Current through February 26, 2024
(1) USE OF
TITLE AND SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
(a) A person
certified by the board may use the title "alcohol and drug counselor" or
"chemical dependency counselor" only if the person is credentialed as a
substance abuse counselor under s. 440.88, Stats., or satisfies the educational
and supervised training requirements established in this section.
(b) A person who is certified by the board
may treat substance use disorder as a specialty if the person is credentialed
under s. 440.88, Stats., or satisfies the educational and supervised training
requirements established in this section.
(c) A person certified by the board may do
all of the following:
1. Prepare a client for
substance use disorder treatment by referral.
2. Continue to work with the non-substance
use disorder issues of a person who has been referred for substance use
disorder treatment.
3. Continue to
treat a client who is in recovery following treatment for substance use
disorder.
(3)
SPECIALTY REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS CERTIFIED BY THE BOARD OTHER THAN AS
ADVANCED PRACTICE SOCIAL WORKERS OR INDEPENDENT SOCIAL WORKERS. To be
authorized to treat substance use disorder as a specialty, an individual
certified under s. 457.08 (1), 457.09 (1) or 457.14 (1) (a), Stats., shall meet
all of the following:
(a) A minimum of 180
contact hours of substance use disorder education, which may be obtained within
the bachelor or master's degree or in addition to the bachelor or master's
degree. The education shall be in all of the following:
1. Thirty hours in assessment
training.
2. Thirty hours in
counseling training.
3. Thirty
hours in case management.
4. Thirty
hours in patient education.
5.
Thirty hours in professional responsibility.
6. Three hours in boundaries and
ethics.
7. Twenty-seven hours in
electives in any of the subjects in subds. 1. to 6.
(b) A minimum of 1,000 of hours of
face-to-face substance use disorder treatment experience, under the supervision
of a qualified supervisor, with individuals diagnosed with substance use
disorders. The supervised hours can be either the same as or separate from the
hours obtained for the credential issued by the board.
(4) QUALIFIED SUPERVISORS. A qualified
supervisor is a person who is knowledgeable in psychopharmacology and addiction
treatment and is any of the following:
(a) A
clinical supervisor, as defined in s. SPS 160.02 (7).
(b) A licensed marriage and family
therapist.
(c) A licensed
professional counselor.
(d) A
licensed clinical social worker, certified advanced practice social worker, or
certified independent social worker.
(e) A licensed psychologist.
(f) A licensed physician.
(g) An individual, other than an individual
specified in pars. (a) to (f), who is approved in advance by the
board.
(5) CONTINUING
EDUCATION. To maintain the authority to treat substance use disorder, an
individual certified by the board must complete at least 6 continuing education
hours during each biennial credentialing period in substance use disorder. The
continuing education may be counted toward the continuing education required
for renewal of the underlying credential.
