PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                S.B. 522

17-302.4.

To qualify as a certified associate counselor-alcohol and drug an applicant shall:

(1)     Hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution
approved by the Board in a health or human services counseling field or have completed
a program of studies judged by the Board to be substantially equivalent in subject matter
and extent of training to such a program of studies;

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

(3)     Have a minimum of 20 credit hours in alcohol and drug counselor
training as defined in § 17-302.3(d)(4) of this title; and

(4)      (I) Practice alcohol and drug counseling under the supervision of a
certified professional counselor-alcohol and drug or another health care provider
approved by the Board; OR

(II) PROVIDE ALCOHOL AND DRUG COUNSELING AS AN EMPLOYEE
OF AN AGENCY OR FACILITY THAT IS ACCREDITED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION ON
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

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