Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 908 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR DEVELOPMENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES › Chapter 1 - Substance Abuse › Section 908 KAR 1:400 - Licensing and standards for substance use and misuse prevention

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 13B, 61.870 to 61.884, 194A.005,
				194A.070, 209.030, 222.003, 222.005(2), 222.221, 222.990, 223.231,
				620.030
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				194A.050 and
				222.231
				require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative
				regulations necessary to establish requirements and standards for licensing
				alcohol and other drug prevention (AODP) agencies.
				KRS
				194A.050 requires the secretary to
				promulgate, administer, and enforce those administrative regulations necessary
				to implement programs mandated by federal law, or to qualify for the receipt of
				federal funds and necessary to cooperate with other state and federal agencies
				for the proper administration of the cabinet and its programs. This
				administrative regulation establishes licensing requirements for AODP.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Alcohol and other drug use prevention
			 agency" or "AODP" is defined as an agency that develops, provides, and
			 coordinates prevention services, including training and technical assistance
			 services, that address substance use and misuse and related
			 consequences.
(2) "Cabinet" is
			 defined by
			 KRS
			 194A.005.
(3) "Certified prevention specialist" means
			 an individual who is certified by the Kentucky Certification Board for
			 Prevention Professionals.
(4)
			 "Coalition" means a partnership of community stakeholders working to reduce
			 alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and misuse problems and related
			 consequences through community-wide prevention strategies.
(5) "Consumer" means the recipient of
			 prevention services.
(6)
			 "Department" means the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and
			 Intellectual Disabilities.
(7)
			 "International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium" or "ICRC" means the
			 organization that establishes the standards of practice in addiction
			 counseling, prevention, and clinical supervision through testing and
			 credentialing of addiction professionals.
(8) "Kentucky Certification Board for
			 Prevention Professionals" or "KCBPP" means an ICRC member board that
			 establishes competency-based certification for prevention specialists that
			 promotes and maintains integrity and quality of service for alcohol, tobacco,
			 and other drug prevention.
(9)
			 "Prevention" means the act of preventing use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco,
			 and other drugs and the related consequences.
(10) "Prevention Director" means a certified
			 prevention specialist who manages AODP staff, serves as liaison between the
			 AODP and the department, and is responsible for developing the annual plan and
			 budget documents for the AODP.
(11)
			 "Prevention Specialist " means a paid staff, excluding clerical staff, employed
			 by an AODP actively involved in the development and implementation of substance
			 use and misuse prevention services.
(12) "Regional Prevention Center" or "RPC"
			 means a program funded and licensed by the department for the purpose of
			 developing, providing, and coordinating prevention training and technical
			 assistance services that address substance use and misuse and the related
			 consequences.