Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXIII - Psychologists › Subpart 1 - General Provisions › Chapter 21 - Disclosure of Financial Interests and Prohibited Payments › Section LXIII-2103 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. For the purpose
				  of this Chapter, the following terms are defined as follows:
Board
- the Louisiana State Board of
					 Examiners of Psychologists.
Financial Interest
- a significant
					 ownership or investment interest established through debt, equity or other
					 means and held, directly or indirectly, by a psychologist or a member of the
					 psychologist's immediate family, or any form of direct or indirect remuneration
					 of referral.
Group Practice
- a group of two or more
					 psychologists, operating in whole or in part as psychologists, legally
					 organized as a general partnership, registered limited liability partnership,
					 professional psychological corporation, limited liability company, foundation,
					 nonprofit corporation or similar organization or association, including a
					 faculty practice plan.
Health Care Item
- any substance, product,
					 device, equipment, supplies or other tangible good or article which may be used
					 or is useful in the provision of health care.
Health Care Provider
- any person licensed
					 by a department, board, commission or other agency of the state of Louisiana to
					 provide, or which does in fact provide, preventative, diagnostic, or
					 therapeutic health care services or items.
Immediate Family
- as respects a
					 psychologist, the psychologist's spouse, children, grandchildren, parents,
					 grandparents and siblings.
Investment Interests
- a security issued by
					 an entity, including, without limitation, shares in a corporation, interests in
					 or units of a partnership, bonds, debentures, notes or other debt
					 instruments.
Payment
- the tender, transfer, exchange,
					 distribution or provision of money, goods, services or anything of economic
					 value.
Person
- a natural person or a partnership,
					 corporation, organization, association, facility, institution or any
					 governmental subdivision, department, board, commission or other entity.
Provisional Licensed Psychologist
-any
					 individual who practices under the supervision of a Louisiana licensed
					 psychologist and has met all minimal requirements as determined by the
					 Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.
Psychologist
- any individual licensed to
					 practice psychology by the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of
					 Psychologists.
Psychologist Applicant/Candidate
- a
					 graduate of an approved doctoral program in psychology who has applied to the
					 board for licensure and who is practicing under the supervision of a licensed
					 psychologist under applicable provisions of LAC Title 46, Part LXIII.
Referral
- any direction, recommendation or
					 suggestion given by the psychologist to a patient, directly or indirectly,
					 which is likely to determine, control or influence the patient=s choice of
					 another health care provider for the provision of health care services or
					 items.
Remuneration for Referral
- any arrangement
					 or scheme, involving any remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in
					 kind, between a psychologist, or an immediate family member of such
					 psychologist, and another health care provider which is intended to induce
					 referrals by the psychologist to the health care provider or by the health care
					 provider to the psychologist, other than the amount paid by an employer to an
					 employee who has a bona fide employment relationship with the employer, for
					 employment in the furnishing of any health care item or service.
B. Construction. As used here and after in
				  this Chapter, the term
psychologist
is deemed to likewise
				  incorporate psychologist applicant/candidate as defined herein.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.37:2353.