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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker. › Section 22-11A-65 - Monitoring of Practice of Infected Health Care Worker.

Section 22-11A-65
Monitoring of practice of infected health care worker.
The State Health Officer shall cause the infected health care worker's practice to be reviewed at intervals established by the expert review panel but not less than annually. The review shall verify the compliance with any restrictions or conditions on the infected health care worker's practice as established pursuant to subsection (f) of Section 22-11A-63. For infected health care workers for whom no restrictions have previously been necessary, the review shall determine if, based upon factors identified in subsection (c) of Section 22-11A-63, restrictions are necessary. The findings of any review shall be forwarded to the State Health Officer pursuant to Section 22-11A-63 who shall forward evidence of noncompliance with previously established restrictions to the appropriate licensing board or to the employer of the infected health care worker if he or she does not have a professional license. If the review determines that practice restrictions may be necessary for an infected health care worker for whom practice restrictions had not been previously necessary, the State Health Officer shall convene an expert review panel as provided in Section 22-11A-63.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker. › Section 22-11A-66 - Violations.

Section 22-11A-66
Violations.
"In addition to any other law or regulation, it shall be grounds for the revocation, suspension, or restriction of the professional license of any health care worker who is infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health if the infected health care worker is found to be practicing in violation of this article.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §7; Act 2015-467, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker. › Section 22-11A-67 - Records and Information Necessary to Assist Investigation.

Section 22-11A-67
Records and information necessary to assist investigation.
(a) Any health care worker found to have HBV, HIV, or HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health and any health care facility at which an infected health care worker is employed or practices shall make available to the State Board of Health, and to the expert review panel, any and all patient medical records and other records requested by those groups, except that records or documents greater than three years old shall not be provided.
(b) The following persons and facilities shall provide to the State Board of Health and the expert review panel all requested documents or records three years old or less:
(1) Any person having knowledge of a health care worker diagnosed as infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health.
(2) The administrator of any health facility having knowledge of a health care worker diagnosed as infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health.
(3) Any person serving as the guardian of or the conservator of any health care worker diagnosed with HIV, HBV, or HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health, or any person who is the administrator or executor of the estate of any health care worker diagnosed with HIV, HBV, or HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health.
(4) Any person serving as the custodian of patient records of any HBV, HIV, or HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health, infected health care worker.
(5) Any facility employing a worker diagnosed with HIV, HBV, or HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health.
(c) The hospital or other individual or organization providing records may collect the usual fee for copies of records or documents.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §8; Act 2015-467, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker. › Section 22-11A-69 - Confidentiality Standards; Uses of Information Gained During Investigation.

Section 22-11A-69
Confidentiality standards; uses of information gained during investigation.
(a) The records, proceedings, deliberations, and documents related to the investigation and review of any infected health care worker are confidential and shall be used by committees, licensing boards of licensed health care workers, panels, and individuals only in the exercise of their official duties and shall not be public records nor be admissible in court for any purpose nor subject to discovery in any civil action except appeals governed by Sections 22-11A-64 and 22-11A-65 and appeals from adverse professional license determinations made pursuant to Sections 22-11A-66 and 22-11A-72(a). Information gained during the investigation of an infected health care worker and the decision about restriction of practice of an infected health care worker shall be made available to the appropriate licensing board and to the employer of an infected health care worker and may be used by the licensing board in any subsequent administrative hearing or procedure.
(b) However, nothing in this article shall preclude the notification of patients who have had an invasive procedure performed by an infected health care worker when deemed necessary by the State Health Officer to protect the patients of the health care worker.
(c) Any person violating the confidentiality provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500.
(d) Under no circumstances shall disclosure of the identity of the infected health care worker to members of the expert review panel pursuant to Section 22-11A-63 constitute a violation of the confidentiality provisions of this section.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker. › Section 22-11A-70 - Promulgation of Rules for Administration.

