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AL Code § 34-28A-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 28A - Speech Pathologists and Audiologists.|Article 3 - Board of Examiners.|Section 34-28A-44 - Employment, Discharge, etc., of Executive Secretary and Other Officers and Employees; Admissibility in Evidence of Copies of Proceedings, Records, etc., of Board; Monthly Report and Disposition of Revenues Received Under Chapter; Payment of Administrative Expenses of Board, Employee Salaries, Etc.

Section 34-28A-44Employment, discharge, etc., of executive secretary and other officers and employees; admissibility in evidence of copies of proceedings, records, etc., of board; monthly report and disposition of revenues received under chapter; payment of administrative expenses of board, employee salaries, etc. (a) The board may employ, and at its pleasure discharge, an executive secretary and other officers and employees as may be necessary, and the board shall also outline their duties and fix their compensation and expense allowances. (b) The board shall adopt a seal by which it shall authenticate its proceedings. Copies of the proceedings, records and acts of the board, and certificates purporting to relate the facts concerning the proceedings, records, and acts signed by the secretary and authenticated by the seal shall be prima facie evidence in all the courts of this state. (c) The board shall report to the state Comptroller by the fifth day of each month the amount and source of all revenue received by it pursuant to this chapter during the previous month and shall at that time pay the entire amount thereof into a separate trust fund for the board established by the Comptroller within the State Treasury. (d) All appropriate expenses incurred by the board in the administration of this chapter shall be paid by the Comptroller when vouchers relating to the expenses are exhibited as having been approved by the board. (e) The board shall be financed from income accruing to it from fees, licenses and other charges, and funds collected by the board, and all such moneys are appropriated to the board for its use. All employee salaries and other expenses shall be paid as budgeted after budgets are approved by the Comptroller or within the limitations of any appropriation or funds available for that purpose. (Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 90, p. 2756, §8; Acts 1997, No. 97-160, p. 218, §3.)
AL Code § 34-28A-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 28A - Speech Pathologists and Audiologists.|Article 4 - Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact|Section 34-28A-60 - Purpose.

Section 34-28A-60Purpose. This article shall be known and may be cited as the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact. The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of audiology and speech-language pathology with the goal of improving public access to audiology and speech-language pathology services. The practice of audiology and speech-language pathology occurs in the state where the patient, client, or student is located at the time of the patient, client, or student encounter. This compact preserves the regulatory authority of states to protect public health and safety through the current system of state licensure. This compact is designed to achieve the following objectives:  (1) Increase public access to audiology and speech-language pathology services by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses. (2) Enhance the states' ability to protect the public's health and safety. (3) Encourage the cooperation of member states in regulating multistate audiology and speech-language pathology practice. (4) Support spouses of relocating active duty military personnel. (5) Enhance the exchange of licensure, investigative, and disciplinary information between member states. (6) Allow a remote state to hold a provider of services with a compact privilege in that state accountable to that state's practice standards. (7) Allow for the use of telehealth technology to facilitate increased access to audiology and speech-language pathology services.  (Act 2021-118, §1.)
AL Code § 34-28A-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 28A - Speech Pathologists and Audiologists.|Article 4 - Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact|Section 34-28A-64 - Compact Privilege to Practice Telehealth.

Section 34-28A-64Compact privilege to practice telehealth. (a) Member states shall recognize the right of an audiologist or speech-language pathologist, licensed by a home state in accordance with Section 34-28A-62 and under rules adopted by the commission, to practice audiology or speech-language pathology in any member state through telehealth under a privilege to practice as provided in this compact and rules adopted by the commission. (b) A licensee providing audiology or speech-language pathology services in a remote state under the compact privilege shall function within the laws and regulations of the state where the patient, client, or student is located. (Act 2021-118, §5.)
AL Code § 34-28A-65 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 28A - Speech Pathologists and Audiologists.|Article 4 - Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact|Section 34-28A-65 - Active Duty Military Personnel or Their Spouses.

