309.0836 Requirements for registration as a temporary alcohol and drug peer

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support specialist. An applicant for registration as a temporary alcohol and drug peer support specialist shall pay the board an initial fee for registration, and shall:

(1)Be at least eighteen

(18)years of age;

(2)Have obtained a high school diploma or equivalent;

(3)Have completed at least forty

(40)classroom hours of board-approved curriculum;

(4)Have passed a written examination that has been approved by the board;

(5)Have signed an agreement to abide by the standards of practice and code of ethics

approved by the board;

(6)Attest to being in recovery for a minimum of twelve

(12)consecutive months

immediately preceding the date of registration from a substance-related disorder;

(7)Have completed at least:

(a)Sixteen

(16)hours of ethics training;

(b)Three

(3)hours of domestic violence training;

(c)Two

(2)hours of training in the transmission, control, treatment, and

prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus;

(d)Ten

(10)hours of advocacy training;

(e)Ten

(10)hours of training in mentoring and education; and

(f)Ten

(10)hours of training in recovery support;

(8)Have submitted two

(2)letters of reference from certified alcohol and drug

counselors or licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselors;

(9)Live or work 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.