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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 22-17-3 - Duty of Manager as to Maintenance of Shop and Equipment.

Section 22-17-3
Duty of manager as to maintenance of shop and equipment.
Every manager of a barber, manicure or beauty shop shall keep the said shop, and all furniture, tools, appliances and other equipment used therein, at all times in a clean and hygienic condition. The use of soiled, greasy or visibly unclean tools, appliances, combs, brushes, etc., or towels which have not been laundered since last used is hereby prohibited.
(Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1120; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 22, §62.)
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 22-17-4 - Water Connections and Waste Disposal.

Section 22-17-4
Water connections and waste disposal.
The owner and manager of every barber, manicure and beauty shop shall provide for regular use in the said shop hot and cold water connections and sewer connections complying with the ordinances of the municipalities in which they are situated; provided, that in communities and localities in which public water supplies under pressure and public sewers are not available, an adequate supply of hot water and waste disposal satisfactory to the county health officer shall be provided.
(Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1118; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 22, §60.)
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 22-17-5 - Cleansing of Hands.

Section 22-17-5
Cleansing of hands.
Every barber, manicurist and cosmetologist shall cleanse his or her hands thoroughly before serving each patron.
(Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1124; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 22, §63.)
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 22-17-6 - Headrests.

Section 22-17-6
Headrests.
The headrest of every barber or beauty shop chair shall be covered with a clean towel or clean new paper before any patron is served.
(Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1127; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 22, §65.)
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 22-17-7 - Use of Certain Materials Prohibited.

Section 22-17-7
Use of certain materials prohibited.
The use of alum or other caustic material, except in powdered or liquid form, to stop the flow of blood and the use of a powder puff or brush, a sponge or a finger bowl, unless it is designed and used for single service, is hereby prohibited.
(Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1125; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 22, §64.)
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 22-17-8 - Service by Persons Having Skin or Venereal Disease.

Section 22-17-8
Service by persons having skin or venereal disease.
No operator of a barber, manicure or beauty shop shall permit any person suffering from a communicable skin disease or venereal disease to serve patrons in the said shop. Barbering, manicuring or beauty culture by any person suffering from a communicable skin disease or venereal disease is hereby prohibited.
(Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1119; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 22, §61.)
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 22-17-9 - Service of Persons Having Inflamed, etc., Skin.

Section 22-17-9
Service of persons having inflamed, etc., skin.
No barber, manicurist or cosmetologist shall serve any person whose skin is inflamed, scabby or contains pus unless tools, equipment, etc., for his or her individual use are provided.
(Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1128; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 22, §66.)
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 22-17-10 - Treatment of Skin Diseases or Infections Prohibited.

Section 22-17-10
Treatment of skin diseases or infections prohibited.
The treatment of any skin disease or infection by a barber, manicurist or cosmetologist is hereby prohibited.
(Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1129; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 22, §67.)
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 22-17-11 - Use of Shop or Parlor as Dormitory.

Section 22-17-11
Use of shop or parlor as dormitory.
No person shall use a barbershop or beauty parlor as a dormitory, nor shall any operator of a barber shop or beauty parlor permit said establishment to be so used.
(Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1130; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 22, §68.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 17A - Regulation of Tattoing, Branding, and Body Piercing. › Section 22-17A-1 - Definitions.

Section 22-17A-1
Definitions.
As used in this chapter the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) BODY PIERCING. The perforation of human tissue other than ear for a nonmedical purpose.
(2) BRANDING. A permanent mark made on human tissue by burning with a hot iron or other instrument.
(3) DEPARTMENT. State Department of Public Health.
(4) MINOR. An individual under 18 years of age who is not emancipated. An emancipated minor is or has been married or has by court order otherwise been legally freed from the care, custody, and control of his or her parents.
(5) TATTOO. An indelible mark made upon the body of another individual by the insertion of a pigment in or under the skin or an indelible design upon the body of another individual by production of scars other than by branding.
(6) TATTOO FACILITY. The geographic location at which an individual does one or more of the following for compensation:
a. Places an indelible mark upon the body of another individual by the insertion of a pigment in or under the skin.
b. Places an indelible design upon the body of another individual by production of scars.
c. Performs body piercing.
(Act 2000-321, p. 512, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 17A - Regulation of Tattoing, Branding, and Body Piercing. › Section 22-17A-2 - Parental Consent Required for Minors; Intoxicated, etc., Individuals.