Section 34-28A-65Active duty military personnel or their spouses. 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. (Act 2021-118, §6.)
AL Code § 34-28A-68 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 28A - Speech Pathologists and Audiologists.|Article 4 - Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact|Section 34-28A-68 - Data System.

Section 34-28A-68Data system. (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. (Act 2021-118, §9.)
AL Code § 34-28A-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 28A - Speech Pathologists and Audiologists.|Article 4 - Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact|Section 34-28A-70 - Oversight, Dispute Resolution, and Enforcement.

Section 34-28A-70Oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement. (a) Dispute Resolution. (1) Upon request by a member state, the commission shall attempt to resolve disputes related to this compact that arise among member states and between member and non-member states. (2) The commission shall adopt a rule providing for both mediation and binding dispute resolution for disputes as appropriate. (b) Enforcement. (1) The commission, in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, shall enforce the provisions and rules of this compact. (2) By majority vote, the commission may initiate legal action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or the federal district court where the commission has its principal offices against a member state in default to enforce compliance with this compact and its adopted rules and bylaws. The relief sought may include both injunctive relief and damages. In the event judicial enforcement is necessary, the prevailing member shall be awarded all costs of litigation, including reasonable attorney's fees. (3) The remedies described in this subsection are not the exclusive remedies of the commission. The commission may pursue any other remedies available under federal or state law. (Act 2021-118, §11.)
AL Code § 34-28A-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 28A - Speech Pathologists and Audiologists.|Article 4 - Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact|Section 34-28A-71 - Date of Implementation of the Interstate Commission for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Practice and Associated Rules, Withdrawal, and Amendment.

Section 34-28A-71Date of implementation of the Interstate Commission for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Practice and associated rules, withdrawal, and amendment. (a) This compact takes effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the 10th member state. The provisions, which become effective at that time, shall be limited to the powers granted to the commission relating to assembly and the adoption of rules. Thereafter, the commission shall meet and exercise rulemaking powers necessary to the implementation and administration of this compact. (b) Any state that joins this compact subsequent to the commission's initial adoption of the rules is subject to the rules as they exist on the date on which this compact becomes law in that state. Any rule that has been previously adopted by the commission has the full force and effect of law on the day this compact becomes law in that state. (c) Any member state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing participation in this compact. (1) A member state's withdrawal shall not take effect until six months after enactment of the repealing statute. (2) Withdrawal shall not affect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing state's audiology or speech-language pathology licensing board to comply with the investigative and adverse action reporting requirements of this compact prior to the effective date of withdrawal. (d) Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to invalidate or prevent any audiology or speech-language pathology licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a member state and a non-member state that does not conflict with the provisions of this compact. (e) This compact may be amended by the member states. No amendment to this compact shall become effective and binding upon any member state until it is enacted into the laws of all member states.  (Act 2021-118, §12.)
AL Code § 34-28A-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 28A - Speech Pathologists and Audiologists.|Article 4 - Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact|Section 34-28A-72 - Construction and Severability.

Section 34-28A-72Construction and severability. This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes of this compact. The provisions of this compact are severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any member state or of the United States or 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. If this compact is held contrary to the constitution of any member state, this compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining member states and in full force and effect as to the member state affected as to all severable matters.  (Act 2021-118, §13.)
AL Code § 34-28A-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 28A - Speech Pathologists and Audiologists.|Article 4 - Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact|Section 34-28A-73 - Binding Effect of Compact and Other Laws.

Section 34-28A-73Binding effect of compact and other laws. (a) Nothing in this compact prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with this compact. (b) All laws in a member state in conflict with this compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict. (c) All lawful actions of the commission, including all rules and bylaws adopted by the commission, are binding upon the member states. (d) All agreements between the commission and the member states are binding in accordance with their terms. (e) In the event any provision of this compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed on the legislature of any member state, the provision shall be ineffective to the extent of the conflict with the constitutional provision in question in that member state. (Act 2021-118, §14.)
AL Code § 34-28A-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 28A - Speech Pathologists and Audiologists.|Article 4 - Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact|Section 34-28A-74 - Judicial Proceedings by Individuals.

