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.

1) Solid Waste Collection Fee Exemption

Proposed Amended Rules:
420-3-5-.03 Definitions
420-3-5-.07 Solid Waste Collection Fee Exemption

Hearing: September 18, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 1250 of the Alabama Department of Public Health, 201 Monroe Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36104. Questions about the hearing may be directed to [email protected].

Written Comment Period: September 1 through October 5, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.
Physical Address: Matt Conner, Director, Bureau of Environmental Services, Alabama Department of Public Health, P. O. Box 30317, Montgomery, Alabama 36130-3017.
Email: [email protected]
Telephone Comments: 334-206-5375

2) Food Establishment Sanitation

Proposed Repeal and Replace Rules:
420-3-22 Food Establishment Sanitation

Hearing: October 8, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. in Room 1250 of the Alabama Department of Public Health, 201 Monroe Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36104. Questions about the hearing may be directed to [email protected].

Written Comment Period: October 1 through November 4, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.
Physical Address: Melanie Boggan, Deputy Director, Bureau of Environmental Services, Alabama Department of Public Health, P. O. Box 30317, Montgomery, Alabama 36130-3017
Email: [email protected]
Telephone Comments: 334-206-5375

3) Lead Hazard Reduction Contractor Certification

Proposed Repeal and Replace Rules:
420-3-27 Lead Hazard Reduction Contractor Certification

Hearing: October 8, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 1250 of the Alabama Department of Public Health, 201 Monroe Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36104. Questions about the hearing may be directed to [email protected].

Written Comment Period: October 1 through November 4, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.
Physical Address: Steven McDaniel, Director, Indoor Air Quality / Lead Branch Division of Community Environmental Protection, Alabama Department of Public Health, P. O. Box 30317, Montgomery, Alabama 36130-3017
Email: [email protected]
Telephone Comments: 334-206-5375

4) Renovation Contractor Certification

Proposed Repeal and Replace Rules:
420-3-29 Renovation Contractor Certification

Hearing: October 8, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. in Room 1250 of the Alabama Department of Public Health, 201 Monroe Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36104. Questions about the hearing may be directed to [email protected].

Written Comment Period: October 1 through November 4, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.
Physical Address: Steven McDaniel, Director, Indoor Air Quality / Lead Branch Division of Community Environmental Protection, Alabama Department of Public Health, P. O. Box 30317, Montgomery, Alabama 36130-3017
Email: [email protected]
Telephone Comments: 334-206-5375

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