Title 34

(a) No person shall use nor allow their certificate to enable anyone other than the certificate holder and his or her employees directly supervised by the certificate holder to perform plumbing or gas fitting. Local officials may require the certificate holder to be present if an…

(a) The board shall have the administrative authority to discipline or require a certificate holder to attend training specific to violations. The board has the authority to levy civil fines or penalties to any registered apprentice, certificate holder, or legal entity registered…

(a) The board shall keep a record of its proceedings. (b) The records of the board shall be evidence of the proceedings of the board set forth therein, and a transcript thereof, duly certified by the executive director of the board under seal, shall be admissible in evidence with…

All laws or parts of laws which conflict with this act are hereby repealed and Act No. 529, H. 977, 1949 Regular Session (Acts 1949, p. 827), is hereby specifically repealed. (Acts 1987, No. 87-812, p. 1616, §18; Acts 1989, No. 89-406, p. 858, §3.)

(a) The Plumbers Examining Board as created by Act No. 529 of the 1949 Regular Session of the Legislature (Acts 1949, p. 827), as amended, is renamed the State of Alabama Plumbers and Gas Fitters Examining Board and the authority of the board is expanded to allow the board to exa…

The board members serving on January 1, 2011, shall continue to serve on the board until successor board members are appointed and qualified. Appointments shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate. Commencing on March 26, 2012, as the term of office of a member serving on th…

(a) The board shall meet when necessary for the proper performance of its duties, but in no case less than once a year. Meetings shall be held at places in the state as the board deems necessary. At its first meeting next following May 2, 1989, and every two years thereafter, the…

(a) There is established a separate special revenue trust fund in the State Treasury to be known as the State of Alabama Plumbers and Gas Fitters Examining Board Fund. All receipts collected by the board under this chapter shall be deposited in this fund and used only to carry ou…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or other legal entity to contract, engage in, offer to engage, or convey the impression that he or she is certified in plumbing, gas fitting, or medical gas piping within this state unless the person has first registered or received a certi…

The board may set a ratio of apprentice plumbers and apprentice gas fitters working under the supervision of any journeyman or master plumber or gas fitter; provided, the ratio shall be not less than three apprentices to any one journeyman or master plumber or gas fitter for thos…

Any person who fails to pass an examination may, upon reapplication and payment of the regular examination fee, be reexamined at any subsequent examination given by the board. (Acts 1987, No. 87-812, p. 1616, §7; Acts 1989, No. 89-406, p. 858, §3.)

(a) Any person who holds a certificate issued by the board shall be issued statewide certification upon the annual renewal of their existing certificate. (b) Any certificate issued by the board shall be acceptable by any city, town, or county in the state and any existing local s…

The board shall set the necessary fees to administer the requirements of this chapter and when adopted, such fee schedule shall be in lieu of any fee schedule heretofore prescribed by the board. The board shall not change the fee schedule to be effective in the middle of a calend…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them by this section, unless the context clearly provides for another: (1) DENTIST. Any person who is a dentist or dental practitioner pursuant to the definition of Section 6-5-4…

It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Board of Dental Examiners and the State Board of Pharmacy to promote the early identification, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation of individuals within the respective jurisdiction, licensed to practice in the State of Alab…

The board or boards shall have the authority to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit corporation, health provider, or professional association for the Alabama Impaired Professionals’ Committee to undertake those functions and responsibilities specified in the agreement. Such …

The Alabama Impaired Professionals’ Committee shall develop procedures in consultation with such board or boards for: (1) Periodic reporting of statistical information regarding impaired professional program activity; (2) Periodic disclosure and joint review of such information a…

Any dentist licensed to practice in the State of Alabama, or pharmacist, who shall be duly appointed to serve as a member of the Alabama Impaired Professionals’ Committee and any auxiliary personnel, consultants, attorneys, or other employees of the committee shall not be liable …

All information, interviews, reports, statements, memorandums, or other documents furnished to or produced by the Alabama Impaired Professionals’ Committee and any findings, conclusions, recommendations, or reports resulting from the investigations, interventions, treatment, or r…

It shall be the duty of the Alabama Impaired Professionals’ Committee to render an annual report to each board or boards, concerning the operations and proceedings of the committee for the preceding year. In addition, the committee shall promptly report to the respective boards a…

If the board or boards has reasonable cause to believe that a professional is impaired, such board may cause an evaluation of such professional to be conducted by the Alabama Impaired Professionals’ Committee, for the purpose of determining if there is an impairment. The Alabama …

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Alabama State Occupational Therapy Practice Act.” (Acts 1990, No. 90-383, p. 515, §1.)

