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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 13A - Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Act. › Section 22-13A-8 - Department Authorized to Replicate Programs and Enter Into Contracts With Organizations With Expertise.

Section 22-13A-8
Department authorized to replicate programs and enter into contracts with organizations with expertise.
(a) The department may replicate and use successful osteoporosis programs and enter into contracts and purchase materials or services, or both, from organizations with appropriate expertise and knowledge of osteoporosis for services and materials which may include any of the following:
(1) Educational information and materials on the causes, prevention, detection, treatment, and management of osteoporosis.
(2) Training of staff.
(3) Physician and health care professional education and training, and clinical conferences.
(4) Conference organization and staffing.
(5) Regional office development and staffing.
(6) Nominations for advisory panels.
(7) Support group development.
(8) Consultation.
(9) Resource library facilities.
(10) Training home health aides and nursing home personnel.
(11) Training teachers.
(b) The department may enter into an agreement to work with a national organization with expertise in osteoporosis to establish and staff offices of the organization in the state to implement parts of the osteoporosis program.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-259, p. 435, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 13A - Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Act. › Section 22-13A-9 - State Health Officer Authorized to Accept Grants, Services, and Property From Entities; Federal Waivers.

Section 22-13A-9
State Health Officer authorized to accept grants, services, and property from entities; federal waivers.
(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.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-259, p. 435, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 13A - Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Education Act. › Section 22-13A-10 - Implementation of Chapter Only to Extent Funds Made Available.

Section 22-13A-10
Implementation of chapter only to extent funds made available.
The provisions of this chapter shall be implemented only to the extent sufficient funds are made available for implementation and administration.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-259, p. 435, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1 - Regulation of Sources of Ionizing Radiation. › Section 22-14-1 - Definitions.

Section 22-14-1
Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) BY-PRODUCT MATERIAL. Any radioactive material, except special nuclear material, yielded in, or made radioactive by, exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material.
(2) IONIZING RADIATION. Gamma rays and X rays; alpha and beta particles, high-speed electrons, neutrons, protons and other nuclear particles; but not sound or radio waves or visible, infrared or ultraviolet light.
(3) LICENSE - GENERAL AND SPECIFIC:
a. General License. A license effective, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the State Radiation Control Agency, without the filing of an application, to transfer, acquire, own, possess or use radiation producing machines or quantities of, or devices or equipment utilizing by-product, source, special nuclear materials or other radioactive material occurring naturally or produced artificially.
b. Specific License. A license, issued after application, to use, manufacture, produce, transfer, receive, acquire, own or possess radiation producing machines or quantities of, or devices or equipment utilizing by-product, source, special nuclear materials or other radioactive material occurring naturally or produced artificially.
(4) PERSON. Any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision of this state, any other state or political subdivision or agency thereof and any legal successor, representative, agent or agency of the foregoing, other than the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor thereto, and other than federal government agencies licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor thereto.
(5) SOURCE MATERIAL.
a. Uranium, thorium or any other material which the Governor declares by order to be source material after the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor thereto, has determined the material to be such; or
b. Ores containing one or more of the foregoing materials in such concentration as the Governor declares by order to be source material after the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor thereto, has determined the material in such concentration to be source material.
(6) SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL.
a. Plutonium, uranium 233, uranium enriched in the isotope 233 or in the isotope 235 and any other material which the Governor declares by order to be special nuclear material after the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor thereto, has determined the material to be such, but does not include source material; or
b. Any material artificially enriched by any of the foregoing, but does not include source material.
(Acts 1963, No. 582, p. 1269, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1 - Regulation of Sources of Ionizing Radiation. › Section 22-14-2 - Declaration of Policy.

Section 22-14-2
Declaration of policy.
It is the policy of the State of Alabama in furtherance of its responsibility to protect the public health and safety:
(1) To institute and maintain a regulatory program for sources of ionizing radiation so as to provide for:
a. Compatibility with the standards and regulatory programs of the federal government;
b. A single, effective system of regulation within the state; and
c. A system consonant insofar as possible with those of other states; and
(2) To institute and maintain a program to permit development and utilization of sources of ionizing radiation for peaceful purposes consistent with the health and safety of the public.
(Acts 1963, No. 582, p. 1269, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1 - Regulation of Sources of Ionizing Radiation. › Section 22-14-3 - Purpose of Article.