Section 22-11A-70
Promulgation of rules for administration.
(a) The State Board of Health may adopt rules necessary for the administration of this article. The State Board of Health, the Board of Medical Examiners, the Medical Licensure Commission, the Board of Dental Examiners, the Board of Nursing, and the Board of Podiatry may each adopt rules governing professional licensure determinations made under the provisions of this article.
(b) The State Board of Health may institute a civil action in any circuit court in the state to seek an extraordinary writ compelling compliance with this article or any rule or order promulgated or issued pursuant to this article. Those civil actions shall have preferred or expedited scheduling and hearing by the circuit courts.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker. › Section 22-11A-71 - Entitlement to Costs.

Section 22-11A-71
Entitlement to costs.
Individuals serving on review panels, or otherwise providing consultation or assistance to the State Health Officer in the enforcement of this article shall be entitled to mileage and per diem as provided by law.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker. › Section 22-11A-72 - Penalties.

Section 22-11A-72
Penalties.
(a) It shall be grounds for revocation, suspension, or restriction of the professional license of any licensed infected health care worker who shall be found to perform invasive procedures and shall have failed to notify the State Health Officer as provided in Section 22-11A-61.
(b) Any physician providing care to an individual known to the physician to be an infected health care worker who fails to report the infected health care worker to the State Health Officer as provided in Section 22-11A-61 shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law.
(c) Any individual who deliberately fails to provide records under his or her control or who falsifies those records shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 3 - Infected Health Care Worker. › Section 22-11A-73 - Reporting Requirements; Knowledge of Infection Through Application.

Section 22-11A-73
Reporting requirements; knowledge of infection through application.
Nothing in this article is intended to impose any reporting requirements on life, health, or disability income insurers who learn that an applicant or insured is infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health solely through the application, underwriting, or claims processes, which insurer may have no means of knowing or verifying that a particular applicant or insured is a health care worker within the meaning of this article.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §14; Act 2015-467, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 4 - AIDS Task Force of Alabama, Incorporated. › Section 22-11A-90 - Organizations Receiving Funds.

Section 22-11A-90
Organizations receiving funds.
The AIDS Task Force of Alabama, Incorporated (hereinafter referred to as ATFA) shall limit the disbursement of funds contained in Acts 1994, No. 94-363 or any other act which provides public funds to ATFA, to the following participating organizations and to no other organization or non-state agency:
(1) AIDS Task Force of Alabama, Inc.
(2) Birmingham AIDS Outreach, Inc.
(3) Jefferson County AIDS in Minorities
(4) AIDS Action Council of Huntsville
(5) Mobile AIDS Support Services
(6) Montgomery AIDS Outreach, Inc.
(7) AIDS Services Center, Inc.
(8) Lee County AIDS Outreach, Inc.
(9) West Alabama AIDS Outreach
(10) Wiregrass AIDS Outreach, Inc.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-363, p. 611, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 4 - AIDS Task Force of Alabama, Incorporated. › Section 22-11A-91 - Disbursement of Funds.

Section 22-11A-91
Disbursement of funds.
The ATFA board of directors shall develop a formula for the distribution of all State Funds to the organizations enumerated in Section 22-11A-90. Before the distribution formula is developed, there shall be appropriate input from all of the organizations listed in Section 22-11A-90. Additional monies which have been provided for the 1994-95 fiscal year which exceed the fiscal year 1993-94 appropriation to ATFA shall be disbursed to the organizations listed in Section 22-11A-90 according to a formula based on the client caseload or incidence of client Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection served by each organization listed in Section 22-11A-90. The formula may take into consideration the statewide educational services which may be provided by ATFA from time to time.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-363, p. 611, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 4 - AIDS Task Force of Alabama, Incorporated. › Section 22-11A-92 - Expenses for Administration.

Section 22-11A-92
Expenses for administration.
The expenses which are charged by ATFA for the overall and general administration of public funds provided by Acts 1994, No. 94-363 or any other act of the Legislature which makes appropriations to ATFA shall not exceed twelve (12) percent per fiscal year.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-363, p. 611, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 4 - AIDS Task Force of Alabama, Incorporated. › Section 22-11A-93 - Tax Exemption.

Section 22-11A-93
Tax exemption.
All of the organizations listed in Section 22-11A-90 shall be exempt from the payment of any and all state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-363, p. 611, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection. › Section 22-11A-110 - Short Title.

