Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part LX - Professional Counselors
Subpart 1 - Licensed Professional Counselors
Chapter 7 - Application and Renewal Requirements for Licensed Professional Counselors
Section LX-703 - Licensed Professional Counselors Licensing Requirements

1. is at least 21 years of age;

2. is of good moral character;

3. is not in violation of any of the provisions of R.S. 37:1101-1122 and the rules and regulations adopted herein;

4. can document a minimum of 3,000 hours of postmaster's experience in professional mental health counseling under the clinical supervision of a board-approved supervisor, with said supervision occurring over a period of no less than two years and not more than six years from the original date such supervision was approved. Five hundred indirect hours of supervised experience may be gained for each 30 graduate semester hours earned beyond the required master's degree, provided that such hours are clearly related to the field of mental health counseling, are earned from a regionally accredited institution, and are acceptable to the board provided that in no case the applicant has less than 2,000 hours of board-approved supervised experience within the aforementioned time limits.

5. has declared special competencies and demonstrated professional competence therein by passing a written exam (NCE or NCMHCE) and, at the discretion of the board, an oral examination as shall be prescribed by the board.

6. has received a graduate degree, as defined in Chapter 5, the substance of which is professional mental health counseling in content from a regionally-accredited institution of higher education offering a master's and/or doctoral program in counseling that is approved by the board in accordance with the requirements listed in Chapter 6, Section 603