Certification Requirements
Kentucky
The Kentucky Board of Certification of Alcohol and Drug Counselors (KBCADC)
Kentucky Certification Board of Prevention Professionals, Inc. (KCBPP)
The Kentucky Board of Certification of Alcohol and Drug Counselors (KBCADC)
P.O. Box 1360
Frankfort, KY 40602 USA
phone (502) 564-3296
fax (502) 696-1922
www.state.ky.us/agencies/finance/occupations/alcoholdrug
Requirements:
Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor:
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Pay the initial fee for certification
- Baccalaureate degree, except as provided in Kentucky Revised Statues 309.084
- Obtained a master's degree if required by Kentucky Revised Statues 309.084
- 6,000 hours of board-approved experience working with alcohol or drug dependent persons; 300 hours of direct supervision by a certified alcohol and drug counselor who has at least 2 years of post-certification experience
- 270 classroom hours of board-approved curriculum
- Passed written exam approved by the ICRC
- Oral exam
- 2 letters of reference from certified alcohol and drug counselors
- Signed an agreement to abide by the standards of practice and code of ethics approved by the board
- 6 hours of ethics training
- 2 hours of training in the transmission, control, treatment, and prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus
- Submit a Case Presentation on the form included in the application packet
Kentucky Certification Board of Prevention Professionals, Inc. (KCBPP)
219 Old Towne Road
Louisville, KY 40214-4370
phone (502) 379-4267
kcbpp@yahoo.com
Requirements:
Certified Prevention Professional (CPP):
- Bachelor's degree
- 2,000 hours prevention work experience
- 150 hours direct supervision
- 150 hours training:
- 100 prevention specific
- 50 ATOD specific (Ethics training; 6 hours/AIDS/HIV training - 4 hours)
- ICRC/AODA certification prevention professional written exam
- Recertification: Every 2 years with 60 contact hours of training or 6 CEU's
Prevention Associate:
- Bachelor's degree
- 1,000 hours in human services field
- Involvement in a human service coalition
- 45 hours ATOD specific training:
- ATOD early identification or screening - 3 hours
- Psychopharmacology - 3 hours
- ATOD & violence - 3 hours
- Impact of ATOD on systems - 3 hours
- Strategies for working with target population - 6 hours
- Ethics - 6 hours
- Technology of what is prevention - 4 hours
- HIV/AIDS - 4 hours
- 12 hours face-to-face consultation with a CPP
The Prevention Associate is designated for a two-year period. To qualify for renewal, applicants must earn 20 hours of ATOD prevention specific training and submit the appropriate forms.
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