309.0832 Requirements for licensure as a licensed clinical alcohol and drug
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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)Meet all education and supervision requirements of the International
Certification and Reciprocity Consortium for the Advanced Alcohol and Drug
Counselor (AADC);
(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; and
(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.