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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Health Laws. › Section 22-20-3 - Neonatal Testing for Certain Diseases; Rules and Regulations for Treatment Thereof.

Section 22-20-3
Neonatal testing for certain diseases; rules and regulations for treatment thereof.
(a) It shall be the duty of the administrative officer or other persons in charge of each institution caring for infants 28 days or less of age, or the physician attending a newborn child or the person attending a newborn child that was not attended by a physician to cause to have administered to every such infant or child in his care a reliable test for hypothyroidism and a reliable test for phenylketonuria (PKU), such as the Guthrie test, or any other test considered equally reliable by the State Board of Health and a reliable test for sickle cell anemia, sickle cell trait, and/or abnormal hemoglobin and such other tests relating to mental retardation or other heritable diseases and conditions as are designated by the Board of Health. Provided, however, that the Board of Health shall designate only conditions that are detectable by mass screening of newborn infants. Initial mass screening tests and the recording of results shall be performed by the Public Health Laboratory at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by the State Board of Health; confirmatory tests shall be undertaken by such laboratory facilities as are designated by the attending physician or parent; provided, that no such initial screening or confirmatory tests shall be given to any child whose parents object thereto on the grounds that such tests conflict with their religious tenets and practices. In the event a test is not given to a child on account of such objections by the parents, then no physician, nurse, laboratory technician, person administering tests, hospital, institution or other health care provider shall be liable for failure to administer the test.
(b) The State Board of Health shall promulgate such rules and regulations as it considers necessary to provide for the care and treatment of those newborn infants whose tests are determined positive, including but not limited to, advising dietary treatment for such infants. The State Board of Health shall promulgate any other rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section including the collection of a reasonable fee for the newborn child screening program.
(Acts 1965, No. 885, p. 1664; Acts 1979, No. 79-437, p. 703; Acts 1987, No. 87-672, p. 1202; Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-793, p. 188, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Health Laws. › Section 22-20-3.1 - Educational Information on Pertussis to Be Provided Prior to Discharge of Newborn Child.

Section 22-20-3.1
Educational information on pertussis to be provided prior to discharge of newborn child.
(a) During the postpartum period, before discharging a newborn child, a hospital shall provide parents with educational information on pertussis disease. The information provided to parents shall contain the following statement:
Pertussis, whooping cough, can cause serious illness in infants, children, and adults and can even be life-threatening, especially in infants. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the most effective way to prevent pertussis is through vaccination of both children and parents. For more information on protecting your child by obtaining the pertussis vaccination please contact your physician, county health department, or the Alabama Department of Public Health.
(b) Nothing in this section shall require any hospital to provide or pay for any vaccination against pertussis.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to establish a standard of care for hospitals or physicians or otherwise modify, amend, or supersede any provision of the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1987 or the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1996, or any amendment thereto, or any judicial interpretation thereof.
(d) Physicians and hospitals, as hospitals are defined in Section 22-21-20, shall not have legal liability or responsibility for claims resulting from providing or failing to provide the pertussis information required pursuant to subsection (a).
(Act 2014-280, p. 889, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Health Laws. › Section 22-20-4 - Location and Extension of Cemeteries.

Section 22-20-4
Location and extension of cemeteries.
Whenever it is proposed to locate a cemetery or to extend the boundaries of an existing cemetery, the party or parties so proposing shall make written application to the judge of probate and county commission or to the mayor and council of an incorporated city or town, according to whether said cemetery or extension of a cemetery is to be located in the jurisdiction of one or the other of these authorities, describing accurately the location and boundaries of the proposed cemetery or extension of a cemetery. Before acting upon the application, the judge of probate and county commission or the mayor and council of an incorporated city or town, as the case may be, shall refer the application to the board of health of the county for investigation from a sanitary standpoint. In making such investigation, the county board of health shall take into consideration the proximity of the proposed cemetery or extension of a cemetery to human habitations, the nature of the soil, the drainage of the ground, the danger of pollution of valuable springs and streams of water and such other conditions and surroundings as would bear upon the sanitary aspect of the situation. Having completed its investigation as promptly as can be done, the county board of health shall submit a report to the judge of probate and county commission, or to the mayor and council, as the case may be, and either approve or disapprove the application. If the latter, the board shall set forth at length its reasons for such disapproval. Having received the report from the county board of health, the judge of probate and county commission or the mayor and council, as the case may be, shall either grant or deny the application, giving due weight in reaching either conclusion to the views expressed by the County Board of Health. Should the application be granted, the judge of probate and county commission or the mayor and council, as the case may be, shall issue to the party or parties making the application, and in such form as they may prescribe, a license to establish or extend the cemetery in question. The said license shall, upon the payment of $.50 by the party or parties making the application, be recorded in the office of the judge of probate of the county.
(Code 1907, §726; Code 1923, §1149; Code 1940, T. 22, §88.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Health Laws. › Section 22-20-5.1 - Cottage Food Production.

