Alabama § 34-24-307.07 - Data System.

§ 34-24-307.07. Data System.

(a) The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated data and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and the reporting of the existence of significant investigative information on all licensed PAs and applicants denied a license in participating states.

(b) Notwithstanding any other state law to the contrary, a participating state shall submit a uniform data set to the data system on all PAs to whom this compact is applicable (utilizing a unique identifier) as required by the rules of the commission, including:

(1) Identifying information;

(2) Licensure data;

(3) Adverse actions against a license or compact privilege;

(4) Any denial of application for licensure, and the reason or reasons for the denial, excluding the reporting of any criminal history record information where prohibited by law;

(5) The existence of significant investigative information; and

(6) Other information that may facilitate the administration of this compact, as determined by the rules of the commission.

(c) Significant investigative information pertaining to a licensee in any participating state shall only be available to other participating states.

(d) The commission shall promptly notify all participating states of any adverse action taken against a licensee or an individual applying for a license which has been reported to it. This adverse action information shall be available to any other participating state.

(e) Participating states contributing information to the data system, in accordance with state or federal law, may designate information that may not be shared with the public without the express permission of the contributing state. Notwithstanding any such designation, such information shall be reported to the commission through the data system.

(f) Any information submitted to the data system which is subsequently expunged pursuant to federal law or the laws of the participating state contributing the information shall be removed from the data system upon reporting of such by the participating state to the commission.

(g) The records and information provided to a participating state pursuant to this compact or through the data system, when certified by the commission or an agent thereof, shall constitute the authenticated business records of the commission, and shall be entitled to any associated hearsay exception in any relevant judicial, quasi-judicial or administrative proceedings in a participating state.