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AL Code § 34-15C-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 15C - Alabama Interior Design Registration Act of 2010.|Section 34-15C-15 - Authorization to Practice.

Section 34-15C-15Authorization to practice. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a registered interior designer may submit sealed, stamped drawings to building officials for a commercial interior project in any space of less than 5,000 contiguous square feet within a building of any size provided that all of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The space may not be intended for use as a school, church, auditorium, or other space intended for the assembly occupancy of people. (2) Unless the drawings utilize, reference, and incorporate documents prepared by architects, engineers, or other related professionals, the drawings may not include the design or modification of architectural and engineering interior construction relating to building systems, such as building structural support, fire rated assemblies, stairwells, means of egress components, elevators, elevator shafts, plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, fire protection, and mechanical and electrical systems, except for the scope of interior services as defined by the NCIDQ or for the coordination of the aesthetic requirements of fixtures. (b) Any official of this state or of any city, town, or county charged with the enforcement of laws, ordinances, or regulations relating to the construction or alteration of buildings may accept or approve and issue permits based upon any of the following: (1) Plans or specifications prepared by any person registered pursuant to this chapter, provided the plans or specifications are consistent with this chapter. (2) Plans and specifications for the erection, enlargement, or alteration of any building upon any farm for the use of any farmer, of any single family residence of any size, or of any other type building which has a total area of less than 2,500 square feet, provided the building is not a school, church, auditorium, or other building intended for the assembly occupancy of people. (3) Plans and specifications which such official is not prohibited from accepting pursuant to any other state law on August 1, 2010. (Act 2010-706, p. 1715, §2(b).)
AL Code § 34-15C-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 15C - Alabama Interior Design Registration Act of 2010.|Section 34-15C-16 - Participation in Certain Business Entity relationships..

Section 34-15C-16Participation in certain business entity relationships.. It shall be lawful for any person registered pursuant to this chapter to participate as owners with architects or professional engineers, or both, in partnerships, corporations, professional corporations, professional associations, and other business entity relationships. Such participation may include, where applicable, and without limitation, service as an officer, director, shareholder, voting or nonvoting, and any other participation allowed under the laws of the State of Alabama. (Act 2010-706, p. 1715, §2(b).)
AL Code § 34-15C-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 15C - Alabama Interior Design Registration Act of 2010.|Section 34-15C-17 - Administrative Procedure.

Section 34-15C-17Administrative procedure. It is the intent of the Legislature that the board shall be subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (Act 2010-706, p. 1715, §2(b).)
AL Code § 34-15C-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 15C - Alabama Interior Design Registration Act of 2010.|Section 34-15C-18 - Sunset Provision.

Section 34-15C-18Sunset provision. The board shall be subject to the Alabama Sunset Law, as provided in Chapter 20, Title 41, as an enumerated agency as provided in Section 41-20-3, and shall have a termination date of October 1, 2013, and every four years thereafter, unless continued pursuant to the Alabama Sunset Law. (Act 2010-706, p. 1715, §2(b).)
AL Code § 34-15C-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 15C - Alabama Interior Design Registration Act of 2010.|Section 34-15C-19 - Relation to Prior Board.

Section 34-15C-19Relation to prior board. 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. (Act 2010-706, p. 1715, §1.)
AL Code § 34-16-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 16 - Interpreters and Transliterators Act.|Section 34-16-1 - Short Title; Construction.

Section 34-16-1Short title; construction. (a) This chapter shall be known as the "Alabama Licensure for Interpreters and Transliterators Act." (b) This chapter shall be liberally construed and implemented to promote the purposes and policies set forth herein. (Act 98-675, p. 1480, §1.)
AL Code § 34-16-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 16 - Interpreters and Transliterators Act.|Section 34-16-2 - Legislative Intent.

Section 34-16-2Legislative intent.  The Legislature declares that it is in the best interest of the public health, safety, and welfare to regulate the practice of interpreting and transliterating on behalf of consumers who are hard of hearing, deaf, or speech disabled by licensing and permitting the providers of interpreting and transliterating services, and establishing and monitoring interpreting and transliterating standards in the State of Alabama. (Act 98-675, p. 1480, §2.)
AL Code § 34-16-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 16 - Interpreters and Transliterators Act.|Section 34-16-5 - License Required; Application; Issuance; Renewal.

