Code of Alabama
Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Health Laws.
Section 22-20-12 - Advertisements Concerning Impotency, Prostatic Troubles, Etc.

Any person who shall, directly or indirectly, publish, deliver or distribute, or cause to be published, delivered or distributed, in any manner, whatsoever, any advertisement concerning lost manhood, lost vitality, impotency, sexual weakness, seminal emissions, stricture, drains, discharges, prostatic troubles, self-abuse or excessive sexual indulgences or calling attention to any medicine, article or preparation that may be used therefor, or to any person or persons from whom or any office or place at which information, treatment or advice relating to such diseases, infirmity, habit or condition may be obtained shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00. This section shall not apply to the advertising of any patent medicine not used or recommended for the treatment of venereal diseases, nor shall it apply to didactic or scientific treatises which do not advertise or call attention to any person or persons from whom, or any place at which, information, treatment or advice may be obtained, nor shall it apply to advertisements or notices issued by legally constituted health authorities in the discharge of their official duties.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.

Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.

Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Health Laws.

Section 22-20-1 - Use of Common Drinking Cups or Towels in Public Places Prohibited.

Section 22-20-2 - Prevention of Infantile Blindness.

Section 22-20-3 - Neonatal Testing for Certain Diseases; Rules and Regulations for Treatment Thereof.

Section 22-20-3.1 - Educational Information on Pertussis to Be Provided Prior to Discharge of Newborn Child.

Section 22-20-4 - Location and Extension of Cemeteries.

Section 22-20-5 - Regulations for Establishments Handling Food and Providing Public Accommodations.

Section 22-20-5.1 - Cottage Food Production.

Section 22-20-5.2 - Food Service Establishments to Secure Covers of Grease Traps.

Section 22-20-5.3 - Pet Dogs Permitted in Outdoor Dining Areas of Food Service Establishments Under Certain Conditions.

Section 22-20-5.4 - Serving Wine or Beer in Food Service Establishments or Dog Parks.

Section 22-20-6 - Butchering, etc., of Legally Taken Wild Animals.

Section 22-20-7 - Inspection of Dairy Farms, Milk-Cooling Stations, Etc.

Section 22-20-8 - Depositing Dead Animals or Nauseous Substances in Water Supplies.

Section 22-20-9 - Depositing Dead Animals or Fowl in Running Streams.

Section 22-20-10 - Duty to Drain Areas in Construction Works.

Section 22-20-11 - Restrictions on Retail Sales of Certain Poisons.

Section 22-20-12 - Advertisements Concerning Impotency, Prostatic Troubles, Etc.