Section 34-43A-10 - Application forms; issuance of license; display of license(a) Applications for licensing and renewal of a license shall be on forms provided by the board and shall be accompanied by the applicable fee. A recent two-by-two inch photograph showing a frontal view of the head and shoulders of the applicant for a massage therapy or therapy instructor license and applicant for a massage therapy establishment license, taken no more than six months earlier, shall be submitted with each application. All documents shall be submitted in English.(b) The board may deny the application of any applicant who refuses to complete a criminal history background check as required by the board and provided in Section 34-43A-13(c).(c) The board shall issue a license, on a pre-printed sequentially numbered form, to each individual who qualifies to be a massage therapist and to each qualified applicant for a massage therapy establishment license. A license issued by the board grants all professional rights, honors, and privileges relating to the practice of massage therapy.(d) Each massage therapist shall display his or her license in the manner specified by the board. Each massage therapy establishment shall prominently post its license, and the license of each massage therapist who practices within the massage therapy establishment, in plain sight at the massage therapy establishment.(e) A license is the property of the board and shall be surrendered upon demand of the board.Ala. Code § 34-43A-10 (1975)
Added by Act 2024-361,§ 3, eff. 6/1/2024.