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Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 078 - Mental Health Professions BoardSubagency 0001 - Mental Health Professions Board
Chapter 4 - Certified Addictions Practitioner Assistant
Section 4-3 - Education Requirement for Certification

078-4 Wyo. Code R. § 4-3

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Section 4-3 - Education Requirement for Certification

The educational requirement for certification as an addictions practitioner assistant may be met by:

(a) Holding a current National Certified Addictions Counselor Level I (NCAC I) certification in good standing from the Association for Addictions Professionals (NAADAC), or a current Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Counselor (AODA) from the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC), or

(b) Completion of an associates degree program in addictionology, chemical dependency, substance abuse counseling, or an equivalently termed degree program, from an educational institution accredited by one of the regional or national institutional accrediting bodies recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), or

(c) Completion of two hundred seventy (270) hours of addictions specific course work and/or training as follows:

  • (i) A maximum of seventy (70) contact hours may be completed in general mental health discipline subjects which must include thirty (30) contact hours in counseling ethics.
  • (ii) A minimum of two hundred (200) contact hours shall be related specifically to addictions therapy. This shall include training/education in Addictions Assessment and six (6) contact hours of specialty training in communicable diseases. These categories may be satisfied by completing college course work or workshops.
  • (iii) Instructors shall be experts in the discipline and have at least a master's degree level in education.

078-4 Wyo. Code R. § 4-3

Amended, Eff. 6/3/2015.