide Trauma and Health Care Center Advisory Council to assist in developing regulations and standards necessary to implement this chapter and to serve as consultants to the board on matters related to the statewide trauma system and other health care centers.
(b) The council shall consist of 11 members and be constituted in the following manner:
(1) Four representatives of hospitals, who shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Hospital Association. Two of the appointees shall be from hospitals located in urban areas and two shall be from hospitals located in rural areas of the state. At least two of the appointees shall be from hospitals that will be designated as trauma centers after the statewide trauma system is established.
(2) Four representatives who shall be licensed physicians, appointed by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama.
(3) One representative of the board who shall be the Medical Director of the EMS and Trauma Division of the department, or his or her designee.
(4) One member who shall be a licensed emergency medical technician, who shall be appointed by the State Health Officer.
(5) The State Health Officer, who shall serve as the chair.
(c) All members of the council shall be appointed for a term of four years, except initial members shall be appointed to terms of from one to four years and shall serve such staggered terms so that members appointed by the Alabama Hospital Association and Medical Association of the State of Alabama may be appointed subsequently each year. The membership of the council shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for the original appointments. Persons appointed to fill vacancies shall serve the unexpired portions of the terms.
(d) The council shall meet at least twice a year, but may meet more frequently upon the call of the chair. The council may meet by electronic means and shall establish rules of procedure for its meetings.
(e) The council may appoint subcommittees and workgroups. Subcommittees shall consist of council members and workgroups may consist of non-council members.
(f) With the consent of the majority of the members, the chair shall set requirements for proxy representation, voting, and the establishment of a quorum.
(g) Members shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties at the same rate as state employees.
(h) The members shall represent the demographic composition of the state to the extent possible.
(Act 2007-299, p. 541, §5; Act 2012-526, p. 1556, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11D - Statewide Trauma System. › Section 22-11D-6 - Statewide Registries.

Section 22-11D-6
Statewide registries.
(a) The department shall establish a statewide trauma registry and may establish other registries to collect and analyze data on the incidence, severity, and causes of trauma, including traumatic brain injury and other health care illnesses, such as stroke. The registries shall be used to improve the availability and delivery of pre-hospital or out-of-hospital care and hospital trauma or other health care services. Specific data elements of the registries shall be defined by rule of the department. Every health care facility that is designated by the department as a trauma or health care center shall furnish data to the registries. All other health care facilities shall furnish trauma or other health data as required by rule of the department.
(b) All data collected pursuant to this section shall be held confidential pursuant to state and federal laws, rules, and policies.
(Act 2007-299, p. 541, §6; Act 2012-526, p. 1556, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11D - Statewide Trauma System. › Section 22-11D-7 - Designation of Trauma Care Regions; Regional Trauma Advisory Councils.

