Ala. Code § 34-9-10 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / Section 34-9-10
Section 34-9-10 Application; Licensure by Credentials; Special Purpose License
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Every individual who desires to practice dentistry within the State of Alabama shall file an application accompanied by the appropriate fee prescribed by the board.

(2) Notwithstanding any particular requirement or method of obtaining licensure set forth in this chapter, every applicant shall be at least 19 years of age, of good moral character, a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United States, an individual who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal government, and a graduate of a dental school or college accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation and approved by the board and shall satisfy any other requirement set forth in any rule adopted by the board.

(3) The board may issue a license to practice dentistry to any applicant who meets the licensure requirements set forth in this chapter and the applicable rules of the board, and may refrain from issuing a license to any applicant if the board determines that doing so would be inconsistent with the public interest and the promotion of public health and safety.

(b) Licensure by examination shall be applicable to the following categories:

(1) An applicant who has never been licensed or taken an examination and whose application to take an examination administered or approved by the board is received by the board within 18 months of graduation from dental school or completion of an accredited or approved post-doctoral residency program.

(2) An applicant who has successfully passed an examination approved but not administered by the board so long as an application for licensure is received by the board within five years of the date of notification of passing the examination.

(c) Any applicant who possesses a current license in any state, who has passed an examination approved by the board, and who has, since graduation from dental or dental hygiene school, practiced or participated in a clinical residency or practiced dentistry or dental hygiene in the Armed Forces or with the public health service shall be eligible for licensure if his or her application is received by the board within five years of the completion of the subject residency or Armed Forces or public health service commitment.

(d) Licensure by credentials may be utilized to evaluate the theoretical knowledge and clinical skill of a dentist or dental hygienist when an applicant for licensure by credentials holds a dental or dental hygiene license in another state. The board may adopt rules relating to licensure by credentials in addition to any requirements by law. The dentist or dental hygienist applicant for licensure by credentials shall satisfy all of the following:

(1) Has been engaged in the active practice of clinical dentistry or clinical dental hygiene or in full-time dental or dental hygiene education for the five years or 5,000 hours immediately preceding his or her application.

(2) Holds a current, valid, unrevoked, and unexpired license in a state having examination standards regarded by the board as an equivalent to the Alabama standards.

(3) Is licensed in good standing without any restrictions, as verified by the board of examiners in the state of current practice.

(4) Is not the subject of a pending disciplinary action in any state in which he or she has been licensed as verified by a query to the National Practitioner Data Bank, the Health Integrity Protection Data Bank, the American Association of Dental Boards Clearing House for Disciplinary Information, or any other pertinent bank currently existing or which may exist in the future.

(5) Provides a written statement agreeing to be interviewed at the request of the board.

(6) Passes a written jurisprudence examination.

(7) Is certified by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and from the state board of any state in which he or she is or has been licensed that the DEA registration is not the subject of any pending disciplinary action or enforcement proceeding of any kind.

(8)a. Submits affidavits as a dentist applicant from two licensed dentists practicing in the same geographical area where he or she is then practicing or teaching attesting to his or her moral character, standing, and ability of the applicant. b. Submits affidavits as a dental hygienist applicant from two licensed dentists or two licensed dental hygienists, or any combination of two thereof, practicing in the same geographical area where he or she is then practicing or teaching, attesting to his or her moral character, standing, and ability.

(9) Provides the board with an official transcript with school seal from the school of dentistry or school of dental hygiene that issued his or her professional degree, or executes a request and authorization allowing the board to obtain the transcript.

(10) Is a graduate of a dental or dental hygiene school, college, or educational program approved by the board.

(11) Is not the subject of any pending or final action from any hospital revoking, suspending, limiting, modifying, or interfering with any clinical or staff privileges.

(12) Has not been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or of any law dealing with the administering or dispensing of legend drugs, including controlled substances.

(13) Any other criteria required by the board by rule, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

a. Questioning under oath.

b. Results of peer review reports from constituent dental societies or federal dental services.

c. Substance abuse testing or treatment.

d. Background checks for criminal or fraudulent activities.

e. Participation in continuing education.

f. A current certificate in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

g. Recent case reports or oral defense of diagnosis and treatment plans.

h. Proof of no physical or psychological impairment that would adversely affect the ability to practice dentistry or dental hygiene with reasonable skill and safety.

i. An agreement to initiate practice within the State of Alabama within a period of one year.

j. Proof of professional liability coverage and that coverage has not been refused, declined, canceled, nonrenewed, or modified.

k. Whether the applicant has been subject to any final disciplinary action in any state in which he or she has been licensed which shall be verified by a query in the National Practitioner Data Bank, the Health Integrity Protection Data Bank, the American Association of Dental Boards Clearing House for Disciplinary Information, any state where the applicant has been licensed, or any other pertinent bank currently existing or which may exist in the future.

l. Whether the applicant’s DEA registration or any state controlled substances permit has ever been revoked, suspended, modified, restricted, or limited in any way. Provided, however, that any discipline that results only from a failure to timely renew a registration or permit shall not prevent him or her from being eligible for this method of licensure.

(e) If all criteria and requirements are satisfied and the board determines, after notice and a hearing, that the applicant committed fraud or in any way falsified any information in the application process, the license may be revoked by the board.

(f) In addition to the requirements for applicants seeking licensure by credentials, an applicant desiring to practice a specialty only shall satisfy the following requirements:

(1) The specialty shall be one in a branch of dentistry approved by the board.

(2) The applicant shall satisfy the existing educational requirements and standards set forth by the board for that approved specialty.

(3) An applicant who chooses to announce or practice a specialty shall limit his or her practice exclusively to the announced special area or areas of dental practice.

(4) If an applicant who is initially licensed by credentials for a specialty practice decides to renounce his or her specialty and practice general dentistry and the license originally issued did not require a general dental license but rather a specialty license, or if the applicant originally passed only a specialty examination, the applicant may not practice general dentistry until he or she successfully passes the board’s regular general dentistry examination. However, if the applicant passed a general dentistry examination or holds a general dentistry license and practices a specialty, then decides not to continue that specialty but to practice only general dentistry, the applicant is eligible for licensure by credentials as a general dentist.

(g)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the board shall issue a special purpose license to practice dentistry across state lines to an applicant who has met the following requirements:

a. Holds a full and unrestricted license to practice dentistry in any state of the United States or in territories, other than the State of Alabama, in which the applicant is licensed.

b. Has not had any disciplinary action or other action taken against him or her by any state or licensing jurisdiction. If there has been previous disciplinary or other action taken against the applicant, the board may issue a certificate of qualification if it finds that the previous disciplinary or other action indicates that the dentist is not a potential threat to the public.

c. Submits an application and application fee for a certificate of qualification for a special purpose license to practice dentistry across state lines on a form provided by the board and pays a fee upon certification. All required fees shall be established by the board.

(2) A special purpose license issued by the board to practice dentistry across state lines limits the licensee solely to the practice of dentistry across state lines. The special purpose license shall be valid for a period of up to three years, shall expire on a renewal date determined by the board, and may be renewed upon receipt of a renewal fee as established by the board. Failure to renew a license according to the renewal schedule established by the board shall cause the special purpose license to be inactive. An applicant may reapply for a special purpose license to practice dentistry across state lines following placement of the license on inactive status. The applicant shall meet the qualifications of subdivision (1) in order to be eligible for renewal of the license.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the board shall only issue a special purpose license to practice dentistry across state lines to an applicant whose principal practice location and license to practice are located in a state or territory of the United States whose laws permit or allow for the issuance of a special purpose license to practice dentistry across state lines or similar license to a dentist whose principal practice location and license are located in another state. It is the stated intent of this section that dentists who hold a full and current license authorizing him or her to practice in the State of Alabama shall be afforded the opportunity to obtain a reciprocal license to practice dentistry across state lines in any other state or territory of the United States as a precondition to the issuance of a special purpose license as authorized by this section to a dentist licensed in the other state or territory. The board shall determine which states or territories have reciprocal licensure requirements meeting the qualifications of this section.

(h) Any applicant who does not qualify for licensure pursuant to any of the above subsections but who has passed an out-of-state examination approved by the board and possesses a license in good standing authorizing the applicant to practice in the state of issuance is eligible to apply for licensure upon payment of a fee established by the board. The board shall have discretion whether to require an examination for the applicant, including the time, place, type, and content of the examination.
Ala. Code § 34-21-130 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / Section 34-21-130
Section 34-21-130 Construction; Severability
Status: in_force

This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States, or if the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held to be contrary to the constitution of any party state, this compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining party states and in full force and effect as to the party state affected as to all severable matters.
Ala. Code § 34-32-13 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 32 / Section 34-32-13
Section 34-32-13 Investigation of Complaints
Status: in_force

The board may receive and investigate complaints against registered professional soil classifiers and persons granted temporary authorizations pursuant to this chapter and make findings thereon.
Ala. Code § 34-2A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 2A / Section 34-2A-2
Section 34-2A-2 License Required; Permission to Supervise Multiple Facilities
Status: in_force

(a) All administrators of assisted living facilities or specialty care assisted living facilities as recorded in the records of the State Department of Public Health shall be issued a provisional license, as defined herein, upon the effective date of this act. On and after September 1, 2003, no assisted living facility in the state may operate unless it is under the supervision of an administrator who holds a currently valid assisted living administrator’s license, or new initial provisional license, issued by the board. No person shall practice or offer to practice assisted living administration in this state or use any title, sign, card, or device to indicate that he or she is an assisted living administrator unless the person shall have been duly licensed as an assisted living administrator or as a provisional assisted living administrator in this state. In the event an assisted living administrator dies, unexpectedly resigns, becomes incapacitated, or has his or her license revoked, the person or persons then responsible for the management of the assisted living facility shall immediately notify the board and the State Board of Health. The board may issue an emergency permit to a person performing the functions of administrator in the assisted living facility for a reasonable period of time from the date of death, unexpected resignation, incapacitation, or revocation of the license of the assisted living administrator, but not to exceed 120 days. Although the State Board of Health, in its discretion, may permit the assisted living facility to continue to operate under the supervision of a person issued an emergency permit, nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the State Board of Health from denying or revoking the license of the assisted living facility where the State Board of Health has determined that the person with the emergency permit does not demonstrate an ability or willingness to comply with State Board of Health rules governing assisted living facilities or where the State Board of Health has determined that the facility is not otherwise in compliance with those rules.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a licensed assisted living administrator from supervising more than one assisted living facility if specific permission is granted by the State Department of Public Health.
Ala. Code § 34-29-61 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 29 / Section 34-29-61
Section 34-29-61 Definitions. (Amended by Act 2026-503)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-503, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings ascribed by this section:

(1) ACCREDITED SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. Any veterinary college or division of a university or college that offers the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine or its equivalent and is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).

(2) ANIMAL. Any animal or mammal other than man, including birds, fish, reptiles, wild or domestic, living or dead.

(3) APPLICANT. A person who files an application to be licensed to practice veterinary medicine or licensed as a veterinary technician.

(4) BOARD. Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.

(5) CONSULTING VETERINARIAN. A veterinarian licensed in another state who gives advice or demonstrates techniques to a licensed Alabama veterinarian or group of licensed Alabama veterinarians. A consulting veterinarian shall not utilize this privilege to circumvent the law.

(6) DIRECT SUPERVISION. The supervising veterinarian has initially examined the animal and will examine at other times as acceptable veterinary medical practice requires, consistent with the particular delegated animal health care task. The supervising veterinarian is on the premises and is quickly and easily available.

(7) EMERGENCY. The animal has been placed in a life threatening condition and immediate treatment is necessary to sustain life.

(8) FOREIGN VETERINARY GRADUATE, EXCLUDING CANADA. Any person, including a foreign national or an American citizen, who has received a professional veterinarian medical degree from an American Veterinary Medical Association listed veterinary college that is not accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association.

(9) IMMEDIATE SUPERVISION. The supervising veterinarian is on the premises and in audible or visual range of the animal patient and the person treating the patient.

(10) INDIRECT SUPERVISION. The supervising veterinarian has examined the animal and has given written or oral instructions for the treatment of the animal while the supervising veterinarian is away from the premises.

(11) LICENSE. Any permit, approval, registration, or certificate of qualification issued by the board.

(12) LICENSED VETERINARIAN. A person who is validly and currently licensed to practice veterinary medicine in Alabama.

(13) LICENSED VETERINARY TECHNICIAN. A person who is validly and currently licensed to practice as a veterinary technician in Alabama.

(14) PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, association, joint venture, cooperative, or corporation or any other group or combination acting in concert; and whether or not acting as a principal, trustee, fiduciary, receiver, or as any kind of legal or personal representative, or as the successor in interest, assigning agent, factor, servant, employee, director, officer, or any other representative of such person.

(15) PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE:

a. To diagnose, treat, correct, change, relieve, or prevent animal disease, deformity, defect, injury, or other physical or mental condition; including the prescription or administration of any drug, medicine, biologic, apparatus, application, anesthesia, or other therapeutic or diagnostic substance or technique on any animal including but not limited to acupuncture, dentistry, animal psychology, animal chiropractic, theriogenology, surgery, including cosmetic surgery, any manual, mechanical, biological, or chemical procedure for testing for pregnancy or for correcting sterility or infertility, or to render service or recommendations with regard to any of the above.

b. To represent directly or indirectly, publicly or privately, an ability and willingness to do any act described in paragraph a.

c. To use any title, words, abbreviations, or letters in a manner or under circumstances which induce the belief that the person using them is qualified to do any act described in paragraph a. Such use shall be prima facie evidence of the intention to represent oneself as engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine.

d. Collects blood or other samples for the purpose of diagnosing disease or other conditions. This paragraph shall not apply to unlicensed personnel employed by the United States Department of Agriculture or the Alabama Department of Agriculture who are engaged in the Brucellosis eradication program or external parasite control program pursuant to Section 2-15-192.

e. To remove any embryo from a food animal or companion animal for the purpose of transplanting the embryo into another female animal or for the purpose of cryopreserving the embryo, or to implant the embryo into a food or companion animal. It shall not be considered the practice of veterinary medicine for a person or his or her full-time employees to remove an embryo from the food or companion animal of the person for the purpose of transplanting or cryopreserving the embryo, or to implant an embryo into the food or companion animal of the person, provided ownership of the food or companion animal shall not be transferred or employment of the person shall not be changed for the purpose of circumventing this article.

f. To provide veterinary medical services to a client or patient in this state, through telephonic, electronic, or other means, regardless of the location of the veterinarian, shall constitute the practice of veterinary medicine in this state and shall require licensure within this state and a veterinarian-client-patient relationship must be established.

(16) SUPERVISING VETERINARIAN. A veterinarian who assumes responsibility for the professional care given to an animal by a person working under his or her direction.

(17) TEMPORARY LICENSE. Temporary permission to practice veterinary medicine issued by the board pursuant to this article.

(18) UNLICENSED ASSISTANT. Any individual who is not a licensed veterinary technician or veterinarian and is employed by a licensed veterinarian.

(19) VETERINARIAN-CLIENT-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP (VCPR). A relationship when the veterinarian has assumed responsibility for making medical judgments regarding the health of the animal or animals and the need for medical treatment and is created by actual examination by the veterinarian of the animal or a representative segment of a consignment or herd.

(20) VETERINARIAN, DOCTOR OF VETERINARY MEDICINE, DVM, VMD, or EQUIVALENT TITLE. A person who has received a doctor’s degree in veterinary medicine from an accredited school of veterinary medicine or holds an Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG) certificate issued by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).

(21) VETERINARY FACILITIES. Any place or unit from which the practice of veterinary medicine is conducted. The following are types of veterinary facilities:

a. Veterinary or Animal Hospital or Clinic. Meets or exceeds all mandatory requirements as listed in the administrative code of the board for veterinary facilities. In doing so, it provides quality examination, diagnostic, and health maintenance services for medical and surgical treatment of animals and is equipped to provide housing and nursing care for the animals during illness or convalescence.

b. Specialty Practice or Clinic. Provides complete specialty service by a veterinarian who has advanced training in that specialty and is a diplomat of an approved specialty college. It meets all minimum standards that are applicable to that specialty.

c. Central Hospital. Shall meet all requirements of paragraph a., as well as provide specialized care including 24-hour nursing care and specialty consultation on a permanent or on-call basis. It is mainly utilized on referral from area veterinary hospitals or clinics.

d. Satellite, Outpatient, or Mobile Small Animal Clinics. A supportive facility owned by or associated with, or both, and has ready access to, within a reasonable distance, a full-service veterinary hospital or clinic or a central hospital providing all mandatory services and meeting all minimum standards. The public shall be informed of the limitation of services by way of a posted notice in plain view and easily readable or by notice provided to the client by flyer or card which clearly specifies those mandatory veterinary medical services which are not provided. In addition, the main location and telephone number of the veterinary hospital or clinic providing the required service, as well as the signed agreement with the veterinary hospital or clinic shall also be posted in plain view and be easily readable. A veterinarian associated with this veterinary hospital or clinic shall be on call during and after operation of the satellite, outpatient, or mobile clinic to render aid if necessary. The personnel of satellite, outpatient, or mobile clinics shall consist of one or more veterinarians and auxiliary personnel necessary to provide adequate outpatient service. Operation of any satellite, outpatient, or mobile clinic shall be under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian who remains on the premises during the entire time of operation.

e. Large Animal Mobile Clinic. Must provide examination, diagnostic, and preventive medicine, and minor surgical services for large animals not requiring confinement or hospitalization. Emergency service and radiology service shall be provided by that veterinarian or by written agreement with another veterinarian or group of veterinarians in practice in that locale. These clinics shall provide a degree of veterinary care compatible with the level of standards considered adequate to the practice of veterinary medicine currently available in the area. Complete hospital facilities may be provided by the nearest large animal hospital or veterinary school.

f. Emergency Clinic. A facility established to receive patients and to treat illnesses and injuries of an emergency nature requiring treatment. The clinic shall provide professional diagnostic and emergency treatment during hours when local veterinary hospitals are normally closed. Emergency clinics shall meet all mandatory requirements of a veterinary hospital or clinic.

