La. Rev. Stat. § 37:369 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 369
Out-of-state registered barbers; qualifications for examination; reciprocity
Status: in_force

A. Any person possessed of the following qualifications other than a barber who is covered by reciprocity as provided for in Subsection B of this Section, upon payment of the fee provided in R.S. 37:375 and upon his application, shall be examined by the board to determine his qualifications to receive a certificate of registration to practice barbering in this state:

(1) Be at least seventeen years old.

(2) Be of good moral character and temperate habits.

(3) Have a diploma showing graduation from high school or have an equivalent education as determined by an examination conducted by the board.

(4) Proves to the board's satisfaction by sworn affidavits or otherwise that he has practiced as a licensed barber in another state or country immediately prior to making application in this state.

B.(1) A person currently holding a license to engage in barbering issued to him by a proper authority of a state, territory, or possession of the United States of America or the District of Columbia and who in the opinion of the board otherwise meets the requirements of this Chapter upon application may be licensed without further examination if the person holds a certificate issued by a state, territory, or possession of the United States of America or the District of Columbia that has requirements for the certificate that are equivalent to or exceed the requirements of this state and that has similar reciprocal provisions for holders of certificates issued by this state.

(2) The applicant shall submit an application to the board on a form prescribed by the board.

(3) A current Louisiana certificate shall be issued to the applicant on compliance with this Subsection and the payment of the applicable certification fee as determined by the board.

(4) A certificate granted under this Subsection shall allow the holder to engage in the practice of barbering for compensation.

(5) The holder of this certificate is subject to the renewal procedures and fees prescribed by this Chapter.

Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 424, §7; Acts 1984, No. 238, §1; Acts 2024, No. 140, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:117 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 117
Right to question the review panel
Status: in_force

After submission of all evidence and upon ten days' notice to the other side, either party may convene the panel at a time and place agreeable to the members of the panel. Either party may question the panel concerning any matters relevant to issues to be decided by the panel before the issuance of its report. The chairman of the panel shall preside at all meetings and meetings shall be informal.

Acts 1997, No. 747, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1459 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1459
Real estate activity; unlicensed persons
Status: in_force

A.(1) In addition to any other civil remedy or civil penalty provided for in this Chapter, the commission may issue a subpoena to any person or persons who the commission has probable cause to believe has engaged in real estate activity without a currently valid license.

(2) Subpoenas issued by the commission shall comply with the notice requirements of R.S. 49:975. These subpoenas shall be served upon the unlicensed individual personally or by any type of mailing requiring a return receipt and shall include a statement of the manner in which the unlicensed person shall be required to respond to the commission.

B. The commission may impose a civil penalty of no more than five thousand dollars upon any unlicensed person who, after a hearing or informal resolution in accordance with all provisions of this Chapter and the Administrative Procedure Act, is found to have engaged in real estate activity without the benefit of a currently valid license having been issued by the commission pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter. In addition, the commission may assess costs and attorney fees against the unlicensed person found to have been engaged in real estate activity without a current license.

C. The fact that any person engages in or performs or offers to engage in or perform any of the practices, acts, or operations constituting "real estate activity" as set forth in R.S. 37:1431 is prima facie evidence that such person is engaged in the illegal practice of real estate.

D. No person engaged in real estate activity without a currently valid license shall have the right to receive any compensation for services so rendered. In addition to any other penalties imposed under R.S. 37:1455 and 1458, the commission may require that any person engaged in real estate activity without a license return any fees collected for engaging in real estate activity.

Acts 2003, No. 713, §1; Acts 2006, No. 343, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:56 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 56
Appeal
Status: in_force

A. An applicant may appeal a board's decision to a court of general jurisdiction.

B. An applicant may appeal any of the following:

(1) The board's denial of an occupational license or certification.

(2) The board's determination of the occupation or certification.

(3) The board's determination of the similarity of the scope of practice of the occupational license or certification issued.

Acts 2024, No. 253, §1; Acts 2024, No. 568, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:711.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 711.8
Powers of the board
Status: in_force

A. The board shall have the power to make, adopt, amend, and promulgate bylaws not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state, which may be reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its duties, and the regulation of the proceedings before it. The board shall adopt and have an official seal, which shall be affixed to all licenses and certificates issued.

B.(1) Each member of the board shall have power to administer oaths, and the board shall have power to subpoena witnesses and compel the production of books and papers pertinent to any investigation, hearing, or disciplinary or enforcement proceeding authorized by this Chapter, and any employee of the board engaged in such investigation, hearing, or disciplinary or enforcement proceeding shall have the power to administer oaths to and take the depositions of persons pertaining to any investigation, hearing, or disciplinary or enforcement proceeding.

(2) The board may require any law enforcement officer or any state agency, the sheriffs of the various parishes, or constables, marshals, or other law enforcement officers of any parish or municipality to serve such subpoenas and other process of said board. Whenever parish, municipal, or other local officers are required to serve such subpoenas or other process of the board, they shall be paid the same fees by the board as are provided by law for similar services under processes issued by district courts.

(3)(a) Any person who shall fail to appear in response to a subpoena or to answer any question or produce any books or papers pertinent to any such investigations, hearings, or disciplinary or enforcement proceedings or who shall knowingly give false testimony therein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the actions, sanctions, and penalties provided by this Chapter.

(b) In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any district court within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on, or within the jurisdiction of which said person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found, or resides, or transacts business upon application by the board, shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring such person to appear before the board, its member, or agent, and to produce evidence, if so ordered, or there to give testimony relating to the matter under consideration or in question; and any failure to obey such order of court may be punished by said court as a contempt thereof.

C.(1) The board shall adopt, promulgate, and enforce rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, which may be reasonably necessary for the protection of the public and proper administration of this Chapter. These rules and regulations shall be binding upon all applicants, licensed geologists and geologists-in-training, including all geoscience firms. These rules and regulations shall be made known, in writing, to every applicant, licensee, and certificate holder under this Chapter. The board may revise and amend these rules and regulations from time to time, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, and shall notify each licensee and certificate holder in writing or by notice in the official journal of the board of such revision or amendment.

(2) The board may establish, adopt, promulgate, and publish rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, concerning the procurement of professional geoscientific services.

D. The board is hereby authorized in its own name to apply for relief by injunction in the established manner provided in cases of civil procedure to enforce the provisions of this Chapter, or to restrain any violation thereof. In such proceedings, it shall be unnecessary to allege or prove that either an adequate remedy at law does not exist or that substantial or irreparable damage would result from the continued violation thereof.

E. The board may subject an applicant to such examinations as it deems necessary to determine his qualifications. In the event a question arises as to the competence of a licensee or certificate holder in a specific technical field which cannot be otherwise resolved to the board's satisfaction, the board, either upon request of the licensee or certificate holder or on its own volition, may submit the licensee or certificate holder to appropriate examinations.

F. The board, by rule or regulation adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, may create license or renewal rules for licensees and former licensees, and may establish classifications of licensure including but not limited to active, expired, inactive, and retired classifications.

Acts 2010, No. 974, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:696 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 696
Certificates and licenses; seals and stamps
Status: in_force

A. The board shall issue a license or certificate, as appropriate, containing such information and in the format as the board shall specify, in its discretion, to each engineer, land surveyor, engineer intern, land surveyor intern, and firm.

B. The board shall adopt rules and regulations providing for and governing the use of seals and stamps.

Acts 1980, No. 568, §1; Acts 1997, No. 361, §1; Acts 1999, No. 396, §1; Acts 2003, No. 279, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2358 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2358
License; filing
Status: in_force

The board shall issue a license signed by the chairman, vice chairman, and all members of the board whenever a candidate for licensure is found to be qualified as provided in this Chapter. A copy of such license, so certified by the vice chairman as a true copy, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of the state of Louisiana by the administrative assistant of the board. Any filing fees in connection with such filing shall be paid, in advance, to the administrative assistant of the board by the person being licensed.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 347, §8; Acts 1987, No. 915, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1114 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1114
Privileged communications
Status: in_force

Testimonial privileges, exceptions, and waiver with respect to communications between a licensed professional counselor or a provisional licensed professional counselor and his client are governed by the Louisiana Code of Evidence.

Acts 1987, No. 892, §1, eff. July 20, 1987; Acts 1992, No. 376, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 2014, No. 484, §1, eff. May 1, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2454 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2454
Acts prohibited
Status: in_force

No person may:

(1) Sell, barter or offer to sell or barter a license or certificate.

(2) Purchase or procure by barter a license or certificate with intent to use it as evidence of the holder's qualification to the fitting and selling of hearing aids.

(3) Alter materially a license or certificate with fraudulent intent.

(4) Use or attempt to use as a valid license or a certificate, one which has been purchased, fraudulently obtained, counterfeited or materially altered.

(5) Willfully make a false, material statement in an application for registration or for renewal of a license or certificate.

Acts 1968, No. 302, §14, eff. Jan. 1, 1969.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2952 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2952
Failure to pay child support; effect on trade, occupation, and professional licensing
Status: in_force

A. Regardless of requirements for the issuance or renewal of a trade, occupational, or professional license or grounds for suspension or revocation thereof, all trade, occupational, or professional licensees are subject to the provisions of R.S. 9:315.30 et seq., suspension of license for nonpayment of child support.

B. The legislature recognizes the judicial power vested in the state supreme court pursuant to Article V, Section 1 of the Constitution of Louisiana and, accordingly, urges and requests the supreme court to adopt rules and regulations effecting the suspension of licenses to practice law consistent with the provisions of R.S. 9:315.30 et seq. In cases wherein the obligor is an attorney licensed to practice law in this state, a judgment or order indicating noncompliance with an order of support shall be mailed to the state supreme court and the Louisiana State Bar Association.

Acts 1995, No. 1078, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3130 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3130
Absentee bidder; consignor or property owner; public notice required
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary, an auctioneer may bid on behalf of an absentee bidder for the protection of a consignor or owner of property sold or offered for sale at an auction. Prior to the commencement of the auction, the auctioneer shall provide public notice of the right and intention of the auctioneer to bid by printing such notice in the auction catalogue, other printed matter on the auction, or any newspaper advertisements publicizing the event or by announcing at the opening of the auction the intention to bid. In addition to the requirement for prior notice of intention of the auctioneer to bid as provided herein, written notice of the intention of the auctioneer to bid at an auction shall be openly displayed on the auction premises during the auction. Failure to provide this notice or to make the announcement shall nullify the sale.

Acts 1986, No. 564, §4, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 2003, No. 1111, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1370 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1370
Renewals
Status: in_force

Every holder of a license or endorsement of such license issued under this Chapter shall renew his license and, if applicable, endorsement each year by payment of the annual renewal fee established by the board pursuant to R.S. 37:1371.

Amended by Acts 1964, No. 498, §1; Acts 1995, No. 824, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1444 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1444
Broker, place of business; branch office license
Status: in_force

The business address registered by a broker with the commission shall be considered as the place of business from which the broker will conduct real estate activities requiring licensing in Louisiana. If a broker conducts business from more than one place of business, a branch office license shall be required for each place of business maintained by the broker.

Acts 1978, No. 514, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1207, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2650 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2650
Legislative purpose
Status: in_force

The legislature declares that it is a policy of this state that the practice of speech-language pathology and audiology is a privilege granted to qualified individuals and that, in order to safeguard the public health, safety, and welfare, to protect the public from incompetent, unscrupulous, and unauthorized persons, and from unprofessional conduct by speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech-language pathology assistants, it is necessary to provide regulatory authority over persons offering speech-language pathology and audiology services to the public.

Acts 1995, No. 892, §2; Acts 2020, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 37, §1, eff. July 1, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2861 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2861
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Polysomnographic Practice Act".

Acts 2005, No. 272, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:798 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 798
Direct primary care agreement with a dental practice
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Section, the following words have the meanings ascribed to them unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Board" means the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry.

(2) "Dentist" means a person licensed to practice dentistry in this state.

(3) "Direct dental practice" means a dentist or dental practice of a dentist that charges a periodic fee for dental services and which does not bill a third party, including any entity subject to regulation under Title 22 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, for any additional fee for services for patients covered under a direct primary care agreement. The per-visit charge of the practice shall be less than the monthly equivalent of the periodic fee.

(4) "Direct primary care agreement" means a written agreement between a direct dental practice and a patient or his or her legal representative whereby the direct dental practice agrees to provide dental services to the patient for an agreed-upon fee and period of time.

B. A direct primary care agreement that complies with the provisions of this Section is not health or dental insurance and is not subject to the provisions or regulations provided for under Title 22 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

C. A patient or legal representative shall not forfeit any insurance benefits, Medicaid benefits, or Medicare benefits by purchasing healthcare services or products outside the system.

D. A direct dental practice offering, marketing, selling, or entering into a direct primary care agreement shall not be required to obtain a certificate of authority or license other than to maintain a current license to practice dentistry in this state.

E. To be considered a direct primary care agreement for the purposes of this Section, the agreement shall satisfy all of the following:

(1) Be in writing.

(2) Be signed by a dentist, or agent of the dentist, and the patient, or his legal representative.

(3) Allow either party to terminate the agreement upon written notice of at least thirty days to the other party.

(4) Describe the scope of dental services that are covered by the periodic fee.

(5) Specify the periodic fee and any additional fees outside of the periodic fee for ongoing dental services.

(6) Specify the duration of the agreement and any automatic renewal periods and require that no more than twelve months of the periodic fee be paid in advance.

(7) Prominently state in writing that is conspicuously visible and in bold font all of the following:

(a) The agreement does not constitute health or dental insurance under the laws of this state.

(b) Patients insured by health insurance plans that are compliant with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may already have coverage for pediatric dental benefits.

(c) Payments made by a patient for services rendered under a direct primary care agreement may not count toward the patient's health insurance deductibles and maximum out-of-pocket expenses.

(d) A patient is encouraged to consult with the patient's health insurance plan before entering into the agreement and receiving care.

(8) Provide that, upon termination of the agreement by the patient, all unearned fees are to be returned to the patient.

F. A direct dental practice may accept payment of periodic fees directly or indirectly from third parties. A direct dental practice may accept a periodic fee paid by an employer on behalf of an employee who is a direct patient. However, a dental practice shall not enter into a contract with an employer relating to the direct primary care agreements between the direct dental practice and employees of that employer other than to establish the timing and method of the payment of the periodic fee by the employer.

G. A direct dental practice shall not decline to accept a new direct primary care patient or discontinue care to an existing patient solely because of a patient's health status, race, religion, national origin, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, education, or economic status. A direct dental practice may decline to accept a patient if either:

(1) In the dentist's opinion, the patient's health condition is such that the provider is unable to provide the appropriate level and type of dental services the patient requires.

(2) The dental practice has reached its maximum capacity.

H. A direct dental practice may discontinue care for patients under the direct primary care agreement under any of the following conditions:

(1) The patient fails to pay the periodic fee.

(2) The patient has performed an act of fraud concerning the direct primary care agreement.

(3) The patient repeatedly fails to adhere to the recommended treatment plan.

(4) The patient is abusive or presents an emotional or physical danger to the staff or other patients of the dental practice.

(5) The direct dental practice discontinues operation as a dental practice.

I. A direct dental practice shall not:

(1) Enter into a participating provider contract with any health or dental insurance issuer or with any health or dental insurance issuer's contractor or subcontractor to provide healthcare or dental services through a direct agreement except as set forth in Subsection J of this Section.

(2) Submit a claim for payment to any health or dental insurance issuer or any health or dental insurance issuer's contractor or subcontractor for healthcare or dental services provided to direct patients as covered by their direct agreement.

(3) Pay for healthcare or dental services covered by a direct agreement rendered to direct patients by providers other than the providers in the direct practice or their employees, except as described in Subsection J of this Section.

J. A direct dental practice may:

(1) Enter into a participating provider contract with a health or dental insurance issuer for purposes other than payment of claims for services provided to direct patients through a direct agreement. Such dentists shall be subject to all other provisions of the participating provider contract applicable to participating providers.

(2) Pay for charges associated with:

(a) Dispensing, at no additional cost to the direct patient, of prescription drugs prescribed by the direct provider in accordance with state law and regulations promulgated by the board.

(b) Dental laboratory products ordered for a direct patient.

(3) Charge an additional fee to direct patients for supplies, medications, materials, and devices provided to direct patients that are specifically excluded under the agreement, provided the direct practice notifies the direct patient of the additional charge, prior to their administration or delivery.

K. The board may promulgate all rules and regulations that are necessary and proper to effectuate the provisions of this Section.

L. A violation of this Section shall constitute unprofessional conduct under R.S. 37:775 and result in sanctions by the board as authorized in this Chapter.

Acts 2019, No. 55, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1221 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1221
Unlawful operation
Status: in_force

A. No person shall open, establish, operate, or maintain a pharmacy located within this state unless the pharmacy is issued a permit by the board.

B. No out-of-state pharmacy providing pharmacy services to residents of this state shall open, establish, operate, or maintain a pharmacy located out-of-state unless the pharmacy is issued a permit by the board.

C. No permit to operate a pharmacy shall be granted or renewed unless evidence satisfactory to the board ensures that a pharmacist in the state where the permit is issued and pharmacy is located will be on duty during normal hours as administratively defined.

