Alabama § 34-30-114 Construction and Severablility

Alabama Statutes

§ 34-30-114 — Construction and Severablility

Alabama § 34-30-114

Title 34Professions and Businesses

Ch. 30Social Workers

Art. 4Social Work Licensure Compact

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Ala. Code § 34-30-114 (2026).

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(a)This compact and the commission’s rulemaking authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes, implementation, and administration of this compact. Provisions of this compact expressly authorizing or requiring the adoption of rules shall not be construed to limit the commission’s rulemaking authority solely for those purposes.

(b)The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to the constitution of any member state, a state seeking participation in this compact, the United States, or the applicability to any government, agency, individual, or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity

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(a) This compact and the commission’s rulemaking authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes, implementation, and administration of this compact. Provisions of this compact expressly authorizing or requiring the adoption of rules shall not be construed to limit the commission’s rulemaking authority solely for those purposes.
(b) The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to the constitution of any member state, a state seeking participation in this compact, the United States, or the applicability to any government, agency, individual, or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability to any other government, agency, individual, or circumstance shall not be affected.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the commission may deny a state’s participation in this compact or, in accordance with the requirements of Section 34-30-112(b), terminate a member state’s participation in this compact, if the commission determines that a constitutional requirement of a member state is a material departure from this compact. Otherwise, if this compact shall be held to be contrary to the constitution of any member state, this compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining member states and in full force and effect as to the member state affected as to all severable matters.