Section 22-14-3
Purpose of article.
It is the purpose of this article to effectuate the policies set forth in Section 22-14-2 by providing for:
(1) A program of effective regulation of sources of ionizing radiation and machines and devices producing ionizing radiation for the protection of the occupational and public health and safety;
(2) A program to promote an orderly regulatory pattern within the state, among the states and between the Federal Government and the state and to facilitate intergovernmental cooperation with respect to use and regulation of sources of ionizing radiation to the end that duplication of regulation may be minimized;
(3) A program to establish procedures for assumption and performance of certain regulatory responsibilities with respect to by-product, source and special nuclear materials; and
(4) A program to permit maximum utilization of sources of ionizing radiation consistent with the health and safety of the public.
(Acts 1963, No. 582, p. 1269, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1 - Regulation of Sources of Ionizing Radiation. › Section 22-14-4 - State Radiation Control Agency; Director and Powers and Duties Thereof.

Section 22-14-4
State Radiation Control Agency; director and powers and duties thereof.
(a) The State Board of Health is hereby designated as the State Radiation Control Agency, hereinafter referred to as the agency.
(b) The State Health Officer shall be director of the agency, hereinafter referred to as the director, who shall perform the functions vested in the agency pursuant to the provisions of this article.
(c) In accordance with the laws of the state, the agency may employ, compensate and prescribe the powers and duties of such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
(d) The agency shall, for the protection of the public health and safety:
(1) Develop and conduct programs for evaluation of hazards associated with use of sources of ionizing radiation;
(2) Develop programs with due regard for compatibility with federal programs for regulation of by-product, source and special nuclear materials;
(3) Formulate, adopt, promulgate and repeal codes, rules and regulations relating to control of sources of ionizing radiation with due regard for compatibility with the regulatory programs of the federal government;
(4) Issue such orders or modifications thereof as may be necessary in connection with proceedings under Section 22-14-6;
(5) Advise, consult and cooperate with other agencies of the state, the federal government, other states and interstate agencies, political subdivisions and with groups concerned with control of sources of ionizing radiation;
(6) Have the authority to accept and administer loans, grants or other funds or gifts, conditional or otherwise, in furtherance of its functions, from the federal government and from other sources, public or private;
(7) Encourage, participate in or conduct studies, investigations, training, research and demonstrations relating to control of sources of ionizing radiation; and
(8) Collect and disseminate information relating to control of sources of ionizing radiation, including:
a. Maintenance of a file of all license applications, issuances, denials, amendments, transfers, renewals, modifications, suspensions and revocations;
b. Maintenance of a file of registrants possessing sources of ionizing radiation requiring registration under the provisions of this article and any administrative or judicial action pertaining thereto;
c. Maintenance of a file of all rules and regulations relating to regulation of sources of ionizing radiation, pending or promulgated, and proceedings thereon; and
d. Maintenance of a file of registrants possessing X-ray machines or other machines and devices producing ionizing radiation.
(e) Commencing on February 25, 2014, the State Radiation Control Agency is no longer an enumerated agency subject to review by the Alabama Sunset Committee.
(Acts 1963, No. 582, p. 1269, §4; Act 2014-73, p. 120, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1 - Regulation of Sources of Ionizing Radiation. › Section 22-14-5 - Radiation Advisory Board of Health.

Section 22-14-5
Radiation Advisory Board of Health.
Repealed by Act 2014-73, §4, effective February 25, 2014.
(Acts 1963, No. 582, p. 1269, §5; Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-913, p. 212, §1; Act 2002-82, p. 259, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1 - Regulation of Sources of Ionizing Radiation. › Section 22-14-6 - Licensing or Registration of Persons Dealing With Radioactive Materials.

