Section 22-3-1 County boards of health – How constituted. The boards of censors of county medical societies in affiliation with the Medical Association of the State of Alabama and organized in accordance with the provisions of its constitution, as it now or may hereafter exist, are constituted county boards of health of their respective counties, […]
Section 22-3-10 Tax to establish and maintain county health officer and health department. The county commission of each county shall in its discretion be authorized to levy annually a special county tax, being a part of the general county tax of one half of one per centum per annum, in an amount sufficient to establish […]
Section 22-3-11 Appropriations by municipalities for public health work. Each incorporated municipality having a population of 5,000 or more, according to the last federal census, in counties which have provided for a health officer shall provide a sufficient sum of money properly to safeguard the public health and promote sanitation within the corporate limits of […]
Section 22-3-12 Payment of health department claims, etc., out of county or municipal budgets. In all counties or municipalities which have provided, or which have aided in providing, a budget out of which the claims, demands and expenses of the health department shall be paid, then such claims and demands of the health department shall […]
Section 22-3-2 County boards of health – Duties generally. It shall be the duty of the county boards of health in their respective counties and subject to the supervision and control of the State Board of Health: (1) To supervise the enforcement of the health laws of the state, including all ordinances or rules and […]
Section 22-3-3 County boards of health – Authority to receive, hold, etc., money, real estate, etc. In addition to all other authority now granted them by law, county boards of health are hereby authorized to solicit, receive and hold gifts, devises and bequests of money, real estate and other things of value to be used […]
Section 22-3-4 County health officers – Powers. The county health officer, elected as provided in Section 22-3-2, shall devote all of his time to official work and shall, under no circumstances, engage in private practice. He shall, under the direction of the State Health Officer and the county board of health, have sole direction of […]
Section 22-3-5 County health officers – Duties generally. It shall be the duty of the county health officer: (1) To exercise, subject to the advice of the county board of health in accordance with the health laws of the state, general supervision over the sanitary interests of the county; and, should he discover any cause […]
Section 22-3-6 County health officers – Salary. The salary of the county health officer shall be fixed by the appropriate merit system, and shall be payable from funds available to the county for this purpose; provided, that in those counties in which a budget has been provided and agreed upon by the state, county or […]
Section 22-3-7 County health officers – Bond. The health officer of a county shall enter into bond, with sufficient sureties, payable to the State Health Officer and the judge of probate of the county, in the amount of $10,000.00, with condition for the faithful performance of all such duties as are or may be required […]
Section 22-3-8 County quarantine officers. There shall be in each county having no health officer a county quarantine officer, who shall be a licensed physician and who shall be appointed by the State Committee of Public Health on the recommendation of the county board of health, whose tenure of office shall expire on the election […]
Section 22-3-9 Appointment of sanitary officers. In counties in which there are no health officers, and in counties in which, although there are health officers, adequate provision has not, in the opinion of the State Board of Health, been made for the proper notification, investigation and control of notifiable diseases and in localities in which […]
