4758.44 Prevention specialist II certificate requirements.
4758.44 Prevention specialist II certificate requirements.
An individual seeking a prevention specialist II certificate shall meet either of the following requirements:
(A) Meet all of the following requirements:
(1) Have compensated work experience in which not less than fifty per cent of the individual’s time was devoted to planning, coordinating, or delivering alcohol and other drug prevention services;
(2) Have one of the following:
(a) A bachelor’s degree in a behavioral science and at least six thousand hours of compensated work experience in alcohol and other drug prevention services;
(b) A master’s or doctoral degree in a behavioral science and at least four thousand hours of compensated work experience in alcohol and other drug prevention services.
(3) Have at least two hundred seventy hours of prevention-related education that meets the requirements specified in rules adopted under section 4758.20 of the Revised Code;
(4) Obtain a registered applicant certificate under this chapter and comply with the requirements of section 4758.53 of the Revised Code;
(5) Pass the examination administered pursuant to section 4758.22 of the Revised Code for the purpose of determining competence to practice as a prevention specialist II.
(B) Hold, on the effective date of this section, a certificate or credentials that were accepted under section 3793.07 of the Revised Code as authority to practice as a certified prevention specialist II.
Effective Date: 12-23-2002