Laws and Regulations

Proposed Regulations

Below is a list of proposals to adopt, amend, or repeal regulations about public health topics in Alabama. If you want to receive an email notification on any proposals by the agency to adopt, amend, or repeal a rule, please complete our Notification of Proposed Rules Request Form.

• Environmental Services
  Comment period: October 1 to November 4, 2024
  420-3-15 - Crab Sanitation Program
  
  
• Health Provider Standards
  Comment period: October 1 to November 4, 2024
  • 420-5-2-.03 - Patient Care
  • 420-5-7-.01 - General Provisions
  • 420-5-7-.18 - Anesthesia Services
  • 420-5-9-.05 - Personnel
  • 420-5-11-.01 - General
    
    
• Environmental Services
  Comment period: November 1 to December 5, 2024
  • 420-3-22-.01 - General Provisions
  • 420-3-22-.03 - Food

Public Health Rules and Regulations

Please select from the following links to review rules and regulations about public health topics in Alabama.

• Advance Directives/Portable Physician Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Orders
• Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Law
• Alabama School Immunization Law
• Cancer Registry Laws and Rules
• Child Death Review Law
• Child Restraint Law and Seat Belt Law
  The link takes the user to a page with sentences quoted from the seat belt and child restraint laws.
• Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Rules
• Controlled Substance List
• Emergency Medical Services Rules
• Environmental Rules
• Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Rules and Regulations
• Health Care Facilities Rules
• Health Care Service Utilization Review Act (UR Agent Law)
• Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Law and Rules
• Hospital Discharge Data Rules
• Infected Health Care Workers
• Lead Contractors Certification Laws and Rules
• Life Safety Code
• Newborn Screening Rules and Law
• Notifiable Disease Rules
• Notice of Privacy Practices | Notificación Sobre Prácticas de Privacidad
• Onsite Sewage Rules
• Plan Review
• Pharmacy Rules and Regulations
• Public Health Laws of Alabama
• Radiation Rules
• Solid Waste Rules
• Tobacco Control Laws
• Vital Statistics Law and Rules