Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LX - Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners › Subpart 1 - Licensed Professional Counselors › Chapter 5 - License and Practice of Counseling › Section LX-503 - Definitions for Licensed Professional Counselors and Provisional Licensed Professional Counselors

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. For purposes of this Part, the following definitions
					 will apply.
Active Supervision
-the process by which a
					 supervisee receives one hour of face-to-face supervision with his/her
					 board-approved supervisor for every 20 hours of direct client contact Active
					 Supervision is based on direct client contact hours. Supervision hours shall be
					 adjusted if the provisional licensed professional counselor has less than or
					 more than 20 hours of direct contact. The supervisor and supervisee must meet
					 at least one hour within a three-month period.
Administrative Supervisor
-person
					 responsible for the overall administrative functions of their
					 agency/organization. The Administrative Supervisor is responsible for the
					 control, oversight and responsibility of PLPC in the setting in which the PLPC
					 is employed, contracted or volunteering.
Applicant
-an individual who has submitted
					 an application to the board for the initial review, renewal, reinstatement of a
					 license or certification.
Board
-the Louisiana Licensed Professional
					 Counselors Board of Examiners.
Bureau
-the Louisiana State Police Bureau
					 of Criminal Identification and Information.
Clinical Supervision-
a distinct
					 professional practice employing a collaborative relationship between a
					 supervisor and a supervisee. At a minimum, this relationship has facilitative,
					 evaluative, and supervisory components. The goal of Clinical Supervision is to
					 enhance the professional competence, monitor the quality of services provided,
					 maintain the ethical standards of practice, protect the welfare of the public,
					 and serve as a gatekeeper for entry into the mental health counseling
					 profession. All licensees who serve in a supervisory capacity are governed by
					 the current ACA code of ethics for supervision. All licensees that supervise
					 another person are governed by the code of conduct and regulatory standards
					 regarding supervisor and supervision set forth by the Licensed Professional
					 Counselors Board of Examiners. A supervisor may not be a relative of the PLPC.
					 Relative of the PLPC is defined as spouse, parent, child, sibling of the
					 whole-or half-blood, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, one who is or has
					 been related by marriage or has any other dual relationship. Caution must be
					 exercised in dual relationships when serving as both the Administrative
					 Supervisor and the LPC Supervisor.
Contract Employee/Private Contractor-
an
					 employee who works under contract for an employer. Hired for a specific job at
					 a specific rate of pay; is not considered a permanent employee. A PLPC may be a
					 contracted employee.
Criminal History Record
					 Information
-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 from, including
					 sentencing, criminal correctional supervision and release. It shall not include
					 intelligence information gathered for investigatory purposed or any
					 identification information that does not indicate involvement of the individual
					 in the criminal justice system.
Licensed Professional Counselor
-any fully
					 licensed person (i.e. one who may practice independently as specified in
					 R.S.
					 37:1107(A)) who holds
					 oneself out to the public for a fee or other personal gain, by any title or
					 description of services incorporating the words "licensed professional
					 counselor" or any similar term, and who offers to render professional mental
					 health counseling/psychotherapy services denoting a client-counselor
					 relationship in which the counselor assumes the responsibility for knowledge,
					 skill, and ethical consideration needed to assist individuals, groups,
					 organizations, or the general public, and who implies that he/she is licensed
					 to practice mental health counseling.
Licensee
-an individual holding either a
					 full or provisional license issued by the Louisiana Licensed Professional
					 Counselors Board of Examiners. All
licensees
must accurately
					 identify themselves as fully licensed (i.e., licensed) or provisionally
					 licensed.
Licensure
-any license, certification, or
					 registration for the practice of mental health counseling approved by the
					 board.
LPC Supervisor
-provides clinical
					 supervision to the PLPC, which must be approved by the board. The LPC
					 Supervisor has the responsibility of assisting PLPCs in increasing their
					 competences as a mental health professional. The LPC Supervisor has no control,
					 oversight, or responsibility for the services of a PLPC whom they are
					 supervising within the agency/organization they are employed, contracted or
					 volunteering, unless the LPC supervisor also serves as the administrative
					 supervisor of the PLPC. To be designated as a LPC Supervisor, one must be
					 approved by the board and fulfill the requirements outlined in Chapter
					 8.
