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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 1 - General Provisions. › Section 22-11A-11 - Contract Hospitals to Admit Indigent Patients With Chronic Lung Diseases; Costs.

Section 22-11A-11
Contract hospitals to admit indigent patients with chronic lung diseases; costs.
The State Board of Health, at its option, may authorize regional contract tuberculosis hospitals to admit indigent patients afflicted with chronic lung diseases other than tuberculosis. Costs for the care and treatment of indigent patients afflicted with chronic lung diseases other than tuberculosis who are treated in regional tuberculosis hospitals under the provisions of this article shall be paid in the same manner and from the same funds that the costs for care and treatment of indigent tuberculosis patients are paid.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §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 1 - General Provisions. › Section 22-11A-12 - Statewide Outpatient Clinics; State Board of Health to Contract for Regional Tuberculosis Hospitals; Expenditures.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Section 22-11A-27
Commitment petition - Notice of petition to be served; contents.
When any petition has been filed seeking to commit a person to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health on the ground that such person is a danger to public health and such petition has been reviewed by the probate judge, the probate judge shall order the sheriff of the county in which such person is located to serve a copy of the petition, together with a copy of the order setting the petition for hearing, upon such person. Said notice shall include the date, time and place of the hearing; a clear statement of the purpose of the proceeding and the possible consequences to the subject thereof; the alleged factual basis for the proposed commitment; a statement of the legal standards upon which commitment is authorized; and a list of the names and addresses of the witnesses who may be called to testify in support of the petition. Said notice shall be served on the person sought to be committed at least five days prior to the date of the hearing.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §27.)
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 1 - General Provisions. › Section 22-11A-28 - Commitment Petition - Limitations Placed Upon Liberty of Person; Probate Judge Determination; Standard for Imposing Limitations; Probable Cause Hearing; Temporary Treatment Before Final Hearing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Section 22-11A-54
Confidentiality.
A health care or other testing facility shall maintain confidentiality regarding medical test results with respect to the HIV infection or a specific sickness or medical condition derived from such infection and shall disclose results only to those individuals designated by this article or otherwise as authorized by law.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-120, p. 140, §2(e).)
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-61 - Reporting of Infected Worker to State Health Officer.

Section 22-11A-61
Reporting of infected worker to State Health Officer.
(a) Any health care worker infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health who performs an invasive procedure shall notify the State Health Officer, or his or her designee, of the infection in a time and manner prescribed by the State Board of Health.
(b) Any physician providing care to an infected health care worker shall notify the State Health Officer, or his or her designee, about the presence of the infection in the health care worker in a time and manner prescribed by the State Board of Health.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §2; 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-62 - Performing Invasive Procedures.

Section 22-11A-62
Performing invasive procedures.
No health care worker having knowledge that he or she is infected with HIV, HBV, HCV, or other disease designated by the State Board of Health shall perform or assist in the performance of an invasive procedure unless and until he or she has notified the State Health Officer, as provided in Section 22-11A-61, and agrees to cooperate with any investigation authorized in Section 22-11A-63 and any necessary practice modifications.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-846, p. 57, §3; Acts 1995, No. 95-255, p. 427, §1; Act 2015-467, §1.)