2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 309 - MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS 309.083 Requirements for certification as alcohol and drug counselors.
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309.083 Requirements for certification as alcohol and drug counselors.
An applicant for certification as an alcohol and drug counselor shall pay the board the
initial fee for certification, and shall:
(1) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(2) Have obtained a baccalaureate degree;
(3) Have completed six thousand (6,000) hours of board-approved experience working
with persons having a substance use disorder, three hundred (300) hours of which
shall have been under the direct supervision of:
(a) A certified alcohol and drug counselor who has at least two (2) years of postcertification experience; or
(b) A licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor who has at least two (2) years
of post-licensure experience;
(4) Have completed at least two hundred seventy (270) classroom hours of boardapproved curriculum;
(5) Have passed a written examination that has been approved by the International
Certification Reciprocity Consortium on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse;
(6) Have signed an agreement to abide by the standards of practice and code of ethics
approved by the board;
(7) Have completed at least six (6) hours of ethics training; three (3) hours of domestic
violence training; and two (2) hours of training in the transmission, control,
treatment, and prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus;
(8) Have submitted two (2) letters of reference from certified or licensed clinical
alcohol and drug counselors;
(9) Live or work at least a majority of the time in Kentucky; and
(10) Have complied with the requirements for the training program in suicide
assessment, treatment, and management in KRS 210.366 and any administrative
regulations promulgated thereunder.
Effective: June 24, 2015
History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 6, effective June 24, 2015. -- Amended
2003 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2003. -- Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch.
96, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1996.
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