# Title 4.5 — Addiction Counseling Examiners, Board of

## Article 4.5-02.1 — Addiction Counseling Examiners Licensure

## Chapter 4.5-02.1-04 — Specialized Registration

### § 4.5-02.1-04-01. Activities constituting the private practice of addiction counseling.

1. A private practitioner of addiction counseling is one who, on either a full-time or part-time
basis, is responsible for that person's own practice, exercises sole responsibility for the client,
establishes payment of fees with clients, and identifies that the person is an addiction
counselor in offering service.
2. Services that are provided by all addiction counselors are not considered to constitute private
practice unless those services are provided independent of any supervising or sponsoring
organization, or are provided within a private agency framework in which the addiction
counselor is a partner or shareholder, and a fee is collected from or on behalf of the client.
Consultative or educational services provided to an organization, agency, classroom, or
workshop are not considered to be the private practice of addiction counseling.
History: Effective January 1, 2002.
General Authority: NDCC 43-45-04
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-45-01, 43-45-04, 43-45-05.3
### § 4.5-02.1-04-02. Application for private practice registration.

1. Qualifications. To be eligible for registration to provide private practice, an individual must be
licensed as a licensed clinical addiction counselor, a licensed master addiction counselor, or a
licensed addiction counselor registered as a clinical supervisor.
2. Registration. An individual requesting to be registered for private practice shall make a formal
application to the board and pay the registration fee.
History: Effective January 1, 2002; amended effective April 1, 2009; July 1, 2014; July 1, 2018;
October 1, 2025.
General Authority: NDCC 43-45-04
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-45-04, 43-45-05.3
### § 4.5-02.1-04-03. Application for private practice registration renewal.

Repealed effective April 1, 2009.
### § 4.5-02.1-04-04. Application for clinical supervision registration.

1. Qualifications. To be eligible for registration to provide clinical supervision, the following must
be met:
a. An individual who is a licensed clinical addiction counselor shall obtain twenty hours of
continuing education contact hours in clinical supervision within three years preceding
submission of an application.
b. An individual who is a licensed addiction counselor shall provide documentation of the
following:

(1) A minimum of three years of experience as a licensed addiction counselor, including
a total of no less than six thousand hours of supervised experience.
(2) Twenty hours of continuing education contact hours in clinical supervision within
four years preceding submission of an application.
(3) Letters of reference and recommendation from two registered clinical supervisors.
2. Registration. An individual requesting registration for clinical supervision shall make formal
application documenting their qualifications on a form approved by the board.
3. A licensed addiction counselor registered as a clinical supervisor, licensed clinical addiction
counselor, and licensed master addiction counselor seeking registration as a clinical
supervisor shall submit a signed statement on a form provided by the board verifying three
hours of clinical supervision-related continuing education within the two-year continuing
education cycle. If requested by the board, individuals must provide documentation of the
continuing education hours.
History: Effective January 1, 2002; amended effective January 1, 2008; July 1, 2014; July 1, 2018;
October 1, 2025.
General Authority: NDCC 43-45-04
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-45-01, 43-45-04, 43-45-06
