(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class D felony1 to 5 yearsup to $7,500
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-6
lawyer woman

Ask an employment law question, get an answer ASAP!
Thousands of highly rated, verified employment lawyers
Specialties include: Employment Law, EEOC, Pension and Compensation, Harassment Law, Discrimination Law, Termination Law, General Legal and more.
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 25-1-4

  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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:

a. An officer or employee of this state or a political subdivision of this state.
b. An individual licensed to sell or provide insurance pursuant to Title 27, Code of Alabama 1975.
c. 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, Code of Alabama 1975.
(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.
(d) An individual who violates this section is guilty of a Class D felony.
  Previous section
Next section  
 Chapter 1 Contents