HB352 Summary

• Clarifies the Alabama Board of Examiners in Psychology consists of eight members, with one member required to be primarily engaged in teaching, research, or administration of psychology.

• Authorizes the board to assess an inactive license fee not exceeding $500 for initial inactive status and annual continuation, with procedures for reactivation established by board rule.

• Requires all applicants for licensure to submit fingerprints and execute a criminal history information release; mandates ALEA forward fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for national background checks.

• Designates criminal history background check information as confidential unless relied upon by the board to deny licensure, in which case disclosure is permitted to support the denial.

• Changes Class C misdemeanor violations to Class B misdemeanors for failure to comply with psychological technician supervisee duties or unlicensed practice as a psychological technician.