PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 461

ACCREDITATION OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS OR THAT IS CERTIFIED UNDER
TITLE 8, SUBTITLE 4 OF THE HEALTH - GENERAL ARTICLE.

17-306.

(c) (1) The Board shall waive the requirements for certification as a certified
professional counselor-alcohol and drug under § 17-302.3 of this subtitle for any person
who:

(i) Has filed a letter of intent with the Board by July 1, [1997] 1998;

(ii) Holds a master's or doctoral degree in a health and human services
counseling field or has completed a program that the Board determines to be
substantially equivalent in subject matter and extent of training as a master's or doctoral
degree in a health and human services counseling field;

(iii) As of July 1, [1996] 1997, is certified as a certified chemical
dependency counselor [or certified clinical supervisor], ITS EQUIVALENT, OR HIGHER
by the Maryland Addiction Counselor Certification Board, ANOTHER STATE, THE
CERTIFICATION COMMISSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ALCOHOLISM
AND DRUG ABUSE COUNSELORS, OR THE INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION
RECIPROCITY CONSORTIUM, OR IS EMPLOYED IN THE CAPACITY OF A PROGRAM
SPECIALIST I, II, III, OR ITS EQUIVALENT, OR HIGHER, IF THE PERSON IS EMPLOYED
BY THE STATE, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE, OR AN ENTITY THAT
PROVIDES ALCOHOL AND DRUG COUNSELING SERVICES UNDER CONTRACT WITH
THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE; AND

(iv) Has completed not less than 3 years with a minimum of 3,000 hours
of supervised experience in alcohol and drug abuse counseling approved by the Board, 2
years of which shall have been completed after the award of the master's or doctoral
degree [; and

(v) Has, by July 1, 2001, successfully passed an examination approved

by the Board].

(2) The Board shall waive the requirements for certification as a certified
associate counselor-alcohol and drug for any person who has filed a letter of intent with
the Board by July 1, [1997] 1998 if:

(i) [The person holds a bachelor's degree in a health or human
services counseling field or has completed a program that the Board determines to be
substantially equivalent in subject matter and extent of training to a bachelor's degree in
a health or human services counseling field;

(ii) ] The person, as of July 1, [1996] 1997, is certified as a certified
chemical dependency counselor [or certified clinical supervisor], ITS EQUIVALENT, OR
HIGHER, by the Maryland Addiction Counselor Certification Board, ANOTHER STATE,
THE CERTIFICATION COMMISSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE COUNSELORS, OR THE INTERNATIONAL
CERTIFICATION RECIPROCITY CONSORTIUM, or is employed in the capacity of a
Program Specialist I, II, [ or] III, or its equivalent, OR HIGHER, if the person is employed

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