Section 22-14-6
Licensing or registration of persons dealing with radioactive materials.
(a) The agency shall provide, by rule or regulation, for general or specific licensing of persons to receive, possess or transfer by-product, source, special nuclear materials, devices or equipment utilizing such materials, or any other radioactive materials occurring naturally or produced artificially. Such rule or regulation shall provide for amendment, suspension, or revocation of licenses and shall require that each applicant for licensure be a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal government.
(b) The agency is authorized to require registration and inspection of persons dealing with ionizing radiation which does not require a specific license and may require compliance with specific safety standards to be promulgated by the agency.
(c) The agency is authorized to exempt certain sources of ionizing radiation or kinds of uses or users from the licensing or registration requirements set forth in this section when the agency makes a finding that the exemption of such sources of ionizing radiation or kinds of uses or users will not constitute a significant risk to the health and safety of the public.
(d) Any report of investigation or inspection or any information concerning trade secrets or secret industrial processes obtained under this article shall not be disclosed or opened to public inspection by the agency.
(e) Rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter may provide for recognition of other state or federal licenses as the agency may deem desirable, subject to such registration requirements as the agency may prescribe.
(f) It shall be unlawful for any person to use, manufacture, produce, knowingly transport, transfer, receive, acquire, own, or possess any source of ionizing radiation unless licensed by or registered with the agency in accordance with this article and the rules and regulations issued thereunder.
(Acts 1963, No. 582, p. 1269, §§6, 14; Act 2010-146, p. 212, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1 - Regulation of Sources of Ionizing Radiation. › Section 22-14-7 - Right of Entry and Inspection.

Section 22-14-7
Right of entry and inspection.
The agency or its duly authorized representatives shall have the power to enter, at all reasonable times, upon any private or public property for the purpose of determining whether or not there is compliance with or violation of the provisions of this article, and rules and regulations issued thereunder, and the owner, occupant or person in charge of such property shall permit such entry and inspection, except that entry into areas under the jurisdiction of the federal government shall be effected only with the concurrence of the Federal Government or its duly designated representative.
(Acts 1963, No. 582, p. 1269, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1 - Regulation of Sources of Ionizing Radiation. › Section 22-14-8 - Records and Reports.

Section 22-14-8
Records and reports.
(a) The agency shall require each person who acquires, possesses or uses a source of ionizing radiation to maintain records relating to its receipt, storage, transfer or disposal and such other records as the agency may require, subject to exemptions as may be provided by rules or regulations.
(b) The agency shall require each person who possesses or uses a source of ionizing radiation to maintain appropriate records showing the radiation exposure of all individuals for whom personnel monitoring is required by rules and regulations of the agency. Copies of these records and those required to be kept by subsection (a) of this section shall be submitted to the agency on request.
(c) The agency shall adopt reasonable regulations, compatible with those of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor thereto, pertaining to reports of exposure of personnel. Such regulations shall require that reports of excess exposure be made to the individual exposed and to the agency and shall make provision for periodic and terminal reports to individuals for whom personnel monitoring is required.
(d) The provisions of this article shall not be construed to limit the kind or amount of radiation that may be intentionally applied to a person for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes by or under the direction of a licensed practitioner of the healing arts.
(Acts 1963, No. 582, p. 1269, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1 - Regulation of Sources of Ionizing Radiation. › Section 22-14-9 - Agreements With Federal Government; Effect Thereof on Federal License.

Section 22-14-9
Agreements with federal government; effect thereof on federal license.
(a) The Governor, on behalf of this state, is authorized to enter into agreements with the federal government providing for discontinuance of certain of the federal government's responsibilities with respect to sources of ionizing radiation and the assumption thereof by this state.
(b) Any person who, on the effective date of an agreement under subsection (a) above, possesses a license issued by the federal government shall be deemed to possess the same pursuant to a license issued under this article, which shall expire either 90 days after receipt from the agency of a notice of expiration of such license or on the date of expiration specified in the federal license, whichever is earlier.
(Acts 1963, No. 582, p. 1269, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1 - Regulation of Sources of Ionizing Radiation. › Section 22-14-10 - Cooperative Agreements for Inspections, etc.; Training Programs.

