641C.360  Period license is valid; scope of practice authorized by license.

1.  A license as an alcohol and drug abuse counselor is valid for 2 years and may be renewed.

2.  A licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor may:

(a) Engage in the practice of counseling alcohol and drug abusers;

(b) Diagnose or classify a person as an alcoholic or abuser of drugs; and

(c) Supervise certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor interns.

3.  A licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor may not identify, evaluate, diagnose or treat a mental illness when a person with mental illness is also an alcoholic or abuser of drugs.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 3053; A 2007, 3069)