Practice of Mental Health
					 Counseling/Psychotherapy
- rendering or offering prevention,
					 assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, which includes psychotherapy of mental,
					 emotional, behavioral, and addiction disorders to individuals, groups,
					 organizations, or the general public by a licensed or provisional licensed
					 professional counselor, which is consistent with his/her professional training
					 as prescribed by
					 R.S.
					 37:1107(A)(8), and
Code of Ethics
/behavior involving the application of
					 principles, methods, or procedures of the mental health counseling profession
					 which includes but is not limited to the following.
a.
Mental Health Counseling/Psychotherapy
-
					 assisting an individual or group through psychotherapy by rendering or offering
					 prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, which includes psychotherapy
					 of mental, emotional, behavioral, and addiction disorders. This professional
					 relationship empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish
					 mental health, wellness, education, and career goals.
b.
Consultin
g-interpreting or reporting
					 scientific fact or theory to provide assistance in solving current or potential
					 problems of individuals, groups, or organizations.
					 Section
					 505 defines ongoing consultation
					 and collaboration for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of serious mental
					 illnesses.
c.
Referral Activities
-the evaluation of
					 data to identify problems and to determine the advisability of referral to
					 other specialists.
d.
Research Activities
-reporting,
					 designing, conducting, or consulting on research in counseling with human
					 subjects.
e.
Appraisal
-
i. use or administration of tests of language, educational
					 and achievement tests, adaptive behavioral tests, and symptoms screening
					 checklists or instruments, as well as tests of abilities, interests, and
					 aptitudes, for the purpose of diagnosing those conditions allowed within the
					 scope of these statutes, defining counseling goals, planning and implementing
					 interventions, and documenting clients progress as related to mental health
					 counseling. Appraisal includes but is not necessarily limited to the following
					 areas.
(a).
Abilities
-those normative-based
					 individual and group administered instruments used to measure general mental
					 ability vis-a-vis specific abilities.
(b).
Interests
-those normative-based
					 individual and group administered instruments used to suggest educational and
					 vocational adjustment, interpersonal relations, intrapersonal tendencies and
					 interests, satisfaction from avocational pursuits, and other major phases of
					 human development.
(c).
Aptitudes
-those normative-based
					 individual and group administered instruments used to measure special ability
					 related to a future task(s).
ii. Qualified licensed professional counselors as well as
					 other appropriately licensed or certified professionals may also administer or
					 use test of language, educational and achievement, adaptive behavior tests, and
					 symptom screening checklists or instruments. The administration and
					 interpretation of these tests are not exclusively within the scope of this
					 regulation.
iii. Appraisals done within the practice of mental health
					 counseling must be performed in accordance with the requirements of the
Louisiana Administrative Code
, Title 46, Part LX, Chapter 21,
					 Code of Conduct for Licensed Professional Counselors and Provisional Licensed
					 Professional Counselors. A licensed professional counselor must be privileged
					 by this board to utilize formal appraisal instruments and shall limit such use
					 to those areas heretofore mentioned in this Chapter. A licensed professional
					 counselor who wishes to be board privileged to utilize formal appraisal
					 instruments in the appraisal of individuals shall additionally furnish this
					 board satisfactory evidence of formal graduate training in statistics, sampling
					 theory, test construction, test and measurements and individual differences and
					 must renew this privileging designation every two years (as defined in Chapter
					 7). Formal training shall include a practicum and supervised practice with
					 appraisal instruments.
f.