Section 22-11D-7
Designation of trauma care regions; regional trauma advisory councils.
(a) The board shall designate, by rule, trauma care regions, so that all parts of the state are within such regions. The regional designations shall be made on the basis of efficiency of delivery of needed trauma care.
(b) The board may establish regional trauma advisory councils as needed. Regional trauma advisory councils shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the council on suggested regional modifications to the statewide trauma system that will improve patient care and accommodate specific regional needs. Each regional trauma advisory council shall provide data required by the department or the council to assess the effectiveness of the statewide trauma system.
(c) Each regional trauma advisory council shall have a minimum of 10 members. The membership of regional trauma advisory councils shall be appointed in the same manner as the council is appointed and shall be composed of representatives of the same groups. Additional members may be appointed pursuant to rules promulgated by the board. The chair of each regional trauma advisory council shall be elected by the members to serve for four years. The members shall represent the demographic composition of the region served, as far as practicable.
(d) Regional trauma advisory council members shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties at the same rate as state employees.
(e) All other governance requirements of the regional trauma advisory councils shall be established by rule of the board.
(f) The board may designate the trauma care regions as the regions for planning and coordination of emergency medical and hospital care for other illnesses. The trauma advisory councils shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations on coordination of systems of care by health care centers for other illnesses as may be determined necessary by the board.
(Act 2007-299, p. 541, §7; Act 2012-526, p. 1556, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11D - Statewide Trauma System. › Section 22-11D-8 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 22-11D-8
Rules and regulations.
(a) In accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, the board, with the advice and after approval of the council, shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this chapter. Rules promulgated by the board may include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Criteria to ensure that severely injured or ill people are promptly transported and treated at designated trauma centers appropriate to the severity of the injury. Minimum criteria shall address emergency medical service trauma triage and transportation guidelines as approved under the board's emergency medical services rules, designation of health care facilities as trauma centers, interhospital transfers, and a trauma system governance structure.
(2) Standards for verification of trauma and health care center status which assign level designations based on resources available within the facility. Standards shall be based upon national guidelines, including, but not limited to, those established by the American College of Surgeons, entitled Hospital and Pre-hospital Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient, and any published appendices thereto.
(3) Communication systems used by participating trauma centers and emergency medical services.
(4) Verification and adjustment of trauma center status.
(5) Specifications for centralized dispatch.
(6) Dividing the state into emergency management services regions to ensure that all parts of the state are within a region. The regional designations shall be made on the basis of efficiency of delivery of needed trauma care.
(7) Establishing regional trauma advisory councils and designating their roles and responsibilities.
(8) Designating levels of trauma centers.
(9) Specifying activation requirements for air ambulances conducting scene flights. The board shall not regulate in any manner the activation or operations of fixed-wing providers that do not conduct scene flights.
(10) Quality assurance requirements and evaluation methodologies.
(11) Statewide trauma registry data elements and data collection.
(b) The board, with the advice and approval of the council, may designate other illnesses, such as stroke, which require coordination of emergency medical hospital care and may develop other statewide programs and registries modeled after the statewide trauma program.
(Act 2007-299, p. 541, §8; Act 2012-526, p. 1556, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11D - Statewide Trauma System. › Section 22-11D-9 - Statewide Trauma System Fund.

Section 22-11D-9
Statewide Trauma System Fund.
(a) The Statewide Trauma System Fund is created. The department shall distribute funding allocated to the department for the purpose of creating, administering, maintaining, or enhancing the statewide trauma system. The department may apply for, receive, and accept gifts and other payments, including property and services, for the fund from any governmental or other public or private entity or person and may utilize the fund for activities related to the design, administration, operation, maintenance, or enhancement of the statewide trauma system.
(b) The methodology of distribution of funds and allocation of funds shall be established by the council and subsequently adopted by the board, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act. Guidelines and parameters for distribution and allocation of funds is the sole prerogative of the council. Fund allocation to trauma centers shall be based upon the designated level of trauma care and the number of qualified patients directed through the trauma centers, as defined by the rules of the board.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall limit a patient's right to choose the physician, hospital, trauma center, health care center, facility, or other provider of health care services, subject to any limitations, requirements, or mechanisms prescribed in any federal law or law of the State of Alabama.
(d) Nothing in this chapter shall limit a hospital from being designated as a trauma center or any other designated health care center.
(Act 2007-299, p. 541, §9; Act 2012-526, p. 1556, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11D - Statewide Trauma System. › Section 22-11D-10 - Statewide Health System Fund.

Section 22-11D-10
Statewide Health System Fund.
(a) The Statewide Health System Fund is created. The department shall distribute funding allocated to the department for the purpose of creating, administering, maintaining, or enhancing the statewide health system. The department may apply for, receive, and accept gifts and other payments, including property and services, for the fund from any governmental or other public or private entity or person and may utilize the fund for activities related to the design, administration, operation, maintenance, or enhancement of the statewide health system.
(b) The methodology of distribution of funds and allocation of funds shall be established by the council and subsequently adopted by the board pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act. Fund allocation to health care centers shall be based upon the designated level of health care and the number of qualified patients directed through the health care centers, as defined by the rules of the board.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall limit a patient's right to choose the physician, hospital, trauma center, health care center, facility, or other provider of health care services, subject to any limitations, requirements, or mechanisms prescribed in any federal law or law of the State of Alabama.
(d) Nothing in this chapter shall limit a hospital from being designated as a trauma center or other designated health care center.
(Act 2012-526, p. 1556, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11E - Consussion and Head Injuries in Youth Sports. › Section 22-11E-1 - Legislative Findings.

