The board shall issue a license as an associate licensed counselor to each applicant who files an application upon a form and in such manner as the board prescribes accompanied by such fees as are required by this chapter, and who furnishes satisfactory evidence of the following to the board:
(1) The applicant has complied with provisions outlined in subdivisions (1), (2), (3), and (4) of Section 34-8A-7;
(2) The associate licensed counselor may not practice without direct supervision by a licensed professional counselor. The plan for supervision of the associate licensed counselor is to be approved by the board prior to any actual performance of counseling on the part of the associate licensed counselor;
(3) Any associate licensed counselor after meeting the requirements specified in subdivisions (5) and (6) of Section 34-8A-7 may petition the board for licensure as a professional counselor.
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.