In the event the Board finds that an immediate danger to the public health, life, safety, welfare or property requires adoption of a rule upon fewer than 35 days' notice or that action is required by or to comply with a federal statute or regulation which requires adoption of a rule upon fewer than 35 days' notice, the Board may adopt an emergency rule under the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, Code of Ala. 1975, Section 41-22-5(b).

Author: Rick Huett (Executive Director), Bonnie Kelly and Griffin Pritchard, Alabama State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§34-11-35, 41-22-5.

History: Filed September 22, 1982. Amended: Filed September 23, 1998; effective October 28, 1998. Amended: Filed November 16, 2018; effective December 31, 2018.