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 11-177.1-28 - Certified criminal justice addictions professional
Current through February, 2024
(a) The applicant shall have completed six thousand hours of supervised work experience specific to the criminal justice addictions professional domains of dynamics of addiction and criminal behavior; legal, ethical, and professional responsibility; criminal justice system and processes; clinical evaluation: screening and assessment; treatment planning; case management, monitoring, and participant supervision; counseling; and documentation. An associate's degree in behavioral science may substitute for one thousand hours; a bachelor's degree in behavioral science or certified substance abuse counselor certification may substitute for two thousand hours; a master's degree in behavioral science or certified clinical supervisor certification may substitute for four thousand hours. Work experience must have been obtained within the ten years prior to application.
(b) The applicant shall have completed two hundred hours of supervision specific to the criminal justice domains in subsection (a) with a high school diploma; one hundred fifty hours with an associate's degree; one hundred hours with a bachelor's degree or certified substance abuse counselor credential; eighty hours with a master's degree or certified clinical supervisor credential. A minimum of ten hours of supervision in each domain is required.
(c) The experience and supervision shall be documented by the clinical supervisor on a form to be provided by the department.
(d) The applicant shall provide documentation showing a minimum of two hundred seventy hours of education specific to the criminal justice domains in subsection (a) with a high school diploma; two hundred hours with an associate's degree; one hundred fifty hours with a bachelor's degree or certified substance abuse counselor certification; one hundred hours with a master's degree or certified clinical supervisor certification. Six hours of education must be in ethics.
(e) The applicant shall submit a completed application form with the appropriate application fee pursuant to subchapter 4.
(f) The applicant shall successfully complete all examination requirements established by the department.
(g) 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:
(h) A criminal justice addictions professional 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 criminal justice addictions professional's original certificate issued by an International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium member board.