Section 22-17A-2
Parental consent required for minors; intoxicated, etc., individuals.
(a) An individual shall not tattoo, brand, or perform body piercing on another individual or a minor unless the individual obtains the prior written informed consent of the parent or legal guardian of the minor. The parent or legal guardian of the minor shall execute the written informed consent required under this subsection in the presence of the individual performing the tattooing, branding, or body piercing on the minor or in the presence of an employee or agent of that individual.
(b) A person shall not tattoo, brand, or perform body piercing on another individual if the other individual is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance.
(Act 2000-321, p. 512, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 17A - Regulation of Tattoing, Branding, and Body Piercing. › Section 22-17A-3 - Tattoo Facility License.

Section 22-17A-3
Tattoo facility license.
(a) A person shall not tattoo, brand, or perform body piercing on another individual unless each of the following conditions is met:
(1) The tattooing, branding, or body piercing occurs at a tattoo facility licensed under this chapter.
(2) The individual receiving the tattoo, branding, or body piercing is 18 years of age or older.
(b) The owner or operator of a tattoo facility may apply to the department for a tattoo facility license under this chapter on a form provided by the department, and at the time of application shall pay to the department the appropriate fee under subsection (c). If the department determines that the application is complete and the tattoo facility proposed or operated by the applicant meets the requirements of this chapter and the rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter, the department shall issue a license to the applicant for the operation of that tattoo facility. The license shall be effective for a time period prescribed by rule of the department.
(c) Subject to Section 22-17A-7, the owner or operator of a tattoo facility shall pay one of the following fees at the time of application for a facility license:
(1) Initial annual license . . . . . . . . $250.
(2) One-year renewal of an annual license . . $200.
(3) Temporary license to operate a tattoo facility at a fixed location for not more than a two-week period . . . . . $50.
(Act 2000-321, p. 512, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 17A - Regulation of Tattoing, Branding, and Body Piercing. › Section 22-17A-4 - Inspection of Tattoo Facility.

Section 22-17A-4
Inspection of tattoo facility.
(a) Before issuing a license to an applicant under this chapter, the department shall inspect the premises of the tattoo facility that is the subject of the application.
(b) The department shall periodically inspect each tattoo facility licensed under this chapter to ensure compliance.
(c) The department shall issue a license under this chapter to a specific person for a tattoo facility at a specific location and the license issued shall be nontransferable.
(Act 2000-321, p. 512, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 17A - Regulation of Tattoing, Branding, and Body Piercing. › Section 22-17A-5 - Renewal of License.

Section 22-17A-5
Renewal of license.
The owner or operator of a tattoo facility licensed under this chapter shall apply to the department for renewal of the license under this chapter not less than 30 days before the license expires. Upon payment of the renewal fee prescribed by subsection (c) of Section 22-17A-3, the department shall renew the license if the applicant is in compliance with this chapter and the rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
(Act 2000-321, p. 512, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 17A - Regulation of Tattoing, Branding, and Body Piercing. › Section 22-17A-6 - Requirements for Operation of Tattoo Facility.

