21 NCAC 68 .0206             PROCESS FOR PREVENTION Specialist CERTIFICATION

(a)  The Board shall certify an applicant as a certified prevention specialist as set out in Article 5C of Chapter 90 of the North Carolina General Statutes. A certified prevention specialist's primary responsibilities are to provide substance use disorder information and education, environmental approaches, alternative activities, community organization, networking, and referral to promote personal health and well-being to individuals, families, and communities who may not otherwise be clients receiving substance use disorder treatment.

(b)  The requirements for certification are:

(1)           Supervised field experience as set out in G.S. 90-113.40(a)(8) in prevention consultation;

(2)           270 hours of academic and didactic training, divided as follows:

(A)          170 hours primary and secondary prevention and in the prevention performance domains; and

(B)          100 hours in substance use disorder specific studies, which includes six hours of HIV/AIDS/STDS/TB/Bloodborne pathogens training and education, six hours professional ethics education, and six hours of education to be selected from the following:

(i)            nicotine use disorder;

(ii)           psychopathology;

(iii)          evidence-based treatment;

(iv)          substance use disorder issues and older adults;

(v)           substance use disorder issues affecting veterans; and

(vi)          substance use disorder and domestic violence;

(3)           A minimum of 300 hours of supervised practical training practice hours documented by a certified clinical supervisor, clinical supervisor intern, or certified prevention specialist who has been certified more than three years;

(4)           An attestation or otherwise signed adherence by the applicant to the Ethical Standards of the Board as found in Section .0500 of this Chapter; and

(5)           An application fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), a certification fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) and an examination fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90-113.30; 90-113.31B; 90-113.33; 90-113.38; 90-113.39; 90-113.40; 90-113.41;

Eff. August 1, 1996;

Amended Eff. January 1, 2014; August 1, 2002; April 1, 2001; August 1, 2000;

Readopted Eff. April 10, 2019;

Amended Eff. July 1, 2022.