Ohio Admin. Code 4758-5-10 - Requirements for certification of Ohio prevention consultant (OCPC)

To be certified as a prevention consultant, an individual shall:

(A) To be certified as a prevention consultant, an individual shall complete the following: Submit a formal application, including:

(1) Submission of formal application Suitable documentation:.

(2) A bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited educational institution. An application fee;

(3) Six thousand hours of documented compensated work experience in prevention, including at least four thousand hours of administering or supervising the services A personal attestation statement agreeing to practice by the code of ethical standards adopted by the board; and.

(4) One hundred twenty practical experience hours. A minimum of ten hours shall be completed in each of the following performance domains: A recommendation and suitable documentation as follows:

(a) Planning and evaluation Provided directly from the applicant's supervisor.

(b) Prevention education and service delivery Provided in a manner specified by the board.

(c) Communication

(d) Community organization

(e) Public policy and environmental change

(f) Professional growth and responsibility

(g) The remaining seventy hours may be completed in any domain as deemed appropriate by the applicant.

(5) One hundred twenty hours of prevention related education of which fifty per cent shall have been obtained within the last five years and twenty-four hours shall be alcohol and other drug prevention specific. The required content areas with the specific contact hours are as follows:

(a) Domain I: planning and evaluation (three hours)

(b) Domain II: prevention education and service delivery (three hours)

(c) Domain III: communication (three hours)

(d) Domain IV: community organization (three hours)

(e) Domain V: public policy and environmental change (three hours)

(f) Domain VI: professional growth and responsibility (forty hours)

(i) Prevention-specific ethics education (six hours)

(ii) Cultural competency (three hours)

(g) The remaining hours may be distributed among these areas at the applicant's discretion.

(6) Ninety hours of administrative or supervisory education. The required content areas with the specific content hours are as follow:

(a) At least three semester credit hours or forty-five clock hours in human resource management;

(b) At least three semester credit hours or forty-five clock hours in fiscal management.

(7) Successful completion of the IC&RC prevention specialist (PS) examination.

(B) Provide an official transcript from an accredited school or university that verifies a bachelors degree or higher degree.

(C) Held for a minimum of two years an active OCPS certification while obtaining work experience hours in paragraph (D) of this rule.

(D) Complete a minimum of four thousand hours of compensated work in a combination of paragraphs (D)(1) and (D)(2) of this rule:

(1) Administering or managing prevention programs or services;

(2) Supervising staff or volunteers delivering prevention programs or services.

(E) Complete the hours of approved education in paragraph (F) of this rule, as follows:

In addition to paragraph (D) of this rule, sixty hours of education:

(1) Must related to the work of paragraph (D)(1) or (D)(2) of this rule.

(2) Fifty per cent of the total hours shall be completed within five years from the date of application.

(3) Completion may be through:

(a) Board approved continuing education units (CEU);

(b) Courses completed from an accredited school or university; or

(c) A combination of paragraphs (E)(1) and (E)(2) of this rule.

(F) The education content and minimum hours as follows:

(1) Personnel supervision and program management education (twenty hours).

(2) Administrative and consultation education (twenty hours).

(G) The board shall have sole discretion to determine if documentation submitted is suitable.

Notes

Ohio Admin. Code 4758-5-10

Effective: 7/12/2024
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 4/18/2024 and 07/12/2029
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4758.20
Rule Amplifies: 4758.44
Prior Effective Dates: 06/13/2004, 04/01/2007, 08/17/2008, 11/15/2010, 03/22/2013 (Emer.), 05/06/2013, 03/24/2017