Title 34 — Title 34

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the two levels of psychological practice are as follows: (1) Psychologist. (2) Psychological technician. (b)(1) A person practices as a psychologist within the meaning of this chapter when he or she holds himself or herself out to be a psycho…

(a) The purpose of this compact is to facilitate the interstate practice of school psychology in educational or school settings, and, in doing so, to improve the availability of school psychological services to the public. This compact is intended to establish a pathway to allow …

As used in this compact, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBER. Any person with full-time duty status in the Armed Forces of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve. (2) ADVERSE ACTION. Disciplinary action or en…

(a) To be eligible to join this compact, and to maintain eligibility as a member state, a state must: (1) Enact a compact statute that is not materially different from the model compact as defined in the commission’s rules. (2) Participate in the sharing of information with other…

(a) To obtain and maintain an equivalent license from a remote state under this compact, a licensee must: (1) Hold and maintain an active home state license. (2) Satisfy any applicable state specific requirements established by the member state after an equivalent license is gran…

A licensee who is an active military member or is the spouse of an active military member shall be deemed to hold a home state license in any of the following locations: (1) The licensee’s permanent residence. (2) A member state that is the licensee’s primary state of practice. (…

(a) Nothing in this compact shall be deemed or construed to limit the authority of a member state to investigate or impose disciplinary measures on licensees according to its scope of practice laws. (b) Member states shall be authorized to receive, and shall provide, files and in…

Commission. (a) The member states hereby create and establish a joint government agency whose membership consists of all member states that have enacted this compact, and this agency shall be known as the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission. The commission…

(a) The commission shall provide for facilitating the exchange of information to administer and implement the provisions of this compact in accordance with the rules of the commission, consistent with generally accepted data protection principles. (b) Notwithstanding any other pr…

(a) The commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this compact and the rules adopted thereunder. Rules and amendments shall become binding as of the date specified in each rule or amendment. (b) The commission shall adopt reasonable rul…

(a) Oversight. (1) The executive and judicial branches of the state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement this compact. (2) Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the commission shall…

(a) This compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh member state. (1) On or after the effective date of this compact indicated above, the commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the charter membe…

(a) This compact and the commission’s rulemaking authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes, implementation, and administration of this compact. Provisions of this compact expressly authorizing or requiring the adoption of rules shall not be construed…

(a) Nothing herein shall prevent or inhibit the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with this compact. (b) Any laws, statutes, rules, or other legal requirements in a member state in conflict with this compact are superseded to the extent of th…

Psychiatrists, or Licensed Psychological Technicians and Their Clients. For the purpose of this chapter, the confidential relations and communications between licensed psychologists, licensed psychiatrists, or licensed psychological technicians and their clients are placed upon t…

Repealed by Act 2016-416, §2, effective August 1, 2016. History: (Acts 1963, No. 535, p. 1147, §1.)

Meetings. (a)(1) There is created the Alabama Board of Examiners in Psychology to consist of eight persons who are residents of this state, who shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state, and who shall be appoi…

Continuing Education; Rules and Regulations. (a) The Board of Examiners in Psychology shall have authority to administer oaths, to summon witnesses and to take testimony in all matters relating to its duties. The board shall be the sole agency in this state empowered to certify c…

The Board of Examiners in Psychology shall be subject to the Alabama Sunset Law, Chapter 20 of Title 41, as an enumerated agency as provided in Section 41- 20-3, and shall have a termination date of October 1, 2016, and every four years thereafter, unless continued pursuant to th…

The Board of Examiners shall adopt the Code of Ethics of the American Psychological Association to govern appropriate practices or behavior as referred to in Section 34-26-46 and Section 34-26-47 and shall file such code with the Secretary of State within 30 days prior to the eff…

(a) As used in this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) COMMITTEE. The Alabama Psychology Professionals Wellness Committee created under this section. (2) IMPAIRED or IMPAIRMENT. The inability of a licensed psychologist or licensed psychological technici…

(a) It is specifically prohibited that any individual or organization shall present himself, herself, or it, or be presented to the public by any title incorporating the name “psychological,” “psychologist,” or “psychology” other than so licensed by this chapter. Any psychologica…

Without License; Inactive Status. (a)(1) Any person wishing to obtain the right to practice as a psychologist or psychological technician 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 psychologist or…

Psychological Technician. (a) If any person holds himself or herself out to the public as being engaged in practice as a psychologist or psychological technician, such as clinical, counseling, school, or combined professional-scientific psychology, and does not then possess in fu…

There shall be paid to the board by each applicant for a permanent license to practice as a psychologist or a psychological technician a fee not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), as set by board rule. No part of any fee shall be returnable under any circumstance. All fees co…

(a) The Board of Examiners in Psychology shall charge each candidate for licensure as a psychologist or psychological technician a fee sufficient to cover the entire actual costs of the examination of the applicant as well as the cost of criminal history and civil background chec…

Examination of applicants for a license to practice as a psychologist or psychological technician shall be made by the board at least once a year according to methods and in such subject fields as may be deemed by the board to be the most practical and expeditious to test the qua…

Repealed by Act 2013-386 effective February 1, 2014. History: (Acts 1963, No. 535, p. 1147, §8.)

