2006 Alabama Code - Section 34-8A-18 — Violations; penalties; board to aid in prosecution; Attorney General attorney for board; district attorney duty to prosecute.

(a) Within one year from July 18, 1979, if any person shall hold himself out to the public as a licensed professional counselor or use any title or description, as prescribed in subdivisions (1) and (2) of Section 34-8A-2, or if any person for a fee, monetary or otherwise shall engage in the "private practice of counseling," as prescribed in paragraphs a., b., c., d. and e. of subdivision (5) of Section 34-8A-2 and shall not then possess in full force and virtue a valid license to engage in private practice as a professional counselor under the provisions of this chapter, he shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00.

(b) The board and its members shall assist prosecuting officers in the enforcement of this chapter, and it shall be the duty of this board and its members to furnish the proper prosecuting officers with such evidence as it or they may ascertain to assist them in the prosecution of any violation of this chapter, and the board is authorized for such purposes to make such reasonable expenditures from the funds of the board as it may deem necessary to ascertain and furnish such evidence. The Attorney General of the state shall be the attorney of the board, but the board may in its discretion employ other counsel. It shall be the duty of the district attorney of the judicial circuit wherein any offense is committed to prosecute violations of this chapter.

(Acts 1979, No. 79-423, p. 649, §17.)