(a) The board shall grant a license to any person certified prior to April 17, 1990, as an occupational therapist registered (OTR) or as a certified occupational therapy assistant (COTA) by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. The board may waive the examination, e…

(a) The board shall issue a license to any person who meets the requirements of this chapter upon payment of the license fee as described in Section 34-39-14. (b) The board shall issue a limited permit to persons who have completed the educational and fieldwork experience require…

(a) The board shall, after notice and opportunity for hearing, have the power to deny or refuse to renew a license, or may suspend or revoke a license, or may impose probationary conditions, where the licensee or applicant for license has been guilty of unprofessional conduct whi…

(a) The board shall promote the early identification, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation of occupational therapists or occupational therapy assistants who may be impaired. (b) To accomplish this obligation, the board may contract with any nonprofit corporation or medical…

(a) All licenses under this chapter shall be subject to renewal and shall expire unless renewed in the manner prescribed by the rules and regulations of the board upon the payment of a renewal fee. The board may set a required number of continuing education units for license rene…

The board is empowered to establish, publish, and collect reasonable fees and costs in amounts determined by the board for the following purposes: (1) Application for examination; (2) Limited permit fee; (3) Initial license fee; (4) Renewal of license fee; (5) Late renewal fee; a…

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter as set forth in Sections 34-39-4 and 34-39-13, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than $250 and not more than $1,000, or imprisonment for a period not exceeding six mon…

(a) Any person may file a complaint with the board against any licensed occupational therapist or licensed occupational therapy assistant in the state charging the person with having violated this chapter. The complaint shall set forth specifications of charges in sufficient deta…

The Alabama State Occupational Therapy Practice Act is enacted to safeguard the public health, safety, and welfare, and to assure the availability of high quality occupational therapy services to persons in need of such services. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for t…

In this chapter, the following terms shall have the respective meanings provided in this section unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (1) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Occupational Therapy Association. (2) BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy. (3)…

(a) No person may present himself or herself as an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant in this state unless he or she is licensed in accordance with this chapter. No firm, partnership, association, or corporation may advertise or otherwise offer to provide…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing or restricting the practice, services, or activities of any of the following persons: (1) Any person licensed under any other law of the state from engaging in the profession for which he or she is licensed. (2) Any person …

(a) There is established the Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy. (1) The board shall consist of five members, four of whom shall be involved in the practice of occupational therapy, of which one shall be an occupational therapy assistant. The remaining member shall be a …

(a) The board shall administer, coordinate, and enforce this chapter. (b) The board, within 90 days of the time at which it is appointed, shall notify all current practitioners of occupational therapy in the state, as identified by the American Occupational Therapy Certification …

An applicant for licensure as an occupational therapist or as an occupational therapy assistant shall be a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal …

(a) A person applying for licensure under this chapter shall demonstrate his/her eligibility in accordance with the requirements of Section 34-39-8, and shall make application for examination upon a form and in such a manner as the board shall prescribe. A person who fails an exa…

(a) The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of occupational therapy with the goal of improving public access to occupational therapy services. The practice of occupational therapy occurs in the state where the patient/client is located at the time of the …

As used in this compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall have the following meanings: (1) ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY. A full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on a…

(a) To participate in the compact, a member state shall: (1) License occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants. (2) Participate fully in the commission’s data system, including, but not limited to, using the commission’s unique identifier as defined in rules of …

(a) To exercise the compact privilege under the terms and provisions of the compact, the licensee shall: (1) Hold a license in the home state; (2) Have a valid United States Social Security number or National Practitioner Identification number; (3) Have no encumbrance on any stat…

(a) An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant may hold a home state license, which allows for compact privileges in member states, in only one member state at a time. (b) If an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant changes primary state of res…

Active duty military personnel, or their spouses, shall designate a home state where the individual has a current license in good standing. The individual may retain the home state designation during the period the service member is on active duty. Subsequent to designating a hom…

(a) A home state shall have exclusive power to impose adverse action against an occupational therapist’s or occupational therapy assistant’s license issued by the home state. (b) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in a…

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