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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LX - Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners › Subpart 2 - Professional Standards for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists › Chapter 47 - Code of Ethics › Section LX-4701 - General

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A. The Marriage and
				  Family Therapy Advisory Committee strives to honor the public trust in licensed
				  marriage and family therapists and provisional licensed marriage and family
				  therapists by setting the standards for ethical practice as described in this
				  code of ethics.
B. Licensees have
				  an obligation to be familiar with this code of ethics and its application to
				  their professional services. They also must be familiar with any applicable
				  ethical codes that govern other licensure that they hold or are responsible for
				  through certification or membership in professional organizations. Lack of
				  awareness or misunderstanding of an ethical standard is not a defense to a
				  charge of unethical conduct.
C.
				  These ethical standards govern the practice of marriage and family therapy and
				  professional functioning of the advisory committee and shall be enforced by the
				  board through the advisory committee.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 37:1101-1123.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LX - Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners › Subpart 2 - Professional Standards for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists › Chapter 47 - Code of Ethics › Section LX-4703 - Resolving Ethical Issues

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A. The
				  absence of an explicit reference to a specific behavior or situation in the
				  code does not mean that the behavior is ethical or unethical. The standards are
				  not exhaustive. Licensees shall consult with other licensees who are
				  knowledgeable about ethics, with colleagues, with LMFT-approved supervisors, or
				  with appropriate authorities when:
1. they
				  are uncertain if the ethics of a particular situation or course of action is in
				  violation of this code; or
2.
				  provisions in the ethical codes that regulate licensure that they may hold in
				  other professions differs from provisions in this code; or
3. provisions in the ethical codes that
				  regulate their membership or certification in a professional organization
				  differs from provisions in this code.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LX - Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners › Subpart 2 - Professional Standards for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists › Chapter 47 - Code of Ethics › Section LX-4705 - Responsibility to Clients

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A.
				  Licensees advance the welfare of families and individuals. They respect the
				  rights of those persons seeking their assistance and make reasonable efforts to
				  ensure that their services are used appropriately.
B. Licensees provide professional assistance
				  to persons without discrimination on the basis of race, age, ethnicity,
				  socioeconomic status, disability, gender, health status, religion, national
				  origin, or sexual orientation.
C.
				  Licensees obtain appropriate informed consent to therapy or related procedures
				  early in the therapeutic relationship, usually before the therapeutic
				  relationship begins, and use language that is reasonably understandable to
				  clients. The licensee will provide all clients with a statement of practice
				  subject to review and approval by the advisory committee (See §4720,
				  Appendix). The content of informed consent may vary depending upon the
				  licensees areas of expertise, the client(s) and treatment plan.
1. Informed consent generally necessitates
				  that the client:
a. has the capacity to
				  consent;
b. has been adequately
				  informed of significant information concerning treatment processes and
				  procedures;
i. has been adequately informed
				  of potential risks and benefits of treatments for which generally recognized
				  standards do not yet exist;
c. has freely and without undue influence
				  signed a statement of practice.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LX - Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners › Subpart 2 - Professional Standards for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists › Chapter 47 - Code of Ethics › Section LX-4709 - Professional Competence and Integrity

