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AL Code § 34-38-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 38 - Impaired Professionals' Committee.|Section 34-38-5 - Nonliability of Impaired Professionals' Committee Personnel, etc., for Actions Within Scope of Function.

Section 34-38-5Nonliability of Impaired Professionals' Committee personnel, etc., for actions within scope of function. Any dentist licensed to practice in the State of Alabama, or pharmacist, who shall be duly appointed to serve as a member of the Alabama Impaired Professionals' Committee and any auxiliary personnel, consultants, attorneys, or other employees of the committee shall not be liable to any person for any claim for damages as a result of any decision, opinion, investigation, or action taken by the committee or any individual member of the committee made by him or her within the scope of his or her function as a member of the committee if such decision, opinion, investigation, or action was taken without malice and on a reasonable belief that such action or recommendation was warranted by the facts that were then available. No nonprofit corporation, professional association, health provider, or state or county association that contracts with, or receives funds from, board or boards for the creation, support, and operation of the Alabama Impaired Professionals' Committee shall be liable to any person for any claim for damages for any action taken or recommendation made by the Alabama Impaired Professionals' Committee, or any member thereof, or any auxiliary personnel, consultant, attorney, or employee of such committee. (Acts 1988, No. 88-334, p. 505, §2.)
AL Code § 34-38-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 38 - Impaired Professionals' Committee.|Section 34-38-6 - Confidentiality of Information, Records, and Proceedings.

Section 34-38-6Confidentiality of information, records, and proceedings. All information, interviews, reports, statements, memorandums, or other documents furnished to or produced by the Alabama Impaired Professionals' Committee and any findings, conclusions, recommendations, or reports resulting from the investigations, interventions, treatment, or rehabilitation, or other related proceedings of such committee are declared to be privileged and confidential. All records and proceedings of such committee shall be confidential and shall be used by such committee, the members thereof, and the boards, only in the exercise of the proper functions of the committee and the boards, and shall not be public records nor available for court subpoena or for discovery proceedings. Nothing contained herein shall apply to records made in the regular course of business of an individual; documents or records otherwise available from original sources are not to be construed as immune from discovery or use in any civil proceedings merely because they were presented or considered during the proceedings of the Alabama Impaired Professionals' Committee. (Acts 1988, No. 88-334, p. 505, §2; Acts 1989, No. 89-860, p. 1713, §3.)
AL Code § 34-38-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 38 - Impaired Professionals' Committee.|Section 34-38-7 - Annual Report.

Section 34-38-7Annual report. It shall be the duty of the Alabama Impaired Professionals' Committee to render an annual report to each board or boards, concerning the operations and proceedings of the committee for the preceding year. In addition, the committee shall promptly report to the respective boards any individual within their jurisdiction who, in the opinion of the committee is unable to practice the standards of his or her profession with reasonable skill and safety to patients, by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, controlled substances, narcotics, alcohol, chemicals, or other dependency forming substances, or as a result of any physical or mental condition rendering such person unable to meet the standards of his or her profession and appears that such individual is currently in need of intervention, treatment, or rehabilitation. A report to the Alabama Impaired Professionals' Committee shall be deemed to be a report to the board or boards for the purposes of any mandated reporting of professional impairment otherwise provided for by the statutes of this state. (Acts 1988, No. 88-334, p. 505, §2; Acts 1989, No. 89-860, p. 1713, §4.)
AL Code § 34-38-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 38 - Impaired Professionals' Committee.|Section 34-38-8 - Evaluation of Professional Who Is Believed to Be Impaired; Report of Findings.

Section 34-38-8Evaluation of professional who is believed to be impaired; report of findings. If the board or boards has reasonable cause to believe that a professional is impaired, such board may cause an evaluation of such professional to be conducted by the Alabama Impaired Professionals' Committee, for the purpose of determining if there is an impairment. The Alabama Impaired Professionals' Committee shall report the findings of its evaluation to the respective board or boards. (Acts 1988, No. 88-334, p. 505, §2.)
AL Code § 34-39-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 39 - Occupational Therapy Practice Act.|Section 34-39-1 - Short Title.

Section 34-39-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama State Occupational Therapy Practice Act." (Acts 1990, No. 90-383, p. 515, §1.)
AL Code § 34-39-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 39 - Occupational Therapy Practice Act.|Section 34-39-2 - Purpose.

