2000 Minnesota Statutes

     148C.06 Transition period. 

    Subdivision 1.    Qualifications.  For 25 months from 
 the effective date of the rules authorized in section 148C.03, 
 subdivision 1, the commissioner shall issue a license to an 
 applicant if the applicant meets one of the following 
 qualifications:  

    (a) is credentialed as a certified chemical dependency 
 counselor (CCDC) or certified chemical dependency counselor 
 reciprocal (CCDCR) by the Institute for Chemical Dependency 
 Professionals of Minnesota, Inc.; graduates from an accredited 
 school or education program with a certificate of completion in 
 alcohol and drug counselor studies that includes a minimum of 
 270 clock hours of formal classroom education and 880 clock 
 hours of alcohol and drug counselor internship and passes both 
 the written and oral examinations according to this chapter; or 
 has 2,080 hours of supervised alcohol and drug counselor 
 experience, 270 clock hours of alcohol and drug counselor 
 training with a minimum of 60 hours of the training occurring 
 within the past five years, and 300 hours of alcohol and drug 
 counselor internship and successfully completes the examination 
 requirements in section 148C.04, subdivision 3, clauses (2) and 
 (3); 

    (b) has 6,000 hours of supervised alcohol and drug 
 counselor experience as defined by the core functions, 270 clock 
 hours of alcohol and drug counselor training with a minimum of 
 60 hours of this training occurring within the past five years, 
 300 hours of alcohol and drug counselor internship, and has 
 successfully completed the examination requirements in section 
 148C.04, subdivision 3, clauses (2) and (3); 

    (c) has 10,000 hours of supervised alcohol and drug 
 counselor experience as defined by the core functions, 270 clock 
 hours of alcohol and drug training with a minimum of 60 hours of 
 this training occurring within the past five years, and has 
 successfully completed the requirements in section 148C.04, 
 subdivision 3, clause (2) or (3), or is credentialed as a 
 certified chemical dependency practitioner (CCDP) by the 
 Institute for Chemical Dependency Professionals of Minnesota, 
 Inc.; or 

    (d) has 14,000 hours of supervised alcohol and drug 
 counselor experience as defined by the core functions and 270 
 clock hours of alcohol and drug training with a minimum of 60 
 hours of this training occurring within the past five years.  

    Subd. 2.    Documentation of status; certain applicants. 
  (a) A licensure applicant under subdivision 1, paragraphs (a) 
 and (c), may document certified status by submitting to the 
 commissioner an original and current certificate issued by an 
 international certification and reciprocity consortium board in 
 this or another jurisdiction. 

    (b) A licensure applicant under subdivision 1, paragraphs 
 (b) and (c), must be deemed eligible for licensure within the 
 transition period, provided the applicant: 

    (1) made the application to the administrator of the exam 
 or exams required by the commissioner before January 28, 2000; 

    (2) passed the required examinations before January 28, 
 2001; and 

    (3) meets all other requirements for licensure under this 
 section. 

    HIST: 1992 c 559 art 2 s 7; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 3 s 12; 1995 c 164 
 s 14; 1996 c 451 art 4 s 42; 1998 c 317 s 15; 2000 c 460 s 45,46