La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXXXVI-503
Board-the Louisiana Licensed Professional Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors Board of Examiners.
Licensed Professional Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor-any person who holds himself out to the public for a fee or other personal gain by any title or description of services incorporating the words "licensed professional vocational rehabilitation counselor" or any similar term, and who offers to render professional rehabilitation counseling services denoting a client-counselor relationship in which the counselor assumes responsibility for knowledge, skill, and ethical considerations needed to assist individuals, groups, organization, or the general public, and who implies that he is licensed to practice vocational rehabilitation counseling.
Practice of Rehabilitation Counseling-rendering or offering to individuals, groups, organizations, or the general public rehabilitation services in private practice for compensation involving the application of principles, methods, or procedures of the rehabilitation counseling profession which include but are not limited to:
1.Rehabilitation Counseling-assisting an individual or group, through the counseling relationship, to define vocational goals, and to plan actions reflecting his or their interests, abilities, aptitudes, and needs, as these are related to rehabilitation concerns, educational progress, and occupations and careers.
2.Referral Activities-the evaluating of data to identify problems and to determine the advisability of referral to other specialists.
3.Vocational Rehabilitation Services-includes, but is not limited to, vocational assessment, vocational counseling, education, and training services, including on-the-job training, self-employment plans, job analysis, and job placement. For purposes of this Chapter, "vocational assessment" includes, but is not limited to, the administration, interpretation, and use of single scale screening tests of intelligence and tests of education, achievement, personal traits, interests, aptitudes, abilities, language, adaptive behavioral tests, and symptom screening checklist, solely to define vocational goals and plan actions as related to rehabilitation concerns, educational progress, and occupations and careers.
4. Referral activities and vocational rehabilitation services shall not include neuropsychological testing.
Rehabilitation Counseling Services-those acts and behaviors coming within the practice of rehabilitation counseling as defined in R.S. 37:3443.
La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXXXVI-503