(22) VETERINARY INTERN. A person who is working towards completion of an ECFVG certificate and who is working under the direct or indirect supervision of a board approved licensed veterinarian in any state to complete the practical experience internship required for licensing in Alabama.

(23) VETERINARY MEDICINE. Includes veterinary surgery, theriogenology, dentistry, acupuncture, animal psychology, chiropractic, and all other branches or specialties of veterinary practice.

(24) VETERINARY STUDENT PRECEPTEE. A person who is pursuing a veterinary degree in an accredited school of veterinary medicine which has a preceptor or extern program and who has completed the academic requirements of the program.

(25) VETERINARY TECHNICIAN STUDENT. Any person enrolled in an AVMA accredited veterinary technology program; gaining clinical experience under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian or licensed veterinary technician in a clinical setting.

(26) VETERINARY TECHNOLOGY. The skills and knowledge accrued in a post-high school course of study, accredited by the AVMA Committee on Education (COE) or the board, in the area of care and treatment of animals. It embodies limited skills, responsibility, and minimal exercise of independent judgment in the treatment of patients of veterinarians while under direct, indirect, or immediate supervision of a veterinarian.

(27) WHOLESALE VETERINARY DRUG DISTRIBUTOR. A person engaged in the business of distributing veterinary drugs and medicines for resale to veterinary practitioners and other veterinary wholesalers and possesses a current permit issued by the Alabama Board of Pharmacy to engage in the selling of veterinary drugs or medicines in the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 34-21-7 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21 / Section 34-21-7
Section 34-21-7 Violations and Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person or persons, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, who shall sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish any nursing diploma, license, or license renewal or aid or abet therein; or practices nursing as defined in this chapter under cover of any diploma, license, or renewal license fraudulently obtained or issued under fraudulent misrepresentation or, after January 1, 1968, practices professional nursing as defined in this chapter or, after January 1, 1971, practices practical nursing as defined in this chapter, unless duly licensed to do so under the provisions hereof; or uses in connection with his or her name any designation implying or tending to imply that he or she is a licensed professional nurse and licensed to practice as a registered nurse, or a practical nurse licensed to practice practical nursing as a licensed practical nurse, unless duly licensed to practice under the provisions of this chapter; or after January 1, 1968, practices professional nursing or, after January 1, 1971, practices practical nursing during the time his or her license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be suspended, revoked, or has expired; or conducts a nursing education program for the preparation of professional or practical nurses, purporting eligibility of its graduates for license hereunder, unless the program has been approved by the board; or knowingly conceals information relating to violations of this chapter; or otherwise violates any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be punished in accordance with the laws of the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 34-7-1 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7 / Section 34-7-1
Section 34-7-1 Definitions
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 99-345 p. 478, §3, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 3, 1999.
Ala. Code § 34-25B-52 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 25B / Section 34-25B-52
Section 34-25B-52 Certification Requirements
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall issue to each private investigation agency licensee a certification, which shall be at least 8″ x 10″ in size and shall contain the following information:

(1) The name of the private investigation agency.

(2) The physical address of the private investigation agency.

(3) The license number.

(4) The expiration date of the license.

(b) The certification card shall be posted in a conspicuous area at the physical address of the private investigation agency.

(c) The private investigation agency shall display the agency license number on all advertisements, brochures, stationery, letterhead, case reports, and business cards, distributed or used by the private investigation agency. Any invoice generated for professional services performed by the private investigation agency or a private investigator licensee, contractor, or employee of the private investigation agency shall include the license number for each licensee whose services are being compensated for by a consumer and the time being charged by the private investigator licensee, contractor, or employee of the private investigation agency.
Ala. Code § 34-19-20 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 19 / Section 34-19-20
Section 34-19-20 Licensed Midwives
Status: in_force

Individuals licensed as midwives as set forth in this chapter shall be designated Licensed Midwives.
Ala. Code § 34-27A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27A / Section 34-27A-2
Section 34-27A-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

The following terms as used in this article shall have the following meanings:

(1) APPRAISAL. The act or process of developing an opinion of value of real property; an opinion of the value of real property; of or pertaining to appraising real property and related functions such as appraisal practice or appraisal services.

(2) APPRAISAL FOUNDATION. The Appraisal Foundation incorporated as an Illinois not-for-profit corporation on November 30, 1987.

(3) APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY. An external third party including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, subsidiary, or limited liability company, authorized either by a creditor of a consumer credit transaction secured by the principal dwelling of a consumer or by an underwriter of or other principal in the secondary mortgage markets, that oversees a network or panel of more than four certified or licensed appraisers in a state or 25 or more nationally in a given year, that perform appraisal management services.

(4) APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES. To directly or indirectly perform any of the following functions for a fee on behalf of a lender, financial institution, or any other entity:

a. Recruit, select, and retain appraisers.

b. Contract with licensed and certified appraisers to perform appraisal assignments.

c. Manage the process of having an appraisal performed, including providing administrative duties such as receiving appraisal orders and appraisal reports, submitting completed appraisal reports to creditors and underwriters, collecting fees from creditors and underwriters for services provided, and reimbursing appraisers for services performed.

d. Review and verify the work of appraisers.

(5) APPRAISAL REPORT. Any communication, written or oral, of an appraisal.

(6) APPRAISAL REVIEW. The act of developing and communicating an opinion about the quality of the work of another appraiser that was performed as part of an appraisal assignment, except that an examination of an appraisal for grammatical, typographical, or other similar errors that do not make a substantive valuation change is not an appraisal review.

(7) APPRAISAL SUBCOMMITTEE. The appraisal subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.

(8) APPRAISER. A person who holds a license or certification to complete a real estate appraisal in the state where real property that is the subject of the appraisal is located.

(9) APPRAISER INDEPENDENCE. The ability of an appraiser to provide an appraisal or appraisal review services in exchange for a customary and reasonable fee without coercion, extortion, collusion, inducement, intimidation, bribery, or any other action by a regulated party intended to influence the opinion rendered by an appraiser.

(10) APPRAISER PANEL. A network of licensed or certified appraisers who are independent contractors of an appraisal management company.

(11) BOARD. The State of Alabama Real Estate Appraisers Board established pursuant to this article.

(12) CERTIFIED APPRAISAL or CERTIFIED APPRAISAL REPORT. An appraisal or appraisal report given or signed and certified as such by a licensed real property appraiser other than a trainee or registered real property appraiser. When identifying an appraisal or appraisal report as certified, the real property appraiser shall indicate which type of license is held. A certified appraisal or appraisal report represents to the public that it meets the appraisal standards defined in this article.

(13) EVALUATION. A valuation of real property for a lending institution which is permitted by rules of any federal financial institution regulatory agency for transactions that do not require an appraisal.

(14) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. The chief administrative employee of the board.

(15) EXPERIENCE POINTS. The allowable credit for appraisal of particular types of properties.

(16) FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REGULATORY AGENCIES. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of Thrift Supervision, and the National Credit Union Administration.

(17) FEDERALLY RELATED TRANSACTION. Any real estate-related financial transaction which:

a. A federal financial institutions regulatory agency or the resolution trust corporation engages in, contracts for, or regulates; and

b. Requires the services of an appraiser.

(18) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. An insured depository institution as defined in Section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act or an insured credit union as defined in Section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act.

(19) GEOGRAPHIC COMPETENCY. The familiarity of an appraiser with a market or a geographic area applicable to the problem to be addressed in an appraisal or an appraisal review assignment.

(20) PRINCIPAL CONTACT. An individual employed, appointed, or authorized by an appraisal management company to serve as the principal contact for the board.

(21) REAL ESTATE. An identified parcel or tract of land, including improvements, if any.

(22) REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL SERVICES. The practice of accepting an assignment to develop and report an opinion on the value of real property in conformance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice published by the Appraisal Foundation.

(23) REAL ESTATE-RELATED FINANCIAL TRANSACTION. Any transaction involving any of the following:

a. The sale, lease, purchase, investment in, or exchange of real property, including interests in property, or the financing thereof.

b. The refinancing of real property or interests in real property.

c. The use of real property or interests in property as security for a loan or investment, including mortgage-backed securities.

(24) REAL PROPERTY. One or more defined interests, benefits, and rights inherent in the ownership of real estate.

(25) UNIFORM STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL APPRAISAL PRACTICE (USPAP). Standards promulgated by the Appraisal Foundation and adopted by rule pursuant to this article.
Ala. Code § 34-27A-57 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27A / Section 34-27A-57
Section 34-27A-57 Duties of Appraisal Management Company
Status: in_force

An appraisal management company shall do all of the following:

(1) Annually certify to the board, on a form prescribed by the board, that the appraisal management company verifies that any person added to the appraiser panel of the appraisal management company, for the purpose of completing appraisals in this state, is licensed or certified in good standing pursuant to Article 1.

(2) Annually certify to the board, on a form prescribed by the board, that the appraisal management company periodically reviews the work of all appraisers performing appraisals and appraisal reviews for the appraisal management company to verify that the appraisals are being conducted in accordance with Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.

(3) Annually certify to the board, on a form prescribed by the board, that the appraisal management company requires appraisers who receive assignments for appraisals and appraisal review have geographic competency.

(4) Maintain a detailed record of each service request received and each appraiser assigned to perform the appraisal. A copy of the record shall be retained for at least five years after the date the appraisal management company forwards the appraisal to the client.
Ala. Code § 34-7B-82 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7B / Section 34-7B-82
Section 34-7B-82 Member State Requirements
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible to join this compact, and to maintain eligibility as a member state, a state must do all of the following:

(1) License estheticians and regulate esthetics.

(2) Have a mechanism or entity in place to receive and investigate complaints about licensees practicing in that state.

(3) Require that licensees within the state pass a competency examination prior to being licensed to provide esthetics services to the public in that state.

(4) Require that licensees satisfy educational or training requirements prior to being licensed to provide esthetics services to the public in that state.

(5) Implement procedures for considering one or more of the following categories of information from applicants for licensure: (i) criminal history; (ii) disciplinary history; or (iii) background check. Such procedures may include the submission of information by applicants for the purpose of obtaining an applicant’s background check as defined herein.

(6) Participate in the data system, including through the use of unique identifying numbers.

(7) Share information related to adverse actions with the commission and other member states, both through the data system and otherwise.

(8) Notify the commission and other member states, in compliance with the terms of the compact and rules of the commission, of the existence of investigative information or current significant investigative information in the state’s possession regarding a licensee practicing in that state.

(9) Comply with such rules as may be enacted by the commission to administer the compact.

(10) Accept licensees from other member states as established herein.

(b) Member states may charge a fee for granting a multistate license to practice esthetics.

(c) Individuals not residing in a member state shall continue to be able to apply for a member state’s single-state license as provided under the laws of each member state. However, the single-state license granted to these individuals shall not be recognized as granting a multistate license to provide services in any other member state.

(d) Nothing in this compact shall affect the requirements established by a member state for the issuance of a single-state license.

(e) A multistate license issued to a licensee by a home state to a resident of that state shall be recognized by each member state as authorizing a licensee to practice esthetics in each member state.

(f) At no point shall the commission have the power to define the educational or professional requirements for a license to practice esthetics. The member states shall retain sole jurisdiction over the provision of these requirements.
Ala. Code § 34-24-607 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / Section 34-24-607
Section 34-24-607 Inspections
Status: in_force

(a) Physicians registered under this article shall make all records, notes, and files of the registrant open to inspection. In carrying out the intent of this article, the board shall have all of the power and authority that it currently possesses in its current capacity under Sections 34-24-363 to 34-24-365, inclusive. However, all of that authority and power therein may be applied to this article for purposes of this pain management registration.

(b) If the board finds that danger to the public health, safety, or welfare requires emergency suspension of a registration and states in writing its reason for that finding, it may proceed without hearing or upon any abbreviated hearing that it finds practicable to suspend the registration under this article. The suspension shall become effective immediately, unless otherwise stated therein. The suspension may be effective for a period of not longer than 120 days and shall not be renewable. The board shall not suspend the same registration for the same or a substantially similar emergency within one calendar year from its first suspension unless the board clearly establishes that it could not reasonably be foreseen during the initial 120-day period that such emergency would continue or would likely reoccur during the next nine months. When such summary suspension is ordered, a formal suspension or revocation proceeding under Section 34-24-361 or Section 20-2-53, shall also be promptly instituted and acted upon.
Ala. Code § 34-24-141 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / Section 34-24-141
Section 34-24-141 Board of Chiropractic Examiners - Membership
Status: in_force

The members of the board shall be elected or appointed, as provided in Section 34-24-140, for a term of four years and the terms shall be staggered. In the event that there are two or more board members serving from the same congressional district based on redistricting, the members of the board shall serve until their term expires, and the vacancy shall be filled from any congressional district where no member resides as the term or terms expire. In the event the State of Alabama gains or loses a congressional seat, the districts shall be based on the last congressional districting plan having seven districts. No member shall serve more than two consecutive full terms on the board, effective January 1, 1990. A member of the board may be removed by the Governor for neglect of duty or just cause. Before taking office, the members of the board shall take and file with the Secretary of State the constitutional oath of office required by Section 279 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Ala. Code § 34-12-30 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / Section 34-12-30
Section 34-12-30 Creation; Composition; Diversity of Membership
Status: in_force

(a) A State Board of Registration for Foresters is created whose duty it shall be to administer this chapter. The board shall consist of five foresters, who shall be selected and appointed by the Governor of Alabama from among 10 nominees recommended by the Alabama Division of the Society of American Foresters and shall have the qualifications required by Section 34-12-31. Each member of the board shall receive a certificate of his or her appointment from the Governor and before beginning his or her term of office shall file with the Secretary of State his or her written oath of affirmation for the faithful discharge of his or her official duties. The five members of the initial board shall be appointed for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, and in making the appointment the Governor shall designate the term for which each of the members is appointed as provided for above. At the expiration of the term of any member of the initial board, the Governor, from a list of three nominees recommended by the Alabama Division of the Society of American Foresters and any active state forestry organization meeting criteria established by the board pursuant to subsection (c), shall appoint for a term of five years a registered forester having the qualifications required by Section 34-12-31 to succeed the member whose term on the board is expiring. Nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit any member whose term expires to be reappointed to succeed himself or herself on the board. After March 7, 1990, no member shall serve more than two full consecutive terms of office. If the Governor fails to make appointment in 90 days after expiration of any term, the board shall make the necessary appointment from nominees submitted as hereinabove provided and who meet the qualifications set out by Section 34-12-31. Each member of the board shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which such member is appointed or until a successor shall have been duly appointed and shall have qualified.

(b) The membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. The board shall annually report to the Legislature by the second legislative day of each regular session the extent to which the board has complied with the diversity provisions of this subsection.

(c) The board shall adopt rules setting qualifying criteria for active state forestry organizations to participate in the recommendation of nominees for placement for membership on the board pursuant to subsection (a).
Ala. Code § 34-33-7 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 33 / Section 34-33-7
Section 34-33-7 Expiration of Permit; Renewal Procedure
Status: in_force

The State Fire Marshal’s permit shall expire annually at midnight on September 30. At least 30 days prior, the fire protection sprinkler contractor I or II must submit a renewal application. A renewal fee must be submitted with the application. Failure to renew the permit prior to the expiration shall cause the permit to be null and void as of the expiration date, and it shall be unlawful under this chapter for any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or joint venture to engage in the business of installing, repairing, altering, adding, maintaining, or inspecting a fire protection sprinkler system without a valid State Fire Marshal’s permit. The permit may be reinstated by making application as before, and payment of the fee; however, until such time as a new permit is issued, it shall be unlawful for the fire protection sprinkler contractor I or II to engage in installing, repairing, altering, adding, maintaining, or inspecting fire protection sprinkler systems.
Ala. Code § 34-24-213 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / Section 34-24-213
Section 34-24-213 Issuance of License - Applicants Passing Examination
Status: in_force

The board shall issue a license to each applicant who passes the appropriate examination for licensure as a physical therapist or licensure as a physical therapist assistant in accordance with standards fixed by it and who is not disqualified to receive a license under Section 34-24-217.
Ala. Code § 34-21A-15 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 21A / Section 34-21A-15
Section 34-21A-15 Requirements of Examination, Areas, and Levels of Qualification
Status: in_force

(a) No license shall be issued by the board without examination of the applicant for the purpose of ascertaining his or her qualifications for such work, except those licenses issued pursuant to Section 34-21A-17. No examination shall be required for the timely annual renewal of a current license.

(b) The board shall offer and provide examinations which test the knowledge, skill, and qualifications of the applicants.

(c) The board may charge each applicant a reasonable fee for the examination based on the actual costs of administering the examinations.

(d) The board shall establish dates and locations for a minimum of three separate examinations each calendar year.

(e) The board shall establish the minimum examination grade necessary for successful completion of an examination.

(f) The board shall develop or approve two separate and specific examinations to test the knowledge and qualifications of those applicants for basic level license and advanced level licenses as follows:

(1) The basic installer level license examination shall test the knowledge and qualifications of applicants seeking a license to install, clean, service, repair, or maintain conventional onsite sewage systems.

