Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part LX - Professional Counselors
Subpart 1 - Licensed Professional Counselors
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section LX-101 - Statutory Authority

A. The Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners was initially created and empowered by Act 892 of the 1987 Legislature to provide regulation of the practice of mental health counseling and provide for the regulation of the use of the title "licensed professional counselor" (R.S. 37:1102). Subsequently Act 1195 of 2001 empowered the board to provide regulation of marriage and family therapy and the use of the title "licensed marriage and family therapist" [R.S. 37:1102(B)]. Act 484 of the 2014 Legislative Session empowered the board to provide regulation of the practice and use of the titles "provisional licensed professional counselor" and "provisional licensed marriage and family therapist". Therefore, the Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners establishes the rules and regulations herein pursuant to the authority granted to, and imposed upon said board under the provisions of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, title 37, chapter 13, R.S. 37:1101-1123.