Section 22-11A-110
Short title.
This article shall be cited and known as the "Mike Denton Infection Reporting Act."
(Act 2009-490, p. 900, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection. › Section 22-11A-111 - Definitions.

Section 22-11A-111
Definitions.
For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public Health.
(2) BOARD. The State Board of Health.
(3) COUNCIL. The Health Care Data Advisory Council.
(4) DATA. Patient information submitted by health care facilities to the Department of Public Health necessary to carry out the requirements of this article. The information required to be reported by health care facilities to the department shall be based upon the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Preventions National Healthcare Safety Network definitions of hospital-acquired infections and the guidelines for reporting.
(5) HEALTH CARE FACILITY. General, critical access, and specialized hospitals licensed pursuant to Section 22-21-20.
(6) HEALTH CARE FACILITY ACQUIRED INFECTIONS. A localized or systemic condition that:
a. Results from adverse reaction to the presence of an infectious agent or agents or its toxins.
b. Was not present or incubating at the time of admission to the health care facility.
(Act 2009-490, p. 900, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection. › Section 22-11A-112 - Health Care Facility Acquired Infection Data Collection and Dissemination.

Section 22-11A-112
Health care facility acquired infection data collection and dissemination.
(a) The board, upon consultation with and approval of the council, shall establish and maintain a system for the protection, collection, and dissemination of health care facility acquired infection data.
(b) The health care facility acquired infection data collection, and dissemination shall become operational within 12 months after the State Health Officer certifies to the Governor in writing that the department has sufficient funds to finance its development, implementation, and operation.
(c) The department may contract for any services needed to carry out the provisions of this article.
(Act 2009-490, p. 900, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection. › Section 22-11A-113 - Rules and Regulations Governing Implementation.

Section 22-11A-113
Rules and regulations governing implementation.
By August 1, 2010, the board, after consultation with and the approval of the council, shall promulgate all rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act necessary to implement the provisions of this article.
(Act 2009-490, p. 900, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection. › Section 22-11A-114 - Reporting Categories.

Section 22-11A-114
Reporting categories.
(a) All general, critical access, and specialized hospitals licensed pursuant to Section 22-21-20, shall report data on health care facility acquired infections for the specific clinical procedures as recommended by the council and defined by the department, in the following categories: Surgical site infections; ventilator associated pneumonia and central line related bloodstream infections.
(b) The board may promulgate rules to require health care facilities licensed pursuant to Section 22-21-20, to collect data on health care facility acquired infection rates either in lieu of or in addition to the categories specified in this section.
(Act 2009-490, p. 900, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection. › Section 22-11A-115 - Submission of First Report.

Section 22-11A-115
Submission of first report.
Within one year of the certification by the department, health care facilities shall make the first report due under this article. The board shall specify by rule the types of information on patients with health care facility acquired infections which shall be submitted and the method of submission. The first report due under this article submitted by health care facilities shall only be required to cover those persons provided services during the immediately preceding three months' time period.
(Act 2009-490, p. 900, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection. › Section 22-11A-116 - Confidentiality of Information.

Section 22-11A-116
Confidentiality of information.
Individual patient information submitted to the department under the provisions of this article shall not be public information. Reports and studies prepared and released by the department based upon such data shall be public information. Reports and studies prepared by the department shall be statistically risk adjusted using a generally accepted formula for such adjustments to account for variations in patient morbidity and diagnoses. The department shall not release any information obtained from the data in a form which could be used to identify a patient. The department may authorize the use of the data redacted to prevent the release of confidential patient information by legitimate research organizations, so long as patient confidentiality is maintained.
(Act 2009-490, p. 900, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection. › Section 22-11A-117 - Studies and Publication.

Section 22-11A-117
Studies and publication.
The department may undertake a reasonable number of studies and publish information in collaboration with licensed health care providers based upon the data obtained pursuant to the provisions of this article. One of the purposes for such studies will be to provide specific comparative health care facility acquired infection rates. The department shall allow all health care facilities that have submitted data which will be used in any report to review and comment on the report prior to its publication or release for general public use. The department shall include comments of a health care facility, at the option of the health care facility, in the publication, if the department does not change the publication based upon those comments.
(Act 2009-490, p. 900, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection. › Section 22-11A-119 - Rules and Regulations Governing Penalties.