Section 22-20-5.1
Cottage food production.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings:
(1) COTTAGE FOOD. A non-potentially hazardous food that has been prepared in a person's home that does not require time or temperature control for safety to limit pathogenic microorganism growth or toxin formation and that does not include meat, poultry, or fish. The term includes all of the following:
a. Cakes, breads, Danish pastries, donuts, pastries, and pies.
b. Jam, jellies, and fruit preserves.
c. Candy.
d. Dried and dehydrated herbs, herb mixes, vegetables, or fruits.
e. Roasted coffee.
f. Dried baking mixes.
g. Fermented or preserved vegetables or fruit that do not result in the production of alcohol and that have an acidity level allowed by the department.
(2) COTTAGE FOOD PRODUCTION OPERATION. A person operating out of his or her home who meets the following requirements:
a. Produces cottage food for sale.
b. Sells the foods produced under paragraph a. only directly to consumers, whether in-person, by phone, or online, in the state.
c. Delivers the foods produced under paragraph a. directly to consumers in the state, whether in person, through an agent of the producer, or by mail.
(3) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Public Health.
(4) HOME. A primary residence that contains a kitchen and appliances designed for common residential use.
(b) A cottage food production operation is not a food service establishment and is not required to have a food service permit issued by the county health department.
(c) Neither the State Department of Public Health nor a county health department may regulate the production of food at a cottage food production operation except as provided by this section.
(d) The department may issue a stop sale, seize, or hold order for any food suspected of being the cause of a food borne illness.
(e) A cottage food production operation shall label all cottage foods that the operation sells to consumers, and shall complete a food safety course approved by the department. The label shall include in at least size 10-point font the common or usual name of the food, the name, home or P.O. Box address of the cottage food production operation, and a statement that the food is not inspected by the department or local health department. The label shall also contain a list of the ingredients in the food in descending order of predominance and shall include a disclaimer that the food may contain allergens. The operator of a cottage food production operation shall maintain certification of having attended and passed a food safety course approved by the department.
(Act 2014-180, p. 524, §§1, 2; Act 2021-456, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Health Laws. › Section 22-20-5.2 - Food Service Establishments to Secure Covers of Grease Traps.

Section 22-20-5.2
Food service establishments to secure covers of grease traps.
(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Sadie Grace Andrews Act.
(b) This section shall apply to commercial food service establishments that utilize grease traps that are outdoors or are in areas that are accessible to members of the general public.
(c)(1) Grease traps with manholes shall be designed to withstand expected loads and prevent access by children. The manhole cover shall be secured by a bolt or locking mechanism or be constructed of round cast iron or similar construction rated for heavy road traffic with sufficient weight to prevent unauthorized access. A public water or sewer authority may specify either manner of manhole access exclusively, provided it conforms to this section and prevents unauthorized access.
(2) A commercial food service establishment shall insure that a grease trap manhole is secured or locked, if applicable, at all times.
(d) The Department of Public Health shall adopt rules for the implementation and administration of this section. The department may not supersede the authority of any public water or sewer authority to require grease traps that are constructed in compliance with subsection (c) or to otherwise enact and enforce a grease control policy.
(e) All food service establishments utilizing grease traps must comply with subsection (c) no later than December 1, 2018. Failure to comply with the requirements of subsection (c) shall result in the assessment of a one hundred dollar ($100) civil penalty to be assessed by the Department of Public Health. Every day that the violation is not corrected shall result in an additional civil penalty. All moneys received from civil penalties under this section shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Public Health to be used for the administration and enforcement of this section.
(Act 2018-268, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Health Laws. › Section 22-20-5.4 - Serving Wine or Beer in Food Service Establishments or Dog Parks.