Section 22-11E-1
Legislative findings.
(a) The Legislature finds the following:
(1) Concussions are one of the most commonly reported injuries in children and adolescents who participate in sports and recreational activities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that as many as 3,900,000 sports-related and recreation-related concussions occur in the United States each year. A concussion is caused by a blow or motion to the head or body that causes the brain to move rapidly inside the skull. The risk of catastrophic injuries or death is significant when a concussion or head injury is not properly evaluated and managed.
(2) Concussions are a type of brain injury that can range from mild to severe and can disrupt the way the brain normally works. Concussions can occur in any organized or unorganized sport or recreational activity and can result from a fall or from participants colliding with each other, the ground, or with obstacles. Concussions occur with or without loss of consciousness, but the vast majority occurs without loss of consciousness.
(3) Continuing to play with a concussion or symptoms of head injury leaves the young athlete especially vulnerable to greater injury and even death.
(b) The Legislature recognizes that there exists within the State of Alabama the need for guidelines and other pertinent information to inform and educate health care providers, school systems, coaches, youth athletes, and their parents or guardians of the nature and risk of concussion and brain injury, including continuing to play after a suspected concussion or brain injury.
(Act 2011-541, p. 989, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11E - Consussion and Head Injuries in Youth Sports. › Section 22-11E-2 - Athletic Head Injury Safety Training.

Section 22-11E-2
Athletic head injury safety training.
(a) Each local school system and governing body of each sport or recreational organization shall develop guidelines and other pertinent information and forms to inform and educate youth athletes and their parents or guardians in their program of the nature and risk of concussion and brain injury, including continuing to play after a suspected concussion or brain injury. On a yearly basis, a concussion and head injury information sheet shall be signed and returned by the youth athlete and the athlete's parent or guardian prior to the youth athlete's initiating practice or competition.
(b) Each local school system and sports or recreational organization governing body shall ensure that coaches receive annual training to learn how to recognize the symptoms of a concussion and how to seek proper medical treatment for a person suspected of having a concussion.
(c) Each local school system and sports or recreational organization shall establish by rule the requirements of the training which shall be provided by using designated resources to the extent practicable and timelines to ensure that, to the extent practicable, every coach receives the training before the beginning of practice for the school athletic team.
(d) A youth athlete who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or brain injury in practice or a game shall be immediately removed from participation and may not return to play the day of the injury and until he or she is evaluated by a licensed physician and receives written clearance to return to play from a licensed physician.
(Act 2011-541, p. 989, §2; Act 2012-314, p. 712, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11F - The Coach Safely Act. › Section 22-11F-1 - Short Title.

Section 22-11F-1
THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE UPON ADOPTION OF RULES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Coach Safely Act.
(Act 2018-496, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11F - The Coach Safely Act. › Section 22-11F-2 - Definitions.

Section 22-11F-2
THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE UPON ADOPTION OF RULES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) ASSOCIATION. Any organization that administers or conducts high risk youth athletics activities on property owned, leased, managed, or maintained by the state, an agent of the state, or a political subdivision of the state.
(2) ATHLETICS PERSONNEL. Athletic directors and other individuals actively involved in organizing, training, or coaching sports activities for individuals age 14 and under.
(3) COACH. Any individual, whether paid, unpaid, volunteer, or interim, who has been approved by the association to organize, train, or supervise a youth athlete or team of youth athletes. If an individual approved by the association is unavailable, the term may include an individual selected by a youth athlete or a team of youth athletes who has not been approved by the association.
(4) HIGH RISK YOUTH ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES. Any organized sport in which there is a significant possibility for a youth athlete to sustain a serious physical injury, including, but not limited to, the sports of football, basketball, baseball, volleyball, soccer, ice or field hockey, cheerleading, and lacrosse.
(5) YOUTH ATHLETE. Individuals age 14 and under participating in an organized sport.
(Act 2018-496, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-1 - Enforcement of Quarantine.

Section 22-12-1
Enforcement of quarantine.
Quarantine shall be enforced by the state, by counties and by incorporated cities and towns in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Code 1907, §736; Code 1923, §1202; Code 1940, T. 22, §141.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-2 - State Quarantine Authority Paramount.

Section 22-12-2
State quarantine authority paramount.
The quarantine authority of the state shall be paramount to that of any county, city or town therein.
(Code 1907, §742; Code 1923, §1208; Code 1940, T. 22, §173.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-3 - Exercise of Rights and Duties by Public Health Committees and Officers.

