La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXXXVI-705

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

Section LXXXVI-705 - Renewal

A. A license issued pursuant hereto shall be renewed annually by payment of the renewal fee every year prior to August 1, and by meeting the requirement that 30 clock hours of continuing education be obtained during a two-year period in an area of professional rehabilitation counseling as approved by CRC or by the board. The chairman shall issue a document renewing the license for a term of one year. Beginning August 1, 1994, all persons holding a license will begin a new two year period for clock hours. Anyone licensed during the year out of sync with the board fiscal year will be required to acquire a pro rata share of hours as determined by the hoard for their first two year period. All license holders will he required to renew every year with their training hours acquired over a two year period. Renewal must be completed within 60 days of the August 1 deadline for each renewal year. If the renewal is not submitted within that time frame, the license shall lapse, and the applicant must meet all existing licensure requirements to be issued a license.

B. A licensee may request retirement status if he is not going to engage in private practice for the next year or longer. Under retirement status the licensee would not be required to submit continuing education credits. If a retiree wishes to reactivate, he would need to do the following:

1. notify the board;

2. complete an application for reactivation;

3. pay the existing renewal fee;

4. begin documentation of continuing education hours.

C. A retiree cannot practice with a retirement status license. If the retiree holds a retirement status license for longer than five years and requests reactivation, he must pass the exam or show qualified continuing education hours for the previous two years.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXXXVI-705

Promulgated by the Department of Social Services, Licensed Professional Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors Board of Examiners, LR 15:277 (April 1989), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Licensed Professional Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors Board of Examiners, LR 19:1571 (December 1993), LR 28:490 (March 2002).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3447.