§ 3262a - Board of allied mental health practitioners - Vermont Statutes

§ 3262a. Board of allied mental health practitioners

A board of allied mental health practitioners is established. The board shall consist of six members appointed by the governor pursuant to sections 129b and 2004 of Title 3. Two members shall be licensed clinical mental health counselors, one member shall be a certified marriage and family therapist, one member shall be a nonlicensed and noncertified psychotherapist entered on the roster and two members shall be public members. The public members shall have no direct financial interest personally or through a spouse, parent, child, brother, or sister in clinical mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, or psychotherapy. The professional members of the board shall have at least three years of professional experience as a clinical mental health counselor, marriage and family therapist, or psychotherapist, during the period immediately preceding appointment and shall be actively engaged in the practice of clinical mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, or psychotherapy during incumbency. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for transacting business, and all action shall be taken upon a majority vote of the members present and voting. (Added 1997, No. 40, § 51; amended 2005, No. 27, § 92.)