Alabama Statutes
§ 22-8-1 — Persons Physically or Mentally Unable to Consent
Alabama § 22-8-1
JurisdictionAlabama
Title 22Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control
Ch. 8Consent for Health Services
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Bluebook
Ala. Code § 22-8-1 (2026).
Text
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.
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Related
Clarence Abner v. Mobile Infirmary Hospital
149 F. App'x 857 (Eleventh Circuit, 2005)
Marocchini v. Robert C. Brown, M.D., P.C.
(S.D. Alabama, 2021)
Legislative History
(Acts 1971, No. 2281, p. 3681, §6; Act 2019-355, §1.)
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Bluebook (online)
Alabama § 22-8-1, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/al/22-8-1.