TITLE 5
Businesses and Professions
CHAPTER 5-63.2
Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists
SECTION 5-63.2-4
§ 5-63.2-4 Composition of board
Appointment, terms and removal of members.
The director of the department of health with the approval of the governor
shall appoint nine (9) electors as members of the board. Three (3) shall be
clinical mental health counselors, at least two (2) of whom shall meet the
qualifications of § 5-63.2-9 and have at least five (5) years of private
practice experience in mental health counseling; three (3) shall be marriage
and family therapists, who shall be clinical marriage and family therapists who
meet the qualifications of § 5-63.2-10 and have at least five (5) years of
private practice experience in marriage and family therapy; three (3) shall be
members of the public. Commencing September 1996, the director of the
department of health shall appoint one clinical mental health counselor for one
year, one clinical mental health counselor for two (2) years, one clinical
mental health counselor for three (3) years; one marriage and family therapist
for one year, one marriage and family therapist for two (2) years, and one
marriage and family therapist for three (3) years, and one public member for
two (2) years, and two (2) public members for three (3) years. After this all
terms of appointments shall be for three (3) years. In no instance shall a
person serve more than six (6) consecutive years on the board.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1996, ch. 85, § 2.)
