2025 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 309 - Miscellaneous occupations and professions
309.0842 Requirements for certification as an associate alcohol and drug counselor.

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KY Rev Stat § 309.0842 (2025)
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309.0842 Requirements for certification as an associate alcohol and drug counselor. An applicant for certification as an associate alcohol and drug counselor II shall pay the board the initial fee for certification, and shall: (1) Be certified by the board as an associate alcohol and drug counselor I for a period of at least eight (8) months; (2) Have four hundred (400) hours of documented chemical dependency counselingrelated compensated work or supervised internship experience of which a minimum of eighty (80) hours shall be in chemical dependency counseling and all 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 and has attended the board-sponsored supervision training; or (b) A licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor who has at least twelve (12) months of post-licensure experience or has attended the board-sponsored supervision training; and (3) Have seventy (70) hours of approved classroom hours of board-approved curriculum of which twenty (20) hours shall have been obtained in the previous two (2) years and shall be in addition to the classroom hours required in KRS 309.0841 for an associate alcohol and drug counselor I. Effective: July 15, 2024 History: Amended 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 8, effective July 15, 2024. -- Created 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 3, effective March 1, 2021.
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