2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
Health Care
Article 43 - Mental Health
Part 8 - Addiction Counselors
§ 12-43-801. Definitions

CO Rev Stat ยง 12-43-801 (2016) What's This?

As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Addiction" means a persistent, compulsive dependence on a behavior or substance, including mood-altering behaviors or activities known as process addictions.

(2) "Administrative supervision" means oversight of treatment agency operations, organization of people and resources, and implementation of policies and procedures in a way that directs activities towards agency goals and objectives.

(3) "Approved school, college, or university" means any accredited institution of higher education offering a full-time graduate or undergraduate course of study in behavioral health sciences, such as addiction counseling, human services, psychology, rehabilitation, social work, or other behavioral health sciences, that is recognized by an appropriate national organization or is approved by the board.

(4) "Behavioral health disorders" means both mental and substance use disorders.

(5) "Board" means the state board of addiction counselor examiners created in section 12-43-802.

(6) "Certified" means certified as an addiction counselor certified at level I, II, or III.

(7) "Certified addiction counselor" means an individual who has a certificate issued by the board authorizing the individual to practice addiction counseling commensurate with his or her certification level and scope of practice.

(8) "Clinical supervision" means:

(a) The evaluation and modification or approval by a supervisor of the clinical practice of the person being supervised; and

(b) A source of knowledge, expertise, and more advanced skills made available to the person being supervised.

(9) "Co-occurring disorders" means the existence of one or more substance use disorders, addictive behavioral disorders, or mental disorders presenting concurrently. At the individual level, co-occurring disorders exist when at least one disorder can be established independent of the other, and the disorders are not simply a cluster of symptoms resulting from a single disorder.

(10) "License" means a license issued by the board pursuant to this part 8 to engage in the practice of a licensed addiction counselor.

(11) "Licensed addiction counselor" means a person licensed by the board to provide professional behavioral health disorder treatment.

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