{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-38-314","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-314","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-314","body":"To be licensed to practice as a provisional alcohol and drug counselor, an applicant shall:\n\n(1) Have a high school diploma or its equivalent;\n\n(2) Have two hundred seventy hours of education related to the knowledge and skills of alcohol and drug counseling which shall include:\n\n(a) A minimum of forty-five hours in counseling theories and techniques coursework;\n\n(b) A minimum of forty-five hours in group counseling coursework;\n\n(c) A minimum of thirty hours in human growth and development coursework;\n\n(d) A minimum of fifteen hours in professional ethics and issues coursework;\n\n(e) A minimum of thirty hours in alcohol and drug assessment, case planning, and management coursework;\n\n(f) A minimum of thirty hours in multicultural counseling coursework;\n\n(g) A minimum of forty-five hours in medical and psychosocial aspects of alcohol and drug use, abuse, and addiction coursework; and\n\n(h) A minimum of thirty hours in clinical treatment issues in chemical dependency coursework; and\n\n(3) Have supervised practical training which shall:\n\n(a) Include performing a minimum of three hundred hours in the counselor core functions in a work setting where alcohol and drug counseling is provided;\n\n(b) Be a formal, systematic process that focuses on skill development and integration of knowledge;\n\n(c) Include training hours documented by performance date and core function performance areas; and\n\n(d) Include the performance of all counselor core functions with no single function performed less than ten hours.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 38"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=38-314","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"f492d384373d745ef952050e4f8f3b99eebf9bc32d67adee45ddceb55d3fe7e9","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-38-313","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-38-315"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}