Section 34-28A-74Judicial proceedings by individuals. Except as to judicial proceedings for the enforcement of this compact among member states, individuals may pursue judicial proceedings related to this compact in any Alabama state or federal court that would otherwise have competent jurisdiction. (Act 2021-118, §15.)
AL Code § 34-29-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 29 - Veterinarians.|Article 4 - Veterinary Practice.|Section 34-29-60 - Short Title.

Section 34-29-60Short title. This article shall be known as the Alabama Veterinary Practice Act. (Acts 1986, No. 86-500, p. 956, §1.)
AL Code § 34-29-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 29 - Veterinarians.|Article 4 - Veterinary Practice.|Section 34-29-62 - Legislative Intent.

Section 34-29-62Legislative intent. In order to promote the public health, safety, and welfare by safeguarding the people of the State of Alabama against unqualified or incompetent practice of veterinary medicine, it is hereby declared that the right to practice veterinary medicine is a privilege conferred by legislative grant to persons possessed of the personal and professional qualifications specified in this article. It is the legislative intent that veterinarians who are not normally competent or who otherwise present a danger to the public shall be disciplined or prohibited from practicing in the State of Alabama. (Acts 1986, No. 86-500, p. 956, §3.)
AL Code § 34-29-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 29 - Veterinarians.|Article 4 - Veterinary Practice.|Section 34-29-63 - State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Established; Composition.

Section 34-29-63State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners established; composition. (a) There is established a state board to consist of eight members to be known as the Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. (b) Each of the eight members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of three persons nominated and submitted to him or her by the Alabama Veterinary Medical Association at least 30 days prior to appointment. (c) The term of each member of the board shall be four years unless removed or until a successor is appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the Governor as provided in subsection (b). (d) No person may serve as a member of the board for more than 13 years total. (e) Members may not serve more than two consecutive terms of office. (f) The membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. (g) Each member of the board shall be a citizen of this state. (Acts 1986, No. 86-500, p. 956, §4; Acts 1987, No. 87-794, p. 1557, §3; Acts 1989, No. 89-236, p. 310, §3; Acts 1997, No. 97-249, p. 431, §1; Act 2001-249, p. 299, §3; Act 2009-29, p. 93, §3.)
AL Code § 34-29-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 29 - Veterinarians.|Article 4 - Veterinary Practice.|Section 34-29-64 - Qualifications of Members; Removal.

Section 34-29-64Qualifications of members; removal. (a)(1) Six members of the board shall be graduates of an accredited school of veterinary medicine; legal residents of Alabama; currently and validly licensed to practice veterinary medicine in Alabama; actively employed and licensed in the practice of veterinary medicine in the State of Alabama for the five years immediately prior to appointment; and continuing at least 35 hours per week in the practice of veterinary medicine while serving on the board. (2) One member of the board shall be a licensed veterinary technician. (3) One member of the board shall be a consumer. (b) No person who has been appointed to the board shall continue membership on the board if, during the term of his or her appointment, he or she shall have done any of the following: (1) Transfer his or her legal residence to another state. (2) Own or be employed by any wholesale or jobbing house dealing in supplies, equipment, or instruments used or useful in the practice of veterinary medicine. (3) Have his or her license to practice veterinary medicine as a veterinarian or as a licensed veterinary technician rescinded. (4) Miss three consecutive meetings of the board. (5) Be guilty of misconduct or gross inefficiency. (c) The board shall establish procedures for the removal of members who violate one or more of the provisions of subsection (b). (Acts 1986, No. 86-500, p. 956, §5; Acts 1987, No. 87-794, p. 1557, §4; Acts 1997, No. 97-249, p. 431, §1; Act 2001-249, p. 299, §3.)
AL Code § 34-29-65 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 29 - Veterinarians.|Article 4 - Veterinary Practice.|Section 34-29-65 - Executive Director; Incapacitation of Director; Official Bond.