Section 22-17A-6
Requirements for operation of tattoo facility.
A person who owns or operates a licensed tattoo facility shall do each of the following:
(1) Display the license in a conspicuous place within the customer service area of the tattoo facility.
(2) Ensure that an individual engaged in tattooing in the tattoo facility wears disposable gloves approved by the department when tattooing, branding, or body piercing, or when cleaning instruments used in tattooing, branding, or body piercing.
(3) Maintain a permanent record of each individual who has been tattooed, branded, or who has had body piercing performed at a tattoo facility, and make the records available for inspection by the department or local county health department. The record shall include, at a minimum, the individual's name, address, age, and signature, the date, the design, and location of the tattooing, branding, or body piercing, and the name of the individual performing the tattooing, branding, or body piercing.
(4) Provide each customer with a written information sheet approved by the department that provides instructions on tattoo site, branding site, and body piercing site care, which shall include a recommendation that a person seek medical attention if the tattoo site, branding site, or body piercing site becomes infected or painful, or if the person develops a fever soon after being tattooed, being branded, or having body piercing performed.
(5) Within 24 hours of becoming aware that an individual tattooed, branded, or body pierced at the tattoo facility is infected with a communicable disease, notify the department or a local county health department.
(Act 2000-321, p. 512, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 17A - Regulation of Tattoing, Branding, and Body Piercing. › Section 22-17A-7 - Powers and Duties of Department.

Section 22-17A-7
Powers and duties of department.
(a) The department shall perform each of the following duties:
(1) Enforce this chapter and the rules promulgated under this chapter.
(2) Promulgate rules necessary to implement this chapter, including, but not limited to, rules governing each of the following:
a. Tattoo facility design and construction.
b. Tattoo, branding, and body piercing equipment standards, including, but not limited to, cleaning and sterilization requirements.
c. Tattoo dye standards.
d. Inspection of tattoo facilities.
e. Tattoo facility license renewal.
(b) The department may exercise any of the following powers:
(1) Appoint an advisory committee to assist the department in rule development.
(2) After notice and an opportunity for a hearing, suspend, revoke, or deny a license or license renewal for a violation of this chapter or a rule promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Local county health departments may enforce this chapter and all rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
(d) In addition to any other enforcement action authorized by law, a person alleging a violation of this chapter may bring a civil action for appropriate injunctive relief.
(Act 2000-321, p. 512, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 17A - Regulation of Tattoing, Branding, and Body Piercing. › Section 22-17A-8 - Penalties.

Section 22-17A-8
Penalties.
A person who violates this chapter or a rule promulgated under this chapter shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100), or both, for each violation.
(Act 2000-321, p. 512, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 17B - Regulation of Tanning Facilities. › Section 22-17B-1 - Definitions.

Section 22-17B-1
Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) OPERATOR. A person designated by the tanning facility owner or tanning device lessee to operate or assist and instruct in the operation and use of the tanning facility or tanning device.
(2) PHOTOTHERAPY DEVICE. Equipment used in the diagnosis or treatment of disease or injury that emits ultraviolet radiation.
(3) TANNING DEVICE. Equipment used for tanning of human skin that emits electromagnetic radiation having wavelengths between 200 and 400 nanometers.
(4) TANNING FACILITY. Any location, place, area, structure, or business, including tanning salons, health clubs, apartments, and condominiums, that provides persons access to a tanning device regardless of whether a fee is charged for the access.
(Act 2014-90, p. 148, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 17B - Regulation of Tanning Facilities. › Section 22-17B-2 - Restrictions on Use of Tanning Devices.

Section 22-17B-2
Restrictions on use of tanning devices.
The use of a tanning device at a tanning facility in this state is subject to the following restrictions:
(1) No person 16 or 17 years of age shall use a tanning device unless a parent or legal guardian provides written consent signed at the tanning facility.
(2) No person 15 years of age shall use a tanning device unless a parent or legal guardian provides written consent signed at the tanning facility and the parent or legal guardian who signed the written consent is present in the facility during the operation of the device.
(3) No person 14 years of age or under shall use a tanning device unless prescribed by a physician; provided, however, that a person 14 years of age or under may receive a spray tan.
(4) No person shall use a tanning device without the use of protective eyewear.
(Act 2014-90, p. 148, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 17B - Regulation of Tanning Facilities. › Section 22-17B-3 - Warning Required With Written Consent.

