(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, the board may issue a license under this chapter to a person who is licensed in another jurisdiction to practice professional counseling if the board finds that the other jurisdiction has substantially the same or higher licensure requirements as this state.

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 08.29.120

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) The board may not license under this section a person who is under investigation in this or another jurisdiction for an act that would constitute a violation of this chapter until the investigation is complete and disciplinary sanctions, if any, are imposed and the person has complied with the sanctions.