Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LX - Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners › Subpart 1 - Licensed Professional Counselors › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section LX-103 - Description of Organization

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				  Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners, hereafter
				  referred to as the board, resides in the Department of Health and Hospitals,
				  and consists of 11 members, who shall be residents of the state of Louisiana.
				  Each term shall be for four years. The governor shall make seven appointments
				  to the board from a list of qualified candidates submitted by the executive
				  board of the Louisiana Counseling Association. The governor shall make four
				  appointments to the board from a list of candidates submitted by the executive
				  board of the Louisiana Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Each
				  appointment by the governor shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation.
				  Board membership shall consist of three licensed professional counselors, three
				  educators who are licensed professional counselors and whose function is the
				  training of mental health counselors in accredited programs, four licensed
				  marriage and family therapists, and one individual from the public at large. No
				  board member shall serve more than two full consecutive terms. The professional
				  membership of the board shall be licensed under this Chapter. No board member
				  shall be liable in any civil action for any act performed in good faith in the
				  execution of his duties under chapter 13 of title 37.
1. The licensed professional counselor board
				  shall establish a marriage and family therapy advisory committee, which shall
				  consist of the four board members appointed by the governor from the list of
				  names submitted by the executive board of the Louisiana Association for
				  Marriage and Family Therapy.
2.
				  The function of the advisory committee shall be established by rules and
				  regulations developed by the advisory committee, promulgated by the board, and
				  approved jointly by the House and Senate Health and Welfare
				  Committee.
3. The functions and
				  duties of the advisory board may include but are not limited to the following:
a. develop rules and regulations in
				  accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act as it may deem necessary to
				  implement the provisions of this Chapter for promulgation and implementation by
				  the board;
b. examine and qualify
				  all applicants for licensure or provisional licensure as marriage and family
				  therapists and recommend to the board each successful applicant for licensure
				  or provisional licensure, attesting to the applicants professional
				  qualifications to be a licensed or a provisionally licensed marriage and family
				  therapist;
c. develop for the board
				  application forms for licensure and provisional licensure pursuant to this
				  Chapter; and
d. maintain complete
				  records of all meetings, proceedings, and hearings conducted by the advisory
				  committee.