Section 22-12-3
Exercise of rights and duties by public health committees and officers.
Whenever in this chapter rights are granted to, or duties imposed upon, the State Board of Health or a county board of health, such rights and such duties may be exercised or executed by the committees of public health or health officers, respectively, of said boards as their legal and accredited agents.
(Code 1907, §737; Code 1923, §1203; Code 1940, T. 22, §143; Acts 1981, No. 81-439, p. 757, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-4 - Proclamation of Quarantine by Governor.

Section 22-12-4
Proclamation of quarantine by Governor.
The Governor, whenever he deems it necessary, or the State Board of Health, shall proclaim quarantine, and when proclaimed, said Board of Health shall enforce such quarantine under such regulations as may, from time to time, be prescribed.
(Code 1907, §738; Code 1923, §1204; Code 1940, T. 22, §144; Acts 1981, No. 81-439, p. 757, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-5 - Amendment of Regulations and Changes of Territory.

Section 22-12-5
Amendment of regulations and changes of territory.
When proclamation of quarantine has been issued by the Governor, the State Health Officer may, subject to the approval of the State Board of Health, amend the regulations originally adopted and may add to, or take from, the territory under quarantine, provided he reports to the Governor all amendments and changes made, together with the reasons therefor.
(Code 1907, §744; Code 1923, §1210; Code 1940, T. 22, §154.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-6 - Investigations; Quarantine Pending Investigations.

Section 22-12-6
Investigations; quarantine pending investigations.
The State Health Officer, or any representative designated by him, may go into any place in this state for the purpose of making such investigations as shall determine the necessity for quarantine. Quarantine may be established, pending such investigation, upon authentic information of the existence of a quarantinable disease at any place from which such disease is likely to invade the state, or any portion thereof.
(Code 1907, §739; Code 1923, §1208; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 22, §145.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-7 - Refusal of Investigation by Authorities Outside State.

Section 22-12-7
Refusal of investigation by authorities outside state.
Should permission for such investigation into the nature of the disease as is provided for in this chapter be refused by the authorities of any place outside of this state, such refusal will constitute ground for declaring quarantine against such place.
(Code 1907, §740; Code 1923, §1206; Code 1940, T. 22, §147.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-9 - Duty of Vessel Master Ordered to Perform Quarantine.

Section 22-12-9
Duty of vessel master ordered to perform quarantine.
The master of any vessel, ordered to perform quarantine, must deliver, to the officer appointed to see it performed, his bill of health and manifest, logbook and journal; if he fails to do, or to repair, in proper time after notice, to the quarantine ground or departs thence without authority, he must, on conviction, be fined not less than $200.00.
(Code 1852, §965; Code 1867, §1216; Code 1876, §4225; Code 1886, §4090; Code 1896, §5347; Code 1907, §7060; Code 1923, §4362; Code 1940, T. 22, §148.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-10 - Unauthorized Removal of Vessel From Quarantine.

Section 22-12-10
Unauthorized removal of vessel from quarantine.
Any master or other person in charge of a vessel in quarantine who shall remove or take, or who shall aid or procure to be removed or taken, such vessel from quarantine before she is given pratique is guilty of a misdemeanor and must, on conviction, be punished accordingly.
(Code 1896, §5350; Code 1907, §7063; Code 1923, §4365; Code 1940, T. 22, §149.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-11 - Violation of Regulations as to Arriving Vessels.

Section 22-12-11
Violation of regulations as to arriving vessels.
Any person who violates the regulations prescribed by the corporate authorities of any town or city or by the county commissioner of any county in relation to vessels arriving in the harbor or in the vicinity of such town or city, after notice thereof has been given for five days in some newspaper printed in such town or city or, when there is none, by notice posted up at some public place therein for the same length of time, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00.
(Code 1852, §962; Code 1867, §1213; Code 1876, §4223; Code 1886, §4088; Code 1896, §5345; Code 1907, §7057; Code 1923, §4359; Code 1940, T. 22, §142.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-12 - Proclamation of Quarantine in County, City, or Town.

