Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 177.1 - CERTIFICATION STANDARDS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELORS, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS, PREVENTION SPECIALISTS, CLINICAL SUPERVISORS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADDICTIONS PROFESSIONALS, AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMATE › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11-177.1-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Advisory board" means the board established pursuant to
					 these rules and authorized by the department to review reported violations of
					 the code of ethics and of misconduct and to make recommendations to the
					 department regarding action to be taken.
"AIDS" means acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
"Applicant" means any person who has applied for a
					 category of certification named in this chapter.
"Assessment" means the procedures by which a substance
					 abuse counselor or program identifies and evaluates an individual's strengths,
					 weaknesses, problems, and needs for the development of a treatment or service
					 plan.
"ATOD" means alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
"Certification" means a process to approve qualified
					 individuals as substance abuse counselors, prevention specialists, clinical
					 supervisors, criminal justice addictions professionals, co-occurring disorders
					 professionals diplomate, and substance abuse program administrators.
"Certified clinical supervisor" means a person, who
					 through both education and demonstrated experience, is capable of and directly
					 provides counselor development, program development and quality assurance,
					 performance evaluation, administration, and treatment knowledge as these relate
					 to substance abuse treatment.
"Client" means an individual who has applied for, has
					 participated in, or received an interview,
counseling, or any other service from a substance abuse
					 program. The term "client" is synonymous with patient, resident, consumer, or
					 recipient.
"Clinical supervision" means on-the-job teaching,
					 training, guidance, direction, and review of an applicant's client-related
					 activities by a qualified health professional. Supervision includes monitoring
					 the applicant's development and use of knowledge and skills relevant to
					 professional practice.
"Clinical supervisor" means a qualified health
					 professional or certified clinical supervisor who provides clinical
					 supervision.
"Code of ethics" means those behavioral guidelines
					 established by the department to govern the conduct of persons
					 certified.
"Contact hours" means courses in psychology, educational
					 psychology, community planning, social work, human services, or substance abuse
					 from an accredited university, college, or other institute of higher education,
					 or training courses which have been approved by the department. Contact hours
					 is synonymous with continuing education.
"Co-occurring disorders professional diplomate" means a
					 person, who through both education and demonstrated experience, is capable of
					 and directly provides screening, assessment, crisis prevention and management,
					 treatment and recovery planning, counseling, management and coordination of
					 care, and education of the client and community as these relate to substance
					 abuse treatment for persons with additional mental disorders.
"Counseling" means the utilization of special skills to
					 assist individuals, families, or groups in achieving objectives through the
					 exploration of problems and their ramifications, examination of attitudes and
					 feelings, consideration of alternative solutions, and decision-making.
"Crime" means an act or omission that would 'constitute an
					 offense against the person under the Penal Code of the State of Hawaii.
"Criminal justice professional" means a person, who
					 through both education and demonstrated experience, is capable of and directly
					 provides clinical evaluation, treatment planning, case management, monitoring,
					 counseling, and documentation as these relate to substance abuse treatment
					 taking into account criminal behavior, the criminal justice system, and its
					 processes.
"Department" means the department of health, State of
					 Hawaii.
"Deputy director" means the department deputy director for
					 behavioral health or a designee.
"Director" means the director of health, State of Hawaii,
					 or a designee.
"Division chief" means the chief of the alcohol and drug
					 abuse division, State of Hawaii.
"Hearing officer" means the director or a person appointed
					 by the director to convene, preside over, and adjudicate investigative hearings
					 involving violations of this chapter and other administrative proceedings by
					 applicants for certification and certified individuals.
"HIV" means human immunodeficiency virus.
"IC&RC" means the International Certification and
					 Reciprocity Consortium, Inc., a not-for-profit, voluntary membership
					 organization whose members are substance abuse certification boards and whose
					 mission is to establish, monitor, and advance reciprocal competency standards
					 for substance abuse professionals.
"Official transcript" means a record of courses taken and
					 grades received by an individual that is sent directly from the university,
					 college, or other institute of higher education to the department.
