Ala. Code § 34-38-7
It shall be the duty of the Alabama Impaired Professionals' Committee to render an annual report to each board or boards, concerning the operations and proceedings of the committee for the preceding year. In addition, the committee shall promptly report to the respective boards any individual within their jurisdiction who, in the opinion of the committee is unable to practice the standards of his or her profession with reasonable skill and safety to patients, by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, controlled substances, narcotics, alcohol, chemicals, or other dependency forming substances, or as a result of any physical or mental condition rendering such person unable to meet the standards of his or her profession and appears that such individual is currently in need of intervention, treatment, or rehabilitation. A report to the Alabama Impaired Professionals' Committee shall be deemed to be a report to the board or boards for the purposes of any mandated reporting of professional impairment otherwise provided for by the statutes of this state.
Ala. Code § 34-38-7 (1975)