Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 115 - BOARD OF COUNSELING › Chapter 60 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PRACTICE OF LICENSED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATEMENT PRACTITIONERS › Part II - Requirements for Licensure as a Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioner › Section 18VAC115-60-50 - Prerequisites for licensure by endorsement

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Every applicant for licensure by
				  endorsement shall submit:
1. A completed
				  application;
2. The application
				  processing and initial licensure fee as prescribed in
				  18VAC115-60-20;
3. Verification of all mental health or
				  health professional licenses or certificates ever held in any other
				  jurisdiction. In order to qualify for endorsement, the applicant shall have no
				  unresolved disciplinary action against a license or certificate. The board will
				  consider history of disciplinary action on a case-by-case basis;
4. Further documentation of one of the
				  following:
a. A current substance abuse
				  treatment license in good standing in another jurisdiction obtained by meeting
				  requirements substantially equivalent to those set forth in this chapter;
				  or
b. A mental health license in
				  good standing in a category acceptable to the board which required completion
				  of a master's degree in mental health to include 60 graduate semester hours in
				  mental health; and
(1) Board-recognized
				  national certification in substance abuse treatment;
(2) If the master's degree was in substance
				  abuse treatment, two years of post-licensure experience in providing substance
				  abuse treatment;
(3) If the
				  master's degree was not in substance abuse treatment, five years of
				  post-licensure experience in substance abuse treatment plus 12 credit hours of
				  didactic training in the substance abuse treatment competencies set forth in
				  18VAC115-60-70 C; or
(4) Current substance abuse counselor
				  certification in Virginia in good standing or a Virginia substance abuse
				  treatment specialty licensure designation with two years of post-licensure or
				  certification substance abuse treatment experience;
c. Documentation of education and supervised
				  experience that met the requirements of the jurisdiction in which he was
				  initially licensed as verified by an official transcript and a certified copy
				  of the original application materials and evidence of post-licensure clinical
				  practice for 24 of the last 60 months immediately preceding his licensure
				  application in Virginia. Clinical practice shall mean the rendering of direct
				  clinical substance abuse treatment services or clinical supervision of such
				  services.
5.
				  Verification of a passing score on a substance abuse licensure examination as
				  established by the jurisdiction in which licensure was obtained. The
				  examination is waived for an applicant who holds a current and unrestricted
				  license as a professional counselor within the Commonwealth of
				  Virginia;
6. Official transcripts
				  documenting the applicant's completion of the education requirements prescribed
				  in 18VAC115-60-60 and
				  18VAC115-60-70;
7. An affidavit of having read and understood
				  the regulations and laws governing the practice of substance abuse treatment in
				  Virginia; and
8. A current report
				  from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Practitioner
				  Data Bank (NPDB).