Section 22-20-5.4
Serving wine or beer in food service establishments or dog parks.
(a) A state or local health department may not prohibit the serving of wine or beer, including draft beer, in a food service establishment that allows pet dogs in accordance with Section 22-20-5.3 or a dog park if the establishment or dog park otherwise meets the requirements for having a retail license to serve wine or beer for on-premises consumption.
(b) For purposes of this section, dog park means an enclosed area used primarily for dogs to play off-leash in a controlled environment under the supervision of the dog's owner and authorized to operate under existing laws.
(Act 2021-474, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Health Laws. › Section 22-20-6 - Butchering, etc., of Legally Taken Wild Animals.

Section 22-20-6
Butchering, etc., of legally taken wild animals.
Any rule or regulation of the Health Department to the contrary notwithstanding, legally taken deer, turkeys and any other wild animal may be butchered, killed and/or processed at any slaughterhouse, abattoir, meat-packing and processing plant in this state.
(Acts 1967, No. 413, p. 1068.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Health Laws. › Section 22-20-7 - Inspection of Dairy Farms, Milk-Cooling Stations, Etc.

Section 22-20-7
Inspection of dairy farms, milk-cooling stations, etc.
The State Board of Health shall inspect dairy farms, milk-cooling stations, milk-processing plants and creameries for grading the milk and cream output of such establishments. The said inspections shall be made in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health, and the grading of the milk and milk products shall be carried out in compliance with the specifications of the United States Public Health Service standard milk ordinance.
(Acts 1927, No. 262, p. 261; Code 1940, T. 22, §98.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Health Laws. › Section 22-20-8 - Depositing Dead Animals or Nauseous Substances in Water Supplies.

Section 22-20-8
Depositing dead animals or nauseous substances in water supplies.
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly deposit any dead animal or nauseous substance in any source, standpipe or reservoir from which water is supplied to any city or town of this state or in any private well, spring, reservoir, tank, vessel or receptacle. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00 and may be sentenced to hard labor for the county not exceeding one year.
(Code 1896, §5331; Code 1907, §7875; Code 1923, §5610; Code 1940, T. 22, §133.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Health Laws. › Section 22-20-9 - Depositing Dead Animals or Fowl in Running Streams.

Section 22-20-9
Depositing dead animals or fowl in running streams.
Any person who deposits the body of a dead animal or fowl in any running stream must, on conviction, be fined $10.00, and one half of the fine must go to the informer.
(Code 1867, §4435; Code 1876, §1728; Code 1886, §1464; Code 1896, §5330; Code 1907, §7874; Code 1923, §5609; Code 1940, T. 22, §132.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Health Laws. › Section 22-20-10 - Duty to Drain Areas in Construction Works.

Section 22-20-10
Duty to drain areas in construction works.
Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the construction of any railroad, public highways or other construction work in Alabama shall drain all borrow pits, cuts and fills likely to impound water which shall be dangerous to the public health. Any person, firm or corporation failing to perform the duty imposed in this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00.
(Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §5611; Code 1940, T. 22, §134.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Health Laws. › Section 22-20-11 - Restrictions on Retail Sales of Certain Poisons.