Graduate Degree
-the substance of which
					 is professional mental health counseling from a regionally accredited
					 university (as defined in Chapter 7) and must conform to one of the criteria
					 below:
i. a CACREP accredited program or its equivalent as
					 determined by the board.
ii. a counseling program incorporating the word
					 "counseling" or "counselor" in its title;
iii. a program incorporating a counseling-related term in
					 its title (e.g., marriage and family therapy); or
iv. a program incorporating the eight content areas, a
					 counseling practicum, and a counseling internship.
g. The requisite graduate degree may not consist of a
					 degree in any disciplines otherwise licensed by the state of Louisiana
					 including, but not limited to, psychology, clinical psychology, or social work,
					 with the exception of counseling psychology and vocational rehabilitation
					 counseling programs.
h.
Internet Counseling
-mental health
					 services delivered over the internet are rendered where the patient/client is
					 situated. All counselors/therapists serving Louisiana residents via internet
					 counseling must be fully licensed in Louisiana and must adhere to all
					 applicable state laws relative to the practice of mental health counseling.
					 R.S.
					 37:1111 prohibits any person from engaging in
					 the practice of mental health counseling in Louisiana unless he/she possesses a
					 full and valid license issued by the Louisiana LPC board. No individuals
					 holding a provisional license may engage in internet counseling
Provisional Licensed Professional
					 Counselor-
any person by title or description of services incorporating
					 the words "provisional licensed professional counselor" and who, under
					 board-approved supervision (i.e. may not practice independently), renders
					 professional mental health counseling/psychotherapy services denoting a
					 client-counselor relationship in which the licensee assumes the responsibility
					 for knowledge, skill, and ethical consideration needed to assist individuals,
					 groups, organizations, or the general public, and who implies that he/she is
					 provisionally licensed to practice mental health counseling.
Licensure
-any license, certification, or
					 registration for the practice of mental health counseling approved by the
					 board.
LPC Supervisor
-provides clinical
					 supervision to the PLPC, which must be approved by the board. The LPC
					 Supervisor has the responsibility of assisting PLPCs in increasing their
					 competences as a mental health professional. The LPC Supervisor has no control,
					 oversight, or responsibility for the services of a PLPC whom they are
					 supervising within the agency/organization they are employed, contracted or
					 volunteering, unless the LPC supervisor also serves as the administrative
					 supervisor of the PLPC. To be designated as a LPC Supervisor, one must be
					 approved by the board and fulfill the requirements outlined in Chapter
					 8.
Practice of Mental Health
					 Counseling/Psychotherapy
- rendering or offering prevention,
					 assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, which includes psychotherapy of mental,
					 emotional, behavioral, and addiction disorders to individuals, groups,
					 organizations, or the general public by a licensed or provisional licensed
					 professional counselor, which is consistent with his/her professional training
					 as prescribed by
					 R.S.
					 37:1107(A)(8), and
Code of Ethics
/behavior involving the application of
					 principles, methods, or procedures of the mental health counseling profession
					 which includes but is not limited to the following.
a.
Mental Health Counseling/Psychotherapy
-
					 assisting an individual or group through psychotherapy by rendering or offering
					 prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, which includes psychotherapy
					 of mental, emotional, behavioral, and addiction disorders. This professional
					 relationship empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish
					 mental health, wellness, education, and career goals.
b.
Consultin
g-interpreting or reporting
					 scientific fact or theory to provide assistance in solving current or potential
					 problems of individuals, groups, or organizations.
					 Section
					 505 defines ongoing consultation
					 and collaboration for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of serious mental
					 illnesses.
c.
Referral Activities
-the evaluation of
					 data to identify problems and to determine the advisability of referral to
					 other specialists.
d.
Research Activities
-reporting,
					 designing, conducting, or consulting on research in counseling with human
					 subjects.
e.
Appraisal
-
i. use or administration of tests of language, educational
					 and achievement tests, adaptive behavioral tests, and symptoms screening
					 checklists or instruments, as well as tests of abilities, interests, and
					 aptitudes, for the purpose of diagnosing those conditions allowed within the
					 scope of these statutes, defining counseling goals, planning and implementing
					 interventions, and documenting clients progress as related to mental health
					 counseling. Appraisal includes but is not necessarily limited to the following
					 areas.
(a).