Acts 1999, No. 767, §§1, 3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1735 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1735
Immunity from liability for volunteer firemen
Status: in_force

A. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of Louisiana that volunteer firefighting is vital to public safety. A decline in the number of volunteer firefighters represents a threat to the public. It is therefore in the best interest of the public for Louisiana to encourage its citizens to participate in volunteer firefighting by providing such volunteers immunity from civil liability.

B. A volunteer fireman shall not be individually liable for civil damages as a result of acts or omissions when performing any of the following acts:

(1) Rendering firefighting emergency or rescue services while in the performance of his duties at the scene of an emergency.

(2) Conducting normal functions of the fire department or organization as defined by Subsection E of this Section.

C. The immunity provided by Paragraph (B)(2) of this Section shall apply only to liability for civil damages as a result of acts or omissions resulting in injury or death of another volunteer fireman or damage to his property.

D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any of the following:

(1) Travel by a volunteer fireman while in a personal vehicle, including but not limited to travel to and from the scene of a fire, emergency, or rescue.

(2) Damages caused by the intentional act or omission or gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct of the volunteer fireman.

E. As used in this Section:

(1) "Normal function" means any of the following:

(a) Training sponsored by the fire department or organization.

(b) Preparation for and maintenance requirements of the Louisiana Property Insurance fire suppression rating.

(c) Maintenance of all fire suppression equipment and emergency or rescue service equipment.

(2) "Volunteer fireman" means any person who is a member of an organized volunteer fire department and who acts according to his duties as a firefighter, as assigned by the fire department or organization or its employees or agents.

Acts 1986, No. 601, §1; Acts 1987, No. 687, §1; Acts 1992, No. 610, §1, eff. July 2, 1992; Acts 2013, No. 196, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1176 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1176
Removal
Status: in_force

A. A board member may be removed upon one or more of the following grounds:

(1) The refusal or inability for any reason to perform his duties as a member of the board in an efficient, responsible, and professional manner.

(2) The misuse of office to obtain personal, pecuniary, or material gain or advantage for himself or another through such office.

(3) The violation of the laws governing the practice of pharmacy or the distribution of drugs or devices.

B. Removal of a member of the board shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act or other applicable laws.

C. The governor may remove any member of the board for good cause.

Amended by Acts 1974, No. 691, §1; Acts 1999, No. 767, §1; Acts 2022, No. 271, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3388.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3388.1
Counselor-in-training renewal
Status: in_force

A. Each counselor-in-training may renew his status every twelve months. Each renewal shall be for a twelve-month period.

B. Within the twelve-month period provided for in Subsection A of this Section, each counselor-in-training shall provide to the board documentation of successfully completing a minimum of twenty board-approved continuing educational hours or documentation that the counselor-in-training has been actively engaged in pursuing a degree from an accredited institution of higher learning in a human services or behavioral science discipline, or such other discipline or disciplines as the board may designate.

C. The documentation required by Subsection B of this Section shall be provided on a form and in a manner prescribed by the board.

D. Failure to renew his status shall not disqualify an individual from re-applying for counselor-in-training status.

E. Individuals who, prior to July 8, 2004, had never maintained counselor-in-training status and who, after July 8, 2004, make their initial application for, and are granted, counselor-in-training status, shall be allowed to maintain the counselor-in-training status for an aggregate period not to exceed seventy-two months.

F. Individuals who, at any time prior to July 8, 2004, had maintained counselor-in-training status for an aggregate period equal to or less than sixty months, and who, after July 8, 2004, renew or re-apply for that status, shall be allowed to maintain the counselor-in-training status for an aggregate period not to exceed seventy-two months. In calculating the seventy-two month aggregate period provided for herein, the time in status prior to July 8, 2004, shall be included.

G. Individuals who, at any time prior to July 8, 2004, had maintained counselor-in-training status for an aggregate period in excess of sixty months, shall be allowed to renew or re-apply for counselor-in-training status for an additional twelve-month period.

Acts 2004, No. 803, §3, eff. July 8, 2004; Acts 2020, No. 328, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3351 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3351
Purpose
Status: in_force

The legislature hereby declares that in order to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state against the unauthorized, unqualified, and improper practice of respiratory therapy it is necessary to provide for the regulation of persons offering respiratory services to the public.

Acts 1985, No. 408, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2104 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2104
Organization of board; seal; administration of oaths; meetings; quorum; compensation
Status: in_force

The board of examiners shall annually elect one of its members as chairman, another as vice chairman, and one of its members as secretary, and it is authorized to select such other officers and employees, and adopt such rules which shall have the force and effect of law, as may be necessary for the efficient operation of the board. The board of examiners shall have an official seal and each member shall be empowered to administer oaths in the taking of testimony upon any matters pertaining to the functions of the board. The board of examiners shall meet annually on a date to be fixed by the board in its rules and bylaws and at such other times as may be deemed necessary by the chairman of the board for the efficient handling of business matters. Four members shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business. Each member of the board of examiners shall receive as compensation for his services a maximum of one hundred dollars per day when the board is in session, and in addition thereto his actual and necessary travel expenses. Membership on the board of a public employee shall not constitute dual office holding within the meaning of R.S. 42:61 et seq., or any other statute prohibiting dual office holding.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 371, §4. Acts 1959, No. 105, §1; Acts 1976, No. 472, §1; Acts 2009, No. 28, §1, eff. June 15, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3015 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3015
Advisory committee; meetings
Status: in_force

A statewide advisory committee established by the board in carrying out its duties pursuant to this Chapter may conduct and its members may attend and participate in a meeting via electronic means in accordance with R.S. 42:17.3.

Acts 2022, No. 408, §1; Acts 2023, No. 263, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:104 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 104
Duties of the society
Status: in_force

Within fifteen days of the receipt of the request for review, the society shall do the following:

(1) Confirm by mail to the claimant or the claimant's attorney that the filing has been officially received.

(2) Notify all named defendants that a filing has been made against them and a request made for the formation of a public accountant review panel and forward a copy of the request for review to each named defendant at his last and usual place of residence or his office.

(3) Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 611, §1.

Acts 1997, No. 747, §1; Acts 1999, No. 611, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3415.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3415.8
Owner requirements
Status: in_force

A. An appraisal management company applying for a license in this state shall not be owned by any person who has had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser, real estate broker or agent, mortgage broker, or mortgage originator, which combined are considered to be "real estate or lending-related licenses" refused, denied, suspended, canceled, surrendered in lieu of revocation, or revoked in the past in any state.

B. Any licensed appraisal management company with an owner or employee who is subsequently refused or denied a real estate or lending-related license in any state, shall notify the board in writing within ten days of such action.

C. Any licensed appraisal management company with an owner or employee whose real estate or lending-related license has been refused, denied, suspended, canceled, surrendered in lieu of revocation, or revoked subsequent to being registered shall notify the board in writing within ten days of such action.

D. Either refusal or revocation of any real estate or lending-related license in any state shall be grounds for denying renewal of the appraisal management company's license. However, failure to notify the board of refusal, suspension, revocation, or cancellation of the licenses within ten days of such action shall be cause for revocation of an appraisal management company's license.

E. Each person that has any ownership interest in an appraisal management company in this state shall comply with all of the following:

(1) Be of good moral character, as determined by the board.

(2) Submit to a background investigation, as determined by the board.

(3) Certify to the board that the person has never had a license to act as an appraiser refused, denied, canceled, suspended, surrendered in lieu of revocation, or revoked in this state or in any other state.

Acts 2009, No. 502, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2022, No. 415, §1, eff. June 15, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1745.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1745.17
Use of information
Status: in_force

Any information reported by a health care entity as required in this Part is intended to be used solely by the professional licensing board in furtherance of their statutory obligations.

Acts 2007, No. 274, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1174 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1174
Qualifications
Status: in_force

A. Each pharmacist member of the board shall at the time of appointment:

(1) Be a resident of this state for not less than six months.

(2) Be currently licensed to engage in the practice of pharmacy in this state.

(3) Be actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy in this state and may practice in and own a Louisiana-permitted pharmacy.

(4) Have two years of experience in the practice of pharmacy in this state after licensure.

(5) Shall not have been convicted of a felony.

(6) Shall not have been placed on probation by the board.

B.(1) The consumer member of the board shall possess all of the following qualifications:

(a) Is a citizen of the United States and has been a resident of Louisiana for at least one year immediately prior to appointment.

(b) Has attained the age of majority.

(c) Has never been licensed by any of the licensing boards identified in R.S. 36:259(A), nor shall he have a spouse who has ever been licensed by a board identified in R.S. 36:259(A).

(d) Has never been convicted of a felony.

(e) Does not have and has never had a material financial interest in the healthcare profession.

(2) The consumer member shall be a full voting member of the board with all rights and privileges conferred on board members, except that the consumer member shall not participate in the grading of individual examinations.

Acts 1999, No. 767, §1; Acts 2018, No. 515, §2; Acts 2019, No. 52, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1782 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1782
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part:

(1) "Applicable liabilities" include trade or other accounts payable; accrued sales, income, or other taxes; accrued expenses; and notes or other payables that are unsecured or secured in whole or part by current assets.

(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Office of Financial Institutions within the office of the governor.

(3) "Current assets" include an investment made in cash, bank deposits, merchandise inventory and loans due from customers, excluding the pawn service charge. The term does not include an investment made in any of the following:

(a) Fixed assets of real estate, furniture, fixtures, or equipment.

(b) Stocks, bonds or other securities.

(c) Prepaid expenses or other general intangibles.

(4) "Jewelry" means things consisting of precious stones and/or precious metals worn as adornment or apparel.

(5) "Law enforcement officer" means:

(a) The law enforcement officers of the office of state police and the probation and parole officers of the division of probation and parole of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

(b) The superintendent of the police of the city or town in which the pawnbroker maintains a pawnshop or his duly authorized designee having been so designated by title or position as one regularly responsible for the inspection and regulation of pawnshops or one designated in writing to enforce the provisions of this Part.

(c) The sheriff of the parish in which the pawnbroker maintains a pawnshop or his duly authorized designee having been so designated by title or position as one regularly responsible for the inspection and regulation of pawnshops or one designated in writing to enforce the provisions of this Part.

(6) "License" means the certificate of authority to operate a pawnshop as issued by the commissioner.

(7) "Maturity date" means the last date subsequent to the pawn transaction upon which the pledgor can redeem a pledged thing.

(8) "Month" means that period of time from one date in a calendar month to the corresponding date in the subsequent calendar month. If the subsequent calendar month has no corresponding date, the last day of the subsequent month shall be considered the corresponding date. In the event any period consists of more than one month and the last month has no corresponding date, the last day of the last month shall be considered the corresponding date.

(9) "Net assets" means the book value of current assets less applicable liabilities.

(10) "Pawnbroker" means a person who lends money on a deposit or pledge or who takes other things into possession as security for money advanced or who makes a public display at his place of business of the sign generally used by pawnbrokers to denote his business, namely, three gilt or yellow balls, or who publicly exhibits a sign that money is to be loaned on things on deposit.

(11) "Pawnshop" means the location at which, or premises upon which, a pawnbroker regularly conducts business.

(12) "Pawn transaction" means the lending of money on a deposit or pledge or taking other things into possession as security for money advanced. Any arrangement whereby a seller either reserves the right to redeem or repurchase a thing shall be considered a pawn transaction and the purchaser shall be subject to the provisions of this Part.

(13) "Person" means natural and juridical persons.

(14) "Personally identifiable information" with respect to each pawn transaction shall consist of the following:

(a) The pledgor's name and address.

(b) The pledgor's sex, race, and approximate height.

(c) The pledgor's date of birth.

(d) The distinctive number from the pledgor's Louisiana driver's license, driver's license from another state, international driver's license, passport, or identification by a government agency or the United States Postal Service.

(15) "Things" means any property, movable and immovable, corporeal and incorporeal, and rights therein.

(16) "Transactional information" with respect to each pawn transaction shall consist of the following:

(a) A clear and accurate description of the pledged things, including model and serial numbers if indicated on things.

(b) The date of the original pawn transaction.

(c) The maturity date of the original pawn transaction.

(d) The date and amount of each payment made on a pawn transaction, including any extensions made.

Acts 1993, No. 391, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 1062, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 2001, No. 8, §12, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 9, §5, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2004, No. 80, §1, eff. May 28, 2004; Acts 2006, No. 183, §1; Acts 2012, No. 144, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3278 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3278
Examination
Status: in_force

A. The board shall determine the scope, form, and content of the examinations for licensure. The examination, which shall be written, shall test the applicant's knowledge of the private security business and his ability to apply that knowledge and to assume responsible charge in the practice of private security.

B. All applicants for licensure, regardless of whether the applicant holds a valid license in a state which has comparable licensing requirements, are required to successfully pass the examination for licensure.

Acts 1984, No. 505, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 2014, No. 519, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:918 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 918
Duties and powers of the board
Status: in_force

The board shall:

(1) Establish and publish minimum curriculum requirements and standards for individuals seeking to be licensed under this Part.

(2) Approve nursing education programs whose graduates meet the licensing requirements of the board.

(3) Provide for hearings for nurse educational programs when approval is denied or withdrawn.

(4) Establish and publish standards of nursing practice and education in accordance with those developed and accepted by the profession.

(5) Examine, approve, renew, and reinstate licenses of duly qualified applicants and establish examination procedures for such purposes.

(6) Deny, revoke, suspend, probate, limit or otherwise restrict licenses of individuals who violate this Part.

(7) Provide procedure and conduct hearings for the discipline of individuals as needed and establish alternatives to the disciplinary process when considered appropriate by the board.

(8) Cause the prosecution of all persons violating any provision of this Part.

(9) Keep a record of all board proceedings.

(10) Publish an annual report for distribution to the governor and the legislature containing the activities of the board during the past year.

(11) Maintain a roster of all individuals licensed under this Part and annually prepare a roster of the names and addresses of all such licensees. A copy of the roster shall be made available to any individual requesting it upon payment of a fee established by the board as sufficient to cover the cost of copying the roster.

(12) Adopt and revise rules and regulations necessary to enable the board to implement this Part in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(13) Employ an executive director who holds a current license to practice nursing and other persons necessary to implement the board's directives, rules, and regulations and to assist the board in the implementation of this Part.

(14) Appoint an attorney at law to represent the board in all matters pertaining to the administration of the provisions of this Part, fix his compensation, and define his duties.

(15) Have all other powers necessary and proper to the performance of their duties, including but not limited to the power to subpoena.

(16) Have the authority to:

(a) Request and obtain state and national criminal history record information on any person applying for any license or permit which the board is authorized by law to issue, including permission to enroll as a student nurse in clinical nursing courses.

(b) Require any applicant for any license or permit, which the board is authorized to issue, including permission to enroll as a student in clinical nursing courses, to submit a full set of fingerprints, in a form and manner prescribed by the board, as a condition to the board's consideration of his or her application.

(c) Charge and collect from an applicant for any license or permit which the board is authorized to issue, including permission to enroll as a student in clinical nursing courses, in addition to all other applicable fees and costs, such amount as may be incurred by the board in requesting and obtaining criminal history record information on the applicant.

(d) Promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Paragraph.

(17) Have the authority and jurisdiction to regulate student nurses in the clinical phase of nursing education; however, nothing in this Part shall require the licensure by the board of student nurses during the clinical phase of their education.

(18) Develop, adopt, and revise rules and regulations governing scope of practice for advanced practice registered nurses including but not limited to prescriptive authority, the receipt and distribution of sample drugs and prepackaged drugs, and prescribing of legend and certain controlled drugs.

(19) Enforce the rules and regulations in place on the effective date of this Subsection until such time as the Board of Nursing promulgates rules and regulations in accordance with this Section.

(20) Have the authority to purchase, lease, maintain, or otherwise contract with respect to immovable property and improvements thereon as it may deem necessary or appropriate to accomplish the provisions of this Part. Additionally, the board shall have the authority to borrow funds with the approval of the State Bond Commission and to expend funds of the board for the acquisition of immovable property and improvements thereon. In the event that the board sells immovable property and improvements thereon, the revenue derived from the sale shall be retained by the board and shall not be subject to reversion to the state general fund.

(21) Have the authority to share any information in the custody of the board, including information not subject to the laws relative to public records pursuant to R.S. 44:4(9), with any regulatory or law enforcement agency upon written request of the regulatory or law enforcement agency.

Acts 1976, No. 351, §1; Acts 1995, No. 633, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 311, §1; Acts 1999, No. 315, §1, eff. June 16, 1999; Acts 2003, No. 957, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1094, §1, eff. July 2, 2003; Acts 2010, No. 943, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1343 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1343
Governmental official duties; professional service corporations
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Part shall be construed in such a way as to prohibit:

(1) Any legally qualified perfusionist employed by the United States government from engaging in the practice of perfusion while in the discharge of his official duties.

(2) One or more licensed perfusionists from forming a professional service corporation in accordance with the Professional Service Corporation Act.

(3) The monitoring of the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) circuit by a properly trained medical professional, in conjunction and with the consultation of a licensed perfusionist.

(4) Qualified health care providers who are not licensed perfusionists or provisional licensed perfusionists from performing autotransfusion under the direct or indirect supervision of a licensed perfusionist.