Section 22-14-10
Cooperative agreements for inspections, etc.; training programs.
(a) The agency is authorized to enter into an agreement or agreements with the federal government, other states or interstate agencies whereby this state will perform, on a cooperative basis with the federal government, other states or interstate agencies, inspections or other functions relating to control of sources of ionizing radiation.
(b) The agency may institute training programs for the purpose of qualifying personnel to carry out the provisions of this chapter and may make said personnel available for participation in any program or programs of the federal government, other states or interstate agencies in furtherance of the purposes of this article.
(Acts 1963, No. 582, p. 1269, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1 - Regulation of Sources of Ionizing Radiation. › Section 22-14-11 - Administrative Action and Judicial Review.

Section 22-14-11
Administrative action and judicial review.
(a) In any proceeding under this article:
(1) For the issuance or modification of rules and regulations relating to control or sources of ionizing radiation;
(2) For granting, suspending, revoking or amending any license; or
(3) For determining compliance with rules and regulations of the agency, the agency shall afford an opportunity for a hearing on the record upon the request of any person whose interest may be affected by the proceeding and shall admit any such person as a party to such proceeding.
(b) Whenever the agency finds that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health and safety, the agency may, without notice or hearing, issue a regulation or order reciting the existence of such emergency and requiring that such action be taken as is necessary to meet the emergency. Notwithstanding any provision of this article, such regulation or order shall be effective immediately. Any person to whom such regulation or order is directed shall comply therewith immediately, but on application to the agency shall be afforded a hearing within 30 days. On the basis of such hearing, the emergency regulation or order shall be continued, modified or revoked within 30 days after such hearing.
(c) Any final order entered in any proceeding under subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be subject to judicial review by the Circuit Court of Montgomery County in the manner prescribed for taking appeals from orders of the Alabama Public Service Commission as provided in Division 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 37 of this Code.
(Acts 1963, No. 582, p. 1269, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1 - Regulation of Sources of Ionizing Radiation. › Section 22-14-12 - Orders Enjoining or Directing Compliance.

Section 22-14-12
Orders enjoining or directing compliance.
Whenever, in the judgment of the agency, any person has engaged in, or is about to engage in, any acts or practices which constitute, or will constitute, a violation of any provision of this article, or any rule, regulation or order issued thereunder, and at the request of the agency, the Attorney General, or the district attorney under his direction, may make application to the circuit court for an order enjoining such acts or practices or for an order directing compliance, and upon a showing by the agency that such person has engaged, or is about to engage, in any such acts or practices, a permanent or preliminary injunction, temporary restraining order or other order may be granted.
(Acts 1963, No. 582, p. 1269, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1 - Regulation of Sources of Ionizing Radiation. › Section 22-14-13 - Impounding of Ionizing Radiation Sources.

Section 22-14-13
Impounding of ionizing radiation sources.
The agency shall have the authority in the event of an emergency to impound or order the impounding of sources of ionizing radiation in the possession of any person who is not equipped to observe, or fails to observe, the provisions of this article, or any rules and regulations issued thereunder.
(Acts 1963, No. 582, p. 1269, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1 - Regulation of Sources of Ionizing Radiation. › Section 22-14-15 - Effect of Article on Local Ordinances.

Section 22-14-15
Effect of article on local ordinances.
Ordinances, resolutions or regulations, now or hereafter in effect, of the governing body of a municipality or county or board of health relating to by-product, source, special nuclear materials, other radioactive materials occurring naturally or produced artificially or machine-produced radiation, shall not be superseded by this article if such ordinances or regulations are, and continue to be, consistent with the provisions of this article, amendments thereto and rules and regulations thereunder; but the authority of the agency under this article shall be paramount to that of any county, city or town.
(Acts 1963, No. 582, p. 1269, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1 - Regulation of Sources of Ionizing Radiation. › Section 22-14-16 - Non-Consent of State to Acquisition of Land by Federal Government for Disposal of Nuclear Waste.

