Title 34

(a) The board shall establish fees by rule adopted pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. The board may impose fees of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each of the following: (1) Initial application fee for an …

(a)(1) The Alabama Residential Building Code Division is established within the Home Builders Licensure Board. The executive director of the board may employ staff as necessary to carry out the duties of the division. (2) The board may coordinate with the state energy office to i…

The executive director of the board may employ staff necessary to carry out the duties of the division, including a division administrator, programs support personnel, administrative support personnel, and any other personnel necessary to carry out the statutory purpose of the di…

(a) The division shall use funds distributed to the Alabama Residential Building Code Fund for the purpose of administering the Alabama Residential Building Code. (b) Subject to availability of funds and upon request from a local jurisdiction, the division shall provide matching …

(a) The Alabama Residential Building Code Fund is established within the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the board for the administration and operation of the division. (b) Receipts deposited into the fund shall be disbursed only by warrants of the state Comptro…

(a) The Alabama Residential Building Code Advisory Council is established. (b) The council shall consist of the following members: (1) The State Fire Marshal, or his or her designee. (2) The Director of the Emergency Management Agency, or his or her designee. (3) The Executive Di…

(a) The first meeting of the council shall be called by the executive director of the board no later than March 1, 2025. The executive director shall preside until a chair and a vice chair are selected by the council. The council shall elect from its own members a chair, a vice c…

(a) By October 1, 2025, the council shall submit to the Home Builders Licensure Board for adoption the proposed Alabama Residential Building Code. The board may adopt or reject the code as proposed by the council. (b) The proposed Alabama Residential Building Code, and any subseq…

At the direction of the board, the council may perform any of the following: (1) Propose to the board for consideration of adoption of an Alabama Residential Building Code and Alabama Residential Energy Code or amendments to the codes. (2) Evaluate, assess, advise, and counsel th…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The Alabama Home Inspectors Registration Act.” (Acts 1996, No. 96-574, p. 883, §1.)

Where the Alabama Home Inspectors Registration Act contains a provision relating specifically to home inspectors, such provision shall be made applicable to inspectors of Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) except as to the following: (1) Applicants for licensure as an …

The following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BUILDING COMMISSION. The Building Commission established pursuant to Article 6, commencing with Section 41-9-140, Division 1, Chapter 9, Title 41. (2) EXTERIOR INSULATION AND FINISH SYSTEMS (EIFS) INSPECTOR. A person who …

(a) An applicant for licensure as a home inspector shall submit an application, under oath, upon a form to be prescribed by the Building Commission which shall include, as a minimum, the following information pertaining to the applicant: (1) Social Security number for natural per…

(a) The certificate of licensure shall be initially issued only to properly qualified home inspectors for a period commencing on the date of issue and expiring on December 31. Certificates of licensure shall be renewed for a term of one year beginning on January 1 of the year in …

(a) Effective November 1, 2002, a certificate of licensure or renewal of licensure shall not be issued by the Building Commission to any applicant for licensure as a home inspector who has not demonstrated through a written examination process that he or she possesses an appropri…

The applicant shall pay to the Building Commission a registration or renewal fee of three hundred dollars ($300) per calendar year; provided, however, that the registration or renewal fee may be adjusted by the Building Commission as may be necessary to cover the costs and expens…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the Alabama Home Inspectors Registration Fund. All funds, fees, charges, costs, and collections accruing to or collected by the Building Commission under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited into the…

No person shall advertise as a home inspector unless the person has complied with the provisions of this chapter. No person who is registered under one name as provided in this chapter shall engage in business as a home inspector under any other name unless the other name is also…

In the event that the insurance coverage required pursuant to this chapter shall cease to be effective, the home inspector shall notify the Building Commission, and the registration of the affected home inspector shall be suspended until the insurance is reinstated or replaced. T…

(a) Any person who undertakes or attempts to undertake the business of home inspection without first having been licensed as required by this chapter, or who knowingly presents or files false information with the Building Commission for the purpose of licensure as a home inspecto…

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Board of Home Medical Equipment as established by this chapter. (2) HOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. Medical devices usable in a residential setting, as defined in regulations established by the…

(a) The Governor shall appoint a minimum of nine persons to serve on the Board of Home Medical Equipment, such persons to include a majority who are employed in the home medical equipment industry, and at least one person from each of the following categories: A consumer of home …

(a) The board shall adopt regulations that specify the medical equipment to be included in this chapter, set standards for the licensure of entities which provide home medical equipment services, and govern the safety and quality of home medical equipment service providers. (b) A…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a home medical equipment services provider shall be licensed annually by the board before the provider may engage in the provision of home medical equipment services. In Alabama, when a single business entity provides home medical…

The Board of Home Medical Equipment may establish by rule, and charge and collect, reasonable inspection fees pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (Act 2002-95, p. 308, §3; Act 2014-172, p. 489, §1.)