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A. Licensees maintain high standards of
				  professional competence and integrity.
B. Licensees pursue knowledge of new
				  developments and maintain competence in marriage and family therapy through
				  education, training, or supervised experience.
C. Licensees maintain adequate knowledge of
				  and adhere to applicable laws, ethics, and professional standards.
D. Licensees seek appropriate professional
				  assistance for their personal problems or conflicts that may impair work
				  performance or clinical judgment.
E. Licensees do not provide services that
				  create a conflict of interest that may impair work performance or clinical
				  judgment.
F. Licensees, as
				  presenters, teachers, supervisors, consultants and researchers, are dedicated
				  to high standards of scholarship, present accurate information, and disclose
				  potential conflicts of interest.
G.
				  Licensees maintain accurate and adequate clinical and financial
				  records.
H. While developing new
				  skills in specialty areas, licensees take steps to ensure the competence of
				  their work and to protect clients from possible harm. Licensees practice in
				  specialty areas new to them only after appropriate education, training, or
				  supervised experience.
I. Licensees
				  do not engage in sexual or other forms of harassment of clients, students,
				  trainees, supervisees, employees, colleagues, or research subjects.
J. Licensees do not engage in the
				  exploitation of clients, students, trainees, supervisees, employees,
				  colleagues, or research subjects.
K. Licensees do not give to or receive from
				  clients:
1. gifts of substantial value;
				  or
2. gifts that impair the
				  integrity or efficacy of the therapeutic relationship.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LX - Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners › Subpart 2 - Professional Standards for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists › Chapter 47 - Code of Ethics › Section LX-4711 - Responsibility to Students and Supervisees

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A. Licensees do not exploit the trust and
				  dependency of students and supervisees.
B. Licensees are aware of their influential
				  positions with respect to students and supervisees, and they avoid exploiting
				  the trust and dependency of such persons. Licensees, therefore, make every
				  effort to avoid conditions and multiple relationships that could impair
				  professional objectivity or increase the risk of exploitation. When the risk of
				  impairment or exploitation exists due to conditions or multiple roles,
				  licensees take appropriate precautions.
C. Licensees do not provide therapy to
				  current students or supervisees.
D.
				  Licensees do not engage in sexual intimacy with students or supervisees during
				  the evaluative or training relationship between the therapist and student or
				  supervisee. Should a supervisor engage in sexual activity with a former
				  supervisee, the burden of proof shifts to the supervisor to demonstrate that
				  there has been no exploitation or injury to the supervisee.
E. Licensees do not permit students or
				  supervisees to perform or to hold themselves out as competent to perform
				  professional services beyond their training, level of experience, and
				  competence.
F. Licensees take
				  reasonable measures to ensure that services provided by supervisees are
				  professional.
G. Licensees avoid
				  accepting as supervisees or students those individuals with whom a prior or
				  existing relationship could compromise the licensees objectivity. When such
				  situations cannot be avoided, therapists take appropriate precautions to
				  maintain objectivity. Examples of such relationships include, but are not
				  limited to, those individuals with whom the licensee has a current or prior
				  sexual, close personal, immediate familial, or therapeutic
				  relationship.
H. Licensees do not
				  disclose supervisee confidences except by written authorization or waiver, or
				  when mandated or permitted by law. In educational or training settings where
				  there are multiple supervisors, disclosures are permitted only to other
				  professional colleagues, administrators, or employers who share responsibility
				  for training of the supervisee. Verbal authorization will not be sufficient
				  except in emergency situations, unless prohibited by law.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 37:1101-1123.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LX - Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners › Subpart 2 - Professional Standards for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists › Chapter 47 - Code of Ethics › Section LX-4713 - Responsibility to Research Participants

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A. Investigators respect the dignity and
				  protect the welfare of research participants, and are aware of applicable laws
				  and regulations and professional standards governing the conduct of
				  research.
B. Investigators are
				  responsible for making careful examinations of ethical acceptability in
				  planning studies. To the extent that services to research participants may be
				  compromised by participation in research, investigators seek the ethical advice
				  of qualified professionals not directly involved in the investigation and
				  observe safeguards to protect the rights of research participants.
C. Investigators requesting participant
				  involvement in research inform participants of the aspects of the research that
				  might reasonably be expected to influence willingness to participate.
				  Investigators are especially sensitive to the possibility of diminished consent
				  when participants are also receiving clinical services, or have impairments
				  which limit understanding and/or communication, or when participants are
				  children.
D. Investigators respect
				  each participant's freedom to decline participation in or to withdraw from a
				  research study at any time. This obligation requires special thought and
				  consideration when investigators or other members of the research team are in
				  positions of authority or influence over participants. Licensees, therefore,
				  make every effort to avoid multiple relationships with research participants
				  that could impair professional judgment or increase the risk of exploitation.
E. Information obtained about a
				  research participant during the course of an investigation is confidential
				  unless there is a waiver previously obtained in writing. When the possibility
				  exists that others, including family members, may obtain access to such
				  information, this possibility, together with the plan for protecting
				  confidentiality, is explained as part of the procedure for obtaining informed
				  consent.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 37:1101-1123.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LX - Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners › Subpart 2 - Professional Standards for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists › Chapter 47 - Code of Ethics › Section LX-4715 - Responsibility to the Profession

