Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXXX - Substance Abuse Counselors › Chapter 17 - Registration and ADRA Approved Programs › Section LXXX-1707 - Approved Educational Provider

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				The ADRA shall develop policies and procedures for the operation of an approved
				educational provider program.
B.
				Organizations who desire to provide continuing professional education in the
				continuum of care in the areas of addiction treatment and/or intervention
				and/or prevention, or any area deemed appropriate by the ADRA may register with
				the ADRA as an approved educational provider, also known as AEP. Each
				educational offering is a form of learning experience and shall be known as a
				course for the purposes of this rule whether it was offered for academic
				credit, as a workshop, seminar, conference, or in any other acceptable format.
				In-service training conducted by and for an individual's own agency is not an
				acceptable educational offering format. An individual, partnership,
				corporation, association, organized health care system, educational
				institution, governmental agency, or any other autonomous entity shall qualify
				as an organization for the purposes of this rule.
C. The designation of approved educational
				provider is granted to the nearest renewal date one year after the request for
				AEP status is approved, provided:
1. a
				satisfactory application form is received;
2. one person, who is qualified by virtue of
				education, training, and experience, as determined by the ADRA, is identified
				as the supervisor of all educational programs to be offered;
3. the organization provides a statement,
				signed by an authorized officer of the organization, to document the
				organization's desire to provide continuing professional education in the
				continuum of care in the areas of addiction treatment and/or intervention
				and/or prevention and acknowledgment of responsibility for such activities.
				This statement must contain acknowledgment that the organization is independent
				of the ADRA, that it will hold the ADRA harmless, and that it will comply with
				the requirements of the ADRA;
4.
				the organization agrees to provide a certificate of completion for each person
				satisfactorily completing each course which shall contain:
a. the name and trainee or certification
				number of the person completing the course;
b. the name and AEP number of the
				provider;
c. the title of the
				course, course number, name of the instructor(s), and date(s) of the
				course;
d. the number of clock
				hours of credit earned;
e. the
				signature of the organization's educational program supervisor or the
				instructor, or both;
5.
				the organization agrees to file a course report with the ADRA within 30 days of
				completion for each course which shall contain:
a. the AEP number and course number of the
				provider;
b. the trainee or
				certification number and the clock hours earned for each person completing the
				course, or, the name and hours for persons not registered with or certified by
				this ADRA;
c. a sample of the
				certificate of completion;
d. a
				copy of the flier or brochure used to advertise the course to the
				public;
6. the
				organization agrees to provide ADRA approved credit only for courses which meet
				the educational standards of the ADRA and which are taught by instructors who
				are qualified by virtue of education, training, and experience; the
				organization agrees to document this by maintaining a file for each course in
				its office which contains:
a. the course
				description containing the educational objectives; course outline;
				instructional modalities; and relevance of the material, including relationship
				to the 12 core functions or KSA and/or performance domains, theoretical content
				related to scientific knowledge of practicing in the field of addictive
				disorder counseling, compulsive gambling counseling, or prevention; application
				of scientific knowledge in the field of addictive disorder counseling,
				compulsive gambling counseling or prevention direct and/or indirect
				patient/client care, and which renewal education area or areas are
				addressed;
b. the qualifications of
				instructors containing description of the education, training, and experience
				which prepared them to teach the course;
7. the organization provides a summary
				statement of its continuous quality improvement program and agrees to maintain
				full records of that program. This program shall include but not be limited to
				student evaluations of each course;
8. the organization agrees to notify the ADRA
				and each person who completed a course in a timely fashion if it is determined
				that a course did not comply with the standards of the ADRA for addictive
				disorder counselor, compulsive gambling counselor or prevention education. The
				organization shall also present its written policy on refunds and
				cancellation;
9. the organization
				agrees to an annual audit review of its education program, course files, and
				continuous quality improvement program by a professional approved by the ADRA,
				and an audit or review of its records at any time by the ADRA.