Acts 2003, No. 811, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2162 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2162
Joint venture
Status: in_force

When two or more persons bid, contract, or perform construction work as a joint venture on any project for which a contractor's license is required, the joint venture is required to be properly licensed by the board at the time of bid, contract, and performance of work in the classification for which the joint venture will perform work. This requirement applies to but is not limited to a corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, general partnership, and any other entity operating as a joint venture on a project for which a contractor's license is required from this board. This licensing requirement is required before persons or contractors are permitted to bid, contract, or perform work on a project for which a license is required regardless of whether they intended to operate as a joint venture.

Acts 1992, No. 681, §1, eff. July 6, 1992; Acts 1995, No. 808, §1; Acts 1997, No. 380, §1; Acts 1997, No. 772, §1; Acts 2001, No. 968, §1; Acts 2007, No. 398, §1; Acts 2009, No. 156, §1; Acts 2019, No. 371, §§1, 2; Acts 2020, No. 102, §1; Acts 2022, No. 195, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3503 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3503
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) "Applicant" means a person who seeks to be examined for licensure or certification by the board.

(2) "Board" means the Louisiana State Board of Private Investigator Examiners within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

(3) "Contract private investigator company" means any person engaged in the business of providing, or which undertakes to provide, an investigator on a contractual basis for another person.

(4) "Executive director" means the chief administrative officer of the board.

(5) "Licensee" means any person to whom a license is granted in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and who may certify the successful completion of the required minimum training for private investigator apprentices.

(6) "Person" means an individual, firm, association, company, partnership, corporation, nonprofit organization, or other legal entity.

(7) "Principal corporate officer" means the president, treasurer, secretary, or comptroller, or any other person who performs functions for the corporation corresponding to those performed by the foregoing officers.

(8)(a) "Private investigator" or "private detective" means any person who holds out to the general public and engages in the business of furnishing or who accepts employment to furnish information or who agrees to make or makes an investigation for the purpose of obtaining information with reference to the following:

(i) Crimes or wrongs committed.

(ii) Identity, habits, conduct, business, occupation, honesty, integrity, credibility, knowledge, trustworthiness, efficiency, loyalty, activity, movement, whereabouts, affiliations, associations, transactions, acts, reputation, or character of any person.

(iii) The location, disposition, or recovery of stolen property.

(iv) The cause or responsibility for fires, libels, losses, accidents, damages, or injuries to persons or to properties. However, scientific research laboratories, technical experts, and licensed engineers shall not be included in this definition.

(v) Securing evidence to be used before any court, board, officer, or investigative committee.

(b) This definition shall not include any of the following:

(i) Insurer employees or agents and insurance adjusters or claims agents who make appraisals for the monetary value or settlement of damages or monetary value or settlement of personal injuries.

(ii) An officer or employee of the United States, this state, or any political subdivision of either while such officer or employee is engaged in the performance of his official duties within the course and scope of his employment with the United States, this state, or any political subdivision.

(iii) A person engaged exclusively in the business of obtaining and furnishing information as to the financial rating or credit worthiness of persons.

(iv) An attorney at law licensed to practice in this state and his employees.

(v) Undercover agents working with the United States, this state, or any political subdivision while engaged in the performance of their official duties.

(vi) A person primarily engaged in the business of furnishing confidential information for the purposes of a consumer reporting agency, as defined by the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.

(vii) A person licensed by the Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners only when investigating at his place of employment during the performance of his duties pursuant to R.S. 37:3272(18).

(viii) A person or corporation which employs persons who do private investigative work in connection with the affairs of such employer exclusively and who have an employer-employee relationship with such employer. Neither such persons or corporations nor their employees shall be required to register or be licensed under this Chapter.

(ix) A person engaged as a professional employment screening consultant conducting a face to face interview with an applicant or candidate for employment.

(x) A certified public accountant licensed to practice in this state and his employees.

(9) "Registrant" means an individual who holds a valid registration card issued by the board.

(10) "Registration card" means the identification card issued by the board to a registrant as evidence that the registrant has met the required minimum qualifications to perform the duties of a private investigator or apprentice.

Acts 1992, No. 245, §2; Acts 1993, No. 972, §1; Acts 1997, No. 784, §1; Acts 1999, No. 675, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2651 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2651
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter:

(1) "ABA" means the American Board of Audiology.

(2) "ASHA" means the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

(3) "Audiologist" means any person who represents himself to the public by title or description of services, methods, or procedures as one who offers to provide or provides services involving the application of principles, methods, and procedures of the science and profession of audiology. An audiologist, by definition of scope of practice, may sell and dispense hearing aids, as defined by the United States Food and Drug Administration, in accordance with this Chapter.

(4) "Board" means the Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.

(5) "Licensed audiologist" means an individual who meets the qualifications for licensure as an audiologist in accordance with this Chapter and who holds a current, unsuspended, and unrevoked license issued by the board.

(6) "Licensed speech-language pathologist" means an individual who meets the qualifications for licensure as a speech -language pathologist under R.S. 37:2659(A) and who holds a current, unsuspended, and unrevoked license issued by the board. Unless otherwise specified, "licensed speech-language pathologist" shall not mean a person who has a provisional or restricted license issued under this Chapter.

(7) "Licensed speech-language pathology assistant" means an individual who meets the qualifications for licensure as a speech-language pathology assistant provided in R.S. 37:2659(D), holds a current, unsuspended, and unrevoked license issued by the board, works under the direct supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist in accordance with standards promulgated by the board, and performs only those duties specified in the rules and regulations established by the board.

(8) "Over-the-counter hearing aid" means a hearing instrument or hearing aid that meets the current United States Food and Drug Administration's requirements for this class of device and which may be dispensed or sold without a hearing assessment, licensed hearing instrument professional fitting and dispensing engagement, or return for credit privileges as provided by federal law.

(9) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity, except that only an individual shall be eligible for license or be issued a license under this Chapter.

(10) "Personal sound amplification product" means an amplification device, as defined by the United States Food and Drug Administration or the Federal Trade Commission that is not labeled as a hearing aid and is not intended to treat hearing loss.

(11)(a) "Practice of audiology" means providing or offering to provide to individuals or groups of individuals who have or are suspected of having disorders of the auditory system, which includes any service in audiology, including prevention, identification, evaluation, interpretation, counseling, consultation, habilitation, rehabilitation, instruction, supervision, or research. The practice of audiology shall also include audiology services for disorders of the vestibular system upon referral of a physician.

(b) An audiologist may engage in any task, procedure, act, or practice, including cerumen management, that is necessary for any of the following:

(i) The evaluation of hearing and the monitoring of auditory and vestibular neural functioning.

(ii) Training in the use of amplification, including classification of hearing aids and assistive listening devices.

(iii) Making of earmolds.

(iv) Fitting, dispensing, and selling of all classification of hearing aids.

(v) Conducting speech and language screening, which is limited to a pass or fail determination, for the purpose of identifying and referring individuals suspected of having disorders of communication.

(vi) Following guidelines adopted by the board for a thirty-day trial period on hearing aids dispensed.

(c) Any audiologist licensed to dispense hearing aids on or prior to the effective date of this Act may continue to dispense, provided he meets the guidelines for license renewal.

(d) Any audiologist who comes to this state from a state with similar dispensing qualifications as provided in this Chapter may apply to the board for reciprocity and thereafter meet the guidelines for license renewal.

(e), (f) Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 363, §2.

(g) The practice of audiology may include speech and language screening, limited to a pass or fail determination for the purpose of identifying and referring individuals suspected of having disorders of communication.

(12) "Practice of speech-language pathology" means providing, or offering to provide, to individuals or groups of individuals who have or are suspected of having disorders of communication, including speech, voice, language, or cognitive processes and disorders of oral-pharyngeal function, including dysphagia, any service in speech-language pathology including prevention, identification, evaluation, interpretation, counseling, consultation, habilitation, rehabilitation, instruction, supervision, and research. The practice of speech-language pathology may include performing a hearing screening limited to a pass/fail determination for the purpose of identifying or referring individuals suspected of having disorders of hearing.

(13) "Prescription hearing aid" means a hearing instrument or hearing aid that meets the United States Food and Drug Administration's requirements for this class of device and which requires both of the following:

(a) A hearing assessment and prescription for medically necessary hearing aids prior to purchase.

(b) A prescribed fitting and dispensing by a licensed audiologist or hearing instrument professional.

(14) "Provisional license" means a license issued by the board to an individual who meets the qualifications for provisional licensure established under R.S. 37:2659(B) and is practicing speech-language pathology or audiology while completing the postgraduate professional experience or examination as required by this Chapter. The provisional license holder may perform the practice of speech-language pathology or audiology only while under the supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist or audiologist in accordance with standards promulgated by the board.

(15) "Provisional speech-language pathology assistant license" means a license issued by the board to an individual who meets the qualifications for provisional licensure established in R.S. 37:2659(E), and works under the direct supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist in accordance with standards promulgated by the board and performs only those duties specified in the rules and regulations established by the board.

(16) "Restricted license" means a license issued to an individual who is certified by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education as a speech, hearing, and language specialist or the equivalent as defined by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education or as defined in R.S. 37:2659(C), wherein, the holder is authorized to perform the practice of speech-language pathology only while under the direct supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist, in accordance with standards promulgated by the board.

(17) "Speech-language pathologist" means any person who represents himself to the public by title or by description of services, methods, or procedures as one who offers to provide or provides services involving the application of principles, methods, and procedures of the science and profession of speech-language pathology.

(18) "Telehealth" or "telepractice" means the use of telehealth in the delivery of speech-language pathology or audiology services, regardless of where the services are rendered or delivered, constitutes the practice of speech-language pathology or audiology and shall require Louisiana licensure for in-state practitioners and telehealth registration for out-of-state practitioners.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 384, §1, eff. July 1, 1979; Acts 1995, No. 892, §2; Acts 2017, No. 146, §7; Acts 2025, No. 363, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2158 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2158
Revocation and suspension of licenses; issuance of cease and desist orders; debarment; violations; penalty; criminal penalty
Status: in_force

A. No person may engage in the business of contracting, or act as a contractor as defined in this Chapter, unless he holds an active license as a contractor in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. The board and residential subcommittee may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a license; issue cease and desist orders to stop work; issue fines and penalties; or debar any person licensed pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter for any of the following violations:

(1) Undertaking, attempting to, or submitting a price or bid; offering to construct, supervise, superintend, oversee, direct, or in any manner assume charge of the construction, alteration, repair, improvement, movement, demolition, putting up, tearing down; furnishing labor or furnishing labor together with material or equipment; or installing material or equipment for any building, highway, road, railroad, sewer grading, excavation, pipeline, public utility structure, project development, housing, or housing development, improvement, or any other construction undertaking without possessing a license for which a license is required or without possessing a license with the proper classification.

(2) Publishing, transmitting, distributing, or otherwise publicly circulating a misleading or false claim related to a person's license status or classification in any medium, including but not limited to digital platforms.

(3) Any dishonest or fraudulent act as a contractor which has caused damage to another, as adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(4) Bidding on, quoting, estimating, or performing a job for which a license is required, the licensee shall hold the classification for the majority of work performed.

(5) Misrepresentation of fact by an applicant in obtaining a license; misrepresentation of fact by an applicant or licensee in providing information, statements, or documents to the staff or board; deception by omission; and providing false testimony to the board.

(6) Failure to comply with the provisions of this Chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

(7) Entering into a contract with an unlicensed contractor involving work or activity for the performance of which a license is required by this Chapter.

(8)(a) Permitting a license to be used for any purpose by any person other than the person to whom the license is issued.

(b) Misrepresentation or fraudulent use of a license for any purpose by any person other than the person to whom the license is issued.

(9) Failure to maintain a qualifying party to represent the licensee.

(10) Failure to continue to fulfill any of the requirements for licensure.

(11) Problems relating to the ability of the contractor, its qualifying party, or any of its principals to engage in the business of contracting.

(12) Disqualification or debarment by any public entity.

(13)(a) Failure to provide written notification to the board of any change to the information provided in the original application and any amendments thereto within thirty calendar days.

(b) Failure to provide written notification to the board of a criminal, civil, or administrative action instituted or pending in another jurisdiction against or involving the licensee or a principal of the licensee within thirty days.

(14) Assisting a person to circumvent the provisions of this Chapter.

(15) Failure of a contractor performing residential construction, home improvement, or mold remediation in accordance with this Chapter to provide, in writing to the party with whom he has contracted to perform services, his name, license number, classification, and current insurance certificates evidencing the amount of liability insurance maintained and proof of workers' compensation coverage when requested by the contracting party for whom the work is to be performed.

(16) Abandoning or failing to perform, without justification, any contract or project engaged in or undertaken by any licensee or deviating from or disregarding plans or specifications in any material respect without the consent of the owner and the design professional.

(17) Efforts to deceive or defraud the public.

(18) Failure to obtain a permit to perform work or beginning work prior to the issuance of a permit in the jurisdiction as required or misrepresenting the value or scope of work.

(19) Failure to obtain inspections as required by law.

(20) Failure to have a written contract signed and dated by all parties.

(21) Failure to bid, contract, or perform work in the name as it appears on the current license or registration and the official records of the board.

(22) Failure to maintain and provide to the board requested records, documents, and other information as required within five business days of receipt of request.

(23) It is a violation for a mold remediation contractor to:

(a) Fail to provide a written report to each person for whom he performs such services for compensation.

(b) Render, submit, subscribe, or verify false, deceptive, misleading or unfounded opinions or reports.

(c) Perform both mold assessment and mold remediation on the same property.

(d) Own an interest in both the entity which performs mold assessment services and the entity which performs mold remediation services on the same property.

B.(1) In determining the value of a project, any division of a contract or scope of work into parts which would avoid the necessity of a license to bid, contract, or perform the work will be disregarded, and the divided parts of the contract or scope of work will be treated as one contract or scope of work for purposes of determining whether a license is required.

(2) For the purpose of determining a scope of work, the board shall review whether the contract or contracts in question constitute a single scope of work or whether they constitute separate scopes of work. The board may be guided in this interpretation by a review of the drawings, plot plans, blueprints, architectural plans, site maps, technical drawings, engineering designs, sketches, diagrams, black lines, blue lines, drafts, or other renderings depicting the total scope of work.

C. In the event of a revocation of a license or a qualifying party status, the person or qualifying party shall be ineligible to apply for a license or qualifying party status for three years following the revocation.

D. The board may refuse to license any entity that has been debarred pursuant to R.S. 39:1672. Further, the board may hold a hearing for any licensee debarred pursuant to R.S. 39:1672 and suspend or revoke a license, order the licensee to discontinue all work on a construction project, or further debar a person or licensee from bidding on projects for any public entity for up to three years.

E. Any party to the proceeding who is aggrieved by the action of the board may appeal the decision in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.

F. In accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq., any person who applies for and is denied a license by the board, or whose license has been revoked, rescinded, or suspended, may appeal to the Nineteenth Judicial District Court in and for the parish of East Baton Rouge to determine whether the board has abused its discretion.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 113, §8. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 113, §8; Acts 1992, No. 681, §1, eff. July 6, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 773, §1; Acts 2009, No. 156, §1; Acts 2012, No. 163, §1; Acts 2019, No. 371, §1; Acts 2022, No. 195, §1; Acts 2025, No. 422, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3180 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3180
Firm practice
Status: in_force

A. Nothing in this Chapter shall prevent an interior designer registered pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter from associating with one or more interior designers, architects, professional engineers, landscape architects, surveyors, or other persons in a partnership, joint venture, or corporation.

B. A firm shall be permitted to use in its title the term interior designer and to be so identified on any sign, card, stationery, device, or other means of identification if at least one partner, director, officer, or other supervisory agent of such firm is registered as an interior designer in this state. A firm shall not be required to include the names of all partners, directors, or officers in its title.

Acts 1984, No. 227, §2, eff. June 29, 1984; Acts 1990, No. 846, §3; Acts 1995, No. 496, §1; Acts 1999, No. 426, §1.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1437.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1437.3
Inactive license
Status: in_force

A. An inactive license status shall be established.

B. Any licensee in good standing with the commission may elect to place his license in an inactive license status at any time prior to expiration of the license by submitting the appropriate transfer application and remitting the applicable fees as set forth in this Chapter.

C. During the period the license is in the inactive status, the licensee shall be prohibited from engaging in any activity requiring a real estate license. The licensee shall be required to renew the inactive license on an annual basis by filing the required renewal application and paying the inactive renewal fees as specified in this Chapter.

D. The licensee may request transfer from inactive status to active status at any time, provided the inactive license is current at the time the request is received at the commission.

E. An inactive licensee shall not be required to fulfill the annual continuing education requirement for active licensees; however, upon application to return to active license status, the inactive licensee shall have completed the continuing education specified as follows:

(1) Licensees remaining in the inactive status for less than one year shall have completed the twelve-hour continuing education requirement for the previous year.

(2) Licensees remaining in the inactive status from one to five years shall complete the number of continuing education hours specified herein for the following periods of inactivity:

(a) One to less than three years in the inactive status - twenty hours of continuing education.

(b) Three to less than five years in the inactive status - forty hours of continuing education.

(3) If the licensee remains in the inactive status for two to five renewal periods, the licensee shall complete a four-hour course covering Louisiana real estate license law or commission rules and regulations as part of the hours specified in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection to be eligible to return to active license status. The required four-hour course shall be completed within one year prior to the date of the license transfer to the active status.