Section 22-17B-3
Warning required with written consent.
The written consent required to be signed by a parent or legal guardian as required in Section 22-17B-2 shall contain the following warning: "Danger. Ultraviolet radiation. Follow instructions. Avoid overexposure. As with natural sunlight, overexposure can cause eye and skin injury and allergic reactions. Repeated exposure may cause premature aging of the skin and skin cancer. WEAR PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR; FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN SEVERE BURNS OR LONG-TERM INJURY TO THE EYES. Medications or cosmetics may increase your sensitivity to the ultraviolet radiation. Consult a physician before using the sunlamp if you are using medications or have a history of skin problems or believe yourself especially sensitive to sunlight. If you do not tan in the sun, you are unlikely to tan from use of this product."
(Act 2014-90, p. 148, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 1 - Training, Qualification and Licensing. › Section 22-18-2 - Exceptions to Applicability of Chapter.

Section 22-18-2
Exceptions to applicability of chapter.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to volunteer rescue squads that are members of the Alabama Association of Rescue Squads, Inc., and which furnish BLS ambulance service to the public; nor shall the provisions of this chapter apply to businesses or companies which only provide free ambulance service to their employees who require medical attention on business or company grounds; nor shall the provisions of this chapter apply to or govern ambulances owned by a county, a municipality, or any other political subdivision of the state.
(Acts 1971, No. 1590, p. 2717, §6; Acts 1973, No. 526, p. 767; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 120, p. 2815, §1; Acts 1977, No. 526, p. 698; Acts 1981, No. 81-774, p. 1335; Act 2010-584, p. 1304, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 1 - Training, Qualification and Licensing. › Section 22-18-3 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 22-18-3
Rules and regulations.
(a) In the manner provided in this section, the Board of Health shall establish and publish reasonable rules and regulations for the training, qualification, scope of privilege, and licensing of EMSP, and provider services, and for the operation, design, equipment, and licensing of air and ground ambulances. In adopting rules and regulations, the Board of Health shall follow the provisions of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, and shall, in all cases, hold one or more public hearings prior to adoption, amendment, or rescission of any rule or regulation. At such hearing, any interested person, firm, or corporation or any member of the public may be heard. Any person, firm, or corporation affected by any regulation, amendment, or rescission hereof may appeal consideration thereof to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
(b) Regulations adopted under this section shall become effective as provided in the Administrative Procedure Act. From any judgment of the circuit court in any case appealed to it, an appeal shall be made pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.
Acts 1971, No. 1590, p. 2717, §3; Acts 1995, No. 95-276, p. 488, §1; Act 2010-584, p. 1304, §1; Act 2016-394, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 1 - Training, Qualification and Licensing. › Section 22-18-5 - Advisory Board.

Section 22-18-5
Advisory board.
Repealed by Act 2016-394, §2, effective May 12, 2016.
(Acts 1971, No. 1590, p. 2717, §4; Acts 1995, No. 95-276, p. 488, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 1 - Training, Qualification and Licensing. › Section 22-18-7 - Article Cumulative; Powers of Municipalities.

Section 22-18-7
Article cumulative; powers of municipalities.
This article is cumulative and shall not be construed as limiting any power or authority of any municipality to set standards equal to, or above, state standards as provided in this chapter.
(Acts 1971, No. 1590, p. 2717, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 1 - Training, Qualification and Licensing. › Section 22-18-8 - Reimbursement by New Employer for Training Expenses.

Section 22-18-8
Reimbursement by new employer for training expenses.
In those instances in which EMSP of any municipality, county, fire district, or the state are employed by the State of Alabama, any county, fire district, or another municipality, within 24 months after completing the training requirements mandated by this chapter, or by rules adopted by the board, the total expense of the training, including, but not limited to, salary paid during training, transportation costs paid to the trainee for travel to and from the training facility, room, board, tuition, and any other related training expenses, shall be reimbursed to the municipality, county, fire district, or the state which paid for the training. The municipality, county, fire district, or the state which paid for the training shall submit an itemized sworn statement to the new employer of the EMSP, shall demand payment thereof, and may enforce collection of the obligation through civil remedies and procedures. The EMSP shall have the same meaning as in Section 22-18-1.
(Acts 1996, No. 96-626, p. 997, §2; Act 2002-424, p. 1090, §1; Act 2010-584, p. 1304, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 1 - Training, Qualification and Licensing. › Section 22-18-9 - Criminal History Background Checks.