Section 34-16-5License required; application; issuance; renewal. (a) After March 15, 1998, any person who provides interpreting or transliterating services for remuneration shall be required annually to be licensed or permitted by the board unless that person is exempt from licensure or permitting pursuant to Section 34-16-7. (b) The initial license shall be issued upon submission of an application, an affidavit documenting current validation of a nationally recognized certification as approved by the board, and payment of the required nonrefundable annual fee by March 15. Licenses shall be renewed annually, upon submission of an application and an affidavit documenting current nationally recognized certification at a professional level as approved by the board, payment of the required nonrefundable annual fee, and participation in a continuing education program approved by the board. (c) All applicants for licensure who are initially certified after January 1, 1995, shall submit an affidavit documenting that the applicant has passed an interpreter code of ethics exam approved by the board. (d) Failure to renew a license on or before March 15 of any year, shall result in a lapse of the license. A lapsed license that is not renewed within 45 days after March 15 of the year of the lapse, shall expire. The holder of the lapsed license may be reinstated by the board if the licensee is in compliance with all other relevant requirements of the board, applies to the board for renewal pursuant to this section, and pays the appropriate renewal, late penalty, and reinstatement fees prescribed by the board. (Act 98-675, p. 1480, §5, Act 2002-80, p. 254, §3; Act 2003-66, p. 104, §3.)
AL Code § 34-16-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 16 - Interpreters and Transliterators Act.|Section 34-16-6 - Permit to Practice; Renewal; Ethics Examination; Lapse of Permit.

Section 34-16-6Permit to practice; renewal; ethics examination; lapse of permit. (a) Any person who practices as an interpreter or transliterator for remuneration on August 1, 1998, but who does not otherwise meet the requirements for licensure, may obtain a renewable permit to practice interpretation or transliteration. An initial permit shall be issued upon submission of the application, documentation of a high school diploma or GED, current employment as an interpreter, and payment of the nonrefundable annual fee. Any person who does not obtain an initial permit by March 15, 1999, may obtain a nonrenewable provisional permit to practice interpretation or transliteration upon the submission of the application, documentation of a high school diploma or GED, payment of the nonrefundable fee, and submission of three letters of recommendation from licensed interpreters that verify the skill level of the applicant. (b) In subsequent years, permit holders and nonrenewable permit holders may apply for a renewable annual permit that shall require the submission of an affidavit and supporting materials documenting that the applicant has passed an interpreter code of ethics exam as approved by the board and an interpreting performance assessment approved by the board, the payment of the required nonrefundable annual fee, and the participation in a continuing education program approved by the board. Each applicant shall also 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. The affidavit shall be submitted no later than March 15 annually. (c) Subsequent renewal of a permit by a cued speech transliterator shall require submission of an affidavit and supporting materials documenting that the applicant has passed an interpreter code of ethics exam as approved by the board and payment of the required nonrefundable annual fee and participation in a continuing education program approved by the board. Each applicant shall also 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. The affidavit shall be submitted no later than March 15 annually. (d) Failure to renew a permit on or before March 15 of any year, shall result in a lapse of the permit. The holder of the lapsed permit may be reinstated by the board if the permittee is in compliance with all other relevant requirements of the board, applies to the board for renewal pursuant to this section, and pays the appropriate renewal, late penalty, and reinstatement fees prescribed by the board. (Act 98-675, p. 1480, §6; Act 2002-80, p. 254, §3; Act 2009-14, p. 27, §3.)
AL Code § 34-16-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 16 - Interpreters and Transliterators Act.|Section 34-16-7 - Exemptions.