(4)(a) The licensee may remain in the inactive license status indefinitely, provided the licensee complies with the annual inactive renewal procedures. Licensees remaining in the inactive status for five or more years shall be required to complete a maximum of eighty hours of approved continuing education within the five-year period immediately preceding the request to return to active license status.

(b) Such continuing education shall include a four-hour Louisiana real estate license law or commission rules and regulations course. The course shall be completed within one year prior to the date of the license transfer to the active status.

(c) Any licensee that has continued to obtain annual continuing education in the required areas during the period that the licensee is in the inactive status may cumulate those hours and be eligible to transfer to the active status at any time.

(5) Any request by an inactive licensee to transfer to active status shall be accompanied by payment of the prescribed fees and proof of completion of the applicable continuing education hours.

Acts 1989, No. 655, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1995, No. 1207, §1; Acts 1997, No. 845, §1; Acts 1999, No. 629, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 200; Acts 2016, No. 533, §1; Acts 2021, No. 193, §1, eff. April 1, 2022; Acts 2024, No. 199, §1, eff. May 23, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:771.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 771.1
Dentist fees; discount to an uninsured individual; effect on a dentist's contracted reimbursement amount
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any state or federal provisions to the contrary, a contracted dentist licensed to practice dentistry by the board may offer a discount for dental care services rendered to an uninsured individual. Any such discount granted by a contracted dentist to an uninsured individual shall not reduce the contracted reimbursement amount between a dentist and a health or dental insurance issuer for dental care services rendered to the issuer's enrollees, insureds, and subscribers.

B. For the purposes of this Section:

(1) "Contracted dentist" means a dentist licensed to practice dentistry by the board who has executed a direct, specific contract with a health insurance issuer.

(2) "Contracted reimbursement amount" means the quantity of remuneration a health or dental insurance issuer has agreed to pay a dentist for rendering dental care services in a direct, specific agreement between a dentist and a health or dental insurance issuer.

(3) "Enrollee", "insured", or "subscriber" means an individual who is enrolled or insured by a health or dental insurance issuer or who is subscribed to a dental service contractor for dental insurance coverage or prepaid dental services.

(4) "Health or dental insurance issuer" means any entity that offers health or dental insurance coverage through a policy, contract, dental benefit plan, or certificate of insurance subject to state law that regulates the business of insurance. For purposes of this Section, a "health or dental insurance issuer" shall include but not be limited to a dental service contractor as defined and certified pursuant to Subpart G of Part III of Chapter 4 of Title 22 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 2006, No. 744, §1, eff. June 29, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2022, No. 271, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1270 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1270
Duties and powers of the board
Status: in_force

A. The board shall:

(1) Examine all applicants for the practice of medicine; issue licenses or permits to those possessing the necessary qualifications therefor; and take appropriate administrative actions to regulate the practice of medicine in the state of Louisiana;

(2) Have its seal; and

(3) Report to the prosecuting officer of the state all persons violating the provisions of this Part.

(4)(a) Examine all persons who perform diagnostic or therapeutic radiological examination or treatment or both in a private office of a physician;

(b) Issue certification to those possessing the necessary qualifications therefor; and

(c) Take appropriate administrative actions to regulate the administering of radiological examination or treatment or both in the private offices of physicians or in clinics in which physicians practice in the state;

(d) However, the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry shall regulate those personnel who perform such procedures under the direct on premises supervision of a licensed dentist.

(5)(a) Examine individuals who engage in the practice of clinical laboratory science in conjunction with the Clinical Laboratory Personnel Committee to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners established by R.S. 37:1314.

(b) Issue licenses or certificates to those possessing the necessary qualifications therefor upon the recommendation of the Clinical Laboratory Personnel Committee.

(c) Take appropriate administrative actions to regulate the practice of clinical laboratory science in conjunction with the Clinical Laboratory Personnel Committee.

(d) Undertake all administrative actions, regulatory activities, and rules and regulations relative to the qualifications of individuals engaged in the practice of clinical laboratory science consistent with and not exceeding the scope and standards contained in the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

(6)(a) Examine individuals who engage in the practice of clinical exercise physiology.

(b) Issue licenses to those possessing the necessary qualifications therefor.

(c) Take appropriate administrative actions to regulate the practice of clinical exercise physiology.

(7) Have the authority to:

(a) Request and obtain state and national criminal history record information on any person applying for any license, permit, certification, or registration which the board is authorized by law to issue.

(b) Require any applicant for any license, permit, certification, or registration issued by the board to submit a full set of fingerprints, in a form and manner prescribed by the board, as a condition to the board's consideration of his or her application.

(c) Charge and collect from an applicant for any license, permit, certification, or registration issued by the board, in addition to all other applicable fees and costs, such amount as may be incurred by the board in requesting and obtaining criminal history record information on the applicant.

(8)(a) Have the authority to establish and determine by rule minimum requirements relative to continuing education for the renewal or reinstatement of any license or permit issued by the board.

(b) The board shall require physicians and physician assistants practicing emergency medicine to complete an initial one-hour continuing education course on the treatment of sickle cell disease. Thereafter, a physician and physician assistant practicing emergency medicine shall complete a one-hour refresher course at regular intervals no less frequently than every three years. The course shall be approved by the board and made available on the board's website.

(c) The board shall require physicians and physician assistants practicing family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, endocrinology, gastroenterology, cardiology, oncology, rheumatology, neurology, nephrology, dermatology, pulmonology, surgery, immunology, hematology, obstetrics, and gynecology to complete a minimum of one hour of continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health every four years. The board shall adopt rules to determine the content of the continuing education provided for in this Subparagraph.

(9) Appoint a director of investigations to act as the lead investigator for any complaint regarding a physician received by the board or any investigation regarding a physician initiated by the board upon its own motion in accordance with R.S. 37:1285.2(A). The director of investigations shall serve at the pleasure of the board and be answerable directly to the board. The director of investigations shall be prohibited from concurrently serving as the executive director of the board. Any person appointed by the board to serve as director of investigations shall be a Louisiana-licensed physician who maintains board certification and has engaged in the active practice of medicine for at least five years.

B. The board may:

(1) Select officers and adopt rules and bylaws necessary for the efficient operation of the board;

(2) Authorize any member of the board to make any affidavit necessary to the issuance of any injunction or other legal process authorized under this Part;

(3) Employ counsel to carry out the provisions of this Part, if the fees of the counsel and the costs of all proceedings except criminal prosecutions, are paid by the board out of its own funds;

(4) Employ inspectors, special agents, and investigators; issue subpoenas to require attendance and testimony and the production of documents and things for the purpose of enforcing the laws relative to the practice of medicine and securing evidence of violations thereof; employ necessary clerical assistance to carry out the administrative work of the board, fix the compensation thereof; incur other necessary expenses; and acquire, develop, maintain, expand, sell, lease, mortgage, borrow funds or otherwise contract with respect to immovable property and improvements thereon as it may deem necessary or appropriate to accomplish the provisions of this Part. All revenue derived from the sale or lease of the land and improvements thereon shall be retained by the board and shall not be subject to reversion to the state general fund. Prior to a sale authorized by this Paragraph, the commissioner of administration shall review the terms of the sale to ascertain that the sale amount constitutes fair market value or greater for the property.

(5) Appoint or designate an examining committee of physicians, possessing appropriate qualifications, to conduct physical and mental examinations on a physician, to otherwise inquire into the physician's fitness and ability to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients, and to submit advisory reports and recommendations to the board, when the board has reasonable cause to believe that such physician's fitness and ability is affected by mental illness or deficiency, or physical illness, including but not limited to deterioration through the aging process or the loss of motor skills, and/or excessive use or abuse of drugs, including alcohol; and

(6) Adopt rules, regulations, and standards necessary to carry out the board's duties, powers, and functions provided for in this Part.

C. The president and secretary of the board or any other member of the board so authorized by the board, may administer oaths in the taking of testimony upon any matters appertaining to the duties of the board.

D. Any statewide advisory committee established by the board in carrying out its duties pursuant to this Chapter or any other provision of law may conduct and its members may attend and participate in a meeting via electronic means in accordance with R.S. 42:17.3.

Acts 1975, No. 350, §1; Acts 1984, No. 533, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 302, §2; Acts 1987, No. 884, §1; Acts 1993, No. 396, §2, eff. Aug. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 630, §1; Acts 1997, No. 295, §1; Acts 1999, No. 661, §1; Acts 2001, No. 17, §1, eff. May 17, 2001; Acts 2007, No. 218, §1, eff. July 2, 2007; Acts 2018, No. 599, §1; Acts 2022, No. 408, §1; Acts 2024, No. 744, §1; Acts 2025, No. 463, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3358 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3358
Causes for nonissuance, suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew
Status: in_force

A. The board may deny, refuse to renew, suspend, revoke, or impose probationary conditions on a license if the licensee or applicant for license has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct which has endangered or is likely to endanger the health, welfare, or safety of the public. Such unprofessional conduct shall include:

(1) Obtaining a license by means of fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of material facts.

(2) Violating the code of ethics adopted and published by the American Association for Respiratory Therapy.

(3) Conviction or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a criminal charge constituting a felony under the laws of Louisiana, of the United States, or of the state in which such conviction or plea was entered.

(4) Conviction or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any criminal charge arising out of or in connection with the practice of respiratory therapy.

(5) Perjury, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or concealment of material facts in obtaining a license to practice respiratory therapy.

(6) Providing false testimony before the board or providing false sworn information to the board.

(7) Habitual or recurring abuse of drugs, including alcohol, which affect the central nervous system and which are capable of inducing physiological or psychological dependence.

(8) Solicitation of patients or self-promotion through advertising or communication, public or private, which is fraudulent, false, deceptive, or misleading.

(9) Making or submitting false, deceptive, or unfounded claims, reports, or opinions to any patient, insurance company, indemnity association, company, individual, or governmental authority for the purpose of obtaining any thing of economic value.

(10) Cognitive or clinical incompetency.

(11) Continuing or recurring practice which fails to satisfy the prevailing and usually accepted standards of respiratory therapy in this state.

(12) Knowingly performing any act which in any way assists an unlicensed person to practice respiratory therapy, or having professional connection with or lending one's name to an illegal practitioner.

(13) Paying or giving any thing of economic value to another person, firm, or corporation to induce the referral of patients to a respiratory therapist.

(14) Interdiction by due process of law.

(15) Inability to practice respiratory therapy with reasonable competence, skill, or safety to patients because of mental or physical illness, condition, or deficiency, including but not limited to deterioration through the aging process or excessive use or abuse of drugs, including alcohol.

(16) Refusal to submit to an examination and inquiry by an examining committee of physicians appointed by the board to inquire into the licensee's physical or mental fitness and ability to practice respiratory therapy with reasonable skill or safety to patients.

(17) Practicing or otherwise engaging in any conduct or functions beyond the scope of respiratory therapy as defined by this Chapter or the board's rules.

(18) Refusal of the licensing authority of another state to issue or renew a license, permit, or certificate to practice respiratory therapy in that state, or the revocation, suspension, or other restriction imposed on a license, permit, or certificate issued by such licensing authority which prevents, restricts, or conditions practice in that state, or the surrender of a license, permit, or certificate issued by another state when criminal or administrative charges are pending or threatened against the holder of such license, permit, or certificate.

(19) Violation of any rules and regulations of the board or any provisions of this Chapter.

B. Denial, refusal to renew, suspension, or revocation of a license, or the imposition of probationary conditions upon a licensee may be ordered by the board in a decision made after a hearing in the manner provided by the policies which shall be adopted by the board or by consent of the parties. Any license suspended, revoked, or otherwise restricted may be reinstated by the board.

C. The board shall have authority to establish policies regarding denial, suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew an application. Such policies shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act.

D. A license suspended pursuant to this Section shall be subject to all requirements for renewal during a period of suspension.

Acts 1985, No. 408, §1; Acts 2007, No. 142, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1106 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1106
Fees; application for license; violations; penalties
Status: in_force

A.(1) Fees established and collected by the board pursuant to this Chapter shall be set by rule and shall not exceed the following maximum amounts:

(a) Application of privilege, credential, or provisional license$200

(b) Application of licensure $ 325

(c) Renewal of privilege, credential, provisional license,

or license $ 300

(d) Examination or reexamination $ 250

(e) Late fees $ 100

(f) Failure to update contact information with board $ 100

(g) Reissuance of privilege, credential, provisional license,

or license $ 50

(h) Name changes on record $ 50

(i) Copies of documents in the board's possession $ 50

(j) Formal verification of status of any privilege, credential,

provisional license, or license $ 25

(2) A fee below the maximum amount set forth in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection may be increased by the board by rule up to the maximum amount. However, the board shall not increase any fee by more than a total of fifteen percent over a consecutive three-year period.

B. The late fee for license renewal shall be imposed upon the licensee the day after such licensee's designated renewal deadline at 4:00 p.m. on such date. If the license renewal deadline falls on a weekend, the licensee shall have until the next working day at 4:00 p.m. on such date to renew his or her license.

C. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1159, §2.

D.(1) The board may assess and collect fines in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars for violations of this Chapter and rules promulgated by the board. In addition to the disciplinary action or fine assessed by the board, the board may also assess all costs incurred in connection with the proceedings, including but not limited to the costs of an investigator, a stenographer, legal fees, or witness fees, and any costs and fees incurred by the board on any judicial review or appeal. All costs and fees shall be paid no later than ninety days after the decision of the board becomes final and delays for seeking judicial review of the decision have expired without action by an aggrieved party. No license, provisional license, or certificate shall be issued, reinstated, or renewed until such costs and fees are paid.

(2) A person aggrieved by a final decision of the board who prevails upon judicial review may recover reasonable costs, attorney fees, and other expenses incurred as a result of the administrative investigation, adjudication, and judicial review, in addition to other remedies provided by law.

E. No part of any fee shall be refundable under any conditions other than failure of the board to hold examinations on the date originally announced. All fees collected in this manner and all gifts or grants shall be deposited and credited to the account of the board in a licensed financial institution of the board's choosing. The funds of the board may be used for printing, travel expenses of the board, and for other necessary expenses as are essential to the carrying out of the provisions of this Chapter. Expenses shall be paid under the written direction of the chairman of the board in accordance with procedures established by the division of administration. Any surplus at the end of the fiscal year shall be retained by the board for future expenditures.

Acts 1987, No. 892, §1, eff. July 20, 1987; Acts 1988, No. 225, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1301, §1; Acts 1997, No. 834, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1159, §2; Acts 2001, No. 1195, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1139, §2; Acts 2013, No. 173, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 484, §1, eff. May 1, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3250 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3250
Fees
Status: in_force

A. All initial applications must be accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars. Such fee provides for permits or licenses for the licensing period or part thereof remaining. All fees are nonrefundable.

B. The fee for change of licensing status or renewal of permits or licenses shall be fifty dollars.

C. The fee for examination shall be fifty dollars and is not included in change of status or licensing fee.

Acts 1988, No. 701, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2556 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2556
Appointment of reporter; certification by court reporting firm
Status: in_force

A.(1) Official court reporters and deputy official court reporters employed as such in a court of record, as defined in R.S. 37:2555(C) and (D), shall be subject to the certification requirements of this Chapter and shall be subject to the regulatory authority of the board during their employment or appointment as court reporters. The board shall recognize and provide by rule for a new method of digital reporting for use by an official or deputy official certified digital reporter, or C.D.R., in court proceedings. On or before December 31, 2010, the board will accept, upon payment of a fee fixed by the board, applications for certification without examination from any person furnishing due proof that he or she was employed as an official court reporter or deputy official court reporter, as defined in R.S. 37:2555(C) and (D), as of December 31, 2010, and that he or she performed the duties of an official or deputy official court reporter utilizing electronic, audio, or digital recording equipment and transcribing as the method of producing an official record. The board may establish and administer an examination for digital reporting and may issue certificates to qualified applicants after December 31, 2010.

(2) No person employed as an official court reporter or deputy official court reporter, as defined in R.S. 37:2555(C) and (D), shall perform duties as a general or free-lance reporter, as defined in R.S. 37:2555(E), unless certified by the board to engage in such reporting outside of the court where such person is employed and on the payroll of the court to act as official court reporter or deputy official court reporter.

B. No person shall practice general reporting or freelance reporting unless he currently holds a valid certificate as a certified court reporter, or C.C.R.

C. A court of record shall employ no more than the requisite number of official court reporters, as defined in R.S. 37:2555(C), required to perform its function as such. However, a court of record may appoint as many deputy official court reporters, as defined in R.S. 37:2555(D), as may be required for the proper operation of such court.

D. If a licensed Louisiana court reporter has no actual knowledge of a prohibited employment or contractual relationship between a party litigant and a court reporting firm, and if the reporter receives certification that the firm has no prohibited contractual or employment relationship with a party litigant, the reporter may accept employment from the firm and shall not be considered an "employee" for purposes of Code of Civil Procedure Article 1434. The board shall establish by rule the procedures and representations by which a court reporting firm shall provide the necessary certification to court reporters.

Acts 1985, No. 374, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Acts 1986, No. 365, §§1, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1990, No. 286, §2; Acts 1990, No. 940, §1, eff. July 25, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 1021, §1, eff. July 25, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 840, §1; Acts 2010, No. 700, §1; Acts 2014, No. 839, §1.

