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Emergency Rule 420-4-1, Appendix 1 ER, Alabama Notifiable Diseases/Conditions (COVID-19)

COVID-19 and all SARS-CoV-2 laboratory results made immediately reportable notifiable conditions

Alabama Department of Public Health (State Board of Health) · Alabama (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Alabama
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Ala. Code §§ 22-2-8, 22-11A-1; § 41-22-5(b)
Issued
2020-03-06 Mar. 6, 2020
Effective
2020-03-06 (120 days; to be adopted on a permanent basis) (read as 2020-03-06)
End
emergency rule 120 days. (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 6, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • health care providers
  • laboratories
  • (by ADPH practice) schools and employers reporting cases
Functions reached
  • IC infection control (reporting; isolation and quarantine follow-up)
  • DX laboratory
  • WF
Collection
Alabama AL

Operative words

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) from providers and all Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-associated Coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) test results from laboratories to be reported to the Alabama Department of Public Health as an immediate, extremely urgent notifiable disease/condition.

Enforcement

State Board of Health rule under Ala. Code § 22-11A-1 et seq. (notifiable disease reporting duties)

Notes

The legal basis of every ADPH isolation and quarantine direction to exposed and infected workers, including in Q3 2021 after the Safer Apart Order lapsed. The permanent rule's adoption date is not verified; the emergency rule certifies permanent adoption 'YES'.

Retrieval note

OCR read (certification).