On April 1, 2005 the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (DADP) officially implemented its Counselor Certification Regulations, marking the first time in the Department’s history that staff in licensed and certified facilities be required to demonstrate any qualifications to treat addiction.

CAADAC recently requested that Assembly Bill 1141 be pulled from committee by its author, Mervyn Dymally. This voluntary action by the association has been made as a gesture of good will so that the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs can be given an appropriate time interval for working through implementation issues for its recently approved certification regulations.