{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1986, NO. 365, §4.}
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3249 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3249
Renewal of permits; licenses
Status: in_force

A. Every midwifery permit or license must be renewed every two years. An applicant for renewal shall submit to the board:

(1) A renewal application on the form prescribed by the board.

(2) Evidence of completion of thirty contact hours of continuing education as required by the regulations promulgated by the board.

(3) Evidence of current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation of the adult and newborn.

(4) Renewal fee as prescribed by the board.

B. Delinquency in renewal of permits or licenses of thirty days or greater shall result in termination of permits or licenses.

C. Any licensed midwife registered in Louisiana who is not practicing licensed midwifery in this state may be placed on inactive status by requesting such status in writing and filing annual reports. Licensed midwives on inactive status will be maintained on the registry and receive mailings. Any licensed midwife who does not seek inactive status and allows her permit to expire may apply for a midwifery license as prescribed in R.S. 37:3245 and must pay the initial registration fee. Inactive status may be maintained for a maximum of two renewals.

Acts 1988, No. 701, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3213 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3213
Necessity of license; prohibited acts
Status: in_force

A. No person shall assume or use the title or designation of "Licensed Radiologic Technologist" unless he holds a current license issued to him in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.

B. No person, other than a licensed practitioner, dental hygienist, dental assistant, chiropractor's assistant, person who performs diagnostic or therapeutic radiological examination or treatment, or both, in a private office of a physician or in a clinic performing such activities under the direct supervision of a physician, or a radiologic technologist licensed under this Chapter, shall use ionizing radiation or equipment emitting or detecting ionizing radiation on humans for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.

C. No person shall knowingly employ as a radiologic technologist any person required by the provisions of this Chapter to hold a license who does not hold a license under this Chapter.

D. No person holding a license under this Chapter shall use radioactive substances or equipment emitting or detecting ionizing radiation on humans for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes unless under the direction and supervision of a licensed practitioner and unless so directed by prescription of a licensed practitioner.

Acts 1984, No. 485, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2805 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2805
Requirement for license; penalty; qualifications; examinations; issuance of license
Status: in_force

A.(1) No person shall engage or attempt to engage in the practice of chiropractic in this state who has not been licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) Whoever violates this Subsection shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than three months, or both, and each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.

B.(1) The board shall license as a chiropractor and issue an appropriate certificate to any person who files with it a verified application therefor, accompanied by such fee as is required by R.S. 37:2809, together with evidence, verified by oath and satisfactory to the board, that the applicant:

(a) Is at least twenty-one years of age.

(b) Is of good moral character.

(c) Is a high school graduate.

(d) Holds a baccalaureate degree from a college or university approved by an accrediting agency of the United States Department of Education or its successor or foreign equivalent.

(e)(i) Has graduated from a chiropractic school or college that at the time of graduation therefrom has recognized candidate status for accreditation or is accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education or the foreign equivalency to the Council on Chiropractic Education or their successors and approved by the board and that was based on at least four thousand resident classroom hours. On and after September 8, 1992, Louisiana shall cease to recognize as applicants for licensure persons graduating from schools and colleges with recognized candidate status.

(ii) Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 883, §2.

(iii) This law shall not apply to persons seeking renewal of present licenses.

(f) Has passed Parts I, II, III, IV and XIII of an examination given by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

(g) Has passed a jurisprudence exam given by the Louisiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners and passed the examination with a score of at least seventy-five percent . Any applicant who fails to score at least seventy-five percent may apply for one retake and shall be permitted to retake the examination upon payment of the appropriate fee.

(2) An applicant who has satisfied the examination requirement of Subparagraph (1)(g) of this Subsection shall apply for licensure within six months of the date of examination, after which the licensure exam score shall be invalid. An applicant with an invalid exam score may reapply and, if eligible, retake the entire exam.

C. After investigation of the application and other evidence submitted, the board shall notify each applicant within ten business days of a determination that the application and evidence submitted for consideration are satisfactory and accepted or unsatisfactory and rejected. Notice may be sent by United States Postal Service, commercial carrier, electronic mail, or facsimile. If an application is rejected, the notice shall state the reasons for the rejection.

D. The examination shall be given annually at such time and place and under such supervision as the board may determine, and specifically at such other times as, in the opinion of the board, the number of applicants warrants.

The board shall designate the place of examination in advance.

E. The board shall keep written examination papers, an accurate transcript of the questions and answers relating to the examination, and the grade assigned to each answer thereof as part of its record for at least two years subsequent to the date of examination.

F. Prospective applicants may sit for the examination of the Louisiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners prior to graduation from an accredited chiropractic college if all other requirements of this Section are met and the student is in his or her final semester, trimester, or quarter of chiropractic college. The successful candidate must receive his or her degree prior to issuance of the license.

Acts 1974, No. 39, §1; Acts 1975, No. 268, §1; Acts 1978, No. 372, §1; Acts 1981, No. 291, §1; Acts 1984, No. 305, §1, eff. July 2, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 883, §§1,2; Acts 1986, No. 231, §1; Acts 1987, No. 636, §2; Acts 1989, No. 679, §1; Acts 1990, No. 804, §1; Acts 1991, No. 542, §1; Acts 2001, No. 375, §2; Acts 2004, No. 176, §§1, 2, eff. June 10, 2004; Acts 2007, No. 44, §1; Acts 2018, No. 277, §1; Acts 2023, No. 280, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1218.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1218.2
Administration and treatment for human immunodeficiency virus
Status: in_force

A. For the purposes of this Section, the following terms have the meaning ascribed to them:

(1) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.

(2) "Human immunodeficiency virus", hereinafter referred to as "HIV", means a virus that attacks the body's immune system which, if not treated, can develop into acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

(3) "Post-exposure prophylaxis" means an emergency regimen comprising highly active antiretroviral therapy with baseline and follow-up HIV testing, which should be used within a certain amount of time after potential exposure.

(4) "Pre-exposure prophylaxis" means a prophylactic regimen that includes medication, regular counseling, and regular screening.

B.(1) A pharmacist may dispense and administer up to a thirty-day supply of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and a twenty-eight-day course of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis to any person age seventeen or older pursuant to rules promulgated by the department if there is no prescription drug order.

(2) A pharmacist may perform a rapid HIV test at the pharmacy in a private, secured location or may order laboratory testing for HIV infection for any person age seventeen or older pursuant to rules promulgated by the department.

(3) A pharmacist shall administer any tests performed pursuant to this Section in a private location within the pharmacy and shall ensure patient confidentiality, including storing all records and documents regarding a patient's test results for HIV in a secured location that is not easily accessible by other employees in the pharmacy.

C.(1) The department shall promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Section.

(2) The department shall consult with an expert panel to advise the department in promulgating administrative rules to implement the provisions of this Section. The administrative rules shall be promulgated by March of 2025.

(a) The expert panel shall integrate and coordinate expertise relative but not limited to testing, referrals, prescribing, and reimbursement for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and HIV post-exposure prophylaxis.

(b) The expert panel shall be composed of the following members who shall serve without compensation:

(i) A representative from the Louisiana Department of Health, bureau of infectious diseases.

(ii) An infectious disease physician to be selected by the department.

(iii) A primary care physician who has experience managing patients who utilize HIV medications to be selected by the department.

(iv) Two pharmacists to be selected by the department.

(v) A representative from the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy.

(vi) A representative from the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.

(3) The rules promulgated by the department shall include requirements relating to the testing, screening, and treatment of patients. At a minimum, the rules shall require the pharmacist to do all of the following:

(a) Complete a training program approved by the department on the use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and HIV post-exposure prophylaxis prior to exercising the authority provided for in this Section. The training shall include but not be limited to all of the following:

(i) Financial assistance programs for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and HIV post-exposure prophylaxis.

(ii) Strategies to access state and federal resources to provide the same level of care for patients regardless of insurance coverage status.

(b) Document a focused assessment of the patient following best practices and guidelines for preventing HIV.

(c) Document steps to obtain consent, order, process, evaluate, interpret, and discuss results with patients of any HIV laboratory tests authorized in the rules promulgated by the department.

(d) Identify the nature and obligations for successful HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis or HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, as required by the patient, and the importance of timely testing for HIV and related complications and comorbid conditions.

(4) The rules promulgated by the department shall include procedures for the timely notification of the patient's primary care provider of the services provided or, when a patient does not have a primary care provider, documentation of a good faith effort to refer the patient to a primary care provider.

D. A pharmacist authorized to provide a service relative to HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis shall be reimbursed at the same rate as any other participating healthcare provider providing such service in accordance with the patient's health coverage plan.

E. This Section shall not be construed to require a health coverage plan or a third-party administrator or pharmacy benefit manager to reimburse a pharmacist or pharmacy as an in-network or a preferred provider.

F. The provisions of this Section may apply to coverage under a group or individual health coverage plan provided to a resident of this state regardless of whether the health coverage plan policy, contract, or other agreement is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state.

Acts 2024, No. 711, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1329 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1329
Construction of provisions
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of this Part shall not authorize any individual to practice medicine, surgery, osteopathy, or midwifery or to provide the services of a physician licensed to practice medicine, surgery, or osteopathy by the board. The provisions of this Part shall not be construed to repeal or in any manner affect the provisions of any law relating to the practice of medicine, surgery, osteopathy, or midwifery.

B. Nothing in this Part shall be construed to regulate any health care provider, certified or licensed by the state or otherwise exempted by the board, when acting within the scope of his practice.

Acts 1993, No. 396, §2, eff. Aug. 1, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:867 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 867
Applicability
Status: in_force

Anything in this Part contained to the contrary notwithstanding, this Part shall not apply to any person, firm, corporation, trustee, partnership, association or other legal entity who now or hereafter exclusively engages in, owns, operates, controls and manages a cemetery authority located in the state of Louisiana, unless it sells, or attempts to sell, or contracts for merchandise or services commonly furnished by a funeral home such as caskets, embalming, funeral directing, use of funeral home facilities and use of a hearse or transportation of a dead human body.

Acts 2008, No. 799, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1908 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1908
Regulation by municipalities
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this Part shall interfere with the licensing or regulation of the business regulated herein by any municipality, township, or parish in this state, not inconsistent with the provisions hereof.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:852 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 852
Funeral home limousines
Status: in_force

No political subdivision of this state shall require a funeral home which is in compliance with all funeral home licensing requirements of the state and of that political subdivision to acquire any limousine franchise or limousine license from that political subdivision to operate any limousine owned or operated by that funeral home. The provisions of this Section shall be limited to limousines operated by such funeral homes for funeral services and weddings.

Acts 1990, No. 981, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1002 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1002
Scholarships
Status: in_force

The hospitals may provide scholarships to students enrolled in collaborating colleges, universities, or training agencies supported by public funds.

Acts 1950, No. 392, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3277 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3277
Investigation; time; procedure
Status: in_force

A.(1) After receipt of an application for a license, the board shall conduct an investigation to determine whether the facts set forth in the application are true.

(2) Within sixty days after receipt of an application, the board shall either issue a license to the applicant or notify the applicant of a denial of the license application.

(3) In the event that the board requires additional information from the applicant to complete its investigation, or otherwise to satisfy the requirements of this Chapter, or if the applicant has not submitted all of the required information with the application, the board shall notify the applicant by certified mail of the additional information required and the applicant shall have thirty days from the date of said notice to submit the additional information to the board, or the application shall be denied.

(4) The board shall deny the application for a license if it finds that the applicant, or the qualifying agent, or any of the applicant's owners, partners, or principal corporate officers have committed any of the following:

(a) Violated any of the provisions of this Chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated by the board.

(b) Practiced fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.

(c) Knowingly made a material misstatement in the application for a license.

(d) Failed to meet the qualifications as outlined in R.S. 37:3276; and any other qualifications set forth in this Chapter and any rules and regulations adopted by the board.

(e) Repealed by Acts 1989, No. 552, §2.

B. The board may refuse to issue a license for good cause shown.

Acts 1984, No. 505, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1989, No. 552, §§1, 2; Acts 1997, No. 155, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1310.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1310.11
Bridge year graduate physicians
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, referred to hereafter in this Section as the "board", may develop, implement, and maintain a program that allows an individual who meets certain criteria as set forth by the board to be certified by the board to practice medicine as a bridge year graduate physician. Such certification shall be valid for one year and may be renewed for no more than two additional one-year periods upon application to the board.

B. The board shall provide for the criteria for participation in the bridge year graduate physician program which, at a minimum, shall require the individual seeking certification to meet the following qualifications:

(1) He is a graduate of an accredited medical school.

(2) He applied to, but was not accepted into, an accredited medical residency training program for the first year following medical school graduation.

C. The board shall determine criteria for selection of applicants should the number of applicants exceed the available capacity of the program.

D. The board shall provide for the prescriptive authority of a bridge year graduate physician including prescribing legend and certain controlled drugs.

E. The board may suspend, terminate, or revoke a bridge year graduate physician certificate prior to the expiration of one year for any reason provided by law or board rule for the termination of licenses, permits, registrations, or certificates issued by the board, including but not limited to a violation of any provision of this Part or the rules promulgated by the board pursuant to this Part.

F. An individual holding a certification to practice as a bridge year graduate physician shall practice only under the direct supervision of a board-certified physician holding a license in good standing with the board.

G. The services provided by an individual holding a certificate to practice as a bridge year graduate physician shall be compensable in accordance with customary medical billing practices.

H. A certificate issued in accordance with the provisions of this Part shall not confer any future right to full, unrestricted licensure.

Acts 2022, No. 757, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3298 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3298
Inapplicability
Status: in_force

A. This Chapter shall not apply to a person or corporation which employs persons who do private security work in connection with the affairs of such employer only and who have an employer-employee relationship with such employer. Neither such persons or corporations nor their employees shall be required to register or be licensed under this Chapter.

B. This Chapter shall not apply to a peace officer employed by a state, parish, or local law enforcement agency who contracts directly with a licensed contract security company or the actual consumer of contract security services to work during his off-duty hours and whose off-duty employment is conducted on an independent contractor basis with such licensed contract security company or consumer of security services. However, nothing herein shall be construed to authorize peace officers to employ non-commissioned peace officers to perform any private security functions as defined in this Subsection.

C. This Chapter shall not be construed to apply to a federal peace officer or federal law enforcement officer.

D. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 439, §2.

Acts 1984, No. 505, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1989, No. 39, §1, eff. June 16, 1989; Acts 1999, No. 331, §1; Acts 2005, No. 166, §1; Acts 2012, No. 439, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3255 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3255
Examination
Status: in_force

A. Any person applying for a midwifery license must pass a qualifying examination administered under the auspices of the board. The board shall offer the examination at least twice a year.

B. The examination shall consist of two parts:

(1) A written examination designed to test knowledge of theory regarding pregnancy and childbirth and to test clinical judgment in licensed midwifery management.

(2) A practical examination designed to demonstrate the mastery of skills necessary for the practice of licensed midwifery.

C. A candidate for examination, who fails to pass the examination within two examination periods, shall have that* permit terminated. The candidate may apply to take the examination after a period of additional study and clinical experience as prescribed by the board.

D. The examination administered by the North American Registry of Midwives, or such other certifying examination as the board may subsequently approve, shall be accepted by the board as a qualifying examination for purposes of midwifery licensure.

Acts 1988, No. 701, §2; Acts 2012, No. 772, §1.

*As appears in enrolled bill.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1289 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1289
Itinerant vendors of drugs
Status: in_force

No itinerant vendor shall profess to cure or treat disease or deformity by any drug, nostrum, manipulation, or other expedient which he may offer for sale or demonstration.

Acts 1975, No. 350, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3441 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3441
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisiana Rehabilitation Counselor Licensing Act".

Acts 1988, No. 555, §1, eff. July 14, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:572 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 572
Qualifications of board members; recusal from certain transactions
Status: in_force

A. Each member of the board shall be a duly qualified registered voter of this state and shall have been domiciled in the state for at least twelve consecutive months prior to appointment.

B. Each member shall be one of the following:

(1) A registered cosmetologist, esthetician, or manicurist who has been actively engaged, for at least five years prior to his appointment, in the practice of cosmetology, esthetics, or manicuring. However, no more than one esthetician and one manicurist shall serve on the board.

(2) An owner of a beauty shop or salon certified pursuant to R.S. 37:591.

(3) An owner of an accredited cosmetology school, who has been the owner for more than five years.

(4) A teacher or instructor of cosmetology in this state.

C. The board members shall not all be graduates of the same school ensuring diverse educational representation.

D. To prevent conflicts of interest, no more than four board members shall be connected directly or indirectly with a school of cosmetology. "Connected" means having an ownership interest in a school, being employed by a school, having a contractual relationship with a school, or having an immediate family member who has an ownership interest in a school.

E. Any board member, who encounters a situation where voting would result in a violation of the Code of Governmental Ethics, shall recuse himself from voting on the matter.

Acts 2001, No. 907, §2, eff. June 26, 2001; Acts 2010, No. 728, §1; Acts 2025, No. 355, §1, eff. June 20, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3357.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3357.1
Continuing education requirement
Status: in_force

A. Every applicant for license renewal shall have completed in the prior twelve months at least ten hours of continuing education courses that are approved by the board in consultation with the Respiratory Care Advisory Committee.

