2003 Minnesota Statutes

     148C.02 Alcohol and Drug Counselors Licensing Advisory 
  Council. 

    Subdivision 1.    Membership.  The Alcohol and Drug 
 Counselors Licensing Advisory Council consists of 13 members.  
 The commissioner shall appoint: 

    (1) except for those members initially appointed, seven 
 members who must be licensed alcohol and drug counselors; 

    (2) three members who must be public members as defined by 
 section 214.02; 

    (3) one member who must be a director or coordinator of an 
 accredited alcohol and drug dependency training program; and 

    (4) one member who must be a former consumer of alcohol and 
 drug dependency counseling service and who must have received 
 the service more than three years before the person's 
 appointment. 

    The American Indian Advisory Committee to the Department of 
 Human Services Chemical Dependency Office shall appoint the 
 remaining member. 

    Subd. 2.    Duties.  The advisory council shall: 

    (1) provide advice and recommendations to the commissioner 
 on the development of rules for the licensure of alcohol and 
 drug counselors; 

    (2) provide advice and recommendations to the commissioner 
 on the development of standards and procedures for the 
 competency testing, licensing, and review of alcohol and drug 
 counselors' professional conduct; 

    (3) provide advice and recommendations to the commissioner 
 in disciplinary cases in the areas of counselor competency 
 issues, counselor practice issues, and counselor impairment 
 issues. 

    Subd. 3.    Terms.  The terms, compensation, and removal 
 of members shall be as provided in section 15.059, except that 
 notwithstanding any contrary law, the advisory council shall not 
 expire. 

    HIST: 1992 c 559 art 2 s 2; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 3 s 4; 1995 c 164 
 s 5; 1996 c 451 art 4 s 35,36