Section 22-18-9
Criminal history background checks.
(a) When reviewing an applicant for initial licensure under this article, the Board of Health may require a fingerprint-based state and national criminal background check through the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency for purposes of determining the applicant's suitability for licensure.
(b) The applicant shall pay all costs associated with a required criminal background check at the same time the applicant pays the initial licensure fee.
(c) Upon receipt of an authorized request and payment from the board, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall promptly cause the criminal background check to be conducted and return the results directly to the board.
(d) Results of the criminal background check received by the board shall be privileged and shall not be a public record nor disclosed to any individual within the Board of Health beyond those authorized, as determined by the board. The Board of Health shall comply with rules of the Alabama Justice Information Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding the use of criminal records. Any person who releases or discloses these records in violation of these rules, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, for each offense, may be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or imprisoned for not less than 30 days nor more than one year, or both.
(e) The board, any law enforcement agency, or any employee thereof acting reasonably shall not be responsible for the accuracy of information provided pursuant to this section nor shall they be liable for defamation, invasion of privacy, negligence, or any other claim relating to or arising from the dissemination of information pursuant to this section.
(f) In conjunction with requiring criminal history background checks, the board shall establish a policy to determine which convictions would prevent an applicant from being licensed by the board.
(g) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section.
(Act 2019-493, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 1 - Training, Qualification and Licensing. › Section 22-18-10 - Community Paramedicine Program.

Section 22-18-10
Community paramedicine program.
(a) The board may establish and administer a community paramedicine program to authorize paramedics to provide community paramedic services under the direction and oversight of the program medical director, as further provided in this section.
(b) The criteria for which an individual is eligible as a patient for a community paramedicine program includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:
(1) The individual has been discharged from a definitive care facility, and has declined or is not eligible for home health or hospice services.
(2) The individual has been identified as a patient for whom community paramedic services would likely prevent admission or readmission to, or allow discharge from, a definitive care facility.
(3) The individual has been referred to the community paramedicine program to receive preventive services.
(c) Community paramedic services include, but are not limited to:
(1) Coordination of community services.
(2) Chronic disease monitoring and education.
(3) Health assessment.
(4) Hospital discharge follow-up care.
(5) Laboratory specimen collection.
(6) Medication compliance.
(d) A community paramedic shall document and submit all services provided in accordance with the applicable patient care reporting rules or other rules as prescribed by the board.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow a community paramedic to practice medicine or surgery, to make a diagnosis, or to prescribe drugs.
(f) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section, including, but not limited to, the length of time after discharge a patient is eligible for community paramedic services.
(Act 2021-303, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 2 - Alabama Emergency Medical Services Education Commission. › Section 22-18-20 - Commission Created.

Section 22-18-20
Commission created.
REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-663, p. 1146, §3(a).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 2 - Alabama Emergency Medical Services Education Commission. › Section 22-18-21 - Travel and per Diem Expenses.

Section 22-18-21
Travel and per diem expenses.
REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-663, p. 1146, §3(b).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 2 - Alabama Emergency Medical Services Education Commission. › Section 22-18-22 - Times and Places of Meetings.

Section 22-18-22
Times and places of meetings.
REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-663, p. 1146, §3(c).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 2 - Alabama Emergency Medical Services Education Commission. › Section 22-18-23 - Expenditure of Appropriated Funds; Grants.

Section 22-18-23
Expenditure of appropriated funds; grants.
REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-663, p. 1146, §3(d).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 3 - Emergency Medical Services. › Section 22-18-41 - Advanced Life Support Techniques; Procurement, Carriage, and Use of Drugs and Fluids; Performance of Services.

