An applicant for certification as an associate alcohol and drug counselor II shall pay the board the initial fee for certification, and shall:
- (1) Be certified by the board as an associate alcohol and drug counselor I for a period of at least eight (8) months;
(2) Have four hundred (400) hours of documented chemical dependency counseling- related compensated work or supervised internship experience of which a minimum of eighty (80) hours shall be in chemical dependency counseling and all 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 and has attended the board-sponsored supervision training; or
- (b) A licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor who has at least twelve (12) months of post-licensure experience or has attended the board-sponsored supervision training; and
- (3) Have seventy (70) hours of approved classroom hours of board-approved curriculum of which twenty (20) hours shall have been obtained in the previous two
- (2) years and shall be in addition to the classroom hours required in KRS 309.0841 for an associate alcohol and drug counselor I.
Effective: July 15, 2024
History: Amended 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 8, effective July 15, 2024. -- Created 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 3, effective March 1, 2021.