SB97 Summary

• Authorizes the Alabama Board of Social Work Examiners to charge and collect fees for verifying current licenses, reactivating inactive licenses, and reinstating lapsed licenses.

• Allows the board to establish fees for applications to act as continuing education providers and for registering supervisors.

• Updates license name terminology from "licensed graduate master social workers" and "licensed certified independent clinical social workers" to reflect current naming conventions.

• Changes regulatory language from "promulgate" to "adopt" rules and updates reference to "State Alabama Administrative Procedures Statute" to "Alabama Administrative Procedure Act" for technical clarity.

• Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.