NAC641C.320. Requirements for approval of course or program of education.

     1. Before the Board will approve, or a committee of the Board may recommend approval of, a course or program of education as a course of continuing education, the Board or committee must be satisfied that the course or program of education:

     (a) Will be taught by a competent instructor as demonstrated by the educational, professional and teaching experience of the instructor;

     (b) Contains current and relevant educational material which concerns:

          (1) Alcohol and drug abuse and is applicable to the practice of counseling alcohol and drug abusers or the clinical practice of counseling alcohol and drug abusers; or

          (2) Problem gambling and is applicable to the practice of counseling problem gamblers;

     (c) Is of professional quality;

     (d) Is appropriately designed for instructional purposes; and

     (e) Includes a written evaluation, to be completed by each counselor taking the course, of the content and presentation of the course or program and the relevance of the course or program to continuing education.

     2. The Board will consider a course or program of education presented in the form of lectures, seminars, workshops, academic courses at an institution of higher education or correspondence courses. The Board will not approve a course or program of education for the purposes of continuing education if the hours of education that make up the course or program constitute the same hours that are applied toward the completion of a degree or on-the-job training.

     3. A provider of a course or program of education is responsible for the format and presentation of the course or program. A provider of a course or program of education that has been approved by the Board as a course of continuing education may restrict the format in which the material in the course or program is presented, except that if the restriction of the format in which the material is presented changes the nature or content of the course or program of education, the Board may withdraw its approval of the course or program and, if the approval of the course or program is withdrawn, a counselor will not be given credit for any hours of continuing education obtained in that course or program of education.

     4. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a course or program of education presented or approved by NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, the Health Division of the Department of Health and Human Services, the International Gambling Counselor Certification Board, the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling or the Addiction Technology Transfer Center will be deemed as being approved as a course of continuing education.

     5. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a course or program of education related to alcohol and drug abuse counseling, addiction, codependency or other issues related to the practice of counseling alcohol and drug abusers or the clinical practice of counseling alcohol and drug abusers or a course or program of education related to problem gambling counseling or other issues related to the practice of counseling problem gamblers will be deemed as being approved by the Board as a course of continuing education if the course or program of education has been approved by:

     (a) The Board of Psychological Examiners;

     (b) The Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors;

     (c) The Board of Examiners for Social Workers;

     (d) The Board of Medical Examiners;

     (e) The State Board of Osteopathic Medicine;

     (f) The State Board of Nursing;

     (g) The National Council on Problem Gambling; or

     (h) Any other similar occupational licensing board in another state, territory, protectorate or the District of Columbia.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam’rs for Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors by R097-00, eff. 8-9-2000; A by Bd. of Exam’rs for Alcohol, Drug & Gambling Counselors by R157-03, 12-16-2003; R185-07, 12-17-2008)