{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-22-8-1","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 22-8-1","heading":"Persons Physically or Mentally Unable to Consent.","body":"No consent shall be required for a licensed physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant to provide any legally authorized medical or mental health services to a person when the person is either physically unable to consent or mentally unable to consent and who, but for the mental or physical disability, would be able to consent; provided, that two or more licensed physicians, psychiatrists, or psychologists, or one licensed physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist and one or more nurse practitioners or physician assistants, after having consultation, have signed a written statement finding, in their judgment, that the medical services are necessary and that a delay in treatment would increase the risk to the person’s life or health.","path":["Title 22 Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.","Title 1 Health and Environmental Control Generally.","Chapter 8 Consent for Health Services."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=22-8-1","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"2ef6e4f7b5fadf801e810148a86863cbf0720b9149b295843d3fdee3d554aa15","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-22-7a-1","next":"us-al/ala.-code-22-8-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}