Section 22-14-16
Non-consent of state to acquisition of land by federal government for disposal of nuclear waste.
Notwithstanding any law, order or regulation to the contrary, the State of Alabama does not consent to the acquisition by any agency, department or instrumentality of the United States of America by purchase, condemnation or otherwise of any land, building or other site within the State of Alabama for use of storing, depositing or dumping any nuclear spent fuel or any other radioactive material or waste, except for that nuclear spent fuel or radioactive material or waste that is generated or used in Alabama.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-105, p. 126; Acts 1981, No. 81-702, p. 1179.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1A - Regulation and Certification of Volume Reduction of Low-Level Radioactive Wastes. › Section 22-14-20 - Adoption of Rules Requiring Generators of Low-Level Radioactive Waste to Implement Best Management Practices as Condition of Access to Disposal Facilities.

Section 22-14-20
Adoption of rules requiring generators of low-level radioactive waste to implement best management practices as condition of access to disposal facilities.
The State Radiation Control Agency shall develop and adopt rules which require generator of low-level radioactive waste to implement best management practices, including prevention, minimization, reduction, segregation, and hole-for-decay storage, as a condition of access to a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility licensed by the State Radiation Control Agency or by the appropriate authority of a state which has compacted with Alabama to dispose of low-level radioactive waste generated in Alabama.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-535, p. 817, §2(a).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1A - Regulation and Certification of Volume Reduction of Low-Level Radioactive Wastes. › Section 22-14-21 - Certification to Another State or Facility of Compliance by Facility With Rules Adopted Under &Sect22-14-20.

Section 22-14-21
Certification to another state or facility of compliance by facility with rules adopted under §22-14-20.
The State Radiation Control Agency shall determine and certify to another state or a facility, if requested by that state or facility, that a facility either does or does not comply with the rules issued pursuant to Section 22-14-20 based upon data, reports, and/or other information available to the agency.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-535, p. 817, §2(b).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 1A - Regulation and Certification of Volume Reduction of Low-Level Radioactive Wastes. › Section 22-14-22 - Certification of Facilities Licensed Only by Federal Government; Request for Inspection; Inspection Fee; Failure to Pay Fee.

Section 22-14-22
Certification of facilities licensed only by federal government; request for inspection; inspection fee; failure to pay fee.
The State Radiation Control Agency may issue a certification for facilities licensed only by the federal government if it has sufficient data, reports, and/or other information to determine whether such a facility is complying with the rule specified in Section 22-14-20. Such facility may request the inspection by the staff of the State Radiation Control Agency of those activities related to the volume reduction of low-level radioactive waste. Such a facility shall pay a fee equal to 75 percent of the appropriate United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission's average cost per professional staff hour based upon the professional staff time spent in determining that a facility does or does not comply with the criteria adopted pursuant to Section 22-14-20. Failure to pay such inspection fee shall permit the State Radiation Control Agency to revoke or rescind any certifications issued. All such fees are to be paid into the Radiation Safety Fund.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-535, p. 817, §2(c).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 2 - Employee Background Investigations. › Section 22-14-30 - Inquiry Into Employee's Criminal History by Licensed Nuclear Facilities; "Vital Areas" Defined.

Section 22-14-30
Inquiry into employee's criminal history by licensed nuclear facilities; "vital areas" defined.
Any person, firm or corporation which operates, constructs or maintains a nuclear powered electric generating facility within the state licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, except an agency of the United States Government, shall conduct an inquiry into the criminal history record of any person employed or who has made application for employment at such facility.
The criminal history record inquiry shall be used to establish the suitability of such person to work within or have access to any vital area of such facility. "Vital areas" shall be defined by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission or any other federal agency having authority to license or regulate nuclear powered electric generating facilities.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-805, p. 1483, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 2 - Employee Background Investigations. › Section 22-14-31 - Fingerprints; Search of Criminal Records by Department; Fees.