Section 22-20-11
Restrictions on retail sales of certain poisons.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to retail any poisons enumerated in Schedules "A" and "B" which are as follows, except upon the conditions named in this section:
(1) Schedule "A" - biniodide of mercury, cyanide of potassium, carbolic acid, hydrocyanic acid, strychnine, arsenate and its preparations and all other poisonous alkaloids and their salts and the essential oil of bitter almonds.
(2) Schedule "B" - acenite, belladonna, colchium, conium, nux vomica, henbane, savin, ergot, cotton root, cantharides, creosote, veratrium, digitalis and their pharmaceutical preparations, croton oil, chloroform, sulphate of zinc, corrosive sublimate, red precipitate, white precipitate, mineral acids and oxalic acid.
(b) Any of the poisons included in Schedule "A" may be legally sold by any registered pharmacist, but he shall, before delivering the same to the purchaser, cause an entry to be made in a book kept for that purpose, stating the date of sale, name and address of purchaser, the name of poison sold and the amount, the purpose for which it was represented by the purchaser to be required and the name of the dispenser, such book to be always open for inspection by the proper authorities and to be preserved for at least three years.
(c) Any of the poisons named in Schedule "B" may be legally sold, but only on the condition that the person, firm or corporation selling or furnishing the same shall label the box, vessel or paper in which the said poison is contained with the name of the drug, the word "poison" and the name and place of the seller.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any registered pharmacists to sell or deliver any poisons enumerated in Schedule "A" and "B" unless, upon due inquiry, it is found that the purchaser is aware of its poisonous character and represents that it is to be used for legitimate purposes.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the dispensing of poison in not unusual quantities or upon the prescription of practitioners of medicine.
(f) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the sale of insecticides, fungicides or poisons used in the arts, when sold in original packages and labeled according to the law and other remedies or materials used in the control or eradication of insect pests and plant diseases.
(g) Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00. Whoever shall fail to preserve the original of any prescription, or a true copy of the same, or to produce same when lawfully required, in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $200.00.
(Acts 1931, No. 332, p. 377; Code 1940, T. 22, §§259, 260.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Health Laws. › Section 22-20-12 - Advertisements Concerning Impotency, Prostatic Troubles, Etc.

Section 22-20-12
Advertisements concerning impotency, prostatic troubles, etc.
Any person who shall, directly or indirectly, publish, deliver or distribute, or cause to be published, delivered or distributed, in any manner, whatsoever, any advertisement concerning lost manhood, lost vitality, impotency, sexual weakness, seminal emissions, stricture, drains, discharges, prostatic troubles, self-abuse or excessive sexual indulgences or calling attention to any medicine, article or preparation that may be used therefor, or to any person or persons from whom or any office or place at which information, treatment or advice relating to such diseases, infirmity, habit or condition may be obtained shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00. This section shall not apply to the advertising of any patent medicine not used or recommended for the treatment of venereal diseases, nor shall it apply to didactic or scientific treatises which do not advertise or call attention to any person or persons from whom, or any place at which, information, treatment or advice may be obtained, nor shall it apply to advertisements or notices issued by legally constituted health authorities in the discharge of their official duties.
(Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §4379; Code 1940, T. 22, §274.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products. › Article 1 - Source or Origin of Farm-Raised and Wild Fish. › Section 22-20A-1 - Legislative Findings.

Section 22-20A-1
Legislative findings.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares the consumer's right to know the source or origin of a food product for human consumption is paramount and essential to the health, safety, and well-being of the people of this state and nation. Providing notice to the public of whether farm-raised fish and wild fish are imported or domestic is compelling.
(Act 2009-582, p. 1715, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products. › Article 1 - Source or Origin of Farm-Raised and Wild Fish. › Section 22-20A-2 - Definitions.

