Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part LX - Professional Counselors
Subpart 1 - Licensed Professional Counselors
Chapter 23 - Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Provisional Licensed Professional Counselor, Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Professional Assistance Program
Section LX-2305 - Program Implementation
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code LX-2305
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The program shall be administered by the board's Professional Assistance Committee, subject to overall supervision and control by the board. The board may utilize its discretionary authority to require or exclude specific components of this program for participants based on determination of the nature and severity of the impairment. Participation in the Professional Assistance Program may consist of all or part of the following components.
1. The program participant may be required to
submit to an assessment relative to the impairment.
a. This assessment will be completed by a
licensed mental health professional who is pre-approved by the board.
b. The format and content of this assessment
will meet the requirements designated by the board, but will at a minimum
contain information concerning:
i. previous
inpatient/outpatient treatment episodes;
ii. relapse history;
iii. an assessment of the participant's
psychosocial, physical, psychiatric, and other needs, relative to the
impairment, and recommendations for future treatment.
c. The participant shall contact the
designated mental health professional within 48 hours to schedule an
evaluation, which should be scheduled within 72 hours. To the extent
practicable, the assessment will then be forwarded to the board by the
professional completing the assessment, no later than 72 hours following the
completion of the assessment.
2. The participant may be required to submit
to ongoing monitoring for a period of up to five years. The beginning date of
the monitoring period will be the date upon which a consent order is formally
signed by the licensed or provisional licensed professional counselor or
licensed or provisional licensed marriage and family therapist and the board,
or the date of the boards official decision to require program participation in
the event of an adjudication hearing.
3. During the monitoring period the licensed
or provisional licensed professional counselor or licensed or provisional
licensed marriage and family therapist may be required to submit to random drug
and/or alcohol screenings as determined appropriate by the board, or other
monitoring requirements which are pertinent and relative to the documented
impairment.
a. The interval and timing of the
required screening will be directed by a monitor who is pre-approved by the
board. This monitor will be considered to have been duly selected by the board
as its agent for the purposes of directing the required screens.
b. The results and reports of the results of
all screens will be submitted to the board before the final business day of the
month following the date of the screen.
4. Receipt by the board of any positive,
unexplained substance abuse/drug screen or reports of non-compliance or
complications relative to the impairment during the monitoring period may
result in suspension, revocation, or other appropriate action pertaining to the
licensed or provisional licensed professional counselor, licensed or
provisional licensed marriage and family therapists license or provisional
license as determined appropriate by the board.
5. When the impairment is substance-related,
the participant may be required to attend Twelve Step meetings on a regular
basis as determined appropriate by the designated licensed substance abuse
professional, and as approved or required by the board, but no less than four
times monthly.
a. A pre-approved monthly log
must be submitted to and received by the board at least five days after the
final business day of the month following completion of the required meetings.
It is the participants responsibility to ensure that these logs are properly
completed and received by the board by the designated date.
b. The log requires documentation of the name
of the meeting chairman, and meeting dates and times.
c. Submission of logs will be required for at
least one year of program participation, but may be required for any period of
time up to and including the entire term of monitoring as determined by the
designated licensed substance abuse professional and as approved or required by
the board.
6. During the
monitoring period for the participant, the participant may be required to
participate in professional supervision with a board-approved and designated
licensed professional counselor supervisor or licensed marriage and family
therapist supervisor at a frequency determined by the board for a period of
time up to and including the entire five year period of monitoring.
7. The board, in addition to other
conditions, may require that the participant obtain regularly scheduled
therapy, at a prescribed interval.
a. The
type and interval of therapy may be recommended by the designated pre-approved
licensed professional responsible for program monitoring, as approved by the
board.
b. The type and interval of
therapy may be also required by the board independently.
c. The participant may choose the licensed
substance abuse professional or other qualified professional to provide this
therapy, subject to board approval.
8. Other requirements for participation in
the program may include, but are not limited to, limitations in the scope of
the participants mental health counseling or marriage and family therapy
practice, suspension of practice, or voluntary withdrawal from practice for a
specific time.
9. In the event that
the participant relocates to another jurisdiction, the participant will within
five days of relocating be required to either enroll in the other jurisdictions
professional assistance program and have the reports required under the
agreement sent to the Louisiana Professional Counselors Board of Examiners or
if the other jurisdiction has no impairment professional program, the
participant will notify the licensing board of that jurisdiction that the
participant is impaired and enrolled in the professional assistance program.
Should the participant fail to adhere to this requirement, in addition to being
deemed in violation of the program requirements and corresponding consent order
or adjudication, the participants license or provisional license will be
suspended or revoked.
10. The
participant shall notify the board office by telephone within 48 hours and in
writing within five working days of any changes of the participants home or
work address, telephone number, employment status, employer and/or change in
scope or nature practice. The participant may satisfy the notice requirement by
telephone, leaving a voice message on the boards office voicemail at times when
the office is closed. A written confirmation from the participant of the phone
message is expected within five working days.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1110 and 37: 1120.
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