The Bermuda Addictions Certification Board (BACB) was created in 1997 as a non-profit organization whose mandate is to protect the public and to ensure the availability of a highly skilled and professionally credentialed workforce governed by uniform professional standards. BACB is committed to ensuring that the men and women who work to prevent and counsel for addiction related problems meet rigorous, quality standards reflecting competency based knowledge, skills and attitudes.
BACB MISSION STATEMENT
The Bermuda Addiction Certification Board’s mandate is to protect the public by ensuring the availability of a highly-skilled and professionally credentialed workforce governed by uniform professional standards.
BACB VISION STATEMENT
To provide consumer protection by assuring quality care through high standards of competency, evidenced based practices, professional conduct, and education of addiction professionals.
The BACB is a Member Board of the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC). The BACB believes that the IC&RC credentialing process is based on the highest standards set by professionals in the addiction field. The credentialing process requires specific education, training and supervised practice as preparation for a written examination and a Case Presentation Oral Examination. The BACB sought membership in IC&RC in order to use this process to certify treatment and prevention professionals practicing in Bermuda.
This membership provides reciprocity for Bermuda’s addictions professionals by enabling their credentials to be recognized by other IC&RC Member Boards worldwide. The IC&RC certification process will enable Bermuda’s alcohol and other drug Counselors, clinical supervisors and prevention specialists to be recognized as able to demonstrate the professional practice competencies for provision of quality substance abuse services. In March 2000, Addiction Counselors were included in the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Amendment Act 2000, as a sub- group of professionals registered to practice in Bermuda under the Ministry of Health.
INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION AND RECIPROCITY CONSORTIUM (IC&RC)
IC&RC MISSION STATEMENT
IC&RC protects the public by establishing standards and facilitating reciprocity for the credentialing of addiction-related professionals.
IC&RC VISION STATEMENT
IC&RC will continue to be the global resource for the highest standards in addiction-related behavioral healthcare credentialing.