Alabama Administrative Code
Title 420 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Chapter 420-4-3 - INFECTED HEALTH CARE WORKERS
Section 420-4-3-.03 - Implementation Of PL 102-141, Sec. 633, And CDC Recommendations; Assistance To Licensing Boards; Provision Of Records
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(a) The Department is authorized to enforce compliance and oversee the implementation of the Public Law and applicable CDC recommendations and any appropriate supplements and revisions to the CDC recommendations which apply to HCWs.
(b) The Department shall provide consultation and assistance to licensing boards, as appropriate, to ensure compliance with CDC recommendations.
(c) Any IHCW shall make available to the Department all records requested by the Department and shall cooperate fully with the Department in the investigation.
(d) Any person having knowledge of an IHCW, the administrator of any health care facility having knowledge of any IHCW, any person serving as guardian of or the conservator, administrator or executor of the estate or agent or representative of any IHCW or any person serving as the custodian of records of the patients of any IHCW or facility employing such worker shall provide in the manner requested by the State Health Officer (SHO) to the Department all requested documents and information and shall cooperate fully with the Department in any investigation.
Authors: Charlotte E. Crysel, Director, Division of Infection Control, Alabama Department of Public Health, Mary G. Mclntyre, MD, Assistant State Health Officer for Disease Control and Prevention
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 22-2-2 (6), 22-11A-2, 22-11A-7, 22-11A-13, 22-11A-14(g), 22-11A-70