(2) The advanced level installer license examination shall test the knowledge and qualifications of applicants seeking a license to install, clean, service, repair, or maintain engineered onsite sewage systems.

(g) A person shall first obtain a basic level installer license before qualifying to take the examination for an advanced level installer license.

(h) The board shall develop a specialized examination to test the qualifications of those applicants seeking a manufacturer’s license.

(i) The board shall develop or approve any other additional examinations as may be necessary for additional areas of qualification and license levels as may be established by the board to meet industry requirements and technological advancements in the onsite sewage industry.

(j) Examinations shall be administered by the executive director or persons designated by the board. Any national standardized examination which the board may approve, or any other examination developed under the direction of the board, or any combination thereof, may be administered to applicants to test their knowledge and qualifications. The board shall establish the level of achievement as shall be required for a passing grade for examinations.

(k) Written examination results shall be provided within 14 days of taking the examination. Successful candidates shall also be informed of the procedures required to complete the license process. Any person who fails an examination may, upon reapplication and payment of required fees, take the examination when offered by the board.

(l) The executive director shall provide to the Alabama Department of Public Health and the appropriate local health authorities a list of all candidates who successfully qualify for a license within 14 days following the date the license is issued by the board.
Ala. Code § 34-27B-12 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27B / Section 34-27B-12
Section 34-27B-12 Notice Provided to Respiratory Therapists
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall provide notification to all respiratory therapists employed as such or practicing respiratory therapy in Alabama on May 17, 2004. The notification shall summarize the requirements of this chapter and provide information on procedures for obtaining a license. Publication of the notification shall be accompanied by complying with all of the following requirements:

(1) A letter containing the notice shall be directed to all persons registered or certified by the National Board for Respiratory Care who reside in the State of Alabama, based on the most current mailing list of the National Board for Respiratory Care.

(2) Notice shall be published in all major state trade or professional journals relating to respiratory therapy for not less than three consecutive months.

(3) Notice shall be published in all daily newspapers in this state at least once per month for three consecutive months.

(b) The board shall cause the notices required by this section to commence within 30 days from the effective date of adoption of rules and regulations by the board.
Ala. Code § 34-14-13 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14 / Section 34-14-13
Section 34-14-13 Chapter Not Applicable to Certain Persons and Practices
Status: in_force

This chapter is not intended to prevent any person from engaging in the practice of measuring human hearing for the purpose of selection of hearing instruments; provided, that such person or organization employing such person does not sell hearing instruments or accessories thereto.
Ala. Code § 34-17A-8 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 17A / Section 34-17A-8
Section 34-17A-8 Application
Status: in_force

(a) Each applicant for licensure as a practicing marriage and family therapist shall submit to the board a completed application on forms prescribed by the board. The completed application shall contain the following information:

(1) Satisfactory evidence that the applicant is of good moral character and has not engaged or is not engaged in any practice or conduct that would make the applicant ineligible to receive a license pursuant to Section 34-17A-14.

(2) Satisfactory evidence that the applicant meets the education and experience requirements for licensure pursuant to Section 34-17A-10.

(3) Other information that the board may require.

(b) Applicants also shall pass an examination which has been approved by the board and shall be citizens of the United States or, if not citizens of the United States, legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal government.
Ala. Code § 34-30-33 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 30 / Section 34-30-33
Section 34-30-33 Representation to Public as Social Worker
Status: in_force

(a) No person may represent himself or herself as a social worker by using the title “social worker,” “licensed bachelor social worker,” “licensed master social worker,” or “licensed independent clinical social worker,” or any other title that includes such words, or by adding the letters “SW,” “LBSW,” ” LMSW,” or “LICSW,” unless licensed under this chapter or excluded according to its provisions.

(b) No public or private agency, organization, or health facility may use the term “social worker,” “licensed bachelor social worker,” “licensed master social worker,” or “licensed independent clinical social worker” to apply to a person unless that person is so licensed under this chapter or excluded according to its provisions.

(c) After November 24, 1978, nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit a Merit System or Civil Service employee who is employed in a social work position whose qualifications are established or determined by a regulatory board, pursuant to state or federal law, from representing himself or herself as a social worker by using the title “social worker.”

(d)(1) A person who knowingly, willfully, or intentionally violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). The board and its members shall assist prosecuting officers in the enforcement of this chapter, and it shall be the duty of this board and its members to furnish the proper prosecuting officers with such evidence as it or they may ascertain to assist them in the prosecution of any violation of this article, and the board is authorized for such purposes to make such reasonable expenditures from the funds of the board which it may deem necessary to ascertain and furnish such evidence.

(2) When it appears to the board that any person is in violation of any provisions of this section, the board may in its own name bring an action in the circuit court for any injunction, and the court may enjoin any person from violating this section regardless of whether criminal proceedings have been or may be instituted. Upon a proper showing, a permanent or temporary injunction, or restraining order, shall be granted.
Ala. Code § 34-15C-19 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 15C / Section 34-15C-19
Section 34-15C-19 Relation to Prior Board
Status: in_force

The existence and functioning of the Alabama State Board of Registration for Interior Design, formerly created and functioning pursuant to Sections 34-15B-1 to 34-15B-18, inclusive, is continued pursuant to this newly created Chapter 15C. All rights, duties, property, real or personal, and all other effects existing in the name of the Alabama State Board of Registration for Interior Design, or in any other name by which the board has been known, shall continue in the name of the Alabama Board for Registered Interior Designers. Any reference to the Alabama State Board of Registration for Interior Design, or any other name by which the board has been known, in any existing law, contract, or other instrument shall constitute a reference to the Alabama Board for Registered Interior Designers as created in this chapter. All actions of the Alabama State Board of Registration for Interior Design lawfully done prior to August 1, 2010, by the board or by the executive director or administrative assistant, are approved, ratified, and confirmed. The board as constituted on August 1, 2010, shall constitute the board under this new Chapter 15C.
Ala. Code § 34-40-70 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 40 / Section 34-40-70
Section 34-40-70 Oversight, Dispute Resolution, and Enforcement
Status: in_force

(a) Oversight.

(1) The executive and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the compact.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this compact, venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the compact commission shall be brought solely and exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction where the principal office of the compact commission is located. The compact commission may waive venue and jurisdictional defenses to the extent the compact commission adopts or consents to participate in alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Nothing herein shall affect or limit the selection or propriety of venue in any action against a licensee for professional malpractice, misconduct, or any similar matter.

(3) The compact commission shall be entitled to receive service of process in any proceeding regarding the enforcement or interpretation of the compact and shall have standing to intervene in the proceeding for all purposes. Failure to provide the compact commission service of process shall render a judgment or order void as to the compact commission, this compact, or adopted rules.

(b) Default, technical assistance, and termination.

(1) If the compact commission determines that a member state has defaulted in the performance of its obligations or responsibilities under this compact or the adopted rules, the commission shall provide written notice to the defaulting state. The notice of default shall describe the default, the proposed means of curing the default, and any other action that the compact commission may take, and shall offer training and specific technical assistance regarding the default.

(2) The compact commission shall provide a copy of the notice of default to the other member states.

(c) If a state in default fails to cure the default, the defaulting state may be terminated from the compact upon an affirmative vote of a majority of the commissioners of the member states, and all rights, privileges, and benefits conferred on that state by this compact may be terminated on the effective date of termination. A cure of the default does not relieve the offending state of obligations or liabilities incurred during the period of default.

(d) Termination of membership in the compact shall be imposed only after all other means of securing compliance have been exhausted. Notice of intent to suspend or terminate shall be given by the compact commission to the governor, the majority and minority leaders of the defaulting state’s legislature, the defaulting state’s licensing authority and each of the member states’ licensing authorities.

(e) A state that has been terminated is responsible for all assessments, obligations, and liabilities incurred through the effective date of termination, including obligations that extend beyond the effective date of termination.

(f) Upon the termination of a state’s membership from this compact, that state shall immediately provide notice to all licensees within that state of the termination. The terminated state shall continue to recognize all licenses and compact privileges granted pursuant to this compact for a minimum of 180 days after the date of the notice of termination.

(g) The compact commission shall not bear any costs related to a state that is found to be in default or that has been terminated from the compact, unless agreed upon in writing between the compact commission and the defaulting state.

(h) The defaulting state may appeal the action of the compact commission by petitioning the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia or the federal district where the compact commission has its principal offices. The prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of the litigation, including reasonable attorney fees.

(i) Dispute resolution.

(1) Upon request by a member state, the compact commission shall attempt to resolve disputes related to the compact that arise among member states and between member and nonmember states.

(2) The compact commission shall adopt a rule providing for both mediation and binding alternate dispute resolution for disputes as appropriate.

(j) Enforcement.

(1) By two-thirds majority vote, the compact commission may initiate legal action against a member state in default in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia or the federal district where the compact commission has its principal offices to enforce compliance with this compact and its adopted rules. The relief sought may include both injunctive relief and damages. In the event judicial enforcement is necessary, the prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of the litigation, including reasonable attorney fees. The remedies herein shall not be the exclusive remedies of the compact commission. The compact commission may pursue any other remedies available under federal or the defaulting member state’s law.

(2) A member state may initiate legal action against the compact commission in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia or the federal district where the compact commission has its principal offices to enforce compliance with this compact and its adopted rules. The relief sought may include both injunctive relief and damages. In the event judicial enforcement is necessary, the prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of the litigation, including reasonable attorney fees.

(3) No person other than a member state shall enforce this compact against the compact commission.
Ala. Code § 34-17A-15 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 17A / Section 34-17A-15
Section 34-17A-15 Administrative Procedure
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall conduct its proceedings in accordance with this chapter and the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Sections 41-22-1 to 41-22-27, inclusive. Any person may be heard by the board in person or by an attorney. Every vote and official act of the board shall be entered on record. All hearings and rule-making proceedings shall be open to the public. A stenographic record shall be made of every hearing before the board.

(b) The board may administer oaths and take testimony in all matters relating to its duties. The board shall be the sole agency in this state empowered to certify concerning competence in the practice of marriage and family therapy, and the sole board empowered to license for the practice of marriage and family therapy.
Ala. Code § 34-27A-52 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27A / Section 34-27A-52
Section 34-27A-52 Limitations on Ownership and Employment
Status: in_force

(a) An appraisal management company applying for registration in this state may not be owned, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by any person who has had an appraiser license or certificate refused, denied, cancelled, surrendered in lieu of revocation, or revoked in any state. For the purposes of this subsection, indirect ownership does not include stock ownership in a publicly traded corporation. Additionally, each person who owns more than 10 percent of an appraisal management company shall, if required by the board, submit to a background investigation.

(b) An appraisal management company applying for registration in this state may not employ for the purposes of appraisal review, analysis, or performance evaluation any person who has ever had a registration, license, or certificate to act as an appraiser in this or any other state refused, denied, canceled, or revoked unless a registration, license, or certificate has subsequently been issued or reinstated by the state in which the appraisal registration, license, or certificate had been refused, denied, canceled, or revoked.

(c) An employee of an appraisal management company, or any contractor working in any capacity on behalf of an appraisal management company, that has any involvement in the actual performance of appraisal services, or the review and analysis of completed appraisals in Alabama shall be an appraiser certified in Alabama. The license classification shall qualify the employee to perform all applicable job functions.
Ala. Code § 34-33A-9 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 33A / Section 34-33A-9
Section 34-33A-9 State Fire Marshal’s Permit - Required for License or Building Permit
Status: in_force

If a certified fire alarm contractor desires to do business in any part of the state, he or she shall deliver to the local building official a copy of his or her State Fire Marshal’s permit. The local building official shall require a copy of the State Fire Marshal’s permit before issuing a license or building permit. The certified fire alarm contractor shall pay any fees normally imposed for local licenses or permits. The local official may not impose other requirements on the certified fire alarm contractor to prove competency other than proper evidence of a valid State Fire Marshal’s permit.
Ala. Code § 34-28A-68 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 28A / Section 34-28A-68
Section 34-28A-68 Data System
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, and use of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states.

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

(1) Identifying information.

(2) Licensure data.

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

(4) Non-confidential information related to alternative program participation.

(5) Any denial of application for licensure, and the reason for denial.

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

(c) Investigative information pertaining to a licensee in any member state shall only be available to other member states.

(d) The commission shall promptly notify all member states of any adverse action taken against a licensee or an individual applying for a license. Adverse action information pertaining to a licensee in any member state shall be available to any other member state.

(e) 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.

(f) Any information submitted to the data system that is subsequently required to be expunged by the laws of the member state contributing the information shall be removed from the data system.
Ala. Code § 34-25B-27 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 25B / Section 34-25B-27
Section 34-25B-27 Certification Required for Trainers
Status: in_force

(a) Any person offering private investigation training must first be certified by the board. The board shall ensure that the instructors employed by the training provider possess both the experience and academic credentials to ensure that the curriculum and instruction will be beneficial to those seeking to enter the profession. In order to qualify as a certified trainer or instructor, or both, the trainer shall meet the following criteria that he or she:

(1) Is at least 21 years of age.

(2) Has had at least three years’ experience satisfactory to the board with an investigative company or proprietary entity or with any federal, United States Military, state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency relating to the block of instruction.

(3) Is personally qualified to conduct the training required by this chapter and is certified by the board which shall establish standards for the instruction process.

(b) A certified trainer, in his or her discretion, may instruct personally or use a combination of personal, instruction, audio, and visual training aids.

(c) To assist in the implementation of a training program, the certified trainer may use as an assistant trainer any person who meets each of the following requirements that the assistant:

(1) Is at least 19 years of age.

(2) Has had at least one year of experience with an investigative company or any United States Military, state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency.

(d) A certified trainer may be an employee of a private investigative or propriety agency or, if not, employed by an agency as a company under this chapter.

(e) The certified trainer shall certify that he or she has successfully completed the training and shall submit the certification to the board.

(f) The training program, fees, and requirements shall be established by rules promulgated by the board.
Ala. Code § 34-25A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 25A / Section 34-25A-5
Section 34-25A-5 Application for Licensure or Registration
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (h) or (i), no person shall administer prosthetic, orthotic, or pedorthic care in this state unless licensed or registered to do so in accordance with this chapter. The board shall issue approved forms for application prior to January 1, 2003.

(b) In order to obtain a license as a prosthetist, orthotist, or prosthetist/orthotist in this state, an applicant shall be a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal government, and shall do the following:

(1) File a written application on forms to be developed and approved by the board. The applicant shall meet at least one of the following requirements after a one-year grandfather period:

a. The applicant shall possess a baccalaureate degree in orthotics and prosthetics from a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting agency and complete 1,900 hours per discipline sought of directed employment under the supervision of a certified/licensed prosthetist, a certified/licensed orthotist or a certified/licensed prosthetist/orthotist in an accredited facility, and be certified as a prosthetist, orthotist, or prosthetist/orthotist by a national certifying board in orthotics or prosthetics approved by the state board.

b. The applicant shall possess a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university and have successfully completed a post-baccalaureate certificate course approved by the board and completed 1,900 hours of directed employment per discipline in which license is sought under the supervision of a certified/licensed prosthetist, a certified/licensed orthotist, or a certified/licensed prosthetist/orthotist in an accredited facility, and be certified by a national certifying board in prosthetics or orthotics approved by the state board.

c. The applicant shall possess an associate’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university, junior college, or community college and have successfully completed postsecondary coursework in anatomy, physiology, physics, biology, chemistry, algebra, and calculus and have worked under the supervision of a certified/licensed prosthetist, a certified/licensed orthotist, or a certified/licensed prosthetist/orthotist for not less than four consecutive years of the past six years in an accredited facility, and be certified by a national certifying board in prosthetics or orthotics approved by the state board.

d. The applicant shall have successfully completed postsecondary coursework in anatomy, physiology, physics, biology, chemistry, algebra, and calculus and have worked under the supervision of a certified/licensed prosthetist, a certified/licensed orthotist, or a certified/licensed prosthetist/orthotist for not less than eight years of the last 12 years and be certified as a prosthetist, orthotist, or prosthetist/orthotist by a national certifying board approved by the state board.

(2) Any applicant after the first year following the board’s issuance of applications shall meet the requirements of subdivision (b)(1) prior to receiving a license as a prosthetist, an orthotist, or a prosthetist/orthotist.

(c) In order to obtain a license as a pedorthist in this state, an applicant shall be a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal government, and shall file a written application on forms to be developed and approved by the board. Applicants shall be in good standing as a certified pedorthist with a national certifying board approved by the state board.

(d) In order to obtain registration as an orthotic supplier, an applicant shall be a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal government, and shall do the following:

(1) File a written application on forms to be developed and approved by the board. Such forms shall require personal information such as full name, current address, educational status and history, and work history for the last five years of employment.

(2) The application forms shall be accompanied, when submitted, by attestation of employment by or contractual relationship with a manufacturer of orthoses or orthosis components whether registered with the United States Food and Drug Administration or not. Attestation shall be by notarized statement signed by the president, chief operating officer, or other designated corporate official of the employing company.

(e) The board shall grant a license without an examination for those qualified applicants who apply within one year of the issuance of application forms by the board. For purposes of this subsection, qualified applicants are those who possess current credentials as a Certified Prosthetist, Certified Orthotist, or Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist issued by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics, Incorporated, or the Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification as a prosthetist, orthotist, or prosthetist/orthotist.

(f) The board may issue a 12-month temporary license as a prosthetist, an orthotist, a pedorthist, or a prosthetist/orthotist to persons who have applied for licensure and are awaiting examination. The temporary license is renewable once for a six-month period if the applicant fails to pass the examination at the first sitting.

