Arkansas Code
Subchapter 4 - Licensing Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
§ 17-27-403. Exemptions

(a) This subchapter is not applicable to employees of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education or local boards of education who meet the certification as established or which may be established by the State Board of Education.
(b) This subchapter does not:
(1) Limit or restrict the regulation of the title, setting of standards, qualifications, training, or experience of those who seek to engage in the practice of alcoholism and drug abuse counseling and who have been or will be certified by the State Board of Examiners of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors for the position for which they have been employed;
(2) Require persons employed by the State of Arkansas, the director or administrative head of a social service agency or division of a city or county, or applicants for such employment to be licensed;
(3) Limit the activities and services of a student or intern seeking to fulfill the educational requirements in order to qualify for a license under this subchapter or acts of other recognized health or behavioral sciences professions;
(4) Prohibit individuals not licensed under the provisions of this subchapter who work in self-help groups or programs or not-for-profit organizations from providing services in those groups, programs, or organizations or agencies;
(5) Prevent qualified members of other recognized health or behavioral science professions from performing work within the standards and ethics of their respective professions;
(6) Prevent persons licensed under other health or behavioral science boards from the practice of alcoholism and drug abuse counseling so long as those persons maintain current licensure in their respective fields;
(7) Prevent members of the clergy or Christian Science practitioners from performing work within the standards and any code of ethics of their respective professions as long as they do not hold themselves out to the public as being licensed alcoholism and drug abuse counselors; or
(8) Restrict the licensure of programs under §§ 20-64-901 — 20-64-909.

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