Alabama Administrative Code › Title 870 - ALABAMA BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY › Chapter 870-X-4 - LICENSE RENEWAL/USE OF THE LICENSE › Section 870-X-4-.06 - Suspension And Revocation, Or Reprimand

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
The license of any person licensed by the Board may be suspended or
						revoked or a reprimand may be issued by the Board. The registration of a Clinical Fellow
						(CF), Fourth-Year Intern or a Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant may be
						suspended or revoked or a reprimand may be issued by the Board. The licensed supervisor
						of the CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant shall
						be responsible for the legal, ethical, and moral professional behavior of the registered
						CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Assistant. A second reprimand within a five-year period will be
						cause for revocation of a license. A license or registration may be suspended or revoked
						or a reprimand may be issued upon a finding by the Board that:
(1) The licensee or registered clinician (CF,
					Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant) has been
					convicted of a felony in any court within the United States, if the acts for which the
					person has been convicted are found by the Board to have a direct bearing on whether the
					person should be entrusted to serve the public as a speech-language pathologist or
					audiologist.
(2) The licensee or registered
					clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant)
					has been guilty of fraud or deceit in connection with services rendered as a
					speech-language pathologist or audiologist.
(3) The licensee or registered clinician (CF,
					Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant) has aided or
					abetted a person, not a licensed speech-language pathologist or audiologist, in illegally
					representing such person as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist within this
					state.
(4) The licensee or registered
					clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant)
					has been grossly negligent in the practice of speech-language pathology and/or
					audiology.
(5) The licensee or registered
					clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant)
					has willfully violated any of the provisions of state law governing said licensee or any
					regulations adopted by the Board.
(6) The
					licensee or registered clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or
					Audiology Assistant) has been guilty of unprofessional conduct or violation of the Code
					of Ethics.
(7) The licensee or registered
					clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology Assistant)
					has used fraud or deception in applying for a license.
(8) Any disciplinary violation by a licensee may be
					punished with a fine not to exceed $1000.00 per violation. Any disciplinary violation by
					a registered clinician (CF, Fourth-Year Intern or Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology
					Assistant) may be punished with a fine not to exceed $500.00 per violation. The Board has
					the authority to effect any legal proceedings necessary to enforce compliance of this
					rule.
Authors:
David Savage, Loie Sears, Denise P. Gibbs,
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala. 1975
,
							§§
										34-28A-1,
et
							seq
.