309.081 Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors

309.081 Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors.

(1) There is hereby created the Kentucky Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors

consisting of eleven (11) members who shall be appointed by the Governor. One (1)

member shall be a citizen at large who is not associated with or financially

interested in the practice or business of alcohol and drug counseling, and the ten

(10) remaining members shall be licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselors or

certified alcohol and drug counselors, pursuant to KRS 309.080 to 309.089. The

board shall elect a chairperson each year at the first meeting called after the

appointment of new members.

(2) Each member of the board shall serve for a term of four (4) years with a maximum

of two (2) full consecutive terms. After one (1) year following the expiration of a

second consecutive full term, a former member of the board may be reappointed to

the board to serve a term of four (4) years with a maximum of two (2) full

consecutive terms.

(3) Each counselor member appointed to the board shall be a licensed clinical alcohol

and drug counselor or certified alcohol and drug counselor and shall be actively

engaged in the practice or teaching of alcohol and drug counseling in Kentucky.

(4) All reappointments to and vacancies on the board shall be filled by the Governor

from a list of three (3) names for each position that shall be submitted by the

Kentucky Association of Addiction Professionals. The list shall consist of the three

(3) nominees receiving the most votes in an election for each position to be filled.

The election shall be administered by the Kentucky Association of Addiction

Professionals, and nominations may be submitted by any interested party. The

nominees shall be selected by all alcohol and drug counselors licensed or certified

under KRS 309.080 to 309.089. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of an

unexpired term in the same manner as set out in this subsection.

(5) The citizen-at-large member shall be disqualified from serving on the board if:

(a) The member, a person who is a part of the member's household, or the

member's relative becomes associated with or financially interested in the

business of alcohol and drug counseling, or participates or has participated in

a professional field related to alcohol and drug counseling; or

(b) The member, a person who is a part of the member's household, or the

member's relative becomes, or is in training to become, a licensed clinical

alcohol and drug counselor or certified alcohol and drug counselor.

(6) A counselor member of the board shall be disqualified from serving on the board if:

(a) He or she violates the code of professional ethics or standards of practice

established pursuant to KRS 309.0813; or

(b) He or she ceases to be a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor or

certified alcohol and drug counselor in Kentucky.

(7) Each board member shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day

of service actually given in carrying out his or her duties under KRS 309.080 to

309.089, and shall also be reimbursed the necessary traveling, hotel, and contingent

expenses incurred in attending the meetings and in performing the duties of the

board.