Title 34

The members of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall convene within 30 days after their election or appointment and elect a president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer from among their members, and thereafter the board shall elect, annually, after the commencemen…

(a) The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners may establish a preceptorship and extern program whereby chiropractic students enrolled in their last year at board-approved chiropractic colleges accredited by the Council of Chiropractic Education and recent chiropractic graduates o…

The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, by rule of the board, may set, charge, and collect reasonable fees for services provided by the board, including, but not limited to, the following services: (1) Applications for approval of continuing education seminars. (2) Verificatio…

(a) Any individual wishing the right to practice chiropractic shall make application to the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners in the form as the board may prescribe. (b)(1) In addition to other requirements established by law and for the purpose of determining an applicant’s …

(a) Each applicant, who matriculated into a chiropractic college after January 1, 1973, must pass parts one and two of the examination administered by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners or other national examination as approved by the board. In addition, each applicant …

(a) Every person who desires to practice chiropractic within the State of Alabama shall file an application prescribed by the board. Notwithstanding the method of obtaining licensure or any particular requirement set forth herein, every person as a prerequisite to licensure must …

Notwithstanding any section of this article or any other law to the contrary, the board shall issue a license to practice chiropractic without examination to any person in the active practice of chiropractic in the State of Alabama on January 1, 1960; provided, that the person sh…

Every person who receives a license to practice chiropractic shall have it recorded in the office of the judge of probate of each county in which he practices and shall likewise have it recorded in the counties to which he may subsequently remove for the purpose of practicing chi…

(a) Every license to practice chiropractic or permit to own a chiropractic practice shall be subject to renewal on September 30 of the year for which it is issued with a grace period from October 1 to December 31 of each year. Every person having a valid license or permit, on or …

(a) The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners may refuse to grant a license or permit to any applicant who is not of good moral character and reputation or has a history of narcotic addiction or has previously been convicted of a felony or any crime of moral turpitude or has prev…

(a) In a contested case, all parties shall be afforded an opportunity for hearing after reasonable notice in writing delivered either by personal service as in civil actions or by certified mail, return receipt requested. Delivery of the notice referred to in this subsection shal…

The board shall specify in its rules and regulations specific guidelines to govern all hearings. (Acts 1959, No. 108, p. 612, §14; Acts 1989, No. 89-237, p. 321, §2; Act 2013-414, p. 1568, §1.)

The board shall specify in its rules and regulations a schedule of costs or fines, or both, to be imposed upon any person or permit holder who has been found guilty of a violation of Sections 34-24-166 or 34-24-161(f), each not to exceed eight thousand dollars ($8,000) per violat…

In contested cases: (1) The rules of evidence as applied in nonjury civil cases in the circuit courts of this state shall be followed. When necessary to ascertain facts not reasonably susceptible of proof under those rules, evidence not admissible thereunder may be admitted if it…

(a) The final order in a proceeding shall be in writing and made a part of the record and include findings of fact and conclusions of law separately stated, and it shall be rendered within 45 days: (1) After the hearing is concluded, if conducted by the board; (2) After the board…

(a) Any party whose license or permit is sanctioned as provided herein, shall not be required to file a motion for rehearing to exhaust his or her remedies available from the board. (b) Any party sanctioned as provided herein, may file a petition for judicial review in the circui…

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) or (c) of Section 34-24-165, any chiropractor who desires to return to the active practice of chiropractic shall submit an application for reinstatement accompanied by a nonrefundable reinstatement fee and a penalty. The amount of th…

The board shall not renew the annual certificate of registration as set forth in Section 34-24-123, 34-24-165, or 34-24-176 of any licensee or permit holder against whom an administrative fine has been assessed by the board until the fine is paid in full. In the event that the fi…

This article may be cited as the Physical Therapy Practice Act. (Acts 1965, No. 476, p. 686, §1.)

