Title 34

(a) No person shall be admitted to examination or receive a license to practice barbering under this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, unless such person shall possess the following qualifications: (1) He or she shall pay the original licensing fee as hereina…

As used in this chapter, “barber college” includes a school of barbering, college of barbering, barber school, and any other place or institution for the instruction or training of persons in the practice of barbering. No person shall operate a barber college unless he or she hol…

For the purposes of this chapter and the regulations of the board, each separate location at which the practice of barbering or any part thereof is taught shall be considered to be a barber college, and a separate certificate shall be required for each. However, facilities at whi…

The board shall have the power to refuse, revoke, and suspend licenses and certificates strictly in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, upon proof of violation of any sections of this chapter. The members of the board shall have the power to administer oaths and shall…

The holder of a certificate or license issued by the board as provided by this chapter who continues in active practice of the profession within the meaning of this chapter shall, on or before January 1, renew his or her certificate or license and pay the renewal fee. A certifica…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ADVISORY COUNCIL. The Alabama Behavior Analyst Advisory Council created by this chapter. (2) APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS DIRECT CONTACT TECHNICIAN. An individual who directly implements applied b…

(a) The unlicensed practice of behavior analysis is prohibited in this state, unless exempted in subsection (c). (b) No individual shall hold himself or herself out to be a licensed behavior analyst or licensed assistant behavior analyst unless he or she satisfies the applicable …

(a)(1) Commencing on February 26, 2026, the Alabama Behavior Analyst Licensing Board established within the Department of Mental Health is renamed the Alabama Behavior Analyst Advisory Council. The purpose of the advisory council is to advise the department on all matters pertain…

Each individual desiring to obtain a license shall submit an application and authorized fees to the Mental Health Commissioner. The application shall include evidence demonstrating that the applicant satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) Is of good moral character and …

A licensed or unlicensed national board certified behavior analyst or national board certified assistant behavior analyst residing and practicing in another state who temporarily provides behavior analysis services in this state or to a resident of this state, or both, may apply …

The department shall issue a license to an individual who is actively licensed as a behavior analyst in another state that currently imposes comparable licensing requirements as those imposed in this state and that offers reciprocity to individuals licensed under this chapter. An…

(a) A license shall be granted for a period of two years and shall expire on December 31 in the second year. Before the expiration of a license, the license may be renewed upon submission of an application for renewal, including proof of continued certification by the certifying …

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) BILLIARDS. Any of the several games played on a table surrounded by an elastic ledge of cushions, with balls which are impelled by a cue, including all forms of the game …

Any person operating or managing a billiard or pool table on which the public can play, whether for pay or not, who knowingly permits any minor to play thereon or to loiter on the same premises, shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $50. (Code 1876, §4213; Code 1886, §4063…

Every licensed billiard room proprietor shall post in his or her room where the tables are operated a placard having Section 34-6-9 conspicuously written upon or printed thereon, in letters of not less than one fourth of an inch in height, for the information of his or her patron…

No dice, cards, dominoes, or other games of chance shall be permitted, nor any form of gambling allowed in any billiard room, or in any room in which billiard tables are located, or in any cigar store or other business located in the same room; and no game prohibited by law shall…

Any licensee under this article, who knows, or is interested in, or knowingly permits any gambling device mentioned in Section 34-6-12, now prohibited by law, in any billiard room, or who knowingly permits any billiard table to be used for gambling shall be guilty of a misdemeano…

The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to include billiard tables or billiard rooms operated by industrial concerns for the exclusive use of their employees, Young Men’s Christian Association, religious orders, charitable institutions, state, county or city institu…

Every licensed billiard room keeper who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter, except as herein provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $250 for the first conviction and, upon the second …

The chief law enforcement officer of the State of Alabama shall regularly inspect all public billiard rooms in the state for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the provisions of this chapter are being observed, and it is his or her duty to report all violations promptly t…

The governing bodies of incorporated cities or towns where billiard rooms are operated may fix a license fee for the operation of such billiard rooms and may make such additional regulations governing the operation of such billiard rooms as they may deem proper, but no city or to…

All billiard rooms shall be kept at all times in a clean, healthful and sanitary condition and shall comply with all the ordinances now in force or which shall hereafter be enacted, regulating the same, and shall be subject to all sanitary rules and regulations of the health depa…

It shall be unlawful for any billiard room to maintain, or permit to be maintained, any open or secret connections, through doors, windows or trapdoors, panels, stairways, or other devices within any place where gambling is conducted or where persons congregate for immoral purpos…

Any person who keeps, operates, or exhibits a pool or billiard table on which the public can play, whether for pay or not, outside of an incorporated city or town having a police force shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100 for each table and may also…

All laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any business establishment, which is located outside of the corporate limits of any town or municipality even though it may be located within the police jurisdiction of a town or municipality, is hereby authorized to install and commercia…

Every person, firm, or corporation who shall keep or permit to be kept or used any billiard table or tables within a city or incorporated town in this state without having applied for a license as provided by this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, sha…

Authority is hereby vested in the various probate judges within the State of Alabama to license the operation of billiard rooms within the corporate limits of the cities and towns of their respective counties as hereinafter provided. (Acts 1923, No. 230, p. 224, §2; Code 1923, §4…

No license shall be issued to any person to operate any billiard room to which the public has access for amusement and recreation who is not 19 years of age and a citizen of the United States or who has been convicted of a felony. Application for license to operate a billiard roo…

If any licensee shall voluntarily relinquish personal supervision, management, and control of any billiard room, he or she shall surrender his or her license to the probate judge who may issue a new license to some other person, firm, or corporation to continue the business, unde…

Before any person, firm, or corporation shall be authorized to conduct a billiard room in any city or town in the State of Alabama, it shall be necessary, in addition to complying with the foregoing provisions of this article, to make application to the city clerk of such city or…

This chapter shall not be construed as authorizing the issuance of any license by city officials or probate judge for the operation of any public billiard room in any town or city of this state where the operation of a public billiard room is now or may hereafter be prohibited by…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) APPRENTICE. Any person engaged in learning the practices defined in this article including, but not limited to, assisting in the performance of any acts of barbering or cosmetology on the gener…

(a) The board may suspend or revoke a license or permit based on the provisions of this chapter or board rules, subject to due process of law as described in the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. The board shall furnish all applicants who are denied licensure a reason for the…

(a) Any finding or order of the board, obtained pursuant to an inquiry or hearing conducted either by the board or a hearing officer on behalf of the board shall be deemed the finding or order of the board when approved and confirmed by a majority of the members of the board. (b)…

This chapter may not be construed to affect or regulate the teaching of cosmetology or any of its practices in any public school. (Act 2013-371, p. 1330, §2.)

(a) This chapter does not apply to any of the following persons, activities, or services: (1) Service in the case of emergency or domestic upheaval, without compensation. (2) Licensed medical professionals operating within the scope of their normal practice. (3) Personnel of the …

(a) No license issued by the board shall be valid for more than two years. (b) An expired license may be reinstated within four years after the date of expiration by paying renewal fees for the lapsed period, a current renewal fee, and a late fee. (c) A license which has been exp…

(a) No person may be registered as a student unless he or she satisfies all of the following qualifications: (1) Is at least 16 years old. (2) Has successfully completed at least 10 grades in secondary school, or the equivalent. (b) Upon certification of enrollment by a school, t…

(a) No person may be registered as an apprentice in a shop unless he or she satisfies all of the following qualifications: (1) Is at least 16 years old. (2) Has successfully completed at least 10 grades in secondary school, or the equivalent. (3) Has paid the applicable registrat…

(a) No person may be admitted to an examination or licensed as a Class 2 barber unless he or she possesses all of the following qualifications: (1) Is at least 16 years old. (2) Has successfully completed at least 10 grades in secondary school, or the equivalent. (3) Has successf…

(a) No person may be admitted to an examination or licensed as a cosmetologist unless he or she possesses all of the following qualifications: (1) Is at least 16 years old. (2) Has successfully completed at least 10 grades in secondary school, or the equivalent. (3) a. Has succes…

(a) No person may be admitted to an examination or licensed as an esthetician unless he or she possesses all of the following qualifications: (1) Is at least 16 years old. (2) Has successfully completed at least 10 grades in secondary school, or the equivalent. (3) Has successful…

(a) There is created the Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering which shall consist of seven persons appointed by the Governor. The membership of the board shall include all of the following: (1) Two active cosmetologists, who have been licensed by the board as cosmetologists…

(a) No person may be admitted to an examination or licensed as a natural hair stylist unless he or she satisfies all of the following qualifications: (1) Is at least 16 years old. (2) Has successfully completed at least 10 grades in secondary school, or the equivalent. (3) Has su…

(a) No person may be admitted to an examination or licensed as a manicurist unless he or she satisfies all of the following qualifications: (1) Is at least 16 years old. (2) Has successfully completed at least 10 grades in secondary school or the equivalent. (3) a. Has successful…

(a) No person may be admitted to an examination or licensed as an esthetician/manicurist unless he or she holds a license as an esthetician and has successfully completed at least 650 hours in nail technology in a school licensed or registered under this chapter. (b) Any applican…