# Title 4.5 — Addiction Counseling Examiners, Board of

## Article 4.5-02.1 — Addiction Counseling Examiners Licensure

## Chapter 4.5-02.1-02 — Continuing Education

### § 4.5-02.1-02-01. Licensure renewal.

Repealed effective January 1, 2008.
### § 4.5-02.1-02-02. Continuing education.

1. Continuing education credit is awarded to a participant at a workshop or seminar. To maintain
licensure, licensed addiction counselors, licensed clinical addiction counselors, and licensed
master addiction counselors are required to complete forty hours of continuing education for
the two-year licensing period, at least six hours of which must be on the topic of professional
ethics.
a. Thirty approved continuing education hours are required if an addiction counselor is
initially licensed between January first and June thirtieth of an even-numbered year,
including six hours of ethics.
b. Twenty approved continuing education hours are required if an addiction counselor is
initially licensed on or after July first of an even-numbered year, including four hours of
ethics.
c. Ten approved continuing education hours are required if an addiction counselor is initially
licensed between January first and June thirtieth of the odd-numbered year, including two
hours of ethics.
d. No continuing education hours are required if an addiction counselor is initially licensed
on or after July first of an odd-numbered year.
e. Continuing education hours cannot be earned until after the license effective date and
only within the current licensing period.
f. Continuing education hours may only be applied to one licensing period.
g. An applicant who was previously licensed in North Dakota but whose license lapsed for a
period of less than five years shall complete forty continuing education hours, at least six
of which must be on the topic of professional ethics, within the two years prior to
application.
h. An applicant who was previously licensed in North Dakota but whose licensed lapsed for
a period of five years or more shall complete forty continuing education hours, at least six
of which must be on the topic of ethics, within the two years prior to application. The
board may require such an applicant to take a written examination approved by the
board.
i. A licensed addiction counselor registered as a clinical supervisor, licensed clinical
addiction counselor, and licensed master addiction counselor are required to complete
three hours of clinical supervision-related continuing education hours within the two-year
continuing education cycle to maintain registered clinical supervisor status. Leadership
training does not qualify for clinical supervision continuing education hours.

2. Any continuing education program to be used for addiction counseling or supervision of
clinical practice continuing education units is subject to board approval, except continuing
education programs sponsored or approved by the national association for alcoholism and
drug abuse counselors, substance abuse and mental health services administration, the
addiction technology transfer centers, the North Dakota addiction counselor's association, the
American society of addiction medicine, the North Dakota department of health and human
service's division of behavioral health, or the national institute of drug abuse. All other
programs shall submit an application on a form provided by the board, and request the board
to approve the program.
3. An individual seeking approval of continuing education credits earned from a person other
than those listed in this section shall submit a request to the board for approval of continuing
education credits. Continuing education, workshops, webinars, and seminars must:
a. Be related to the practice of addiction counseling, behavioral mental health, or best
practice techniques.
b. Have the potential to increase the licensee's proficiency in addiction counseling.
4. At the end of the two-year reporting cycle, each licensee or registrant shall submit a signed
statement on a form provided by the board attesting to satisfaction of the continuing education
requirement.
5. The licensee or registrant may not submit the specific verification of each continuing education
experience claimed, but must maintain a file of such verification documentation for two years
following the submission of the reporting form.
6. At each reporting period, the board will select a random sample of approximately ten percent
of the licensees and require them to provide verification of the continuing education
experiences claimed on the reporting form.
7. Any licensed addiction counselor, licensed clinical addiction counselor, or licensed master
addiction counselor who is registered as a clinical supervisor shall ensure at least three of the
forty continuing education hours contain materials related to clinical supervision techniques
and skills, with documentation verifying the content submitted to the board upon request.
8. An approved provider is an entity or an individual approved by the board to provide continuing
education without the need for prior board review on a program by program basis.
Requirements to obtain and maintain status as an approved provider are as follows:
a. Completed application.
b. Application fee.
c. Provider must ensure all programs offered contain a course outline, learning objectives,
and an evaluation of the learning outcome of participants, and provide these documents
to the board upon request.
d. Provider must provide a certificate of completion to participants. Failure to do so may
result in the loss of approved provider status.
e. A complaint against a provider may be investigated by the board and may result in
removal of provider approval status.
f. Provider must renew the approval annually.

g. Provider must create a system of monitoring participants' attendance at educational
sessions for which the approved provider is awarding continuing education credits. The
approved provider must provide documentation of attendance to the board upon request.
9. An approved program is one specific program, with defined continuing education contact
hours, approved by the board. Requirements to obtain and maintain program approval status
are as follows:
a. Completed application.
b. Application fee.
c. Program must ensure the program offered contains a course outline, learning objectives,
and an evaluation of the learning outcome of participants and provide these documents
to the board upon request.
d. Program approval must be approved annually.
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 43-45-04, 43-45-07
### § 4.5-02.1-02-03. Address and name changes.

Any licensee must report a change of physical address, professional address for electronic mail,
preferred telephone number, or name to the board in writing within thirty days of change.
History: Effective January 1, 2002; amended effective July 1, 2014; July 1, 2018.
General Authority: NDCC 43-45-04
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-45-04, 43-45-07