B. The board shall develop and maintain appropriate rules to reflect the annual continuing education requirement. The committee, at the direction of the board, shall further conduct regular audits to verify that applicants have fulfilled the continuing education requirement. Any applicant found to have submitted insufficient or false information relative to this requirement, within ninety days after being requested to do so, shall submit documentation verifying that he has fulfilled this requirement. The board shall suspend the license of any respiratory therapist who fails to provide such documentation within such time.

Acts 2007, No. 142, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3175 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3175
Compensation and expenses
Status: in_force

A. Members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services but shall receive the same per diem and mileage as is provided by law for the members of the legislature. The board shall not meet more than eight times within any calendar year.

B. The board shall fix the compensation of its employees by resolution adopted at a regular meeting.

Acts 1984, No. 227, §2, eff. June 29, 1984; Acts 1990, No. 846, §1.

NOTE: SEE SECTION 3 OF ACT 227 OF THE 1984 R.S.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:711.18 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 711.18
Temporary license
Status: in_force

A. The board may issue a temporary license to a person who satisfies either of the following:

(1) The applicant is not a resident of this state and does not have an established place of business in this state but seeks to engage in the practice of geoscience in this state for a temporary period.

(2) The applicant applies for a reciprocal license and seeks to engage in the practice of geoscience pending a determination on the application for the reciprocal license.

B. An applicant for a temporary license must satisfy all of the following requirements:

(1) The applicant must apply to the board for a temporary license and provide proof of licensure or registration in another state or a foreign country.

(2) The applicant must agree to comply with the signature requirements of this Chapter and to affix the person's seal from the jurisdiction in which the person is licensed or registered on all work completed while practicing under the temporary license.

(3) The applicant must file the required information and reports and comply with other requirements established by the board concerning the person's temporary practice.

C.(1) A temporary license issued under Paragraph (1) of Subsection (A) of this Section expires on the ninetieth day after the date of issuance.

(2) A temporary license issued under Paragraph (2) of Subsection (A) of this Section expires on the date the reciprocal license is issued or denied.

Acts 2010, No. 974, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1210 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1210
Continuing education in pharmacy
Status: in_force

The board shall establish requirements for continuing education in pharmacy, including the determination of acceptable program content. The board shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the stated objectives and purposes, to enforce the provisions of this Section.

Acts 1999, No. 767, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:711.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 711.14
Examinations
Status: in_force

A. The board may prepare, administer, and grade oral and written examinations required or permitted under this Chapter.

B. The board may adopt or recognize, in whole or in part, an examination prepared, administered, or graded by another organization, on a regional or national basis, that the board determines appropriate to measure the qualifications of an applicant for a license under this Chapter; however, the board retains the authority to determine a passing grade for a license in this state on an adopted or recognized examination prepared, administered, or graded by another organization, on a regional or national basis.

Acts 2010, No. 974, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2014, No. 228, §1, eff. May 28, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:571 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 571
Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology; creation; domicile; membership
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology is hereby created and shall be domiciled in East Baton Rouge Parish.

B. The board shall be composed of eight members appointed by the governor, who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor, with the following qualifications:

(1) At least one member shall be appointed from each congressional district.

(2) At least one member shall be primarily engaged in the practice of cosmetology.

(3) One member shall be a registered esthetician.

(4) One member shall be a registered manicurist.

C. Each appointment by the governor shall be subject to Senate confirmation.

D. All vacancies on the board shall be filled by the governor within thirty days of receipt of notice of the vacancy.

Acts 2001, No. 907, §2, eff. June 26, 2001; Acts 2014, No. 773, §1; Acts 2025, No. 355, §1, eff. June 20, 2025.

NOTE: See Acts 2014, No. 773, §§2 and 3, regarding applicability.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3704 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3704
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The board shall have and exercise all powers and duties granted to it by this Chapter. In addition, the board shall have the authority to:

(1) Establish and publish standards of behavior analysis practice.

(2) Approve, deny, revoke, suspend, renew, and reinstate licensure and state certification of duly qualified applicants.

(3) Establish and publish standards for the registration of line technicians.

(4) Adopt, revise, and enforce orders and rules, and promulgate regulations governing the licensure of behavior analysts, the state certification of assistant behavior analysts, the registration of line technicians, the practice of behavior analysis, the protection of the public, and proper administration in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(5) Promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act governing the temporary licensure of behavior analysts.

(6) Promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act governing the reciprocity of licensure of behavior analysts and the state certification of assistant behavior analysts provided that the standards under which the applicants were licensed or certified are at least as stringent as those required in this Chapter.

(7) Receive, review, and approve or disapprove applications for an emergency temporary license in response to a declared public health emergency.

(8) Fine, censure, revoke, suspend, or deny a license or state certificate, place on probation, reprimand or otherwise discipline licensees or holders of certificates for violations of the code of ethics or the rules and regulations of the board and committee.

(9) Summarily suspend the license of a licensee or a state certificate holder of one who poses an imminent danger to the public acting upon the recommendation of the committee provided that a hearing shall be afforded to the individual within ten days after any such action by the board to determine whether such summary action was warranted.

(10) Accept grants, donations, or gifts of money or services from public or private individuals or organizations or from any other sources to be utilized for the purposes of the board. Such monies shall be deposited into the treasury of the board.

(11) Create and adopt an official seal for the board.

(12) Submit the names of applicants for licensure and state certification to the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information of the office of state police within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for criminal background checks. Upon the board's submission of an applicant's fingerprints and such other identifying information as may be required, the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information of the office of state police within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall survey its criminal history records and identification files and make a simultaneous request of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for like information from other jurisdictions. The Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information of the office of state police within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections may charge the board a reasonable processing fee for conducting and reporting on any such search.

(13) Perform such other functions and duties as may be required to carry out under this Chapter.

B. The board shall maintain and make available to the public a registry of licensed behavior analysts, state-certified assistant behavior analysts, and registered line technicians.

Acts 2013, No. 351, §2.

NOTE: See R.S. 37:3718 regarding termination date of Chapter on July 1, 2028.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1464 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1464
Real Estate Research and Education Fund
Status: in_force

A. There is created the Louisiana Real Estate Research and Education Fund. The Louisiana Real Estate Research and Education Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "education fund", is hereby established to promote the advancement and more efficient administration of the real estate industry and thereby serve to protect the public. Said funds are to be disbursed by voucher properly drawn and signed by the chairman of the Louisiana Real Estate Commission or his designee for the purposes hereinafter specified in Subsection C of this Section.

B. In addition to the licensee fees provided for in R.S. 37:1443, the commission may charge, upon initial issuance or renewal of every real estate broker's and real estate salesperson's license, as well as any and all other types of licenses, if any issued by the commission after January 1, 1979, an amount not to exceed ten dollars per annum or twenty dollars for each two-year license period to be included in the education fund.

C. The commission, in its discretion, may use any and all monies in the education fund from whatever source derived for the following purposes:

(1) To establish real estate chairs at Louisiana institutions of higher learning.

(2) To contract for particular research projects in the field of real estate for the state of Louisiana.

(3) To sponsor, conduct, contract for, and to underwrite any and all other research projects or real estate programs having to do with the advancement of the real estate field in Louisiana.

(4) To reduce the Louisiana Real Estate Commission office building debt for the Fiscal Years 2010-2011 and 2011-2012. This Paragraph shall cease to be effective on June 30, 2012.

Acts 1978, No. 514, §1; Acts 1989, No. 655, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 2010, No. 371, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1871 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1871
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Part, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning and shall only be applicable to a parish with a population in excess of two hundred thousand persons, according to the latest federal decennial census:

(1) "Antique dealer" means any owner of an antique shop, or agent of the antique shop, and any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, trading in, or otherwise acquiring, disposing or exhibiting antiques, including but not limited to antique property, such as antique jewelry, antique silverware, antique pictures and paintings, antique objects of art, cemetery artifacts, used building components, antique furniture, antique collectibles and other such antique property. "Antique dealer" shall also include but not be limited to auction houses, auction galleries, and auctioneers dealing in the sale or disposition of antiques.

(2) "Cemetery artifact" means any object produced or shaped by human workmanship or tools, including ornaments of archaeological, historical, cultural, or sentimental significance or interest, which may be used to memorialize the dead and shall include but not be limited to all cemetery items, objects, and properties, including but not limited to any type of religious or sentimental addition or adornment, inside or outside of a tomb, gravesite, plot, mausoleum, vault or interment location, whether placed privately or by assignment, regardless of monetary worth, age, size, shape or condition, including but not limited to statues, bricks, signage, plaques, tablets, urns, pots, planters, benches, chairs, crosses or other religious symbols, vases, gates, fences, or any portions thereof.

(3) For purposes of this Part, a "used building component" shall mean any object produced or shaped by human workmanship or tools that is an element of structural, architectural, archaeological, historical, ornamental, cultural, utilitarian, decorative, or sentimental significance or interest, which has been and may be used as an adjunct to or component or ornament of any building or structure, regardless of monetary worth, age, size, shape or condition, that is immovable property or fixture, including but not limited to bricks, siding, gutters, downspouts, lightning rods, chimney roofs, lights, chandeliers, stoves, tubs, sinks, faucets, faucet handles, toilets, bidets, showers, fans, furnaces, air conditioners, water heaters, sprinkling systems, shelving, countertops, cabinets, built-in speakers, shutters, trim, rafters, roof tiles, roofing, studs, foundation, barge boards, paneling, stairs, risers, banisters, wiring, plumbing, hinges, door latches, door knobs, medallions, mantles, flooring, carpet, tiles, molding, wainscoting, pavers, doors, windows, sills, transoms, joists, mailboxes, signage, fountains, decking, gates, fences, planters, landscaping, plantings or portions thereof, or component parts of immovable property of any nature or kind whatsoever.

(4) For purposes of this Part, a "lot of used building components" shall mean a group of like used building components.

Acts 1999, No. 218, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1184, §1, eff. July 3, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:576 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 576
Executive director
Status: in_force

A. The board shall be authorized to employ an executive director, who shall be an unclassified employee of the state and whose duties shall include the following:

(1) The supervision of all inspectors and the examination team.

(2) The employment and supervision of all employees of the board.

(3) The performance of all administrative duties of the board.

(4) The preparation and submission of monthly detailed reports of activities to the board for review.

(5) The maintenance of a record of all proceedings of the board. Records relating to the issuance, refusal, renewal, suspension, and revocation of certificates of registration shall contain the name, place of business, and residence of each cosmetologist and the date and number of his certificate of registration.

(6) The performance of inspections when necessary.

(7) The performance of such other duties as prescribed by the board or as necessary for the proper administration of this Chapter.

B. The annual salary of the executive director shall be set by the board and shall not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars. The executive director may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in carrying out his duties, with approval of the board and in accordance with state travel regulations.

Acts 2001, No. 907, §2, eff. June 26, 2001; Acts 2010, No. 728, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3429 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3429
Denial, revocation, or suspension of license
Status: in_force

A. The board may withhold, suspend, restrict, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew any license issued or applied for in accordance with this Chapter or otherwise discipline a licensed clinical exercise physiologist after notice and opportunity for hearing pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act upon proof that the applicant or licensed clinical exercise physiologist:

(1) Has been convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction of a felony that the board finds is directly related to the practice of clinical exercise physiology pursuant to R.S. 37:2950.

(2) Has violated the code of ethics adopted by the board.

(3) Is using any narcotic or any alcoholic beverage to an extent or in a manner dangerous to any other person or the public or to an extent that the use impairs his ability to perform the work of a licensed clinical exercise physiologist.

(4) Has impersonated another person holding a clinical exercise physiologist license or allowed another person to use his license.

(5) Has used fraud or deception in applying for a license.

(6) Has allowed his name or license issued under this Chapter to be used in connection with any person who performs clinical exercise physiology services outside of the area of his training, experience, or competence.

(7) Is legally adjudicated mentally incompetent, the record of such adjudication being conclusive evidence thereof.

(8) Has willfully or negligently violated any provision of this Chapter.

B. Notice of denial, revocation, suspension, or disciplinary action shall be sent to the applicant or licensee by registered mail or served personally on the applicant or licensee. The notice shall state the particular reasons for the proposed action and shall set a date at which time the applicant or licensee shall be given an opportunity for a prompt and fair hearing. The written notice shall be sent to the person's last known address, but the nonappearance of the person shall not prevent such a hearing. For the purpose of such hearing, the board may subpoena persons, books, and papers, on its own behalf of the applicant or licensee who, may appear by counsel or personally in his own behalf.

C. On the basis of any hearing or upon default of the applicant or licensee, the board shall make a determination specifying its findings of fact and conclusions of law. A copy of such determination shall be sent by registered mail or served personally upon the applicant or licensee. The decision of the board denying, revoking, or suspending the license shall become final thirty days after being mailed or served unless within such period the applicant or licensee appeals the decision as provided by the Administrative Procedure Act. No such appeal while pending appropriate court action shall supersede such denial, revocation, or suspension. All proceedings and evidence presented at hearings before the board may be admissible during appellate proceedings.

D. Every order and judgment of the board shall take effect immediately on its promulgation unless the board in such order or judgment set a probationary period for the applicant or licensee. Such order and judgment shall continue in effect until expiration of any specified time period or termination by a court of competent jurisdiction. The board shall notify all licensees of any action taken against a licensee and may make public its orders and judgments in such manner and form as it considers proper.

Acts 1995, No. 630, §1; Acts 2024, No. 644, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:85 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 85
Single act evidence of practice
Status: in_force

Evidence of the commission of a single act prohibited by this Part or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to this Part is sufficient to justify additional fees, assessment of reasonable costs, a penalty, fine, injunction, restraining order, or conviction without evidence of a general course of conduct.

Acts 1979, No. 510, §1; Acts 1999, No. 473, §1, eff. June 18, 1999; Acts 2016, No. 553, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1721 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1721
Restrictions on advertising reserved to legislature
Status: repealed

No state board, commission, department, bureau, or similar agency of the state regulating the practice of a trade or profession and exercising rulemaking powers shall make any rule or regulation which limits or restricts the right to advertise, provided that this Section shall not apply to any board, commission, department, bureau, or similar agency of the state created and regulated under the rulemaking power of the Supreme Court of Louisiana or to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, the Louisiana State Board of Barber Examiners, the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry, the State Board of Certified Public Accountants of Louisiana, Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, the Louisiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners, the Louisiana Board of Veterinary Medicine, and the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners, and further provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the prohibition of false or misleading advertising by any board, commission, department, bureau, or similar agency of the state. The right to regulate advertising except as herein provided is reserved to the legislature.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 369. Acts 1989, No. 678, §1; Acts 1991, No. 77, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3717 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3717
Injunctive proceedings
Status: in_force

A. The board may investigate any evidence or allegation which appears to show that any person is or may be in violation of any provision of this Chapter.

B. The board may apply for an injunction in any court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin any person from committing any act which is in violation of this Chapter.

C. If it is established that the defendant has been or is committing an act which is in violation of this Chapter, the court shall enter a decree perpetually enjoining the defendant from further committing such act.

D. In case of violation of any injunction issued under the provisions of this Section, the court may summarily conduct a hearing and find the offender in contempt of court.

E. Such injunctive proceedings shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, all penalties and other remedies as provided in this Chapter.

Acts 2013, No. 351, §2.

NOTE: See R.S. 37:3718 regarding termination date of Chapter on July 1, 2028.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2506 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2506
Licenses
Status: in_force

A. An applicant for a license as a nursing facility administrator who has complied with the requirements and standards as determined by the board and passed the examination provided for in this Chapter, shall be issued a license on a form provided for that purpose by the board, certifying that such applicant has met the requirements of the laws, rules, and regulations entitling him to serve, act, practice, and otherwise hold himself out as a duly licensed nursing facility administrator.

B. The board may approve programs of training and instruction conducted within and without this state as sufficient to meet education and training requirements established pursuant to the Chapter.

C. Each license issued by the board shall be signed by the chairman and the executive director of the board.

Added by Acts 1969, No. 131, §6. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 667, §3, eff. July 24, 1980; Acts 1992, No. 241, §1, eff. June 10, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3243 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3243
Powers and duties of the board
Status: in_force

The board shall:

(1) Establish and publish minimum curriculum and experience requirements for persons seeking licensure under the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) Establish and publish minimum standards of midwifery practice in accordance with those developed and accepted by the profession.

(3) Develop, publish, and make available to interested parties a bibliography and study guide for the examination.

(4) Examine for, approve, deny, revoke, suspend, and renew licensure of duly qualified applicants.

(5) Investigate consumer complaints or complaints from health care providers.

(6) Promulgate and publish rules and regulations for the purpose of administering the provisions of this Chapter.

(7) Conduct hearings on charges calling for revocation or suspension of licensure.

(8) Employ the necessary persons including an attorney to administer this Chapter and fix their compensation.

Acts 1984, No. 688, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:930 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 930
Anesthetics; authority to administer; penalty
Status: in_force

A. No registered professional nurse shall administer any form of anesthetic to any person under his care unless the following conditions are met:

(1) The registered nurse has successfully completed the prescribed educational program in a school of anesthesia which is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency approved by the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, or its successor.

