Within one year of the certification by the department, health care facilities shall make the first report due under this article. The board shall specify by rule the types of information on patients with health care facility acquired infections which shall be submitted and the method of submission. The first report due under this article submitted by health care facilities shall only be required to cover those persons provided services during the immediately preceding three months’ time period.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-115
Submission of First Report.
Known as the Mike Denton Infection Reporting Act
The act spans §§ 22-11A-110 to 22-11A-124 (15 sections).
(Act 2009-490, p. 900, §6.)
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.