Section 22-20A-2
Definitions.
For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) BOARD. The State Board of Health as defined in Section 22-2-3.
(2) DOMESTIC. Any farm-raised fish or wild fish hatched, raised, harvested, or processed within the United States or a territory of the United States.
(3) FARM-RAISED FISH. Includes farm-raised shellfish and fillets, steaks, nuggets, and any other flesh from a farm-raised fish or shellfish and includes any product of which farm-raised fish is an ingredient.
(4) FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT. Any place, vehicle, or vessel where food for individual portion service is prepared, stored, held, transported, served, or dispensed and includes any such place regardless of whether consumption is on- or off-premises and which is regulated by the Alabama Department of Public Health. Hospitals, as defined in Section 22-21-20, shall be excluded from the requirements of this article.
(5) IMPORTED. Any farm-raised fish or wild fish that was hatched, raised, harvested, or processed outside the United States or a territory of the United States.
(6) SHELLFISH. Includes crab, lobster, oyster, shrimp, crayfish, clam, and scallops in the wild and any farm-raised shellfish and includes any product of which shellfish is an ingredient.
(7) STATE HEALTH OFFICER. The State Health Officer as defined in Section 22-2-8, or his or her designated representative.
(8) VERIFIED COMPLAINT. An allegation of noncompliance with the provisions of this article that can be attributed to the complainant and which is signed and verified by the complainant.
(9) WILD FISH. Naturally born or hatchery-raised fish and shellfish harvested in the wild. The term includes a fillet, steak, nugget, and any other flesh from wild fish or shellfish and also includes any product of which wild fish is an ingredient. Net-pen aquacultural or other farm-raised fish are excluded from the definition.
(Act 2009-582, p. 1715, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products. › Article 1 - Source or Origin of Farm-Raised and Wild Fish. › Section 22-20A-3 - Suppliers and Food Service Establishments to Provide Required Information.

Section 22-20A-3
Suppliers and food service establishments to provide required information.
(a) Any person who supplies farm-raised fish or wild fish to a food service establishment shall provide information of the country of origin of the product to the food service establishment as required by federal law. The State Health Officer, upon verified complaint and in compliance with all applicable state and federal law, shall investigate any and all reports of noncompliance with this subsection. Upon receipt of the verified complaint, a copy of the complaint shall be given to the food service establishment.
(b) If farm-raised fish or wild fish is supplied to a food service establishment and the fish or fish product is not required to be labeled with the country of origin pursuant to the requirements of federal law, the supplier of the fish or fish product or the food service establishment shall not be required to provide any additional information to comply with this article.
(c) A food service establishment serving farm-raised fish or wild fish shall place a disclaimer or notice on the menu or on a placard not smaller than 8 and one half inches by 11 inches in close proximity to the food establishment permit, in a conspicuous place specifically stating the following: "Under Alabama law, the consumer has the right to know, upon request to the food service establishment, the country of origin of farm-raised fish or wild fish." The disclaimer or notice listed on a menu shall be listed in print as large as the listing of the product.
(d) For purposes of this section, the United States is the country of origin for farm-raised fish hatched, raised, harvested, and processed in the United States and wild fish that were harvested in waters of the United States, a territory of the United States, or a state and processed in the United States, a territory of the United States, or a state, including the waters thereof.
(Act 2009-582, p. 1715, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products. › Article 1 - Source or Origin of Farm-Raised and Wild Fish. › Section 22-20A-4 - Labeling Requirements.

Section 22-20A-4
Labeling requirements.
Any labeling requirements as to farm-raised fish and wild fish offered for direct retail sale for human consumption by a food service establishment may comply with this article by stating the country of origin in lieu of the disclaimer or notice; except, that the appropriate state name or USA or United States of America, including a trade name or trademark, may be inserted in lieu thereof to accommodate similar products produced in any of the states or a territory of the United States of America.
(Act 2009-582, p. 1715, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products. › Article 1 - Source or Origin of Farm-Raised and Wild Fish. › Section 22-20A-5 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 22-20A-5
Rules and regulations.
The board shall promulgate rules as may be necessary for the enforcement of this article, such rules to be promulgated according to the Administrative Procedure Act.
(Act 2009-582, p. 1715, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products. › Article 1 - Source or Origin of Farm-Raised and Wild Fish. › Section 22-20A-6 - Governmental Cooperation.

Section 22-20A-6
Governmental cooperation.
The board may cooperate with and enter into agreements with governmental agencies of this state or agencies of the federal government in order to carry out the purpose of this article.
(Act 2009-582, p. 1715, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products. › Article 1 - Source or Origin of Farm-Raised and Wild Fish. › Section 22-20A-7 - Enforcement.

Section 22-20A-7
Enforcement.
The State Health Officer may apply for and the court may grant a temporary restraining order or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this article or any rule promulgated under this article, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. The injunction shall be issued without bond in the county where the violation occurred.
(Act 2009-582, p. 1715, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products. › Article 1 - Source or Origin of Farm-Raised and Wild Fish. › Section 22-20A-8 - Violations.

