§ 22-21-31 — Practice of Medicine, Etc., Not Authorized; Child Placing

Alabama § 22-21-31

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 22: Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control
• Ch. 21: Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally
• Art. 2: Licensing of Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Other Health Care Institutions

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Nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing any person to engage in any manner in the practice of medicine or any other profession nor to authorize any person to engage in the business of child placing. Any child born in any such institution whose mother is unable to care for such child or any child who, for any reason, will be left destitute of parental support shall be reported to the Department of Human Resources or to any agency authorized or licensed by the Department of Human Resources to engage in child placing for such service as the child and the mother may require. In the rendering of service, representatives of the Department of Human Resources and agencies authorized or licensed by the Department of Human Resources shall have free access to visit the child and the mother concerned.

Legislative History

(Acts 1949, No. 530, p. 835, §2; Acts 1962, Ex. Sess., No. 122, p. 157, §2; Act 2001-1058, 4th Sp. Sess., p. 1044, §1.)