All information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, or other documents furnished to or produced by the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee and any findings, conclusions, recommendations, or reports resulting from the investigations, interventions, treatment, or rehabilitation, or other proceedings of such committee are declared to be privileged and confidential. All records and proceedings of such committee shall be confidential and shall be used by such committee and the members thereof only in the exercise of the proper function of the committee and shall not be public records nor available for court subpoena or for discovery proceedings. Nothing contained herein shall apply to records made in the regular course of business of a physician, osteopath, hospital, or other health care provider, and information, documents, or records otherwise available from original sources are not to be construed as immune from discovery or use in any civil proceedings merely because they were presented or considered during the proceedings of the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Chapter 24 - Physicians and Other Practitioners of Healing Arts.
Article 9 - Rehabilitation of Physicians and Osteopaths.
Section 34-24-402 - Reporting and Disclosure by Physician Wellness Committee.
Section 34-24-403 - Liability for Actions Within Scope of Committee Functions.
Section 34-24-404 - Confidentiality of Information, Records, and Proceedings.
Section 34-24-405 - Annual Report.
Section 34-24-406 - Evaluation of Physician Who Is Believed to Be Impaired; Report of Findings.