Code of Alabama - Title 34: Professions and Businesses - Chapter 28A - Speech Pathologists and Audiologists

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 34-28A-1 Definitions
  For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed by this section: (1) ASSOCIATION. The Speech and Hearing Association...
• Section 34-28A-2 Declaration of policy and legislative intent
  It is declared that the practice of speech-language pathology and audiology is a privilege which is granted to qualified persons by legislative authority in the...
• Section 34-28A-3 Persons and practices exempt from chapter
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing or restricting any of the following: (1) Physicians or surgeons or persons under their supervision from...
• Section 34-28A-4 Prohibited acts; penalty for violations of provisions of chapter; enforcement of chapter; assistance of board by Attorney General; disposition of fines collected for violations of chapter
  (a) Any person who practices or offers to practice the profession of speech-language pathology or audiology without being licensed or exempted in accordance with this...
• Section 34-28A-5 Proceedings to enjoin or restrain violations of chapter
  The board, the Attorney General, or the local district attorney may apply to the circuit court in the county in which a violation of this...
• Section 34-28A-6 Construction of chapter
  (a) This chapter shall not be construed to repeal Chapter 14 of this title. (b) This chapter shall in no way be construed to restrain...
• Article 2 Licenses.
• Section 34-28A-20 Required; licenses to be granted to qualified applicants
  (a) Under no circumstances shall any person practice or represent himself or herself as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist in this state unless he or...
• Section 34-28A-21 Qualifications of applicants for licenses
  (a) To be eligible for licensure by the board as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist a person shall meet each of the following qualifications and...
• Section 34-28A-22 Applications for examination; application fee; applications for reexamination; performance of speech-language pathology and audiology services prior to action by board on application
  (a) A person eligible for licensure under Section 34-28A-21 and desirous of licensure shall make application for examination to the board at least 30 days...
• Section 34-28A-23 Examination of applicants for licenses
  (a) Applicants for licensure shall be examined at a time and place and under such supervision as the board may determine. (b) The board may...
• Section 34-28A-24 Waiver of examination and granting of licenses
  The board shall waive the examination and grant licensure to any person currently certified as clinically competent by ASHA in the area for which the...
• Section 34-28A-25 Issuance and renewal of licenses; continuing education; inactive status
  (a) The board shall issue a license certificate to each person whom it licenses as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist, or both. The certificate shall...
• Section 34-28A-26 Suspension or revocation of licenses or issuance of reprimands to licensees; appeals; restoration of licenses revoked, reduction of suspensions, etc
  (a) The license of any licensee under this chapter may be suspended or revoked, or a reprimand may be issued by the board, upon a...
• Section 34-28A-27 Fees
  (a) The board shall publish, in a manner the board deems appropriate, fees for all of the following purposes: (1) Application for examination. (2) Initial...
• Article 3 Board of Examiners.
• Section 34-28A-40 Creation; composition; qualifications, appointment, and terms of office of members; meetings; quorum; vacancies; removal of members
  (a) There is established as an independent agency of the executive branch of the government of the State of Alabama, the Alabama Board of Examiners...
• Section 34-28A-41 Compensation of board members
  Members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses pursuant to state regulations from funds derived...
• Section 34-28A-42 Powers and duties of board generally; administrative fines
  (a) The board shall administer, coordinate, and enforce the provisions of this chapter, evaluate the qualifications and supervise the examinations of applicants for licensure under...
• Section 34-28A-43 Adoption of bylaws and rules; seal; powers of board as to witnesses; institution of proceedings to enjoin or restrain violations of chapter and liability of board members therefor
  (a) The board may adopt all bylaws and rules, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state, reasonably necessary for the proper performance...
• Section 34-28A-44 Employment, discharge, etc., of executive secretary and other officers and employees; admissibility in evidence of copies of proceedings, records, etc., of board; monthly report and disposition of revenues received under chapter; payment of administrative expenses of board, employee salaries, etc
  (a) The board may employ, and at its pleasure discharge, an executive secretary and other officers and employees as may be necessary, and the board...

Last modified: May 3, 2021