HB307 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Patricia Todd

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Psychology, Board of Examiners in, qualifications and membership, inactive license fee, criminal history background checks, penalty for violations increased, obsolete language removed, Sec. 34-26-20 repealed; Secs. 34-26-21, 34-26-41, 34-26-43.1, 34-26-62, 34-26-65, 34-26-66 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, the practice of psychology is regulated by the Board of Examiners in Psychology, which is comprised of members appointed by the Governor. Existing law establishes the process and requirement for being licensed to practice psychology in the state.

This bill would clarify that the board is comprised of eight members and that one of those members shall be primarily engaged in teaching, research, or administration.

This bill would revise the process for a licensee to request that the board designate a license as inactive to authorize the board to assess an inactive licensee fee. This bill would require an applicant for a license to submit fingerprints and execute criminal history information release and would require the Alabama Bureau of Investigation to forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This bill would specify that the background information obtained by the board is confidential.

This bill would remove obsolete language from the existing law.

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.

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Subjects

Psychology, Alabama Board of Examiners in