"Performance domains" means the domains, skills, and tasks
					 of a substance abuse counselor, certified clinical supervisor, criminal justice
					 addictions professional, co-occurring disorders professional diplomate, or
					 prevention specialist identified in a role delineation study recognized by the
					 department.
"Preceptor" means the individual who is responsible for
					 providing training and supervision to the applicant for prevention
					 certification. This individual may be a certified prevention specialist or a
					 person with a bachelor's or master's degree and at least one year experience
					 providing substance abuse prevention services.
"Preceptorship" means the process used to assist a
					 prevention specialist applicant in becoming familiar with the knowledge and
					 skills needed to be certified.
"Prevention" means a planned process of approaches and
					 activities designed to impede the onset of alcohol and other drug problems and
					 addiction.
"Prevention specialist" means a person, who through both
					 education and demonstrated experience, is capable of and directly provides
					 planning and evaluation, education and skill development, community
					 organization, public policy, and environmental change as these relate to
					 substance abuse prevention.
"Program administrator" means any person whose job
					 description primarily consists of organization planning and development,
					 program management, human resources management, and financial
					 management.
"Qualified health professional" means any of the following
					 individuals who have at least one year of experience in the treatment or
					 prevention of substance abuse, and whose formal training includes treatment or
					 prevention of substance abuse:
(1) A certified substance abuse counselor, certified
					 prevention specialist, or certified criminal justice addictions professional
					 who has a current valid certificate issued by the department in accordance with
					 these rules;
(2) A clinical social worker currently licensed in the
					 State of Hawaii;
(3) A physician currently licensed in the State of
					 Hawaii;
(4) A psychologist currently licensed in the State of
					 Hawaii;
(5) A marriage and family therapist currently licensed in
					 the State of Hawaii;
(6) An advanced practice registered nurse currently
					 licensed in the State of Hawaii;
(7) A licensed professional mental health counselor
					 currently licensed in the State of Hawaii;
(8) A certified clinical supervisor who has a current valid
					 certificate issued by the department in accordance with this chapter.
"Reciprocity" means the mutual recognition of valid
					 certifications among member boards of the IC&RC.
"Revocation" means the permanent loss of
					 certification.
"Substance" means alcohol, any drug listed on schedules I
					 through IV of chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or any substance which
					 includes in its composition volatile organic solvents.
"Substance abuse" means the misuse of a substance or the
					 use of a substance to an extent deemed deleterious or detrimental to the user,
					 to others, or to society.
"Substance abuse counselor" means a person, who through
					 both education and demonstrated experience, is capable of providing the
					 twelve-core functions and, at a minimum, directly provides assessment,
					 treatment planning and implementation, counseling and discharge planning, as
					 they relate to substance abuse treatment. Substance abuse counselor is
					 synonymous with alcohol and drug counselor and chemical dependency
					 counselor.
"Substance abuse program" means a program concerned with
					 education, prevention, or treatment directed towards achieving the prevention
					 of substance abuse, or the social, mental, and physical restoration of
					 substance abusers. The term "program" is synonymous with facility, agency,
					 unit, and organization.
"Substance abuser" means any person who is unable to
					 manage the person's self or affairs, or to function adaptively in society due
					 to the use of a substance. "Supervised experience" means paid or voluntary work
					 experience in substance abuse counseling or substance abuse prevention during
					 which the applicant receives clinical supervision or supervision from a
					 preceptor.
"Suspension" means the temporary loss of
					 certification.
"Training courses" means seminars or workshops approved by
					 the department which focus on substance abuse, substance abuse prevention, or
					 related issues. "Treatment planning" means the process by which the counselor
					 and the client clearly identify and rank problems needing resolution, establish
					 agreed upon immediate and long-term goals, and decide upon a treatment process
					 arid the resources to be utilized.
"Treatment services" means interventions based on a
					 current and accepted therapeutic model.
"Twelve-Core functions" means the tasks and skills of
					 screening, intake, orientation, assessment, referral, treatment planning,
					 counseling, crisis intervention, client education, case management, report and
					 record keeping, and consultation as applied to substance abuse
					 clients.