Section 34-29-65Executive director; incapacitation of director; official bond. (a) The board may employ an executive director, prescribe the duties, and set the salary of the executive director. (b) In the event the director should become incapacitated or unable to perform the duties of the position, the board may employ a person or persons to assume the duties of the director for as long as the board deems necessary. (c) The director shall make and file with the Secretary of State an official bond in an amount to be fixed by the board. Premiums of the bond shall be paid out of funds of the board. The bond shall be payable to the State of Alabama and shall be written by an approved bonding company licensed to do business in the State of Alabama. (Acts 1986, No. 86-500, p. 956, §6; Acts 1987, No. 87-794, p. 1557, §6; Acts 1997, No. 97-249, p. 431, §1.)
AL Code § 34-29-66 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 29 - Veterinarians.|Article 4 - Veterinary Practice.|Section 34-29-66 - President and Vice-President; Bylaws; Meetings; Quorum; Records.

Section 34-29-66President and vice-president; bylaws; meetings; quorum; records. (a) The board shall elect from its members a president and vice-president, each of whom shall serve a term of one year. (b) The board shall do all of the following: (1) Adopt rules and regulations to be compiled as an administrative code. (2) Name a definite time and place for meetings. (3) Have at least two business meetings each year called by the president, which shall be in addition to meetings for the conduct of examinations. (4) Give notice in writing at least 10 days prior to the date on which the two annual business meetings are held to Alabama licensed veterinarians. (5) Have a majority of sitting members of the board as a quorum. (6) Hold meetings and administrative hearings open to the public except where closed to prepare, approve, administer, or grade examinations or to deliberate the qualifications of an applicant for licensing or the disposition of a proceeding to discipline a licensed veterinarian or any other person licensed under this article. (7) Hold special meetings called by the president or vice-president of the board and meet anywhere in Alabama. (8) Keep complete and accurate records of all meetings and these records, except the records of closed meetings as provided in subdivision (6), shall be open to the public. (Acts 1986, No. 86-500, p. 956, §7; Acts 1997, No. 97-249, p. 431, §1.)
AL Code § 34-29-67 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 29 - Veterinarians.|Article 4 - Veterinary Practice.|Section 34-29-67 - Compensation and Expenses; Expenditure of Funds.

Section 34-29-67Compensation and expenses; expenditure of funds. The members of the board shall receive two hundred dollars ($200) a day for each day or a 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. 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. (Acts 1986, No. 86-500, p. 956, §8; Acts 1997, No. 97-249, p. 431, §1; Act 2006-590, p. 1596, §1.)
AL Code § 34-29-68 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 29 - Veterinarians.|Article 4 - Veterinary Practice.|Section 34-29-68 - Records to Be Kept; Issuances and Denials of Licenses; What Records Are Confidential.

Section 34-29-68Records to be kept; issuances and denials of licenses; what records are confidential. The board shall keep records of its proceedings in a book provided for that purpose, especially with relation to the issuance, denial, renewal, suspension, and revocation of licenses to practice veterinary medicine. All licenses issued by the board shall be numbered and recorded by the executive director in a file for that purpose. Where a license is denied by the board to any applicant under this article, the facts and grounds of denial shall be entered in the minutes of the board. The issuance or denial of a license shall be noted along with the names of those board members present and the file shall be maintained by the board. Information received by the board through applications, complaints, inspections, and investigations shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed, except in a proceeding involving the question of the issuance of a license or disciplinary proceedings against a licensee or if authorized by law, a non-licensee. The board shall also be responsible for keeping a list of its members and their current status of license, whether revoked, inactive, suspended, etc. (Acts 1986, No. 86-500, p. 956, §9; Acts 1997, No. 97-249, p. 431, §1.)