{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-25-1-4","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 25-1-4","heading":"Involuntary Implantation of Microchip or Other Permanent Identification Marker.","body":"(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:\n(1) MICROCHIP. A device subcutaneously implanted in an individual that is passively or actively capable of transmitting personal information to another device using radio frequency technology.\n(2) VOLUNTARILY. Performed consciously as a result of effort or determination and without an incentive, inducement, or coercion. The term shall include, but not be limited to, the receiving by any individual, as a result of a free will decision of that individual, of an implanted device used in the diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, or prevention of a health condition that only transmits information necessary to carry out the diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, or prevention of that health condition.\n(b)(1) It is unlawful for an employer, as a condition of employment, to require an employee to be implanted with a microchip or other permanent identification marker.\n(2) It is unlawful for any individual including, but not limited to, any of the following individuals to require another individual to be implanted with a microchip or other permanent identification marker:\na. An officer or employee of this state or a political subdivision of this state.\nb. An individual licensed to sell or provide insurance pursuant to Title 27\nc. An individual licensed to participate in a business related to bail pursuant to the Alabama Bail Bond Regulatory Act, Article 8, commencing with Section 15-13-200 of Chapter 13, Title 15.\n(c) This section may not be construed to prohibit an individual from voluntarily electing to be implanted with a microchip or other permanent identification marker.\n(d) An individual who violates this section is guilty of a Class D felony.","path":["Title 25 Industrial Relations and Labor.","Chapter 1 General Provisions.","Article 1 In General."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=25-1-4","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:54Z","sha256":"9dc074fdf15f5abc6c7d1703dcb838c8d63eb0bff71796847e39ea186e397bd2","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-25-1-3","next":"us-al/ala.-code-25-1-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}