Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
Agency 115 - BOARD OF COUNSELING
Chapter 60 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PRACTICE OF LICENSED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATEMENT PRACTITIONERS
Part II - Requirements for Licensure as a Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioner
Section 18VAC115-60-50 - Prerequisites for licensure by endorsement
Universal Citation: 8 VA Admin Code 115-60-50
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. Every applicant for licensure by endorsement shall submit:
1. A completed
application;
2. The application
processing and initial licensure fee as prescribed in
18VAC115-60-20;
3. Verification of all mental health or
health professional licenses or certificates ever held in any other
jurisdiction. In order to qualify for endorsement, the applicant shall have no
unresolved disciplinary action against a license or certificate. The board will
consider history of disciplinary action on a case-by-case basis;
4. Further documentation of one of the
following:
a. A current substance abuse
treatment license in good standing in another jurisdiction obtained by meeting
requirements substantially equivalent to those set forth in this chapter;
or
b. A mental health license in
good standing in a category acceptable to the board which required completion
of a master's degree in mental health to include 60 graduate semester hours in
mental health; and
(1) Board-recognized
national certification in substance abuse treatment;
(2) If the master's degree was in substance
abuse treatment, two years of post-licensure experience in providing substance
abuse treatment;
(3) If the
master's degree was not in substance abuse treatment, five years of
post-licensure experience in substance abuse treatment plus 12 credit hours of
didactic training in the substance abuse treatment competencies set forth in
18VAC115-60-70 C; or
(4) Current substance abuse counselor
certification in Virginia in good standing or a Virginia substance abuse
treatment specialty licensure designation with two years of post-licensure or
certification substance abuse treatment experience;
c. Documentation of education and supervised
experience that met the requirements of the jurisdiction in which he was
initially licensed as verified by an official transcript and a certified copy
of the original application materials and evidence of post-licensure clinical
practice for 24 of the last 60 months immediately preceding his licensure
application in Virginia. Clinical practice shall mean the rendering of direct
clinical substance abuse treatment services or clinical supervision of such
services.
5.
Verification of a passing score on a substance abuse licensure examination as
established by the jurisdiction in which licensure was obtained. The
examination is waived for an applicant who holds a current and unrestricted
license as a professional counselor within the Commonwealth of
Virginia;
6. Official transcripts
documenting the applicant's completion of the education requirements prescribed
in 18VAC115-60-60 and
18VAC115-60-70;
7. An affidavit of having read and understood
the regulations and laws governing the practice of substance abuse treatment in
Virginia; and
8. A current report
from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Practitioner
Data Bank (NPDB).
B. In lieu of transcripts verifying education and documentation verifying supervised experience, the board may accept verification from the credentials registry of the American Association of State Counseling Boards or any other board-recognized entity.
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.
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