§ 5-69-2. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "ACDP� means an advanced chemical dependency professional certification as per the
Rhode Island board for certification of chemical dependency professionals requirements.
(2) "ACDP II� means an advanced chemical dependency professional II certification as per
the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium/Alcohol and Other Drug
Abuse. "ICRC/AODA.�
(3) "Acudetox specialist (ADS)� means an individual licensed as a chemical dependency
professional or clinical supervisor who holds a certificate of training that meets
or exceeds the NADA training from a recognized agency.
(4) "Advertise� includes, but is not limited to, the issuing of, or causing to be distributed,
any card, sign, or device to any person; or the causing, permitting, or allowing of
any sign or marking on, or in, any building or structure, or in any newspaper or magazine
or in any directory, or on radio or television, or by the use of any other means designed
to secure public attention.
(5) "Approved continuing education� means research and training programs, college and
university courses, in-service training programs, seminars, and conferences designed
to maintain and enhance the skills of substance-abuse counselors or clinical supervisors
and that are recognized by the ICRC/AODA member board.
(6) "Auricular acudetox� means the subcutaneous insertion of sterile, disposable acupuncture
needles in consistent, predetermined bilateral locations on the ear in accordance
with the NADA protocol.
(7) "CDCS� means chemical dependency clinical supervisor.
(8) "Clergy� includes any minister, priest, rabbi, Christian Science practitioner, or
any other similar religious counselor.
(9) "Continuum of care network� means public and private substance-abuse care agencies
such as detoxification centers, emergency rooms, hospitals, treatment centers, outpatient-
and day-treatment clinics, and community residences for substance abusers. The services
employ, or refer to, medical, psychological, health, and counseling professionals
who treat substance abuse and related concerns.
(10) "Department� means the Rhode Island department of health.
(11) "Director� means the director of the Rhode Island department of health.
(12) "Documented professional work experience� means the ICRC/AODA member board-approved
form, completed by an employer or approved supervisor, verifying dates of employment
and responsibilities.
(13) "Experience� means six thousand (6,000) hours of supervised practice of chemical dependency
counseling in a department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and
hospitals licensed or ICRC/AODA member-board-approved facility during a sixty-month
(60) period of time immediately preceding the date of application for licensure.
(14) "General supervision� means available by telephone, cellphone, or electronic means
during business hours.
(15) "ICRC/AODA� means International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium/Alcohol and
Other Drug Abuse.
(16) "Licensed chemical dependency clinical supervisor� means an individual licensed by
the department of health to practice and supervise substance-abuse counseling and
who meets the qualifications established in this chapter.
(17) "Licensed chemical dependency professional� means an individual licensed by the department
of health to practice substance-abuse counseling and who meets the qualifications
established in this chapter.
(18) "Licensing board� or "board� means the board of licensing for chemical dependency
professionals.
(19) "Member board� means the Rhode Island board for certification of chemical dependency
professionals.
(20) "National Acupuncture Detoxification Association� ("NADA�) means a not-for-profit
organization that provides a certificate of acudetox training.
(21) "Practice of substance-abuse counseling� means rendering, or offering to render, professional
service for any fee, monetary or otherwise, documented to individuals, families, or
groups. Those professional services include the application of the ICRC/AODA, specific
knowledge, skills, counseling theory, and application of techniques to define goals
and develop a treatment plan of action aimed toward the prevention, education, or
treatment in the recovery process of substance abuse within the continuum-of-care
service network. The practice further includes, but is not limited to, networking
and making referrals to medical, social services, psychological, psychiatric, and/or
legal resources when indicated.
(22) "Recognized education institution� means any educational institution that grants an
associate, bachelor, masters, or doctoral degree and that is recognized by the board
or by a nationally or regionally recognized educational or professional accrediting
organization.
(23) "Substance abuse� means addictive (chronic or habitual) consumption, injection, inhalation,
or behavior of/with a substance (such as alcohol and drugs), progressively injuring
and afflicting the user's psychological, physical, social, economic, and/or spiritual
functioning.
(24) "Supervision� means no less than one hour per week and consists of individual or group
supervision with a clinician licensed or certified in substance-abuse counseling with
education, supervisory experience, and ethics approved by the ICRC/AODA member.