The certificate is the counselor’s passport to relocation through application for reciprocity to any member board with ICRC. Each member board of ICRC accepts the certificate of another member board which may require other qualifications. This process creates a new level of mobility for the professional counselor.
The certification provided through CCBADC will provide public assurance that certified counselors have demonstrated an appropriate level of knowledge and skills to perform competently in all treatment modalities.
The first step towards certification is acquiring the certification manual, which contains:
- Academic Requirements
- Procedures
- Forms
- Portfolio & Examination Schedules
- Fees
All CCBADC manuals are available on our website, please click here for forms/docs. To order study guides or the Global Criteria Book click the link below. Fill out the form, print and mail it with a check or money order to 3400 Bradshaw Road Suite A-5 Sacramento CA 95827 or it can be faxed with credit card authorization to (916) 368-9424. If you have further certification questions please email the Certification Administrator. Please do not fax completed manuals to the office, original documents are required.
Please visit our forms section for the application materials and products order forms.
NOTE: RADI is renamed “CADCA” Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor Associate
Certified Prevention Specialist
Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor Associate (formally RADI)In order for an individual to advance from a CADCA to the next step, which is the Oral review exam, requires that CADCA be current and in good standing.
Certfied Alcohol and Drug Counselor I
Certfied Alcohol and Drug Counselor II
Testing In (CADC I)
Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS)
CA CCS Credential
Certified Criminal Justice Addiction Professional (CCJP)
CCBADC Reciprocity Information:
RECIPROCITY INTO the California Certification Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CCBADC) who are currently certified by an IC&RC member board who relocate to California may transfer their credential to (CADC II) using the reciprocity process. However, if you have not taken the Oral Examination, you will be required to do so in California. Otherwise, there are no additional requirements will have to be met by the certified professional using this process to transfer their credential to California (CCBADC). To begin the reciprocity process, certified addiction professionals must do the following:
Those who HAVE taken the Oral Review Examination:
- Contact your current credentialing board and request a reciprocity application.
- Upon completion of the reciprocity application by both the certified addiction professional and the current credentialing board and upon receipt of this information by CCBADC, we will then issue the certified addiction professional the equivalent credential offered by our California organization.
Those who have HAVE NOT taken the Oral Review Examination:
- Contact your current credentialing board and request a reciprocity application.
- Upon completion of the reciprocity application by both the certified addiction professional and the current credentialing board and upon receipt of this information by CCBADC, we will then provide you an application for submission to take the Oral Review Examination
- Once the application is submitted along with the required testing fee’s the office will schedule you for the Oral Review Examination.
- Once you pass the examination the office will issue you the Certified Alcohol/Drug Counselor, Level II (CADC II) certificate.
RECIPROCITY OUT OF CCBADC those certified by CCBADC who relocate to another state, country, or nation may transfer their credential to the new jurisdiction using the reciprocity process only if the new jurisdiction is an IC&RC member board. Reciprocity to a non-IC&RC member board is not permitted. Additional requirements may be imposed upon the certified addiction professional depending on the laws and regulations governing the practice of addiction related services in the new jurisdiction. Therefore, certified addiction professionals are strongly encouraged to contact the IC&RC member board in the new jurisdiction to determine if any additional requirements must be met. To begin the reciprocity process, certified addiction professionals must CCBADC and request a reciprocity application. Upon completion of the reciprocity application by both the certified addiction professional and CCBADC and upon receipt of this information by the certification board in the new jurisdiction, that board will then issue the certified addiction professional the equivalent credential offered unless laws or regulations governing the practice of addiction related services in the new jurisdiction are required. The board that you are requesting a reciprocal credential will notify you of additional requirements that must be met.
