Title 34

Any person, firm, or corporation, upon making application to the building inspector or such other authority of any incorporated city, town, village, or county in Alabama charged with the duty of issuing building or other permits for the construction, alteration, maintenance, repa…

There is hereby created a board to be known as the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling composed of seven members, appointed by the Governor of this state within 60 days after July 18, 1979, in the manner and for the term of office as hereinafter provided. The board shall per…

The place of examination shall be designated in advance by the board, and such examination shall be given annually at such time and place and under the supervision as the board may determine, and specifically at such other times as in the opinion of the board the number of applic…

The examination shall require that the applicant demonstrate his or her knowledge and application thereof in those areas deemed relevant to his or her specialty and those services he or she intends to offer to the public. (Acts 1979, No. 79-423, p. 649, §11; Act 2006-566, p. 1314…

In the event an applicant fails to receive a passing grade on the entire examination, the applicant may register and shall be allowed to take a subsequent examination. (Acts 1979, No. 79-423, p. 649, §12; Act 2000-810, p. 1925, §1; Act 2006-566, p. 1314, §1.)

The board is required to preserve an examination score of each candidate, as part of its records for a period of two years following the date of examination. (Acts 1979, No. 79-423, p. 649, §13; Act 2006-566, p. 1314, §1.)

(a) Counselors licensed as a licensed professional counselor by the board shall be required to submit biennially at the time of renewal a license renewal fee to be established by the board. No license shall be renewed unless the renewal request is accompanied by evidence satisfac…

Upon application accompanied by fee the board may issue a license to any person who furnishes upon a form and in such manner as the board prescribes, evidence satisfactory to the board that he or she is licensed as a professional counselor or as a counselor associate by another s…

(a) The board by a majority of the board members present and voting is authorized to withhold, deny, revoke, or suspend, any license or certificate issued or applied for in accordance with this chapter or otherwise discipline a licensed professional counselor or associate license…

When it shall appear to the board that any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision of this chapter or any rule or order hereunder, the board in its discretion and in its own name may bring an action in any court of…

(a) In addition to any other powers and functions which may be conferred upon it by law, the board may issue an order assessing a civil penalty not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) against any person who holds himself or herse…

The Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling shall have authority to administer oaths, to summon witnesses, to issue subpoenas, and to take testimony in all matters relating to its duties. The board shall be the sole agency in this state empowered to certify concerning competence…

For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) ASSOCIATE LICENSED COUNSELOR. Any person that has been licensed by the board to offer counseling services as d…

The Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling shall license to engage in private practice all persons who shall present satisfactory evidence of attainments and qualifications under provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations of the board. Such licensure shall be sign…

For the purpose of this chapter, the confidential relations and communications between licensed professional counselor or certified counselor associate and client are placed upon the same basis as those provided by law between attorney and client, and nothing in this chapter shal…

The Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling shall adopt a code of ethics to govern appropriate practice or behavior as referred to in Section 34-8A-16 and Section 34-8A-17 and shall file such code with the Secretary of State within 30 days prior to effective date of such code. (…

For a period of one year from July 25, 1983, the board shall waive the requirements of subdivisions (5) and (6) of Section 34-8A-7, and shall grant the appropriate license upon payment of the required fee to any person submitting an application for licensure and proof of practice…

There shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action shall arise against a licensed professional counselor or associate licensed counselor in failing to warn of and protect from a client who has communicated to the licensed professional counselor or associa…

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply to any of the following: (1) The activities, services, and use of an official title on the part of a person employed as a counselor by any federal, state, county, or municipal agency; public or private educational institutio…

(a) There is created an Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling, to consist of seven members who shall be citizens of this state and appointed by the Governor pursuant to the requirements of this section. (b) Within 30 days from July 18, 1979, the Executive Committee of the Alab…

(a) The board shall elect annually a chair and a vice chair. Each member shall receive daily compensation as established by the board for each day actively engaged in the duties of the board and the same travel expense allowance as is paid to state employees for travel in the ser…