Section 22-18-41
Advanced life support techniques; procurement, carriage, and use of drugs and fluids; performance of services.
(a) The board may by rule designate certain procedures as advanced life support techniques, which may be performed by EMSP during emergencies, such as situations where the life, health, or safety of a prehospital patient is in immediate jeopardy. The board may prescribe by rule the qualifications and certification necessary for personnel performing advanced life support techniques, and the specific conditions under which the techniques may be performed by EMSP. Notwithstanding any statutory provision to the contrary, EMSP who possess the necessary qualifications and certification prescribed by the board shall not be deemed to have engaged in the unlawful practice of medicine when performing advanced life support techniques in accordance with the constraints established by the board.
(b) Fluids and drugs may be carried only by a properly licensed provider service . A licensed provider service may purchase necessary drugs and fluids from any reliable source, including wholesalers, distributors, and hospitals. Provider services shall purchase, maintain, and administer fluids and drugs in accordance with regulations promulgated by the board.
(c) EMSP may perform services only pursuant to the protocols approved by the board. EMSP may accept orders to perform advanced life support techniques only from medical direction physicians who have completed medical direction training prescribed by the board and hold a current medical direction number.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-276, p. 488, §4; Act 2006-563, p. 1305, §1; Act 2010-584, p. 1304, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 3 - Emergency Medical Services. › Section 22-18-42 - Regulation of Certain Types of Care and Personnel; Purchase of Drugs and Fluids.

Section 22-18-42
Regulation of certain types of care and personnel; purchase of drugs and fluids.
This chapter shall govern and it shall authorize the Board of Health to regulate only emergency medical care provided outside of hospitals, EMSP who provide care outside of hospitals, provider services ground ambulances, air ambulances, ALS nontransport services, the training of EMSP who provide care outside of hospitals, and orders given for emergency medical care to be provided outside of hospitals. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, authorized drugs and fluids for emergency medical care and services may be purchased from any reliable source, including wholesalers, distributors, and hospitals. To the extent medical care and nursing care provided within hospitals is governed by other provisions of law, those provisions of law shall not be construed to have been repealed, amended, abridged, or otherwise altered by this chapter.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-276, p. 488, §5; Act 2006-563, p. 1305, §1; Act 2010-584, p. 1304, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 3 - Emergency Medical Services. › Section 22-18-43 - Board of Health Shall Follow Administrative Procedure Act.

Section 22-18-43
Board of Health shall follow Administrative Procedure Act.
In carrying out its duties and responsibilities under this chapter, the board shall follow the Administrative Procedure Act.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-276, p. 488, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 3 - Emergency Medical Services. › Section 22-18-44 - Applicability of Chapter and Rules of Board to Volunteer Fire Departments.

Section 22-18-44
Applicability of chapter and rules of board to volunteer fire departments.
Neither the provisions of this chapter nor rules of the board adopted thereunder shall apply to volunteer fire departments which are not regularly engaged in the provision of emergency medical care and which offer only Basic Life Support response and do not transport. Volunteer fire departments which regularly provide emergency medical care shall be subject to this chapter, except when entitled to an exemption pursuant to Section 22-18-2. Provided, however, that this chapter and regulations adopted thereunder shall govern only the EMS functions of volunteer fire departments and shall not apply to their firefighting functions or other functions. A volunteer fire department shall have in place a system for the emergency treatment or transport of motor vehicle crash victims, or other trauma victims or emergency patients to be deemed to be regularly engaged in the provision of emergency medical care. A volunteer fire department which merely offers cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other first aid and rescue in the course of firefighting and related operations shall not be deemed for that reason alone to be regularly engaged in the provision of emergency medical care.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-276, p. 488, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 5 - Volunteer Rescue Squad and Volunteer Firefighters Tuition Reimbursement Act. › Section 22-18-60 - Definitions.

