Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title22 HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL. |
Title1 HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL GENERALLY. |
Chapter11A. REPORTING NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. |
Article1. General Provisions. |
§22-11A-6. Penalty for failure to make report.
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Any physician or other person designated in Section 22-11A-2 who has knowledge of a case of a notifiable disease or health condition, who refuses or willfully fails to make to the health officer, in whose jurisdiction the case is located, a full and prompt report thereof, specifying the character of the notifiable disease or health condition and the name and locality of the patient, together with such other details as may be required by the State Board of Health, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, may be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00.