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 2 - REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION › Section 11-177.1-28 - Certified criminal justice addictions professional

Current through June, 2024
(a) The applicant shall have completed six
				  thousand hours of supervised work experience specific to the criminal justice
				  addictions professional domains of dynamics of addiction and criminal behavior;
				  legal, ethical, and professional responsibility; criminal justice system and
				  processes; clinical evaluation: screening and assessment; treatment planning;
				  case management, monitoring, and participant supervision; counseling; and
				  documentation. An associate's degree in behavioral science may substitute for
				  one thousand hours; a bachelor's degree in behavioral science or certified
				  substance abuse counselor certification may substitute for two thousand hours;
				  a master's degree in behavioral science or certified clinical supervisor
				  certification may substitute for four thousand hours. Work experience must have
				  been obtained within the ten years prior to application.
(b) The applicant shall have completed two
				  hundred hours of supervision specific to the criminal justice domains in
				  subsection (a) with a high school diploma; one hundred fifty hours with an
				  associate's degree; one hundred hours with a bachelor's degree or certified
				  substance abuse counselor credential; eighty hours with a master's degree or
				  certified clinical supervisor credential. A minimum of ten hours of supervision
				  in each domain is required.
(c) The
				  experience and supervision shall be documented by the clinical supervisor on a
				  form to be provided by the department.
(d) The applicant shall provide documentation
				  showing a minimum of two hundred seventy hours of education specific to the
				  criminal justice domains in subsection (a) with a high school diploma; two
				  hundred hours with an associate's degree; one hundred fifty hours with a
				  bachelor's degree or certified substance abuse counselor certification; one
				  hundred hours with a master's degree or certified clinical supervisor
				  certification. Six hours of education must be in ethics.
(e) The applicant shall submit a completed
				  application form with the appropriate application fee pursuant to subchapter
				  4.
(f) The applicant shall
				  successfully complete all examination requirements established by the
				  department.
(g) An applicant may
				  apply for recertification up to sixty days prior to the expiration date of the
				  applicant's, current certificate. Applicants for recertification shall provide
				  the following documents to the department:
(1) A completed application for
				  recertification; and
(2)
				  Documentation of the completion of forty contact hours completed within the
				  current certification period.