(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, or both, if the board finds that the state, agency, or organization has substantially the same requirements or more stringent requirements.
(b) The reciprocity agreement shall provide that the board shall license anyone who is currently licensed, certified, or registered in that state or by that agency or other organization if that state, agency, or other organization agrees to license, certify, or register any practitioners who are currently licensed pursuant to this chapter.
(c) The board shall set by regulation the fees appropriate in processing reciprocity.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Chapter 16 - Interpreters and Transliterators Act.
Section 34-16-1 - Short Title; Construction.
Section 34-16-2 - Legislative Intent.
Section 34-16-3 - Definitions.
Section 34-16-5 - License Required; Application; Issuance; Renewal.
Section 34-16-6 - Permit to Practice; Renewal; Ethics Examination; Lapse of Permit.
Section 34-16-8 - Reciprocity Agreements Authorized.
Section 34-16-9 - Annual Fee; Fund.
Section 34-16-10 - Application for License or Permit; Issuance; Rejection.
Section 34-16-12 - Rules and Regulations.
Section 34-16-13 - Violations; Penalties.
Section 34-16-14 - Actions by Board to Recover Damages; Liability of Board Members.