(g) The board shall grant a license as a prosthetist, an orthotist, a prosthetist/orthotist, or pedorthist to an applicant in possession of a current license as a prosthetist, orthotist, prosthetist/orthotist, or pedorthist in another state or territory of the United States without examination if the board determines that the credentialing standards set by the other state or territory are substantially equivalent to the standards set by the board for this state.

(h) No person may represent himself or herself as a licensed prosthetist, licensed orthotist, licensed prosthetist/orthotist, or licensed pedorthist, use a title or description of services, or engage in the practice of prosthetics, orthotics, or pedorthics without applying for licensure, meeting the required qualifications, and being licensed by the board unless otherwise exempted by this chapter. A person not licensed with the board may not represent himself or herself as being so licensed and may not use, in connection with his or her name, the words licensed orthotist, orthotist, licensed prosthetist, prosthetist, licensed prosthetist/orthotist, prosthetist/orthotist, licensed pedorthist, pedorthist, licensed orthotic fitter, orthotic fitter, licensed mastectomy fitter, mastectomy fitter, licensed therapeutic shoe fitter, therapeutic shoe fitter, or letters “L.O.,” “L.P.,” “L.P.O.,” “L.O.A.,” “LPed,” “L.P.A.,” “L.P.O.A.,” “L.M.F.,” “L.O.F.,” “L.T.S.F.” or other letters, words, signs, numbers, or insignia indicating or implying that he or she is either a licensed prosthetist, a licensed orthotist, a licensed prosthetist/orthotist, a licensed pedorthist, a licensed mastectomy fitter, a licensed therapeutic shoe fitter, or a licensed orthotic fitter in the State of Alabama without first having a valid license. The license shall be posted in a conspicuous location at the person’s work site.

(i) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit or restrict the following:

(1) The practice of prosthetics, orthotics, or pedorthics by individuals authorized and performing services within their authorized scopes of practice as adopted by the Legislature including, but not limited to, authorized health care practitioners, doctors of podiatry, chiropractors, physical therapists, and occupational therapists licensed in this state.

(2) The practice of prosthetics, orthotics, or pedorthics by an individual employed by, or in the service of, the government of the United States of America while engaged in the performance of duties prescribed by the laws of the United States of America.

(3) The practice of prosthetics, orthotics, or pedorthics by any person not licensed as a prosthetist, orthotist, prosthetist/orthotist, orthotic fitter, therapeutic shoe fitter, or pedorthist in accordance with this chapter who is employed in a hospital, rehabilitation facility, or authorized health care practitioner’s office under the direction of an authorized health care practitioner.

(4) A person fulfilling the supervised residency or internship experience requirements described in this chapter.

(5) The practice of prosthetics, orthotics, or pedorthics by a clinician who is certified or licensed in another state at meetings of the Alabama Prosthetic & Orthotic Association (APOA) or similar organizations or at training events approved by the board to provide clinical services performed by a certified or licensed clinician.

(6) The practice of pharmacy by an individual subject to Chapter 23 of this title.
Ala. Code § 34-31-31 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 31 / Section 34-31-31
Section 34-31-31 List of Certified Contractors
Status: in_force

The board may publish annually a list of names, addresses of all individuals, and the name of their employer, if applicable, who are certified by the board, and shall mail a copy of the list to all qualified individuals so certified upon request to do so. The board may require a reasonable fee to cover the cost of producing and mailing the directory.
Ala. Code § 34-3-104 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 3 / Section 34-3-104
Section 34-3-104 Powers of Foundation
Status: in_force

The foundation shall have the following powers:

(1) To have succession by its corporate name in perpetuity;

(2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto;

(3) To adopt and use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;

(4) To acquire by gift, grant, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, and to hold title to, real or personal property, or both, together with all rights incidental thereto;

(5) To construct, erect, operate, and maintain one or more buildings for use by the Alabama State Bar;

(6) To lease and make available to the Alabama State Bar all or any part of the space in any of its buildings, with or without the payment of rental and on such other terms and conditions as the board of trustees of the foundation may prescribe;

(7) To lease, as either lessor or lessee and on such terms and conditions as its board of trustees may prescribe, any real or personal property;

(8) To employ such employees and agents as the business of the foundation may require;

(9) To accept devises, bequests, and donations; and

(10) To have all other powers necessary or desirable to accomplish its corporate purposes.
Ala. Code § 34-7B-26 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7B / Section 34-7B-26
Section 34-7B-26 Application and Licensure Requirements to Operate School
Status: in_force

(a) Before being licensed by the board to operate a school, an applicant shall satisfy all of the requirements of this section.

(1) An applicant shall submit to the board all of the following:

a. A bond, in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to protect potential students in the event of closure.

b. Proof of sufficient liability insurance coverage.

c. A current financial statement prepared by a reputable source and, if required by the board, a letter of credit.

d. A list of equipment owned by the school.

e. A sample of student contract agreements and financial forms relating to tuition, grants, and scholarships.

f. Furnish affidavits from an adequate number of prospective students as approved by the board stating their intent to enroll when the school opens.

(2) The applicant, owner, proposed dean, or proper corporate executive may be required to appear before the board.

(3) The applicant shall satisfy the board that the building proposed to house the school is all of the following:

a. In compliance with all state and local zoning, health, and building codes.

b. Clean and well-lighted.

c. Large enough to accommodate the anticipated student body.

d. Completely segregated from any other business.

e. Contains sufficient equipment and supplies for the proper and complete teaching of all subjects in its proposed curriculum.

(b) To maintain current and continuing licensure under this chapter, the school, to the satisfaction of the board, shall do all of the following:

(1) Employ one instructor and one on-call instructor for the first 20 students enrolled and in attendance at the school, and an additional instructor for each additional 20 students enrolled and in attendance at the school.

(2) Have no more than two instructor trainees per each instructor.

(3) Provide that the same person may not serve as the on-call instructor for more than one school.

(4) Maintain daily, monthly, and cumulative records for each student.

(5) Maintain regular classes and instruction hours.

(6) Establish grades and conduct appropriate examinations on a timely basis.

(7) Require a school term of training for a complete course with the minimum number of hours prescribed for each term. Programs reporting by clock hours shall comply with recording rules provided in this subsection and shall also furnish the board with an official transcript for each student within 30 days after the student completes the program or terminates enrollment.

(8) Include practical demonstrations, theoretical studies, and the study of sanitation, sterilization, and other safety measures and the use of antiseptics, cosmetics, and electrical appliances consistent with the practical and theoretical requirements applicable to any of the practices regulated by this chapter which are part of the school’s curriculum.

(c) A school engaged only in the teaching of Class 2 barbers, estheticians, or manicurists is not required to provide instruction in other practices regulated by this chapter. Such a school is required to satisfy all requirements imposed upon a school of cosmetology or a school of barbering relating to instructors, attendance records, enrollment, and other matters.

(d) The sale or transfer of a school is subject to prior approval by the board if the school is to continue in operation after the sale or transfer. The board may deny the sale or transfer of a school if the owner or operator of the school is the subject of outstanding violations of this chapter or the rules of the board, or both.
Ala. Code § 34-26-85 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 26 / Section 34-26-85
Section 34-26-85 Conditions of Telepsychology Practice in a Receiving State
Status: in_force

A psychologist may practice in a receiving state under the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology only in the performance of the scope of practice for psychology as assigned by an appropriate state psychology regulatory authority, as defined in the rules of the commission, and under the following circumstances:

(1) The psychologist initiates a client/patient contact in a home state via telecommunications technologies with a client/patient in a receiving state.

(2) Other conditions regarding telepsychology as determined by rules adopted by the commission.
Ala. Code § 34-43A-10 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 43A / Section 34-43A-10
Section 34-43A-10 Application Forms; Issuance of License; Display of License. (Amended by Act 2026-162)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-162, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) Applications for licensing and renewal of a license shall be on forms provided by the board and shall be accompanied by the applicable fee. All documents shall be submitted in English.

(b) The board may deny the application of any applicant who refuses to complete a criminal history background check as required by the board and provided in Section 34-43A-13(c).

(c) The board shall issue a license to each individual who qualifies to be a massage therapist and to each qualified applicant for a massage therapy establishment license. A license issued by the board grants all professional rights, honors, and privileges relating to the practice of massage therapy.

(d) Each massage therapist shall display his or her license in the manner specified by the board. Each massage therapy establishment shall prominently post its license and the license of each massage therapist who practices within the massage therapy establishment in plain sight at the massage therapy establishment.

(e) The board may inspect establishments at any time during normal business hours to ensure compliance with state law and board rules.

(f) A license is the property of the board and shall be surrendered upon demand of the board.
Ala. Code § 34-8-23 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8 / Section 34-8-23
Section 34-8-23 Seal
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt a seal for its own use. Such seal shall have the words “License Board for Contractors, State of Alabama,” and the secretary shall have the charge, care, and custody thereof.
Ala. Code § 34-9-1 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / Section 34-9-1
Section 34-9-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the respective meanings ascribed by this section:

(1) ADMINISTER. When used in reference to a controlled substance, the direct application of a controlled substance to the body of a patient by a dentist by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or other means.

(2) ANNUAL REGISTRATION. The documentary evidence that the board has renewed the authority of the licensee to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this state.

(3) BOARD. The Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama.

(4) COMMERCIAL DENTAL LABORATORY. A technician or group of technicians available to any or all licensed dentists for construction or repair of dental appliances.

(5) DISPENSE. When used in reference to a controlled substance, the delivery of a controlled substance to a patient by a dentist, including the prescribing and administering of a controlled substance.

(6) GENERAL ANESTHESIA. A controlled state of unconsciousness, accompanied by a partial or complete loss of protective reflexes, including inability to independently maintain an airway and respond purposefully to physical stimulation or verbal command, produced by a pharmacologic method.

(7) INFILTRATION ANESTHESIA. A form of local anesthesia wherein the terminal or peripheral sensory portion of either the maxillary or mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve endings are anesthetized by injecting a solution submucosally into an intra-oral circumscribed area for the relief or prevention of pain.

(8) LICENSE. The grant of authority by the board to an individual to engage in the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene.

(9) LICENSE CERTIFICATE. The documentary evidence under seal of the board that the board has granted authority to the licensee to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this state.

(10) LICENSED DENTIST. A dentist who holds a current license certificate from the board.

(11) LICENSED HYGIENIST. A hygienist who holds a current license certificate from the board.

(12) LOCAL ANESTHESIA. The elimination of sensations, especially pain in one part of the body by topical application or regional injection of a drug.

(13) PATIENT ABANDONMENT. The termination of dental treatment without giving the patient adequate notice of at least 15 days before the termination of dental treatment. Adequate notice includes informing the patient of the availability of emergency treatment and providing the patient with an opportunity to obtain the services of another dentist during the notice period. Abandonment may also occur if the dentist jeopardizes the health of the patient during the termination process.

(14) PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY ACROSS STATE LINES.

a. The practice of dentistry as defined in Section 34-9-6 as it applies to the following:

1. The rendering of a written or otherwise documented professional opinion concerning the diagnosis or treatment of a patient located within this state by a dentist located outside this state as a result of transmission of individual patient data by electronic or other means from within this state to the dentist or his or her agent.

2. The rendering of treatment to a patient located within this state by a dentist located outside this state as a result of transmission of individual patient data by electronic or other means from this state to the dentist or his or her agent.

3. The holding of himself or herself out as qualified to practice dentistry, or the use of any title, word, or abbreviation to indicate or induce others to believe that he or she is licensed to practice dentistry across state lines.

b. This definition is not intended to include an informal consultation between a licensed dentist located in this state and a dentist located outside this state, provided that the consultation is conducted without compensation or the expectation of compensation to either dentist, and does not result in the formal rendering of a written or otherwise documented professional opinion concerning the diagnosis or treatment of a patient by the dentist located outside the state.

(15) PRIVATE TECHNICIAN. A technician employed by a dentist or group of dentists for a specified salary.

(16) SEDATION. A depressed level of consciousness that retains the patient’s ability to independently and continuously maintain an airway and respond appropriately to physical stimulation or verbal command, produced by a pharmacologic method.
Ala. Code § 34-29-67 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 29 / Section 34-29-67
Section 34-29-67 Compensation and Expenses; Expenditure of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) The members of the board shall receive four hundred dollars ($400) for each day, or portion thereof, the member is actually engaged in the work of the board, and in addition, the usual per diem expenses allowed to other persons acting in the service of the State of Alabama or any of its agencies, institutions, boards, bureaus, or commissions.

(b) The legal expenses of the board for administration of this article shall be paid from funds in the State Treasury to the credit of the board and shall be paid only on warrant of the State Treasurer and approved by the Governor. No funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted pursuant to Title 41, Chapter 4, Article 4, and only in amounts as stipulated in the general appropriations act.
Ala. Code § 34-17-2 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 17 / Section 34-17-2
Section 34-17-2 Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects - Creation; Composition; Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the Alabama Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects which shall consist of three members. The board shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. In appointing members to the board, the Governor shall select those persons whose appointments, to the extent possible, ensure that the membership of the board is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. The members of the board, after the appointment of the original board, shall be registered landscape architects of recognized standing having engaged in the practice of landscape architecture in the State of Alabama for a period of two years or more at the time of their appointments and shall be citizens of this state. The terms of office of the members shall be three years, of which one term expires each year. Any vacancy occurring at any time in the membership of the board shall be filled by the Governor appointing a successor for the unexpired term.

(b) The members of the board shall receive no salary or other compensation for their services as members but shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out their duties.

(c) The board shall elect annually from its members a chair and a secretary, and the board shall hold at least two or more meetings each year.

(d) Each member of the board shall take the oath of office as prescribed by the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Ala. Code § 34-43A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 43A / Section 34-43A-1
Section 34-43A-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Massage Therapy Licensing Act.
Ala. Code § 34-8A-11 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8A / Section 34-8A-11
Section 34-8A-11 Focus of Examination
Status: in_force

The examination shall require that the applicant demonstrate his or her knowledge and application thereof in those areas deemed relevant to his or her specialty and those services he or she intends to offer to the public.
Ala. Code § 34-43A-17 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 43A / Section 34-43A-17
Section 34-43A-17 Construction with Other Regulations
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), this chapter shall supersede any regulation adopted by a political subdivision of the state related to the licensing or regulation of massage therapists and massage therapy establishments.

(b) This section shall not affect:

(1) Local regulations relating to zoning requirements or occupational license taxes pertaining to massage therapists and massage therapy establishments.

(2) Local regulations that do not relate to the practice of massage therapy by qualified individuals.

(c) A county, or a municipality within its jurisdiction, may regulate individuals licensed pursuant to this chapter. Regulation shall be consistent with this chapter and shall not supersede this chapter. This section shall not be construed to prohibit a county or municipality from regulating individuals not licensed pursuant to this chapter.
Ala. Code § 34-24-331 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / Section 34-24-331
Section 34-24-331 Application for Reciprocity to Be Certified
Status: in_force

A licensee who seeks to be licensed in another state by reciprocity on the basis of his or her Alabama license shall have his or her application therefor certified by the State Board of Medical Examiners and approved by the Medical Licensure Commission. The fee for this certification shall be $10 and shall be paid to the board.
Ala. Code § 34-7B-19 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7B / Section 34-7B-19
Section 34-7B-19 Qualifications of Applicants for Examination or Licensure - Esthetician
Status: in_force

(a) No person may be admitted to an examination or licensed as an esthetician unless he or she possesses all of the following qualifications:

(1) Is at least 16 years old.

(2) Has successfully completed at least 10 grades in secondary school, or the equivalent.

(3) Has successfully completed at least 1,000 clock hours of skin care instruction in a licensed or registered school of esthetics or school of cosmetology or on courses reported in credit hours or 2,000 hours under the immediate supervision of an esthetician continuously licensed under the provisions of this chapter, for at least five years before applying for an apprentice, over a period of three years. Credit hour programs must be reviewed and approved by the board as satisfying licensure requirements.

(b) Any applicant who satisfies the qualifications in subsection (a), pays any applicable examination fee, successfully completes any applicable examination, and pays the license fee shall be issued an esthetician license.
Ala. Code § 34-24-220.03 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / Section 34-24-220.03
Section 34-24-220.03 Compact Privilege
Status: in_force

(a) To exercise the compact privilege under the terms and provisions of the compact, the licensee shall meet all of the following requirements:

(1) Hold a license in the home state.

(2) Have no encumbrance on any state license.

(3) Be eligible for a compact privilege in any member state in accordance with subsections (g) and (h).

(4) Have not had any adverse action against any license or compact privilege within the previous two years.

(5) Notify the commission that the licensee is seeking the compact privilege within a remote state or states.

(6) Pay any applicable fees, including any state fee, for the compact privilege.

(7) Meet any jurisprudence requirements established by the remote state or states in which the licensee is seeking a compact privilege.

(8) Report to the commission adverse action taken by any non-member state within 30 days from the date the adverse action is taken.

(b) The compact privilege is valid until the expiration date of the home license. The licensee must comply with the requirements of subsection (a) to maintain the compact privilege in the remote state.

(c) A licensee providing physical therapy in a remote state under the compact privilege shall function within the laws and rules of the remote state.

(d) A licensee providing physical therapy in a remote state is subject to that state’s regulatory authority. A remote state, in accordance with due process and that state’s laws, may remove a licensee’s compact privilege in the remote state for a specific period of time, impose fines, or take any other necessary action to protect the health and safety of its residents. The licensee is not eligible for a compact privilege in any state until the specific time for removal has passed and all fines are paid.