Section 34-39-2Purpose. The Alabama State Occupational Therapy Practice Act is enacted to safeguard the public health, safety, and welfare, and to assure the availability of high quality occupational therapy services to persons in need of such services. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the regulation of persons offering themselves as occupational therapists or as occupational therapy assistants. (Acts 1990, No. 90-383, p. 515, §2.)
AL Code § 34-39-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 39 - Occupational Therapy Practice Act.|Section 34-39-4 - Representation of Self as Occupational Therapist or Therapy Assistant Without License Prohibited.

Section 34-39-4Representation of self as occupational therapist or therapy assistant without license prohibited. (a) No person may present himself or herself as an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant in this state unless he or she is licensed in accordance with this chapter. No firm, partnership, association, or corporation may advertise or otherwise offer to provide or convey the impression that it is providing occupational therapy unless an individual holding a current valid license or limited permit under this chapter is or will at the appropriate time be rendering the occupational therapy services to which reference is made.  (b) It is unlawful for any person not licensed as an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant or whose license has been suspended or revoked to use in connection with his or her name or place of business the words "occupational therapist," "licensed occupational therapist," "occupational therapy assistant," "licensed occupational therapy assistant," or the letters "O.T.," "L.O.T.," "O.T.R./L.," "O.T.A.," "L.O.T.A.," "C.O.T.A./L.," thereby indicating or implying that he or she is qualified to practice in this state as a licensed occupational therapist or a licensed occupational therapy assistant. At the discretion of the licensee, academic credentials including MS, OTR/L to indicate a master's degree, and OTD to indicate a clinical doctorate, may also be used in conjunction with the licensure acronyms. It is unlawful also for any person not licensed under this chapter to show in any other way, orally, in writing, in print, or by sign, directly or by implication that he or she is engaged in performing occupational therapy services. (Acts 1990, No. 90-383, p. 515, §4; Act 2013-309, p. 1041, §1.)
AL Code § 34-39-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 39 - Occupational Therapy Practice Act.|Section 34-39-5 - Exceptions.

Section 34-39-5Exceptions. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing or restricting the practice, services, or activities of any of the following persons: (1) Any person licensed under any other law of the state from engaging in the profession for which he or she is licensed. (2) Any person employed as an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant by the government of the United States, if the person provides occupational therapy solely under the direction or control of the organization by which he or she is employed. (3) Any person pursuing a course of study leading to a degree in occupational therapy at an accredited or approved educational program if the activities and services constitute a part of a supervised course of study, if the person is designated by a title which clearly indicates his or her status as a student or trainee. (4) Any person fulfilling the supervised fieldwork experience requirements of subdivision (2) of Section 34-39-8. (Acts 1990, No. 90-383, p. 515, §5; Acts 1995, No. 95-279, p. 502, §3; Act 2013-309, p. 1041, §1.)
AL Code § 34-39-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 39 - Occupational Therapy Practice Act.|Section 34-39-8 - Application for License; Requirements.

Section 34-39-8Application for license; requirements. An applicant for licensure as an occupational therapist or as an occupational therapy assistant 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 provided by the board, showing to the satisfaction of the board fulfillment of all of the following requirements: (1) Applicant shall present evidence satisfactory to the board of having successfully completed all of the academic requirements for degree or certificate conferral from an educational program in occupational therapy recognized by the board. The program shall be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Incorporated. (2) Applicant shall pass an examination as provided for in Section 34-39-9. (Acts 1990, No. 90-383, p. 515, §8; Acts 1995, No. 95-279, p. 502, §3; Act 2011-168, p. 321, §3; Act 2013-309, p. 1041, §1.)
AL Code § 34-39-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 39 - Occupational Therapy Practice Act.|Section 34-39-9 - Examinations and Reexamination; Foreign Trained Applicants.

Section 34-39-9Examinations and reexamination; foreign trained applicants. (a) A person applying for licensure under this chapter shall demonstrate his/her eligibility in accordance with the requirements of Section 34-39-8, and shall make application for examination upon a form and in such a manner as the board shall prescribe. A person who fails an examination may make reapplication for reexamination accompanied by the established fee. (b) Each applicant for licensure under this chapter shall be examined by written examination to test his or her knowledge of the basic clinical sciences relating to occupational therapy, and occupational therapy theory and practice, the applicant's professional skills and judgment in the utilization of occupational therapy techniques and methods, and such other subjects as the board may deem useful to determine the applicant's fitness to practice. The board shall establish standards for acceptable performance by the applicant. (c) Applicants for licensure shall be examined at a time and place and under such supervision as the board may require. Examinations shall be given at least twice each year at such places as the board may determine. The board shall give reasonable public notice of these examinations in accordance with its rules and regulations. (d) Applicants may obtain their examination scores in accordance with such rules and regulations as the board may establish. (e) Foreign trained occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants shall satisfy the examination requirements of Section 34-39-8(3). The board shall require foreign trained applicants to complete educational and supervised fieldwork requirements, substantially equal to those contained in Section 34-39-8, before taking the examination. (Acts 1990, No. 90-383, p. 515, §9.)
AL Code § 34-39-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 39 - Occupational Therapy Practice Act.|Section 34-39-10 - Waiver of License Requirements; Reciprocity; Notification Procedure.