Section 22-11A-119
Rules and regulations governing penalties.
The board shall promulgate rules and regulations developed pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act for certain civil monetary penalties for health care facilities which substantially fail to comply with the provisions of this article.
(Act 2009-490, p. 900, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection. › Section 22-11A-120 - Rules and Regulations Governing Dissemination and Costs.

Section 22-11A-120
Rules and regulations governing dissemination and costs.
The board shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act providing for the dissemination and costs of reports and publications to any party deemed appropriate by the department.
(Act 2009-490, p. 900, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection. › Section 22-11A-121 - Use of Data.

Section 22-11A-121
Use of data.
(a) The department shall utilize the data and information received for the benefit of the public.
(b) Individual patient data submitted to the department by health care facilities pursuant to this article shall at all times remain confidential and privileged from discovery. This article does not expand or repeal any protection from discovery, privilege, or confidentiality for patient specific information that exists by statute, regulation, or decision by a court of final jurisdiction.
(Act 2009-490, p. 900, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection. › Section 22-11A-122 - Enforcement.

Section 22-11A-122
Enforcement.
The department may bring civil actions in any court of competent jurisdiction, collect civil monetary penalties, and enforce compliance with this article or any requirement or appropriate request of the department made pursuant to this article.
(Act 2009-490, p. 900, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection. › Section 22-11A-123 - Priority of Federal Program.

Section 22-11A-123
Priority of federal program.
This article shall no longer have any force or effect and shall not be enforceable after the department determines that there has been an enactment of a United States government program for collecting and disseminating health care facility acquired infection data which mandates, at a minimum, the reporting, collection, and dissemination of the same categories of data required in this article.
(Act 2009-490, p. 900, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases. › Article 5 - Patient Infection Data Reporting and Collection. › Section 22-11A-124 - Construction.

Section 22-11A-124
Construction.
This article shall be construed or interpreted as being in addition to other laws on the subjects covered by this article.
(Act 2009-490, p. 900, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11B - Exchange of Immunization Status Data. › Section 22-11B-1 - Health Care Providers Upon Request Required to Give Immunization Status of Patients.

Section 22-11B-1
Health care providers upon request required to give immunization status of patients.
(a) Notwithstanding any of the confidentiality provisions in Chapter 11A of this title, or any other provisions of law, every public and private health care provider shall, upon request of the persons or entities herein identified, provide information concerning the immunization status of any patient in accordance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Health to the following persons and entities:
(1) Other public and private health care providers.
(2) Health care insurers of all descriptions.
(3) The Alabama Medicaid Agency.
(4) Individuals and organizations with a need to verify the immunization status of persons in their care, custody, or enrollment, including but not limited to, the chief executive officer, or a designee of the officer, of a public or private day care center, school, or postsecondary educational institution.
(b) The authorization granted pursuant to this chapter shall be exercised solely for the purpose of implementing and operating proper immunization programs as determined by the State Board of Health and for updating or verifying the immunization status of individuals in the care, custody, or enrollment of the person requesting or accessing the information pursuant to 42 C.F.R., Section 431.302, Subpart F, safeguarding information pertaining to Medicaid recipients.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-530, p. 1075, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11B - Exchange of Immunization Status Data. › Section 22-11B-2 - Immunization Registry.

Section 22-11B-2
Immunization registry.
Pursuant to and in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, the State Board of Health is authorized to create and maintain an immunization registry. The immunization registry is the central collection of data and reports concerning a vaccine dose or doses administered to a person by a provider. The nature of the immunization information contained in this registry shall be determined by rule of the State Board of Health and shall be obtained from clinic records, billing data and information, and vital or any other records owned and controlled by the State Board of Health and the Alabama Medicaid Agency. Medical insurers and public and private providers are authorized and encouraged to provide information to the registry.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-530, p. 1075, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11B - Exchange of Immunization Status Data. › Section 22-11B-3 - Medicaid Recipients Deemed to Have Given Consent to Information Release With Receipt of Services.