Section 22-12-12
Proclamation of quarantine in county, city, or town.
Upon the recommendation of the board of health of a county, and subject to the approval of the State Board of Health, quarantine may be proclaimed for a county by the probate judge thereof or, in case of his inability to act, then, by the presiding officer of the county commission and for an incorporated city or town by the mayor or chief executive officer thereof. In case of emergency, quarantine may be proclaimed by said officers without such recommendations, subject, however, to approval, modification or withdrawal by the board of health of the county.
(Code 1907, §748; Code 1923, §1214; Code 1940, T. 22, §160.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-13 - Enforcement of Local Quarantine.

Section 22-12-13
Enforcement of local quarantine.
When quarantine has been proclaimed for a county, incorporated city or town in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, its enforcement shall be entrusted to the health officer of the county, city or town, respectively, the administration of any one or all of whom shall be subject to the approval of the board of health of the county.
(Code 1907, §749; Code 1923, §1215; Code 1940, T. 22, §161.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-14 - Quarantine of Infected Portions of County - Establishment.

Section 22-12-14
Quarantine of infected portions of county - Establishment.
When a contagious or infectious disease of quarantinable nature exists in a part of a county, the remainder of the county, and any incorporated city or town therein, may establish quarantine against the infected portion or portions of the county in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) If a majority of the committee of public health, acting for the board of health of the county, reside in the uninfected portion of the county, such majority shall have the power of the full committee, as defined in the Sections 22-12-12 and 22-12-13; or
(2) If, however, a majority of the said committee reside in the infected portion of the county, then said committee can no longer act, and in that event, the uninfected portion of the county may establish quarantine as follows:
a. The judge of probate, the presiding officer or any two members of the county commission if they, or either, reside in the uninfected portion of the county, may issue, in the order named and upon the recommendation of the county health officer in case he resides in the uninfected portion of the county or, in default of such residence or on account of his absence from the county, then, without such recommendation, a proclamation of quarantine against the infected portions of the county, subject to approval or modification by the State Board of Health; and
b. Likewise, the Mayor or Chief Executive Officer of any incorporated city or town in the uninfected portion of the county may issue, on the recommendation of the health officer of his city or town or, in the absence of such officer, then, without such recommendation, a proclamation of quarantine against the infected portion of the county, subject to approval or modification by the State Board of Health.
(Code 1907, §750; Code 1923, §1216; Code 1940, T. 22, §162.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-15 - Quarantine of Infected Portions of County - Enforcement.

Section 22-12-15
Quarantine of infected portions of county - Enforcement.
A proclamation of quarantine issued in accordance with the provisions of Section 22-12-14 by the judge of probate, the presiding officer or any two members of the county commission for the protection of a portion of a county shall be enforced by the health officer of the county, provided he resides in the uninfected portion of the county, but in case he does not so reside, or in the event of his absence or disability, then such proclamation shall be enforced in such way as the officer issuing the same may direct. A proclamation of quarantine issued by the Mayor or Chief Executive Officer of any incorporated city or town in accordance with the provisions of Section 22-12-14 shall be enforced by the health officer of the city or town and, in case of his absence or disability, then, in such way as the officer issuing the proclamation may direct.
(Code 1907, §751; Code 1923, §1217; Code 1940, T. 22, §163.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-16 - Expense of Enforcing Local Quarantine.

Section 22-12-16
Expense of enforcing local quarantine.
The expense of enforcing any quarantine for a county, or for a portion thereof, as provided for in Sections 22-12-12 through 22-12-15, shall be defrayed by the county commission of the county; that incurred in conducting a quarantine for an incorporated city or town shall be defrayed by the authorities of the city or town declaring quarantine.
(Code 1907, §752; Code 1923, §1218; Code 1940, T. 22, §164.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-17 - Report of Local Quarantine to State.

Section 22-12-17
Report of local quarantine to state.
Every quarantine declared or established by the authority of any county, incorporated city or town in this state, together with the regulations prescribed thereunder, shall forthwith be reported to the State Health Officer by the health officer of the county, city or town establishing or conducting such quarantine.
(Code 1907, §754; Code 1923, §1220; Code 1940, T. 22, §165.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-18 - Quarantine of Person Coming From Infected Place.

Section 22-12-18
Quarantine of person coming from infected place.
Any person, coming into a city or town by land from a place infected with a contagious disease, may be compelled to perform quarantine by the health officer and restrained from traveling until discharged; and any person thus restrained, traveling before he is discharged must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00.
(Code 1852, §967; Code 1867, §1218; Code 1876, §4226; Code 1886, §4091; Code 1896, §5348; Code 1907, §7061; Code 1923, §4363; Code 1940, T. 22, §150.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-19 - Establishment of Place of Detention.

