Certified Prevention Specialist Standards

The minimum standards for the Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS) reciprocal credential is listed below.  Note that each Member Board may have higher standards for this credential.  Please see our Member Board page for contact information.
 

Experience

2000 hours of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD) prevention work experience.

Education

100 hours of prevention specific education.  Fifty hours of this education must be ATOD specific.  Six hours must be specific to prevention ethics.  One hour of education is equal to 50 minutes of continuous instruction.

Supervision

120 hours specific to the IC&RC prevention domains with a minimum of ten hours in each domain.

Examination

Applicants must pass the IC&RC International Written Prevention Specialist Examination.

Code of Ethics

Applicants must sign a prevention specific code of ethics statement or affirmation statement.

Recertification

40 hours of continuing education earned every two years.