§ 34-38-6 — Confidentiality of Information, Records, and Proceedings

All information, interviews, reports, statements, memorandums, or other documents furnished to or produced by the Alabama Impaired Professionals’ Committee and any findings, conclusions, recommendations, or reports resulting from the investigations, interventions, treatment, or rehabilitation, or other related 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, the members thereof, and the boards, only in the exercise of the proper functions of the committee and the boards, 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 an individual; 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 Impaired Professionals’ Committee.

Legislative History

(Acts 1988, No. 88-334, p. 505, §2; Acts 1989, No. 89-860, p. 1713, §3.)