Check your state's rules before you start. New Jersey, Utah, and Arizona require licenses. Pennsylvania only if you're getting referrals from state facilities. About 40 other states don't require certification at all.
New Jersey; Utah; Arizona.
Only if you want referrals from state-licensed facilities (e.g., treatment programs, outpatient programs).
About "40 plus" states (speaker's phrasing).
And then lastly, you just want to look at the regulatory landscape. There are some states where a license is required. That'd be New Jersey, Utah, and Arizona. In some areas, like Pennsylvania, you would only need a license if you wanted to get referrals from state licensed facilities. Again, like treatment programs, outpatient programs, things like that. But other than that, you typically don't need a license outside of those three states. It's very possible you don't even need a certification in the majority of states in like 40 plus states in the U.S. the certification is optional or non existent. And so just know what the lay of land is. If you're going to Arizona, for instance, we'd absolute need a license. Is it hard to get? Not necessarily. We've walked students through that. But it's just something to know moving forward.
