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Section 21-3-8

Forms for reporting malformations and disabilities; disposition of reports.

(a) The State Board of Health shall prescribe and furnish to the county departments the necessary forms for reporting congenital and acquired malformations and disabilities of children, which shall provide space for reporting the nature of all congenital or acquired malformations, including infections or diseases or injuries which produce blindness or other malformations or disabilities and space for reporting blindness, cataracts, congenital glaucoma, strabismus, corneal ulcers, sympathetic ophthalmia, ophthalmia neonatorum and other infections, deafness, harelip, cleft palate, clubfoot, flat feet, heart defects, congenital dislocation of the hip, curved bones, wry neck, fracture, rickets, bone and joint conditions from rheumatic fever, bone and joint conditions from meningitis, persistent thymus, scoliosis or other spinal conditions, supernumerary fingers and toes, webbed fingers and toes and the like, tuberculosis of bones and joints, arthritis, osteochondritis, osteomyelitis, bone tumors, spinal bifida, other congenital bone and cartilage defects, other pressure deformities, intestinal obstructions, congenital or acquired hernia, undescended testicles, hemangioma, hypospadia, sabaceous cyst, esophageal strictures or defects, spastic paraplegia, obstetrical paralysis or other birth injuries, infantile paralysis, muscular atrophy, muscular dystrophy, epiphyseolysis, burns, epilepsy and all other congenital or acquired defects or disabilities.

(b) The State Board of Health shall keep a permanent file for the reports on congenital and acquired malformations and disabilities of children and shall upon request furnish copies thereof to clinics, institutions, services, organizations and practicing physicians who are interested in the treatment of any child having a congenital or acquired malformation or disability.

(Acts 1949, No. 187, p. 219, §5.)

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Statutes > Alabama > Title21 > Chapter3 > 21-3-8

Section 21-3-8

Forms for reporting malformations and disabilities; disposition of reports.

(a) The State Board of Health shall prescribe and furnish to the county departments the necessary forms for reporting congenital and acquired malformations and disabilities of children, which shall provide space for reporting the nature of all congenital or acquired malformations, including infections or diseases or injuries which produce blindness or other malformations or disabilities and space for reporting blindness, cataracts, congenital glaucoma, strabismus, corneal ulcers, sympathetic ophthalmia, ophthalmia neonatorum and other infections, deafness, harelip, cleft palate, clubfoot, flat feet, heart defects, congenital dislocation of the hip, curved bones, wry neck, fracture, rickets, bone and joint conditions from rheumatic fever, bone and joint conditions from meningitis, persistent thymus, scoliosis or other spinal conditions, supernumerary fingers and toes, webbed fingers and toes and the like, tuberculosis of bones and joints, arthritis, osteochondritis, osteomyelitis, bone tumors, spinal bifida, other congenital bone and cartilage defects, other pressure deformities, intestinal obstructions, congenital or acquired hernia, undescended testicles, hemangioma, hypospadia, sabaceous cyst, esophageal strictures or defects, spastic paraplegia, obstetrical paralysis or other birth injuries, infantile paralysis, muscular atrophy, muscular dystrophy, epiphyseolysis, burns, epilepsy and all other congenital or acquired defects or disabilities.

(b) The State Board of Health shall keep a permanent file for the reports on congenital and acquired malformations and disabilities of children and shall upon request furnish copies thereof to clinics, institutions, services, organizations and practicing physicians who are interested in the treatment of any child having a congenital or acquired malformation or disability.

(Acts 1949, No. 187, p. 219, §5.)

State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Alabama > Title21 > Chapter3 > 21-3-8

Section 21-3-8

Forms for reporting malformations and disabilities; disposition of reports.

(a) The State Board of Health shall prescribe and furnish to the county departments the necessary forms for reporting congenital and acquired malformations and disabilities of children, which shall provide space for reporting the nature of all congenital or acquired malformations, including infections or diseases or injuries which produce blindness or other malformations or disabilities and space for reporting blindness, cataracts, congenital glaucoma, strabismus, corneal ulcers, sympathetic ophthalmia, ophthalmia neonatorum and other infections, deafness, harelip, cleft palate, clubfoot, flat feet, heart defects, congenital dislocation of the hip, curved bones, wry neck, fracture, rickets, bone and joint conditions from rheumatic fever, bone and joint conditions from meningitis, persistent thymus, scoliosis or other spinal conditions, supernumerary fingers and toes, webbed fingers and toes and the like, tuberculosis of bones and joints, arthritis, osteochondritis, osteomyelitis, bone tumors, spinal bifida, other congenital bone and cartilage defects, other pressure deformities, intestinal obstructions, congenital or acquired hernia, undescended testicles, hemangioma, hypospadia, sabaceous cyst, esophageal strictures or defects, spastic paraplegia, obstetrical paralysis or other birth injuries, infantile paralysis, muscular atrophy, muscular dystrophy, epiphyseolysis, burns, epilepsy and all other congenital or acquired defects or disabilities.

(b) The State Board of Health shall keep a permanent file for the reports on congenital and acquired malformations and disabilities of children and shall upon request furnish copies thereof to clinics, institutions, services, organizations and practicing physicians who are interested in the treatment of any child having a congenital or acquired malformation or disability.

(Acts 1949, No. 187, p. 219, §5.)