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A.
				  Licensees respect the rights and responsibilities of professional colleagues
				  and participate in activities that advance the goals of the
				  profession.
B. Licensees remain
				  accountable to the standards of the profession when acting as members or
				  employees of organizations. If the mandates of an organization with which a
				  licensee is affiliated, through employment, contract or otherwise, conflict
				  with the Code of Ethics, licensees make known to the organization their
				  commitment to the Code of Ethics and attempt to resolve the conflict in a way
				  that allows the fullest adherence to the Code of Ethics.
C. Licensees assign publication credit to
				  those who have contributed to a publication in proportion to their
				  contributions and in accordance with customary professional publication
				  practices.
D. Licensees do not
				  accept or require authorship credit for a publication based on research from a
				  student's program, unless the therapist made a substantial contribution beyond
				  being a faculty advisor or research committee member. Coauthorship on a student
				  thesis, dissertation, or project should be determined in accordance with
				  principles of fairness and justice.
E. Licensees who are the authors of books or
				  other materials that are published or distributed do not plagiarize or fail to
				  cite persons to whom credit for original ideas or work is due.
F. Licensees who are the authors of books or
				  other materials published or distributed by an organization take reasonable
				  precautions to ensure that the organization promotes and advertises the
				  materials accurately and factually.
G. Licensees participate in activities that
				  contribute to a better community and society, including devoting a portion of
				  their professional activity to services for which there is little or no
				  financial return.
H. Licensees are
				  concerned with developing laws and regulations pertaining to marriage and
				  family therapy that serve the public interest, and with altering such laws and
				  regulations that are not in the public interest.
I. Licensees encourage public participation
				  in the design and delivery of professional services and in the regulation of
				  practitioners.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 37:1101-1123.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LX - Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners › Subpart 2 - Professional Standards for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists › Chapter 47 - Code of Ethics › Section LX-4717 - Financial Arrangements

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A.
				  Licensees make financial arrangements with clients, third-party payors, and
				  supervisees that are reasonably understandable and conform to accepted
				  professional practices.
B.
				  Licensees do not offer or accept kickbacks, rebates, bonuses, or other
				  remuneration for referrals; fee-for-service arrangements are not
				  prohibited.
C. Prior to entering
				  into the therapeutic or supervisory relationship, licensees clearly disclose
				  and explain to clients and supervisees:
1.
				  all financial arrangements and fees related to professional services, including
				  charges for canceled or missed appointments;
2. the use of collection agencies or legal
				  measures for nonpayment; and
3. the
				  procedure for obtaining payment from the client, to the extent allowed by law,
				  if payment is denied by the third-party payor;
4. once services have begun, therapists
				  provide reasonable notice of any changes in fees or other charges.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LX - Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners › Subpart 2 - Professional Standards for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists › Chapter 47 - Code of Ethics › Section LX-4719 - Advertising

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A. Licensees engage
				  in appropriate informational activities, including those that enable the
				  public, referral sources, or others to choose professional services on an
				  informed basis.
B. Licensees
				  accurately represent their competencies, education, training, and experience
				  relevant to their practice of marriage and family therapy.
C. Licensees ensure that advertisements and
				  publications in any media (such as directories, announcements, business cards,
				  newspapers, radio, television, Internet, and facsimiles) convey information
				  that is necessary for the public to make an appropriate selection of
				  professional services. Information could include:
1. office information, such as name, address,
				  telephone number, credit card acceptability, fees, languages spoken, and office
				  hours (see
				  §4719
				  F);
2. qualifying clinical degree
				  (see §4719
				  F);
3. other earned degrees and
				  state or provincial licensures and/or certifications;
4. licensed or provisional licensed marriage
				  and family therapist status; and
5.
				  description of practice.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section LXI-101 - Evidence of Qualification; Licensure

