CHAPTER 347

H.P. 1142 - L.D. 1559

An Act To Amend the Laws Concerning State Board of Alcohol

and Drug Counselors

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §6203, sub-§§1-B to 1-E are enacted to read:

1-B.__Agency.__"Agency" means an establishment, organization or institution, public or private, that is licensed by the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services and that offers, purports to offer, maintains or operates one or more programs for the assessment, diagnosis, care, treatment or rehabilitation of individuals who are suffering physically, emotionally or psychologically from the abuse of alcohol or other drugs.

1-C.__Alcohol and drug counseling aide.__"Alcohol and drug counseling aide" means an individual who is registered by the board to engage in an apprenticeship for the purpose of acquiring knowledge and experience in the performance of alcohol and drug counseling services, including but not limited to knowledge of ethical standards.__An alcohol and drug counseling aide may facilitate individual and direct group counseling or assume other facilitation duties under supervision and may supervise nonclinical activities.__An alcohol and drug counseling aide may write treatment chart notations when the notations are cosigned by a board-certified clinical supervisor.__All work performed must be under the supervision of a board-certified clinical supervisor.__An alcohol and drug counseling aide may not engage in independent or private practice.__All work associated with the apprenticeship may be conducted only in an agency.