2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 309 - MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
309.0832 Requirements for licensure as a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor.

Download as PDF 309.0832 Requirements for licensure as a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor. An applicant for licensure as a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor shall pay the board the initial fee for licensure, and shall: (1) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age; (2) Have obtained from a regionally accredited college or university or a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education: (a) A sixty (60) hour master's degree in a behavioral science with clinical application; (b) A thirty (30) hour advanced placement master's degree in a behavioral science with clinical application; or (c) A doctoral degree in a behavioral science with clinical application; (3) Have completed at least one hundred eighty (180) classroom hours of alcohol and drug counselor specific board-approved curriculum; (4) Have passed a written examination as specified by the board in administrative regulation; (5) Have signed an agreement to abide by the standards of practice and code of ethics approved by the board; (6) Have completed at least six (6) hours of ethics training; three (3) hours of domestic violence training; and two (2) hours training in the transmission, control, treatment, and prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus, in addition to the educational requirements in subsection (2) of this section; (7) Have submitted two (2) letters of reference from certified alcohol and drug counselors or licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselors; (8) Live or work at least a majority of the time in Kentucky; (9) 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; and (10) Have completed two thousand (2,000) 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 licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor. Effective: June 24, 2015 History: Created 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 7, effective June 24, 2015.