To be licensed to practice as a provisional alcohol and drug counselor, an applicant shall: (1) Have a high school diploma or its equivalent; (2) Have two hundred seventy hours of education related to the knowledge and skills of alcohol and drug counseling which shall include: (a) A minimum of forty-five hours in counseling theories and techniques coursework; (b) A minimum of forty-five hours in group counseling coursework; (c) A minimum of thirty hours in human growth and development coursework; (d) A minimum of fifteen hours in professional ethics and issues coursework; (e) A minimum of thirty hours in alcohol and drug assessment, case planning, and management coursework; (f) A minimum of thirty hours in multicultural counseling coursework; (g) A minimum of forty-five hours in medical and psychosocial aspects of alcohol and drug use, abuse, and addiction coursework; and (h) A minimum of thirty hours in clinical treatment issues in chemical dependency coursework; and (3) Have supervised practical training which shall: (a) Include performing a minimum of three hundred hours in the counselor core functions in a work setting where alcohol and drug counseling is provided; (b) Be a formal, systematic process that focuses on skill development and integration of knowledge; (c) Include training hours documented by performance date and core function performance areas; and (d) Include the performance of all counselor core functions with no single function performed less than ten hours.
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