If you have passed your certification exam at the state level and if your state uses the NAADAC exam, you may already have satisfied the National Certification Commission for Addiction Professionals (NCC AP) exam requirements.  Depending upon which state you hold a license or certification in, you may be eligible to submit the passing score from your state examination to apply to your national certification, without retesting.

Several state certifying boards use the NCC AP written examination as their own, due to the high standards of knowledge and security of our tests. If you hold a state license or certification in any of these states, your passing score within the past four years is applicable to our national credentials, and you do not have to take the written examination again.

Complete List of States Using the NAADAC/NCC Examination

If your credential is from one of the states on this list then you can print and fill out the application form for the NCAC I, NCAC II or the MAC. 

If you have passed your certification exam at the state level, but your certification board is not on this list, you must take the national level examination.