Board: Board of Professional Counselors
Board identification number: 199
Department: COMMERCE, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Authority: AS 08.29.010; AS 08.01.010; AS 08.03.010
Status: Active
Sunset date: June 30, 2026
Requirements: Legislative Confirmation
Prohibitions: A member who has served all or part of 2 successive terms may not be reappointed unless 4 years have elapsed since the person last served. Public members cannot be engaged in, have a legal contract or a family member in the profession. The public members may not have ever been a licensed professional counselor or employed in a commercial or professional field related to professional counseling or 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 counselors.
Term: 4 years
Chair: Governor may select.
Description: 5 members appointed by the Governor: 4 licensed professional counselors, of which at least one shall be employed in the private sector and at least one should be employed in the public sector; and 1 public member who has never been a licensed professional counselor or employed in a commercial or professional field related to counseling; or lives in a household with a person who is or has been a licensed professional counselor or employed in a commercial or professional field related to professional counseling.
Function: Regulates licensing standards, examination of applicants and disciplinary sanction of professional counselors.
Special facts:
Compensation: Standard Travel and Per Diem No additional compensation.
Meetings: Meets 3 times per year (spring/summer/fall) 2 days each; bi-weekly ballots emailed for board votes.
For further information and to reach individual members, contact:
Logan Bugayong
Records and Licensing Supervisor
Corporations, Business, and Professional Licensing
P.O. Box 110806 M/S 0800
Juneau, AK 99811-0806
Phone: (907) 465-1074
Fax: (907) 465-2974
