The State Health Officer may establish, contingent on the availability of funding, within the Department of Public Health the Alabama Statewide Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry for the purpose of providing accurate and up-to-date information about head and spinal cord injuries in Alabama and facilitating the evaluation and improvement of head and spinal cord injuries prevention, diagnosis, therapy, rehabilitation, and referral to coordinated, rehabilitation programs administered by other state agencies. The purpose of these referrals shall be to ensure that these programs shall provide eligible persons the opportunity to obtain the necessary rehabilitative services enabling them to be referred to a vocational rehabilitation program or to return to an appropriate level of functioning in their community. The State Committee of Public Health shall adopt rules necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter, including the data to be reported, and the effective date after which reporting shall be required.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act.
Section 22-11C-1 - Short Title.
Section 22-11C-2 - Legislative Intent.
Section 22-11C-3 - Definitions.
Section 22-11C-4 - Alabama Statewide Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry.
Section 22-11C-5 - Reporting Injuries; Access to Records.
Section 22-11C-6 - Notice of Available State Assistance; Referrals.
Section 22-11C-7 - Confidentiality; Disclosure of Information.
Section 22-11C-8 - Exchange of Information With Other Registries.
Section 22-11C-9 - Registry Funding.
Section 22-11C-10 - Advisory Panel on Head and Spinal Cord Injury.