La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXXX-1709

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LXXX-1709 - Approved Institution of Higher Education

A. The ADRA shall develop policies and procedures for the operation of an approved institution of higher education program.

B. Institutions which grant formal college credit for courses in addictive disorder counseling, compulsive gambling counseling or prevention, or in any other area deemed pertinent by the ADRA, have sufficient qualified faculty, and can offer a supervised clinical practicum or internship may register with the ADRA as an approved institution of higher education, also known as AIHE.

C. The designation of approved institution of higher education is granted to the nearest renewal date one year after the request for AIHE status is approved, provided:

1. a satisfactory application form is submitted;

2. the institution is an organized college or university accredited by a recognized regional accrediting body;

3. the institution provides a statement, signed by an authorized officer of the institution, to document the institution's desire to provide education in the continuum of care in the areas of addiction treatment and/or intervention and/or prevention or other pertinent areas and the document acknowledges the responsibility for such activities. This statement must contain acknowledgment that the institution is independent of the ADRA, that it will hold the ADRA harmless, and that it will comply with the requirements of the ADRA;

4. the institution provides a statement documenting the appropriateness of its curriculum, the qualifications of the faculty to teach such courses, and the policy on practicum and internship courses. This statement must document that education, training, experience, and supervision when appropriate in all 12 core functions or KSA performance domains will be provided;

5. the institution provides a summary statement of its continuous quality improvement program and agrees to maintain full records of that program;

6. the institution agrees to provide for ongoing consultation from a CCS or other qualified professional approved by the ADRA who will provide ongoing consultation relative to the quality and content of its addictive disorder counseling, compulsive gambling counseling or prevention curriculum;

7. the institution agrees to an annual audit review of its education program in the continuum of care in the areas of addiction treatment and/or intervention and/or prevention curriculum and continuous quality improvement program by a professional approved by the ADRA and an audit or review of its records at any time by the ADRA.

D. Registration as an approved institution of higher education shall be renewed annually, provided:

1. a satisfactory renewal form is received prior to the expiration date of the current registration;

2. the annual audit report of the institution's continuum of care in the areas of addiction treatment and/or intervention and/or prevention and continuous quality improvement program, signed by an individual approved by the ADRA for this purpose, is filed with the ADRA;

3. there have been no unresolved complaints against the institution.

E. An approved institution of higher education shall be authorized to:

1. announce to the public and advertise the availability of its addictive disorder counseling, compulsive gambling counseling or prevention curriculum;

2. offer practicum or internship courses in addictive disorder counseling, compulsive gambling counseling or prevention for credit;

3. reasonably assure its students that their education will meet ADRA standards.

F. Persons submitting application for certification which list education from institutions which are not registered as an AIHE shall document that the educational institution where the education was obtained meets standards equivalent to those of this ADRA. Equivalence may be demonstrated by:

1. the institution holding approval as a higher education provider of addictive disorder counseling, compulsive gambling counseling or prevention education from the certifying authority in the state where the institution is located;

2. the institution holding approval as a higher education provider of addictive disorder counseling, compulsive gambling counseling, or prevention education from a certifying authority with which the ADRA has a current agreement of reciprocity;

3. providing documentation of:

a. the institution being an organized college or university accredited by a recognized regional accrediting body;

b. the appropriateness of the curriculum;

c. the qualifications of the faculty to teach such courses;

d. the policy on practicum and internship courses;

e. that education, training, experience, and supervision when appropriate in all 12 core functions or KSA performance domains were provided.

G. Persons submitting application for certification which claim more than 18 semester hour equivalents must provide documentation demonstrating that a minimum of 12 semester hours of credit were not reasonably available from an AIHE. The ADRA in its discretion may grant additional semester hour equivalents for cases of documented hardship at the rate of 15 clock hours of AEP education per one semester hour of AIHE credit provided a written request for waiver is submitted.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXXX-1709

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office for Addictive Disorders, Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority, LR 31:663 (March 2005).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3388.4.