Code of Alabama - Title 34: Professions and Businesses - Chapter 12 - Foresters

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 34-12-1 Definitions
  For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) BOARD. The State Board of...
• Section 34-12-2 Registration required; exceptions
  (a) In order to benefit and protect the public, no person in either public or private capacity shall practice or offer to practice forestry, unless...
• Section 34-12-3 Roster of registered foresters
  A roster showing the names and places of business of all registered foresters qualified according to this chapter shall be prepared by the secretary of...
• Section 34-12-4 Qualifications of applicants for registration
  (a) The following requirements shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified to practice forestry and to be...
• Section 34-12-5 Applications; registration fees
  Application for registration shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the board. An application shall contain statements made under oath showing the education...
• Section 34-12-6 Examination
  When written or oral examinations, or both, are required, they shall be held at such time and place as the board may determine. The methods...
• Section 34-12-7 Licenses - Issuance; contents; use of license number
  The board shall issue a license upon payment of a registration fee as provided for in this chapter to an applicant who, in the opinion...
• Section 34-12-8 Licenses - Expiration; renewal
  (a) Licenses shall expire on the 30th day of September next following their issuance or renewal and shall become invalid on that date unless renewed....
• Section 34-12-9 Licenses - Revocation; administrative fines; reissuance; replacement of lost license
  The board may revoke the license of any registrant who is found guilty by the board of gross negligence, incompetency, or misconduct in the practice...
• Section 34-12-10 Firms, partnerships, and corporations
  Registration shall be determined upon a basis of individual, personal qualifications. No firms, companies, partnerships, or corporations can be licensed under this chapter.
• Section 34-12-11 Reciprocity
  (a) A person not a resident of, and having no established place of business in Alabama, or who has recently become a resident thereof, may...
• Section 34-12-12 Violations and penalties
  (a) Any person who shall practice or offer to practice the profession of forestry in this state without being registered or exempted in accordance with...
• Article 2 Board of Registration.
• Section 34-12-30 Creation; composition; diversity of membership
  (a) A State Board of Registration for Foresters is created whose duty it shall be to administer this chapter. The board shall consist of five...
• Section 34-12-31 Qualifications of members
  Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of Alabama, a "registered forester" under...
• Section 34-12-32 Compensation and expenses
  Each member of the board shall receive a nominal sum of $50 per diem when actually attending to the work of the board or any...
• Section 34-12-33 Removal of members; vacancies
  The Governor may remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetency, or neglect of duty. Vacancies in the membership of the board shall be...
• Section 34-12-34 Meetings; officers; quorum
  The members of the board shall be named and appointed by the Governor within 60 days after September 13, 1957. The board shall hold a...
• Section 34-12-35 Powers generally
  The board shall have the power to make all bylaws and rules, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state, which may be...
• Section 34-12-36 Receipts; disbursements; bond of secretary; employees; gifts, bequests, etc
  The secretary of the board shall receive and account for all moneys derived under the provisions of this chapter and shall pay the same monthly...
• Section 34-12-37 Records and reports
  The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of all applications for registration, which register shall show the name, age and...

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