Ala. Code § 22-21-52
The directors shall meet annually and shall adopt a constitution and bylaws of the corporation, said constitution and bylaws to be subject to the approval of the State Board of Health. The active affairs of the corporation shall be vested in an executive committee composed of not less than five nor more than nine directors, to be selected by the directors. The executive committee shall meet monthly, organize itself and shall carry on the affairs of the corporation in compliance with the laws of the State of Alabama and with the constitution and bylaws of the corporation. The executive committee shall appoint a medical advisory committee of three to five members from the medical staffs of the respective hospitals. This medical advisory committee will be responsible to the executive committee for the professional aspects of the hospital's operations subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Health. In the discretion of the directors, there may be appointed, for each hospital or other separate unit, a hospital executive committee consisting of not less than three nor more than five members who shall be residents of the political subdivision or subdivisions from which directors are selected. Such members shall possess such qualifications as may be prescribed by the directors, but need not reside in any particular precinct or ward. The members of such hospital executive committee shall each serve at the pleasure of the directors and shall, when appointed, organize and possess all of the power and authority and shall have all the duties of the executive committee of the hospital association in respect to all affairs of the hospital for which they are appointed. Said hospital executive committee shall act subject to the general supervision and control of the hospital association and its directors.
Ala. Code § 22-21-52 (1975)