Section 22-14-31
Fingerprints; search of criminal records by department; fees.
Any person, firm or corporation referred to in Section 22-14-30 shall submit to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency two sets of classifiable fingerprints of each person for whom a criminal history record inquiry is required. Fingerprints shall be submitted upon cards of such type as the department may require.
The department shall search its criminal history files or the criminal history files of any other state agency to which it has access and return the results of its records search to the submitting employer. The director shall set and collect a reasonable fee for such service. Said fee shall be paid into the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency Operating Fund.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-805, p. 1483, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 2 - Employee Background Investigations. › Section 22-14-32 - Submission of Fingerprint Cards to f.b.i.

Section 22-14-32
Submission of fingerprint cards to F.B.I.
The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall submit one set of the classifiable fingerprint cards of such employee to the identification division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation with a request that the bureau search its criminal history files to ascertain if such employee has a criminal history and furnish any identifiable information on such employee to the department.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-805, p. 1483, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 2 - Employee Background Investigations. › Section 22-14-33 - Liability of Department.

Section 22-14-33
Liability of department.
The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency or its employees shall not be liable for any action taken against any person by such employers as a result of receiving or using such criminal history records obtained from the department.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-805, p. 1483, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 2 - Employee Background Investigations. › Section 22-14-34 - Equivalent Background Investigations Sufficient.

Section 22-14-34
Equivalent background investigations sufficient.
Any person employed by a nuclear powered electric generating facility which requires clearance or background investigation equivalent to the requirements set forth herein shall be exempt from the provisions of this article.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-805, p. 1483, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 14 - Radiation. › Article 2 - Employee Background Investigations. › Section 22-14-35 - Costs of Implementing Article.

Section 22-14-35
Costs of implementing article.
All costs of implementing this article are to be borne by any person, firm or corporation which operates, constructs or maintains a nuclear powered electric generating facility within the state licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission on whose behalf these inquiries are made.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-805, p. 1483, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 15A - Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act. › Section 22-15A-1 - Short Title.

Section 22-15A-1
Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act."
(Act 2003-314, p. 770, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 15A - Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act. › Section 22-15A-2 - Legislative Findings.

Section 22-15A-2
Legislative findings.
The Legislature finds as follows:
(1) Numerous studies have found that tobacco smoke may be a major contributor to indoor air pollution and that breathing secondhand smoke may be a cause of disease, including lung cancer, in nonsmokers. At special risk are children, elderly people, individuals with cardiovascular disease, and individuals with impaired respiratory function, including asthmatics and those with obstructive airway disease.
(2) Health hazards induced by breathing secondhand smoke may include lung cancer, heart disease, respiratory infection, and decreased respiratory function, including bronchospasm.
(Act 2003-314, p. 770, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 15A - Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act. › Section 22-15A-3 - Definitions.

Section 22-15A-3
Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
(1) BAR AND LOUNGE. Any establishment which is primarily devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by patrons on the premises and in which the serving of food is only incidental to the consumption of beverages. Although a restaurant may contain a bar, the term "bar" shall not include the restaurant dining area.
(2) CHILD CARE FACILITY. Any facility caring for children.
(3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public Health.
(4) EMPLOYER. Any person, partnership, association, corporation, or nonprofit entity that employs five or more persons, including the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of state government; and any county, city, town, or village or any other political subdivision of the state; any public authority, commission, agency, or public benefit corporation; or any other separate corporate instrumentality or unit of state or local government.
(5) GOVERNMENT BUILDING. Any building owned or operated by the state, including the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of state government; any county, city, town, or village or any other political subdivision of the state; any public authority, commission, agency, or public benefit corporation; or any other separate corporate instrumentality or unit of state or local government.
(6) PUBLIC CONVEYANCE. A bus, taxi, train, trolley, boat, and any other means of public transit.
(7) PUBLIC MEETING. Any meeting open to the public unless held in a private residence.
(8) PUBLIC PLACE. Any enclosed area to which the public is permitted, including, but not limited to, auditoriums, elevators, hospitals, nursing homes, libraries, courtrooms, jury waiting rooms and deliberation rooms, theatres, museums, common areas of retirement homes, restaurants, laundromats, health facilities, educational facilities, shopping malls, government buildings, sports and recreational facilities, places of employment, airports, banks, retail stores, and service establishments. A private residence is not a "public place."
(9) SERVICE LINE. Any indoor line at which one or more persons are waiting for or receiving service of any kind, whether or not the service involves the exchange of money.
(10) SMOKING. The burning of a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, or any other matter or substance that contains tobacco.
(11) SMOKING AREA. Any designated area meeting the requirements of Section 22-15A-7.
(Act 2003-314, p. 770, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 15A - Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act. › Section 22-15A-4 - Prohibition Against Smoking in Public Places; Exceptions.

