Privacy and Confidentiality in Alabama
Privacy and Confidentiality in Alabama
| Subtopic | Statute/Regulation | Description |
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| Privacy and Confidentiality | Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-5-7-.05 | Patient Rights Hospitals are required to protect patients’ rights. Hospitals must inform patients of their rights before furnishing or... |
| Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-5-7-.05 | Patient Rights Licensed Alabama hospitals must “protect and promote” patient rights. Consequently, hospitals must provide patients with... | |
| Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-5-7-.13 | Medical Record Services Licensed Alabama hospitals must assign responsibility for medical record administration to a “medical records... | |
| Ala. Admin. Code r. 545-X-4-.06 | Unprofessional Conduct Alabama defines “unprofessional conduct” as an act or omission that harms patients or the public welfare and... | |
| Ala. Admin. Code r. 545-X-4-.09 | Minimum Standards for Medical Records Licensed Alabama physicians must maintain “adequate medical records.” Records are adequate if they... | |
| Ala. Admin. Code r. 580-9-44-.06 | Confidentiality and privacy Alabama does not provide statutory protection for substance abuse treatment records. The regulation charges substance... | |
| Ala. Code § 25-5-339 | Confidentiality of information Individuals and organizations that have access to information relating to drug test results, such as employers or... |
| Confidentiality of substance abuse records | Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-21-.03, Alabama Pain Management Act | Physicians who treat patients for addiction, but are not addiction specialists, must comply with 42 C.F.R. Part 2. |
| Ala. Admin. Code r. 580-2-20-.04, Recipient Protection | Agencies certified by the Department of Mental Health to provide substance use disorder services must comply with state and federal confidentiality... | |
| Ala. Admin. Code r. 580-9-44-.28, Medically Monitored Residential Detoxification Program | Narcotic treatment programs must maintain patient records in compliance with applicable Federal and State Requirements | |
| Ala. Admin. Code r. 580-9-44-.29, Opioid Maintenance Therapy | Level I-O Opioid Programs must obtain client consent in accordance with Part 2 prior to disclosing information to a central registry and prior to... | |
| Substance Abuse Services: Privacy and Confidentiality, Ala. Admin. Code r. 580-9-44-.06 |
| Confidentiality and disclosure requirements of peer review information (Cross reference to Medical Peer Review) | Board of Medical Examiners: Confidentiality of Records, Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-9-.12 |
| Confidentiality and disclosure requirements of public health reporting information (disease specific information/registry data) (Cross reference to Public Health Reporting) | Confidentiality of Immunization Registry, Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-6-2-.08 | |
| Confidentiality of information, Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-7-5-.04 | ||
| Confidentiality of Information, Ala. Code § 22-11A-116 | ||
| Confidentiality, Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-2-2-.13 | ||
| Confidentiality, Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-7-4-.07 | ||
| Confidentiality; Disclosure of Information, Ala. Code § 22-11C-7 | ||
| Information to be Confidential, Ala. Code § 22-13-33 | ||
| Reporting to State Health Officer--Confidentiality, Ala. Code § 22-11A-69 | ||
| Statewide Cancer Registry--Confidentiality, Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-7-3-.05 |
| Insurer and Medicaid/Medicare confidentiality requirements, including disclosure laws (Cross reference Medicaid Data, Medicare data, and private insurance data requirements) | Confidentiality of Medical Information, Ala. Code § 27-21A-25 | |
| Confidentiality of Medical Information, Ala. Code § 27-21A-25 | ||
| Confidentiality of Medical Information, Ala. Code § 27-21A-25 | ||
| Information Release-- Medicaid, Ala. Code § 22-11B-3 | ||
| Medicaid: Confidential Materials, Ala. Admin. Code r. 560-X-27-.01 | ||
| Medicaid: Confidential materials, Ala. Admin. Code r. 560-X-27-.02 | ||
| Standards for Utilization Review Agents, Ala. Code § 27-3A-5 |
| Other | Confidentiality of quality assurance materials, Ala. Code § 22-21-8 | |
| Privacy and Confidentiality, Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-4-5-.08 |
| Disclosure requirements (what providers can disclose, prohibition on further disclosure) | Department of Mental Health: Availability of Forms and Records, Ala. Admin. Code r. 580-1-1-.10 | |
| Patient Care Reporting, Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-2-1-.13 | ||
| Psychologists code of conduct, Ala. Admin. Code r. 750-X-6, Appendix II |
| Violations of confidentiality; penalties | Medical records of persons with STDs, Ala. Code § 22-11A-22 | |
| Notifications of third parties of disease, Ala. Code § 22-11A-38 |
| Disclosure of medical information for research purposes (Cross reference Research) | State Health Statistical Agency Records, Ala. Admin. Code r. 410-1-3-.06 |
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