Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4758 - Chemical Dependency Professionals Board › Chapter 4758-13 - Continuing Education and License Renewal › Section 4758-13-01 - Continuing education requirements for chemical dependency counselors

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The following
			 steps are required for renewal of a license or certificate to practice as a
			 chemical dependency counselor within each two-year period of licensure or
			 certification.
(1) Completion of a renewal
			 application in the board's electronic application
			 system and submitting the proper fee prior to its expiration date and no
			 earlier than ninety days prior to the expiration date.
(2)
									Completion of continuing education hours within the two
			 year renewal cycle with documentation of these hours uploaded onto the board's
			 continuing education monitoring system prior to renewal application
			 payment.
(a)
										A
			 minimum of thirty hours of approved continuing education credit within the two
			 year renewal period;
(b)
										A minimum of six hours of the total thirty hours shall
			 be in substance use disorder specific education;
(c)
										A minimum of
			 three hours of the total thirty hours shall be in ethics
			 education;
(d)
										For renewal of a LICDC-CS license, a minimum of six
			 hours shall be in clinical supervision education within the following areas:
			 assessment/evaluation, counselors' professional development,
			 management/administration and professional responsibility;
(e)
										For renewal of a
			 license with a gambling disorder endorsement, a minimum of six hours shall be
			 in gambling disorder education;
(f)
										The remaining
			 continuing education hours must be field related.
(g)
										For the renewal
			 of a license with an ADC or CS reciprocal endorsement, an additional ten
			 continuing education hours in substance use disorder education or field related
			 hours.
(h)
										For a certificate or license holder who is sixty-five
			 years of older and does not hold an ADC or CS reciprocal endorsement, a minimum
			 of twenty approved continuing education hours within a two year period
			 including paragraphs (A)(2)(b), (A)(2)(c), and (A)(2)(f), and including
			 (A)(2)(d) of this rule if they hold a LICDC-CS, and paragraph (A)(2)(e) of this
			 rule if they hold a gambling disorder endorsement.
(3)
			 Chemical dependency counselors may be granted up to a maximum of twenty CEUs
			 for authoring alcohol and other drug related publications at the board's
			 discretion.
(4) A maximum of ten
			 CEUs may be granted for presenting a workshop or teaching
			 substance use disorder, ethics, supervision or gambling
			 disorder related courses. One CEU is given for each contact hour of
			 training. Credit is not granted for preparation time.Presenters must hold the appropriate license or
			 endorsement.
(5) A maximum of ten
			 CEUs may be granted for special language courses or workshops.
(6)
			 The board shall consider relevant education, training, or service completed
			 during the current renewal period by a licensee or certificate holder who is a
			 member of or spouse of a member of the armed forces of the United States or
			 reserve components thereof, the Ohio national guard, the Ohio military reserve,
			 the Ohio naval militia, or the national guard of any other state in determining
			 whether a licensee has fulfilled required continuing education for that renewal
			 period.
(7) Chemical dependency
			 licensees and certificate holders may claim up to four hours of volunteer
			 service toward the  continuing
			 education requirement. To qualify under this rule, volunteer services shall:
(a) Be provided at a free clinic or other
			 non-profit organization that offers health care services based on eligibility
			 screenings identifying the client as an "indigent and uninsured person" as that
			 term is defined in division (A)(7) of section
			 2305.234 of the Revised
			 Code;
(b) Not be credited for
			 license holders in a paid position at the organization at which the services
			 are rendered;
(c) Not be credited
			 for license holders in a paid position at the organization at which the
			 services are rendered;
(d) Be
			 credited as one hour of CE for each sixty minutes spent providing services as a
			 volunteer, not to exceed four hours of the total biennial CE
			 requirement;
(e) Not count toward
			 the requirement to complete three hours of continuing education in ethics
			 continuing education.
(f) Be
			 documented in writing from an administrative official at the organization where
			 services were performed, specifying at a minimum the volunteer's name, date(s)
			 of qualifying volunteer services, number of hours of service, and a brief
			 description of what services the volunteer performed.