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A. In order to safeguard life, health and
				property, and to promote the public welfare, any individual in either public or
				private capacity, or foreign or domestic firm, practicing or offering to
				practice engineering or land surveying in the state of Louisiana, shall be
				required to submit evidence that they are qualified to so practice and shall be
				licensed with the board. Unless specifically exempted by law, it shall be
				unlawful for any person to practice or to offer to practice in the state of
				Louisiana, engineering or land surveying, as defined in the licensure law and
				the rules of the board, or to use in connection with their name or otherwise
				assume, use or advertise any title or description tending to convey the
				impression that they are a professional engineer, professional land surveyor,
				professional engineering firm or professional land surveying firm, unless such
				person has been duly licensed under the provisions of the licensure law and the
				rules of the board.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section LXI-103 - Rulemaking

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A. Under the
				provisions of
				R.S.
				37:688, the board has the authority to make,
				adopt, revise, amend, promulgate and enforce bylaws, rules and regulations
				consistent with the constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana. This is
				necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the board and the
				regulations of the proceedings before it, as well as for the protection of the
				public and the proper administration of the licensure law.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 7 - Bylaws › Section LXI-701 - Board Nominations

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A. The
				following guidelines and procedures will be observed in order that timely and
				prudent advice can be given to the Louisiana Engineering Society and the
				Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors with regard to nominees for
				vacancies on the board.
B. The
				practice area of engineering of each professional engineer board member shall
				remain unchanged during each administrative year.
1. Professional engineer board members shall
				continue to represent the practice area of engineering for which
				appointed.
2. Professional engineer
				board members who retire from active practice shall continue to represent the
				practice area of engineering for which appointed and currently serving at the
				time of retirement.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 7 - Bylaws › Section LXI-703 - Compensation and Expenses

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A.
				Authority to Incur Traveling Expenses
1. The
				board shall allow its members actual traveling expenses plus per diem to attend
				regular, special and committee meetings of the board. Per diem for the time
				spent traveling and for time spent at the meeting shall be allowed. The per
				diem allowance for time spent traveling shall not exceed two days for these
				meetings.
2. The board may, by
				resolution at one of its meetings, authorize any of its members or
				representatives to travel at the expense of the board to attend meetings and
				conventions such as those of NCEES, ABET, or other allied organizations. Per
				diem for time spent traveling and for time spent at the meeting will be
				allowed.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 7 - Bylaws › Section LXI-705 - Meetings

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A. Regular
				Meetings. The board shall hold at least four regular meetings each
				year.
B. Special Meetings. The
				chairman or the secretary may call special meetings when considered necessary.
				Upon written request of at least six board members, the chairman is required to
				call a special meeting.
C. Open
				Meetings. Every meeting of the board shall be open to the public, unless closed
				as an executive session.
D. Meeting
				Dates. Written public notice of the dates, times, and places of all regular
				meetings shall be given at the beginning of each calendar year.
E. Separate Notice of All Meetings. In
				addition, separate written public notice of any regular, special, or
				rescheduled meeting shall be given no later than 24 hours before the holding of
				the meeting. This separate notice shall include the agenda, date, time and
				place of the meeting.
F. Posting of
				Notice. The written public notice discussed in
				§705.D and E shall
				include:
1. posting a copy of the notice at
				the office of the board; or
2.
				publication of the notice on the board website no less than 24 hours before the
				meeting.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 7 - Bylaws › Section LXI-707 - Board Organization

