4758.45 Prevention specialist I certificate requirements. - Ohio Statutes

4758.45 Prevention specialist I certificate requirements.

An individual seeking a prevention specialist I certificate shall meet either of the following requirements:

(A) Meet all of the following requirements:

(1) Have compensated or volunteer work, field placement, intern, or practicum experience in which not less than twenty per cent of the individual’s time was devoted to planning or delivering alcohol and other drug prevention services;

(2) Have one of the following:

(a) At least six thousand hours of compensated or volunteer work, field placement, intern, or practicum experience in alcohol and other drug prevention services;

(b) An associate’s degree in a behavioral science and at least four thousand hours of compensated or volunteer work, field placement, intern, or practicum experience in alcohol and other drug prevention services;

(c) A bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in a behavioral science and at least two thousand hours of compensated or volunteer work, field placement, intern, or practicum experience in alcohol and other drug prevention services.

(3) Have at least one hundred eighty hours of prevention-related education that meets the requirements specified in rules adopted under section 4758.20 of the Revised Code;

(4) Obtain a registered applicant certificate under this chapter and comply with the requirements of section 4758.53 of the Revised Code;

(5) Pass the examination administered pursuant to section 4758.22 of the Revised Code for the purpose of determining competence to practice as a prevention specialist I.

(B) Hold, on the effective date of this section, a certificate or credentials that were accepted under section 3793.07 of the Revised Code as authority to practice as a certified prevention specialist I.

Effective Date: 12-23-2002