REPORT TITLE:
Substance Abuse; Psychologists


DESCRIPTION:
Adds to definition of "certified substance abuse staff"
psychologists who hold a current certification from the American
Psychological Association College of Professional Psychology in
the treatment of alcohol and other psychoactive substance use
disorders.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           1460
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO CERTIFIED SUBSTANCE ABUSE STAFF.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 431M-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending the definition of "certified substance abuse
 
 3 staff" to read as follows:
 
 4      ""Certified substance abuse staff" means professionals and
 
 5 paraprofessionals with current full certification as substance
 
 6 abuse counselors or program administrators under chapter 321,
 
 7 [and] physicians who hold a current American Society of Addiction
 
 8 Medicine certificate[.], and psychologists who hold a current
 
 9 certification from the American Psychological Association College
 
10 of Professional Psychology in the treatment of alcohol and other
 
11 psychoactive substance use disorders."
 
12      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
13 New statutory material is underscored.
 
14      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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16                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________