Section 34-39-10Waiver of license requirements; reciprocity; notification procedure. (a) The board shall grant a license to any person certified prior to April 17, 1990, as an occupational therapist registered (OTR) or as a certified occupational therapy assistant (COTA) by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. The board may waive the examination, education, or experience and grant a license to any person certified after April 17, 1990, by a national occupational therapy certification board, if the board considers the requirements for certification to be equivalent to the requirements under the terms of this chapter. (b) The board may waive the examination, education, or experience requirements and grant a license to any applicant who shall present proof of current licensure as an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant in another state, the District of Columbia, or territory of the United States which requires standards for licensure considered by the board to be equivalent to the requirements for licensure of this chapter. (c) The board shall cause notification to be sent to all occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants presently employed or practicing occupational therapy in this state. The notification shall summarize the requirements of this chapter and provide information on procedures for obtaining a license. (Acts 1990, No. 90-383, p. 515, §10; Acts 1995, No. 95-279, p. 502, §3.)
AL Code § 34-39-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 39 - Occupational Therapy Practice Act.|Section 34-39-11 - Issuance of License; Limited Permit; Permitted Representations.

Section 34-39-11Issuance of license; limited permit; permitted representations. (a) The board shall issue a license to any person who meets the requirements of this chapter upon payment of the license fee as described in Section 34-39-14. (b) The board shall issue a limited permit to persons who have completed the educational and fieldwork experience requirements of this chapter. This permit shall allow the person to practice occupational therapy under the supervision of an occupational therapist who holds a current license in this state and shall be valid until the date on which the results of the qualifying examination have been made public. This limited permit shall not be renewed if the applicant has failed the examination. Failure of the examination shall result in revocation of an active limited permit. (c) Any person who is issued a license as an occupational therapist under the terms of this chapter may use the words "occupational therapist," "licensed occupational therapist," "occupational therapist registered," or may use the letters "O.T.," "L.O.T.," or "O.T.R./L." in connection with his/her name or place of business to denote registration hereunder. (d) Any person who is issued a license as an occupational therapy assistant under the terms of this chapter may use the words "occupational therapy assistant," "licensed occupational therapy assistant," "certified occupational therapy assistant," or may use the letters "O.T.A.," "L.O.T.A.," or "C.O.T.A./L." in connection with his or her name or place of business to denote registration hereunder. (Acts 1990, No. 90-383, p. 515, §11; Act 2013-309, p. 1041, §1.)
AL Code § 34-39-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 39 - Occupational Therapy Practice Act.|Section 34-39-12 - Denial or Suspension of License; Probationary Conditions; Hearing; Reinstatement.

Section 34-39-12Denial or suspension of license; probationary conditions; hearing; reinstatement. (a) The board shall, after notice and opportunity for hearing, have the power to deny or refuse to renew a license, or may suspend or revoke a license, or may impose probationary conditions, where the licensee or applicant for license has been guilty of unprofessional conduct which has endangered or is likely to endanger the health, welfare, or safety of the public. Such unprofessional conduct includes: (1) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a license by fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of material facts; (2) Being guilty of unprofessional conduct as defined by the rules established by the board; (3) Violating any lawful order, rule, or regulation rendered or adopted by the board; (4) Being convicted of a crime other than minor offenses defined as "minor misdemeanors," "violations," or "offenses" in any court if the acts for which he or she was convicted are found by the board to have a direct bearing on whether he or she should be entrusted to serve the public in the capacity of an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant; (5) Violating any provision of this chapter. (b) Such denial, refusal to renew, suspension, revocation, or imposition of probationary conditions upon a license may be ordered by the board in a decision made after a hearing in the manner provided by the rules and regulations adopted by the board. One year from the date of the revocation of a license, application may be made to the board for reinstatement. The board shall have discretion to accept or reject an application for reinstatement and may, but shall not be required to, hold a hearing to consider such reinstatement. (Acts 1990, No. 90-383, p. 515, §12.)
AL Code § 34-39-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 39 - Occupational Therapy Practice Act.|Section 34-39-13 - Expiration and Renewal of Licenses; Fee; Continuing Education; Late Fee.

