Upon application accompanied by fee the board may issue a license to any person who furnishes upon a form and in such manner as the board prescribes, evidence satisfactory to the board that he or she is licensed as a professional counselor or as a counselor associate by another state, territorial possession of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico if the requirements for such licensure or certification are substantially equivalent to those of this chapter.
In the event the board determines that requirements are not substantially equivalent to those of this chapter, the board may issue a provisional license. A provisional license may be renewed for an additional one-year period. Rules concerning the qualifications for provisional licensure shall be established by the board.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Section 34-8A-1 - Board of Examiners in Counseling Created; Composition; Powers and Duties.
Section 34-8A-2 - Definitions.
Section 34-8A-3 - Construction and Application of Chapter.
Section 34-8A-4 - Board of Examiners in Counseling - Creation; Membership; Sunset Provision.
Section 34-8A-6 - Inactive Status; Collection and Disposition of Fees, etc.; Reactivation; Renewal.
Section 34-8A-7 - Qualifications for Licensed Professional Counselor; Specialty Designation.
Section 34-8A-8 - Qualifications for Associate Licensed Counselor.
Section 34-8A-9 - Application Investigation; Acceptance or Rejection.
Section 34-8A-10 - Examination.
Section 34-8A-11 - Focus of Examination.
Section 34-8A-12 - Reexamination.
Section 34-8A-13 - Preservation of Examination Scores.
Section 34-8A-14 - Renewal; Fees; Continuing Education; Practice in a Specialty.
Section 34-8A-15 - Applicants Qualified Out-of-State; Provisional License.
Section 34-8A-16 - Disciplinary Actions; Discovery.
Section 34-8A-17 - Injunction, Mandamus, Etc.
Section 34-8A-18 - Penalties; Review; Disciplinary Oversight of Licensees; Legal Counsel.
Section 34-8A-19 - Board's Quasi-Judicial Authority; Sole Licensing Authority.
Section 34-8A-20 - All Qualified Applicants Licensed; Signatures.
Section 34-8A-22 - Code of Ethics.
Section 34-8A-23 - Waiver of Requirement for Prior Practitioners.