839 IAC 1-5.5-2 Experience requirements for addiction counselors

Sec. 2. (a) As used in IC 25-23.6-10.5-7, "two (2) years of addiction counseling experience that must include at least one hundred fifty (150) hours under supervision" means experience under approved supervision, acquired over not less than twenty-one (21) months and over not more than forty-eight (48) months, at any time subsequent to the date certified by the degree-granting institution as that on which all requirements for the baccalaureate degree have been completed. A doctoral student may accrue hours for this addiction counseling experience requirement during a doctoral internship. (b) As used in IC 25-23.6-10.5-7, "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) a clinical addiction counselor; (2) a clinical social worker; (3) a marriage and family therapist; (4) a physician with training in psychiatric medicine; (5) a psychologist; (6) a clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric or mental health nursing; or (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; who has at least three (3) years of experience in providing addiction services.