SB508 Alabama 2012 Session

Under existing law, there are no requirements authorizing the licensing or regulation of acupuncturists

This bill would authorize the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners to license and regulate the practice of acupuncture

This bill would authorize the board to promulgate rules pertaining to the examination and licensing of acupuncturists

This bill would prohibit unlicensed persons from practicing acupuncture and would provide penalties for violations

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

To provide for the licensing and regulation of acupuncturists; to prohibit the unlicensed practice of acupuncture; to provide penalties for violations; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.