2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 309 - MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS 309.0805 Use of titles "licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor," "licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor associate," "certified alcohol and drug counselor," and "registered alcohol and drug peer support specialist" -- Construction.
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309.0805 Use of titles "licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor," "licensed
clinical alcohol and drug counselor associate," "certified alcohol and drug
counselor," and "registered alcohol and drug peer support specialist" -Construction.
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No person shall use the title "licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor,"
"licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor associate," "certified alcohol and drug
counselor," or "registered alcohol and drug peer support specialist," or hold himself
or herself out as a "licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor," "licensed clinical
alcohol and drug counselor associate," "certified alcohol and drug counselor," or
"registered alcohol and drug peer support specialist" unless he or she is licensed,
certified, or registered 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: June 24, 2015
History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 2, effective June 24, 2015. -- Created
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996.
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