Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XXV - Credentialed Social Workers
Chapter 9 - Procedural Rules
Section XXV-927 - Board's Independent Legal Counsel
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The board may designate its general counsel to serve as independent counsel relating to complaints and adjudication and compliance hearings.
B. The board's independent counsel may provide the board, any hearing panel member, or the board's administrator with advice on the issues of legal sufficiency, notice, procedural and substantive due process of law (constitutional, statutory and rules), interpretations relating to any complaint, or the investigation or adjudication thereof. Such independent counsel may not participate in the investigation or prosecution of any case pending before the board or board hearing panel.
C. The board's independent counsel may also provide other services relative to the complaint or adjudication which the board or the hearing panel deems necessary, except as may be expressly limited by these rules, standards, and procedures.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:2705.C.