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A. Number
				of Board Members. The board shall be comprised of 11 members, each of whom
				shall be appointed by the governor in accordance with the requirements
				established by law.
B. Board
				Officers. The board shall elect annually from its membership the following
				officers: a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary, and a treasurer.
C. Date of Elections. The election of board
				officers shall take place not later than at the board's January meeting. In the
				event that an officer cannot complete his/her term, an election in order to
				fill the unexpired term shall be scheduled at the earliest practical regular or
				special meeting.
D. Duties
1. Chairman. The chairman shall preside at
				all meetings, appoint all committees, except as otherwise provided, and shall,
				together with the secretary, sign all certificates issued by the board. The
				chairman shall, with the assistance of the executive director, compile the
				agenda for each regular and special meeting.
2. Vice Chairman. The vice chairman shall, in
				the absence of the chairman, perform the duties of and possess all of the
				powers of the chairman. Should the chairman's membership on the board end prior
				to the election of his/her successor, the vice chairman shall automatically
				assume the duties of chairman.
3.
				Secretary. The secretary shall:
a. be the
				official custodian of the records of the board and of the seal of the board and
				ensure that the seal of the board is affixed to all appropriate
				documents;
b. sign, with the
				chairman, certificates, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by
				resolution of the board;
c. sign
				the minutes of the board meetings after approval of the minutes by the
				board.
d. sign the minutes of the
				board meetings after approval of the minutes by the board.
4. Treasurer. The treasurer shall be
				responsible for the annual budget of the board. The treasurer shall present a
				financial report to the board at each regular meeting.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 7 - Bylaws › Section LXI-711 - Domicile

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A. Domicile. The
				domicile of the board shall be the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
B. Change of Domicile. The board may vote to
				change its domicile.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 7 - Bylaws › Section LXI-713 - Amendments to Bylaws

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A. The bylaws
				of the board may be amended at any regular or special meeting, provided,
				however, that such proposed amendments have been submitted in writing to the
				members of the board at least 30 days prior to the meeting. The board may waive
				this 30-day provision at a regular or special meeting.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 7 - Bylaws › Section LXI-715 - Rulemaking Process

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A. Power to
				Promulgate Rules. Under the provisions of the licensure law, the board is given
				the power to make and promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the proper
				performance of its duties and the regulations of the proceedings before it, as
				well as for the protection of the public and the proper administration of the
				licensure law.
B. Proposal of Rule
				Change. Any board member may propose the adoption of a new rule or regulation,
				or the amendment or revocation of an existing rule or regulation.
C. Requirements of Proposal. Such proposal
				shall:
1. be in writing;
2. include a draft of the requested change or
				changes; and
3. be sent to the
				chairman and the executive director at least 30 days before the next regular
				meeting of the board.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 7 - Bylaws › Section LXI-717 - Disbursements

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A. Check
				Requirement. All disbursements over the amount of $150 shall be made by check
				or approved electronic fund transfer.
B. Line Item Restrictions. Annual
				disbursements shall not exceed current budget line items.
C. Required Signatures on Checks. All checks
				must be signed by two of the following individuals (with at least one of the
				signatures being from either the treasurer or another board member as directed
				by the board):
1. treasurer;
2. executive director;
3. deputy executive director; or
4. any board member as directed by the
				board.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 7 - Bylaws › Section LXI-719 - Minutes

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A. Requirement of
				Keeping Minutes. The board shall keep written minutes of all of its open
				meetings.
B. Required Items for
				Inclusion. The minutes shall include, but need not be limited to:
1. the date, time, and place of the
				meeting;
2. the members of the
				board recorded as either present or absent; and
3. the substance of all matters decided, and,
				at the request of any board member, a record, by individual board member, of
				any votes taken.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 7 - Bylaws › Section LXI-721 - Publications of the Board

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A. Roster.
				A roster showing the names and addresses of all professional engineers, the
				discipline of engineering in which professional engineers are listed, the names
				and addresses of all professional land surveyors, and the names and addresses
				of all engineer interns and land surveyor interns may be published by the
				board. A roster of firms may also be published by the board. The rosters may be
				made available through the board's website.
B. Official Journal. The official journal of
				the board shall be selected by the board.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 7 - Bylaws › Section LXI-723 - Voting

