{"id":"DUT-AL-003","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alabama","state":"AL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Legislature of Alabama (Code of Alabama 1975, Title 22, chapter 11A, article 1)","authority":"Code of Alabama 1975, §§ 22-11A-1, 22-11A-3, 22-11A-6, 22-11A-7 (Acts 1987, No. 87-574)","instrument":"Ala. Code §§ 22-11A-1, 22-11A-3, 22-11A-7 (with § 22-11A-6)","title":"Notifiable diseases: designation; action of health officer upon notification (isolation or quarantine); persons having notifiable disease to obey directions of health officials","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR"],"addressees":["persons generally (every person reported with a notifiable disease); specified reporters (physicians, hospital, nursing-home, laboratory, school and day-care administrators); the State and county health officers as duty-bearers"],"clause":"Any person reported as having any of the notifiable diseases or health conditions designated by the State Board of Health shall conform to or obey the instructions or directions given or communicated to him by the county board of health, county health officer or his designee, or State Board of Health, State Health Officer, or his designee, to prevent the spread of the disease.","enforcement":"§ 22-11A-6: misdemeanor, $100 to $500, for refusal or willful failure to report; obedience under § 22-11A-7 is enforced through the Board\u0027s rules (§ 22-2-14) and the quarantine chapter (Ex. DUT-AL-004)","functions":[],"notes":"Every person reported with a notifiable disease (COVID-19 from March 6, 2020, Ex. AL-081) must obey the health officers\u0027 directions to prevent its spread; upon notification the State or county health officer \u0027shall, at his discretion, isolate or quarantine such person or persons\u0027 (§ 22-11A-3); the persons § 22-11A-2 names (physicians, hospital and nursing-home administrators, laboratory directors, school principals, day-care directors) must report cases on pain of a misdemeanor (§ 22-11A-6).","sourceUrl":"https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/legal/assets/publichealthlawsofalabama.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":4458194,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-AL","url":"/library/DUT-AL-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-AL-003","citation":"Legislature of Alabama (Code of Alabama 1975, Title 22, chapter 11A, article 1), Ala. Code §§ 22-11A-1, 22-11A-3, 22-11A-7 (with § 22-11A-6) (standing) (Ex. DUT-AL-003)","stateName":"Alabama","related":["AL-081","AL-013","AL-051","DUT-AL-007","DUT-AL-004"]}