Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXXX - Substance Abuse Counselors › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section LXXX-105 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used in these rules, the following terms shall have the
				  meanings specified.
Act
-the Addictive Disorders Practice Act
				  (the Act),
				  R.S.37:3386-3390.6, Acts 2004, No. 803, §3,
				  sometimes referred to as "the Act".
Addictive Disorder Counselor
- any person
				  who, by means of his specific knowledge acquired through formal education and
				  practical experience, is qualified to provide addictive disorder counseling
				  services which utilize the basic core functions/knowledge, skills, and
				  attitudes specific to addictive disorder counseling and is recognized as such
				  by the ADRA as a Licensed, Certified, and/or Registered Addiction Counselor.
				  The ADRA shall consider any person providing such services as purporting to be
				  an addictive disorder counselor.
Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority
				  (ADRA)
-the office within the Louisiana Department of Health and
				  Hospitals, Office for Addictive Disorders designated to provide for and
				  implement the authority allowed or required by the Act.
Approved Clinical Training Program
				  (ACTP)
-any clinical setting involving addictive disorder treatment,
				  addictive disorder counseling services or prevention intervention services
				  which has applied for, received, and maintained approval by the ADRA. The ADRA
				  shall provide for institutions to register as being ADRA approved for clinical
				  training in addictive disorder treatment, counseling and prevention, as well as
				  in any other certifications or creditable offered or recognized by the
				  ADRA.
Approved Educational Program (AEP)
-any
				  course, workshop, seminar, conference or other educational program presented by
				  an organization which has applied for, received, and maintained approval by the
				  ADRA. The ADRA shall provide for organizations to register as being ADRA
				  approved as an education provider in the field of addictive disorder counseling
				  and prevention.
Approved Institution of Higher Education
				  (AIHE)
-any university or college accredited by a recognized regional
				  accrediting body which has applied for, received, and maintained approval of
				  the ADRA. The ADRA shall provide for institutions of higher education to
				  register as being ADRA approved for higher education in addictive disorder
				  counseling and prevention.
Core Functions
-the screening, intake,
				  orientation, assessment, treatment planning, counseling, case management,
				  crisis intervention, client education, referral, reports and record keeping
				  activities associated with counseling and consultation with credentialed
				  professionals.
Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS)
-any
				  person holding the necessary credentials of licensed, certified or registered
				  addiction counselor or other qualified mental health professional who has
				  satisfied the requirements established by the ADRA to provide clinical
				  supervision.
Clinical Supervision
-the interpersonal
				  tutorial relationship between a clinical supervisor and a licensed, certified,
				  registered, or counselor-in-training addiction professional or prevention
				  professional or prevention specialist in training centered on the goals of
				  skill development and professional growth through learning and utilization of
				  best practices.
Counselor-In-Training (CIT) or Prevention
				  Specialist-In-Training (PSIT)
- a status held by any person who has not
				  yet met the qualifications to become credentialed in a particular field but who
				  has made application in the manner prescribed in the Act and these rules and is
				  registered as such by the ADRA.
Direct Supervision
-responsible, continuous,
				  on-the-premises observation, by a certified clinical supervisor or qualified
				  professional supervisor approved by the ADRA, whereby the supervisor is
				  personally present in the servicing facility and immediately available to the
				  service area. Direct supervision may include treatment team or staffing
				  meetings, observation in group, individual, family, education or other, private
				  conversations (one to one) discussing cases, core functions, KSA's or reviews
				  of charts or medical records. The professional providing direct supervision
				  shall be ultimately responsible for the acts or omissions of the counselor in
				  training or prevention specialist is training he is supervising. Where
				  off-the-premises experience is arranged for the candidate being supervised, the
				  supervision plan shall so indicate and shall designate an appropriate
				  professional at the off premises site to act in a supervisory capacity.
IC and RC
-the International Certification
				  and Reciprocity Consortium. Sometimes referred to as "ICRC".
Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes (KSA)
-the
				  knowledge, skills, and attitudes designated by the ADRA as being necessary in
				  providing effective addiction counseling and prevention services.
Performance Domains
- for prevention
				  specialists are:
a. education and skill development;
b. community organization;
c. public and organization policy;
d. planning and evaluation; and
e. professional growth and responsibility.
Prevention Services
-at a minimum, can be
				  understood to incorporate a process that utilizes multiple strategies designed
				  not only to delay or prevent the onset of the use of alcohol, tobacco and other
				  drugs, but also to delay or prevent the involvement in other high risk
				  behaviors. Prevention principles and strategies foster the development of
				  social, emotional and physical environments that facilitate healthy, drug-free
				  lifestyles by focusing on individuals, peers, schools, families and
				  communities. Prevention strategies target universal, selective and indicated
				  populations.
Qualified Professional Supervisor (QPS)
-an
				  addictive disorder counselor or prevention professional, recognized as such by
				  the ADRA, and who has worked in a licensed or ADRA approved addictive disorder
				  treatment or prevention program for a minimum of two years post certification;
				  or a qualified mental health professional, or any other professional recognized
				  as a trainer by the ADRA upon presentation of verification and documentation of
				  expertise.
Substance Abuse
-the repeated pathological
				  use of drugs, including alcohol, which causes physical, psychological,
				  economic, legal, or social harm to the individual user or to others affected by
				  the user's behavior.
B. All terms used in these rules which are defined by the
				  Act, R.S.
				  37:3386.1, shall have the same meanings in
				  these rules as defined by the Act.
C. Masculine terms whosesoever used in these rules shall also
				  be deemed to include the feminine.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:3388.4.