Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
To be licensed as an independent
chemical dependency counselor (LICDC) 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 master's
degree or higher degree in a behavioral science or nursing.
(D)
Completion of at
least one of the following:
(1)
Coursework obtained within the masters or higher
graduate degree as specified in paragraphs (D)(1)(a) to (D)(1)(e) of this rule.
The board may also consider up to three graduate courses completed after the
masters or higher graduate degree was attained to meet the requirements of
paragraphs (D)(1)(a) to (D)(1)(e) of this rule;
(a)
Counseling
theories (forty clock hours);
(b)
Individual and
group counseling procedures (eighty clock hours with a minimum of twenty clock
hours in individual counseling and twenty clock hours in group
counseling);
(c)
Fundamentals of assessment and diagnosis and
psychopathology (ninety clock hours);
(d)
Cultural humility
(thirty clock hours); and
(e)
Ethics (thirty clock hours).
(2)
Masters degree or
higher from an accredited program from an accredited school or university as
follows:
(a)
Addiction/substance use disorder counseling;
(b)
Clinical
counseling;
(c)
Clinical psychology;
(d)
Counseling
psychology;
(e)
Pediatrics psychology; or
(f)
Social
work.
(E)
Complete the hours of work, which includes a minimum of
twenty per cent 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 and twenty hours of work in
the core functions in paragraph (F) of this
rule.
(F)
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.
(G)
Complete the
hours of approved education in paragraph (H) of this rule, as follows:
(1)
In addition to
paragraph (E)(1) of this rule, one hundred eighty hours of education.
(a)
Must be substance
use disorder specific education;
(b)
Fifty per cent of
the total hours shall be completed within the five years from the date of
application; and
(c)
Completion may be through:
(i)
Board approved
continuing education units (CEU)
(ii)
Courses
completed from an accredited school or university, or
(iii)
A combination
of paragraphs (G)(1)(c)(i) and (G)(1)(c)(ii) of this
rule.
(H)
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).
(I)
The board shall
have sole discretion to determine if documentation submitted is
suitable.
Replaces: 4758-5-05