Section 34-16-7Exemptions. The following persons shall be exempt from licensure or permitting pursuant to this chapter: (1) Any student who is enrolled in a formal American sign language program, a formal interpreter training program, or a formal interpreter or transliterator internship program. The student shall be allowed to interpret or transliterate as part of his or her training for a maximum of 16 weeks in an educational setting or 120 hours in an agency or business. (2) Any person who interprets or transliterates solely in a church, synagogue, temple, or other religious setting. (3) Any person residing outside of the State of Alabama may provide interpreting and transliterating services for up to 14 working days per calendar year without a license. (4) Any person desiring to interpret for remuneration where circumstances do not allow for fulfillment of the stated requirements for licensure or permitting may petition the board for exemption status. (5) Those public education personnel and State Department of Rehabilitation personnel, who are not hired as interpreters and transliterators and who are not as a part of their job description responsible for providing interpreting or transliteration services, in circumstances that may necessitate their function as interpreters and transliterators in emergency or incidental situations. (6) All other public education personnel hired prior to March 15, 2000, who provide interpreting and transliterating services to students. These personnel shall apply for and receive a permit specifying that their permits are restricted to interpreting and transliteration services provided in the public education setting only. The application for this permit shall be submitted to the board prior to October 1, 2000. It shall be the responsibility of the permit holder to annually renew the permit by earning continuing education units in compliance with the requirements of the interpreters and transliterators licensure law. If personnel, who have been grandfathered in pursuant to this subdivision, for any reason should allow their permits to lapse or expire, those personnel shall lose all privileges of this exemption and shall adhere to all requirements of the interpreters and transliterators licensure law to renew their permits. (Act 98-675, p. 1480, §7; Act 2000-755, p. 1711, §1.)
AL Code § 34-16-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 16 - Interpreters and Transliterators Act.|Section 34-16-8 - Reciprocity Agreements Authorized.

Section 34-16-8Reciprocity agreements authorized. (a) The board may enter into a reciprocal agreement with any state, agency, or other organization that licenses, certifies, or registers professional interpreters or transliterators, or both, if the board finds that the state, agency, or organization has substantially the same requirements or more stringent requirements. (b) The reciprocity agreement shall provide that the board shall license anyone who is currently licensed, certified, or registered in that state or by that agency or other organization if that state, agency, or other organization agrees to license, certify, or register any practitioners who are currently licensed pursuant to this chapter. (c) The board shall set by regulation the fees appropriate in processing reciprocity. (Act 98-675, p. 1480, §8.)
AL Code § 34-16-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 16 - Interpreters and Transliterators Act.|Section 34-16-9 - Annual Fee; Fund.

Section 34-16-9Annual fee; fund. (a) The annual fee may be increased or decreased by the board, provided, the board shall not set an annual fee at an amount which would not provide sufficient revenues to pay all the costs and expenses incurred by the board in enforcing this chapter. (b) The annual fee shall cover a license or permit for the 12-month period beginning March 15 of each year. (c) There is created in the State Treasury the Alabama Licensure Board for Interpreters and Transliterators Fund. All fees collected by the board shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the fund. Monies in the fund shall be subject to withdrawal only upon warrant of the state Comptroller to be issued upon certification of the secretary or treasurer of the board. (d) Any funds remaining in the State Treasury to the credit of the board at the end of each year in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) shall be available to provide for the education and training of interpreters and transliterators in postsecondary programs. At all times the board may retain a sum not in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) to meet any emergency which may affect the efficient operation of the board. No funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allocated pursuant to Sections 41-4-80 to 41-4-96, inclusive, and Sections 41-19-1 to 41-19-12, inclusive, and only in amounts as stipulated in the general appropriations bill or other appropriations bills. There shall be appropriated from the fund to the board for the fiscal years 1997-1998 and 1998-1999 an amount deemed necessary by the board to fund the costs of its operations. (Act 98-675, p. 1480, §9.)
AL Code § 34-16-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 16 - Interpreters and Transliterators Act.|Section 34-16-10 - Application for License or Permit; Issuance; Rejection.

Section 34-16-10Application for license or permit; issuance; rejection. (a) Any person may apply for a license or a permit pursuant to this chapter by filing a written application on a form prescribed by the board not less than 30 days prior to the next meeting of the board. The application shall be accompanied by the payment of the annual nonrefundable license fee or permit fee. The credentials of the applicant shall be reviewed according to the rules of the board. (b) If the board finds the credentials in order, a license or permit shall be issued to the applicant.  (c) If the board rejects the credentials, the applicant will be notified in writing informing him or her of the reasons for rejection. (Act 98-675, p. 1480, §10.)
AL Code § 34-16-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 16 - Interpreters and Transliterators Act.|Section 34-16-11 - Charges of Fraud, Deceit, etc., Against Holder of License or Permit; Hearing; Appeal; Reapplication.

