Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 177.1 - CERTIFICATION STANDARDS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELORS, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS, PREVENTION SPECIALISTS, CLINICAL SUPERVISORS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADDICTIONS PROFESSIONALS, AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMATE
Subchapter 2 - REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION
Section 11-177.1-18 - Certified substance abuse counselor - master degree or higher

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 11-177.1-18

Current through February, 2024

(a) The applicant shall have completed a master's degree or higher from an accredited school with a major in social work, psychology, counseling psychology, substance abuse counseling, or other counseling or mental health field.

(b) The applicant shall have completed two thousand hours of clinically supervised work experience providing direct alcohol and drug treatment services. The experience shall be documented by the clinical supervisor on a form to be provided by the department. The clinical supervisor must be employed or contracted by the program or agency in which the work experience is gained.

(1) A minimum of two hundred seventy hours of substance abuse specific education;

(2) Six hours of education on professional ethics;

(3) Six hours of education on Title 42 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 2; and

(4) Six hours of education on HIV and AIDS including issues related to confidentiality of records.

(d) The applicant shall document on a form to be provided by the department four hundred hours of supervised practical training in the Twelve-Core function areas.

(1) A minimum of twenty hours shall be completed in each of the Twelve-Core function areas;

(2) The four hundred hours may be included in the two thousand hours of experience required in subsection (b);

(3) The four hundred hours shall be completed under the supervision of a certified substance abuse counselor certified in a category which is eligible for reciprocity.

(e) The applicant shall submit a completed application for certification.

(f) The applicant shall submit the appropriate application fee pursuant to subchapter 4.

(g) The applicant shall successfully complete the examination requirements established by the department.

(h) Applicants may apply for recertification up to sixty days prior to the expiration date on their current certification. Applicants for recertification shall provide the following documents to the department:

(1) A completed application for recertification; and

(2) Documentation of the completion of forty contact hours which shall be completed within the current certification period. A minimum of six hours shall be in professional ethics.

(i) A counselor with a master's degree or higher, in good standing with an International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium member board, who desires to practice in the State of Hawaii may apply for reciprocity. Upon approval by the department, the counselor shall receive a State of Hawaii certification which shall not exceed the current expiration date of the counselor's original certificate issued by an International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium member board.

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