Alabama Administrative Code

(1) The FED shall meet the emergency needs of its patients in accordance with acceptable standards of practice and shall be governed by the Board's Rules for Hospitals, Chapter 420-5-7, Ala. Admin. Code. (2) Each FED shall meet the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTAL…

The FED shall have pharmaceutical services available on-site that meet the needs of its patients and shall be governed by the Board's Rules for Hospitals, Chapter 420-5-7, Ala. Admin. Code, and all applicable federal and state law and rules governing the maintenance and provision…

The FED shall have the essential diagnostic radiologic equipment and services immediately available on-site (such as X-ray, CT scan, and ultrasound equipment) capable of supporting the emergency services offered at the FED. Such services shall be performed by qualified personnel.…

(1) The FED shall have adequate laboratory services available on site to meet the needs of its patients. Laboratory services shall be governed by the Board's Rules for Hospitals, Chapter 420-5-7, Ala. Admin. Code. Specialized laboratory studies which are required as medically nec…

If the FED provides nuclear medicine services, those services shall meet the needs of the patients in accordance with acceptable standards of practice and shall be governed by the Board's Rules for Hospital s, Chapter 420-5-7, Ala. Admin. Code. Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-5-9-.…

(1) The FED shall meet the needs of its patients for respiratory care services in accordance with acceptable standards of practice and shall be governed by the Board's Rules for Hospitals, Chapter 420-5-7, Ala. Admin. Code. (2) Respiratory care services may be provided by registe…

The patient or their representative shall be provided written discharge instructions regarding follow up referrals/appointments, medication management and procurement, durable medical equipment, availability of community resources and other identified needs at the time of dischar…

The emergency preparedness of the FED shall be integrated with, consistent with, and shall be governed by the Board's Rules for Hospitals, Chapter 420-5-7, Ala. Admin. Code. Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-5-9-.21 New Rule: Filled July 22, 2013; effective August 26, 2013. Authors: …

This regulation is promulgated by the State Health Officer and approved by the State Board of Health pursuant to Code of Ala. 1975,§ 16-30-5 and is made applicable to children in child care centers/homes under the authority of Code of Ala. 1975, § 38-7-1, et seq. and Alabama Admi…

(1) The board of education and the governing authority of each private school shall require each pupil, prior to entering kindergarten or first grade or prior to re-entering the higher grades of the schools of Alabama, to present a Certificate of Immunization for the prevention o…

(1) Unless otherwise noted in paragraphs (2) and (3) below, vaccine doses should be administered according to the most recent version of the Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0 Through 18 Years, as published by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. V…

When the State Health Officer determines that there is a vaccine shortage of one or more vaccines whether statewide or localized, affecting the ability of the health care system to assure that all children have access to age-appropriate immunizations required for school entrance …

(1) Health care provider means a physician, nurse practitioner, physician's assistant, nurse, or other health professional duly licensed and authorized to administer immunizations in Alabama. The term includes the clinics, facilities, and hospitals where the licensed health profe…

The purpose of this chapter is to establish procedures whereby health care providers exchange information concerning the immunization status of an individual with authorized immunization data users. This chapter also governs the operation and use of the immunization registry, whi…

(1) Health care providers shall provide immunization data about an individual upon the request of an immunization data user, as provided herein. (2) No immunization data user shall inquire about immunization data without a reasonable basis for believing that the health care provi…

(1) The department will provide to immunization data users both electronic access to the immunization registry and access via telephone inquiry. (2) Electronic access to the immunization registry is restricted to immunization data users who have been issued an identification code…

(1) Information in the immunization registry may be obtained from health care provider clinic records, billing data and information from health care insurers and the Alabama Medicaid Agency, department clinic records, and vital records. The department may establish memoranda of u…

(1) Uses of the immunization registry include facilitating the exchange of immunization data; helping to remind individuals, their parents/legal guardians or health care providers that they are due or overdue an immunization; and determining the proportion of a group of children …

Immunization data users shall not use the immunization registry to obtain information necessary to apply for a birth certificate, locate a child, determine the market share of competitors, engage in any commercial purpose, or enroll persons in lawsuits. Immunization data users wh…

(1) Immunization data users will consider information in the registry as confidential and thus only access it and provide it when there is a legitimate and professional need to know. When an immunization data user accesses the registry, the only locating data accessible will be s…

(1) Legal Authority for Adoption of Rules. Under and by authority of Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-9A-2, the State Board of Health does hereby adopt and promulgate the following Rules for the purposes of carrying out Code of Ala. 1975, Title 22, Chapter 9A. (2) Name. The Center for Hea…

(1) In addition to the Center for Health Statistics, each county in the state shall be a registration district as specified in Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-9A-4. (2) The local vital records office within each registration district shall be located within the county health department i…

(1) Media for Filing Certificates and Reports.(a) Unless this Chapter specifies the media for filing a certificate or report, information for certificates and reports of vital events required under Code of Ala. 1975, Title 22, Chapter 9A, including certifications and signatures, …

(1) The parent(s) may give a child any name they wish for registration of birth. The surname of the child does not have to be the surname of either parent. (2) The name entered on the birth certificate shall contain only English alphabetic characters, hyphens, and apostrophes. Ot…

