Alabama Administrative Code

(1) Any person wishing to obtain the right to practice as a psychologist in this state, who has not heretofore been licensed to do so, shall, before it shall be lawful for him or her to practice as a psychologists in this state, make application to the Board of Examiners in Psych…

Upon request, all persons intending to apply for licensure will be supplied with a licensure application form, a copy of the Alabama law, and an "Information for Applicants" brochure. The cut-off dates for completion of application files will be the first day of odd numbered mont…

Applications will be reviewed under the laws and rules and regulations in effect the date the application is received. All applications shall be submitted on a form prescribed and provided by the Board of Examiners in Psychology and accompanied by such evidence, statements, and d…

All applicants (see Rule 750-X-2-.08 below for certain exceptions) shall have a doctoral degree from a department of or school of psychology as defined herein. Departments or schools which have programs fully or provisionally accredited by the American Psychological Association a…

In evaluating additional qualifications, the Board shall take into consideration the applicant's training, supervision, ethical conduct and professional competence. Four positive references from psychologists, three of whom must be licensed or certified at the doctoral level, are…

(1) The Board recognizes specialization in Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, and School Psychology. Applicants who meet all other requirements for licensure and who are graduates from programs accredited by the American Psychologica…

(1) Applicants who have successfully completed an internship that was accredited by the American Psychological Association or the Canadian Psychological Association at the time of the applicant's training will be recognized as meeting the Board's internship training requirements.…

(1) Applicants who are in good standing and who are currently licensed to practice independently as a psychologist in another jurisdiction (excluding temporary, provisional or other conditional licensure) will be granted a license to practice psychology in Alabama upon meeting th…

(1) Board Action. The affirmative votes of a majority of Board members voting shall be required to grant admission to the examination and licensure. The applicant will be notified by letter of the Board's decision. (2) Restrictions on Member Voting. (a) A Board member cannot serv…

(1) Pursuant to the statutory requirements found in the Alabama Military Family Jobs Opportunity Act, Act 2018-540, as codified at Code of Ala. 1975, § 31-1-6, any applicant for certification as a psychologist or psychological technician who is considered an "eligible individual"…

(1) A candidate for licensure as a psychological technician shall furnish the board with satisfactory evidence that he or she satisfies all of the following: (a) He or she is of good moral character. (b) He or she is at least 19 years of age. (c) He or she has a master's degree, …

Upon request, all persons intending to apply for licensure will be supplied with a licensure application form, a copy of the Alabama law, an "Information for Applicants" brochure. The application process must be completed by the first day of odd numbered months to be reviewed at …

Applications will be reviewed under the laws and rules and regulations in effect the date the application is received. All licensure applications shall be submitted on a form prescribed and provided by the Board of Examiners in Psychology and accompanied by such evidence, stateme…

(1) All applicants for licensure as a Psychological Technician shall have a master's degree in psychology from a regionally accredited institution of higher education. The degree program of the applicant shall be publicly identified and clearly labeled as a psychology program. In…

In evaluating additional qualifications, the Board shall take into consideration the applicant's training, supervision, ethical conduct and professional competence. Four positive references are required. One must be from the applicant's graduate program and one must be from a lic…

A person practices as a "psychological technician" within the meaning of this chapter when he or she holds himself or herself out to be a psychological technician. A psychological technician may not use the title "psychologist" or hold himself or herself out to the public or know…

(1) The scope of mandated supervision shall depend upon the specific areas of practice, experience, and training of the supervisee. Mandated supervision shall assure that an appropriate professional standard is being applied to the solution of the problem of a client, and that th…

(1) Board Action. The affirmative votes of a majority of Board members voting shall be required to grant admission to the examination and licensure. The applicant will be notified by letter of the Board's decision. (2) Restrictions on Member Voting. (a) A Board member cannot serv…

(1) The written examination includes the Examination for the Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) developed by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards. This examination is intended to provide one measure of professional competence in psychology of a candid…

If the applicant is denied admission to the examination and believes, based on pertinent sections of the Board's rules and regulations, that he/she qualifies for admission, he/she may apply to the Board for reconsideration. The appeal process will be as specified in those section…

After six months any candidate who fails the EPPP or the PSE has the option of taking it a second time. For the EPPP, or the PSE, candidates must pay an examination fee sufficient to cover the entire actual costs of the examination. If reexamination is accomplished within one yea…

Continuing education is the process through which professional licensees review psychological concepts and techniques, acquire new knowledge or skills relevant to their work, and improve their competence in current skills. These activities are intended to supplement what has alre…

(1) Compliance with the continuing education requirement is the responsibility of every licensee. It is the responsibility of each licensee to provide the Board with appropriate documentation of continuing education credits. On request, the Board will provide the licensee with in…

(1) The continuing education requirement for license renewal for psychologists is 20 hours per year. One hour of continuing education is defined as no less than 50 minutes of learning in one hour. Credit is accrued on an annual basis (October 1 September 30). A maximum of 6 hours…

Individuals licensed for less than 12 months must acquire continuing education credit by the following formula: (20 credits/12 months (number of months licensed) and rounded to the nearest whole number. Begin counting with the first full month following the month of licensure. Fo…