Section 22-20A-8
Violations.
(a) Any food service establishment violating this article or the rules promulgated thereunder, after notice and a hearing, shall be subject to penalties on a graduated scale in accordance with the following schedule for all violations within a 24-month period:
(1) First offense - Written warning.
(2) Second offense - One hundred dollars ($100).
(3) Third offense - Two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(4) Fourth offense - Five hundred dollars ($500).
(5) Fifth offense - One thousand dollars ($1,000).
(b) Any food service establishment which unknowingly violates this article shall be held harmless against penalties from failure to disclose country of origin of any product which was mislabeled by the wholesaler or distributor.
(Act 2009-582, p. 1715, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products. › Article 2 - Country of Origin of Catfish Products. › Section 22-20A-30 - Definitions.

Section 22-20A-30
Definitions.
For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) BOARD. The State Board of Health as defined in Section 22-2-3.
(2) CATFISH. Any species of fish classified within the family Ictaluridae.
(3) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Public Health.
(4) FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT. Any place, vehicle, or vessel where food for individual portion service is prepared, stored, held, transported, served, or dispensed and includes any such place regardless of whether consumption is on or off premises and which is regulated by the Alabama Department of Public Health.
(5) LABEL. A legible display of written, printed, or graphic information on a placard, menu, sign, or other material that represents the product to the consumer.
(6) PRODUCT. Any catfish product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any catfish or portion thereof, except products which contain catfish only in small portions and which are exempt from this definition by rules of the State Board of Health.
(Act 2009-584, p. 1719, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products. › Article 2 - Country of Origin of Catfish Products. › Section 22-20A-31 - Advertising Restrictions; Food Service Establishments to Provide Required Information.

Section 22-20A-31
Advertising restrictions; food service establishments to provide required information.
(a) A food service establishment shall not advertise or label a food item as catfish unless it is fish classified within the family of Ictaluridae.
(b) Any advertising of catfish or other members of the Order of Siluriformes, or catfish products or siluriformes products by food service establishments shall state the country of origin if the product was imported from a country other than the United States of America. The advertising required in this subsection stating the country of origin of the product shall be displayed daily when the catfish or siluriformes or catfish products or siluriformes products are from a country other than the United States of America.
(c) No catfish or siluriformes product shall be offered for sale at a food service establishment unless consumers are notified of the name and country of origin of the product. A food service establishment shall comply with this requirement by listing the country of origin on the menu in the same location and in the same size font as the product being offered, or by using a sign or tabletop display identifying the country of origin of the catfish offered for sale. If a sign is used, it shall be a minimum of 93 square inches with characters at least one inch in size. The sign or a series of signs shall be posted on a wall in a conspicuous location or locations in plain view of all patrons. If a tabletop display is used, it shall be at least 30 square inches and be placed on each table that is used for service.
(Act 2009-584, p. 1719, §2; Act 2015-156, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products. › Article 2 - Country of Origin of Catfish Products. › Section 22-20A-32 - Violations.

Section 22-20A-32
Violations.
(a) Any food service establishment engaged in the sale or advertising of catfish products in violation of this article shall be subject to civil penalties. The department shall impose the following civil penalties. For violations occurring within a 24-month period:
(1) A warning for the first violation.
(2) A fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for a second violation with 24 months.
(3) A fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the third violation within 24 months.
(4) A fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for the fourth violation within 24 months.
(5) A fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the fifth violation within 24 months and at the discretion of the department, a suspension of the food service establishment permit.
(b) A person may appeal the assessment of a civil penalty by requesting a hearing that shall be held in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. Judicial review of a final action of the department shall be pursuant to Section 41-22-20.
(c) All fines and other moneys collected pursuant to this section shall be continuously appropriated to the department and used to implement and administer this article.
(d) If a civil penalty imposed by the department is not paid, the department, the Attorney General, or appropriately the district attorney may file an action to collect the civil penalty in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the violation occurred. The food establishment shall be responsible to pay all costs associated with the collection of the civil penalty.
(e) Any food service establishment which unknowingly violates this article shall be held harmless against penalties from failure to disclose country of origin of any product which was mislabeled by the wholesaler or distributor.
(f) The board may promulgate rules as may be necessary for the implementation and enforcement of this article.
(Act 2009-584, p. 1719, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 20A - Source or Origin of Fish Products. › Article 3 - Processing of Shrimp. › Section 22-20A-50 - Processing at Harvesting Site.