(e) If a home state license is encumbered, the licensee shall lose the compact privilege in any remote state until both of the following occur:

(1) The home state license is no longer encumbered.

(2) Two years have elapsed from the date of the adverse action.

(f) Once an encumbered license in the home state is restored to good standing, the licensee shall meet the requirements of subsection (a) to obtain a compact privilege in any remote state.

(g) If a licensee’s compact privilege in any remote state is removed, the individual shall lose the compact privilege in every remote state until all of the following occur:

(1) The specific period of time for which the compact privilege was removed has ended.

(2) All fines have been paid.

(3) Two years have elapsed from the date of the adverse action.

(h) Once the requirements of subsection (g) have been met, the licensee shall meet the requirements in subsection (a) to obtain a compact privilege in a remote state.
Ala. Code § 34-28A-61 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 28A / Section 34-28A-61
Section 34-28A-61 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this article, and except as otherwise provided, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY. Full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. Chapters 1209 and 1211.

(2) ADVERSE ACTION. Any administrative, civil, equitable, or criminal action permitted by a state’s laws which is imposed by a licensing board or other authority against an audiologist or speech-language pathologist, including actions against an individual’s license or privilege to practice such as revocation, suspension, probation, monitoring of the licensee, or restriction on the licensee’s practice.

(3) ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM. A non-disciplinary monitoring process approved by an audiology or speech-language pathology licensing board to address impaired practitioners.

(4) AUDIOLOGIST. An individual who is licensed by a state to practice audiology.

(5) AUDIOLOGY. The care and services provided by a licensed audiologist as set forth in the member state’s laws and rules.

(6) AUDIOLOGY AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY COMPACT COMMISSION or COMMISSION. The national administrative body whose membership consists of all states that have enacted this compact.

(7) AUDIOLOGY AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY LICENSING BOARD, AUDIOLOGY LICENSING BOARD, SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY LICENSING BOARD, or LICENSING BOARD. The agency of a state that is responsible for the licensing and regulation of audiologists or speech-language pathologists, or both, which in Alabama is the Alabama Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.

(8) COMPACT PRIVILEGE. The authorization granted by a remote state to allow a licensee from another member state to practice as an audiologist or speech-language pathologist in the remote state under its laws and rules. The practice of audiology or speech-language pathology occurs in the member state where the patient, client, or student is located at the time of the patient, client, or student encounter.

(9) CURRENT SIGNIFICANT INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION. Investigative information that a licensing board, after an inquiry or investigation that includes notification and an opportunity for the audiologist or speech-language pathologist to respond, if required by state law, has reason to believe is not groundless and, if proved true, would indicate more than a minor infraction.

(10) DATA SYSTEM. A repository of information about licensees, including, but not limited to, continuing education, examination, licensure, investigative, compact privilege, and adverse action.

(11) ENCUMBERED LICENSE. A license in which an adverse action restricts the practice of audiology or speech-language pathology by the licensee and the adverse action has been reported to the National Practitioners Data Bank (NPDB).

(12) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. A group of directors elected or appointed to act on behalf of, and within the powers granted to them by, the commission.

(13) HOME STATE. The member state that is the licensee’s primary state of residence.

(14) IMPAIRED PRACTITIONER. An individual whose professional practice is adversely affected by substance abuse, addiction, or other health-related conditions.

(15) LICENSEE. An individual who currently holds an authorization from a state licensing board to practice as an audiologist or speech-language pathologist.

(16) MEMBER STATE. A state that has enacted this compact.

(17) PRIVILEGE TO PRACTICE. A legal authorization permitting the practice of audiology or speech-language pathology in a remote state.

(18) REMOTE STATE. A member state other than the home state where a licensee is exercising or seeking to exercise the compact privilege.

(19) RULE. A regulation, principle, or directive adopted by the commission that has the force of law.

(20) SINGLE-STATE LICENSE. An audiology or speech-language pathology license issued by a member state that authorizes practice only within the issuing state and does not include a privilege to practice in any other member state.

(21) SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST. An individual who is licensed by a state to practice speech-language pathology.

(22) SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY. The care and services provided by a licensed speech-language pathologist as set forth in the member state’s laws and rules.

(23) STATE. Any state, commonwealth, district, or territory of the United States of America that regulates the practice of audiology and speech-language pathology.

(24) STATE PRACTICE LAWS. A member state’s laws, rules and regulations that govern the practice of audiology or speech-language pathology, define the scope of audiology or speech-language pathology practice, and create the methods and grounds for imposing discipline.

(25) TELEHEALTH. The application of telecommunication, audio-visual, or other technologies that meets the applicable standard of care to deliver audiology or speech-language pathology services at a distance for assessment, intervention, or consultation.
Ala. Code § 34-39-12.1 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 39 / Section 34-39-12.1
Section 34-39-12.1 Alabama Occupational Therapy Wellness Committee; Impaired Practitioner Program
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall promote the early identification, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation of occupational therapists or occupational therapy assistants who may be impaired.

(b) To accomplish this obligation, the board may contract with any nonprofit corporation or medical professional association to create, support, and maintain an Alabama Occupational Therapy Wellness Committee. The committee shall be selected in a manner prescribed by the board. The board may expend available funds as necessary to adequately provide for the operational expenses of the committee including, but not limited to, the actual cost of travel, office overhead, and personnel expense. The expenditure of funds provided by the board for operating expenses of the committee are not subject to state competitive bid laws.

(c) The board may enter into an agreement with a nonprofit corporation or medical professional association for the committee to undertake those functions and responsibilities specified in the agreement, which may include any or all of the following:

(1) Contracting with providers of treatment programs.

(2) Receiving and evaluating reports of suspected impairment from any source.

(3) Intervening in cases of verified impairment.

(4) Referring impaired occupational therapists or occupational therapy assistants to treatment programs.

(5) Monitoring the treatment and rehabilitation of impaired occupational therapists or occupational therapy assistants.

(6) Providing post-treatment monitoring and support of rehabilitated impaired occupational therapists or occupational therapy assistants.

(7) Performing other activities as agreed by the board and the committee.

(d) The committee shall develop procedures in consultation with the board for all of the following:

(1) Periodic reporting of statistical information regarding impaired practitioner program activity.

(2) Periodic disclosure and joint review of all information the board deems appropriate regarding reports received, contracts or investigations made, and the disposition of each report. The committee may not disclose any personally identifiable information except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

(e) Any person appointed to serve as a member of the committee and any auxiliary personnel, consultant, attorney, or other volunteer or employee of the committee taking any action authorized by this chapter, engaging in the performance of any duties on behalf of the committee, or participating in any administrative or judicial proceeding resulting therefrom, in the performance and operation thereof, shall be immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Any nonprofit corporation or medical professional association or other entity that contracts with or receives funds from the board for the creation, support, and operation of the committee, in so doing, shall be immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed.

(f) All information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, or other documents furnished to or produced by the committee and any findings, conclusions, recommendations, or reports resulting from any investigation, intervention, treatment, or rehabilitation, or other proceeding of the committee is privileged and confidential. All records and proceedings of the committee pertaining to an impaired occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant are confidential and shall be used by the committee and the members of the committee only in the exercise of the proper function of the committee and shall not be public record nor available for court subpoena or for discovery proceedings. In the event of a breach of contract between the committee and the impaired occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant, all records pertaining to the conduct determined to cause the breach of contract shall be disclosed to the board upon its request for disciplinary purposes only. Nothing contained in this subsection shall apply to records made in the regular course of business of an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant and any information, document, or record otherwise available from an original source may not be construed as immune from discovery or use in any civil proceeding merely because it is presented or considered during proceedings of the committee.

(g) The committee shall render an annual report to the board concerning the operations and proceedings of the committee for the preceding year. The committee shall report to the board any occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant who the committee determines is impaired, when it appears that the occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant is currently in need of intervention, treatment, or rehabilitation and the occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant has failed or refused to participate in any program of treatment or rehabilitation recommended by the committee. A report to the committee shall be deemed a report to the board for the purposes of any mandated reporting of occupational therapy licensee impairment or occupational therapy assistance licensee impairment otherwise provided for by law.

(h) If the board has reasonable cause to believe that an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant is impaired, the board may cause an evaluation of the occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant to be conducted by the committee for the purpose of determining if there is an impairment. The committee shall report the findings of its evaluation to the board.
Ala. Code § 34-26-42 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 26 / Section 34-26-42
Section 34-26-42 Penalty for Unlicensed Person Held Out to Public as Psychologist or Psychological Technician
Status: in_force

(a) If any person holds himself or herself out to the public as being engaged in practice as a psychologist or psychological technician, such as clinical, counseling, school, or combined professional-scientific psychology, and does not then possess in full force and virtue a valid license to practice as a psychologist or psychological technician under this chapter, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) per occurrence nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per occurrence plus court costs. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the professional pursuits of teachers in recognized public and private schools, clergymen, practitioners of medicine, social workers, licensed professional counselors, school psychometrists, school psychologists, school counselors, and guidance counselors from full performance of their professional duties. However, in such performance any title shall be in accord with this chapter. Students of psychology, psychological interns, or other persons preparing for the profession of psychology may perform as a part of their training the functions specified in this chapter, but only under qualified supervision. Use of psychological techniques by business and industrial organizations for employment placement, evaluation, promotion, or job adjustment of their own officers or employees or by employment agencies for the evaluation of their own clients prior to recommendations for employment is also specifically allowed. However, no industrial or business firm or corporation may sell or offer to the public or to other firms or corporations for remuneration any psychological services as specified in this chapter unless the services are performed or supervised by individuals duly and appropriately licensed under this chapter.

(b) When the board has evidence that any person has engaged in any act or practice constituting a violation of this chapter, or any rule or order promulgated pursuant to this chapter, the board may bring an action in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County to enjoin the act or practice and to enforce compliance with this chapter or any rule or order promulgated pursuant to this chapter, regardless of whether criminal proceedings have been or may be initiated. Upon a proper showing, the court may order a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or a writ of mandamus.
Ala. Code § 34-13A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / Section 34-13A-6
Section 34-13A-6 Prohibited Activities; Violations
Status: in_force

(a) After the board establishes the genetic counseling licensing program as provided in this chapter, an individual who does not hold a valid license issued by the board may not do any of the following:

(1) Engage in the practice of genetic counseling in this state.

(2) Hold himself or herself out as a genetic counselor.

(3) Use, in connection with his or her name or place of business, any of the following terms:

a. Genetic counselor.

b. Licensed genetic counselor.

c. Gene counselor.

d. Genetic consultant.

e. Genetic associate.

f. Any words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying the individual holds a genetic counseling license.

(b) Any individual who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 34-8A-54 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8A / Section 34-8A-54
Section 34-8A-54 Obtaining a New Home State License Based on a Privilege to Practice
Status: in_force

(a) A licensed professional counselor may hold a home state license, which allows for a privilege to practice in other member states, in only one member state at a time.

(b) If a licensed professional counselor changes primary state of residence by moving between two member states:

(1) The licensed professional counselor shall file an application for obtaining a new home state license based on a privilege to practice, pay all applicable fees, and notify the current and new home state in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission.

(2) Upon receipt of an application for obtaining a new home state license by virtue of a privilege to practice, the new home state shall verify that the licensed professional counselor meets the pertinent criteria outlined in Section 34-8A-53 via the data system, without need for primary source verification except for:

a. An FBI fingerprint based criminal background check if not previously performed or updated pursuant to applicable rules adopted by the commission in accordance with Public Law 92-544;

b. Other criminal background check as required by the new home state; and

c. Completion of any requisite jurisprudence requirements of the new home state.

(3) The former home state shall convert the former home state license into a privilege to practice once the new home state has activated the new home state license in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this compact, if the licensed professional counselor cannot meet the criteria in Section 34-8A-53, the new home state may apply its requirements for issuing a new single state license.

(5) The licensed professional counselor shall pay all applicable fees to the new home state in order to be issued a new home state license.

(c) If a licensed professional counselor changes primary state of residence by moving from a member state to a non-member state, or from a non-member state to a member state, the state criteria shall apply for issuance of a single state license in the new state.

(d) Nothing in this compact shall interfere with a licensee’s ability to hold a single state license in multiple states, however for the purposes of this compact, a licensee shall have only one home state license.

(e) Nothing in this compact shall affect the requirements established by a member state for the issuance of a single state license.
Ala. Code § 34-7-5 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7 / Section 34-7-5
Section 34-7-5 Registration of Beauty Shops and Schools of Cosmetology; Apprentices; Shampoo Assistants
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 99-345 p. 478, § 3, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 3, 1999.
Ala. Code § 34-27-4 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27 / Section 34-27-4
Section 34-27-4 Real Estate Commission Revenue Fund and Real Estate Commission Proportionate Fund
Status: reserved

All fees, fines, charges, or other money, except as provided in Section 34-27-31, and except as provided in this section for multi-year licenses, collected by the commission shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Real Estate Commission Revenue Fund and shall be disbursed by the state Comptroller on order of the executive director at the direction of the commission. A proportionate share of all money collected by the commission as license fees during each fiscal year of a multi-year license period or during the renewal period immediately preceding that first year, and all fees collected for research and education, shall be reserved in the State Treasury in the Real Estate Commission Proportionate Fund by the state Comptroller to be disbursed quarterly to the Real Estate Research and Education Center with the remainder to be disbursed for commission expenses incurred in that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal years of that license period. The proportion for each fiscal year shall be determined by dividing the amount of money collected by the commission as license fees each fiscal year or during the renewal period immediately preceding the first year by the number of years within the multi-year license period. These sums may be invested by the State Treasurer in any investments which are legal for domestic life insurance companies under the laws of this state. Any interest or other income from investments in the proportionate fund shall be deposited into the Real Estate Commission Revenue Fund for expenditure by the commission. All other money including penalty fees collected by the commission shall be disbursed during the fiscal year in which they are collected. The state Comptroller and State Treasurer are directed to pay all expenses incurred by the commission in performing its responsibilities and exercising its authority from the Real Estate Commission Revenue Fund in the State Treasury on warrants of the state Comptroller drawn on the State Treasury on order of the executive director. The commission may not incur expenses that exceed the total fees and charges collected and paid into the State Treasury; or that exceed the amount appropriated by the Legislature. No funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted in accordance with Sections 41-4-80 through 41-4-96. All money remaining unexpended in the Real Estate Commission Revenue Fund at the end of each fiscal year shall be retained by the commission for the following fiscal year.
Ala. Code § 34-13-190 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13 / Section 34-13-190
Section 34-13-190 Certificate Required
Status: in_force

(a) No person may sell a preneed contract without first having a valid certificate of authority.

(b)(1) No person may receive any funds for payment on a preneed contract who does not hold a valid certificate of authority.

(2) Any preneed transaction in which a buyer pays to the seller before need, in whole or in part, a purchase price for funeral or cemetery merchandise and services, and in which the seller is not obligated to deliver the contracted for merchandise or to perform the services until need, in whole or in part, shall be evidenced by a written preneed contract satisfying the requirements of this chapter and signed by the seller and the purchaser. No person may receive or accept any form of consideration in such a transaction without a fully signed written preneed contract. A transaction not evidenced by a signed written preneed contract shall be voidable at the election of the buyer and, if such election is made, the seller shall refund to the buyer the entire amount paid by the buyer together with interest thereon at the legal rate within 30 days after notice to the seller.

(3) The provisions of subdivision (1) do not apply to the purchase of a life insurance policy or annuity, the benefits of which are assigned to a funeral home or cemetery authority, or the benefits of which are to be paid to a funeral home or cemetery authority named as beneficiary of the policy or annuity, as long as the purchaser and funeral home or cemetery authority acknowledge in writing that no preneed contract is entered as a result of the purchase or assignment of the life insurance policy or annuity at the time the policy or annuity is purchased. Benefits from a life insurance policy or annuity issued under this subdivision shall only be paid to a funeral home or cemetery authority that provides funeral or cemetery merchandise and services at the death of the insured whether or not the funeral home or cemetery has been named as an assignee or the beneficiary of the policy or annuity. If the amount of the policy or annuity proceeds exceeds the actual funeral costs at the time of need, the excess amount shall be paid to a designated beneficiary, other than a funeral home or cemetery authority, or to the estate of the insured or annuitant.

(4) Subdivision (1) does not apply to any legal reserve insurance company or to any trust company or to any national or state bank or savings and loan association having trust powers which company, bank, or association receives any money in trust pursuant to the sale of a preneed contract.

(c) (1) No person may obtain a certificate of authority under this chapter for the preneed sale of funeral services or cemetery services unless the person or its agent, in the case of a corporate entity, holds a license as a funeral director or a funeral establishment, or is a cemetery authority and qualifies as an applicant for a certificate of authority pursuant to all of the following standards and qualifications:

a. The applicant shall be at least the legal age of majority in this state.

b. The applicant shall be in good standing with the board.

c. The applicant may not have any felony or misdemeanor convictions that relate to any activity regulated by this chapter or a crime involving moral turpitude, as defined by this chapter.

d. The applicant shall be of good moral character and submit to a criminal history background check pursuant to subdivision (2).

(2) An applicant for a certificate of authority shall submit to the board, on a form sworn to by the applicant, his or her name, date of birth, Social Security number, and two complete sets of fingerprints for completion of a criminal history background check. The board shall submit the fingerprints to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency for a state criminal history background check. The fingerprints shall be forwarded by the agency to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history background check. Costs associated with conducting a criminal history background check shall be paid by the applicant. The board shall keep information received pursuant to this subdivision confidential, except that information received and relied upon in denying the issuance of a certificate of authority may be disclosed if necessary to support the denial. All character information, including the information obtained through the criminal history background checks, shall be considered in licensure decisions to the extent permissible by all applicable laws.

