2001 Minnesota Code
Chapters 144 - 159 Health
Chapter 148C Alcohol and Drug Counselors, Licensing
Section 148C.02 Alcohol and drug counselors licensing advisory council.

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