Chapter 4758-5 Licensure and Certification Requirements

Effective: 11/15/2010
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 08/10/2010 and 11/15/2015
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4758.20
Rule Amplifies: 4758.22, 4758.24, 4758.41
Prior Effective Dates: 6/13/2004, 6/13/2008

4758-5-05 Requirements for licensure of independent chemical dependency counselors (LICDC).

(A) To be licensed as an independent chemical dependency counselor (LICDC) the applicant shall complete the following:

(1) At least a master's degree in a behavioral science from an accredited school or university that shall, at a minimum, include sixty quarter hours or forty semester hours in the designated content areas.

(a) The following content areas and specific clock hours must be completed at the graduate level in the master's degree:

(i) Theories of counseling and psychotherapy (eighty clock hours)

(ii) Counseling procedures (forty clock hours)

(iii) Group process and techniques (forty clock hours)

(iv) Relationship therapy (forty clock hours)

(v) Research methods and statistics (forty clock hours)

(vi) Fundamentals of assessment and diagnosis, including measurement and appraisal (eighty clock hours)

(vii) Psychopathology (forty clock hours)

(viii) Human development (forty clock hours)

(ix) Cultural competency in counseling (forty clock hours)

(x) Ethics (thirty clock hours)

(xi) Supervised professional experience which may be completed as part of an internship, practicum, or field experience (four hundred contact hours)

(2) Six thousand hours of documented paid chemical dependency counseling related work experience of which a minimum of twenty percent must be in chemical dependency counseling.

(a) Of this work experience requirement, four thousand hours shall be clinical supervisory experience in the AODA field including two hundred hours of face-to-face clinical supervision.

(3) Two hundred seventy hours of chemical dependency specific education of which fifty percent shall have been obtained in the last five years. The required content areas with the specific contact hours are as follows:

(a) Theories of addiction ( clinical evaluation, counseling, client, family and community education) (twenty-four hours)

(b) Counseling procedures and strategies with addicted populations ( clinical evaluation, counseling, treatment planning, referral, service coordination, documentation, client, family and community education, professional responsibility) (twenty-four hours)

(c) Group process and techniques working with addicted populations (counseling, client, family and community education, documentation, professional responsibility) (eighteen hours)

(d) Assessment and diagnosis of addiction ( clinical evaluation, treatment planning, referral, service coordination, counseling, documentation) (twenty four hours)

(e) Relationship counseling with addicted populations (counseling, client, family and community education, documentation, professional responsibility) (twenty-four hours)

(f) Pharmacology ( clinical evaluation, client, family and community education) (eighteen hours)

(g) Prevention strategies (counseling, service coordination, client, family and community education) (twelve hours)

(h) Treatment planning (counseling, treatment planning, service coordination, documentation) (eighteen hours)

(i) Legal and ethical issues pertaining to chemical dependency ( clinical evaluation, counseling, service coordination, client, family and community education, documentation, professional responsibility) (twelve hours)

(j) Clinical supervision ( counselor development, professional and ethical standards, program development and quality assurance, performance evaluation, administration, treatment knowledge) (thirty hours)

(k) The remaining sixty-six hours may be distributed among these areas and other areas at the applicant's discretion.

(4) Completion of practical experience totaling three hundred thirty hours.

(a) The number of hours to be spent in practical experience in the twelve core function areas shall, at a minimum include:

Practical Experience Hours

(b) The remaining practical experience hours (one hundred ten hours) may be spent in any of the above areas as determined necessary by the supervisor and the applicant.

(c) The supervisor shall provide verification that the applicant has obtained the required three hundred thirty practical experience hours in the twelve core functions. A verification of tasks form shall be completed and signed by the supervisor.

(5) Completed supervisor reference form(s).

(6) Submission of formal application.

(7) Successful completion of the IC&RC alcohol and drug counselor (ADC) written examination or computer based test (CBT).

(8) Successful completion of the IC&RC clinical supervisor (CS) written examination or computer based test (CBT).

(9) Submit a signed statement agreeing to practice by the code of ethical standards adopted by the board.