(d) This section does not apply to a cemetery authority owned or operated by a governmental agency or a religious institution or to those cemeteries that do not charge fees or sell plots, interment rights, or any related cemetery merchandise .
Ala. Code § 34-24-70.1 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 24 / Section 34-24-70.1
Section 34-24-70.1 Temporary Certificate of Qualification for Certain Applicants Relocated to or Stationed in State Under Official Military Orders
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The board, subject to the rules adopted by the board, may issue a temporary certificate of qualification to a physician applicant who is relocated to or stationed in this state under official military orders and who satisfies any of the following:

a. Is an active duty, reserve, or transitioning member of a branch of the United States Armed Forces, including the National Guard.

b. Is the spouse of an active duty, reserve, or transitioning member of a branch of the United States Armed Forces, including the National Guard.

c. Is the surviving spouse of a service member who, at the time of his or her death, was serving on active duty.

(2) For the purposes of this section, a transitioning service member is a member of the United States Armed Forces, including the National Guard, on active duty status or on separation leave who is within 24 months of retirement or 12 months of separation.

(b) The Medical Licensure Commission, subject to the rules adopted by the commission, may issue a temporary license to practice medicine to an applicant who has been issued a temporary certificate of qualification by the board under this section.

(c) A physician may receive a temporary certificate of qualification issued under subsection (a) if he or she satisfies the requirements of subsection (a), to the satisfaction of the board, and presents evidence satisfactory to the board of all of the following:

(1) Possession of a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine issued by the appropriate medical licensing board of another state, the District of Columbia, a territory of the United States, or a province of Canada.

(2) Graduation from a medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation, or a medical school listed on the International Medical Education Directory or its equivalent.

(3) Pursuant to the qualifications set forth in Section 34-24-70(a)(3) and any rule adopted pursuant to that section, passage of each component of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX-USA), the Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada Examination, or any of their predecessor examinations, accepted by the board as an equivalent examination for licensure purposes.

(4) Successful completion of graduate medical education approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association.

(5) Has never been convicted, received adjudication, community supervision, or deferred disposition of any felony offense or any crime related to fraud, violence, sexual violations, or related to the practice of medicine.

(6) Has never had his or her medical license subjected to discipline by a licensing agency in any state, federal, or foreign jurisdiction, excluding any action related to the nonpayment of fees related to a license.

(7) Has never had a controlled substance license or permit suspended or revoked by a state or the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.

(8) Is not currently under investigation by a licensing agency or law enforcement authority in any state, federal, or foreign jurisdiction.

(9) Is a United States citizen, a national of the United States, or an alien lawfully present in the United States.

(d) A physician who is issued a temporary certificate of qualification under this section shall apply for a certificate of qualification pursuant to Section 34-24-70 within 12 months after the issuance of a temporary certificate of qualification.

(1) A temporary certificate of qualification issued under subsection (a) shall expire 12 months after the date of issuance if an application for a certificate of qualification pursuant to Section 34-24-70 is not received by the board.

(2) A physician who applies for a certificate of qualification pursuant to Section 34-24-70 and the rules adopted by the board within 12 months after issuance of a temporary certificate of qualification may practice medicine under a license issued by the commission under this section until such time as the application is acted upon by the board and the Medical Licensure Commission.

(e) The State Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission may each adopt rules to implement this section and to permit the expedited processing of applications for a temporary certificate of qualification and medical license.

(f) A temporary certificate of qualification and license shall clearly indicate that it is a temporary certificate or license for military service members or their spouses.

(g) Any physician issued a temporary license under this section shall be subject to having his or her license suspended or revoked by the Medical Licensure Commission for the same causes or reasons, and in the same manner, as provided by law for other physicians licensed pursuant to this chapter.
Ala. Code § 34-8A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8A / Section 34-8A-5
Section 34-8A-5 Board of Examiners in Counseling - Officers; Compensation; Meetings; Seal; Rules and Regulations; Grants
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect annually a chair and a vice chair. Each member shall receive daily compensation as established by the board for each day actively engaged in the duties of the board and the same travel expense allowance as is paid to state employees for travel in the service of the board. At the request of the executive director, a board member may work additional days on behalf of the board. For such activities, the board member shall be compensated at the same daily rate for scheduled board meetings and shall receive the same travel expense allowance as is paid to state employees for travel in the service of the board. The amounts shall in no case exceed funds available to the board. The board shall hold at least one regular meeting each year. Additional meetings may be held at the discretion of the chair or at the written request of any three members of the board. The board shall adopt a seal which shall be affixed to all licenses and certificates issued by the board. The board shall from time to time adopt those rules and regulations as the board may deem necessary for the performance of the duties of the board. The board may appoint and employ a qualified person possessing a high degree of professional skill, not subject to the State Merit System, to serve as executive director. The compensation of the executive director shall be established by the board. Four members of the board shall be empowered to accept grants from foundations and institutions to carry on the functions of the board.

(b) Notwithstanding any other contrary provision of law, the executive director employed by the board may be a practicing licensee of the board.
Ala. Code § 34-3-16 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 3 / Section 34-3-16
Section 34-3-16 Annual Meeting of the State Bar and Board of Commissioners; Election of Officers and Duties Thereof
Status: in_force

(a) Annual meeting. There shall be an annual meeting of the lawyers of Alabama, open to all members of the State Bar in good standing, to be held at such place and time as the Board of Commissioners shall designate. At the same place, and immediately following the adjournment of the annual meeting of the State Bar, the Board of Commissioners shall hold its annual meeting.

(b) Officers; their election and succession.

(1) The officers of the Alabama State Bar shall be the president, president-elect, vice-president, and secretary. At the time of nomination and election and during incumbency, the president, president-elect, and vice-president each shall be a member in good standing of the Alabama State Bar.

(2) The office of president shall be filled annually by succession at the end of the annual meeting, at which time the president-elect, who has served as president-elect during the preceding year, shall succeed to the presidency. The president shall not be eligible to serve successive terms.

(3) A president-elect shall be elected annually as hereinafter provided, and shall take office as president-elect at the end of the annual meeting held during the year of such election. Such president-elect shall succeed to the presidency at the end of the annual meeting held during the next succeeding year, at which time the term of the preceding president shall expire. The president-elect shall be elected by the members of the State Bar in good standing, who shall vote by secret ballot delivered or mailed to State Bar headquarters by the date designated by the Board of Commissioners.

(4) To qualify for election as president-elect, a candidate shall file at State Bar headquarters a nominating petition signed by at least 25 members in good standing by the date established by the Board of Commissioners, provided, however, that the deadline for filing nominating petitions shall be at least 90 days prior to the election.

(5) At its annual meeting, the Board of Commissioners shall elect a vice-president, who shall be a current member of the Board of Commissioners. It also shall elect a secretary, who need not be a member of the board, and such other officers of the board and agents as the board may deem appropriate, all of whom shall hold office at the pleasure of the board and shall be subject to removal without cause by the board at any time.

(6) The secretary and president shall be the only paid officers of the board. The secretary shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the board, and the president may be paid an additional allowance to be fixed by the board.

(7) The Board of Commissioners may prescribe rules and regulations for the administration of the elections not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.

(c) The president, president-elect, and immediate past president, respectively, shall serve ex officio as president, president-elect, and immediate past president, respectively, of the Board of Commissioners, and shall discharge the duties imposed in this chapter on the president, president-elect, and immediate past president, respectively; they shall be reimbursed for their expense as are elected members of the board, and may attend all meetings of the board, including executive sessions thereof; but shall not vote as members of the board, unless they are members by election thereto under the provisions of Section 34-3-41, except that the president, the president-elect, or the vice-president, if presiding, may vote in case of a tie.

(d) The vice-president shall assume office upon his or her election and shall hold office until his or her successor is elected by the Board of Commissioners at the next annual meeting of the Board of Commissioners.

(e) The president shall preside at all meetings of the board and of the State Bar. In the absence or disqualification of the president at any meeting of the board or the State Bar, his or her duties shall be discharged by the vice-president.

(f) In the event a vacancy in the office of the president, the vice-president shall succeed to the presidency, and shall serve out the unexpired term. In the event the vice-president shall succeed to the presidency, the Board of Commissioners shall elect a new vice-president for the unexpired term in the manner provided for herein. In the event of a vacancy in the office of president-elect, a president also shall be elected at the same time and in the same manner as the president-elect.

(g) The president and president-elect of the State Bar who shall hold office on January 1, 1987, shall remain in office until the end of the next annual meeting, at which time the president-elect shall assume the office of president.
Ala. Code § 34-27-10 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27 / Section 34-27-10
Section 34-27-10 Chapter Cumulative
Status: in_force

(a) The requirements of this chapter shall be in addition to the requirements of existing or future laws or ordinances of any state, county, or municipality taxing, licensing, or regulating real estate brokers or salesmen.

(b) A licensee under this chapter shall not be subject to the requirements of Section 40-12-150 when he or she sells, offers to sell, or advertises for sale realty situated in another state or county.

(c) Licensees under this chapter shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 5-19-22.
Ala. Code § 34-8A-7 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8A / Section 34-8A-7
Section 34-8A-7 Qualifications for Licensed Professional Counselor; Specialty Designation
Status: in_force

The board shall issue a license as a licensed professional counselor to each applicant who files an application upon a form and in a manner as the board prescribes, accompanied by a fee as is required in this chapter, and who furnishes satisfactory evidence of the following to the board:

(1) The applicant is at least 19 years of age.

(2) The applicant is of good moral character.

(3) The applicant is not in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted hereunder.

(4) The applicant has received a master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher learning which is primarily professional counseling in content based on national standards, or the substantial equivalent in both subject matter and extent of training. The board shall use the standards of nationally recognized professional counseling associations as guides in establishing the standards for counselor licensure.

(5) The applicant submits documentation of completion of 3,000 hours of supervised experience in professional counseling acceptable to the board. An applicant may subtract 1,000 hours of the required professional experience for every 15 graduate semester hours obtained beyond the master’s degree, provided that those hours are clearly related to the field of professional counseling and are acceptable to the board. In no case may the applicant have less than 1,000 hours of the required professional supervised experience.

(6) The applicant demonstrates competence and knowledge in professional counseling by passing an examination, as the board prescribes. A specialty designation may be added upon demonstration to the board that the applicant has met the recognized minimum standards as established by nationally recognized certification agencies. Upon successful passage of an examination, and upon receipt of credentials from certifying agencies the board may, by a majority of the board members present and voting, consider the credentials adequate evidence of professional competence and recommend to the chair of the board that a license with appropriate specialty designation, if any, be approved. A licensed professional counselor cannot claim or advertise a counseling specialty unless the qualifications of that specialty have been met and have been approved by the board.

(7) The applicant is a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal government.
Ala. Code § 34-7B-6 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7B / Section 34-7B-6
Section 34-7B-6 Board of Cosmetology and Barbering Fund
Status: in_force

(a) There is established a special fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Board of Cosmetology and Barbering Fund. The fund shall consist of all monies received by the board pursuant to this chapter. Monies in the fund shall be disbursed only upon warrant of the Comptroller upon itemized vouchers signed by the treasurer of the board or an authorized designee. Any money remaining in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall remain on deposit in the fund for the use of the board.

(b) All funds and fees of any nature received by the board shall be paid to the fund or a designated party on behalf of the board.
Ala. Code § 34-9-5 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 9 / Section 34-9-5
Section 34-9-5 Penalties
Status: in_force

Any individual who engages in the practice of dentistry in this state within the meaning of this chapter without having first obtained from the board a license to practice dentistry shall be guilty of a Class C felony and shall be punished as prescribed by law.
Ala. Code § 34-28A-65 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 28A / Section 34-28A-65
Section 34-28A-65 Active Duty Military Personnel or Their Spouses
Status: in_force

A licensee who is an active duty military or his or her spouse shall designate a home state where the individual has a current license in good standing. The individual may retain the home state designation during the period the service member is on active duty. Subsequent to designating a home state, the individual shall only change his or her home state through application for licensure in the new state.
Ala. Code § 34-3-9 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 3 / Section 34-3-9
Section 34-3-9 Certain Ministerial Officers Prohibited from Practicing Law
Status: in_force

Any sheriff, coroner, or deputy thereof, or constable who practices law in any court of this state must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.
Ala. Code § 34-13-1 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13 / Section 34-13-1
Section 34-13-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) ACCREDITED SCHOOL OR COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE. A school or college approved by the American Board of Funeral Service Education, or a successor organization, which maintains a course of instruction of not less than 48 calendar weeks or four academic quarters or college terms and which gives a course of instruction in the fundamental subjects related to funeral service and mortuary science education as approved by the American Board of Funeral Service Education, or a successor organization, and other courses of instruction in fundamental subjects as may be prescribed by the Alabama Board of Funeral Services.

(2) ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS. The technical process that reduces human remains to bone fragments using heat, water, and chemical agents.

(3) ALTERNATIVE CONTAINER. A nonmetal receptacle or enclosure, without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, which is designed for the encasement of human remains and which is made of cardboard, pressed-wood, composition materials, with or without an outside covering, pouches of canvas, or other materials.

(4) AMERICAN BOARD OF FUNERAL SERVICE EDUCATION. The national academic accreditation agency for college and university programs in funeral service and mortuary science education. The accrediting function of the American Board of Funeral Service Education is recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation.

(5) APPRENTICE EMBALMER or EMBALMER’S APPRENTICE. Any person engaged in the study of the art of embalming under the instructions and supervision of a licensed embalmer practicing in this state.

(6) APPRENTICE FUNERAL DIRECTOR or FUNERAL DIRECTOR’S APPRENTICE. Any person operating under or in association with a funeral director for the purpose of learning the business or profession of funeral director, to the end that he or she may become licensed under this chapter.

(7) AT-NEED. At the time of death or immediately following death.

(8) AUTHORIZING AGENT. A person at least 18 years of age, except in the case of a surviving spouse or parent, who is legally entitled to order the cremation or final disposition of particular human remains.

(9) BASIC SERVICES FEE. The fee for the professional services of the funeral director and staff that is added to the total cost of the funeral arrangements. The term includes a charge for services performed in conducting the arrangements conference, planning the funeral, securing the necessary permits, preparing the notices, and coordinating the cemetery or crematory arrangements.

(10) BELOW-GROUND CRYPT. A preplaced enclosed chamber, usually constructed of reinforced concrete, poured in place or a precast unit installed in quantity, either side-by-side or multiple depth, and covered by earth or sod and known also as a lawn crypt or turf-top crypt.

(11) BENEFICIARY. One who benefits from an act, such as one for whom a preneed contract is entered into or the successor-in-interest of a life insurance policy.

(12) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Funeral Services.

(13) BRANCH. Any person or entity that is part of a common business enterprise that has a certificate of authority issued pursuant to Article 5 and elects to operate under a name other than that of the common business enterprise.

(14) BURIAL. The placement of human remains in a grave space or lawn crypt.

(15) CASH ADVANCE ITEMS. Any item of service or merchandise described to a purchaser using the term cash advance, accommodation, cash disbursement, or similar term. A cash advance item is also any item obtained from a third party and paid for by a funeral provider on behalf of a purchaser. Cash advance items include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

a. Cemetery or crematory services.

b. Pallbearers.

c. Public or other transportation.

d. Clergy honoraria.

e. Flowers.

f. Musicians or singers.

g. Nurses.

h. Obituary notices.

i. Funeral programs.

j. Gratuities.

k. Death certificates.

l. Outer burial containers.

m. Cemetery plots.

n. Escorts.

(16) CASKET. A rigid container designed for the encasement of human remains which is usually constructed of wood, metal, or similar material and ornamented and lined with fabric .

(17) CEMETERY. A place established, maintained, managed, operated, or improved which is dedicated to and used or intended to be used for the permanent interment of human remains and their memorialization . It may be either land or earth interment; a columbarium; a mausoleum for vault or crypt entombment; a structure or place used or intended to be used for the interment of cremated remains; cryogenic storage; or any combination of one or more thereof.

(18) CEMETERY AUTHORITY. Any individual, person, firm, profit or nonprofit corporation, trustee, partnership, society, religious society, church association or denomination, municipality, or other group or entity, however organized, insofar as they or any of them may now or hereafter establish, own, operate, lease, control, or manage one or more cemeteries, burial parks, mausoleums, columbariums, or any combination or variation thereof, or hold lands or structures for burial grounds or burial purposes in this state and engage in the operation of a cemetery, including any one or more of the following: The care and maintenance of a cemetery; the interment, entombment, and memorialization of the human dead in a cemetery; the sale, installation, care, maintenance, or any combination thereof, with respect to monuments, markers, foundations, memorials, burial vaults, urns, crypts, mausoleums, columbariums, flower vases, floral arrangements, and other cemetery accessories for installation or use within a cemetery; and the supervision and conduct of funeral and burial services within the bounds of the cemetery.

(19) CEMETERY MERCHANDISE. Any personal property offered for sale, contracted for sale, or sold for use in connection with the burial, final disposition, memorialization, interment, entombment, or inurnment of human remains by a cemetery authority. The term specifically includes, but is not limited to, the casket, the alternative container, the outer burial container, and the memorial .

(20) CEMETERY SERVICES. At-need or preneed services provided by a cemetery authority for interment, entombment, inurnment, and installation of cemetery merchandise.

(21) CERTIFICATE HOLDER. A funeral establishment, cemetery authority, third-party seller, or any other person to whom a valid certificate of authority to sell preneed contracts has been granted by the board.

