Alabama Administrative Code › Title 255 - ALABAMA BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN COUNSELING › Chapter 255-X-7 - LICENSE RENEWAL › Section 255-X-7-.02 - Associate Licensed Counselor (ALC) Renewal

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) General. An Associate Licensed Counselor
			 is required to pay annually to the board by the anniversary of their license
			 issuance date a renewal fee as set out in section
			 255-X-1-.08. A lapsed license may
			 be renewed within a period of six (6) years after lapse upon payment of fees in
			 arrears or thereafter upon payment of a renewal fee and lapsed license fee as
			 determined by the board.
(2)
			 Renewal Notice and Application. Renewal applications will be made available
			 through the Board's website. The ALC must submit the renewal application and
			 renewal fee to the Board office by their renewal date.
(3) Continuing Education. No license will be
			 renewed unless the renewal request is accompanied by evidence satisfactory to
			 the Board of the completion of relevant professional and continued educational
			 experience meeting the definition in section
			 255-X-2-.18 completed during the
			 term of the current license.
(a) A minimum of
			 ten (10) formal contact clock hours of relevant professional and continued
			 education experience shall be required for renewal of an ALC license. The ten
			 (10) hours of continuing education required for ALC licensure renewal must
			 contain a minimum of two (2) clock hours of continuing education devoted to
			 ethical concerns for practice, assessment, supervision, or research in
			 counseling.
(b) All formal contact
			 clock hours of relevant professional and continued education experience shall
			 be approved in advance by the Board, or shall be formal graduate academic
			 course work, excluding thesis or dissertation credit. Academic courses taken as
			 "audits" must be verified with an official transcript and letter from
			 instructor confirming attendance. Formal graduate course work utilized as
			 continuing education for licensure renewal cannot also be utilized as a
			 substitute for supervised experience required to become a Licensed Professional
			 Counselor. Formal graduate course work used as a substitution for supervised
			 experience to become a Licensed Professional Counselor cannot also be utilized
			 as continuing education for licensure renewal.
(c) The ALC is responsible for maintaining
			 documentation to verify completion of all continuing activities listed on the
			 renewal application. This documentation must be available for review by the
			 Board upon request for a period of three (3) years following the renewal period
			 in which the continuing education activities were used for licensure
			 renewal.
(d) Of the twenty (20)
			 formal contact clock hours required for renewal of ALC initially issued prior
			 to January 1, 2010 and expiring July 31, 2011, five (5) hours may be obtained
			 by supplying documentation of one (1) of the following activities.
(d) Of the ten (10) formal contact clock
			 hours required for renewal of ALC, three (3) hours may be obtained by supplying
			 documentation of one (1) of the following activities:
1. Services as a presenter for a seminar,
			 workshop, or training conference that is primarily counseling in
			 nature.
2. Publication of
			 peer-reviewed material that is primarily counseling in nature.
3. Services on boards, commissions, and
			 holding office in professional organizations, specifically related to
			 counseling, and in which at least thirty (30) hours annually are devoted to
			 such service.
(e)
			 Real-Time Participation in Continuing Education Activities. A minimum of
			 seventy-five (75) percent of the continuing education activities required for
			 any licensure renewal period must consist of real-time interactive
			 participation in seminars, classes, workshops, presentations, training
			 programs, or similar activities. Such real-time inactive participation must
			 involve licensee presence in the location of the activity as it occurs or use
			 of interactive technology by the licensee for the activity as it occurs.
			 Self-contained or asynchronous activities (e.g., recorded presentations,
			 reading, online study) that do not feature opportunities for dialogue and
			 interaction for the licensee as the activity occurs do not qualify as real-time
			 participation in continuing education.
(f) Documentation of Continuing Education
			 Activities.
All certificates or completion/verification of attendance must
				contain: licensee's name, name of workshop/seminar/training, name of sponsoring
				entity, dates of the activity, CE provider number or documentation of the
				provider, and number of contact hours granted.