In this chapter and in AS 08.63,

1. (1) "board" means the Board of Marital and Family Therapy;
2. (2) "department" means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;
3. (3) "year of practice" means 12 months of active, clinical practice of marital and family therapy totaling at least 500 hours;
4. (4) "one year of supervised clinical practice" means a minimum of 12 months of active clinical practice;
5. (5) "asynchronous" means no real-time communication is present or utilized;
6. (6) "distance professional services" means the mode of delivering services by means of technology-assisted media, such as telephone, video, Internet, smartphone, tablet, personal computer (PC) desktop system, or other electronic means using appropriate encryption technology for electronic health information, occurring either synchronously or asynchronously as it pertains to marital and family therapy practices;
7. (7) "distant site" means a site or location from which services are delivered by a licensee by means of technology-assisted media;
8. (8) "originating site" means a site where a client is located at the time that marital and family therapy services are provided by means of technology-assisted media or where the asynchronous storage and forwarding services originate;
9. (9) "synchronous" means a real-time interaction in person or by live streaming;
10. (10) "jurisdiction" means a state or territory of the United States, unless the context requires otherwise;

11. (11) "reasonable cause or excusable neglect" includes

    1. (A) chronic illness;
    2. (B) retirement;
    3. (C) military service;
    4. (D) a leave of absence from active practice during the concluding licensing period; or
    5. (E) a hardship recognized by the board.

(Eff. 10/1/93, Register 127; am 4/24/2016, Register 218; am 6/22/2019, Register 230; am 7/1/2025, Register 254)