Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XLV - Medical Professions › Subpart 2 - Licensure and Certification › Chapter 37 - Clinical Exercise Physiologists › Subchapter A - General Provisions › Section XLV-3703 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used in this
					 Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings specified.
Applicant
- a person who has applied to
						the board for a license to engage in the practice of clinical exercise
						physiology in the state of Louisiana.
Application
- a written request directed
						to and received by the board upon forms supplied by the board, for a license to
						practice clinical exercise physiology in the state of Louisiana, together with
						all information, certificates, documents, and other materials required by the
						board to be submitted with such forms.
Board
- the Louisiana State Board of
						Medical Examiners.
Clinical Exercise Physiologist
- a person
						who, under the direction, approval, and supervision of a licensed physician,
						engages in the practice of exercise physiology.
Exercise Physiology
- the formulation,
						development, and implementation of exercise protocols and programs,
						administration of graded exercise tests, and providing education regarding such
						exercise programs and tests, in a cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program to
						individuals with deficiencies of the cardiovascular system, diabetes, lipid
						disorders, hypertension, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,
						arthritis, renal disease, organ transplant, peripheral vascular disease, and
						obesity.
Exercise Protocols
and
Programs
- the intensity, duration, frequency, and mode of
						activity to improve the cardiovascular system.
Good Moral Character
- as applied to an
						applicant, means that an applicant has not, prior to or during the pendency of
						an application to the board, been guilty of any act, omission, condition, or
						circumstance which would provide legal cause under
						R.S.
						37:3429 for the suspension or revocation of
						exercise physiology licensure; the applicant has not, prior to or in connection
						with his application, made any representation to the board, knowingly or
						unknowingly, which is in fact false or misleading as to material fact or omits
						to state any fact or matter that is material to the application; and the
						applicant has not made any representation or failed to make a representation or
						engaged in any act or omission which is false, deceptive, fraudulent, or
						misleading in achieving or obtaining any of the qualifications for a license
						required by this Chapter.
License
- the lawful authority to engage
						in the practice of clinical exercise physiology in the state of Louisiana, as
						evidenced by a certificate duly issued by and under the official seal of the
						board.
Licensed Physician
- a person who is
						licensed by the board to practice medicine in the state.
Louisiana Clinical Exercise Physiologists
						Licensing Act or the Act
- R.S. 37:3421-3433, as hereafter amended or
						supplemented.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3421-3433 and
						37:1270(A)(6).