Penalties; Judicial Review; Disciplinary Oversight. (a) 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 revo…

(a) The board may not recommend suspension or revocation of licensure or refuse to issue or to renew any license for any cause listed in Section 34-26-46 unless the person accused has been given at least 30 days’ notice in writing of the charge against him or her and a public hea…

Any action of, or ruling or order made or entered by the board declining to issue a certificate, declining to recommend licensure, or recommending suspension or revocation of a certificate or license shall be subject to review by the courts of this state in the same manner and su…

(a) 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…

(a) A licensed psychologist acting as a supervisor shall perform all of the following duties: (1) Offer and provide supervision only within the area of his or her competence and assure that his or her professional expertise and experience is congruent with the practice of the sup…

(a) A psychological technician supervisee shall perform all of the following duties: (1) Enter into a written agreement with the supervisor, using a board adopted supervision contract form, which details the obligations of the supervisee as well as the responsibilities of the sup…

Additional Supervision. (a) A psychological technician who practices in a jurisdiction outside of the state shall not be required to receive supervision for services rendered in that jurisdiction so long as the services are rendered in a manner consistent with the legal requireme…

Minimum supervision requirements are as follows: (1) LEVEL I. For a psychological technician with less than two calendar years of supervised practice as a licensed psychological technician, consisting of at least 3,000 hours of supervised practice, minimum supervision shall be pr…

The degree program of the applicant shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) The program shall be publicly identified and clearly labeled as a psychology program. (2) The program shall maintain clear authority and primary responsibility for the core and concentration are…

No person shall hold himself or herself out to the public as a licensed psychological technician or practice as a psychological technician unless licensed by the board. Failure to comply with this section shall constitute a Class B misdemeanor. History: (Act 98-146, p. 230, §5; A…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact. Whereas, states license psychologists in order to protect the public through verification of education, training, and experience and ensure accountability for professional practice; and Wh…

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ADVERSE ACTION. Any action taken by a state psychology regulatory authority which finds a violation of a law or regulation that is identified by the state psychology regulatory authority as discipline a…

(a) The home state shall be a compact state where a psychologist is licensed to practice psychology. (b) A psychologist may hold one or more compact state licenses at a time. If the psychologist is licensed in more than one compact state, the home state is the compact state where…

(a) Compact states shall recognize the right of a psychologist, licensed in a compact state in conformance with Section 34-26-82, to practice telepsychology in other compact states in which the psychologist is not licensed, under the authority to practice interjurisdictional tele…

(a) Compact states shall also recognize the right of a psychologist, licensed in a compact state in conformance with Section 34-26-82, to practice temporarily in other compact states (distant states) in which the psychologist is not licensed, as provided in the compact. (b) To ex…

A psychologist may practice in a receiving state under the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology only in the performance of the scope of practice for psychology as assigned by an appropriate state psychology regulatory authority, as defined in the rules of the …

(a) A home state may impose adverse action against a psychologist’s license issued by the home state. A distant state shall have the power to take adverse action on a psychologist’s temporary authorization to practice within that distant state. (b) A receiving state may take adve…

Regulatory Authority. In addition to any other powers granted under state law, a compact state’s psychology regulatory authority shall have the authority under this compact to: (1) Issue subpoenas, for both hearings and investigations, which require the attendance and testimony o…

(a) The commission shall provide for the development and maintenance of a coordinated licensure information system (coordinated database) and reporting system containing licensure and disciplinary action information on all individual psychologists to whom this compact is applicab…

Commission. (a) The compact states create and establish a joint public agency known as the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission. (1) The commission is a body politic and an instrumentality of the compact states. (2) Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or agai…

(a) The commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this section and the rules adopted pursuant to this section. Rules and amendments shall become binding as of the date specified in each rule or amendment. (b) If a majority of the legisl…

(a) Oversight. (1) The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government in each compact state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact’s purposes and intent. This compact and the rules adopted hereunder s…