Section 22-18-60
Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) ACCS. The Alabama Community College System.
(2) ASSOCIATIONS. The Alabama Association of Rescue Squads or the Alabama Association of Volunteer Fire Departments.
(3) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL (EMSP). All recognized levels of personnel licensed by the Alabama Department of Public Health, who have met all primary and/or renewal educational requirements set by the Alabama Department of Public Health, and are allowed to provide medical care within the level of their scope of practice granted by the Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) within the Alabama Department of Public Health.
(4) FIRE COLLEGE. The Alabama Fire College.
(5) STUDENT. A student enrolled in an emergency medical services certification program at a member institution of the Alabama Community College System, the Alabama Fire College, or the University of South Alabama.
(6) VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD. A volunteer rescue squad located in the State of Alabama and is a member of the Alabama Association of Rescue Squads.
(7) VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. A volunteer fire department located in the State of Alabama and is a member of the Alabama Association of Volunteer Fire Departments.
(Act 2018-524, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 5 - Volunteer Rescue Squad and Volunteer Firefighters Tuition Reimbursement Act. › Section 22-18-61 - Development and Administration of Program.

Section 22-18-61
Development and administration of program.
(a) The Alabama Community College System, the Alabama Fire College, and the University of South Alabama, in consultation with the associations, shall jointly develop and administer a student tuition reimbursement program for students that agree in the form of an enforceable contract agreement, to provide emergency medical services for volunteer rescue squads or volunteer fire departments in Alabama after becoming a licensed EMSP subject to the student agreeing to provide three years of service to a volunteer rescue squad or volunteer fire department.
(b) Tuition reimbursement under this article shall be the actual tuition costs paid by the student associated with obtaining certification. Tuition costs shall not be reimbursed until the student provides ACCS and the associations with documentation that he or she has successfully completed the approved course of instruction, proof of passing the certification exam, production of a valid EMSP license from the Alabama Department of Public Health and a contractual agreement to comply with the service requirements.
(c) In the event that a tuition reimbursement recipient fails to meet the service requirements for any reason other than extreme hardship as defined within the joint agreement required in Section 22-18-64(b), the individual shall be deemed to have breached the underlying contract and shall be liable in the form of monetary damages to the state for the immediate repayment of the total tuition amount reimbursed, plus interest at the rate of eight percent. The associations shall notify ACCS of recipients who fail to meet the service requirements.
(Act 2018-524, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 5 - Volunteer Rescue Squad and Volunteer Firefighters Tuition Reimbursement Act. › Section 22-18-62 - Institutions Authorized to Contract With Students.

Section 22-18-62
THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE APRIL 6, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
Beginning October 1, 2018, the member institutions of the ACCS, the Fire College, and the University of South Alabama may enter into contracts with new students seeking to obtain certification as an EMSP.
(Act 2018-524, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 5 - Volunteer Rescue Squad and Volunteer Firefighters Tuition Reimbursement Act. › Section 22-18-63 - Funding.

Section 22-18-63
THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE APRIL 6, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(a) The tuition reimbursement program is subject to direct appropriations from the Education Trust Fund.
(b) Any monies appropriated for the program that are unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert, but shall be carried forward for use of the program in the next fiscal year.
(Act 2018-524, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 18 - Ambulances. › Article 5 - Volunteer Rescue Squad and Volunteer Firefighters Tuition Reimbursement Act. › Section 22-18-64 - Annual Report; Joint Agreement; Disposition of Funds.

Section 22-18-64
Annual report; joint agreement; disposition of funds.
(a) The ACCS shall annually report on the condition and accomplishments of the tuition reimbursement program to the Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Chair of the House Ways and Means Education Committee, the Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee, and the Deputy Director of the Legislative Services Agency, Fiscal Division. The report shall include the number of students participating in the program and the amount of tuition reimbursed for the reporting year. The member institutions of the ACCS, the Fire College, and the University of South Alabama shall provide this information to ACCS for inclusion in the annual report. The report shall be submitted by the fifth legislative day of each regular session of the Legislature.
(b) The ACCS, the Fire College, and the University of South Alabama shall enter into a joint agreement to implement and administer the tuition reimbursement program, which shall include provisions for ensuring that operational expenses for the program in a fiscal year do not exceed two percent of the funding for the program in that fiscal year. The joint agreement shall provide for limiting the acceptance of applications for the program or limiting tuition reimbursements when necessary or both.
(c) Any monies received for the operations of the tuition reimbursement program, including repayments, interest, and penalties paid because of failure to honor service requirements, shall be used to fund tuition reimbursements.
(Act 2018-524, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 19 - Dead Bodies. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 22-19-1 - Regulation of Transportation of Dead Bodies.