(a) A licensee may request that the board designate his or her license with inactive status at any point prior to the date of renewal. Granting inactive status to a licensee revokes all privileges associated with this chapter until reactivation is requested by the licensee. Proce…

The board shall issue a license as a licensed professional counselor to each applicant who files an application upon a form and in a manner as the board prescribes, accompanied by a fee as is required in this chapter, and who furnishes satisfactory evidence of the following to th…

The board shall issue a license as an associate licensed counselor to each applicant who files an application upon a form and in such manner as the board prescribes accompanied by such fees as are required by this chapter, and who furnishes satisfactory evidence of the following …

After investigation of the application and other evidence submitted, the board shall notify each applicant that the application and evidence submitted is satisfactory and accepted or unsatisfactory and rejected. If rejected, the notice shall state the reasons for such rejection. …

In order to safeguard life, health, and property and to promote the general public welfare by requiring that only properly qualified persons be permitted to engage in general contracting, there shall be a State Licensing Board for General Contractors, consisting of five members, …

Each member of the board shall before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his or her office take and file with the Secretary of State the oath required by Section 279 of the Constitution of Alabama. (Acts 1935, No. 297, p. 721, §3; Code 1940, T. 46, §67; Acts 1959, No. 5…

When the Governor appoints the board, he or she shall designate and commission one member as the chairperson, another as vice-chairperson, and another as secretary-treasurer. The board may make the bylaws, rules, and regulations as it shall deem best, provided the same shall not …

The board shall adopt a seal for its own use. Such seal shall have the words “License Board for Contractors, State of Alabama,” and the secretary shall have the charge, care, and custody thereof. (Acts 1935, No. 297, p. 721, §5; Code 1940, T. 46, §69; Acts 1959, No. 571, p. 1429,…

The board shall have four regular meetings in each year, one in January, one in April, one in July, and one in October, for the purpose of transacting business which may properly come before it, and as many special or adjourned meetings as the board may deem necessary, on call of…

The secretary-treasurer shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board, shall receive and account for all the moneys derived from the operation of this chapter and shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, all such moneys in the State Treasury to the credit of the State Licen…

The secretary-treasurer shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board and a register of the applicants for license, showing for each the date of application, name, qualifications, place of business, and whether the license was granted or refused. The books and register of t…

Any party aggrieved by any decision of the State Licensing Board, either in denying an application for license as a general contractor or in revoking a license, may appeal to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County by filing a bond with the clerk of the court, conditioned to pay a…

(a) An amount of one hundred dollars ($100) from the fees required for application and renewal for certification and registration of general contractors in Section 34-8-2, and an amount of fifty dollars ($50) from the fees required for application and renewal of the license of a …

(a) The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of licensed professional counselors with the goal of improving public access to professional counseling services. The practice of professional counseling occurs in the state where the client is located at the ti…

As used in this compact, 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 orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. Chapters…

(a) To participate in the compact, a state must currently: (1) License and regulate licensed professional counselors; (2) Require licensees to pass a nationally recognized exam approved by the commission; (3) Require licensees to have a 60 semester-hour (or 90 quarter-hour) maste…

(a) To exercise the privilege to practice 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 identifier; (3) Be eligible for a privilege to practic…

(a) A licensed professional counselor may hold a home state license, which allows for a privilege to practice in other member states, in only one member state at a time. (b) If a licensed professional counselor changes primary state of residence by moving between two member state…

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) Member states shall recognize the right of a licensed professional counselor, licensed by a home state in accordance with Section 34-8A-52 and under rules adopted by the commission, to practice professional counseling in any member state via telehealth under a privilege to pr…

(a) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in accordance with existing state due process law, to: (1) Take adverse action against a licensed professional counselor’s privilege to practice within that member state; (2) Issu…

(a) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the Counseling 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 brought s…

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

(a) The commission shall adopt reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purpose of the compact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the commission exercises its rulemaking authority in a manner that is beyond the scope of the purposes of the co…

(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 compact’s purposes and intent. The provisions of this compact and the rules ad…