Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a minor 12 years of age or older who may have come into contact with any sexually transmitted disease as designated by the State Board of Health may give consent to the furnishing of medical care related to the diagnosis or treatment of such disease, provided a duly licensed practitioner of medicine in Alabama authorizes such diagnosis and treatment. The consent of the minor shall be as valid and binding as if the minor had achieved his or her majority, as the case may be. Such consent shall not be voidable nor subject to later disaffirmance because of minority. The medical provider or facility of whatever description providing diagnostic procedures or treatment to a minor patient who has come into contact with any designated sexually transmitted disease, may, but shall not be obligated to, inform the parent, parents or guardian of any such minor as to the treatment given or needed.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 22-11A-1 - State Board of Health to Designate Notifiable Diseases and Health Conditions.
Section 22-11A-3 - Action of Health Officer Upon Being Notified of Diseases; Quarantine.
Section 22-11A-5 - When State Board of Health to Take Charge of Investigation.
Section 22-11A-6 - Penalty for Failure to Make Report.
Section 22-11A-7 - Persons Having Notifiable Disease to Obey Directions of Health Officials.
Section 22-11A-9 - Tuberculosis Cases to Be Reported; Contents of Report; Reports Confidential.
Section 22-11A-11 - Contract Hospitals to Admit Indigent Patients With Chronic Lung Diseases; Costs.
Section 22-11A-13 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
Section 22-11A-25 - Commitment Petition - Contents.
Section 22-11A-27 - Commitment Petition - Notice of Petition to Be Served; Contents.
Section 22-11A-29 - Commitment Petition - Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem and Attorney.
Section 22-11A-31 - Commitment Petition - Rules to Apply at Hearings.
Section 22-11A-33 - Probate Court Retains Jurisdiction Over Person Committed.
Section 22-11A-35 - Attorney and Expert Fees.
Section 22-11A-37 - Testing and Treatment of Inmate of Correctional Facility.
Section 22-11A-40 - Laboratory Tests for AIDS and Other Diseases; Violations.
Section 22-11A-41 - Approval of Testing or Diagnostic Kits.
Section 22-11A-42 - Fees for Services by Bureau of Clinical Laboratories.