Section 22-11B-3
Medicaid recipients deemed to have given consent to information release with receipt of services.
Medicaid recipients shall be deemed to have given their consent to the release by the State Medicaid Agency of information to the State Board of Health or any other health care provider by virtue of their receipt of Medicaid covered services.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-530, p. 1075, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11B - Exchange of Immunization Status Data. › Section 22-11B-4 - Limited Immunity of Person or Entity Providing Information.

Section 22-11B-4
Limited immunity of person or entity providing information.
All persons, firms, corporations, or other public or private entities and all officers, agents, servants, or employees who provide information for exchange in good faith pursuant to this chapter shall be immune from civil and criminal liability for those actions and no cause of action shall be created by their acts or omissions hereunder.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-530, p. 1075, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11B - Exchange of Immunization Status Data. › Section 22-11B-5 - Immunization Status - Limitations on Use; Documentation; Requirements or Preconditions.

Section 22-11B-5
Immunization status - Limitations on use; documentation; requirements or preconditions.
(a) A state or local government entity, or any of its officers or agents, may not issue vaccine or immunization passports, vaccine or immunization passes, or any other standardized documentation for the purpose of certifying the immunization status of an individual, or otherwise require the publication or sharing of immunization records or similar health information for an individual, except as otherwise required by Chapter 30 of Title 16, or other applicable state law.
(b) A state or local government entity or agency, or any of its officers or agents, may not require an individual to receive an immunization or present documentation of an immunization as a condition for receiving any government service or for entry into a government building, except as otherwise required by Chapter 30 of Title 16, or other applicable state law.
(c) Institutions of education may continue to require a student to prove vaccination status as a condition of attendance only for the specific vaccines that were already required by the institution as of January 1, 2021, provided that the institutions give an exemption for students with a medical condition or religious belief that is contrary to vaccination.
(d) An entity or individual doing business in this state may not refuse to provide any goods or services, or refuse to allow admission, to a customer based on the customer's immunization status or lack of documentation that the customer has received an immunization.
(Act 2021-493, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act. › Section 22-11C-1 - Short Title.

Section 22-11C-1
Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act."
(Act 98-611, p. 1343, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act. › Section 22-11C-2 - Legislative Intent.

Section 22-11C-2
Legislative intent.
It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure the referral of persons who have traumatic brain and/or spinal cord injuries to a coordinated rehabilitation program developed and administered by other state agencies, to ascertain information relative to the occurrence of head injuries resulting in moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries or spinal cord injuries, to identify prevention programs to prevent these disabling conditions, and to recommend to the Legislature, state agencies, and other interested organizations steps to prevent and better treat these conditions.
(Act 98-611, p. 1343, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act. › Section 22-11C-3 - Definitions.

Section 22-11C-3
Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY or HEAD INJURY. Hereinafter, referred to as "head injury." An occurrence of injury to the head that is documented in a medical record, with one or more of the following conditions attributed to head injury:
a. Observed or self-reported decreased level of consciousness.
b. Amnesia.
c. Skull fracture.
d. Objective neurological or neuropsychological abnormality.
e. Diagnosed intracranial lesion.
f. As an occurrence of death resulting from trauma, with head injury listed on the death certificate, autopsy report, or medical examiner's report in the sequence of conditions that resulted in death.
This definition applies to an acquired injury to the brain. This term does not include brain dysfunction caused by congenital or degenerative disorders, nor birth trauma, but may include brain injuries caused by anoxia due to near drowning.
(2) SPINAL CORD INJURY. The occurrence of an acute traumatic lesion of neural elements in the spinal canal (spinal cord and Cauda equina), resulting in temporary or permanent sensory deficit, motor deficit, or bowel or bladder dysfunction.
(Act 98-611, p. 1343, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act. › Section 22-11C-4 - Alabama Statewide Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry.

Section 22-11C-4
Alabama Statewide Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry.
The State Health Officer may establish, contingent on the availability of funding, within the Department of Public Health the Alabama Statewide Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry for the purpose of providing accurate and up-to-date information about head and spinal cord injuries in Alabama and facilitating the evaluation and improvement of head and spinal cord injuries prevention, diagnosis, therapy, rehabilitation, and referral to coordinated, rehabilitation programs administered by other state agencies. The purpose of these referrals shall be to ensure that these programs shall provide eligible persons the opportunity to obtain the necessary rehabilitative services enabling them to be referred to a vocational rehabilitation program or to return to an appropriate level of functioning in their community. The State Committee of Public Health shall adopt rules necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter, including the data to be reported, and the effective date after which reporting shall be required.
(Act 98-611, p. 1343, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act. › Section 22-11C-5 - Reporting Injuries; Access to Records.