Section 22-12-19
Establishment of place of detention.
The authorities of any incorporated city or town may establish a place of detention for persons who may come from territory under quarantine by such incorporated city or town; but if the place selected is without the limits of the town or city, the assent of the county commission in which such place is located must be obtained.
(Code 1852, §959; Code 1867, §1210; Code 1876, §1507; Code 1886, §1263; Code 1896, §2398; Code 1907, §741; Code 1923, §1207; Code 1940, T. 22, §151.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-20 - Attempted Escapes and Escapes From Detention.

Section 22-12-20
Attempted escapes and escapes from detention.
Should a person who has been legally placed in detention by a county health officer or quarantine officer attempt to make his escape, such person may be forcibly detained or, should such person make his escape, complaint, on oath, may be made before the judge of probate or a judge of the circuit, district or municipal court of the county or municipality where the escape or attempted escape occurs, by the county health officer or quarantine officer, whereupon such judge of probate or the judge of the circuit, district or municipal court to which such complaint was made, shall issue a warrant authorizing a sheriff, bonded constable or other lawful officer to arrest such person and return him to detention.
(Code 1852, §966; Code 1867, §1217; Code 1876, §1511; Code 1886, §1267; Code 1896, §2402; Code 1907, §753; Code 1923, §1219; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 22, §152.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-21 - Supervision of Public Conveyances Affected by Quarantine; Refusal of Freight, Etc.

Section 22-12-21
Supervision of public conveyances affected by quarantine; refusal of freight, etc.
During the existence of quarantine, state or local, the supervision of trains, buses, aircraft and watercraft affected by such quarantine shall be placed under the State Board of Health; and the quarantine authorities of any county, incorporated city, or town traversed by such roads or which such aircraft or watercraft may enter may decline to receive freight, mail or express matter from a place infected with a quarantinable disease, of which refusal the said authorities must give the State Health Officer immediate notice.
(Code 1907, §745; Code 1923, §1211; Code 1940, T. 22, §155.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-22 - Transportation of Person or Thing in Violation of Quarantine.

Section 22-12-22
Transportation of person or thing in violation of quarantine.
Any person, conductor, captain, agent or manager, operating either for himself or for a corporation a railroad, watercraft or other conveyance for the transportation of passengers or freight, who shall knowingly transport any person or thing in violation of the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense.
(Code 1907, §7068; Code 1923, §4370; Code 1940, T. 22, §156.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-23 - Free Rides on Public Transports for Quarantine Officers.

Section 22-12-23
Free rides on public transports for quarantine officers.
(a) Written authority to act as quarantine officer for this state, or for any county, incorporated city or town therein, conducting a quarantine approved by the executive officer of the State Board of Health, shall entitle the holder thereof to board any railroad train, passenger or freight, bus or watercraft in this state and ride thereon, free of cost, to such place or places as the discharge of his duties may demand.
(b) Any conductor of a railroad train, passenger or freight, or captain or other officer of a watercraft in this state who refuses to allow a quarantine officer to ride on train or watercraft, free of charge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00 for each offense.
(Code 1907, §§755, 7067; Code 1923, §§1221, 4369; Code 1940, T. 22, §§166, 167.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-24 - Passing of Quarantine Lines by State Quarantine Officers and Guards.

Section 22-12-24
Passing of quarantine lines by state quarantine officers and guards.
All state quarantine officers and guards, upon presentation of such credentials and compliance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the State Board of Health, shall be permitted to pass all quarantine lines established by county, city or town authority.
(Code 1907, §743; Code 1923, §1209; Code 1940, T. 22, §153.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-26 - Arrests Without Warrants.

Section 22-12-26
Arrests without warrants.
Any legal quarantine officer or guard may, without warrant, arrest a person who attempts to violate a quarantine regulation and carry such person either to a designated place of detention or before an officer having jurisdiction of such offense.
(Code 1907, §7070; Code 1923, §4372; Code 1940, T. 22, §170.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12 - Quarantine Laws and Regulations. › Section 22-12-29 - Affidavits by Persons Desiring to Enter or Remain in Certain Places.