Section 34-16-11Charges of fraud, deceit, etc., against holder of license or permit; hearing; appeal; reapplication. (a) Any person may bring charges of fraud, deceit, negligence, incompetence, or misconduct against a licensee or permit holder. All charges shall be made in writing or by video tape and sworn to by the person making the charges. All charges shall be submitted to the chair of the board within 90 days of the alleged occurrence. After a review of the charges, the board shall conduct a hearing at which it may dismiss the charges, or may impose a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or may suspend or revoke the license or permit of the person charged. (b) The licensee or permit holder may appeal a decision of the board imposing an administrative fine or revoking or suspending a license or permit by submitting a request to the board for reconsideration within 90 days following the decision of the board. If no resolution is achieved, further appeals shall be submitted to the circuit court in the jurisdiction of the residence of the licensee or permit holder. Any licensee or permit holder whose application for renewal of licensure or permitting was denied or whose license or permit was revoked may reapply after 12 months. The board may then reissue a license or permit or rescind any disciplinary action if a majority of the members, which shall be no less than four members, vote in favor of the action. (Act 98-675, p. 1480, §11.)
AL Code § 34-16-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 16 - Interpreters and Transliterators Act.|Section 34-16-12 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 34-16-12Rules and regulations. The board may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this chapter and accomplish its objectives. The rules and regulations shall be published in the Standards of Professional Practice and made available to all licensees and permit holders. The rulemaking powers of the board are subject to the Administrative Procedure Act, Sections 41-22-1 to 41-22-27, inclusive. (Act 98-675, p. 1480, §12.)
AL Code § 34-16-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 16 - Interpreters and Transliterators Act.|Section 34-16-13 - Violations; Penalties.

Section 34-16-13Violations; penalties. After January 1, 1999, any person who undertakes or attempts to undertake the practice of interpreting or transliterating for remuneration among consumers without first having procured a valid license or permit, or who knowingly presents or files false information with the board for the purpose of obtaining a license or permit, or who violates this chapter shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. A person who is not licensed or permitted may not bring or maintain an action to enforce any contract for interpreting or transliterating services which he or she entered into in violation of this chapter. Whenever it appears to the board that any interpreter or transliterator has violated or is about to violate this chapter, the board may, in its own name, petition the circuit court of the county where the violation occurred or is about to occur to issue a temporary restraining order enjoining the violation. (Act 98-675, p. 1480, §13.)
AL Code § 34-16-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 16 - Interpreters and Transliterators Act.|Section 34-16-14 - Actions by Board to Recover Damages; Liability of Board Members.

Section 34-16-14Actions by board to recover damages; liability of board members. (a) The board may sue and be sued in its own name to recover actual or compensatory damages, including interest and court costs, sustained within the State of Alabama as the result of conduct of any licensee or permit holder who violates this chapter or the rules and regulations of the board. (b) All members of the board shall be immune from civil liability while acting within the scope of their duties as board members. (Act 98-675, p. 1480, §14.)
AL Code § 34-16-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 16 - Interpreters and Transliterators Act.|Section 34-16-15 - Notification of Conviction or Pending Civil Action; Breach of Professional Ethics, Etc.

Section 34-16-15Notification of conviction or pending civil action; breach of professional ethics, etc. (a) A licensee or permit holder shall notify the board within 10 days of any felony conviction, and within 10 days of a civil action being brought against the licensee or permit holder, if the civil action arose from an interpreting or transliterating transaction or involves the goodwill of a licensee or permit holder or an existing interpreting or transliterating business or agency. The notification shall be in writing, sent by certified mail, and include a copy of the judgement. (b) Allegations of breach of professional ethics or conduct incompatible with the Standards of Professional Practice as determined by the board may be brought against a licensee or permit holder by any individual, business, or agency. (Act 98-675, p. 1480, §15.)
AL Code § 34-16-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 16 - Interpreters and Transliterators Act.|Section 34-16-16 - Sunset Provision.

Section 34-16-16Sunset provision. The board shall be an enumerated board pursuant to Sections 41-20-1 to 41-20-16, inclusive, and shall be reviewed at the same time as the State Board of Medical Examiners. (Act 98-675, p. 1480, §16.)
AL Code § 34-17A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 17A - Marriage and Family Therapists.|Section 34-17A-1 - Short Title.

Section 34-17A-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited the "Marriage and Family Therapy Licensure Act." (Acts 1997, No. 97-170, p. 247, §1.)