New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Alc - Board of Licensing for Alcohol and Other Drug Use Professionals
Chapter Alc 300 - INITIAL CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES
Part Alc 310 - INITIAL LICENSURE AS A MASTER LICENSED ALCOHOL AND DRUG COUNSELOR
Section Alc 310.05 - Clinically Supervised Direct Counseling Experience in Treating Substance Use Disorders

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Alc 310.05

Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024

(a) The clinically supervised direct counseling experience in treating substance use disorders shall:

(1) Be paid or volunteer in nature;

(2) Be performed in one or more of the private or public settings listed in (c) below; and

(3) Consist in direct counseling services to clients, whether in the form of individual, couple or group counseling or intervention, under the clinical supervision described in (b) below.

(b) Such experience shall be clinically supervised as follows:

(1) Directly and in person by an individual licensed by the board or authorized by the regulatory board of another state to practice substance use counseling;

(2) On a schedule of at least 4 hours of clinical supervision during each month that the person being supervised provides services to clients; and

(3) By a method which:
a. Complies with the definition in Alc 301.01(c); and

b. Includes the supervisor's keeping records and making notes which are sufficiently detailed to permit accurate later assessment of the work of the individual being supervised and accurate completion of the form described in Alc 313.07.

(c) The settings for the clinically supervised direct counseling experience in treating substance use disorders shall be one or more of the following:

(1) A detoxification program;

(2) A substance use counseling program;

(3) A substance use treatment program; or

(4) If working in the substance use aspect of the program:
a. A mental health program;

b. A hospital program;

c. A program of a rehabilitation facility;

d. A half-way house or transitional living program;

e. A criminal justice system diversion program;

f. A correctional facility rehabilitation program;

g. A program of a non-governmental social service agency, including tax-exempt non-profit organizations;

h. An employee assistance program;

i. A program of a private mental health or substance abuse practice;

j. The office of a licensed physician; or

k. Any program operated, licensed or otherwise approved by:
1. The federal government;

2. The government of any state; or

3. The government of a political subdivision of any state.

(d) The applicant shall, pursuant to RSA 330-C:16, III, be permitted to substitute up to 1500 hours of the required total hours of clinically supervised post-masters direct counseling experience in treating substance use disorders required by Alc 310.01(f) and Alc 310.01(g) for a current license issued by the board of mental health.

(e) The applicant shall, pursuant to RSA 330-C:16, III, be permitted to accumulate up to 1500 hours of the required total hours of clinically supervised post-masters direct counseling experience in treating substance use disorders required by Alc 310.01(f) and Alc 310.01(g) in the course of his or her practice as a licensed alcohol and drug counselor.

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