Section 22-15A-4
Prohibition against smoking in public places; exceptions.
(a) No person shall smoke in a public place or at a public meeting except as otherwise provided in this subsection and in Section 22-15A-7. This prohibition does not apply in any of the following places:
(1) Bars and lounges.
(2) Retail tobacco stores and tobacco businesses.
(3) Limousines used under private hire by an individual or corporation.
(4) Hotel and motel rooms rented to guests, except for those rooms designated by the hotels and motels as "no smoking" rooms.
(b) Smoking by patients in a chemical dependency treatment program or mental health program may be allowed in a separated well-ventilated area pursuant to a policy established by the administrator of the program that identifies circumstances in which prohibiting smoking would interfere with the treatment of persons recovering from chemical dependency or mental illness.
(Act 2003-314, p. 770, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 15A - Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act. › Section 22-15A-5 - Written Smoking Policies by Employers; Designation of Nonsmoking Areas.

Section 22-15A-5
Written smoking policies by employers; designation of nonsmoking areas.
(a) By December 1, 2003, each employer having an enclosed place of employment may adopt, implement, make known, and maintain a written smoking policy which shall contain at a minimum all of the following requirements:
(1) Any employee in a place of employment shall have the right to designate his or her work area as a nonsmoking area and to post the same with an appropriate sign or signs, to be provided by the employer.
(2) Smoking shall be prohibited in all common work areas in a place of employment, unless a majority of the workers who work in that area agree that a smoking area will be designated.
(b) The smoking policy shall be communicated to all employees within three weeks of its adoption. All employers shall supply a written copy of the smoking policy upon request to any existing or prospective employee.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, every employer shall have the right to designate any place of employment, or any portion thereof, as a nonsmoking area.
(Act 2003-314, p. 770, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 15A - Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act. › Section 22-15A-6 - Designation of Smoking Areas; Requirements; Nonsmoking Policies.

Section 22-15A-6
Designation of smoking areas; requirements; nonsmoking policies.
(a) Pursuant to this section, the person in charge of a public place may designate an area for the use of smokers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a smoking area may not be designated and no person may smoke in any of the following unless the area is enclosed and well ventilated:
(1) Child care facilities.
(2) Hospitals, health care clinics, doctors' offices, physical therapy facilities, and dentists' offices.
(3) Elevators.
(4) Buses, taxicabs, and other means of public conveyance.
(5) Government buildings, except private offices.
(6) Restrooms.
(7) Service lines.
(8) Public areas of aquariums, galleries, libraries, and museums.
(9) Lobbies, hallways, and other common areas in apartment buildings, senior citizen residences, nursing homes, and other multiple-unit residential facilities.
(10) Polling places.
(11) Schools or other school facilities or enclosed school sponsored events for grades K-12.
(12) Retail establishments, excluding restaurants, except areas in retail establishments not open to the public.
(13) Lobbies, hallways, and other common areas in multiple-unit commercial facilities.
(b) If a smoking area is designated, existing physical barriers and ventilation systems shall be used to minimize the toxic effect of smoke, and no more than one-fourth of the total square footage in any public place within a single enclosed area shall be reserved and designated for smokers unless clientele dictates otherwise. No area designated as a smoking area shall contain common facilities which are expected to be used by the public.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any owner, operator, manager, or other person who controls any establishment or facility from declaring and enforcing a nonsmoking policy in the entire establishment or facility.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or this chapter, if any restaurant is deemed by its owner as being too small to have a designated smoking area, it shall be left up to the discretion of the owner if the facility will be a "smoking" or a "nonsmoking" facility.
(Act 2003-314, p. 770, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 15A - Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act. › Section 22-15A-7 - Posting of "No Smoking" and "Smoking Area" Signs; Violations of Chapter.

