§ 37:1103 As used in this Part, the following terms have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section:
§ 37:1104 A. There is hereby created in the Louisiana Department of Health the Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners, hereafter referred to as the “board”, consisting o
§ 37:1105 A. The board shall be domiciled in Baton Rouge and shall hold its meetings in places to be designated by the board. The board shall hold a meeting within sixty days after October 1,
§ 37:1106 A.(1) Fees established and collected by the board pursuant to this Chapter shall be set by rule and shall not exceed the following maximum amounts:
§ 37:1107 A. The board shall issue a license to each applicant who files an application upon a form and in such manner as the board prescribes, accompanied by such fee as required by R.S. 37:1
§ 37:1109 Reciprocity
§ 37:1110 A. The board shall withhold, deny, revoke, or suspend any license issued or applied for in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter or otherwise discipline a licensee upon proo
§ 37:1111 A. No person shall assume or use the title or designation “licensed professional counselor” or “provisional licensed professional counselor” or engage in the practice of mental healt
§ 37:1112 Injunctive proceedings
§ 37:1113 The following persons and their activities are exempted from the licensing requirements of this Chapter:
§ 37:1114 Testimonial privileges, exceptions, and waiver with respect to communications between a licensed professional counselor or a provisional licensed professional counselor and his clien
§ 37:1115 Applicability
§ 37:1116 A. The board shall issue a license to each applicant who files an application upon a form and in such manner as the board prescribes, accompanied by such fee as required by R.S. 37:1
§ 37:1117 A. The board, through the advisory committee, shall conduct an examination for licensure as a marriage and family therapist at least once a year at a time and place designated by the
§ 37:1118 Reciprocal licenses for marriage and family therapists
§ 37:1119 A.(1) Licenses for marriage and family therapists shall be valid for two years and must be renewed biennially.
§ 37:1121 Nothing in this Chapter shall prevent qualified members of other professional groups as defined by the board including but not limited to clinical social workers, psychiatric nurses,
§ 37:1122 A. No person, unless licensed as a marriage and family therapist, shall advertise as being a “licensed marriage and family therapist” or a “provisional licensed marriage and family t
§ 37:1123 A. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 37 > Chapter 13 > Part II - Mental Health Counselor Licensing - General Provisions

  • Advertise: means but is not limited to the issuing or causing to be distributed any card, sign, or device to any person, or the causing, permitting, or allowing any sign or marking on or in any building, or by advertising on radio or television, or any other means designed to secure public attention. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1103
  • Advisory committee: means the Marriage and Family Therapy Advisory Committee. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1103
  • 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.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appraisal: which means the use or administration of tests of language, educational and achievement tests, adaptive behavioral tests, and symptoms screening checklists or instruments, as well as tests of abilities, interests, and aptitudes for the purpose of counseling persons in coping with or adapting to, changing life situations that are due to problems in living. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1103
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Board: means the Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1103
  • Consulting: which means interpreting or reporting scientific fact or theory to provide assistance in solving current or potential problems of individuals, groups, or organizations. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1103
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Licensed marriage and family therapist: means a person to whom a license has been issued pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, which license is in force and not suspended or revoked. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1103
  • Licensed professional counselor: means any person who holds himself out to the public for a fee or other personal gain, by any title or description of services incorporating the words "licensed professional counselor" or any similar term, and who offers to render professional mental health counseling services denoting a client-counselor relationship in which the counselor assumes responsibility for knowledge, skill, and ethical considerations needed to assist individuals, groups, organizations, or the general public, and who implies that he is licensed to practice mental health counseling pursuant to this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1103
  • Marriage and family therapy: means the professional application of psychotherapeutic and family systems theories and techniques in the prevention, diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders in an individual and relational disorders in couples and families. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1103
  • Mental health counseling: which means assisting an individual or group, through psychotherapy and the counseling relationship, to develop an understanding of personal problems, to define goals, and to plan actions reflecting his or their interests, abilities, aptitudes, and needs as these are related to personal and social concerns, educational progress, and occupations and careers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1103
  • Mental health counseling services: means rendering or offering prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, which includes psychotherapy, of mental, emotional, behavioral, and addiction disorders to individuals, groups, organizations, or the general public by a licensed professional counselor, that is consistent with his professional training as prescribed by La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1103
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, organization, or body politic. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1103
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Practice of marriage and family therapy: means the rendering of professional marriage and family therapy and psychotherapy services, limited to prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, emotional, behavioral, relational, and addiction disorders to individuals, couples, and families, singly or in groups, whether such services are offered directly to the general public or through either public or private organizations for a fee, monetary or otherwise, in accordance with professional training as prescribed by La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1103
  • Practice of mental health counseling: means rendering or offering prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, which includes psychotherapy, of mental, emotional, behavioral, and addiction disorders to individuals, groups, organizations, or the general public by a licensed professional counselor, which is consistent with his professional training as prescribed by La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1103
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Provisional licensed marriage and family therapist: means any person who has completed the requirements provided in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1103
  • Provisional licensed professional counselor: means any person who has completed the requirements provided in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1103
  • Qualified supervision: means the supervision for a licensed marriage and family therapist of clinical services, in accordance with standards developed by the advisory committee, and approved by the board by an individual who has been recognized by the advisory committee as an approved supervisor. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1103
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subtitle: means and includes all the Chapters in Subtitle II of this Title 47 and any other Title of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 except the provisions of Chapter 1 of Subtitle IV of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and estate taxes for the assessment, collection, administration, and enforcement of taxes, fees, licenses, penalties, and interest due the state of Louisiana which have been delegated to the Department of Revenue. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:1501
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.