Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
The chemical dependency counselor
assistant (CDCA) certificate is obtained first as a thirteen-month,
non-renewable preliminary certification before application for the subsequent
two-year, renewable certification.
(A)
To be certified
as a chemical dependency counselor assistant (CDCA) for a preliminary,
non-renewable thirteen-month period, an applicant shall:
(1)
Be eighteen years
of age and hold a high school diploma or equivalent;
(2)
Submit a formal
application, including:
(a)
Suitable documentation provided in a manner specified
by the board;
(b)
An application fee; and
(c)
A personal
attestation statement agreeing to practice by the code of ethical standards
adopted by the board.
(3)
Complete
forty hours of approved
substance use disorder
specific education which meets the education content
and minimum hours as follows:
(a)
Substance use disorder and recovery knowledge
(five hours)
(b) Counseling
procedures and strategies
as applied to those with substance
use disorder (fourteen hours)
(c) Group process and
techniques (five hours)
(d) Assessment and
diagnosis of
substance use disorder (three hours)
(e)
Treatment planning (seven hours)
(f) Legal and ethical
issues pertaining to
substance use disorder professionals (six hours)
A minimum of one hour must be completed in an
ethics course specificed by the board.
(4)
Substance use
disorder specific education hours listed in paragraphs (A)(3)(a) to (A)(3)(f)
of this rule must meet the following requirements:
(a)
Continuing
education coursework from board approved continuing education provider
entities, at least fifty per cent of which the total was completed within two
years from the date of application;
(b)
College
coursework verified on an official college or university transcript in which at
least fifty per cent of the total coursework was completed within five years
from the date of application; or
(c)
A combination of
continuing education and college coursework as described in paragraphs
(A)(4)(a) and (A)(4)(b) of this rule in which at least fifty per cent of the
coursework has been completed in the last two years.
(5)
The preliminary
CDCA certification will be granted for thirteen months.
(B) Each individual who
holds
a
preliminary CDCA certification shall complete an
application for the CDCA renewable certificate not sooner than ten months from
the date the preliminary certificate becomes active and not later than one year after that
preliminary CDCA certificate lapses,
meeting the following
requirements:
(1)
Complete thirty hours of approved substance use disorder
specific education which meets the education content and minimum hours as
follows:
(a)
Substance use disorder and recovery knowledge
(five hours)
(b) Counseling
procedures and strategies with
as applied to those with substance
use disorder (eight hours)
(c) Group process and
techniques (five hours)
(d) Assessment and
diagnosis of
substance use disorder (
five
hours)
(e) Treatment planning
(six hours)
(f) Legal and ethical
issues pertaining to
substance use disorder professionals (three
hours)
(2)
Substance use disorder specific education listed in
paragraphs (B)(1)(a) to (B)(1)(f) must meet the following requirements:
(a)
Continuing
education coursework from board approved continuing education provider entities
which is completed within the first twelve months the individual holds the CDCA
preliminary certificate;
(b)
College coursework verified on an official college or
university transcript in which at least fifty per cent of the total coursework
was completed within five years from the date of application;
(c)
A combination of
continuing education and college coursework as described in paragraphs
(B)(3)(a) and (B)(3)(b) of this rule; and
(d)
Does not
duplicate the same coursework submitted for approval of the preliminary CDCA
certificate.
(C)
Failure to complete the requirements in paragraph (B) of rule
4758-5-01 of the Administrative
Code shall result in a lapse of the
individual's preliminary CDCA
certification. Individuals whose
CDCA preliminary certification is lapsed beyond
one year shall be required to reapply and meet all requirements for
CDCA preliminary certification.
