(a) It shall be grounds for revocation, suspension, or restriction of the professional license of any licensed infected health care worker who shall be found to perform invasive procedures and shall have failed to notify the State Health Officer as provided in Section 22-11A-61.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class C misdemeanorup to 3 monthsup to $500
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7

Terms Used In Alabama Code 22-11A-72

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) Any physician providing care to an individual known to the physician to be an infected health care worker who fails to report the infected health care worker to the State Health Officer as provided in Section 22-11A-61 shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law.
(c) Any individual who deliberately fails to provide records under his or her control or who falsifies those records shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law.
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