Section 22-20A-50
Processing at harvesting site.
Any shrimp harvested from inland ponds or farms may be processed at the site where the harvesting occurs pursuant to rules adopted by the Alabama Department of Public Health.
(Act 2015-488, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 22-21-1 - Establishment of Hospitals by Local Authorities.

Section 22-21-1
Establishment of hospitals by local authorities.
The corporate authorities of any town or city and the county commission of any county may each establish, within the town or city or within the county, hospitals, temporary or permanent, for the reception of the sick or infirm or of persons suspected of having infectious or contagious diseases, and may make all needful rules and regulations for the control and management thereof and may confer by contract upon any institution for the instruction of students of medicine located in the city, town or county in which such hospital is situated, upon such terms and for such number of years as they may determine, the right to select the visiting staff of physicians to such hospital for the collegiate course of each year and to hold clinics on the patients therein and have its students attend such clinics. The corporate authorities and the county commission may unite in the establishment of such hospitals, if deemed expedient, making them common for the use of the town or city and of the county, and in the making of rules and regulations for the control and management thereof and shall jointly have the same powers and authority above conferred upon each.
(Code 1852, §956; Code 1867, §1207; Code 1876, §1504; Code 1886, §1260; Code 1896, §2392; Code 1907, §734; Code 1923, §1200; Code 1940, T. 22, §189.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 22-21-2 - Appropriations for Indigent Persons in Hospitals.

Section 22-21-2
Appropriations for indigent persons in hospitals.
The governing body of any county or municipality in this state may make an appropriation or appropriations out of their respective treasuries to aid in maintaining and taking care of sick and wounded persons who are unable to provide for themselves in any hospital maintained for the care of the sick and wounded. Any county or municipally owned or controlled hospital may accept patients from any county or municipality.
(Code 1907, §735; Acts 1911, No. 190, p. 192; Code 1923, §1201; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 340, p. 335; Code 1940, T. 22, §190.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 22-21-3 - Scholarships for Professional and Technical Personnel at Public Hospitals.

Section 22-21-3
Scholarships for professional and technical personnel at public hospitals.
(a) This section shall apply to any public hospital in this state, operated on a municipal-county basis, on a county basis, on a municipal basis or on a regional or statewide basis operating under the authority of any act or acts of the Legislature of Alabama, heretofore passed or hereinafter enacted, either local or general.
(b) The Board of Trustees or other like governing bodies of any hospital coming within the purview of this section is hereby authorized and permitted, but not required, to expend any funds such hospital has on hand by providing scholarships for the purpose of the educating and training of professional and technical personnel, and each such hospital, by and through its governing body, shall make and provide its own rules and regulations to govern the issuance of such scholarships.
(Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 213, p. 265.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 22-21-4 - Annual Audit of Books and Records of Publicly Owned Medical Institutions.

Section 22-21-4
Annual audit of books and records of publicly owned medical institutions.
(a) The books and records of publicly owned hospitals, nursing homes, rest homes or any other publicly owned medical institution may, upon request of the governing board of the particular institution, be audited annually by any certified public accountant who is subject to the control of the Alabama State board of Public Accountancy. The selection of the certified public accountant to perform the audit shall be the responsibility of the governing board of the particular institution. Such audit, upon approval as provided in this section, shall be in lieu of any audits otherwise required by law of said institutions. The audit to be performed by the certified public accountant shall be in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall comply with the procedures promulgated by the Chief Examiner of Public Accounts, and the audit report shall be addressed to the Chief Examiner of Public Accounts, who shall be charged with the responsibility of processing and distributing it as provided by law, and upon approval and acceptance, such audit report shall have the legal effect as a report of an examiner of public accounts.
(b) Examinations and audits performed upon provisions of this section shall be made at the expense of the institution and not as an expense of the State of Alabama. Such audit reports shall be public records open to public inspection, and a copy of each report shall be kept on file at the institution concerning which the audit was made.
(c) The provisions of this section shall be cumulative and supplemental and shall be construed in pari materia with other laws relative to the audit of the books and records of publicly owned hospitals, nursing homes, rest homes and any other publicly owned medical institutions.
(Acts 1967, No. 205, p. 569.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 22-21-5 - Incorporation of Public Bodies Created Under Chapter; Powers of Same.

