Code of Alabama - Title 34: Professions and Businesses - Chapter 16 - Interpreters and Transliterators Act

• Section 34-16-1 Short title; construction
  (a) This chapter shall be known as the "Alabama Licensure for Interpreters and Transliterators Act." (b) This chapter shall be liberally construed and implemented to...
• Section 34-16-2 Legislative intent
  The Legislature declares that it is in the best interest of the public health, safety, and welfare to regulate the practice of interpreting and transliterating...
• Section 34-16-3 Definitions
  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Alabama Licensure Board for Interpreters and Transliterators, created pursuant...
• Section 34-16-4 Licensure Board for Interpreters and Transliterators - Created; members; terms; officers; meetings; duties; expenses
  (a) There is created the Alabama Licensure Board for Interpreters and Transliterators. (b) The board shall consist of nine members appointed by the Governor as...
• Section 34-16-5 License required; application; issuance; renewal
  (a) After March 15, 1998, any person who provides interpreting or transliterating services for remuneration shall be required annually to be licensed or permitted by...
• Section 34-16-6 Permit to practice; renewal; ethics examination; lapse of permit
  (a) Any person who practices as an interpreter or transliterator for remuneration on August 1, 1998, but who does not otherwise meet the requirements for...
• Section 34-16-7 Exemptions
  The following persons shall be exempt from licensure or permitting pursuant to this chapter: (1) Any student who is enrolled in a formal American sign...
• Section 34-16-8 Reciprocity agreements authorized
  (a) The board may enter into a reciprocal agreement with any state, agency, or other organization that licenses, certifies, or registers professional interpreters or transliterators,...
• Section 34-16-9 Annual fee; fund
  (a) The annual fee may be increased or decreased by the board, provided, the board shall not set an annual fee at an amount which...
• Section 34-16-10 Application for license or permit; issuance; rejection
  (a) Any person may apply for a license or a permit pursuant to this chapter by filing a written application on a form prescribed by...
• Section 34-16-11 Charges of fraud, deceit, etc., against holder of license or permit; hearing; appeal; reapplication
  (a) Any person may bring charges of fraud, deceit, negligence, incompetence, or misconduct against a licensee or permit holder. All charges shall be made in...
• Section 34-16-12 Rules and regulations
  The board may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this chapter and accomplish its objectives. The rules and regulations shall be published in the...
• Section 34-16-13 Violations; penalties
  After January 1, 1999, any person who undertakes or attempts to undertake the practice of interpreting or transliterating for remuneration among consumers without first having...
• Section 34-16-14 Actions by board to recover damages; liability of board members
  (a) The board may sue and be sued in its own name to recover actual or compensatory damages, including interest and court costs, sustained within...
• Section 34-16-15 Notification of conviction or pending civil action; breach of professional ethics, etc
  (a) A licensee or permit holder shall notify the board within 10 days of any felony conviction, and within 10 days of a civil action...
• Section 34-16-16 Sunset provision
  The board shall be an enumerated board pursuant to Sections 41-20-1 to 41-20-16, inclusive, and shall be reviewed at the same time as the State...

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