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A. General
				Provisions. Unless otherwise specified in the following Subsections, a simple
				majority of a quorum of the board at a meeting properly noticed and convened is
				necessary in order to elect an officer or approve a measure before the board.
B. Change of Domicile. In order to
				change the domicile of the board, approval of two-thirds of the entire board at
				a regular meeting properly noticed and convened is necessary.
C. Executive Session and Agenda Additions.
				Approval of two-thirds of a quorum of the board at a meeting properly noticed
				and convened is necessary in order to:
1.
				decide to hold an executive session; or
2. consider a matter not on the original
				agenda of the meeting.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 7 - Bylaws › Section LXI-725 - Executive Session

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A. Reasons for
				Calling Executive Sessions. Executive sessions may be held for the following
				purposes:
1. discussion of the character,
				professional competence, or physical or mental health of a person, provided
				that such person is notified in writing at least 24 hours, exclusive of
				Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, before the scheduled time contained in
				the notice of the meeting at which such executive session is to take place and
				that such person may require that such discussion be held at an open meeting.
				In cases of extraordinary emergency, written notice to such person shall not be
				required; however, the board shall give such notice as it deems appropriate and
				circumstances permit;
2. strategy
				sessions or negotiations with respect to collective bargaining, prospective
				litigation after formal written demand, or litigation when an open meeting
				would have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the
				board;
3. discussion regarding the
				report, development or course of action regarding security personnel, plans or
				devices;
4. investigative
				proceedings regarding allegations of misconduct;
5. cases of extraordinary emergency, which
				shall be limited to natural disaster, threat of epidemic, civil disturbances,
				suppression of insurrections, the repelling of invasions, or other matters of
				similar magnitude; or
6. any other
				matters now provided for or as may be provided for by the
				Legislature.
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A.
				The board may issue, upon request, a declaratory order or ruling as to the
				applicability of any statutory provision, rule or order of the board.
				Declaratory orders and rulings shall have the same status as board decisions or
				orders in disciplinary and enforcement proceedings.
B. A request for a declaratory order or
				ruling is made in the form of a written petition to the board on a form
				provided by the board.
C. Said
				petition shall be considered by the board.
D. The declaratory order or ruling of the
				board on said petition shall be in writing and mailed to the petitioner at the
				last address furnished to the board.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 7 - Bylaws › Section LXI-729 - Petition for Adoption, Amendment or Repeal of Rule

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A. An interested person may petition the
				board requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule. The petition
				shall be made on a form provided by the board.
B. In its consideration of a petition, the
				board may request further information from the person who submitted the
				petition.
C. The board shall decide
				whether to grant or deny a petition within 90 days of its receipt of the
				petition. In making its decision, the board shall consider any information
				submitted with the petition and any other relevant information.
D. If the board denies a petition, it shall
				send written notice of its denial to the person who submitted the petition. The
				notice shall state in writing the reasons for the denial.
E. If the board grants a petition, it shall
				initiate rulemaking proceedings within 90 days of its receipt of the petition,
				and it shall send written notice that rulemaking proceedings have been
				initiated to the person who submitted the petition.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  49:964.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 9 - Requirements for Certification and Licensure of Individuals and Temporary Permit to Practice Engineering or Land Surveying › Section LXI-905 - Temporary Permit to Practice Engineering