(2) The registered nurse is a registered nurse anesthetist certified by a nationally recognized certifying agency for nurse anesthetists following completion of the educational program referred to in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection and participates in a continuing education program of a nationally approved accreditation agency as from time to time required, which program shall be recognized as the Continuing Education Program for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists.

(3) The registered nurse administers anesthetics and ancillary services under the direction and supervision of a physician or dentist who is licensed to practice under the laws of the state of Louisiana.

B.(1) No registered professional nurse licensed in the state of Louisiana who has been employed to administer anesthetics for six months prior to October 1, 1976, shall be required to meet the requirements set forth in Paragraphs (A)(1) and (2) of this Section, and such registered professional nurse may continue to administer anesthetics provided that such employment is continuous in the state of Louisiana and is not broken for a period of more than one year. However, any registered professional nurse licensed in this state who is employed to administer anesthetics after October 1, 1976, shall be required to meet the requirements of this Section.

(2) No registered professional nurse licensed in the state of Louisiana administering parenterally a sedative, hypnotic, or analgesic drug in the course of her employment under the supervision and control of a physician or dentist shall be required to meet the requirements set forth in Paragraphs (A)(1) and (2) of this Subsection.

(3) The requirements set forth in Paragraphs (A)(1) and (2) of this Section shall not apply to a graduate nurse anesthetist awaiting certification results, provided that the application for certification is made as soon as possible upon completion of the prescribed educational program in a school of anesthesia and provided further that this is the initial attempt for passage of the certification exam.

(4) The requirements set forth in Paragraphs (A)(1) and (2) of this Section shall not apply to an emergency situation as determined by the appropriate supervising physician or dentist.

(5) No registered professional nurse who on and after October 1, 1976, possesses a permit, a temporary license, or a permanent license to practice nursing in Louisiana in accordance with the provisions of the Nurse Practice Act and who is duly enrolled as a bona fide student pursuing a course in a nurse anesthesia school which is approved by a nationally recognized accrediting body and whose graduates are acceptable for certification by a nationally recognized certifying body shall be required to meet the requirements set forth in Paragraphs (A)(1) and (2) of this Section, insofar as the administering of anesthetics is confined to the educational requirements of the course and under direct supervision of a qualified instructor.

C. Whoever is found guilty of violating the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

D. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the injection of local anesthetic agents under the skin or application of topical anesthetic agents by a registered nurse when prescribed by a physician or dentist who is licensed to practice in this state; however, this provision shall not permit a registered nurse to administer local anesthetics perineurally, peridurally, epidurally, intrathecally, or intravenously. This Subsection shall not be applicable to certified registered nurse anesthetists provided for in Subsection A of this Section.

E. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the administration of a digital block or a pudendal block by an advanced practice registered nurse who has been trained to administer such procedure in accordance with a collaborative practice agreement.

F. Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, a certified registered nurse anesthetist shall not be required to have a collaborative practice agreement or prescriptive authority to provide anesthesia care, including the administration of medications, anesthetics, and ancillary services necessary for the delivery of care within his scope of practice under the direction and supervision of a physician or dentist who is licensed to practice under the laws of the state of Louisiana.

G.(1) The Louisiana Legislature hereby finds that:

(a) Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) have been selecting and administering anesthesia in Louisiana and the United States for over one hundred years.

(b) The specialty of nurse anesthesia was established in the late 1800s as the first clinical nursing specialty.

(c) Nursing took the lead in formalizing anesthesia practice as a specialty and in providing for specialty education and credentialing in anesthesia practice. During World War I, nurse anesthetists trained both physicians and nurses to provide anesthesia services both at home and abroad.

(d) Nurse anesthetists alone provided the overwhelming majority of anesthetics up until World War II.

(e) Nurse anesthetists receive rigorous clinical and academic training, requiring a bachelor's degree from an accredited school of nursing and one year of professional nursing experience in an acute care setting prior to being considered for entrance to an accredited twenty-four to thirty-six month nurse anesthesia educational program.

(f) CRNAs administer the majority of anesthetics in Louisiana and all of the anesthetics in many parts of the state.

(g) Multiple studies have demonstrated that CRNAs are safe, accessible, and cost-effective providers of anesthetics.

(h) CRNAs are critical providers of quality anesthesia services in the health care delivery system in this state.

(i) An adequate supply of CRNAs in Louisiana is vital to continued access to safe, cost-effective health care for the citizens of Louisiana.

(j) Anesthesiologist assistants (AAs) are not presently authorized to train or practice in Louisiana and are only recognized in eight states.

(k) Less than six hundred AAs exist in the United States while over thirty thousand CRNAs are licensed and authorized to practice in every state in the United States.

(l) CRNAs receive a much higher level of education and training than do AAs.

(m) After thirty years of existence, only two AA schools exist in the United States while there are ninety-nine CRNA schools.

(n) CRNAs are trained and legally authorized to administer all types of anesthetics in all settings while AAs are limited by the type of anesthetics they can administer and the settings in which they are authorized to perform their services.

(2) It is hereby declared that CRNAs are an essential provider of safe, accessible, and cost-effective anesthesia care to the citizens of Louisiana. It is further declared that a sufficient supply of CRNAs in Louisiana is affected with the public interest. It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent to encourage a sufficient ongoing supply of CRNAs in this state and to discourage the creation and authorization of providers of anesthesia not otherwise presently trained and licensed to provide anesthesia. Specifically, it is the intent of the legislature to prevent the introduction of AAs into Louisiana until such time that they are deemed to be viable providers of anesthesia services. The purpose of this Subsection is to carry out that policy in the public interest, providing for the repeal of any provision that provides otherwise.

(3) No health care provider or other person, other than a certified registered nurse anesthetist, physician, dentist, perfusionist, or other explicitly authorized provider, shall select or administer any form of anesthetic to any person either directly or by delegation unless explicitly authorized by this Title.

Acts 1976, No. 200, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 131, §1; Acts 1983, No. 322, §1; Acts 2001, No. 721, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1094, §1, eff. July 2, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 279, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1024 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1024
Authorized and prohibited functions of medication attendants
Status: in_force

A. The authorized functions of the medication attendant are:

(1) Deliver and administer medications ordered by a physician or dentist to residents with the supervision of a registered nurse.

(2) Record in the client's chart doses delivered to and/or administered to the client.

(3) Chart drug effects and side effects.

(4) Obtain vital signs as indicated or ordered.

(5) Deliver pro re nata "PRN", as needed, medications when authorized by a licensed physician, dentist, or registered nurse. This authorization must be documented in writing within twenty-four hours.

B. The prohibited functions of the medication attendant are:

(1) May not give medications by intramuscular, intravenous, or subcutaneous routes.

(2) May not administer medications by the oral inhalant aerosol route unless administering a premeasured dosage unit provided by the manufacturer.

(3) May not receive or assume responsibility for reducing to writing oral or telephone orders from a physician.

(4) May not alter medication dosages as delivered from the pharmacy, unless authorized by a physician or dentist.

(5) May not administer medication in an acute care unit funded or operated by the Louisiana Department of Health and/or the Department of Children and Family Services.

Acts 1976, No. 558, §1; Acts 1977, No. 684, §9; Acts 1990, No. 175, §1; Acts 1991, No. 877, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1251 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1251
Disclosure of prescription drug price information
Status: in_force

A.(1) The Louisiana Board of Pharmacy shall develop a website to contain prescription drug price information to be made available to Louisiana prescribers on the board's website with a dedicated link that is prominently displayed on the board's home page, or by a separate easily identifiable internet address.

(2) The website shall include, at a minimum, the following data elements, separated by therapeutic category:

(a) Name of the product.

(b) Whether the drug is a brand name or a generic.

(c) Drug strength.

(d) Per-unit wholesale acquisition cost of the drug.

(e) Any disclaimers deemed appropriate by the board.

(3) When a pharmaceutical marketer engages in any form of prescription drug marketing directly to a prescriber, his designee, or any member of his staff, the marketer may disclose the website's internet address and inform the prescriber that he may access the website to obtain information on the cost of prescription drugs. The provisions of this Section shall only apply to pharmaceutical marketing engaged in by a pharmaceutical marketer and a prescriber licensed by the state of Louisiana, his designee, or any member of his staff, while physically present in the state of Louisiana.

(4) The board shall have the authority to enter into a contract for the administration of the board's responsibilities pursuant to this Section.

(5) Each health profession licensing board that regulates individuals with prescriptive authority in Louisiana shall advise the licensees of the board at least once annually of the opportunity to access this website.

B. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Pharmaceutical marketer" means a person who, while employed by or under contract to represent a pharmaceutical manufacturing company engages in marketing activities of prescription drugs.

(2) "Prescriber" means a physician or any other person authorized to prescribe prescription drugs or any other person on their staff who receives prescription drug marketing materials.

(3) "Prescription drug" means a pharmaceutical drug that legally requires a prescription to be dispensed.

(4) "Prescription drug marketing" means in-person meetings, mailings, telephonic conversations, video conferencing, and electronic mail activities with prescribers.

(5) "Wholesale acquisition cost" means, with respect to a pharmaceutical drug or biological product, the manufacturer's list price for the pharmaceutical drug or biological product to wholesalers or direct purchasers in the United States for the most recent month for which the information is available, as reported in wholesale price guides or other publications of pharmaceutical drug or biological product pricing data, not including prompt pay or other discounts, rebates, or reductions in price.

C.(1) Implementation of this Section shall be contingent upon the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy's obtaining grant funds from private entities for the development, implementation, operation, and continued maintenance of the drug pricing disclosure website.

(2) The board shall actively seek grant funding to implement the provisions of this Section. Within ten months of successful receipt of grant funds sufficient in amount to implement the provisions of this Section, the board shall make the drug pricing disclosure website available to prescribers.

D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to veterinarians or pharmaceutical marketers who engage in any form of prescription drug marketing directly to a prescriber, his designee, or any member of his staff regarding prescription drugs manufactured exclusively for nonhuman consumption.

Acts 2017, No. 236, §1, eff. June 14, 2017; Acts 2018, No. 219, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:711.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 711.5
Qualifications of board members
Status: in_force

Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this state for at least the three years preceding appointment.

Acts 2010, No. 974, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1554 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1554
Discipline of CAETS
Status: in_force

A. After a hearing held in compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act, the board may deny, suspend, or revoke the certificate of approval held by any technician or impose any other penalty authorized by this Chapter when it finds that the provisions of this Chapter or any of the rules and regulations adopted by the board are not being complied with or upon the grounds that the certified animal euthanasia technician has:

(1) Failed to carry out his duties.

(2) Abused the use of sodium pentobarbital or any controlled dangerous substance under state or federal law.

(3) Sold or given sodium pentobarbital or any controlled dangerous substance under state or federal law for recreational use.

(4) Stolen sodium pentobarbital or any controlled dangerous substance under state or federal law.

(5) Become a user of sodium pentobarbital or any controlled dangerous substance under state or federal law.

(6) Employed fraud, misrepresentation, or deception in obtaining a certificate of approval.

(7) Been declared insane or incompetent by a court of law.

(8) Been shown to suffer from chronic inebriation or habitual use of drugs.

(9) Been convicted of or entered a plea of nolo contendere to a felony or controlled dangerous substances under state or federal law.

(10) Performed duties of humanely restraining, capturing, or euthanizing animals in an incompetent or grossly negligent manner.

(11) Performed acts of cruelty upon animals.

(12) Violated rules of professional conduct as defined in regulations adopted by the board.

(13) Employed fraud or dishonesty in connection with his practice as a certified animal euthanasia technician.

(14) Abetted anyone in the foregoing activities.

B. In cases of failure to pay the required fees, denial shall be automatic. Any denial, suspension, or revocation shall be subject to review pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.

Acts 1987, No. 225, §1; Acts 1995, No. 73, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1369, §1; Acts 2024, No. 644, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1360.70 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1360.70
Injunction; penalty; attorney fees; costs
Status: in_force

A. The board, through its president or the president's designee, may cause to issue in any competent court, a writ of injunction enjoining any person from practicing medical psychology in this state as defined herein until such person obtains a license under the provisions of this Part. This injunction shall not be subject to being released upon bond.

B. In the suit for an injunction, the board, through its president or designee, may demand of the defendant a penalty of not more than five hundred dollars, and attorney fees, in addition to court costs. This judgment for penalty, attorney fees, and court costs may be rendered in the same judgment in which the injunction is made absolute.

C. The trial of the proceeding by injunction shall be summary and by the judge without a jury.

Acts 2009, No. 251, §11, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2722 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2722
Exclusions
Status: in_force

A. No provision of this Chapter shall be construed to prohibit:

(1) The activities and services of a student pursuing a course of study in a social work educational program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education if these activities and services constitute a part of the supervised course of study.

(2) Subsidiary workers in the agencies and offices of individuals licensed, certified, or registered to practice social work in this state from assisting in the rendering of services to clients under the personal and responsible supervision and direction of such persons.

(3) Qualified members of other professional groups from doing work of a psychosocial nature within their legal scope of practice consistent with the standards and ethics of their respective professions, provided that they shall not hold themselves out to the public by any title or description of services incorporating the term social worker, or that they shall not state or imply that they are licensed, certified, or registered to practice social work.

(4) Non-social work degreed governmental employees from performing their assigned job responsibilities.

B. An individual licensed to practice social work in another jurisdiction may, upon prior written application to the board, practice social work in this jurisdiction within the scope of practice designated by such license no more than thirty days per year without applying for a license. Practice privileges under this Subsection shall apply only if the requirements for a license in such other jurisdictions are substantially similar to the requirements for licensure in this jurisdiction. The thirty-day period shall commence on the date of receipt by the board of the written application. The practitioner who provides services under this Subsection shall be deemed to have submitted to the jurisdiction of the applicable board and be bound by the laws of this state.

C. An individual licensed to practice social work in another jurisdiction who is providing services within the scope of practice designated by such license and in response to a disaster declared by the appropriate authority or governor of the state may, upon prior written notice of the board, provide such services in this jurisdiction for a period of time not to exceed sixty consecutive days per year without applying for a license. The practitioner who provides services under this Subsection shall be deemed to have submitted to the jurisdiction of the board and be bound by the laws of this state.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 706, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1309, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2010, No. 880, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3661 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3661
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisiana Military Medics and Corpsmen Pilot Program".

Acts 2017, No. 1, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:754 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 754
Organization of the board; seal; records; meetings
Status: in_force

A. The board at its annual meeting shall elect from its members a president and vice-president. The president shall preside at all meetings and serve as the board's executive officer between meetings, however, he shall not vote in board meetings except in case the members present are equally divided. The board shall also appoint a secretary-treasurer who may be but need not be a member of the board.

B. The board shall have an official seal and shall keep proper minutes and records of all its proceedings, which shall be open at all reasonable times to public inspection. The board shall make a complete record of the names and addresses and license numbers of persons licensed as dentists and dental hygienists, and of all licenses revoked by it. A transcript of the minutes and record entries, certified by the secretary-treasurer under the seal of the board, shall be evidence of the facts therein stated. The secretary-treasurer shall be the legal custodian of all property, money, minutes, records, proceedings, and seal of the board.

C. The board shall hold one regular meeting each year and special meetings as are necessary. The board shall determine the place within the state and time of all meetings.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 314, §1; Acts 1958, No. 490, §1; Acts 1964, No. 133, §3; Acts 1970, No. 355, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:586 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 586
Examination of applicants
Status: in_force

A.(1) The examination team and testing service contracted by the board shall conduct examinations of applicants for certificates as registered cosmetologists, estheticians, manicurists, teachers, and for any special permit issued by the board which requires testing at such times and places as deemed appropriate by the board.

(2) Practical cosmetologist, Louisiana state theory, and national theory examinations shall be conducted at least twice monthly.

(3) Esthetician, manicurist, and teacher examinations shall be conducted at least four times per calendar year.

(4) Examinations for special permits shall be given at least twice per year.

(5) The date and time of all scheduled examinations shall be fixed by the board annually at a meeting duly called to cover a period of twelve calendar months thereafter.

(6) An applicant shall be responsible for all costs associated with taking an examination at an off-site testing center.

B. The examinations shall include practical demonstrations and written and oral tests which shall reflect the subjects normally taught in approved schools in the course required for the appropriate certificate of registration.

C. Examinations and results of examinations given by the board shall be confidential and not subject to discovery or disclosure.

D. Each applicant for examination shall submit an application containing proof of his qualifications, which shall be certified by the applicant under oath and shall be accompanied by the required fee set forth in R.S. 37:599.

E. All fees contractually owed by an applicant to a school of cosmetology from which he graduated shall be paid before an applicant may apply for an examination for a certificate of registration required by this Chapter.

Acts 2001, No. 907, §2, eff. June 26, 2001; Acts 2007, No. 106, §1, eff. June 22, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3112 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3112
Powers, duties, authorities, and responsibilities; meeting, quorum
Status: in_force

A. The board shall perform the following duties:

(1) Examine each applicant desiring to be licensed as an auctioneer in the state of Louisiana.

(2) Administer a written examination for licensing at least four times each year in the city of Baton Rouge.

(3) Adopt rules and regulations to govern auctioneers and auction houses in the state of Louisiana.

(4) Issue, suspend, modify, or revoke licenses to do business in the state of Louisiana.

(5) Report to the attorney general of the state of Louisiana all persons violating the provisions of this Chapter.

