2013 Code of Alabama
Title 38 - PUBLIC WELFARE.
Chapter 9 - PROTECTION OF AGED ADULTS OR ADULTS WITH A DISABILITY.
Section 38-9-10 - Reports by physicians, etc., of physical abuse, neglect or exploitation - Penalty for failure to make report.


AL Code § 38-9-10 (2013) What's This?
Section 38-9-10Reports by physicians, etc., of physical abuse, neglect or exploitation - Penalty for failure to make report.

Any physician or other practitioner of the healing arts who shall knowingly fail to make the report required by this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not more than $500.00.

(Acts 1977, No. 780, p. 1340, §8.)

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