(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 board. The completed application shall contain the following information:
(1) Satisfactory evidence that the applicant is of good moral character and has not engaged or is not engaged in any practice or conduct that would make the applicant ineligible to receive a license pursuant to Section 34-17A-14.
(2) Satisfactory evidence that the applicant meets the education and experience requirements for licensure pursuant to Section 34-17A-10.
(3) Other information that the board may require.
(b) Applicants also shall pass an examination which has been approved by the board and shall be citizens of the United States or, if not citizens of the United States, legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal government.
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.