Section 34-39-13Expiration and renewal of licenses; fee; continuing education; late fee. (a) All licenses under this chapter shall be subject to renewal and shall expire unless renewed in the manner prescribed by the rules and regulations of the board upon the payment of a renewal fee. The board may set a required number of continuing education units for license renewal. The board may provide for a late renewal of license upon payment of a late renewal fee. Any license which has not been restored within three years following its expiration may not be renewed, restored, or reissued thereafter. The holder of such an expired license may apply for and obtain a valid license only upon compliance with all relevant requirements for issuance of a new license. (b) A suspended license is subject to expiration and may be renewed as provided in this section, but such renewal shall not entitle the licensee, while the license remains suspended and until it is reinstated, to engage in the licensed activity or in other conduct or activity in violation of the license revoked on disciplinary grounds is reinstated, the licensee, as a condition of reinstatement, shall pay the reorder or judgment by which the license was suspended. If a license revoked on disciplinary grounds is reinstated, the licensee, as a condition of reinstatement, shall pay the renewal fee and any late fee that may be applicable. (Acts 1990, No. 90-383, p. 515, §13.)
AL Code § 34-39-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 39 - Occupational Therapy Practice Act.|Section 34-39-14 - Fees Authorized.

Section 34-39-14Fees authorized. The board is empowered to establish, publish, and collect reasonable fees and costs in amounts determined by the board for the following purposes: (1) Application for examination; (2) Limited permit fee; (3) Initial license fee; (4) Renewal of license fee; (5) Late renewal fee; and (6) The costs of conducting a hearing of any person whose license or certificate of qualification is suspended, revoked, or refused as a result of such hearing. (Acts 1990, No. 90-383, p. 515, §14; Acts 1991, No. 91-165, p. 221, §3.)
AL Code § 34-39-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 39 - Occupational Therapy Practice Act.|Section 34-39-15 - Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty; Forfeiture and Revocation of License.

Section 34-39-15Violation as misdemeanor; penalty; forfeiture and revocation of license. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter as set forth in Sections 34-39-4 and 34-39-13, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than $250 and not more than $1,000, or imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or both. A license held by any person convicted under this section shall be forfeited and revoked forthwith for one year from the date of such conviction. (Acts 1990, No. 90-383, p. 515, §15.)
AL Code § 34-39-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 39 - Occupational Therapy Practice Act.|Section 34-39-16 - Complaints; Notice and Hearing; Judicial Review.

Section 34-39-16Complaints; notice and hearing; judicial review. (a) Any person may file a complaint with the board against any licensed occupational therapist or licensed occupational therapy assistant in the state charging the person with having violated this chapter. The complaint shall set forth specifications of charges in sufficient detail so as to disclose to the accused fully and completely the alleged acts of misconduct for which he or she is charged. When a complaint is filed, the secretary of the board, or the executive director at the request of the secretary, shall mail a copy thereof to the accused by return receipt mail at his or her address of record, with a written notice of the time and place of hearing thereof, advising him or her that he or she may be present in person and by counsel if he or she so desires, to offer evidence and be heard in his or her defense. (b) At the time and place fixed for the hearing, the board shall receive evidence upon the subject matter under consideration and shall accord the person against whom charges are preferred a full and fair opportunity to be heard in his or her defense. The board shall be bound by the rules of evidence in contested cases under Section 41-22-13 of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act and all oral testimony considered by the board shall be under oath. If the board finds that the licensed occupational therapist or the licensed occupational therapy assistant has violated this chapter, the board may suspend or revoke his or her licensure, levy a reasonable fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation, or restrict his or her license and require the licensee to report regularly to the board on matters related to the reasons for the restricted license, or any combination of these. (c) The action of the board in suspending, revoking, or refusing to issue a license may be appealed to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County accompanied by a bond to be approved by the court. The notice of appeal shall be filed within 30 days from the receipt of such order or ruling. Appeals shall be governed by the judicial review provisions of Section 41-22-20 of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, except that the review procedure provided therein shall not suspend the action of the board nor stay the enforcement of any order in the suspension, revocation, or refusal of a license. (Acts 1990, No. 90-383, p. 515, §16; Acts 1991, No. 91-165, p. 221, §3; Act 2013-309, p. 1041, §1.)