EDUCATION
Substance Abuse
Counselor In-Training
100 hours of specialized
education in the transdisciplinary foundations of understanding addiction,
treatment knowledge, application to practice, professional readiness,
and disabilities. See RL 166.02 [link].
The training hours
shall be in seminars, courses or other presentations that meet the criteria
for approved precertification programs for substance abuse counselors
(360 hour programs) or continuing education programs.
Substance
Abuse Counselors
Attendance and
completion of 360 hours of approved specialized education in substance
use disorder counseling within a comprehensive program or a degree program
approved by the department in a field with an addiction emphasis or
concentration. See RL 166.03 [ link
]
Department approved
pre-certification programs for substance abuse counselors SAC
Programs . Additional programs will be added as programs
apply and are approved.
Educators
: To apply for approval of a 360 hour comprehensive program
, see application procedure [ Instructions
- Application
]
Clinical Substance
Abuse Counselor
In addition to the
above, graduation from an accredited school with an associate's bachelor's,
master's or doctoral degree in a field of behavioral science.
Foreign Credential
Evaluation
List of education translation
companies. [link]
CONTINUING
EDUCATION
The department does
not pre-approve continuing education programs. The department will accept
for continuing education credit, programs consisting of relevant subject
matter taught by qualified presenters.
The department shall
approve all of the following programs and courses if they meet the requirements
of RL166.05 – 166.07 [link]:
(a)
Undergraduate or graduate level courses or continuing education courses
relevant to the professional practice of substance use disorder counseling,
clinical supervision or prevention work offered by accredited colleges
and universities, local or national professional substance use disorder
association, or other professional mental health or medical health related
organization.
(b)
Local or national professional substance abuse counselor related associations.
(c)
Accredited colleges and universities.
Continuing
education requirements:
Substance abuse
counselor in-training – 40 hours
Substance abuse
counselor – 40 hours
Clinical substance
abuse counselor – 40 hours
NOTE:
Continuing education requirements do not apply to the biennium in which
the license was first issued. See RL 168.01 [link
]
Biennium:
3/1/odd – 2/28/odd
