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 11-177.1-26 - Certified prevention specialist
Current through February, 2024
(a) The applicant shall have a high school diploma or its equivalent and shall have completed two thousand hours of preceptor-supervised work experience in the performance domains of planning and evaluation, education and skill development, community organization, public policy and environmental change, and professional growth and responsibility. The experience shall be documented by the preceptor on a form to be provided by the department. The preceptor must be employed or contracted by the program or agency in which the work experience is gained.
(b) The applicant shall provide documentation showing the following information:
(c) The preceptor shall document on a form to be provided by the department one hundred twenty hours of preceptorship in the performance domains listed in subsection(a) to include:
(d) The applicant shall submit a completed application form with the appropriate application fee pursuant to subchapter 4.
(e) The applicant shall successfully complete all examination requirements established by the department.
(f) An applicant may apply for recertification up to sixty days prior to the expiration date of the applicant's current certificate. Applicants for recertification shall provide the following documents to the department:
(g) A prevention specialist 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 prevention specialist shall receive a State of Hawaii certification which shall not exceed the current expiration date of the prevention specialist's original certificate issued by an International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium member board.