Alabama § 34-40-68 - Data System.

§ 34-40-68. Data System.

(a) The compact commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated data system and reporting system containing licensure, compact privileges, adverse action, and the presence of current significant investigative information on all licensees and applicants for a license in member states.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law to the contrary, a member state shall submit a uniform data set to the data system on all licensees, applicants, and others to whom this compact is applicable as required by the rules of the compact commission, including:

(1) Personally identifying information;

(2) Licensure data;

(3) Adverse actions against a licensee, license applicant, or compact privilege and information related thereto;

(4) Nonconfidential information related to alternative program participation, the beginning and ending dates of the participation, and other information related to the participation;

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

(6) A binary determination regarding the presence of current significant investigative information; and

(7) Other information that may facilitate the administration of this compact or the protection of the public, as determined by the rules of the compact commission.

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

(d) Current significant investigative information pertaining to a licensee in any member state will only be available to other member states.

(e) It is the responsibility of the member states to monitor the data system to determine whether adverse action has been taken against a licensee or license applicant. Adverse action information pertaining to a licensee or license applicant in any member state will be available to any other member state.

(f) Member states contributing information to the data system may designate information that may not be shared with the public without the express permission of the contributing state.

(g) Any information submitted to the data system that is subsequently expunged pursuant to federal law or the laws of the member state contributing the information shall be removed from the data system.