Abilities
-those normative-based
					 individual and group administered instruments used to measure general mental
					 ability vis-a-vis specific abilities.
(b).
Interests
-those normative-based
					 individual and group administered instruments used to suggest educational and
					 vocational adjustment, interpersonal relations, intrapersonal tendencies and
					 interests, satisfaction from avocational pursuits, and other major phases of
					 human development.
(c).
Aptitudes
-those normative-based
					 individual and group administered instruments used to measure special ability
					 related to a future task(s).
ii. Qualified licensed professional counselors as well as
					 other appropriately licensed or certified professionals may also administer or
					 use test of language, educational and achievement, adaptive behavior tests, and
					 symptom screening checklists or instruments. The administration and
					 interpretation of these tests are not exclusively within the scope of this
					 regulation.
iii. Appraisals done within the practice of mental health
					 counseling must be performed in accordance with the requirements of the
Louisiana Administrative Code
, Title 46, Part LX, Chapter 21,
					 Code of Conduct for Licensed Professional Counselors and Provisional Licensed
					 Professional Counselors. A licensed professional counselor must be privileged
					 by this board to utilize formal appraisal instruments and shall limit such use
					 to those areas heretofore mentioned in this Chapter. A licensed professional
					 counselor who wishes to be board privileged to utilize formal appraisal
					 instruments in the appraisal of individuals shall additionally furnish this
					 board satisfactory evidence of formal graduate training in statistics, sampling
					 theory, test construction, test and measurements and individual differences and
					 must renew this privileging designation every two years (as defined in Chapter
					 7). Formal training shall include a practicum and supervised practice with
					 appraisal instruments.
f.
Graduate Degree
-the substance of which
					 is professional mental health counseling from a regionally accredited
					 university (as defined in Chapter 7) and must conform to one of the criteria
					 below:
i. a CACREP accredited program or its equivalent as
					 determined by the board.
ii. a counseling program incorporating the word
					 "counseling" or "counselor" in its title;
iii. a program incorporating a counseling-related term in
					 its title (e.g., marriage and family therapy); or
iv. a program incorporating the eight content areas, a
					 counseling practicum, and a counseling internship.
g. The requisite graduate degree may not consist of a
					 degree in any disciplines otherwise licensed by the state of Louisiana
					 including, but not limited to, psychology, clinical psychology, or social work,
					 with the exception of counseling psychology and vocational rehabilitation
					 counseling programs.
h.
Internet Counseling
-mental health
					 services delivered over the internet are rendered where the patient/client is
					 situated. All counselors/therapists serving Louisiana residents via internet
					 counseling must be fully licensed in Louisiana and must adhere to all
					 applicable state laws relative to the practice of mental health counseling.
					 R.S.
					 37:1111 prohibits any person from engaging in
					 the practice of mental health counseling in Louisiana unless he/she possesses a
					 full and valid license issued by the Louisiana LPC board. No individuals
					 holding a provisional license may engage in internet counseling.
Provisional Licensed Professional
					 Counselor-
any person by title or description of services incorporating
					 the words "provisional licensed professional counselor" and who, under
					 board-approved supervision (i.e. may not practice independently), renders
					 professional mental health counseling/psychotherapy services denoting a
					 client-counselor relationship in which the licensee assumes the responsibility
					 for knowledge, skill, and ethical consideration needed to assist individuals,
					 groups, organizations, or the general public, and who implies that he/she is
					 provisionally licensed to practice mental health counseling.
Supervisee
-a provisional licensed
					 professional counselor under the active supervision of his/her board-approved
					 supervisor.
Temporary Registered LPC
-
a. any person who:
i. holds a full and unrestricted license or certificate in
					 mental health counseling/psychotherapy in another state or U.S.
					 territory;
ii. are temporarily employed in Louisiana to render mental
					 health counseling services for not more than 30 consecutive days a year or
					 during a declared state of emergency; and
iii. unless a state of emergency is declared a temporary
					 registration shall only be issued once per licensee.
b. The board must pre-approve any exception to this
					 Subsection. ¥
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with R.S.
					 371101-1123.