Section 22-11C-5
Reporting injuries; access to records.
(a) Each case of confirmed head or spinal cord injury shall be reported within 90 days of admission or diagnosis in the manner prescribed by rule. Reports are to be submitted on a monthly basis.
(b) Any further demographic, diagnostic, treatment, or follow-up information shall be provided upon request by the State Health Officer concerning any person now or formerly diagnosed as having or having had a head or spinal cord injury. The State Health Officer or his or her authorized representative shall be permitted access to all records, including death certificates, of persons identified with head or spinal cord injuries.
(Act 98-611, p. 1343, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act. › Section 22-11C-6 - Notice of Available State Assistance; Referrals.

Section 22-11C-6
Notice of available state assistance; referrals.
(a) The Department of Public Health shall establish procedures, after a report has been received for any person with a head or spinal cord injury, to notify the individual or the most immediate available family members of the availability of assistance from the state, the services available, and the eligibility requirements.
(b) The Department of Public Health shall refer persons who have head or spinal cord injuries to other state agencies to assure that rehabilitative services, if desired, are obtained by that person.
(Act 98-611, p. 1343, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act. › Section 22-11C-7 - Confidentiality; Disclosure of Information.

Section 22-11C-7
Confidentiality; disclosure of information.
(a) All information reported pursuant to this chapter shall be confidential and privileged.
(b) The State Health Officer shall take strict measures to ensure that all identifying information is kept confidential, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(c) Head and spinal cord injury information may be provided to researchers or research institutions, or both, in connection with head and/or spinal cord injury morbidity and mortality studies upon appropriate review by the State Health Officer. All identifying information regarding an individual patient, health care provider, or health care facility contained in records of interviews, written reports, and statements procured by the State Health Officer or by any other person, agency, or organization acting jointly with the State Health Officer in connection with these studies shall be confidential and privileged and shall be used solely for the purposes of the study. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the State Health Officer from publishing statistical compilations relating to morbidity and mortality studies which do not identify individual cases or sources of information.
(d) Information collected under this chapter is not subject to disclosure under Section 36-12-40.
(Act 98-611, p. 1343, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act. › Section 22-11C-8 - Exchange of Information With Other Registries.

Section 22-11C-8
Exchange of information with other registries.
(a) The State Health Officer may enter into agreements to exchange confidential information with other head and/or spinal cord injury registries to obtain complete reports of Alabama residents diagnosed or treated in other states and to provide information to other states regarding their residents diagnosed or treated in Alabama.
(b) The State Health Officer may furnish confidential information to other states' head and/or spinal cord injury registries, federal head or spinal cord injury prevention or rehabilitation agencies, or health researchers in order to collaborate in a national head and/or spinal cord injury registry or to collaborate in head and/or spinal cord injury prevention and rehabilitation research studies.
(Act 98-611, p. 1343, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act. › Section 22-11C-9 - Registry Funding.

Section 22-11C-9
Registry funding.
(a) The State Health Officer may accept grants, services, and property from the federal government, foundations, organizations, medical schools, and other entities as may be available for the purposes of fulfilling the obligations of this program.
(b) The State Health Officer shall seek any federal waiver or waivers that may be necessary to maximize funds from the federal government to implement this program.
(Act 98-611, p. 1343, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act. › Section 22-11C-10 - Advisory Panel on Head and Spinal Cord Injury.

Section 22-11C-10
Advisory Panel on Head and Spinal Cord Injury.
The State Health Officer may establish and coordinate an Advisory Panel on Head and Spinal Cord Injury which shall provide governmental and non-governmental input regarding the Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry. The membership of the panel may include, but is not limited to, representatives from appropriate state departments and agencies, persons with head and spinal cord injuries or their family members, experts on head and spinal cord injuries, providers of head and spinal cord injury care, and representatives of state affiliates of national head and/or spinal cord injury organizations.
(Act 98-611, p. 1343, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act. › Section 22-11C-11 - Report of Findings and Recommendations.

