Ala. Admin. Code r. 580-9-47-.07

Personnel Management

This regulation establishes personnel qualifications for substance abuse prevention provider organizations operating under the Alabama Department of Mental Health. It sets minimum education, experience, and certification requirements for chief executive officers, financial accounting staff, prevention directors/coordinators, and prevention services providers. Organizations must also maintain an organizational chart showing lines of supervision and functional responsibilities.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 580-9-47-.07 - Personnel Management 

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(1)

 General Staff. 
(a)
 The chief executive
 officer/director of a prevention provider organization shall be a full-time
 employee possessing: 
1.
 At least a
 baccalaureate in an administrative or mental health related field with at least
 three years of progressive managerial experience in either substance abuse
 treatment or prevention; or

2.
 Be
 certified as a Prevention Manager by an independent certification board
 offering a credential approved by the Substance Abuse Services Division of the
 State Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation.

(b)
 The financial accounting operations of a
 service provider organization with a total annual budget exceeding $500,000
 shall be supervised by a full-time employee, or a contracted service provider
 who has the following qualifications:
1.
 At
 least a bachelor's degree in accounting or business, finance, management,
 public administration, with accounting courses; and

2.
 At least two years accounting
 experience.

(c)
 The
 financial accounting operations of a service provider organization with a total
 annual budget less than $500,000 shall be supervised by an employee or
 contracted service who/which has the following qualifications: 
 
1.
 Demonstrated familiarization with
 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and;

2.
 At least two (2) years
 accounting/bookkeeping experience.

(d)
 The provider shall have an organizational
 chart depicting functional areas of responsibility and lines of
 supervision.

(2)

 Prevention Staff.
(a)
 The Prevention
 Director/Coordinator shall meet any one or more of the following: 
 
1.
 Have a master's degree in a human services
 or related field and one years experience in the field of substance abuse
 prevention (may complete one prevention course at a State Alcohol and Drug
 Studies School within one year of employment in lieu of one years experience);
 or

2.
 Be certified as either a
 Prevention Manager or a Prevention Specialist by an independent certification
 board offering a credential approved by the Substance Abuse Services Division
 of the State Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation; or

3.
 Have a baccalaureate degree in a human
 services or related field and two years experience in the field of substance
 abuse, one of which shall be in prevention.

(b)
 All Prevention Services Providers shall
 meet any one or more of the following:
1.
 The
 same requirements as in
 
580-9-47-.07
(1)
 
 above; or

2.
 Be certified as an
 Associate Prevention Specialist by an independent certification board offering
 a credential approved by the Substance Abuse Services Division of the State
 Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation.

3.
 An individual who does not meet the
 requirements listed in
 
580-9-47-.07
(2)(b)1.
 
 or 2. may provide prevention services under the following conditions: 
 
i.
 Be under the direct supervision of an
 individual meeting the above requirements; and

ii.
 Be in a structured and documented
 training program that will lead to meeting the above requirements within one
 year of employment. (All work performed by such individuals who fail to meet
 the above requirements within one year of employment are subject to a charge
 back.) 
 
Author:
 Division of Substance Abuse
 Services

Notes

Ala. Admin. Code
 r. 
580-9-47-.07

New Rule: Filed January 27,
 2000; effective March 2, 2000.

Statutory Authority:

Code of Ala.
 1975
, §
 
22-50-11
.

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