marriage and family therapist [or], licensed professional
counselor or licensed professional music therapist unless he or
she shall first have obtained a license pursuant to this act.
Section 4. Section 5 heading, (a), (c) and (l) of the act,
amended June 23, 2016 (P.L.387, No.54), are amended to read:
Section 5. State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family
Therapists [and], Professional Counselors and
Professional Music Therapists.
(a) Creation.--There is hereby created the State Board of
Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists [and],
Professional Counselors and Professional Music Therapists, a
departmental administrative board in the Department of State.
The board shall consist of [13] 15 members who are citizens of
the United States and who have been residents of this
Commonwealth for a two-year period, two of whom shall be public
members; five of whom shall be licensed social workers, at least
one of whom shall be a licensed clinical social worker and at
least one of whom shall be a licensed social worker; two of whom
shall be licensed marriage and family therapists; two of whom
shall be licensed professional counselors; one of whom shall be
either a licensed marriage and family therapist or a licensed
professional counselor as hereafter provided; two of whom shall
be licensed professional music therapists with a master's degree
in music therapy; and one of whom shall be the Commissioner of
Professional and Occupational Affairs.
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(c) Initial appointments.--Within 90 days of the effective
date of this act, the Governor shall nominate one professional
member to serve as a clinical social worker member of the board;
three professional members to serve as professional counselor
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