(a) Before any HIV test is performed, the health care provider or testing facility shall obtain from the person a voluntary informed consent to administer the test.
(b) A general consent form should be signed for medical or surgical treatment which specifies the testing for HIV infection by any antibody tests or other means and may be considered as meeting the standard of informed consent in subsection (a).
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 2 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Aids.
Section 22-11A-50 - Definitions.
Section 22-11A-51 - Informed Consent Required for HIV Testing.
Section 22-11A-52 - Informed Consent Implied Under Certain Circumstances.