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Qualified MedicationAide (QMA)Psychologist(PhD or PsyD)Licensed Clinical SocialWorker (LCSW)Licensed ProfessionalCounselor (LPC)Licensed Marriage andFamily Therapist (LMFT)Licensed Master’sSocial Worker (LMSW)Licensed AssociateProfessional Counselor(LAPC)Professional Title &Abbreviation forSignature LineLicensed AssociateMarriage and FamilyTherapist (LAMFT)Certified ClinicalAlcohol and DrugCounselor (CCADC)Completion of a prescribed course conducted by the Georgia Department ofTechnical and Adult Education and pass examination for qualified medicationaides approved by the Georgia Board of Licensed Practical Nursing.Doctoral DegreeCertified by the Georgia Board of LicensedPractical NursingSupervised by RN performing certainmedication administration tasks asdelegated by RN or LPN.No. Additionally, can supervise othersLicensed by the Georgia Board of Examiners ofPsychologistsMasters degree in Social Work plus 3 years’ supervised full-time work in the Licensed by the Georgia Composite Board of No. Additionally, can supervise others 43-10Apractice of social work after the Master’s degree.Professional Counselors, Social Workers, andMarriage and Family TherapistsMaster’s degreeLicensed by the Georgia Composite Board of No. Additionally, can supervise others 43-10AProfessional Counselors, Social Workers, andMarriage and Family TherapistsMaster’s degreeLicensed by the Georgia Composite Board of No. Additionally, can supervise others 43-10AProfessional Counselors, Social Workers, andMarriage and Family TherapistsMaster’s degree in Social WorkLicensed by the Georgia Composite Board of Works under direction and supervision 43-10AProfessional Counselors, Social Workers, and of an appropriatelyMarriage and Family Therapistslicensed/credentialed professional.Master’s degreeLicensed by the Georgia Composite Board of Works under direction and supervision 43-10AProfessional Counselors, Social Workers, and of an appropriatelyMarriage and Family Therapistslicensed/credentialed professionalMinimum Level of Education/Degree / Experience Required License/ Certification Required Requires Supervision? StateCodeMaster’s degreeMaster’s degree; Also requires minimum of 2 years or 4,000 hoursexperience in direct alcohol and drug abuse treatment with individual and/orgroup counseling and a total of 270 hours of addiction-specific education and300 hours of supervised training.Licensed by the Georgia Composite Board ofProfessional Counselors, Social Workers, andMarriage and Family TherapistsCertification by the Alcohol and DrugCertification Board of Georgia; InternationalCertification and Reciprocity Consortium /Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (IC&RC)Works under direction and supervisionof an appropriatelylicensed/credentialed professionalServices limited to those practicessanctioned by the certifying board andshall in any event be limited to theprovision of chemical dependencytreatment43-26-50to 43-26-6043-39-1 to43-39-2043-10A43-10A-7Georgia CertifiedAlcohol and DrugCounselor Level III(GCADC III)Master’s degree; Also must have been certified by a national organization andhave taken a written and oral examination in the past and must have beencontinuously certified for a period of 2 years; Must meet the standardsoutlined in the Ga. Code rules posted on the licensing board website:Perform the 12 core functions; Education and training; Supervised practicum;Experience and supervisionCertification by the Alcohol and DrugCertification Board of Georgia (ADACB-GA)Services limited to those practicessanctioned by the certifying board andshall in any event be limited to theprovision of chemical dependencytreatment43-10A-7Master AddictionCounselor (MAC)National Board ofCertified Counselors(NBCC)Master’s Degree Documentation of a minimum of 12 semester hours ofgraduate coursework in the area of OR 500 CE hours specifically inaddictions. Three years supervised experience as an addictions counselor atno fewer than 20 hours per week. Two of the three years must have beencompleted after the counseling master's degree was conferred. A passingscore on the Examination for Master Addictions Counselors (EMAC).Certification by the National Board if CertifiedCounselors (NBCC) Nationally CertifiedCounselor (NCC) credential – must be Licensedby the Georgia Composite Board of ProfessionalCounselors, Social Workers, and Marriage andFamily TherapistsServices limited to those practicessanctioned by the certifying board andshall in any event be limited to theprovision of chemical dependencytreatmentMaster Addiction Master’s degree; 500 contact hours of specific alcoholism and drug abuse Certification by the National Association Alcohol Services limited to those practices 43-10A-7FY2013 Provider Manual for Community Behavioral Health Providers Page 16143-10A-7