Nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing any person to engage in any manner in the practice of medicine or any other profession nor to authorize any person to engage in the business of child placing. Any child born in any such institution whose mother is unable to care for such child or any child who, for any reason, will be left destitute of parental support shall be reported to the Department of Human Resources or to any agency authorized or licensed by the Department of Human Resources to engage in child placing for such service as the child and the mother may require. In the rendering of service, representatives of the Department of Human Resources and agencies authorized or licensed by the Department of Human Resources shall have free access to visit the child and the mother concerned.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.
Article 2 - Licensing of Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Other Health Care Institutions.
Section 22-21-20 - Definitions.
Section 22-21-21 - Purpose of Article.
Section 22-21-22 - License - Required; Exceptions.
Section 22-21-23 - License - Application.
Section 22-21-24 - License - Fees; Expiration and Renewal; Accreditation.
Section 22-21-25 - License - Issuance; Suspension or Revocation; New Applications After Revocation.
Section 22-21-26 - License - Judicial Review of Suspension or Revocation.
Section 22-21-27 - Advisory Board.
Section 22-21-28 - Rules and Regulations.
Section 22-21-29 - Inspections.
Section 22-21-30 - Disclosure of Information.
Section 22-21-31 - Practice of Medicine, etc., Not Authorized; Child Placing.
Section 22-21-33 - Penalties for Operation of or Referring Persons to Unlicensed Hospital.
Section 22-21-34 - Assisted Living Facility, etc., Rising to Level of Intermediate Care.