Section 22-15A-7
Posting of "No Smoking" and "Smoking Area" signs; violations of chapter.
(a) A "No Smoking" sign or signs, or the international "No Smoking" symbol, which consists of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a circle with a bar across, shall be prominently posted and properly maintained where smoking is prohibited by this chapter, by the owner, operator, manager, or other person in charge of the facility. "Smoking Area" signs shall also be posted as appropriate in public places.
(b) The person(s) in charge of a public place who observes a person in possession of a lighted tobacco product in apparent violation of this chapter shall inform that person that smoking is not permitted in that area by law.
(Act 2003-314, p. 770, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 15A - Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act. › Section 22-15A-8 - Enforcement of Chapter; Reporting Violations.

Section 22-15A-8
Enforcement of chapter; reporting violations.
(a) The department, in cooperation with other agencies, shall enforce this chapter and to implement enforcement shall adopt, in consultation with the State Fire Marshal, rules specifying procedures to be followed by enforcement personnel in investigating complaints and notifying alleged violators and rules specifying procedures by which appeals may be taken by aggrieved parties.
(b) Public agencies responsible for the management and maintenance of government buildings shall report observed violations to the department. The State Fire Marshal shall report to the department observed violations of Section 22-15A-5 or Section 22-15A-6 found during its periodic inspections conducted pursuant to its regulatory authority. The department or division, upon notification of observed violations of Section 22-15A-5 or Section 22-15A-6, shall issue to the proprietor or other person in charge of the public place a notice to comply with Section 22-15A-5 or Section 22-15A-6, or both. If such person fails to comply within 30 days after receipt of such notice, the department or the division shall assess a civil penalty against him or her not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) for the first violation, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for the second violation, and not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) for each subsequent violation. The imposition of a civil penalty shall be in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. If a person refuses to comply with this chapter, after having been assessed a penalty pursuant to this section, the department or the division may file a complaint in the circuit court of the county in which such public place is located to require compliance.
(c) All fine moneys collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund.
(Act 2003-314, p. 770, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 15A - Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act. › Section 22-15A-9 - Penalties.

Section 22-15A-9
Penalties.
Any person who violates Section 22-15A-4 commits a violation, punishable by a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each violation. Jurisdiction shall be with the appropriate district or municipal court. A charge of a violation shall be treated in the same manner as a traffic citation. Any law enforcement officer may issue a citation pursuant to this section.
(Act 2003-314, p. 770, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 15A - Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act. › Section 22-15A-10 - Local Laws, Ordinances, or Regulations.

Section 22-15A-10
Local laws, ordinances, or regulations.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict the power of any county, city, town, or village to adopt and enforce local laws, ordinances, or regulations that comply with at least the minimum applicable standards set forth in this chapter.
(Act 2003-314, p. 770, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 17 - Barber, Manicure or Beauty Shops. › Section 22-17-1 - Definitions.

Section 22-17-1
Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) BARBER. Any person who shaves or trims the beard or cuts or dresses the hair of any other person for pay, including barber's apprentices and shop boys.
(2) MANAGER. Any person having, for the time being, control of the premises and of persons working or employed therein.
(Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1132; Code 1940, T. 22, §70.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 17 - Barber, Manicure or Beauty Shops. › Section 22-17-2 - Applicability of Chapter.

Section 22-17-2
Applicability of chapter.
Any place or establishment in which any one or more of the following named services is regularly performed, for pay, shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter:
(1) Shaving;
(2) Beard trimming;
(3) Cutting, dressing, arranging, curling, waving, shampooing, singeing, bleaching or dyeing of the hair;
(4) Application of massages, cosmetics, antiseptics, tonics, lotions or creams to the skin or scalp; or
(5) Manicuring, polishing, tinting or buffing the nails.
Places in which such services are performed, for pay, shall, for purposes of enforcement of this chapter, be known as barber, manicure or beauty shops.
(Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 22, §71.)