The American Psychological Association (APA) describes Continuing Professional Education (CPE) in psychology as an ongoing process consisting of formal learning activities that are relevant to psychological practice, education, and science, and that also enable psychology profess…

The annual fee is due at the time of license renewal. This fee is due annually at the time of license renewal. The fee covers the administrative costs for registration of continuing education credits with the Board and verification of compliance with the continuing education requ…

Continuing education requirements are on an annual basis. It is the responsibility of each licensee to demonstrate compliance with the continuing education requirements by September 30th. Author: Alabama Board of Examiners in Psychology Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 750-X-3A-.07 File…

Licensees will be reviewed for compliance with continuing education requirements not later than October 15 of each year. Failure to engage in continuing education or failure to pay fees for registration of continuing education credits shall result in a lapsed license. A licensee …

(a) Licensees are required to submit an annual renewal fee to the Board after the initial year of licensure. License renewal consists of payment of the annual renewal fee, payment of the annual continuing education fee and demonstration of fulfillment of the annual continuing edu…

(1) A licensee may request that the Board designate his or her license status as inactive at any time before the annual date of renewal (October 15) by submitting the Inactive Status Application Form and payment of an annual inactive status fee (See Appendix I, Fee Schedule). Gra…

(1) Licensure should not be used, either explicitly or implicitly, as a claim or promise or guarantee of successful service. A licensed psychologist or licensed psychological technician is to display the license certificate in an appropriate manner within an office area. The lice…

(1) The Alabama Attorney General's Office has ruled that the Board has a right to release information in the files of applicants or licensees. In addition to standard inquiries about individual applicants or licensees for professional reasons, such information is often sought for…

As Section 34-26-21 of the law states, "No member of the Board shall be liable to civil action for any act performed in good faith in the performance of his or her duty pursuant to this chapter." Author: Alabama Board of Examiners in Psychology Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 750-X-5-.…

(1) The Board shall suspend, place on probation, or require remediation, or any combination thereof, for any psychologist or psychological technician for a specified time, to be determined at the discretion of the Board, or to revoke any license to practice as a psychologist or p…

(1) If an unlicensed individual holds him/herself out to the public as a psychologist or psychological technician or he/she engages in the practice of psychology, he or she will be considered to be engaging in illegal activity and may be prosecuted by the attorney general's offic…

(1) The Board has authority to regulate the practice of psychology. Therefore the Board construes the actions of technical and support staff in providing functions associated with psychological assessments for which they are under supervision by a licensed psychologist to be acti…

An annual report concerning the Board's functioning for the previous fiscal year (October through September) will be sent to the Governor in July of each year. Author: Alabama Board of Examiners in Psychology Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 750-X-5-.06 Repealed: Filed April 5, 1990. Ne…

(1) The Board may issue declaratory rulings with respect to the validity of a rule; or with respect to the applicability to any person, property, or state of facts of any rule or statute enforceable by the Board; or with respect to the meaning and scope of any order of the Board.…

(1) As used in this section, the following words have the following meanings: (a) COMMITEE. The Alabama Psychology Professionals Wellness Committee created under this section. (b) IMPAIRED or IMPAIRMENT. The inability of a licensed psychologist or licensed psychological technicia…

(1) To promote the early identification, treatment, and rehabilitation of any licensee who may be impaired, there is established the Alabama Psychology Professionals Wellness Committee, effective January 1, 2022, comprised of not less than three (3) nor more than eleven (11) memb…

(1) (a) All information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, or other documents furnished to or produced by the committee and any findings, conclusions, recommendations, or reports resulting from any investigation, intervention, treatment, or rehabilitation, or other proc…

The Board may collect funds or expend available funds to adequately provide for the operational expenses of the committee, including, but not limited to, the actual cost of travel, office overhead, personnel expenses, and compensation for the members of the committee and committe…

Psychologists and Psychological Technicians will comply with the appropriate relevant statutes regarding billing and third party reimbursement and the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct of the American Psychological Association. Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 750-…

(1) American Psychological Association Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, 2003 Edition (as amended 2010, 2016), effective January 1, 2017, or its successive editions, set forth as Appendix II to the Administrative Code of the Alabama Board of Examiners in Ps…

Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 750-X-6-.03 Rule entitled "Code of Ethics for Insurance Procedures (Appendix VII)" filed April 29, 1987. Amended: Filed November 5, 1987 (rule title changed to "Code of Ethics for Insurance Procedures (Appendix V)"). Repealed and New Rule entitled "Ameri…

(1) Every person operating (a) any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, (b) a bus or truck, other than a pickup truck, carrying passengers whether for hire or not, (c) any school bus carrying any school child or other passengers, (d) every bus transporting passengers, (e) …

The Director of Public Safety, at any time after the expiration of six months from the date of revocation, may reinstate the driving privilege of any person whose privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the streets and highways of this state has been revoked in accordance with th…

No transfer of a driver license shall be permitted and any person to whom a driver license has been issued as required by the provisions of Code of Ala. 1975, §326, who permits or allows another to use the driver license issued to him while driving a motor vehicle upon the highwa…

Any person who willfully mutilates, mars, changes, reproduces, alters, defaces, disfigures, or otherwise changes the form of any driver license, or temporary instruction permit issued to any person under Code of Ala. 1975, §§3266, 3263, and 3268, with the intent to defraud shall …