Section 22-19-1
Regulation of transportation of dead bodies.
The State Board of Health shall prescribe the rules and regulations under which the bodies of deceased persons may be brought into, or transported through, the state and, also, the rules and regulations under which such bodies may be transported from one point to another point in the same county or from one county to another in this state; but the said State Board of Health may, in its discretion, forbid the conveyance of the bodies of persons who have died of infectious, contagious or communicable diseases into, or through, this state or from one county to another in this state. This section shall not be so construed as to prevent county boards of health from regulating the transportation of the bodies of deceased persons within their respective county limits; but cities and towns are prohibited from enacting ordinances regulating the removal from the city or town of the bodies of deceased persons or the issuance of removal permits for removing such remains from the city or town to a point outside the county.
(Code 1907, §725; Code 1923, §1148; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 22, §87; Acts 1959, No. 578, p. 1455.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 19 - Dead Bodies. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 22-19-2 - Body Removed From State to Be Embalmed or Cremated; Exception.

Section 22-19-2
Body removed from state to be embalmed or cremated; exception.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to take, carry, transport or remove from within the confines of this state any dead human body unless said body has been embalmed or cremated. Any person, firm or corporation who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be, upon conviction, punished as prescribed by law. Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed to prohibit exportation of an unembalmed dead human body which has been disposed of for the purpose of advancement of medical science, or for the replacement of diseased or worn out parts of other humans or for the rehabilitation of human parts or other organs, in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter.
(Acts 1951, No. 320, p. 612; Acts 1959, No. 291, p. 859.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 19 - Dead Bodies. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 22-19-3 - Burial or Removal Permits for Dead Bodies; Certificates of Birth or Death.

Section 22-19-3
Burial or removal permits for dead bodies; certificates of birth or death.
Any person, for himself or as an officer, agent or employee of any other person or of any corporation or partnership, who shall:
(1) Inter, cremate or otherwise finally dispose of a dead human body or permit the same to be done or remove such body from the primary registration district in which the death occurred or the body was found, without the authority of a burial or removal permit issued by the local registrar of the district in which the death occurred or in which the body was found; or
(2) Refuse or fail to furnish correctly any information in his possession or furnish false information affecting any certificate or record required by the health laws of this state; or
(3) Willfully alter, otherwise than is provided by law, or falsify any certificate of birth or death or any record established by the health laws of this state; or
(4) Being required by the health laws of this state to fill out a certificate of birth or death and file the same with the local registrar, or deliver it, upon request, to any person charged with the duty of filing the same, fail, neglect or refuse to perform such duty in the manner required by the health laws of this state; or
(5) Being a local registrar, deputy registrar, or subregistrar, fail, neglect, or refuse to perform his duty as required by the health laws of this state, and by the instructions and directions of the state registrar thereunder;
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall for the first offense be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $50.00, and for each subsequent offense not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00, or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than 60 days, or be both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the court.
(Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §3870; Code 1940, T. 14, §114; Code 1975, §13-6-86.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 19 - Dead Bodies. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 22-19-4 - Ministers at Funerals to Ascertain if Burial Permit Has Been Secured.

Section 22-19-4
Ministers at funerals to ascertain if burial permit has been secured.
Every minister of the gospel or other person conducting religious services at a funeral shall inquire whether or not a burial or removal permit has been secured for the disposition of the body. Should it be found that a burial permit has not been secured, the undertaker or person in charge of the funeral shall be notified by said minister of the law governing the issuance of burial permits.
(Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §3871; Code 1940, T. 14, §115; Code 1975, §13-6-87.)