Section 22-11C-11
Report of findings and recommendations.
The State Health Officer, with input from the advisory panel, shall prepare a report that describes findings from the Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry and make new recommendations for the prevention of head and spinal cord injuries and provision of rehabilitative services for persons with head and spinal cord injuries and transmit the report to the Legislature and make the report available to the public. These findings shall be presented to an annual meeting of experts in the field of head and spinal cord injury.
(Act 98-611, p. 1343, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act. › Section 22-11C-12 - Liability Under Chapter.

Section 22-11C-12
Liability under chapter.
(a) No person shall have any claim or cause of action against the State of Alabama, or its political subdivisions, or any individual arising out of any acts or omissions which occurred under the provisions of this chapter, if the state, political subdivisions, or individual is in compliance with this chapter.
(b) No person shall have any claim or cause of action against any person, or the employer or employee of any person, who participates in good faith in the reporting or receiving, or both, of head or spinal cord registry data or data for head or spinal cord injury morbidity or mortality studies in accordance with this chapter.
(c) No license of a health care facility or health care provider may be denied, suspended, or revoked for the good faith disclosure of confidential or privileged information in the reporting of head or spinal cord injury registry data or data for head or spinal cord injury morbidity or mortality studies in accordance with this chapter.
(d) No license of a health care facility or health care provider may be denied, suspended, or revoked for the failure to disclose confidential or privileged information in the reporting of head or spinal cord injury registry data or data for head or spinal cord injury morbidity or mortality studies.
(e) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply to the authorized disclosure of confidential or privileged information when that disclosure is due to gross negligence or wanton or willful misconduct.
(Act 98-611, p. 1343, §12.)
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-1 - Legislative Findings.

Section 22-11D-1
Legislative findings.
The Legislature finds that trauma is one of many severe health problems in the State of Alabama and a major cause of death and long-term disability. It is in the best interest of the citizens of Alabama to establish an efficient and well-coordinated statewide trauma system and to provide for other systems of care as the needs are recognized and funding becomes available to reduce costs and incidences of inappropriate or inadequate emergency medical services.
(Act 2007-299, p. 541, §1; 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-2 - Definitions.

Section 22-11D-2
Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) BOARD. The State Board of Health.
(2) COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. A radio and land line network complying with the board's rules and which provides rapid public access, coordinated central dispatching of services, and coordination of personnel, equipment, and facilities in the trauma and health system.
(3) COUNCIL. The Statewide Trauma and Health System Advisory Council.
(4) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public Health.
(5) DESIGNATION. A formal determination by the department that a hospital is capable of providing designated trauma or other specific health care as authorized by this chapter.
(6) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE. The organization responding to a perceived individual's need for immediate medical care in order to prevent loss of life or aggravation of physiological or psychological illness or injury.
(7) HEALTH CARE CENTER. A hospital that voluntarily participates in a statewide health system and that has been designated as a health care center pursuant to the rules of the board.
(8) REGIONAL COUNCILS. The regional trauma advisory councils.
(9) TRAUMA CENTER. A hospital that voluntarily participates in the statewide trauma system and that has been designated as a trauma center pursuant to the rules of the board.
(Act 2007-299, p. 541, §2; 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-3 - Establishment and Operation of Statewide Trauma System.

Section 22-11D-3
Establishment and operation of statewide trauma system.
(a) The board, in consultation with, and having solicited the advice of the council, shall establish and maintain a statewide trauma system that shall include centralized dispatch for participating trauma centers and emergency medical services.
(b) The statewide trauma system shall become operational within 12 months after the State Health Officer certifies to the Governor in writing that the department has sufficient funds to finance its development, implementation, and operation.
(c) The board, in consultation with and having solicited the advice of the council, may establish and maintain other coordinated statewide systems of emergency medical and hospital care for other illnesses, such as stroke. Other statewide coordinated health care systems may be implemented by the board as funds become available to the board.
(Act 2007-299, p. 541, §3; Act 2012-526, p. 1556, §1.)