Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3042 – License requirements; professional designation
(a) No person shall hold himself or herself out to the public as a licensed chemical dependency professional or present, call or represent himself or herself as a licensed chemical dependency professional unless licensed under this chapter.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3042
- Chemical dependency professional: is a person who uses addiction counseling methods to assist an individual or group to develop an understanding of alcohol and drug dependency problems, define goals, and plan action reflecting the individual's or group's interest, abilities and needs as affected by addiction problems. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3041
- Licensed chemical dependency professional: is a person who holds a current, valid license issued pursuant to this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3041
- Person: means a corporation, company, association and partnership, as well as an individual. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3002
(b) No person shall assume, represent that person’s own self as or use the title of “licensed chemical dependency professional,” or any of the abbreviations of the above title unless licensed under this chapter and unless the title of designation corresponds to the license held by the person pursuant to this chapter.
(c) A licensed chemical dependency professional pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or the licensed chemical dependency professional’s employee, shall not disclose any confidential information that the counselor or the counselor’s employee may have required while performing alcohol and drug counseling services for a patient unless in accordance with the federal regulation regarding the Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records pursuant to 42 C.F.R. § 2.1 et seq.
74 Del. Laws, c. 355, § ?12; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 75 Del. Laws, c. 83, § ?1;