{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-22-11a-53","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 22-11A-53","heading":"Notification of Positive Test Result; Counseling; Referral to Appropriate Health Care Services; Explanation of Individual Responsibility.","body":"An individual tested shall be notified of a positive test result by the physician ordering the test, his designee, a physician designated by the applicant or by the Department of Public Health. Such notification shall include:\n(1) Face-to-face post-test counseling on the meaning of the test results, the possible need for additional testing, and the need to eliminate behavior which may spread the disease to others;\n(2) Information as to the availability of appropriate health care services, including mental health care, and appropriate social and support services; and\n(3) Explanation of the benefits of locating, testing and counseling any individual to whom the infected individual may have exposed the HIV virus and a full description of the services of public health with respect to locating and counseling all such individuals.","path":["Title 22 Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.","Title 1 Health and Environmental Control Generally.","Chapter 11A Reporting Notifiable Diseases.","Article 2 Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Aids."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=22-11A-53","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"b5037cc50b29f13443eae42bc0843bc54d97096c739bfa153f345e305e0e3cfd","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-22-11a-52","next":"us-al/ala.-code-22-11a-54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}