(a) For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Board of Physical Therapy established by Section 34-24-192. (2) COMMISSION. The Physical Therapy Compact Commission, the national administrative body whose membership consists of…

(a) Composition; appointment and terms of members. The Board of Physical Therapy shall consist of seven members. Four members shall be physical therapists, two members shall be physical therapist assistants, and one member shall be a consumer. The members shall be appointed by th…

(a) The board shall have the following duties: (1) To pass upon the qualifications of applicants for licensing as physical therapists or physical therapist assistants. (2) To conduct examinations. (3) To issue licenses and license renewals to physical therapists and physical ther…

(a) Any person may file a complaint with the board against any licensed physical therapist, licensed physical therapist assistant, or compact privilege holder in the state charging the individual with a violation of this article. The complaint shall set forth specifications of ch…

All fees collected by the board shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to a special fund designated as the “Physical Therapist Fund.” There is hereby appropriated to the board all funds appropriated, or otherwise made available, to the board by the Legislature of Alab…

(a) Each violation of Section 34-24-210 shall be punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days, or both. (b) Any individual who knowingly makes a false…

(a) License or compact privilege required. No individual shall practice nor hold himself or herself out to be able to practice physical therapy in this state unless he or she is licensed or has been granted a compact privilege in accordance with this chapter. (b) License or compa…

(a) A physical therapist may not treat patients without a referral from a physical therapy referrer unless the physical therapist possesses a doctorate in physical therapy or a master’s degree from an accredited institution along with 10 years of clinical practice experience and …

(a) An applicant for licensure as a physical therapist or as a physical therapist assistant shall file a written application on forms provided by the board together with a fee as set by the board, no part of which shall be refundable. The applicant shall present evidence satisfac…

(a) Generally. The board shall give an appropriate physical therapy examination and a jurisprudence examination to every applicant who complies with Section 34-24-211 and who pays the fee prescribed for the examination. Examinations shall be held within the state at least once ea…

The board shall issue a license to each applicant who passes the appropriate examination for licensure as a physical therapist or licensure as a physical therapist assistant in accordance with standards fixed by it and who is not disqualified to receive a license under Section 34…

Upon payment to the board of a fee set by the board and the submission of a written application on forms provided by the board, the board shall issue a license without examination to: (1) An individual who is qualified within the meaning of this article as a physical therapist by…

(a) On payment to the board of a fee set by the board, and on submission of a written application on forms provided by the board, the applicant shall be issued without examination a temporary license to practice physical therapy or to act as a physical therapist assistant in this…

(a) All licenses issued by the board to physical therapists and physical therapist assistants shall expire on the first day of October of the year next succeeding the issuance thereof. A license may be renewed on the payment, on or before November first of each year, to the board…

(a) The board shall refuse to issue a license to any individual and, after notice and hearing in accordance with its rules, shall suspend or revoke the license or compact privilege of any individual who has done any of the following: (1) Practiced physical therapy other than upon…

(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact. The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services. The practice of physical therapy…

As used in this article, and except as otherwise provided, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY. Full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty ord…

(a) To participate in the compact, a state shall do all of the following: (1) Participate fully in the commission’s data system, including using the commission’s unique identifier as defined in rules. (2) Have a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating complaints about …

(a) To exercise the compact privilege under the terms and provisions of the compact, the licensee shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) Hold a license in the home state. (2) Have no encumbrance on any state license. (3) Be eligible for a compact privilege in any membe…

A licensee who is active duty military or is the spouse of an individual who is active duty military may designate one of the following as the home state: (1) Home of record. (2) Permanent Change of Station (PCS). (3) State of current residence if it is different from the PCS sta…

(a) A home state shall have exclusive power to impose adverse action against a license issued by the home state. (b) A home state may take adverse action based on the investigative information of a remote state, provided that the home state follows its own procedures for imposing…

(a) The compact member states shall create and establish a joint public agency known as the Physical Therapy Compact Commission. (1) The commission is an instrumentality of the compact member states. (2) Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the commission shall …

(a) The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, and utilization of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and investigative information on all licensees in member states. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of stat…

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

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

(a) This compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth member state. The provisions, which become effective at that time, shall be limited to the powers granted to the commission relating to assembly and the adoption of r…

This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the Unit…