2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 309 - MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS 309.0805 Use of title "certified alcohol and drug counselor" -- Construction.
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309.0805 Use of title "certified alcohol and drug counselor" -- Construction.
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No person shall use the title "certified alcohol and drug counselor" or hold
himself out as a "certified alcohol and drug counselor" unless he is certified
pursuant to KRS 309.080 to 309.089.
Nothing in KRS 309.080 to 309.089 shall apply to persons licensed, certified,
or registered under any other provision of the Kentucky Revised Statutes,
including but not limited to physicians, social workers, psychologists, marriage
and family therapists, art therapists, nurses, or students in accredited training
programs in those professions, and nothing in KRS 309.080 to 309.089 shall
be construed to limit, interfere with, or restrict the practice, descriptions of
services, or manner in which they hold themselves out to the public.
Nothing in KRS 309.080 to 309.089 shall be construed to alter, amend, or
interfere with the practice of those who render counseling services, including
but not limited to employment counseling, job placement counseling, vocational
rehabilitation counseling, pastoral counseling based on any tenet of one's
religious beliefs, or school counseling.
Nothing in KRS 309.080 to 309.089 shall apply to the activities and services of
a student intern or trainee who is pursuing a program of studies in alcohol and
drug counseling at an accredited institution of higher education, if these
activities are performed under the supervision or direction of an approved
supervisor and the activities are part of the supervised program of studies.
Effective:July 15, 1996
History: Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996.
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