Counselors: Code of Alabama 10A-5A-8.01(a): a limited liability company has the power to render professional services if it complies with the rules of the licensing authority for that profession. A professional service is any service that may lawfully be performed only under a state license (10A-1-1.03(81)). Alabama has no separate PLLC statute: an LLC that renders professional services is governed by Article 8 of the LLC law, and the Secretary of State's Certificate of Formation offers an optional box for a "Professional LLC complying with Title 10A, Chapter 5A, Article 8" and allows "Professional" or "PLLC" in the name. Article 8 applies either way: each licensee stays personally liable for his or her own negligent or wrongful acts (10A-5A-8.01(b)), and a member's transferable interest may be voluntarily transferred only to a qualified person (10A-5A-8.01(g)). A professional corporation may be organized under Title 10A, Chapter 4 if at least one stockholder is licensed to provide each professional service it is organized for (10A-4-2.01); it may issue and transfer stock only to qualified persons (10A-4-3.01), and at least one director and the president must be qualified persons (10A-4-3.06). The practice act (Code of Alabama 34-8A) and the board's rules (Ala. Admin. Code ch. 255-X) contain no provision requiring or barring a particular entity type.
Marriage and family therapists: Code of Alabama 10A-5A-8.01(a): a limited liability company has the power to render professional services if it complies with the rules of the licensing authority for that profession. A professional service is any service that may lawfully be performed only under a state license (10A-1-1.03(81)). Alabama has no separate PLLC statute: an LLC that renders professional services is governed by Article 8 of the LLC law, and the Secretary of State's Certificate of Formation offers an optional box for a "Professional LLC complying with Title 10A, Chapter 5A, Article 8" and allows "Professional" or "PLLC" in the name. Article 8 applies either way: each licensee stays personally liable for his or her own negligent or wrongful acts (10A-5A-8.01(b)), and a member's transferable interest may be voluntarily transferred only to a qualified person (10A-5A-8.01(g)). A professional corporation may be organized under Title 10A, Chapter 4 if at least one stockholder is licensed to provide each professional service it is organized for (10A-4-2.01); it may issue and transfer stock only to qualified persons (10A-4-3.01), and at least one director and the president must be qualified persons (10A-4-3.06). The practice act (Code of Alabama 34-17A) and the board's rules (Ala. Admin. Code ch. 536-X) contain no provision requiring or barring a particular entity type. Marriage and family therapists are licensed by their own board, separate from the counseling board.
Social workers: Code of Alabama 10A-5A-8.01(a): a limited liability company has the power to render professional services if it complies with the rules of the licensing authority for that profession. A professional service is any service that may lawfully be performed only under a state license (10A-1-1.03(81)). Alabama has no separate PLLC statute: an LLC that renders professional services is governed by Article 8 of the LLC law, and the Secretary of State's Certificate of Formation offers an optional box for a "Professional LLC complying with Title 10A, Chapter 5A, Article 8" and allows "Professional" or "PLLC" in the name. Article 8 applies either way: each licensee stays personally liable for his or her own negligent or wrongful acts (10A-5A-8.01(b)), and a member's transferable interest may be voluntarily transferred only to a qualified person (10A-5A-8.01(g)). A professional corporation may be organized under Title 10A, Chapter 4 if at least one stockholder is licensed to provide each professional service it is organized for (10A-4-2.01); it may issue and transfer stock only to qualified persons (10A-4-3.01), and at least one director and the president must be qualified persons (10A-4-3.06). The practice act (Code of Alabama 34-30) and the board's rules (Ala. Admin. Code ch. 850-X) contain no provision requiring or barring a particular entity type. Code of Alabama 34-30-30 lets licensed independent clinical social workers practice as partners or in groups, and 34-30-31 lets them form professional associations.
Psychologists: Code of Alabama 10A-5A-8.01(a): a limited liability company has the power to render professional services if it complies with the rules of the licensing authority for that profession. A professional service is any service that may lawfully be performed only under a state license (10A-1-1.03(81)). Alabama has no separate PLLC statute: an LLC that renders professional services is governed by Article 8 of the LLC law, and the Secretary of State's Certificate of Formation offers an optional box for a "Professional LLC complying with Title 10A, Chapter 5A, Article 8" and allows "Professional" or "PLLC" in the name. Article 8 applies either way: each licensee stays personally liable for his or her own negligent or wrongful acts (10A-5A-8.01(b)), and a member's transferable interest may be voluntarily transferred only to a qualified person (10A-5A-8.01(g)). A professional corporation may be organized under Title 10A, Chapter 4 if at least one stockholder is licensed to provide each professional service it is organized for (10A-4-2.01); it may issue and transfer stock only to qualified persons (10A-4-3.01), and at least one director and the president must be qualified persons (10A-4-3.06). The practice act (Code of Alabama 34-26) and the board's rules (Ala. Admin. Code ch. 750-X) contain no provision requiring or barring a particular entity type. Code of Alabama 34-26-42 bars a firm or corporation from selling psychological services unless they are performed or supervised by licensed individuals, and board rule 750-X-4-.03(4) requires the name of at least one licensed psychologist to appear with the name of a professional corporation, association, group or clinic in announcements and advertising.
