What are the minimum education requirements for chemical dependency professional certification?
• The minimum education requirements are: • An associate’s degree in human services or related field from an approved school; or • Successful completion of ninety quarter or sixty semester college credits in courses from an approved school. • At least forty-five quarter or thirty semester credits must be in courses relating to the chemical dependency profession and shall include the following topics: • Understanding addiction; • Pharmacological actions of alcohol and other drugs; • Substance abuse and addiction treatment methods; • Understanding addiction placement, continuing care, and discharge criteria, including American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) criteria; • Cultural diversity including people with disabilities and its implication for treatment; • Chemical dependency clinical evaluation (screening and referral to include comorbidity); • HIV/AIDS brief risk intervention for the chemically dependent (4hours); • Chemical dependency treatment planning; • Referral and use of
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