(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.
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