Boards and Commissions

Ohio Legislative Service Commission

Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board

Status	Type of Board	Full-time	Expiration Date
Current	Permanent	No	12/31/2024

Subject to Sunset Review	Partisan Affiliation Restriction	Senate Confirmation Required
No	No	Yes

Authority	Total Membership
R.C. 4757.03	21

Dates of Appointment		Term Length
4 on 10/11/10 and the same date each 3rd year thereafter 6 on 10/11/11 and the same date each 3rd year thereafter 5 on 10/11/12 and the same date each 3rd year thereafter		3 years

Ending Date Of Term	Report Requirements
October 10	Annual report to LSC under R.C. 4743.01

Appointment Authority	Membership Composition
Governor	Members with other stated qualifications, Public members

Compensation		Staff Assistance
Expenses Only, R.C. 124.15(J)		Own staff

Chairperson	Additional Information
Elected annually by members from among the members	The licensing functions of the Board are scheduled to expire under R.C. 101.62 on 12/31/2024.

Qualifications
(1) Four members must be individuals' licensed as professional clinical counselors or licensed professional counselors. At all times, the counselor membership must include at least one individual who has received a doctoral degree in counseling from an accredited educational institution recognized by the board and holds a graduate level teaching position in a counselor education program. (2) Four members must be individuals licensed as independent marriage and family therapists or marriage and family therapists. At all times, the marriage and family therapist membership must include one educator who holds a teaching position in a master's degree marriage and family therapy program at an accredited educational institution recognized by the board. (3) Four members must be individuals licensed as independent social workers or social workers, provided that at least one member, at the time of appointment, is a social worker. At all times, the social worker membership must include one educator who holds a teaching position in a baccalaureate or master's degree social work program at an accredited educational institution recognized by the board. (4) Five members must be representatives of the general public who have not practiced professional counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work, art therapy, or music therapy and have not been involved in the delivery of professional counseling, marriage and family therapy, or social work services. At least one of the members representing the general public must be at least sixty years of age. (5) Two members must be individuals licensed as art therapists. (6) Two members must be individuals licensed as music therapists. Both of the following apply to each member specified in (1), (2), and (3) above: (1) During the five years preceding appointment to the board, the member must have actively engaged in the practice of the member's profession. A member holding a teaching position must have actively engaged in the practice of the member's profession by conducting research in the member's profession or by educating and training masters, doctoral, or postdoctoral students in the member's profession, as applicable. (2) During the two years immediately preceding appointment, the member must have devoted the majority of the member's professional time to the required activity while residing in Ohio. At least five members, one from each of the board's professional standards committees, during the five years preceding appointment, must have practiced at a public agency or at an organization that is certified or licensed by the Department of Developmental Disabilities, the Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, the Department of Job and Family Services, or the Department of Mental Health. Not more than eleven members of the board may be members of the same political party. At least one member of the board must be of African, Native American, Hispanic, or Asian descent.

Qualifications

(1) Four members must be individuals' licensed as professional clinical counselors or licensed professional counselors. At all times, the counselor membership must include at least one individual who has received a doctoral degree in counseling from an accredited educational institution recognized by the board and holds a graduate level teaching position in a counselor education program. (2) Four members must be individuals licensed as independent marriage and family therapists or marriage and family therapists. At all times, the marriage and family therapist membership must include one educator who holds a teaching position in a master's degree marriage and family therapy program at an accredited educational institution recognized by the board. (3) Four members must be individuals licensed as independent social workers or social workers, provided that at least one member, at the time of appointment, is a social worker. At all times, the social worker membership must include one educator who holds a teaching position in a baccalaureate or master's degree social work program at an accredited educational institution recognized by the board. (4) Five members must be representatives of the general public who have not practiced professional counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work, art therapy, or music therapy and have not been involved in the delivery of professional counseling, marriage and family therapy, or social work services. At least one of the members representing the general public must be at least sixty years of age. (5) Two members must be individuals licensed as art therapists. (6) Two members must be individuals licensed as music therapists. Both of the following apply to each member specified in (1), (2), and (3) above: (1) During the five years preceding appointment to the board, the member must have actively engaged in the practice of the member's profession. A member holding a teaching position must have actively engaged in the practice of the member's profession by conducting research in the member's profession or by educating and training masters, doctoral, or postdoctoral students in the member's profession, as applicable. (2) During the two years immediately preceding appointment, the member must have devoted the majority of the member's professional time to the required activity while residing in Ohio. At least five members, one from each of the board's professional standards committees, during the five years preceding appointment, must have practiced at a public agency or at an organization that is certified or licensed by the Department of Developmental Disabilities, the Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, the Department of Job and Family Services, or the Department of Mental Health. Not more than eleven members of the board may be members of the same political party. At least one member of the board must be of African, Native American, Hispanic, or Asian descent.