Section 22-21-5
Incorporation of public bodies created under chapter; powers of same.
(a) Any public body heretofore or hereafter created and established by ordinance or resolution pursuant to this chapter may become a body corporate and politic under the name set forth in such ordinance or resolution by filing a certified copy of such ordinance or resolution with the Secretary of State, to be recorded in his office. The members of such public body shall constitute the members of the corporation until they are succeeded by other members as provided by said ordinance or resolution. Neither the members of the corporation nor its directors or officers shall be personally liable for the debts, torts or undertakings of the corporation.
(b) The corporations provided for by this section shall have all the power and authority of health care authorities as provided for by Article 11 of this chapter; except, that such corporations shall not have or exercise any power which is inconsistent with or repugnant to the provisions of the ordinance or resolution under which it came into existence.
(c) This section shall be deemed to be cumulative.
(Acts 1957, No. 63, p. 102; Acts 1991, No. 91-552, p. 1020, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 22-21-6 - Certain Public Hospital Corporations Exempted From Usury and Interest Rate Limitation Laws.

Section 22-21-6
Certain public hospital corporations exempted from usury and interest rate limitation laws.
(a) Bonds, notes and other securities issued by any public hospital corporation are hereby exempted from all laws of the state governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8 of this code.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this subsection:
(1) STATE. The State of Alabama.
(2) PUBLIC HOSPITAL CORPORATION. Any public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of any of the following statutes, as heretofore or hereafter amended:
a. Section 22-21-5,
b. Article 3 of this chapter, or
c. Division 1 of Article 4 of this chapter.
(Acts 1975, No. 192, p. 679.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 22-21-8 - Confidentiality of Accreditation, Quality Assurance Credentialling Materials, Etc.

Section 22-21-8
Confidentiality of accreditation, quality assurance credentialling materials, etc.
(a) Accreditation, quality assurance and similar materials as used in this section shall include written reports, records, correspondence, and materials concerning the accreditation or quality assurance or similar function of any hospital, clinic, or medical staff. The confidentiality established by this section shall apply to materials prepared by an employee, advisor, or consultant of a hospital, clinic, or medical staff and to materials prepared by an employee, advisor or consultant of an accrediting, quality assurance or similar agency or similar body and to any individual who is an employee, advisor or consultant of a hospital, clinic, medical staff or accrediting, quality assurance or similar agency or body.
(b) All accreditation, quality assurance credentialling and similar materials shall be held in confidence and shall not be subject to discovery or introduction in evidence in any civil action against a health care professional or institution arising out of matters which are the subject of evaluation and review for accreditation, quality assurance and similar functions, purposes, or activities. No person involved in preparation, evaluation or review of accreditation, quality assurance or similar materials shall be permitted or required to testify in any civil action as to any evidence or other matters produced or presented during the course of preparation, evaluation, or review of such materials or as to any finding, recommendation, evaluation, opinion, or other action of such accreditation, quality assurance or similar function or other person involved therein. Information, documents, or records otherwise available from original sources are not to be construed as being unavailable for discovery or for use in any civil action merely because they were presented or used in preparation of accreditation, quality assurance or similar materials nor should any person involved in preparation, evaluation, or review of such materials be prevented from testifying as to matters within his knowledge, but the witness testifying should not be asked about any opinions or data given by him in preparation, evaluation, or review of accreditation, quality assurance or similar materials.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-801, p. 1409.)