Brief Description: The Board of Marital and Family Therapy proposes to make permanent regulation changes made by emergency regulation regarding notarized signatures and emergency courtesy license.
On November 9, 2020, the Board of Marital and Family Therapy (Board) adopted, as an emergency regulation, changes in 12 AAC 19 of the Alaska Administrative Code dealing with notarized signatures and emergency courtesy license, including the following:
- 12 AAC 19.110. License by examination, is proposed to remove the notarized signature requirements for license by examination applications, and allowing for two forms of government issued identification in lieu of the notarized signature.
- 12 AAC 19.115. Licensure by credentials, is proposed to remove the notarized signature requirements for licensure by credential applications, and allowing for two forms of government issued identification in lieu of the notarized signature.
- 12 AAC 19.117. Emergency courtesy license, is a proposed new section to allow for an emergency courtesy license for marital and family therapists, specific to the public health emergency or crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic.
- 12 AAC 19.200. License for supervised practice, is proposed to remove the notarized signature requirements for license applications, and allowing for two forms of government issued identification in lieu of the notarized signature.
- 12 AAC 19.210. Approved supervisors, is proposed to remove the notarized signature requirements for license application, and allowing for two forms of government issued identification in lieu of the notarized signature.
The emergency regulation took effect on November 17, 2020, and will expire March 16, 2021 unless made permanent. The Board intends to make the emergency regulation permanent.
You may comment on the regulation changes, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the changes, by submitting written comments to Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806. Additionally, the Board will accept comments by facsimile at (907) 465-2974 and by electronic mail at RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov. Comments may also be submitted through the Alaska Online Public Notice System by accessing this notice on the system at http://notice.alaska.gov/200176, and using the comment link. The comments must be received not later than 4:30 p.m. on December 23, 2020. Comments received after this deadline will not be considered by the Board.
You may submit written questions relevant to the proposed action to Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806 or by e-mail at RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov. The questions must be received at least 10 days before the end of the public comment period. The Board will aggregate its response to substantially similar questions and make the questions and responses available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and on the Board’s website at https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardofMaritalFamilyTherapy.aspx. The Board may, but is not required to, answer written questions received after the 10-day cut-off date and before the end of the comment period.
If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation in order to participate in this process, please contact Jun Maiquis at (907) 465-2537 or RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov not later than December 16, 2020 to ensure that any necessary accommodation can be provided.
A copy of the emergency regulation is available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and by contacting Jun Maiquis at (907) 465-2537 or RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov, or go to https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/MFT-EmergencyRegs-1120.pdf.
The language of the permanent regulation may be different from that of the original emergency regulation and may include other provisions dealing with the same subject. You should comment during the time allowed if your interests could be affected. Written comments and questions received are public records and are subject to public inspection.
Statutory Authority: AS 08.01.062; AS 08.63.050; AS 08.63.060; AS 08.63.100; AS 08.63.110; AS 08.63.120; AS 08.63.140; AS 08.63.210
Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: AS 08.01.062; AS 08.63.050; AS 08.63.060; AS 08.63.100; AS 08.63.110; AS 08.63.120; AS 08.63.140; AS 08.63.210
Fiscal Information: The regulations are not expected to require an increased appropriation.
DATE: 11/18/2020
Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist
Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
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ADDITIONAL REGULATION NOTICE INFORMATION
(AS 44.62.190(d))
1. Adopting agency: Board of Marital and Family Therapy – Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing.
2. General subject of regulation: Notarized signatures and emergency courtesy license.
3. Citation of regulation: 12 AAC 19.110, 12 AAC 19.115, 12 AAC 19.117, 12 AAC 19.200, and
12 AAC 19.210.
4. Department of Law file number: 2020200672.
5. Reason for the proposed action: Emergency regulation due to COVID-19.
6. Appropriation/Allocation: Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing – #2360.
7. Estimated annual cost to comply with the proposed action to:
A private person: $50 application fee; $300 emergency courtesy license fee.
Another state agency: None known.
A municipality: None known.
8. Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding (in thousands of dollars): No costs are expected in FY 2021 or in subsequent years.
9. The name of the contact person for the regulation:
Lauren (Osborn) Bales, Licensing Examiner
Board of Marital and Family Therapy
Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Telephone: (907) 465-2551
E-mail: lauren.osborn@alaska.gov
10. The origin of the emergency regulation action: Board of Marital and Family Therapy.
11. Date: 11/18/2020
Prepared by: Jun Maiquis
Regulations Specialist