Authority: IC 25-23.6-2-8

Affected: IC 25-23.6-10.5-8

Sec. 4. (a) As used in IC 25-23.6-10.5-8, "two (2) years of clinical addiction counseling experience" means experience under qualified supervision, acquired over not less than twenty-one (21) months and over not more than forty-eight (48) months, any time subsequent to the date certified by the degree-granting institution as that on which all requirements for the master's degree have been completed. A doctoral student may continue to accrue hours for this clinical addiction counseling experience requirement once the doctoral internship has been completed.

(b) As used in IC 25-23.6-10.5-8, "qualified supervisor" means an individual who is supervising within his or her scope of experience and training and holds an active license at the time of supervision as:

1. (1) a clinical addiction counselor;
2. (2) a clinical social worker;
3. (3) a marriage and family therapist;
4. (4) a physician who has training in psychiatric medicine;
5. (5) a psychologist;
6. (6) a clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric or mental health nursing; or
7. (7) another state-regulated addiction counseling professional or, if the experience was gained in a state where no regulation exists, by an addictions or behavioral health professional of equivalent status;

with at least five (5) years of experience in addictions counseling.

(Behavioral Health and Human Services Licensing Board; 839 IAC 1-5.5-4; filed Aug 1, 2012, 11:01 a.m.: 20120829-IR-839110676FRA; readopted filed Nov 29, 2018, 10:34 a.m.: 20181226-IR-839180402RFA; readopted filed Jun 24, 2024, 3:49 p.m.: 20240724-IR-839230815RFA)