{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-38-314","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-314","heading":"Provisional alcohol and drug counselor; license requirements.","body":"To be licensed to practice as a provisional alcohol and drug counselor, an applicant shall:\n(1) Have a high school diploma or its equivalent;\n(2) Have two hundred seventy hours of education related to the knowledge and skills of alcohol and drug counseling which shall include:\n(a) A minimum of forty-five hours in counseling theories and techniques coursework;\n(b) A minimum of forty-five hours in group counseling coursework;\n(c) A minimum of thirty hours in human growth and development coursework;\n(d) A minimum of fifteen hours in professional ethics and issues coursework;\n(e) A minimum of thirty hours in alcohol and drug assessment, case planning, and management coursework;\n(f) A minimum of thirty hours in multicultural counseling coursework;\n(g) A minimum of forty-five hours in medical and psychosocial aspects of alcohol and drug use, abuse, and addiction coursework; and\n(h) A minimum of thirty hours in clinical treatment issues in chemical dependency coursework; and\n(3) Have supervised practical training which shall:\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(b) Be a formal, systematic process that focuses on skill development and integration of knowledge;\n(c) Include training hours documented by performance date and core function performance areas; and\n(d) Include the performance of all counselor core functions with no single function performed less than ten hours.","path":["Chapter 38 - HEALTH OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=38-314","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-18T05:58:13Z","sha256":"26db0b3d400b93513ed32fd75e049d16d2a542560a2bfc27b2ceda4c6bc7142b","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."}