Section 25-1-4 - Requiring individuals to be implanted with a microchip; penalties(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) MICROCHIP. A device subcutaneously implanted in an individual that is passively or actively capable of transmitting personal information to another device using radio frequency technology.(2) VOLUNTARILY. Performed consciously as a result of effort or determination and without an incentive, inducement, or coercion. The term shall include, but not be limited to, the receiving by any individual, as a result of a free will decision of that individual, of an implanted device used in the diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, or prevention of a health condition that only transmits information necessary to carry out the diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, or prevention of that health condition.(b)(1) It is unlawful for an employer, as a condition of employment, to require an employee to be implanted with a microchip or other permanent identification marker.(2) It is unlawful for any individual including, but not limited to, any of the following individuals to require another individual to be implanted with a microchip or other permanent identification marker: a. An officer or employee of this state or a political subdivision of this state.b. An individual licensed to sell or provide insurance pursuant to Title 27, Code of Alabama 1975.c. An individual licensed to participate in a business related to bail pursuant to the Alabama Bail Bond Regulatory Act, Article 8, commencing with Section 15-13-200 of Chapter 13, Title 15, Code of Alabama 1975.(c) This section may not be construed to prohibit an individual from voluntarily electing to be implanted with a microchip or other permanent identification marker.(d) An individual who violates this section is guilty of a Class D felony.Ala. Code § 25-1-4 (1975)
Added by Act 2023-396,§ 1, eff. 9/1/2023.