La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LX-607

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LX-607 - Out-of-State Applicants for Provisional Licensed Professional Counselor

A. The decision to approve transfer of any supervised experience hours and board-equivalent supervisors from out-of-state shall be made at the discretion of the board. An out-of-state applicant may transfer up to 2500 supervised experience hours if such hours meet the requirements as stated in Section 605 Out of state supervised experience hours may be endorsed according to the following limits:

1. a maximum of 1600 direct client contact hours;

2. a maximum of 815 indirect hours;

3. a maximum of 85 hours of face-to-face supervision.

a. All face to face supervision hours must have been accrued under the clinical supervision of an approved supervisor within their state who meets the qualifications of a supervisor of provisional licensed professional counselors set forth by the Licensed Professional Counselor Board of Examiners.

B. An applicant must also be in good standing in all jurisdictions in which they are licensed or credentialed and must not have been disciplined in any jurisdiction for an act that would have constituted grounds for refusal, suspension, or revocation of a license or credential to practice mental health counseling in the state of Louisiana at the time the act was committed.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LX-607

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners, LR 41716 (4/1/2015).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1101-1123.