Certified Substance Use Therapist Requirements – CSUT

Certified Substance Use Therapist Requirements – CSUT A. Individuals eligible to apply for the DMH Certified Substance Use Therapist credential (CSUT) are as follows: 1. PCSUTs who have successfully completed all upgrade requirements listed above by the end of their two-year Provisional Certification Period may apply to upgrade to full certification (CSUT) on or before their prescribed deadline, as outlined in Chapter Seventeen (This is considered an upgrade application for CSUT.) 2. Individuals initially meeting the requirements for CSUT, as outlined in this chapter, should apply directly for this level of credential, thereby skipping provisional certification (PCSUT). (This is considered an initial application for CSUT.) Otherwise, an individual applies for PCSUT and then later, once upgrade requirements are met, applies for CSUT. B. In order to be eligible to apply for the DMH Certified Su bs t a nc e Us e Therapist credential (CSUT), an individual must meet ALL of the requirements listed below: 1. Employment Requirement; 2. Education Requirement; 3. Ethics Requirement; 4. Criminal Background Checks Requirement; 5. Experience Requirement; AND, 6. Examination Requirement. C. The Employment, Education, Ethics, Criminal Background Checks, Experience and Examination requirements are outlined in the “DMH Substance Use Therapist Certification Requirements - Categories and Descriptions” section of this chapter.