- (a) There is established the Board of Professional Counselors consisting of five members appointed by the governor, one of whom is a public member and four of whom are licensed professional counselors.
(b) In addition to the requirements for public members under AS 08.01.025, the public member of the board may not
- (1) ever have been a licensed professional counselor or employed in a commercial or professional field related to counseling; or
- (2) live in a household with a person who is or has been, or have an immediate family member who is or has been, a licensed professional counselor or employed in a commercial or professional field related to professional counseling; in this paragraph, “immediate family member” means a parent, sibling, or child related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
- (c) Of the four counselor members of the board, at least one shall be employed in the private sector and at least one shall be employed in the public sector.