N.H. Admin. Code § Alc 310.05

Current through Register No. 2, January 9, 2025

Section Alc 310.05 - Clinically Supervised Direct Counseling Experience in Treating Substance Use and Integrated Co-occurring Disorders

(a) The clinically supervised direct counseling experience in treating substance use and integrated co-occurring disorders shall:

(1) Be paid or volunteer in nature;

(2) Be performed in one or more of the private or public settings listed in (c) below; and

(3) Consist of direct counseling services to clients provided in person, through telehealth, or by audio, whether in the form of individual, couple, or group counseling as described in (d) below;

(4) Consist of interventions inclusive of assessment and treatment planning, under the clinical supervision described in (b) below.

(b) Such experience shall be clinically supervised as follows:

(1) Directly and indirectly by an individual licensed or authorized by the board to practice substance use and co-occurring mental health counseling pursuant to Alc 406.02;

(2) On a schedule of at least 4 hours of clinical supervision during each month that the person being supervised provides services to clients; and

(3) By a method which:

a. Complies with the definition in Alc 301.01(d); and

b. Includes the supervisor(s) keeping records and making notes which are sufficiently detailed to permit accurate later assessment of the work of the individual being supervised and accurate completion of the "Supervised Work Experience Report Form" described in Alc 313.06.

(c) The settings for the clinically supervised direct counseling experience in treating substance use and integrated co-occurring disorders shall be one or more of the following:

(1) A detoxification program;

(2) A substance use counseling program;

(3) A substance use treatment program; or

(4) Within the substance use aspect of a healthcare, social service, or other direct service program.

(d) The applicant shall, pursuant to RSA 330-C:16, III, be permitted to substitute up to 1500 hours of the required total hours of clinically supervised post-masters direct counseling experience in treating substance use and integrated co-occurring disorders required by Alc 310.01 if holding a current license issued by the board of mental health or a current license as a LADC.

(e) The applicant who wishes to substitute the hours described in (d) above shall do so by submitting a written request describing the number of hours the application wishes to substitute and providing a copy of their currently active license at the time the application is submitted to the board's office.

(g) If the board, after receiving and reviewing the request described in (f) above, requires further information to determine if the substitution meets the requirements described in Alc 310.01(f), the board shall:

(1) So notify the applicant in writing within 30 days; and

(2) Specify the information or documents it requires.

(h) The board shall issue written approval or denial request within 60 days of the date that the application is completed.

(i) Any applicant wishing to challenge the board's denial of a request for substitution shall:

(1) Make a written request for a hearing of the applicant's challenge; and

(2) Submit this request to the board:

a. Within 60 days of the board's notification of the denial; or

b. If the applicant is on active military duty outside the United States, within 60 days of the applicant's return to the United States or release from duty, whichever occurs later.

N.H. Admin. Code § Alc 310.05

Derived From Volume XXXVI Number 45, Filed November 10, 2016, Proposed by #12001, Effective 10/13/2016, Expires 10/13/2026.

Amended by Number 6, Filed February 9, 2023, Proposed by #13518, Effective 3/13/2023, Expires 3/13/2033 (see Revision Note at chapter heading for Alc 300).