45:8B-9 - State Board of Marriage and Family Therapy Examiners created
45:8B-9 State Board of Marriage and Family Therapy Examiners created.9.There is hereby created in the Division of Consumer Affairs of the Department of Law and Public Safety, the State Board of Marriage and Family Therapy Examiners, which shall consist of 12 members, who are residents of this State and citizens of the United States, six of whom shall be licensed practicing marriage and family therapists, one of whom shall be a licensed professional counselor currently serving on the Professional Counselor Examiners Committee, one of whom shall be a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor currently serving on the Alcohol and Drug Counselor Committee, and three of whom shall be public members, including the public member appointed pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1971, c.60 (C.45:1-2.2), and one of whom shall be a State executive department member appointed pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1971, c.60 (C.45:1-2.1 et seq.).
L.1968,c.401,s.9; amended 1993, c.340, s.18; 1995, c.366, s.7; 1997, c.331, s.19.
45:8B-10.Qualifications of board members
10. Each member of the board, except the public members, the State executive department member and the licensed professional counselor, shall have the following qualifications:
(a)(Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.366).
(b) He shall be at the time of his appointment, and shall have been for at least five years prior thereto, actively engaged as a marriage and family therapist in rendering professional services in marriage and family therapy, or in the education and training of students of marriage and family therapy or in marriage and family therapy research, and shall have spent the major portion of the time devoted by him to such activity, during the two years preceding his appointment, in this State.
(c) He shall hold at least a master's degree in marriage and family therapy, social work, marriage or pastoral counseling, psychology, sociology of the family, marriage and family life education, or in a closely allied field or a doctor of medicine; from a recognized educational institution.
L.1968,c.401,s.10; amended 1993,c.340,s.19; 1995,c.366,s.8.
45:8B-11.Appointment, terms of board members
11. The members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor. The terms of the first seven members of the board shall expire as follows: two members, June 30, 1970; two members, June 30, 1971; three members, June 30, 1972. Thereafter, except for the State executive department member, each member of the board shall be appointed for a term of three years. A term shall expire on June 30 of the third year of the appointment. If before the expiration of his term, any member shall die, resign, become disqualified or otherwise cease to be a board member, the vacancy shall be filled by the Governor by appointment for the unexpired term. Each appointee shall, upon accepting appointment to the board, take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation prescribed by law and file same in the office of the Secretary of State. Except for the State executive department member, a member shall not serve more than two full terms.
The first appointees, other than the citizen members, shall be deemed to be and shall become licensed practicing marriage counselors immediately upon their appointment and qualification as members of the board.
L.1968,c.401,s.11; amended 1995,c.366,s.9.