{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-330-c-10","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 330-C:10","heading":"Master Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor; Scope of Practice.","body":"I. The scope of practice of the MLADC is the screening, assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment of substance use disorders, mental health disorders, and co-occurring disorders. The practice of alcohol and drug counseling and co-occurring disorder counseling includes the following performance areas which encompass the 12 core functions and practice dimensions of addiction counseling:\n(a) The performance of clinical evaluations including the screening, assessment, and diagnosis of substance use disorders, mental health disorders and co-occurring disorders, and the performance of diagnosis and differential diagnosis. This includes severity assessment and assessment of dangerousness to self or others;\n(b) The performance of treatment planning, case management, consultation, education, documentation, and client advocacy;\n(c) The performance of counseling including:\n(1) Individual, group, family, and significant other counseling;\n(2) Crisis prevention and intervention to include enlisting the support of trained personnel to manage risk of harm to self or others;\n(3) Co-occurring disorder counseling with the use of integrated models of assessment, intervention, and counseling techniques with and without the context or treatment of a substance use disorder;\n(d) Adherence to professional and ethical standards as determined by the board.\nII. A MLADC may engage in independent practice within the scope of practice in this section only with clinical supervision or peer collaboration.\nIII. A MLADC shall provide services only within the boundaries of his or her competence, based upon education, training, clinically supervised work experience, consultation, study, or professional experience.","path":["Title XXX: OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS","Chapter 330-C: ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG USE PROFESSIONALS"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXX/330-C/330-C-10.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T15:10:48Z","sha256":"b7de21ab78eae2f5c4cc036dde9d6d01398e64fc70ce3e4995d4852e640f3b2c","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-330-c-9-a","next":"us-nh/rsa-330-c-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}