IMPORTANT: Beginning January 1, 2010, a $29.50 surcharge (10% of the initial license application fee) will be assessed on every new application for licensure received at the BBHT.  The fee is being collected for the Minnesota Office of Enterprise Technology (OET), pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.22.  It will be used to fund a State wide electronic licensing system.  To read more about the surcharge, please visit our webpage, titled, "OET Licensing Surcharge on New Licenses and License Renewals."

The Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health & Therapy (BBHT) has several application methods for licensure. Listed below are the various methods to apply for an alcohol and drug counseling license.  For each application method, you will find a brief description of the requirements you need to meet in order to apply. Please make sure that you have met all of the requirements listed for that application method before submitting it to BBHT.

Please fill the application out completely before sending it to the Board office. Incomplete applications will be returned to you to provide the missing documentation.

For copies of the Minnesota Statutes 148C and Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4747 that govern the LADC program, please go to http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/statutes.asp.  

             Be sure to mail copies of your oral and written exam results with your application.

METHOD  I	REQUIREMENTS
Standard Method for applying but used the Supervision Alternative instead of taking the Oral Exam.  (METHOD I)  Minnesota Statutes section 148C.04, Subd. 3(1), (2) (ii), and (3).	Bachelor's degree 270 clock hours of specific alcohol and drug counseling course work 880 hour alcohol and drug counseling practicum Written exam passed Completed 2000 hours of supervised  professional practice acceptable to the Board

             Be sure to mail copies of your oral and written exam results with your application

METHOD K

REQUIREMENTS

Exception method.  Current license in other profession with proof of 2,000 hours of supervised professional practice.   (METHOD K)     Minnesota Statutes section 148C.11, subd. 1(c).

An exempt person specified in MN Statutes section 148C.11, Subd. 1 in another profession Has a current license or registration Submitted  a plan for supervision during the first 2000 hours of professional practice or completed 2000 hours of supervised professional practice acceptable to board Bachelor's degree 270 clock hours of specific alcohol and drug counseling course work 880 hour alcohol and drug counseling practicum

         

METHOD F

REQUIREMENTS

Reciprocity (Method F)   Minnesota Statutes section 148C.07   “The board shall issue a license if the board finds that the requirements, which the applicant had to meet to obtain the credential from the other jurisdiction were substantially similar to the current requirements for licensure in Minn. Stat. section 148C, and the applicant is not otherwise disqualified under section 148C.09.”

An individual who holds a current license or national certification as an alcohol and drug counselor from another jurisdiction Must submit a Verification of Credential  that the credential is current and in good standing Must submit proof of the applicant’s qualifications that entitled the applicant to the credential Copy of the jurisdictions’s credentialing laws and rules that were in effect at the time the applicant obtained the credential.