{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-16-47-223","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 16-47-223","heading":"Area of Critical Need.","body":"An area of critical need shall be an area in Alabama with a critical need, as determined by the board, for physician’s assistants, and shall not be a part of, or within five miles of, an urbanized area as defined most recently by the U.S. Census Bureau. The board shall adopt rules under the Administrative Procedure Act to implement this section.","path":["Title 16 Education.","Chapter 47 University of Alabama.","Article 9 Alabama Physician’s Assistants Service Program."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=16-47-223","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"eee64fc2ab047eac0110604ce3f95cb33fa68fdaa296595362878996a24f1225","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-16-47-222","next":"us-al/ala.-code-16-47-224"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}