Alcohol and Other Drug Use Professionals Continuing Education

Please see the tables below for a summary of continuing education requirements.

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Continuing Education (CE) Requirements
Please see the tables below for a summary of continuing education requirements. For a complete set of requirements, please review the applicable statutes and rules, which may be found here.
Licensees in New Hampshire have free access to CE Broker, a leading continuing education system that offers CE Tracking and the ability to search for approved courses. For more information, including how to access your free account, please click here.

License Type: Certified Recovery Support Worker
CE Hours	Total=24 hours 6 hours of Ethics 3 hours of Suicide Prevention 3 hours shall be from Pre-approved Courses
CE Cycle	2 years (corresponds with license timeframe)
Required Subject Areas	★ General Substance Use Counseling ★ Ethics ★ Suicide Prevention
Are the requirements different for the first renewal?	No
Can CEs roll over to the next CE cycle?	No
Is there a restriction on CE delivery methods (e.g., licensee can only take live courses)?	Yes. No more than 3 hours shall be received in online continuing education courses. Alc 409.01.
Applicable exemption(s):	N/A
Do courses need to be preapproved by the Board?	3 hours of CEs shall be earned through courses preapproved by the Board. To obtain preapproval of a course, course sponsors shall submit an application in accordance with Alc 409.03. Courses offered by the following providers shall be automatically approved if courses relate to one of the 18 categories of competence as outlined in Alc 313.10(j): An IC&RC member board; NAADAC; New Hampshire Training Institute on Addictive Disorders; New Hampshire Center for Excellence; AdCare Educational Institute of New England; NHADACA; Any educational unit of the New Hampshire Community College system; The Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services; or The Addiction Technology Transfer Center Any other college, university, or school permitted to grant degrees in the disciplines of life science, biological science, sociology, psychology, or public health, provided the course is in any of the performance domains of assessment, counseling, case management, education, or professional responsibility.
Ways to earn CEs:	Categories of CEs Courses (Live or Online)

License Type: Licensed Clinical Supervisor
CE Hours	6 hours in Clinical Supervision
CE Cycle	2 years (corresponds with license timeframe)
Required Subject Areas	★ Training in Clinical Supervision
Are the requirements different for the first renewal?	No
Can CEs roll over to the next CE cycle?	No
Is there a restriction on CE delivery methods (e.g., licensee can only take live courses)?	No
Applicable exemption(s):	N/A
Do courses need to be preapproved by the Board?	No

License Type: Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor
CE Hours	Total=48 hours 6 hours of Ethics 6 hours of Suicide Prevention 24 hours shall be from Preapproved Courses 12 hours shall be from the following categories of competence: Data collection Diagnosis of substance use disorder Knowledge of alcohol and drugs Knowledge of sociological factors Knowledge of physiological factors Knowledge of psychiatric factors
CE Cycle	2 years (corresponds with license timeframe)
Required Subject Areas	★ Required Competency Category Hours ★ Ethics ★ Suicide Prevention ★ General Substance Use Counseling
Are the requirements different for the first renewal?	No
Can CEs roll over to the next CE cycle?	No
Is there a restriction on CE delivery methods (e.g., licensee can only take live courses)?	Yes. No more than 12 hours shall be received in online continuing education courses, provided courses taken as part of an online degree program shall not count towards this 12-hour maximum. Alc 409.02(c) Maximum of 10 hours may be earned by presenting CEs. Alc 409.02(f)
Applicable exemption(s):	N/A
Do courses need to be preapproved by the Board?	12 hours of CEs shall be earned through courses preapproved by the Board. To obtain preapproval of a course, course sponsors shall submit an application in accordance with Alc 409.03. Courses offered by the following providers shall be automatically approved if courses relate to one of the 18 categories of competence as outlined in Alc 313.10(j): An IC&RC member board; NAADAC; New Hampshire Training Institute on Addictive Disorders; New Hampshire Center for Excellence; AdCare Educational Institute of New England; NHADACA; Any educational unit of the New Hampshire Community College system; The Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services; or The Addiction Technology Transfer Center Any other college, university, or school permitted to grant degrees in the disciplines of life science, biological science, sociology, psychology, or public health, provided the course is in any of the performance domains of assessment, counseling, case management, education, or professional responsibility.

License Type: Master Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor
CE Hours	Total=48 hours 6 hours of Ethics 6 hours of Suicide Prevention 24 hours shall be from Preapproved Courses 12 hours shall be from the following categories of competence: Data collection Diagnosis of substance use disorder Knowledge of alcohol and drugs Knowledge of sociological factors Knowledge of physiological factors Knowledge of psychiatric factors Knowledge of treatment issues
CE Cycle	2 years (corresponds with license timeframe)
Required Subject Areas	★ Required Competency Category Hours ★ Ethics ★ Suicide Prevention ★ General Substance Use Counseling
Are the requirements different for the first renewal?	No
Can CEs roll over to the next CE cycle?	No
Is there a restriction on CE delivery methods (e.g., licensee can only take live courses)?	Yes. No more than 12 hours shall be received in online continuing education courses, provided courses taken as part of an online degree program shall not count towards this 12-hour maximum. Alc 409.02(c) Maximum of 10 hours may be earned by presenting CEs. Alc 409.02(f)
Applicable exemption(s):	N/A
Do courses need to be preapproved by the Board?	12 hours of CEs shall be earned through courses preapproved by the Board. To obtain preapproval of a course, course sponsors shall submit an application in accordance with Alc 409.03. Courses offered by the following providers shall be automatically approved if courses relate to one of the 18 categories of competence as outlined in Alc 313.10(j): An IC&RC member board; NAADAC; New Hampshire Training Institute on Addictive Disorders; New Hampshire Center for Excellence; AdCare Educational Institute of New England; NHADACA; Any educational unit of the New Hampshire Community College system; The Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services; or The Addiction Technology Transfer Center Any other college, university, or school permitted to grant degrees in the disciplines of life science, biological science, sociology, psychology, or public health, provided the course is in any of the performance domains of assessment, counseling, case management, education, or professional responsibility.

CE Providers
Certain license types must take courses preapproved by the Board.
To obtain preapproval of a course, course sponsors shall apply through CE Broker in accordance with Alc 409.03.

Courses offered by the following providers shall be automatically approved if courses relate to one of the 18 categories of competence as outlined in Alc 313.10(j):

An IC&RC member board;
NAADAC;
New Hampshire Training Institute on Addictive Disorders;
New Hampshire Center for Excellence;
AdCare Educational Institute of New England;
NHADACA;
Any educational unit of the New Hampshire Community College system;
The Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services; or
The Addiction Technology Transfer Center

Any other college, university, or school permitted to grant degrees in the disciplines of life science, biological science, sociology, psychology, or public health, provided the course is in any of the performance domains of assessment, counseling, case management, education, or professional responsibility.

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