(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 performance of its duties, and for whom the necessary funds are appropriated.
(b) The board shall elect annually a chair and a vice chair. Each member shall receive the same per diem and travel allowance as state employees for each day of attendance at an official meeting of the board. The board shall hold at least one regular meeting each year. Additional meetings may be held at the discretion of the chair or at the written request of any two members of the board. A majority of the current appointed members of the board shall constitute a quorum.
(c) The board shall examine and pass on the qualifications of all applicants and shall issue a license to each successful applicant attesting to his or her professional qualifications as a marriage and family therapist. The board shall adopt a seal which shall be affixed to all licenses issued by the board. The board may authorize expenditures deemed necessary to carry out this chapter from the fees which it collects and other available appropriations, but in no event shall expenditures exceed the revenues of the board during any fiscal year. The board may accept grants from foundations, individuals, and institutions to carry on its function.
(d) By rule, the board shall assess and collect fees as required for the enforcement of this chapter.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Chapter 17A - Marriage and Family Therapists.
Section 34-17A-1 - Short Title.
Section 34-17A-2 - Legislative Intent.
Section 34-17A-3 - Definitions.
Section 34-17A-4 - Acts Prohibited.
Section 34-17A-5 - Exemptions.
Section 34-17A-6 - Creation of Board; Composition; Vacancies; Removal.
Section 34-17A-7 - Employees; Meetings; Powers.
Section 34-17A-8 - Application.
Section 34-17A-9 - Education and Experience Requirements (Prior to July 1, 1998)
Section 34-17A-10 - Education and Experience Requirements.
Section 34-17A-11 - Examinations.
Section 34-17A-12 - Persons Licensed or Certified in Other States.
Section 34-17A-13 - Fees; Duration of License; Renewal.
Section 34-17A-14 - Disciplinary Actions.
Section 34-17A-15 - Administrative Procedure.
Section 34-17A-16 - Promulgation of Rules, Regulations, and Procedures.
Section 34-17A-17 - Judicial Review.
Section 34-17A-18 - Expert Witnesses.
Section 34-17A-19 - Additional Remedy.
Section 34-17A-20 - Violation.
Section 34-17A-21 - Therapists - Privileged Communications; Exceptions.
Section 34-17A-22 - Therapists - Testimony in Alimony or Divorce Actions.
Section 34-17A-23 - Therapists - Duties and Liability.
Section 34-17A-24 - Annual Report.
Section 34-17A-25 - Alabama Board of Examiners in Marriage and Family Therapy Fund.