078-4 Wyo. Code R. §§ 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 (NCACI) 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 associate's degree
program in addictionology, chemical dependency, substance use disorder
counseling, or an equivalently termed degree program, from an educational
institution accredited by the National Addictions Studies Accreditation
Commission (NASAC) or 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.
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