309.083 Requirements for certification as alcohol and drug counselors. An applicant for certification as an alcohol and drug counselor shall pay the board the initial fee for certification, and shall: (1) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age; (2) Have obtained a baccalaureate degree; (3) Have completed six thousand (6,000) hours of board-approved experience working with persons having a substance use disorder, three hundred (300) hours of which shall have been under the direct supervision of: (a) A certified alcohol and drug counselor who has at least two (2) years of post- certification experience; or (b) A licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor who has at least two (2) years of post-licensure experience; (4) Have completed at least two hundred seventy (270) classroom hours of board- approved curriculum; (5) Have passed a written examination that has been approved by the International Certification Reciprocity Consortium on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse; (6) Have signed an agreement to abide by the standards of practice and code of ethics approved by the board; (7) Have completed at least six (6) hours of ethics training; three (3) hours of domestic violence training; and two (2) hours of training in the transmission, control, treatment, and prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus; (8) Have submitted two (2) letters of reference from certified or licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselors; (9) Live or work at least a majority of the time in Kentucky; and (10) Have complied with the requirements for the training program in suicide assessment, treatment, and management in KRS 210.366 and any administrative regulations promulgated thereunder. Effective: June 24, 2015 History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 6, effective June 24, 2015. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2003. -- Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1996.