Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
To be licensed as a chemical dependency
counselor III (LCDC III) the applicant shall:
(A)
Submit a formal
application, including:
(1)
Suitable documentation;
(2)
An application
fee;
(3)
A personal attestation statement agreeing to practice
by the code of ethical standards adopted by the board; and
(4)
A recommendation
and suitable documentation as follows:
(a)
Provided directly
from the applicant's supervisor.
(b)
Provided in a
manner specified by the board.
(B)
After approval of
the application by the board, receive a passing score on the IC&RC (ADC) or
other board approved alcohol and drug counselor examination, or provide
documentation of a valid license, certificate, or credentials issued under
another chapter of the Revised Code that authorizes the individual to engage in
a profession whose scope of practice includes substance use disorder counseling
and diagnosing and treating substance use disorder conditions.
(C)
Provide official
transcript from an accredited school or university that verifies a bachelor's
degree or higher degree in a behavioral science or nursing.
(D)
Complete the
hours of work, which includes a minimum of twenty percent of those hours in the
clinical core functions of substance use disorder treatment services;
Complete two thousand hours of work
experience or a combination of work experience plus a supervised internship or
supervised apprenticeship.
A minimum of
two hundred twenty hours of work in the core functions in paragraph (E) of this
rule.
(E)
The core functions and minimum hours as follows:
(1)
Screening,
assessment, and engagement: Forty hours and twenty-five hours must be in
assessment;
(2)
Treatment planning, collaboration, and referral:
Seventy hours and thirty-five hours must be in treatment
planning;
(3)
Counseling: Ninety hours and thirty-five hours must be
of individual and thirty-five hours of group; and
(4)
Professional and
ethical responsibilities: twenty hours.
(F)
Complete the
hours of approved education in paragraph (G) of this rule, as follows:
In addition to section (D)(1), one hundred
eighty hours of education.
(1)
Must be substance use disorder specific
education;
(2)
Fifty per cent of the total hours shall be completed
within five years from the date of application; and
(3)
Completion may be
through:
(a)
Board approved continuing education units
(CEU)
(b)
Courses completed from an accredited school or
university, or
(x)
A combination paragraphs (F)(1)(c)(i) and (F)(1)(c)(ii)
of this rule.
(G)
The education
content and minimum hours as follows:
(1)
Substance use
disorder and recovery knowledge (twenty-four hours);
(2)
Counseling
procedures and strategies as applied to those with substance use disorder
(thirty hours);
(3)
Group process and techniques (eighteen
hours);
(4)
Assessment and diagnosis of substance use disorder
(twenty-four hours);
(5)
Family dynamics (twenty-four hours);
(6)
Pharmacology
(eighteen hours, with six hours specific to medication assisted
treatment/recovery);
(7)
Relapse and recovery strategies (six
hours);
(8)
Treatment planning (eighteen hours);
and
(9)
Legal and ethical issues pertaining to substance use
disorder professionals (eighteen hours).
(H)
The board shall
have sole discretion to determine if documentation submitted is
suitable.
Replaces: 4758-5-04
