{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-34-24-401","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 34-24-401","heading":"Authority of Board to Contract for Physician Wellness Committee to Undertake Certain Functions.","body":"The Board of Medical Examiners shall have the authority to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit corporation or medical professional association for the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee to undertake those functions and responsibilities specified in the agreement. Such functions and responsibilities may include any or all of the following:\n(1) Contracting with providers of treatment programs;\n(2) Receiving and evaluating reports of suspected impairment from any source;\n(3) Intervening in cases of verified impairment;\n(4) Referring impaired physicians to treatment programs;\n(5) Monitoring the treatment and rehabilitation of impaired physicians;\n(6) Providing post-treatment monitoring and support of rehabilitated impaired physicians; and\n(7) Performing such other activities as agreed upon by the Board of Medical Examiners and the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee.","path":["Title 34 Professions and Businesses.","Chapter 24 Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.","Article 9 Rehabilitation of Physicians and Osteopaths."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=34-24-401","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"06f9e19234969c1cfb01d9fbcfb4bfd3ff70029eb737d1090f36e7f7c096025e","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-34-24-400","next":"us-al/ala.-code-34-24-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}