La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXXX-723

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

Section LXXX-723 - Application and Examination

A. Request for Application

1. Persons desiring information regarding a practice credential (LAC, CAC, RAC, CPS, and/or RP), specialty certification (e.g., CCS, and/or CCGC), or status (CIT, and/or PSIT) shall be sent an information brochure and a request for application form. The ADRA may, in lieu of mailing information, make such information available on line at any web site maintained by the ADRA.

2. An application package shall be made available to any interested persons. The ADRA may, in lieu of mailing, make the package available on line at any web site maintained by the ADRA.

3. Any applicant for a practice credential or specialty certification who fails the written examination and, who, prior to the next scheduled written examination completes an ADRA approved test preparation training, shall have the application period extended to include either the next consecutive testing cycle or such subsequent testing cycle as the applicant shall designate in writing.

B. Required Application Materials

1. The application package shall contain forms for the applicant to provide information and documentation of meeting the requirements for a practice credential, specialty certification and/or status.

2. Each application package shall require such information as the ADRA deems necessary and appropriate.

3. An application will not be reviewed for test eligibility until the submitted application package is completed, i.e., all of the required information and forms, including a case study in the event an oral examination is required, are received by the ADRA.

4. Candidates will not be certified as eligible to take the written and oral examinations until the completed application package has been reviewed and approved by the ADRA.

5. By submitting the application package, candidates are deemed to have made a request to the ADRA to take the appropriate examination(s).

6. The ADRA shall determine the scope of the examination(s) to provide the opportunity for the candidate to demonstrate competency in the field for which he seeks certification, or shall designate the examination(s) which satisfy the ADRA requirements. The ADRA shall designate the test or tests which satisfy examination requirements and shall identify those tests on a testing cycle events schedule published and maintained by the ADRA. After three written examination failures, the ADRA may, in addition to the test preparation training, impose on the applicant such conditions as may be deemed appropriate to enhance the individual's training and/or clinical experience and/or to supplement preparation for the examination.

7. The ADRA shall notify each candidate of the examination results only after the examination results have been certified.

8. The application of a candidate who fails to appear for an examination date selected or agreed to by the candidate for reasons other than documented illness or other causes beyond the candidate's control becomes void. The candidate must re-apply and may be required to reimburse the ADRA for the cost of the examination, in accordance with the policy of the ADRA. By submitting an application packet, a candidate shall be deemed to have consented to this policy.

9. Satisfaction of the examination requirements by the applicant, does not guarantee the issuance of a credential or certification. Applicants who pass all required examinations shall be deemed eligible for, and undergo, final evaluation by the ADRA prior to the issuing of a credential or certification and the applicants shall be so notified.

10. The ADRA shall rule on any questions concerning examination.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXXX-723

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office for Addictive Disorders, Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority, LR 31:654 (March 2005).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3388.4.