La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXXXVI-1800

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

Section LXXXVI-1800 - General

A. Consistent with the intent of the Louisiana Licensed Professional Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors (LLPVRC) Code of Professional Ethics for Licensed Rehabilitation Counselors, the LLPVRC Ethics Committee recommends that licensed rehabilitation counselors who are considering seeking advisory opinions first consult with other rehabilitation counselors and colleagues who are knowledgeable about ethics in order to attempt to resolve questions that may easily be addressed by other knowledgeable parties. If these attempts do not result in resolution of the matter, individuals may request advisory opinions from the LLPVRC Ethics Committee.

B. The committee provides advisory opinions on selected situations having ethical implications. These advisory opinions are provided as a general educational service and are rendered in response to limited and unverified information provided to the committee. Therefore, it should not be construed as direct advice regarding the unique or specific ethical or legal action recommendations that should be followed regarding the issues raised. The considerations described by the committee's advisory opinion should be regarded only as general educational assistance and not as specific direction in any particular instance.

C. Requests should not be filed if there is reason to believe that a violation of the code has occurred. Those attempting to determine if alleged behavior violates the code may receive a response to a request for an advisory opinion that may later appear to contradict a ruling made if a complaint is actually filed. This possible incongruity might be due to the fact that advisory opinions do not allow for full disclosure of all available information in the matter.

D. Information presented in a request for an advisory opinion and the committee's response to that ruling may be presented for educational purposes to other parties in a sanitized format.

E. LLPVRC's Ethics Committee meets four times per year. Requests received will be scheduled for review at the next scheduled meeting of the committee.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXXXVI-1800

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Licensed Professional Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors Board of Examiners, LR 30:799 (April 2004).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3445.