(a) It shall be grounds for revocation, suspension, or restriction of the professional license of any licensed infected health care worker who shall be found to perform invasive procedures and shall have failed to notify the State Health Officer as provided in Section 22-11A-61.
(b) Any physician providing care to an individual known to the physician to be an infected health care worker who fails to report the infected health care worker to the State Health Officer as provided in Section 22-11A-61 shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law.
(c) Any individual who deliberately fails to provide records under his or her control or who falsifies those records shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law.
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 3 - Infected Health Care Worker.
Section 22-11A-60 - Definitions.
Section 22-11A-61 - Reporting of Infected Worker to State Health Officer.
Section 22-11A-62 - Performing Invasive Procedures.
Section 22-11A-63 - Investigation by State Health Officer.
Section 22-11A-64 - Appeal Process.
Section 22-11A-65 - Monitoring of Practice of Infected Health Care Worker.
Section 22-11A-66 - Violations.
Section 22-11A-67 - Records and Information Necessary to Assist Investigation.
Section 22-11A-68 - Immunity From Liability for Those Involved in Investigation.
Section 22-11A-69 - Confidentiality Standards; Uses of Information Gained During Investigation.
Section 22-11A-70 - Promulgation of Rules for Administration.
Section 22-11A-71 - Entitlement to Costs.
Section 22-11A-72 - Penalties.
Section 22-11A-73 - Reporting Requirements; Knowledge of Infection Through Application.