(1) Name of the Mother. The name of the woman who gives birth to the infant shall be entered for birth registration as the mother of the child unless an order from a court of competent jurisdiction issued prior to the birth determines otherwise. (2) Name of the Father. (a) Mother…

(1) If an infant of unknown parentage is taken to an institution after delivery, the person in charge of the institution or his or her designated representative shall certify to the facts of birth to the extent known in the format currently used to provide birth certificate infor…

(1) When a birth occurs in this state outside an institution but is attended by a physician, the facts of birth shall be certified by that physician. (2) When a birth occurs in this state outside an institution and the mother and infant are taken to an institution within 24 hours…

(1) Prior to applying for registration of a delayed certificate of birth for an individual born in this state, the individual must have requested a search for his or her birth certificate and received a statement from the State Registrar that his or her birth certificate is not o…

(1) When a new certificate of birth shall be prepared:(a) A new certificate of birth shall be prepared upon request for a child under 19 years of age following adoption, legitimation, or parentage determination as specified in Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-9A-12. (b) A new certificate …

(1) As specified in Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-9A-14, the fact of death and the cause of death shall be provided by the appropriate medical certifier if the cause of death can be determined at the time of death. (2) To meet the 48-hour time limit specified in Code of Ala. 1975, § 22…

(1) A death may be registered by the State Registrar as specified in Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-9A-14, when a death is known to have occurred in this state and the location of the body is known, but the body cannot be physically recovered. The date and place of death and the medical…

(1) Prior to applying for registration of a delayed certificate of death for an individual who died in this state, the applicant must have requested a search for the death certificate and received a statement from the State Registrar that the death is not on file in the Center fo…

(1) Authorization for final disposition of dead bodies shall be in accordance with Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-9A-16(a). (2) Authorization for disinterment as required in Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-9A-16(g), shall be handled as follows: (a) The funeral director, or person acting as such…

(1) A record of a marriage performed in this state prior to August 29, 2019, that was not filed with the probate court within 30 days of the date of the marriage ceremony shall be registered with the Center for Health Statistics if the marriage record is certified by the judge of…

(1) A record of a divorce granted by a court in this state that has not been filed with the Center for Health Statistics within the time prescribed in Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-9A-18, shall be registered if the divorce record is certified by the appropriate official of the court in…

(1) Birth certificates are presumed to contain accurate information on the facts of birth when they are filed with the Center for Health Statistics. Except to reflect changes in the registrant's name and/or sex as provided by Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-9A-19(c) and § 22-9A-19(d), bi…

(1) Death certificates contain personal and statistical information about the decedent as provided to the funeral director, or person acting as such, by the informant listed on the death certificate. While information provided by the informant is presumed to be correct, it is rec…

(1) Application to correct the date of death or the medical certification on a death certificate shall be made by one of the following: (a) The medical certifier who originally completed the medical certification on the death certificate. (b) If the medical certifier was a corone…

(1) Corrections or amendments to marriage certificates must be processed through the probate court as specified in Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 30-1-16 and -17. (2) Upon receipt in the Center for Health Statistics, certified copies of the Decree of Correction issued by the probate court…

(1) Corrections or amendments to divorce certificates must be processed through the circuit court that granted the divorce in the form of an order making the correction and shall contain at least the following information: (a) Names of the spouses; (b) Date the divorce was grante…

If the Center for Health Statistics receives notice from a circuit court that a divorce has been revoked or set aside, the Center for Health Statistics will keep the divorce certificate in its files and append a notice to that certificate that the divorce has been set aside. If a…

(1) An applicant requesting a certified copy of a vital record must provide sufficient information to locate the record requested and to establish that it is a record the requestor is entitled to obtain. (2) The registrant on a birth certificate may obtain certified copies of his…

(1) All requests for use of information from individual vital records for statistical research purposes under Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-9A-21(c), must be made in writing and contain the following information: (a) Objectives of the particular study or research for which the informat…

(1) The State Registrar may provide information to government agencies for their official use in the form of electronic files of information. Information contained in the files may only be used by those agencies as specified in any agreement established with those agencies or as …

Fees to be paid to the Center for Health Statistics shall be as set out in Code of Ala. 1975, Section 22-9A-23. (1) The portion of the fee for a search for or a certified copy of every vital record issued in a local registration district that shall be retained in the local office…

Any party aggrieved by the State Registrar's refusal to issue a copy of, or information from, a vital record, or refusal to amend, change, supplement or create a vital record, except for the judicial procedure to establish the facts of birth as set out in Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-…

(1) The Alabama Controlled Substances List, shown as Appendix to this Chapter, comprises a complete listing of said substances, pursuant to Code of Ala. 1975, Sections 20-2-1, et seq. (2) The Controlled Substances List shall be published annually, reflecting the date of adoption …

(1) Controlled Substance. A drug, substance or immediate precursor in Schedules I through V of Rule 420-7-2-.03 of this Chapter. (2) Drug. (a) Substances recognized as drugs in the official United States pharmacopoeia, official homeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States or of…

(1) Act No. 2004-443 requires that the following licensing boards shall assess a surcharge in the amount of $10.00 per year on the controlled substance registration certificate issued or renewed each year to a licensee of the respective boards in the State of Alabama. This requir…

(1) Entities and practitioners that dispense controlled substances, Class II-V, shall report controlled substances prescription information to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program database. These entities and practitioners include but are not limited to: (a) Licensed pharmaci…