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A. A person who is not a resident of and has
				no established place of business in Louisiana may be granted a temporary permit
				to practice or offer to practice engineering in Louisiana when such practice
				does not exceed 120 consecutive days in any calendar year, provided such person
				is licensed to practice engineering in their own state, territory, or
				possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, in which the
				requirements and the qualifications for obtaining a license are not lower than
				those specified in the licensure law, and provided further that before
				beginning such temporary practice in Louisiana, the person shall have applied
				to the board, paid the prescribed fee, and received a temporary permit, and
				upon the conclusion of such work they shall advise the board as to the period
				of time that they have practiced in Louisiana under such temporary
				permit.
B. An individual who has
				applied to the board for licensure pursuant to
				§903 B,
				§903 C, or
				§903.D shall be granted
				a temporary permit to practice or offer to practice engineering in Louisiana
				for the period from the time the individual has applied to the board for
				licensure until either the license has been granted or notice of denial of
				licensure has been issued, provided that before beginning such temporary
				practice in Louisiana, the individual shall have applied to the board for a
				temporary permit, paid the prescribed fee, and received a temporary
				permit.
C. The provisions of
				Subsection B shall not apply to any applicant who received a dishonorable
				discharge or to a military spouse whose spouse received a dishonorable
				discharge.
D. In Subsection C, the
				term
military
shall mean the armed forces or reserves of the
				United States, including the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force,
				and the reserve components thereof, the National Guard of any state, the
				military reserves of any state, or the naval militia of any state.
E. The authority for the executive director
				to issue a temporary permit can only be granted by the board.
F. The fee for a temporary permit for an
				individual shall be twice the fee paid by an applicant applying for licensure
				as a professional engineer pursuant to
				§903.
				A.2 The fee for a temporary permit for a firm
				shall be twice the fee paid by an applicant applying for licensure as a
				professional engineering firm.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688 and
				  37:3651.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 9 - Requirements for Certification and Licensure of Individuals and Temporary Permit to Practice Engineering or Land Surveying › Section LXI-907 - Land Surveyor Intern Certification

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A.
				The requirements for certification as a land surveyor intern under the two
				alternatives provided in the licensure law are as follows:
1. the applicant for certification as a land
				surveyor intern shall be a graduate holding a baccalaureate degree from a
				curriculum of four years or more who has completed at least 30 semester credit
				hours, or the equivalent, in land surveying, mapping, and real property courses
				approved by the board, who is of good character and reputation, who has passed
				the examination required by the board in the fundamentals of land surveying,
				who was recommended for certification by a professional land surveyor holding a
				valid license to engage in the practice of land surveying issued to him/her by
				proper authority of a state, territory, or possession of the United States, or
				the District of Columbia, who has submitted an application for certification in
				accordance with the requirements of
				R.S.
				37:694, and who was duly certified as a land
				surveyor intern by the board; or
2.
				the applicant for certification as a land surveyor intern shall be an
				individual certified by the board as a land surveyor in training or a land
				surveyor intern on or before January 1, 1995.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 9 - Requirements for Certification and Licensure of Individuals and Temporary Permit to Practice Engineering or Land Surveying › Section LXI-909 - Professional Land Surveyor Licensure

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A. The requirements for licensure as a
				professional land surveyor under the two alternatives provided in the licensure
				law are as follows:
1. the applicant for
				licensure as a professional land surveyor shall be a land surveyor intern, or
				an individual who meets the qualifications to be a land surveyor intern, who is
				of good character and reputation, who has a verifiable record of four years or
				more of combined office and field experience in land surveying including two
				years or more of progressive experience on land surveying projects under the
				supervision of a professional land surveyor, who has passed the oral
				examination required by the board, who has passed the examinations required by
				the board in the principles and practice of land surveying and the Louisiana
				laws of land surveying, who was recommended for licensure by five personal
				references (at least three of whom must be professional land surveyors who have
				personal knowledge of the applicant's land surveying experience and character
				and ability), who has submitted an application for licensure in accordance with
				the requirements of
				R.S.
				37:694, and who was duly licensed as a
				professional land surveyor by the board; or
2. the applicant for licensure as a
				professional land surveyor shall be an individual who holds a valid license to
				engage in the practice of land surveying issued to him/her by the proper
				authority of a state, territory, or possession of the United States, or the
				District of Columbia, based on requirements that do not conflict with the
				provisions of the licensure law and which were of a standard not lower than
				that specified in the applicable licensure law in effect in Louisiana at the
				time such license was issued, who is of good character and reputation, who has
				passed the examination required by the board in the Louisiana laws of land
				surveying, who has submitted an application for licensure in accordance with
				the requirements of
				R.S.
				37:694, and if the state, territory, or
				possession, or the District of Columbia in which he/she is licensed will accept
				the licenses issued by the board on a comity basis, and who was duly licensed
				as a professional land surveyor by the board.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 9 - Requirements for Certification and Licensure of Individuals and Temporary Permit to Practice Engineering or Land Surveying › Section LXI-911 - Temporary Permit to Practice Land Surveying

