§43A-3-314.1.

§43A-3-314.1.
   
   A. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall adopt
   and promulgate rules and standards for certification of domestic
   violence programs and for private facilities and organizations which
   offer domestic and sexual assault services in this state. These
   facilities shall be known as "Certified Domestic Violence Shelters" or
   "Certified Domestic Violence Programs" or "Certified Sexual Assault
   Programs", as applicable.
   
   B. Applications for certification as a certified domestic violence
   shelter, domestic violence program or sexual assault program, pursuant
   to the provisions of this section, shall be made to the Department of
   Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services on prescribed forms. The
   Department may certify the shelter or program for a period of three
   (3) years subject to renewal as provided in the rules promulgated by
   the Board. Nothing in this section shall preclude the Department from
   making inspection visits to a shelter or program to determine contract
   or program compliance.
   
   C. Excepted from certification regulations are licensed physicians,
   licensed psychologists, licensed social workers, individual members of
   the clergy and licensed professional counselors; provided, that these
   exemptions shall only apply to individual professional persons in
   their private practice and not to any domestic violence program or
   sexual assault program operated by such person.
   
   D. Beginning January 1, 1991, any facility providing services for
   victims or survivors of domestic abuse or sexual assault and any
   dependent children of such victims or survivors shall comply with
   standards adopted by the Department; provided, that the certification
   requirements and standards adopted by the Department shall not apply
   to programs and services offered by the State Department of Health and
   the Department of Human Services. The domestic violence or sexual
   assault programs certified pursuant to the provisions of this section
   shall cooperate with inspection personnel of the state and shall
   promptly file all reports required by the Department. Failure to
   comply with regulations and standards promulgated by the Department
   shall be grounds for revocation of certification, after proper notice
   and hearing.
   
   E. The Department is hereby authorized to collect from each applicant
   the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) annually to help defray the
   costs incurred in the certification procedure.