Modifying certain requirements for the licensing of alcohol and drug counselors; defining or redefining certain terms; eliminating the +alcohol and drug counselors licensing advisory council and creating the board of +alcohol and drug counselors, specifying board membership requirements and +duties, transferring certain duties of the commissioner of health to the +board; providing for board issuance of initial licenses and specifying the +term; providing for board action on applications for licensure; requiring +and providing for tier licensing; requiring the issuance of temporary +permits before licensing under certain conditions; authorizing practice of +alcohol and drug counselor technicians under the direct supervision of a licensed counselor; providing for biennial license renewal, specifying certain+ renewal and renewal notice and deadline requirements, requiring license lapse+ for failure to renew by the expiration date; providing for inactive +license status and for the renewal of inactive or lapsed licenses; modifying +certain conditions and requirements for licensing by reciprocity; specifying +certain continuing education requirements and standards for approval; +modifying certain requirements to practice and certain restrictions on the use of +certain titles; specifying certain additional licensing exemptions; modifying+ a certain provision regulating hospital alcohol and drug counselors; providing +a license transition period; imposing certain fees; specifying certain term +change instructions to the revisor of statues; repealing certain provisions +replaced in the provisions of the legislation and certain rules regulating +alcohol and drug counseling (ra)