(1) provide general information to applicants for licensure as foresters;

(2) receive applications for licensure and provide licenses to applicants qualified under this chapter;

(3) provide standards and approve education programs for applicants and for the benefit of foresters who are reentering practice following a lapse of five or more years;

(4) administer fees as established by law;

(5) refer all disciplinary matters to an administrative law officer;

(6) renew, revoke, and reinstate licenses as ordered by an administrative law officer; and

(7) explain appeal procedures to licensed foresters and to applicants, and complaint procedures to the public.