SB47 Summary

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

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

• Updates license nomenclature from "licensed graduate master social workers" to "licensed master social workers" and from "licensed certified independent clinical social workers" to "licensed independent clinical social workers."

• Changes terminology in the statute from "promulgate" to "adopt" and from "State Alabama Administrative Procedures Statute" to "Alabama Administrative Procedure Act" for technical clarity.

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