Code of Alabama - Title 34: Professions and Businesses - Chapter 17A - Marriage and Family Therapists

• Section 34-17A-1 Short title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited the "Marriage and Family Therapy Licensure Act."
• Section 34-17A-2 Legislative intent
  (a) Marriage and family therapy in the State of Alabama is declared to be a professional practice which affects the public safety and welfare and...
• Section 34-17A-3 Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the following words have the following meanings: (1) ADVERTISE. The issuing or causing to be distributed any card, sign, or...
• Section 34-17A-4 Acts prohibited
  Except as otherwise provided, on or after July 1, 1998, it shall be a Class B misdemeanor for a person to do any of the...
• Section 34-17A-5 Exemptions
  (a) The following persons shall be exempt from this chapter: (1) A person practicing marriage and family therapy as part of his or her duties...
• Section 34-17A-6 Creation of board; composition; vacancies; removal
  (a) There is created the Alabama Board of Examiners in Marriage and Family Therapy. The board shall consist of five members who are citizens of...
• Section 34-17A-7 Employees; meetings; powers
  (a) The board may employ a director, secretary, attorneys, experts, and other employees as it may from time to time find necessary for the proper...
• Section 34-17A-8 Application
  (a) Each applicant for licensure as a practicing marriage and family therapist shall submit to the board a completed application on forms prescribed by the...
• Section 34-17A-9 Education and experience requirements (prior to July 1, 1998)
  Repealed by Act 2006-540, p. 1243, §2, effective July 1, 2006.
• Section 34-17A-10 Education and experience requirements
  The following education and experience requirements apply to all applicants for licensure who submit a completed application: (1) Educational requirements: A master's degree or a...
• Section 34-17A-11 Examinations
  The board shall approve applicants for an examination at least once a year at a time and place designated by the board. Examinations shall include...
• Section 34-17A-12 Persons licensed or certified in other states
  The board shall issue a license by examination of credentials to any person licensed or certified as a marriage and family therapist in another state...
• Section 34-17A-13 Fees; duration of license; renewal
  (a) A fee, in an amount to be determined by the board, shall be paid to the board for original licensure. (b) Licenses shall be...
• Section 34-17A-14 Disciplinary actions
  (a) The board may deny, revoke, or suspend a license granted pursuant to this chapter or otherwise discipline a licensee on any of the following...
• Section 34-17A-15 Administrative procedure
  (a) The board shall conduct its proceedings in accordance with this chapter and the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Sections 41-22-1 to 41-22-27, inclusive. Any person...
• Section 34-17A-16 Promulgation of rules, regulations, and procedures
  The board shall establish rules, regulations, and procedures as are necessary to the exercise of its functions under this chapter. All rules and regulations shall...
• Section 34-17A-17 Judicial review
  (a) A person who has exhausted all administrative remedies available within the board and who is aggrieved by a final decision of the board is...
• Section 34-17A-18 Expert witnesses
  (a) In any proceeding before the board involving the granting, suspension, or revocation of a license or in other proceedings in which expert testimony relating...
• Section 34-17A-19 Additional remedy
  As an additional remedy, the board may proceed in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County to enjoin and restrain any unlicensed person from violating the...
• Section 34-17A-20 Violation
  After July 1, 1998, any person who violates this chapter shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
• Section 34-17A-21 Therapists - Privileged communications; exceptions
  For the purpose of this chapter, the confidential relations and communications between licensed marriage and family therapists and clients are placed upon the same basis...
• Section 34-17A-22 Therapists - Testimony in alimony or divorce actions
  If both parties to a marriage have obtained marriage and family therapy by a licensed marriage and family therapist, the therapist shall not be competent...
• Section 34-17A-23 Therapists - Duties and liability
  (a) There shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action shall arise against, any person who is a licensed...
• Section 34-17A-24 Annual report
  Repealed by Act 2006-540, p. 1243, §2, effective July 1, 2006.
• Section 34-17A-25 Alabama Board of Examiners in Marriage and Family Therapy Fund
  There is established a separate revenue trust fund in the State Treasury to be known as the "Alabama Board of Examiners in Marriage and Family...
• Section 34-17A-26 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...

Last modified: May 3, 2021