Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-4-1-.05

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 420-4-1-.05 - Control Procedures

(1) The State Health Officer may act to prevent the spread of any notifiable disease or health condition in a manner consistent with current medical and epidemiologic knowledge about the mode of transmission of said disease or health condition. Said actions for control of disease include any of the following actions, any combination thereof, or any other lawful action necessary to prevent the spread of disease.

(a) The State Health Officer, or his or her designee, may cause a person or persons to be placed in isolation and order said person or persons to remain in such status until released by said Health Officer designee as provided for in Code of Ala. 1975, §22-11A-1, et seq.

(b) The State Health Officer, or his or her designee, may order any person or persons to restrict their activities and not engage in certain specified activities or enter certain places while they are potentially capable of transmitting a notifiable disease or health condition.

(c) The State Health Officer, or his or her designee, may order a person or persons to be quarantined in their own dwelling or such other facility as may be deemed appropriate and may order removal of said persons if not in their own home in accordance with Code of Ala. 1975, §22-11A-8.

(2) Prevention of Infantile Blindness. Any physician, midwife, nurse, or other person in attendance on a confinement case shall, within 2 hours after the birth of the child, use prophylactic solutions as designated by the State Board of Health for the prevention of infantile blindness or ophthalmia neonatorum.

(3) Requirement for the Control of Tuberculosis. The State Committee of Public Health, acting for the State Board of Health, designates the minimum requirements necessary to control tuberculosis to be those requirements which shall be approved by the State Health Officer consistent with accepted epidemiologic and medical information.

(4) Tuberculosis Hospitals. The State Committee of Public Health, acting for the State Board of Health, hereby authorizes the State Health Officer, or his or her designee, to contract with regional general hospitals for the care of tuberculosis patients and furthermore determines that the method of reimbursement to the regional contract hospitals shall be the most cost effective method available. The State Committee of Public Health furthermore authorizes the State Health Officer, or his or her designee, to establish such a method.

(5) Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. The State Committee of Public Health designates that the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases shall be those accepted by the State Health Officer and consistent with recognized medical and epidemiologic information. Moreover, the State Committee of Public Health designates that the investigation of sexually transmitted diseases as designated in Rule 420-4-1-.03 shall conform to standard epidemiologic and medical information and shall be in a manner determined by the State Health Officer, or his or her designee.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-4-1-.05

Filed September 1, 1982. Emergency repeal and new rule adopted filed September 23, 1987. Repealed and new rule: Filed November 19, 1987. Repealed and New Rule: Filed May 26, 2011; effective June 30, 2011.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIII, Issue No. 03, December 31, 2014, eff. 12/30/2014.

Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XLII, Issue No. 05, February 29, 2024, eff. 4/14/2024.

Author: Donald E. Williamson, M.D.

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§22-2-2(6); 22-11A-1, et seq.