Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 23 > Chapter 14 > Part IV - Provisions Affecting State Agencies, Departments, and Offices

• Agency: means any state office, department, board, council, institution, division, officer or other person, or functional group, presently existing or created in the future, that is authorized to exercise, or that does exercise, any functions of state government in the executive branch, but not any political subdivision of the state or officer thereof. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:2061
• Agency: means an organization or facility that delivers social work services and employs social workers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2703
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Board: means the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2703
• Council: means the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:2061
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Social work practice: means the professional application of social work values, theories, and interventions to one or more of the following: enhancing the development, problem-solving, and coping capacities of people; promoting the effective and humane operations of systems that provide resources and services to people; linking people with systems that provide them with resources, services, and opportunities; developing and improving social policy; and engaging in research related to the professional activities. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2703
• Social worker: means a person who holds a degree in social work, having successfully completed an undergraduate or graduate level academic social work program. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2703
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
• Workforce development: means workforce education and workforce training and services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:2061