Section 22-12-29
Affidavits by persons desiring to enter or remain in certain places.
(a) Any person who makes affidavit before a quarantine officer or guard, engaged in enforcing quarantine for the protection of a place which said person wishes to enter, and who furnishes such other evidence as may be prescribed by the State Board of Health that he has not, since the appearance of a quarantinable disease then existing, been in any place against which quarantine has been legally proclaimed shall be permitted to enter, or remain in, the place to which he desires to go. Any person who has been in a place then under quarantine, by the authority of the state or by that of a county, city or town with the approval of the State Board of Health, and who has since complied with the requirements as to detention and disinfection, one or both, prescribed or approved by the State Board of Health and who shall make affidavit thereto and furnish such other evidence thereof as said board may prescribe or demand shall be permitted to enter or remain in any place in this state.
(b) Any quarantine officer or guard or other person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00 for each offense.
(Code 1907, §§747, 7065; Code 1923, §§1213, 4367; Code 1940, T. 22, §§158, 159.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12A - Perinatal Health Care. › Section 22-12A-1 - Short Title.

Section 22-12A-1
Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Perinatal Health Act.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-761, p. 1586, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12A - Perinatal Health Care. › Section 22-12A-2 - Legislative Intent; "Perinatal" Defined.

Section 22-12A-2
Legislative intent; "perinatal" defined.
(a) It is the legislative intent to effect a program in this state of:
(1) Perinatal care in order to reduce infant mortality and handicapping conditions;
(2) Administering such policy by supporting quality perinatal care at the most appropriate level in the closest proximity to the patients' residences and based on the levels of care concept of regionalization; and
(3) Encouraging the closest cooperation between various state and local agencies and private health care services in providing high quality, low cost prevention oriented perinatal care, including optional educational programs.
(b) For the purposes of this chapter, the word "perinatal" shall include that period from conception to one year post delivery.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-761, p. 1586, §2; Acts 1981, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 81-1140, p. 417, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12A - Perinatal Health Care. › Section 22-12A-3 - Plan to Reduce Infant Mortality and Handicapping Conditions; Procedure, Contents, Etc.

Section 22-12A-3
Plan to reduce infant mortality and handicapping conditions; procedure, contents, etc.
The Bureau of Maternal and Child Health under the direction of the State Board of Health shall, in coordination with the State Health Planning and Development Agency, the State Health Coordinating Council, the Alabama Council on Maternal and Infant Health and the regional and State Perinatal Advisory Committees, annually prepare a plan, consistent with the legislative intent of Section 22-12A-2, to reduce infant mortality and handicapping conditions to be presented to legislative health and finance committees prior to each regular session of the Legislature. Such a plan shall include: primary care, hospital and prenatal; secondary and tertiary levels of care both in hospital and on an out-patient basis; transportation of patients for medical services and care and follow-up and evaluation of infants through the first year of life; and optional educational programs, including pupils in schools at appropriate ages, for good perinatal care covered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. All recommendations for expenditure of funds shall be in accord with provisions of this plan.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-761, p. 1586, §3; Acts 1981, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 81-1140, p. 417, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12A - Perinatal Health Care. › Section 22-12A-4 - Bureau of Maternal and Child Health to Develop Priorities, Guidelines, Etc.

Section 22-12A-4
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health to develop priorities, guidelines, etc.
The Bureau of Maternal and Child Health under the direction of the State Board of Health, and the State Perinatal Advisory Committee representing the regional perinatal advisory committees, shall develop priorities, guidelines and administrative procedures for the expenditures of funds therefor. Such priorities, guidelines and procedures shall be subject to the approval of the State Board of Health.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-761, p. 1586, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 12A - Perinatal Health Care. › Section 22-12A-5 - Bureau to Present Report to Legislative Committee; Public Health Funds Not to Be Used.

Section 22-12A-5
Bureau to present report to legislative committee; public health funds not to be used.
The Bureau of Maternal and Child Health under the direction of the State Board of Health shall annually present a progress report dealing with infant mortality and handicapping conditions to the Legislative Health and Finance Committees prior to each regular session of the Legislature. No funds of the State Department of Public Health shall be used for the cost of any reports or any function of any of the committees named in Section 22-12A-3.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-761, p. 1586, §5.)