(22) COLUMBARIUM. A structure or room or space in a building or structure used or intended to be used for the inurnment of cremated remains.

(23) CONVICTION. The entry of a plea of guilty or a guilty verdict rendered by any court of competent jurisdiction, excluding traffic violations.

(24) CREMATED REMAINS. Human remains recovered after the completion of the cremation process, including pulverization, which leaves only bone fragments reduced to unidentifiable dimensions, and the residue of any foreign materials that were cremated with the human remains.

(25) CREMATED REMAINS CONTAINER. A receptacle in which cremated remains are placed.

(26) CREMATION. The technical irreversible process, using heat, flames, or chemical agents, that reduces human remains to bone fragments. The reduction takes place through heat and evaporation. Cremation shall include the processing, and may include the pulverization, of the bone fragments. Cremation is a process and is a method of final disposition.

(27) CREMATIONIST. A person licensed by the board to perform the procedure of cremation.

(28) CREMATION CHAMBER. The retort or vessel used to reduce human remains to bone fragments.

(29) CREMATION CONTAINER. The container in which human remains are transported to a crematory, in which human remains are placed upon arrival at a crematory, or for storage and placement in a cremation chamber for cremation.

(30) CREMATORY. A building or portion of a building that houses a cremation chamber and that may house a holding facility for purposes of cremation and as part of a funeral establishment.

(31) CREMATORY AUTHORITY. Any person who owns or controls a crematory.

(32) DEATH CERTIFICATE. A legal document containing vital statistics pertaining to the life and death of the deceased.

(33) DECEASED or DECEDENT. One who is no longer living.

(34) EMBALMER. Any person engaged, or holding himself or herself out as engaged, in the business, practice, science, or profession of embalming, whether on his or her own behalf or in the employ of a registered and licensed funeral director.

(35) EMBALMING. The practice, science, or profession, as commonly practiced, of preserving, disinfecting, and preparing by application of chemicals or other effectual methods, human dead for burial, cremation, or transportation.

(36) ENCASEMENT. The placement of human remains in a rigid container including, but not limited to, a casket or urn.

(37) ENDOWMENT CARE. The maintenance and repair of all places in a cemetery, subject to the rules of the cemetery authority. The term may also be referred to as endowed care, perpetual care, improvement care, or permanent care.

(38) ENDOWMENT CARE TRUST FUND. An irrevocable trust fund set aside by law with a trustee, along with the income therefrom, to provide for the endowment care of a cemetery.

(39) ENTOMBMENT. The act of placing human remains in a mausoleum crypt.

(40) FINAL DISPOSITION. The lawful disposal of human remains whether by interment, cremation, or other method.

(41) FUNERAL. A ceremony for celebrating, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a person who has died. A funeral may be divided into the following two parts:

a. The funeral service, which may take place at a funeral home, church, or other place.

b. The committal service or disposition, which may take place by the grave, tomb, mausoleum, or crematory where the body of the decedent is to be buried or cremated.

(42) FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. The completing of funeral service arrangements, cremation arrangements, and the financial details of a funeral at the time of death. The term includes the collection of vital statistic information, death certificate information, and obituary and funeral notice completion, the completion of a statement of funeral goods and services selected, the organizing of funeral and memorial services for families, and the ordering of cash advance items.

(43) FUNERAL BENEFICIARY. The person or persons who will receive the benefit of the funeral and cemetery goods and services to be delivered under a preneed contract at the time of his, her, or their death.

(44) FUNERAL DIRECTING. The practice of directing or supervising funerals, the practice of preparing dead human bodies for burial by means other than embalming, or the preparation for the final disposition of dead human bodies; the making of funeral arrangements or providing for funeral services or the making of financial arrangements for the rendering of these services; the provision or maintenance of a place for the preparation for final disposition of dead human bodies; the use of the terms funeral director, undertaker, mortician, funeral parlor, or any other term from which can be implied the practice of funeral directing; or the holding out to the public that one is a funeral director or engaged in a practice described in this subdivision.

(45) FUNERAL DIRECTOR. A person required to be licensed to practice the profession of funeral directing under the laws of this state, who consults with the public, who plans details of funeral services with members of the family and minister or any other person responsible for such planning, or who directs, is in charge, or apparent charge of, and supervises funeral service in a funeral home, church, or other place; who enters into the making, negotiation, or completion of financial arrangements for funeral services, or who uses in connection with the profession of funeral directing the terms funeral director, undertaker, funeral counselor, mortician, or any other term or picture or combination thereof when considered in context in which used, from which can be implied the practicing of the profession of funeral directing or that the person using such term or picture can be implied to be holding himself or herself out to the public as being engaged in the profession of funeral directing; and for all purposes under Alabama law, a funeral director is considered a professional. For the purposes of this chapter, the term does not include any cemetery authority.

(46) FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENTS. The term includes any funeral home or mortuary service located at a specific street address where the profession of funeral directing, embalming, or cremation is practiced in the care, planning, and preparation for burial, cremation, or transportation of human dead. A funeral establishment shall consist of and maintain all of the following facilities:

a. A preparation room equipped with sanitary nonporous floor and wall and necessary drainage and ventilation, and containing operating embalming equipment, necessary approved tables, instruments, hot and cold running water, containers or receptacles for soiled linen or clothing, and supplies for the preparation and embalming of dead human bodies for burial, cremation, and transportation.

b. A display room containing a stock of adult caskets and funeral supplies displayed in full size, cuts, photographs, or electronic images. At no time shall less than eight different adult size caskets be on the premises.

c. At least one operating funeral coach or hearse properly licensed and equipped for transporting human remains in a casket or urn.

d. If engaged in the practice of cremation, the establishment shall satisfy all crematory requirements provided in this chapter and have on site an adequate supply of urns for display and sale.

e. A room suitable for public viewing or other funeral services that is a minimum of 1,000 square feet.

f. An office for holding arrangement conferences with relatives or authorizing agents.

(47) FUNERAL SERVICE. At-need or preneed services provided by a funeral establishment in connection with funeral directing, final disposition of human remains, or installation of memorials.

(48) FUNERAL SUPPLIES or FUNERAL MERCHANDISE. Any item offered for sale, contracted for sale, or sold for use in connection with funeral directing or funeral services when sold by a funeral director including, but not limited to, caskets, alternative containers, outer burial containers, urns, memorials, clothing used to dress human dead when sold by a funeral director, and all equipment and accoutrements normally required for the preparation for burial or funeral and other disposition of human dead.

(49) GRAVE SPACE. A space of ground in a cemetery that is used or intended to be used for in-ground burial.

(50) GROSS IMMORALITY. Willful, flagrant, or shameful immorality or showing a moral indifference to the opinions of the good and respectable members of the community and to the just obligations of the position held by the offender.

(51) HOLDING ROOM. Either of the following:

a. A room within a funeral establishment that satisfies the requirements of a branch location as provided in this chapter or board rule, for the retention of human remains before final disposition.

b. A room within a crematory facility, designated for the retention of human remains before and after cremation, that is not accessible to the public.

(52) HUMAN REMAINS. The body of a decedent in any stage of decomposition, including cremated remains.

(53) INTERMENT. The final disposition of human remains by burial, burial at sea, entombment, or inurnment.

(54) INTERMENT RIGHT. The right to inter human remains in a particular interment space in a cemetery.

(55) INTERMENT SPACE. A space intended for the final disposition of human remains including, but not limited to, a grave space, mausoleum crypt, niche, or below-ground crypt.

(56) INURNMENT. The act of placing cremated remains in a receptacle including, but not limited to, an urn and depositing it in a niche.

(57) LICENSEE. Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint venture, or limited liability company that obtains a license, certificate, or registration in accordance with this chapter.

(58) MANAGING CREMATIONIST. A licensed funeral director and cremationist who has full charge, control, and supervision of all activities involving cremation at a funeral establishment or crematory.

(59) MANAGING EMBALMER. A licensed embalmer who has full charge, control, and supervision of all activities involving the preparation room and embalming.

(60) MANAGING FUNERAL DIRECTOR. A licensed funeral director who has full charge, control, and supervision of all activities involving funeral directing for a funeral establishment.

(61) MAUSOLEUM. A chamber or structure used or intended to be used for entombment.

(62) MAUSOLEUM CRYPT. A chamber of a mausoleum of sufficient size for entombment of human remains.

(63) MEMORIAL. Any product, other than a mausoleum or columbarium, used for identifying an interment space or for commemoration of the life, deeds, or career of some decedent including, but not limited to, a monument, marker, niche plate, urn garden plaque, crypt plate, cenotaph, marker bench, and vase.

(64) MEMORIAL RETAILER. Any person offering or selling memorials at retail to the public.

(65) MEMORIALIZATION. Any permanent system designed to mark or record the names and other data pertaining to a decedent.

(66) MORAL TURPITUDE. Any unlawful sexual or violent act, or any act involving theft, theft of services, theft by deception, extortion, receiving stolen property, identity theft, forgery, fraud, tampering with records, bribery, perjury, or any similar act in any jurisdiction.

(67) MORTUARY SCIENCE. The scientific, professional, and practical aspects, with due consideration given to accepted practices, covering the care, preparation for burial, or transportation of dead human bodies, which shall include the preservation and sanitation of the bodies and restorative art and those aspects related to public health, jurisprudence, and good business administration.

(68) MORTUARY SERVICE. A location with a specific street address where embalming or cremation, or both, is practiced for a licensed funeral establishment and where no services or merchandise are sold directly or at retail to the public. A mortuary service shall consist of and maintain all of the following facilities:

a. A preparation room equipped with sanitary nonporous floor and walls, operating embalming equipment, and necessary drainage and ventilation, and containing necessary approved tables, instruments, hot and cold running water, containers or receptacles for soiled linen or clothing, and supplies for the preparation and embalming of dead human bodies for burial, cremation, and transportation.

b. At least one operating motor vehicle properly licensed and equipped for transporting human remains in a casket or urn.

c. If engaged in the practice of cremation, the establishment shall satisfy all requirements for a crematory provided in this chapter.

(69) NICHE. A space usually within a columbarium used or intended to be used for inurnment of cremated remains.

(70) OPERATOR. A person, corporation, firm, legal representative, managing funeral director, general manager, or other organization owning or operating a funeral establishment or cemetery .

(71) OUTER BURIAL CONTAINER. A rigid container that is designed for placement in the grave space around the casket or the urn including, but not limited to, containers commonly known as burial vaults, grave boxes, and grave liners.

(72) PERSON. Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association, trustee, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or other entity, or any combination thereof.

(73) PRACTICAL EMBALMER. Any person who has been actively and continuously engaged or employed in the practice of embalming under the supervision of a licensed embalmer for four consecutive years immediately preceding May 1, 1975, and has been issued a license as a practical embalmer under the grandfather provisions of this chapter.

(74) PREARRANGEMENT. Completing the details for selection of merchandise or services on a preneed basis, which may or may not include prefunding or prepayment.

(75) PREDEVELOPED. Designated areas or buildings within a cemetery that have been mapped and planned for future construction but are not yet completed.

(76) PREDEVELOPED INTERMENT SPACE. An interment space that is planned for future construction but is not yet completed.

(77) PREFUND. Completing the financial details of a prearrangement, which include prefunding or prepayment.

(78) PRENEED. Any time prior to death.

(79) PRENEED CONTRACT. A written contract to purchase funeral merchandise, funeral services, cemetery merchandise, or cemetery services from the seller on a preneed basis.

(80) PRENEED CONTRACT TRUST FUND. The funds received pursuant to a preneed contract which are required by law to be held in trust until the merchandise or services purchased pursuant to the contract are delivered or provided or until otherwise lawfully withdrawn.

(81) PRENEED SALES AGENT. A person who is in the business of selling preneed contracts.

(82) PROCESSING or PULVERIZATION. The reduction of identifiable bone fragments after the completion of the cremation process to unidentifiable bone fragments or granulated particles by manual or mechanical means.

(83) PROVIDER. The person, who may or may not be the seller, who actually provides merchandise and services under the terms of a preneed contract.

(84) PURCHASE PRICE. The amount paid by the purchaser for merchandise and services purchased under a preneed contract, exclusive of finance charges, sales tax, charges relating to interment rights, arrangement conference fees, or charges for credit life insurance.

(85) PURCHASER. The person who purchases a preneed contract either on his or her behalf or on behalf of a third-party beneficiary.

(86) RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION. An organization formed primarily for religious purposes which has applied and qualified for exemption from federal income tax as an exempt organization under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3).

(87) SCATTERING. The lawful dispersion of cremated remains.

(88) SELLER. Any person offering or selling merchandise or services on a preneed basis, including, but not limited to, funeral establishments, cemetery authorities, crematory authorities, and memorial retailers.

(89) SPECIAL CARE. Any care provided, or to be provided, that is supplemental to or in excess of endowment care, in accordance with the specific directions of any donor of funds for those purposes.

(90) SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST. A person who lawfully follows another in ownership or control of property or rights.

(91) TEMPORARY CONTAINER. A receptacle for cremated remains, usually composed of cardboard, plastic, or similar material, that can be closed in a manner that prevents the leakage or spillage of the cremated remains or the entrance of foreign material, and is a single container of sufficient size to hold the cremated remains until an urn is acquired or the cremated remains are scattered or buried.

(92) THIRD-PARTY SELLER. Any person, who is not a funeral establishment or a cemetery authority, engaged in the sale of preneed funeral merchandise or cemetery merchandise.

(93) TRUSTEE. Any person, state or national bank, trust company, or federally insured savings and loan association lawfully appointed as fiduciary over funds deposited by one or more purchasers of a preneed contract or deposited pursuant to an endowment care trust fund. The term does not refer to a board of trustees.

(94) URN. A receptacle designed to encase cremated remains.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall require a funeral director or funeral establishment to have or provide a chapel or to restrict the conduct of funeral services from a church or chapel.
Ala. Code § 34-25B-11 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 25B / Section 34-25B-11
Section 34-25B-11 License Application; Release of Information
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an application and all information on an application for licensure as a private investigator, private investigator apprentice, or private investigation agency shall be treated as confidential and shall be filed with the board on forms prescribed by the board. The application shall include all of the following information of the applicant:

(1) His or her full name.

(2) His or her date and place of birth.

(3) All residences during the immediate past five years.

(4) All employment or occupations engaged in during the immediate past five years.

(5) Three sets of classifiable fingerprints or electronic fingerprints or criminal history background information, or both, as approved by the board for initial licensure.

(6) A list of convictions and pending charges involving a felony or misdemeanor in any jurisdiction.

(b) The board may publish the name of a licensee and his or her license number, date of licensure, and license status on the website of the board and in any licensee directory printed or distributed by the board. Additionally, with written permission of the licensee, the board may release or publish contact information for a licensee, including his or her email address, website, telephone number, and address.
Ala. Code § 34-33A-3 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 33A / Section 34-33A-3
Section 34-33A-3 Applicability; Exceptions
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or joint venture to engage in the business of installation, repair, alteration, addition, maintenance, or inspection of a fire alarm system in this state except in conformity with this chapter.

(b) This chapter shall not apply to the following:

(1) The owner of a fire alarm system who employs skilled trained workers who regularly and routinely install, repair, alter, add to, maintain, and inspect fire alarm systems on and within the premises of the owner for the use of the owner only.

(2) A smoke detector installed in a residential dwelling.

(3) A residential combination burglary and fire alarm system installed by a licensed burglary alarm contractor in a residential occupancy as defined in the adopted building code where located.
Ala. Code § 34-25B-50 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 25B / Section 34-25B-50
Section 34-25B-50 License and Registration Requirements
Status: in_force

(a)(1) A business entity and its agents, officers, and employees, whether domiciled within or outside of this state, which employ or subcontract with private investigators, may not practice, advertise, or hold themselves out to the public as a private investigation agency without first being licensed by the board. A violation of this subsection by an applicant or a licensee shall be punishable as a Class A misdemeanor. (2) This subsection does not prevent a business entity domiciled outside of this state from contracting with a private investigation agency domiciled within this state, but requires any private investigator doing contract work for a business entity domiciled outside of this state, which is not licensed in this state, to register as a private investigation agency. (b) Commencing on January 1, 2024, no business entity that conducts private investigations for compensation in this state, and employs private investigators in this state, may operate without a license.
Ala. Code § 34-11-16 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 11 / Section 34-11-16
Section 34-11-16 Violations; Civil Penalties; Notice and Hearing; Subpoena Power; Appeal
Status: reserved

REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-550 EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
Ala. Code § 34-7B-2 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7B / Section 34-7B-2
Section 34-7B-2 Board of Cosmetology and Barbering - Creation; Composition; Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering which shall consist of seven persons appointed by the Governor. The membership of the board shall include all of the following:

(1) Two active cosmetologists, who have been licensed by the board as cosmetologists for at least five years before appointment.

(2) Two actively practicing Class 2 barbers, who have been practicing in the state for at least five years before appointment. Except for the initial members appointed to the board, Class 2 barber members of the board shall be licensed by the board before appointment.

(3) One active esthetician who has been licensed by the board as an esthetician for at least five years before appointment.

(4) One active manicurist who has been licensed by the board as a manicurist for at least five years before appointment.

(5) One consumer.

(b) One member shall be appointed from each congressional district, as those districts are constituted on August 1, 2013, and shall reside in the district he or she represents during the entire term of office.

(c) The membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state.

(d) All appointments shall be for a term of four years. No person shall serve for more than two terms on the newly constituted board. Except as an instructor, no member of the board may be affiliated with or own a school regulated by this chapter or any business which sells, rents, or distributes supplies to shops or schools. Any board member may be removed by the Governor for just cause.