The licensure requirements of this chapter do not apply to the following entities or practitioners: (1) Home health agencies certified by the State of Alabama to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. (2) Hospital based home medical equipment services, whether or not …

(a) The board may deny, suspend, or revoke a license as provided in this section. (b) A license may not be denied, suspended, or revoked except by majority vote of the board and with prior notice and opportunity for hearing in accordance with this chapter and the Alabama Administ…

There is hereby established a separate special revenue trust fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Home Medical Equipment Fund. All receipts collected by the board under the provisions of this chapter are to be deposited into this fund and shall be used only to carry out …

The board shall be subject to the Alabama Sunset Law as an enumerated agency as provided in Section 41-20-3, and shall have a termination date of October 1, 2002, and every four years thereafter, unless continued pursuant to the Alabama Sunset Law. (Act 2000-739, p. 1619, §8; Act…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) HOTEL. Such term includes any establishment where sleeping or sleeping and eating accommodations are advertised or held out to be available to transien…

The State Hotel Inspector, or any of his or her authorized representatives when acting under his or her direction, may close any hotel if the owner, manager or operator thereof has been found guilty of flagrant or continued violation of the State Board of Health rules and regulat…

A hotel may require any guest, or person proposing to become a guest, to enter into a special contract as to the duration, kind and place of board, entertainment, or lodging to be furnished such guest and the price therefor to be paid. If such guest refuses to enter into such con…

Every hotel must provide itself with a safe depository for the valuable articles belonging to its guests, and must keep displayed on the inner face of the main entrance door in each sleeping room occupied by its guests or in any other conspicuous place in the sleeping room, and i…

Such hotel as shall maintain a safe depository and display notice as is required by Section 34-15-12 shall, in no event and under no circumstances or conditions, be liable in any amount for any loss, damage, or destruction of the valuables of a guest by theft, burglary, fire, or …

If the liability of a hotel is not otherwise eliminated or limited or varied under the provisions of Section 34-15-11 or 34-15-13, its liability for any loss, damage, or destruction of any property of a guest, by theft or otherwise, shall in no event and under no circumstances or…

(a) Every hotel shall provide a check room or other convenient storage place for all baggage of its registered guests, those intending to become guests and others using or occupying any of the public spaces of the hotel, all of whom are hereinafter referred to in this section as …

Any proprietor, owner, or manager of any hotel who shall fail or neglect to provide good and sufficient locks, latches, or bolts to all the doors and rooms used by guests or provided for the use of guests or patrons of such hotel whereby the same may be securely fastened from the…

(a) The manager, assistant manager, desk clerk, or other person in charge of or in authority in a hotel, any of whom are hereinafter referred to in this section as “manager,” shall have the right to remove, cause to be removed, or eject from such hotel, in the manner provided in …

Proof that food, lodging, or other accommodation was obtained by false pretense or by false or fictitious show or pretense of any baggage or other property by such person obtaining such food, lodging, or other accommodation, or that such person absconded or left the state without…

This chapter shall operate as, or as a part of or in conjunction with, any rules and regulations affecting hotels provided and promulgated by the State Board of Health for maintaining and protecting the public health. (Acts 1919, No. 597, p. 845; Code 1923, §4478; Acts 1935, No. …

Every hotelkeeper and innkeeper in this state shall keep a copy of Sections 13A-8-10 through 13A-8-10.3 and 34-15-19, printed in distinct type, posted in the lobby, public waiting room, or in that portion of his or her hotel or inn most frequented by the guests thereof, and no co…

The State Committee of Public Health shall make and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying this chapter into effect. (Acts 1919, No. 597, p. 845; Code 1923, §4477; Acts 1935, No. 444, p. 926; Code 1940, T. 24, §9; Acts 1959, No. 412, p. 1046, §1.)

(a) Every owner, manager, or operator of a hotel shall maintain the physical and sanitary condition of the structure, its equipment, water supply, and human waste disposal and shall conduct the operations thereof in such manner as to render services and accommodations to traveler…

The State Health Officer is ex officio State Hotel Inspector, and the inspectors of the State Board of Health, or that may hereafter be of the State Board of Health, are ex officio assistant hotel inspectors, and such assistants shall be, in the inspection of hotels as provided f…

The State Hotel Inspector and his or her assistants have police power to enter any hotel at reasonable hours to determine whether the provisions of the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health are being complied with. (Acts 1919, No. 597, p. 845; Code 1923, §4472; Acts …

Upon inspecting a hotel, the inspector shall report the condition thereof to the State Hotel Inspector, together with its sanitary score or rating, whereupon, if the score or rating justifies, the State Hotel Inspector shall issue to the operator of the hotel a certificate of ins…