078-8 Wyo. Code R. §§ 8-6 - LAT as a Second License

Professionals who currently hold a license as an LPC, LMFT or LCSW in good standing in the State of Wyoming may obtain a license as an Addictions Therapist as follows:

(a) Education. The applicant shall satisfy the educational criteria in the following manner.

(i) Complete one hundred and fifty (150) contact hours of diverse addictions specific training within five (5) years of applying for the LAT, including Addictions Assessment, from four (4) of the five (5) following areas:

(A) Alcoholism: To include biochemical, socio-cultural, and psychological factors;

(B) Drugs and Behavior: A survey of drugs with abuse potential other than alcohol that affect behavior including psychopharmacological information;

(C) Addictions and Special Populations (i.e., adolescents, women, ethnic groups, elderly, adult children of alcoholics, the impaired family, impaired professional, etc.);

(D) Addictive Behaviors: Gambling, eating disorders, sexual addictions, cults, compulsive behaviors of non-ingestive nature, etc; or

(E) Addictions Assessment: Appraisal, assessment, testing, diagnosis/dual diagnosis. This category may also be satisfied by completing specialty training.

(ii) These contact hours may also be reported as continuing education for license renewal.

(b) Practicum.

(i) The applicant shall satisfy the practicum criteria by completing a practicum, to include addictions specific clients, in a master's program, or by

(ii) Completing one hundred and fifty (150) face-to-face clinical contact hours with addictions specific clients within five (5) years of applying for licensure, which is supervised by an LAT. These hours shall be completed after the award of the initial license as an LPC, LCSW, or an LMFT, or by

(iii) Providing written proof, in a manner approved by the Board, of a minimum of five (5) years of full-time experience in the addictions field, gained within the ten (10) years immediately preceding the date of application, and after completion of the master's degree by which they received their LPC, LCSW, or LMFT.

(c) Examination. The examination requirements are the same as defined in Section 5.

Notes

078-8 Wyo. Code R. §§ 8-6

Amended, Eff. 6/3/2015. Amended, Eff. 7/26/2019. Amended, Eff. 12/17/2021.