(e) The terms of all board members serving on August 1, 2013, shall continue until expiration pursuant to original appointment. To facilitate the intent of this chapter, members whose terms expire by October 30, 2013, shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed pursuant to this chapter. As terms expire, successor board members shall be appointed by the Governor pursuant to subsection (a).

(f) Members of the board shall annually elect from among their members a chair, a vice chair, a secretary, and a treasurer. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be combined.

(g) Each member of the board shall be paid one hundred dollars ($100) per day for the transaction of board business, not exceeding 36 days during any calendar year, and shall be paid the same mileage and per diem rate as state employees.
Ala. Code § 34-27A-59 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27A / Section 34-27A-59
Section 34-27A-59 Removal of Appraiser from Appraiser Panel
Status: in_force

An appraisal management company may not remove an appraiser from an appraiser panel without:

(1) Providing written notice to the appraiser of the reasons for removal.

(2) Providing written notice of the nature of any alleged illegal conduct or violation of Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice or state licensing standards if such is the reason for removal.

(3) Providing an opportunity for the appraiser to respond to the written notice.
Ala. Code § 34-13-152 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13 / Section 34-13-152
Section 34-13-152 Compliance by Licensee with Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-623, p. 1439, §2, effective October 1, 2011.
Ala. Code § 34-5-3 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 5 / Section 34-5-3
Section 34-5-3 Exemptions from Chapter
Status: in_force

Any person who can establish within six months after August 19, 1971, that he or she is a barber or an apprentice as defined under this chapter and can establish reasonable proof that he or she is practicing barbering in a barbershop under sanitary conditions will be given a certificate to practice barbering or an apprentice certificate without any examination upon paying the required fees as prescribed by this chapter. This section will not be construed to mean anyone except the barbers now practicing in the State of Alabama and instructors in barber colleges under the state vocational schools.

The following persons are specifically exempt from the provisions of this chapter while in the proper discharge of their professional duties:

(1) Persons authorized by law to practice medicine or surgery;

(2) Commissioned medical or surgical officers of the Armed Forces of the United States;

(3) Registered nurses; and

(4) Persons authorized by law to practice cosmetic therapy or beauty culture.

All instructors operating under the state vocational schools shall be exempt from qualifying fees. The instructors shall receive an instructor’s certificate by paying the annual renewal fee as this chapter prescribes. All future instructors will be subject to all provisions of this chapter relating to instructors or assistant instructors.

All state-operated barber colleges shall be exempt from fees.
Ala. Code § 34-14A-19 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 14A / Section 34-14A-19
Section 34-14A-19 Proof of Liability Insurance Prior to Construction. (Amended by Act 2026-320)
Status: in_force

THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2026-320, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR AMENDED LANGUAGE.

Prior to the commencement of residential home building by a residential home builder, the residential home builder shall disclose in writing to the homeowner whether the residential home builder has obtained and is currently maintaining liability insurance. The written disclosure shall be signed by the residential home builder and the homeowner, and attested by one witness selected by the homeowner. Failure of a residential home builder to comply with this section is a violation of this chapter and punishable by the board pursuant to Section 34-14A-8.
Ala. Code § 34-8B-16 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 8B / Section 34-8B-16
Section 34-8B-16 Inactive Status
Status: in_force

The board shall establish an inactive status for persons who are not actively engaged in the practice of court reporting.
Ala. Code § 34-23-162 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 23 / Section 34-23-162
Section 34-23-162 Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

The board shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of this article.
Ala. Code § 34-26-4 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 26 / Section 34-26-4
Section 34-26-4 Alabama Psychology Professionals Wellness Committee
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, the following words have the following meanings:

(1) COMMITTEE. The Alabama Psychology Professionals Wellness Committee created under this section.

(2) IMPAIRED or IMPAIRMENT. The inability of a licensed psychologist or licensed psychological technician to practice with reasonable skill and safety by reason of illness, inebriation, substance dependence, excessive use of drugs, narcotics, controlled substances, alcohol, chemicals, or other dependence forming substances, or as a result of any physical or mental condition rendering the licensee unable to meet the standards of his or her profession.

(3) LICENSEE. A professional psychologist or psychological technician licensed under this chapter.

(b) The Alabama Board of Examiners in Psychology shall develop a program to promote the early identification, treatment, and rehabilitation of any licensee who may be impaired in accordance with this section.

(c) There is established the Alabama Psychology Professionals Wellness Committee, consisting of licensed psychologists or licensed psychological technicians appointed by the board as well as one member who is a representative of the contractor described in subsection (d). The board shall determine the number, qualifications, terms, and manner in which members of the committee shall be appointed. The committee shall be comprised of not less than three nor more than 11 members, all members shall be residents of this state, and the membership shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state.

(d) In order to assist the committee, the board shall contract with a nonprofit organization, health professional, or professional association to undertake those functions and responsibilities specified in the agreement, which may include any of the following:

(1) Receiving and evaluating reports of suspected impairment from any source.

(2) Intervening in cases of verified impairment.

(3) Contracting with providers of treatment programs.

(4) Referring impaired licensees to treatment programs.

(5) Monitoring the treatment and rehabilitation of impaired licensees.

(6) Providing post-treatment monitoring and support of rehabilitated impaired licensees.

(7) Performing other related activities prescribed by board rule.

(e) The board, by rule, shall develop procedures for the committee to undertake the following:

(1) Periodic reporting of statistical information regarding impaired licensee program activity as the board deems appropriate, which may include, but not be limited to, the number of reports made, investigations and other actions taken, and the disposition of each report.

(2) Annual reporting to the board concerning the operations and proceedings of the committee for the preceding year.

(f) The committee shall report to the board the following:

(1) Any licensee who in the opinion of the committee is unable to practice as a psychologist or as a psychological technician with reasonable skill and safety by reason of impairment.

(2) Any licensee who in the opinion of the committee is in need of intervention, treatment, or rehabilitation and who has failed or refused to participate in programs of treatment or rehabilitation recommended by the committee.

(g)(1) If the board has reasonable cause to believe that a licensee is impaired, the board may require that an evaluation of the licensee be conducted by the committee for the purpose of determining whether an impairment exists. The committee shall report the findings of its evaluation to the board.

(2) The authority of the committee shall not supersede the authority of the board to take disciplinary action against a licensee. Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the board to discipline an impaired licensee. If a licensee is impaired and currently in need of intervention, treatment, or rehabilitation, and the licensee is currently participating in a program or rehabilitation recommended by the committee, then the board may refrain from taking or continuing disciplinary action against the licensee. If the board, upon reasonable cause to believe a licensee is impaired, has referred the licensee to the committee for evaluation, then the board may refrain from taking or continuing disciplinary action against the licensee.

(3) A report of the committee shall be deemed to be a report to the board for the purposes of any mandated reporting of professional psychology impairment otherwise required by law.

(h)(1) All information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, or other documents furnished to or produced by the committee and any findings, conclusions, recommendations, or reports resulting from any investigation, intervention, treatment, or rehabilitation, or other proceedings of the committee are confidential. All records and proceedings of the committee pertaining to an impaired licensee are confidential and may only be used by the committee and the members of the committee in the exercise of the proper function of the committee, and are not public records nor available for court subpoena or for discovery proceedings. The committee may not disclose any personally identifiable information except as otherwise allowed under this chapter.

(2) In the event of a breach of contract between the committee and an impaired licensee, all records pertaining to the conduct determined to cause the breach of contract shall be disclosed to the board, upon its request, for disciplinary purposes only.

(3) This subsection does not apply to records made in the regular course of business of a licensee, and information, documents, or records otherwise available from original sources may not be construed as immune from discovery or used in any civil proceeding merely because they were presented or considered during the proceedings of the committee.

(i) The board may collect funds or expend available funds to adequately provide for the operational expenses of the committee, including, but not limited to, the actual cost of travel, office overhead, personnel expenses, and compensation for the members of the committee and committee staff. The operational expenses of the committee may not include the cost of treatment or rehabilitation programs recommended by the committee to individual licensees. The funds provided by the board under this section shall not be subject to any competitive bidding law.
Ala. Code § 34-34A-13 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34A / Section 34-34A-13
Section 34-34A-13 Expiration of License; Renewal
Status: in_force

(a) Any license issued under this chapter expires two years after it is issued unless renewed in the manner prescribed by the board.

(b) An applicant for renewal of a license must have satisfactorily maintained continuing education requirements through the Commission on Dietetic Registration or as specified and approved by the board.

(c) The board may provide for the late renewal of a license upon payment of a late fee but no late renewal of a license may be granted more than one year after its expiration.
Ala. Code § 34-4-33 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 4 / Section 34-4-33
Section 34-4-33 Appeals; Costs
Status: in_force

(a) Findings of the board with regard to the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license or the imposition of any penalty or administrative fine shall be final unless within 30 days after the date of the final order of the board, the applicant or licensee files a notice of appeal with the board to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County. The person appealing the decision shall post a two hundred dollar ($200) cost bond with the board to cover the reasonable costs of preparing the transcript of the proceeding under review, unless waived by the board or the court on a showing of substantial hardship. The appeal shall be conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, and with all the attendant rights and duties thereof.

(b) If the decision of the board is affirmed in whole or in part, the cost of the appeal shall be taxed against the party taking the appeal. If the decision of the board is not affirmed, the court shall tax the costs of appeal against the board.
Ala. Code § 34-30-27 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 30 / Section 34-30-27
Section 34-30-27 Certain Persons Exempt from Examination
Status: in_force

(a) Individuals licensed under Section 34-30-23 or Section 34-30-24 shall be exempt from any examination provided for in Section 34-30-22, subdivision (3).

(b) Any person who meets the following listed conditions shall be issued a certification as a “licensed certified social worker” without a written examination by the State Board of Social Work Examiners; provided, however, that any person seeking licensure under this section must do so within one year from April 4, 1988. The conditions to be met are as follows:

(1) Possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.

(2) Have completed a minimum of six quarter-hours at an approved graduate school of social work on or before January 1, 1960.

(3) Completed a minimum of six years of full, continuous employment in a social work position under supervision approved by the board or seven years of full, continuous employment with a public or quasi-public agency in the State of Alabama on or before May 1, 1977.

Any person meeting the above conditions shall, upon application to the State Board of Social Work Examiners and the payment of $50, be issued certification as a “licensed certified social worker”; provided, however, that any person seeking licensure under this section must do so within one year from the passage of this amendment.

(c) Any person who holds a Master of Social Work degree or a master’s degree in vocational education from an approved college or university, plus one year experience or its equivalent, shall be granted the title of “graduate social worker” if the person has completed the requirements mentioned in this subsection on or before December 30, 1977, upon application to the State Board of Social Work Examiners and the payment of the fee of $50; provided, however, that any person seeking licensure under this section must do so within one year from the passage of this amendment.

(d) Notwithstanding the aforementioned provisions of this chapter, any person who has been previously licensed under subsection (b) or (c) of this section and who allows his or her license to expire and does not renew his or her license during the time period provided in Section 34-30-26, shall no longer be exempt from any examination provided for in Section 34-30-22(3); but instead must take the examination in order to be licensed under Section 34-30-23 or Section 34-30-24.
Ala. Code § 34-43A-8 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 43A / Section 34-43A-8
Section 34-43A-8 Application for License; Licensing Requirements. (Amended by Act 2026-162)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-162, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) An individual desiring to be licensed as a massage therapist shall apply to the board on forms provided by the board. Unless licensed pursuant to subsection (b), an applicant for a license shall submit evidence satisfactory to the board that he or she has met all of the following requirements:

(1) Successfully completed a course of instruction in massage therapy which meets the minimum criteria established by board rule for course content and hours of instruction. To perform therapeutic massage on an animal, a massage therapist shall have also graduated from a nationally approved program and completed at least 100 hours of postgraduate training and education in animal anatomy, pathology, and physiology for the specific type of animal upon which he or she will perform therapeutic massage.

(2) Successfully passed a state board exam or a national standardized examination approved by the board. The board may approve other state exams on a case-by-case basis.

(3) Completed a criminal history background check pursuant to Section 34-43A-13(c). The board may deny or discipline an applicant who has been convicted of a felony or of any crime arising out of or connected with the practice of massage therapy.

(4) Paid all applicable fees.

(5) Additional requirements as provided by rule.

(b) Notwithstanding the requirements listed in subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2), the board may license an applicant who is licensed or registered to practice massage therapy in another state if the standards of practice or licensing of that state, at the time the applicant was originally licensed or registered, were equal to or stricter than the requirements imposed by this chapter. All applicants may be subject to an initial in-person board hearing at the discretion of the board.

(c) Upon receipt of an application, the board shall notify the applicant that his or her application is complete and shall also notify the applicant upon the approval of his or her application. An application is not complete until all components of the application have been received and all criminal history information has been delivered to the board. If an application is proposed to be rejected, the applicant shall be entitled to a hearing on his or her application.
Ala. Code § 34-7-11 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 7 / Section 34-7-11
Section 34-7-11 Fees
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 99-345 p. 478, § 3, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 3, 1999.
Ala. Code § 34-36-11 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 36 / Section 34-36-11
Section 34-36-11 Fees
Status: in_force

The board is empowered to establish and charge reasonable fees for the administration of examinations, issuance of all active and inactive licenses, and supplying information to applicants, licensees, and the general public. Such fees shall be commensurate with the cost of fulfilling the duties of the board as defined in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 34-4-27 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 4 / Section 34-4-27
Section 34-4-27 Privilege Licenses
Status: in_force

Each auctioneer shall annually pay one state license in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250). Each auctioneer shall also annually pay a county license fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) in each county where he or she sells by auction. No privilege license shall be required for any apprentice auctioneer when he or she is listed as the principal auctioneer. No license shall be required for any auctioneer who conducts an auction, without compensation for himself or herself, where all proceeds from the auction go to the benefit of any charitable organization. The term “auctioneer” shall include any person selling real estate, goods, wares, merchandise, automobiles, livestock, or other things of value by or at public auction. Sales at public auction involving any of the following may be conducted for compensation without a license:

(1) Sales at auction conducted by the owner of any part of the goods or real estate being offered, or an attorney representing the owner, unless the owner acquired the goods to resell.

(2) Sales for the estate of a decedent by an administrator, executor, or any person acting under order of any court or the attorney of an administrator, executor, or any person acting under order of any court.

(3) Sales of property conveyed by deed of trust, mortgage, judgment, or ordered to be sold according to the mortgage, judgment, order, or decree.

(4) All sales under legal process.
Ala. Code § 34-12-11 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 12 / Section 34-12-11
Section 34-12-11 Reciprocity
Status: in_force

(a) A person not a resident of, and having no established place of business in Alabama, or who has recently become a resident thereof, may use the title of registered forester and practice forestry provided:

(1) Such person is legally licensed as a registered forester in his or her own state or country and has submitted evidence to the board that he or she is so licensed;

(2) The state or country in which he or she is so licensed:

a. Has standards for licensing comparable to Alabama and acceptable to the board; and

b. Observes these same rules of reciprocity in regard to persons licensed under the provisions of this chapter.

(b) Each person seeking the privileges of reciprocity granted under this chapter shall submit his or her application therefor to the board and shall receive a card or certificate from the board before exercising such privileges. The application fee for obtaining such a reciprocity card or certificate shall be the same as is charged an Alabama licensee seeking to obtain reciprocal privileges in the home state or country of the applicant.

(c) Persons practicing forestry in the state through reciprocity shall be subject to the same renewal and expiration rules as provided in Section 34-12-8.
Ala. Code § 34-27-1 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 27 / Section 34-27-1
Section 34-27-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Real Estate License Law of 1951.
Ala. Code § 34-13A-9 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 13A / Section 34-13A-9
Section 34-13A-9 Genetic Counselors Not Authorized to Practice Medicine
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter may be construed as authorizing a genetic counselor to practice medicine.
Ala. Code § 34-22-102 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 22 / Section 34-22-102
Section 34-22-102 Powers and Duties of Board
Status: in_force

To carry out the purposes of this article, the board may:

(1) Contract with any nonprofit corporation, health provider, or professional association for the purpose of creating, supporting, and maintaining a treatment program.

(2) Receive and evaluate reports of suspected impairment from any source.

(3) Intervene in cases of suspected impairment.

(4) Refer impaired optometrists to treatment programs.

(5) Monitor the treatment and rehabilitation of impaired optometrists.

(6) Provide post-treatment monitoring and support of rehabilitated impaired optometrists.

(7) Suspend, limit, or restrict the license of an impaired optometrist for the duration of the impairment.

(8) Perform such other activities as the board deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this article.
Ala. Code § 34-25B-25 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 25B / Section 34-25B-25
Section 34-25B-25 Division of Investigation
Status: in_force

(a) There is created within the board a Division of Investigation that shall be the board’s official investigative agency.

(b) Each licensee shall provide to the investigative division staff all records that pertain to the exact nature of the complaint under investigation and upon the issuance of a subpoena.

(c) The board or an executive director of the board may subpoena those persons or documents necessary to any investigation undertaken under this chapter if other means including, but not limited to, notification by return receipt registered United States mail, have not produced the desired results. Any subpoena issued shall be limited to investigations by the board of its members and shall not extend to any other matter.
Ala. Code § 34-29-82 — Alabama Code / Title 34 / Chapter 29 / Section 34-29-82
Section 34-29-82 Criminal Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person who shall practice veterinary medicine without a current valid license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or both, and each act of unlawful practice shall constitute a distinct and separate offense. The person, in the discretion of the judge, may be imprisoned or placed at hard labor for not more than six months.