New Mexico Statutes
Article 9A - Counseling and Therapy
Section 61-9A-14.2 - Alcohol and drug abuse counselor; requirements for licensure. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)

Effective July 1, 2005, the board shall license as an alcohol and drug abuse counselor a person who files a completed application accompanied by the required fees and who submits satisfactory evidence that the applicant, as defined by rule:
A. observes the code of ethics;
B. has reached the age of twenty-one;
C. demonstrates professional competency by passing the required examinations prescribed by the board; and
D. has one of the following combinations of education and experience:
(1) an associate degree in counseling, a counseling-related field or a substance abuse-related field from an accredited institution, and education and training that includes two hundred seventy-six clock hours with ninety hours in each of the fields of alcohol and drug abuse counseling, six hours of professional ethics, three years and three thousand client contact hours under appropriate supervision of experience in the practice of alcohol and drug abuse counseling and two hundred hours of appropriate supervision;
(2) a baccalaureate degree in counseling, a counseling-related field or a substance abuse-related field, as defined by rule, from an accredited institution and education and training that includes two hundred seventy-six clock hours with ninety hours in each of the fields of alcohol and drug abuse counseling and six hours of professional ethics, two years and two thousand client contact hours under appropriate supervision of experience in the practice of alcohol and drug abuse counseling and one hundred hours of appropriate supervision; or
(3) a master's degree in counseling, a counseling-related field or a substance abuse-related field, as defined by rule, from an accredited institution, and education and training that includes two hundred seventy-six clock hours with ninety hours in each of the fields of alcohol and drug abuse counseling and six hours of professional ethics, one year and one thousand client contact hours under appropriate supervision of experience in the practice of alcohol and drug abuse counseling and fifty hours of appropriate supervision hours.
History: Laws 1999, ch. 161, § 15; 2003, ch. 422, § 16; 2005, ch. 210, § 15; 2007, ch. 166, § 3; 2021, ch. 93, § 14.
Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-9A-30 NMSA 1978.
The 2021 amendment, effective June 18, 2021, revised the qualifications for an applicant for licensure as an alcohol and drug abuse counselor; in Subsection A, deleted "is of good moral character with conduct consistent with" and added "observes"; and in Subsection D, Paragraph D(1), after "three thousand client", deleted "contract" and added "contact", and changed "face-to-face" to "appropriate" throughout.
The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, deleted former Subsection D to eliminate the requirement that applicants provide three letters of recommendation.
The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, deleted former Subsection A, which provided for the licensure of alcohol and drug abuse counselors; added Subsection E(1) to provide for a combination of an associate degree and a minimum number of hours of education and training; added a degree in counseling and a substance abuse-related field in Subsection E(2); added a degree in a substance abuse-related field in Subsection E(3); and changed "regionally accredited institution" to "accredited institution" in Subsections E(2) and (3).
The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, rewrote the section.

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