{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-309.0832","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 309.0832","heading":"Requirements for licensure as a licensed clinical alcohol and drug","body":"counselor.\nAn applicant for licensure as a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor shall pay\nthe board the initial fee for licensure, and shall:\n(1) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age;\n(2) Have  obtained from a regionally accredited college or university or a college or\nuniversity accredited by  an  agency  recognized by  the United States\nDepartment of Education:\n(a) A  sixty (60) hour master's degree in a behavioral science with clinical\napplication;\n(b) A  thirty (30) hour advanced placement master's degree in a behavioral\nscience with clinical application; or\n(c) A doctoral degree in a behavioral science with clinical application;\n(3) Meet  all education and  supervision requirements of the International\nCertification and Reciprocity Consortium for the Advanced Alcohol and Drug\nCounselor (AADC);\n(4) Have  passed a written examination as specified by the board in administrative\nregulation;\n(5) Have  signed an agreement to abide by the standards of practice and code of\nethics approved by the board;\n(6) Have  completed at least six (6) hours of ethics training; three (3) hours of\ndomestic violence training; and two (2) hours training in the transmission,\ncontrol, treatment, and prevention of the human  immunodeficiency virus, in\naddition to the educational requirements in subsection (2) of this section;\n(7) Have  submitted two (2) letters of reference from certified alcohol and drug\ncounselors or licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselors;\n(8) Live or work at least a majority of the time in Kentucky; and\n(9) Have  complied with the requirements for the training program in suicide\nassessment,  treatment, and  management  in KRS  210.366  and  any\nadministrative regulations promulgated thereunder.","path":["KRS Chapter 309"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=50752","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:01Z","sha256":"f25200b8cd0a68b978b03e1c9ef3bcc7e6e32268c01f7a5f295aeb57f0f5e0cf","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-309.0831","next":"us-ky/krs-309.0833"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}