54.1-3508 - Licensure of certain persons possessing substantially equivalent qualifications, education or experience. - Virginia Statutes

§ 54.1-3508. Licensure of certain persons possessing substantially equivalentqualifications, education or experience.

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 54.1-3507, (i) the Board may issue alicense as a licensed substance abuse treatment practitioner to a person who,after the effective date of the regulations promulgated pursuant tosubdivision 7 of § 54.1-3505, has applied for such a license and who, in thejudgment of the Board, possesses qualifications, education or experiencesubstantially equivalent to the requirements of § 54.1-3507; however, anysuch applicant shall have completed at least one year of supervised clinicalexperience in substance abuse treatment, and (ii) for a period of time to bedetermined by the Board but not less than one year after the effective dateof the regulations, the Board shall issue such a license to any such personwho, in the judgment of the Board, possesses qualifications, education orexperience acceptable to the Board and has completed at least one year ofsupervised clinical experience in substance abuse treatment.

(1997, c. 901; 1999, c. 863.)