(6) Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 923, §2.

(7) Adopt its official seal.

(8) Furnish, upon request, a copy of Louisiana auction laws and also an accurate list of those states having reciprocity with Louisiana.

B. The board is authorized to and shall do the following:

(1)(a) Adopt and enforce rules and regulations, bylaws, and rules of professional conduct as the board may deem necessary and proper to regulate auctions and auction houses under its jurisdiction in the state of Louisiana.

(b) To provide for the efficient operation of the board; and

(c) Otherwise to discharge its duties and powers under this Chapter.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 411, §1.

(3) Authorize any member of the board to make any affidavit necessary to the issuance of any injunction of other legal process authorized under this Chapter or under the rules and regulations of the board.

(4) Authorize and issue subpoenas to require attendance and testimony and the production of documents for the purpose of enforcing the laws relative to auctions and securing evidence of violations thereof.

(5) Maintain a current list of licensed auctioneers.

(6) Except for the position of chairman, select its officers annually.

C. The board is authorized and may do the following:

(1) Appoint a qualified executive secretary.

(2) Employ clerical assistance necessary to carry out the administrative work of the board.

(3) Employ legal counsel to carry out the provisions of this Chapter, provided that the fees of such counsel and the costs of all proceedings, except criminal prosecutions, are paid by the board from its own funds.

(4) Incur all necessary and proper expenses.

(5) Select and appoint investigators to assist the board in investigating complaints filed against any licensed auctioneer. Such investigators may serve subpoenas, gather data, and investigate complaints in the scope and manner and within the authority prescribed by the board.

D. The legal counsel of the board, or in his absence any other member of the board, may administer oaths in the taking of testimony upon any matter appertaining to the duties and powers of the board.

E. The board shall meet bimonthly at regular meetings each year. A special meeting may be held at such time and place as specified by the executive secretary on call of the chairman or four members. The executive secretary shall give written notice of all meetings to the members of the board and the interested public.

F. Four members of the board constitute a quorum for all purposes including the granting or issuance of licenses and the rulemaking and adjudicative functions of the board.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 508, §5. Acts 1984, No. 780, §2; Acts 1993, No. 498, §1; Acts 1993, No. 584, §1; Acts 1997, No. 923, §§1, 2; Acts 2001, No. 696, §1, eff. June 25, 2001; Acts 2009, No. 411, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2652 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2652
License required; single or dual designation; display of license
Status: in_force

No individual shall practice speech-language pathology or audiology in the state unless the individual holds a current, unsuspended, unrevoked license issued by the board in accordance with this Chapter. This license shall be kept conspicuously posted in the office or place of business at all times. The license shall be granted in either speech-language pathology or in audiology, independently, but nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prevent a qualified individual from being licensed in both areas with a dual speech-language pathology/audiology designation.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 384, §1, eff. July 1, 1979; Acts 1995, No. 892, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:51 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 51
Definitions
Status: in_force

The words defined in this Section have the meanings given to them for purposes of this Chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(1) "Board" means any state executive branch board, commission, department, or other agency that regulates the entry of persons into a particular profession or occupation or that is authorized to issue or revoke occupational licenses or certifications.

(2) "Occupational license" means a nontransferable authorization issued by a state to an individual to legally practice or engage in a regulated profession or occupation.

(3) "Other state" or "another state" means any United States territory or state in the United States other than this state.

(4) "Scope of practice" means the procedures, actions, processes, and work that a person may perform pursuant to an occupational license or certification issued in this state.

Acts 2024, No. 253, §1; Acts 2024, No. 568, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1745.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1745.2
Diagnosis of certain mental health conditions; limitation
Status: in_force

A. No physician or other health care provider shall diagnose the condition of factitious disorder imposed on another, formerly known as "Munchausen syndrome by proxy", unless he meets all of the following criteria:

(1) He is licensed as a health care provider in this state.

(2) He is qualified by licensure and professional training to diagnose mental health conditions.

(3) He has conducted a bona fide evaluation of the person he diagnoses.

B. For purposes of this Section, the following terms have the meaning ascribed in this Subsection:

(1) "Bona fide evaluation" means all of the following actions have occurred:

(a) The health care provider has reviewed the relevant clinical records of the individual and the purported victim, and has completed a full assessment of the individual's clinical history and current clinical condition. For purposes of this Section, "clinical records" shall include, without limitation, documentation from schools, health care providers, child care providers, agencies, and other institutions; interviews with members of the extended family, friends, and acquaintances of the individual; and other collateral sources when the resulting information is likely to be relevant.

(b) The health care provider has performed an in-person clinical evaluation of the individual which includes a clinical interview and behavioral observation.

(c) The health care provider has created and maintained a record of the condition of the individual in accordance with clinically accepted standards to support a mental health diagnosis.

(2) "Health care provider" has the meaning ascribed in R.S. 40:1231.1(A).

Acts 2018, No. 193, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:883 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 883
Liability; authorizing agent; funeral director, funeral establishment, and crematory authority; refusal to arrange or perform a cremation; refusal to release cremated human remains
Status: in_force

A. Except for those representations made by a funeral director pursuant to R.S. 37:877(B)(1)(b)(ii), any person signing a cremation authorization form as an authorizing agent shall be personally and individually liable for all damage occasioned thereby and resulting therefrom. A crematory authority and a funeral director shall rely upon the representations of the authorizing agent in the cremation authorization form.

B. There shall be no liability for a funeral director, funeral establishment, or crematory authority that, pursuant to a crematory authorization, arranges a cremation, cremates human remains pursuant to such authorization, or releases or disposes of the cremated human remains pursuant to such authorization.

C. There shall be no liability for a funeral director, funeral establishment, or crematory authority in relying on information provided by the coroner or healthcare providers pursuant to R.S. 37:877(B)(1)(b)(iii) and R.S. 40:1271.2 or their failure to provide such information.

D. There shall be no liability for a funeral director, funeral establishment, or coroner for permitting an authorizing agent or designated representative thereof, or any interested party, to view human remains for the purpose of identification.

E. A crematory authority shall not be responsible or liable for the commingling of cremated human remains if it has received a written authorization pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 37:879(G).

F. A crematory authority or any other person in possession of cremated human remains for a period of sixty days from the date of cremation shall not be responsible or liable for the disposition of the cremated human remains if such remains have been disposed of in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 37:880(B).

G. A crematory authority shall not be responsible or liable for any valuables delivered to the crematory authority with human remains.

H. If a funeral director refuses to arrange a cremation or a crematory authority refuses to accept a body or to perform a cremation in accordance with R.S. 37:877(C), neither the funeral director nor the crematory authority shall be liable for refusing to accept a body or to perform a cremation.

I. If a funeral director, funeral establishment, or crematory authority refuses to release or dispose of cremated human remains in accordance with R.S. 37:880(A)(2), then such persons or entities shall not be liable for their refusal to release or dispose of cremated human remains.

Acts 2003, No. 1243, §2; Acts 2011, No. 16, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 12
Exercise of departmental functions
Status: in_force

Subject to such executive direction and control as is vested in the governor by the constitution and by this Chapter, the director has the management of the department and, subject to the provisions of this Chapter, shall exercise all the functions of the department through the department organization in carrying out the provisions of law with respect to such functions, except those functions which are specifically assigned to any board of the department under the provisions of this Chapter.

The record and administrative work, the examining, and the field inspection and enforcement work shall be centralized in the separate divisions provided.

Any act performed by any employee of the department under the authority of the director thereof is an act of the department and of the director.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1360.29 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1360.29
Supervising physician qualifications and registration
Status: in_force

A. A physician supervising a physician assistant shall:

(1) Be licensed and in good standing in this state.

(2) Notify the board of his intent to supervise a physician assistant.

(3) Submit a statement to the board that he will exercise supervision over the physician assistant in accordance with any rules and regulations adopted by the board and that he will retain professional and legal responsibility for the care rendered by the physician assistant.

(4) Maintain a written agreement with the physician assistant in compliance with R.S. 37:1360.22(8) that includes a statement that the physician shall exercise supervision over the physician assistant in accordance with this Part. The agreement shall be signed by the supervising physician and physician assistant, updated annually, kept on file at the practice site, and available to the board upon request.

B. Physicians seeking to supervise a physician assistant shall be required to appear before the board upon their first application and notification to the board of their intention to supervise a physician assistant when the board finds discrepancies in the physician's application or when the physician is currently or has been previously subject to adverse licensure, certification, or registration actions.

Acts 1993, No. 662, §1, eff. June 16, 1993; Acts 2015, No. 453, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1802 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1802
Minors pledging things
Status: in_force

No natural person under the age of eighteen years shall deposit in pledge with a pawnbroker any thing of value for money loaned.

Acts 1993, No. 391, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3701 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3701
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Behavior Analyst Practice Act".

Acts 2013, No. 351, §2.

NOTE: See R.S. 37:3718 regarding termination date of Chapter on July 1, 2028.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2107 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2107
Examination and license fees
Status: in_force

A. The board shall require each applicant for an examination to deposit the sum of fifty dollars as a nonrefundable examination fee.

B. When an applicant meets the qualifications and passes the examination, he shall be issued a license which shall be renewed annually as provided by this Chapter.

C. The board is authorized to charge a fee of twenty-five dollars for the issuance of each license.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 371, §7; Acts 2001, No. 807, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:360 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 360
Proof that establishment of new barber college will not be detrimental to public welfare; necessity; factors
Status: in_force

A. Every applicant for a certificate of registration to operate a new barber college shall offer proof sufficient to the board that the establishment of a new barber college in a particular area will not be detrimental to the public welfare.

B. In considering whether the establishment of a new barber college in a particular area will be detrimental to the public welfare the board shall consider the need for barber college facilities or additional barber college facilities as the case may be in the community where the proposed barber college is to be located giving particular consideration to the following:

(1) The economic character of the community.

(2) The adequacy of existing barber shops and barber colleges in that community.

(3) The ability of the community to support the proposed barber college.

(4) The character of adjacent communities and the extent to which the establishment of the proposed barber college would draw patrons from such adjacent communities.

(5) The social and economic effect of the establishment of a barber college on the community where it is proposed to be located and on the adjacent communities.

(6) The expressed opinion of the registered barbers in the area of the proposed college as evidenced in person or by written petition to the board.

Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2444.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2444.1
Testing period for hearing aids
Status: in_force

A. Any person licensed pursuant to this Chapter who sells a hearing aid to a consumer shall provide a written receipt or written contract to the consumer. The written receipt or contract shall provide the consumer with a thirty-day right to cancel the purchase if the consumer finds that the hearing aid does not function adequately for the consumer. If the consumer cancels the hearing aid purchase based on this Subsection, the consumer may obtain a refund if he returns the hearing aid to the seller in the same condition, ordinary wear and tear excluded, as when purchased. The written receipt or contract shall notify the consumer of the thirty-day right to cancel period in at least ten point type. The thirty-day right to cancel period shall commence from either the date the hearing aid is originally delivered to the consumer or the date the written receipt or contract is delivered to the consumer, whichever is later. The thirty-day period shall be interrupted for any period during which the hearing aid seller, dealer, or fitter has possession or control of the hearing aid after its original delivery.

B. Upon exercise of the thirty-day right to cancel a hearing aid purchase, the seller of the hearing aid is entitled to a cancellation fee not to exceed fifteen percent of all fees charged to the consumer, including testing, fitting, counseling, and the purchase price of the hearing aid. The exact amount of the cancellation fee shall be stated in the written receipt or contract provided to the consumer.

Acts 2011, No. 93, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:1360.72 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 1360.72
Transfer of files
Status: in_force

The Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists shall provide the board with copies of all files relating to medical psychologists.

Acts 2009, No. 251, §11, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:3182 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 3182
Fees
Status: in_force

The applicant shall pay the actual cost of any examination. In addition, the board may establish fees that shall not exceed the following amounts:

(1) For licensing, one hundred fifty dollars.

(2) For each annual renewal, one hundred fifty dollars.

(3) For restoration of an expired certificate of registration or for reactivation of an inactive certificate of registration, one hundred fifty dollars.

(4) For restoration of a revoked or suspended certificate of registration, one hundred fifty dollars. The board may assess a penalty not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars that shall be paid prior to the restoration of a revoked or suspended certificate of registration.

(5) For issuance of original or duplicate certificate of registration, twenty-five dollars.

(6) For failure to renew a certificate of registration within the time period to be set by the board, fifty dollars.

(7) For approval of a continuing education provider, two hundred dollars.

Acts 1984, No. 227, §2, eff. June 29, 1984; Acts 1990, No. 846, §1; Acts 1997, No. 877, §1; Acts 2004, No. 343, §1, eff. June 18, 2004.

NOTE: See Section 3 of Act 227, of the 1984 R.S.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2416 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2416
Emergency exemptions
Status: in_force

No license is required by this Chapter under the following circumstances:

(1) A physical therapist who is licensed in a jurisdiction of the United States and who enters this state to provide physical therapy during a declared local, state, or national disaster or emergency. This exemption applies for no longer than sixty days following the declaration of the emergency. In order to be eligible for this exemption the physical therapist shall notify the board of his intent to practice within the state.

(2) A physical therapist licensed in a jurisdiction of the United States who is forced to leave his residence or place of employment due to a declared local, state, or national disaster or emergency and as a result of such displacement seeks to practice physical therapy. This exemption applies for no more than sixty days following the declaration of the emergency. In order to be eligible for this exemption the physical therapist shall notify the board of his intent to practice within the state.

(3) A physical therapist assistant who is licensed in a jurisdiction of the United States and is assisting a physical therapist engaged specifically in activities related to Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 68, §1; Acts 2009, No. 535, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:2360 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 2360
Violation and penalties
Status: in_force

A. Each of the following shall be a misdemeanor:

(1) For any person not licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter or Part VI of Chapter 15 of this Title to represent himself as a psychologist.

(2) For any person not licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter or Part VI of Chapter 15 of this Title to engage in the practice of psychology.

(3) Except for medical psychologists duly licensed by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, for any person to represent himself as a psychologist during the time that his license as a psychologist is suspended, revoked, or lapsed.

(4) For any person to otherwise violate the provisions of this Chapter.

B. A misdemeanor described in Subsection A of this Section shall be prosecuted by the district attorney of the judicial district in which the offense was committed in the name of the people of the state of Louisiana.

C. A misdemeanor described in Subsection A of this Section shall be punishable upon conviction by imprisonment for not more than six months or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or both. Each violation shall be deemed a separate offense.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 347, §10. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 415, §1; Acts 1985, No. 719, §1; Acts 1987, No. 915, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 2009, No. 251, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2021, No. 238, §2; Acts 2022, No. 271, §2.

NOTE: See Acts 1987, No. 915, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:969.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 37 / Section 969.1
Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners; authorization to obtain criminal history record information
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Applicant" means a person who has made application to the board for the issuance or reinstatement of any form of licensure.

(2) "Board" means the Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners.

(3) "Bureau" means the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information of the office of state police within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

(4) "Criminal history record information" means information collected by state and federal criminal justice agencies on individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, bills of information, or any formal criminal charges, and any disposition arising therefrom, including sentencing and criminal correctional supervision and release, but does not include intelligence for investigatory purposes, nor does it include any identification information which does not indicate involvement of the individual in the criminal justice system.

(5) "FBI" means the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States Department of Justice.

(6) "Licensure" means any license or permit which the board is authorized to issue, including permission to enroll as a student in clinical nursing courses.

B. In addition to any other requirements established by law or board rules, the board shall:

(1) Require each applicant, as a condition for eligibility for licensure, to provide all of the following:

(a) A full set of fingerprints, in a form and manner prescribed by the board.

(b) Written consent for state and national criminal history record information on such person to be obtained as a condition for consideration of his application.

(2) Provide each applicant with a copy of the written standards specifying the requirements that must be met by an applicant for licensure and the grounds on which a license may be denied or revoked.

C. In accordance with the provisions and procedures prescribed by this Section, or any other law or board rule, the board shall request and obtain state and national criminal history record information from the bureau and the FBI relative to any person applying for issuance, renewal, or reinstatement of any license or permit whose fingerprints the board has obtained pursuant to this Section for the purpose of determining the applicant's suitability and eligibility for licensure.

D. Upon receiving fingerprints, the bureau shall survey its criminal history records and identification files and make a simultaneous request of the FBI for like information from other jurisdictions. The bureau shall provide a report promptly and in writing, but shall provide only such information as is necessary to specify whether or not the person has been arrested for or convicted of or pled nolo contendere to any crime or crimes, the crime or crimes of which he has been arrested for or convicted or to which he has pled nolo contendere, and the date or dates on which they occurred. The report provided pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection shall include arrests, convictions, or other dispositions, including any conviction dismissed pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 893 or 894. The bureau may charge the board a reasonable processing fee for conducting and reporting on any such search.

E. Any and all state or national criminal history record information obtained by the board from the bureau or FBI which is not already a matter of public record shall be deemed nonpublic and confidential information restricted to the exclusive use of the board, its members, officers, investigators, agents, and attorneys in evaluating the applicant's eligibility or disqualification for licensure. No such information or records related thereto shall, except with the written consent of the applicant or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, be released or otherwise disclosed by the board to any other person or agency.

Acts 1999, No. 1343, §2, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2016, No. 368, §1.