Sec. 5. (a) An applicant under section 1 of this chapter must complete the following educational requirements:
(1) Forty (40) semester hours or sixty (60) quarter hours of course work from an eligible postsecondary educational institution that includes the following content areas:
(A) Addictions theory.
(B) Psychoactive drugs.
(C) Addictions counseling skills.
(D) Theories of personality.
(E) Developmental psychology.
(F) Abnormal psychology.
(G) Group work.
(H) Cultural competency.
(I) Ethics and professional development.
(J) Family education.
(K) Areas of content as approved by the board.
(2) At least one (1) supervised practicum, internship, or field experience in an addiction counseling setting that requires the applicant to provide at least three hundred fifty (350) hours of addiction counseling services.
(b) The content areas under subsection (a)(1) may be combined into any one (1) college level course if the applicant can prove that the course work was devoted to each content area listed in subsection (a)(1).
As added by P.L.122-2009, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.49-2019, SEC.9.
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