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A. An individual who has applied to the board
				for licensure pursuant to
				§909 B,
				§909 C, or
				§909.D shall be granted
				a temporary permit to practice or offer to practice land surveying in Louisiana
				for the period from the time the individual has applied to the board for
				licensure until either the license has been granted or notice of denial of
				licensure has been issued, provided that before beginning such temporary
				practice in Louisiana, the individual shall have applied to the board for a
				temporary permit, paid the prescribed fee, passed the examination required by
				the board in the Louisiana laws of land surveying, and received a temporary
				permit.
B. The provisions of
				Subsection A shall not apply to any applicant who received a dishonorable
				discharge or to a military spouse whose spouse received a dishonorable
				discharge.
C. In Subsection B, the
				term
military
shall mean the armed forces or reserves of the
				United States, including the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force,
				and the reserve components thereof, the National Guard of any state, the
				military reserves of any state, or the naval militia of any state.
D. The authority for the executive director
				to issue a temporary permit can only be granted by the board.
E. The fee for a temporary permit shall be
				twice the fee paid by an applicant applying for licensure as a professional
				land surveyor pursuant to
				§909.
				A 2
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:3651.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 11 - Curricula › Section LXI-1101 - Approved Curricula

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A. The board
				shall determine which curricula are to be recognized under the provisions of
				the licensure law as approved curricula for the certification and licensure of
				individuals as engineer interns, professional engineers, land surveyor interns,
				and professional land surveyors.
B.
				In general, the board will recognize as approved all accredited engineering
				curricula of four years or more. The board may recognize as approved an
				engineering curriculum that was not accredited at the time of the applicant's
				graduation, but which became accredited within the following two
				years.
C. Based on an investigation
				by a committee of the board, the board may, by a majority vote at a regular
				meeting, recognize as an approved curriculum a non-accredited engineering
				curriculum of four years or more from a school of satisfactory standing that
				does not meet the specifications of
				§1101.
				B The board shall keep a record of the
				engineering curricula thus approved.
D. To qualify for certification as an
				engineer intern pursuant to
				§901.A.2 or
				§901.A 3, a graduate of
				a non-accredited engineering or related science or engineering technology
				curriculum must submit to the board an evaluation of the curriculum prepared by
				a board-approved education credential evaluation service.
E. In general, the board will recognize as
				approved all accredited land surveying curricula of four years or more. The
				board may recognize as approved a land surveying curriculum that was not
				accredited at the time of the applicant's graduation, but which became
				accredited within the following two years.
F. Based on an investigation by a committee
				of the board, the board may, by a majority vote at a regular meeting, recognize
				as an approved curriculum a nonaccredited land surveying curriculum of four
				years or more from a school of satisfactory standing that does not meet the
				specifications of
				§1101.E The board shall
				keep a record of the land surveying curricula thus approved.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 11 - Curricula › Section LXI-1103 - Other Engineering Curricula

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A. To qualify for certification as an
				engineer intern pursuant to
				§901.
				A 3, a graduate of a non-accredited
				engineering curriculum must present evidence of experience of such quality and
				extent that the board believes that the applicant has obtained engineering
				knowledge and skills at least equivalent to that obtained by education in an
				accredited engineering curriculum.
B. Non-accredited engineering curricula shall
				be those curricula of four years or more which are found by the board to be
				equivalent in content to accredited engineering curricula, including a minimum
				of 46 semester credit hours of recognized engineering courses, 36 of which
				shall be advanced level courses usually offered in the junior and senior
				years.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.