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NOTE: §3386.2 as redesignated from §3389. See Acts 2020, No. 328,
§4(B).
§3386.2. Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority
A. The legislature hereby finds it appropriate that the responsibility and authority to
regulate the practice of addictive disorder treatment and prevention be exercised by a
licensing board created for that purpose.
B. The Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority (ADRA) is hereby created within
the Louisiana Department of Health. The ADRA shall be governed by a board of directors,
referred to hereafter in this Chapter as the "board", consisting of eight voting members, all
of whom shall be appointed by the governor, subject to Senate confirmation, as follows:
(1)One member who possesses significant knowledge in the area of addiction from
a list of three names submitted
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NOTE: §3386.2 as redesignated from §3389. See Acts 2020, No. 328,
§4(B).
§3386.2. Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority
A. The legislature hereby finds it appropriate that the responsibility and authority to
regulate the practice of addictive disorder treatment and prevention be exercised by a
licensing board created for that purpose.
B. The Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority (ADRA) is hereby created within
the Louisiana Department of Health. The ADRA shall be governed by a board of directors,
referred to hereafter in this Chapter as the "board", consisting of eight voting members, all
of whom shall be appointed by the governor, subject to Senate confirmation, as follows:
(1) One member who possesses significant knowledge in the area of addiction from
a list of three names submitted by the Louisiana State Medical Society.
(2) One member who possesses significant experience and knowledge in the area of
compulsive gambling from a list of three names submitted by the Louisiana Association of
Substance Abuse Counselors and Trainers, Inc.
(3) One member who possesses significant experience and knowledge in the area of
prevention from a list of three names submitted by the Louisiana Association of Substance
Abuse Counselors and Trainers, Inc.
(4) One member who possesses significant experience and knowledge in the area of
opiate replacement therapy from a list of three names submitted by the Louisiana Association
of Substance Abuse Counselors and Trainers, Inc.
(5) Three members from a list of nine names divided into three groups of three
names each submitted by the Louisiana Association of Substance Abuse Counselors and
Trainers, Inc.
(6) One member who is a consumer selected from the state at large.
C. The governor shall ensure that his appointments demonstrate race, gender, ethnic,
and geographical diversity. Members of the board shall serve three-year terms. Members
appointed to fill vacancies caused by death, resignation, or removal shall serve the unexpired
terms of their predecessors.
D. Members of the board may elect a chairman and such other officers as they deem
necessary to carry out the duties and functions of the board. The Addictive Disorder
Regulatory Authority may employ persons necessary to carry out the provisions of this
Chapter and may fix their compensation. The authority shall employ at least three persons:
an executive director, an assistant director, and an administrative assistant. Employees of
the board shall be eligible to participate in the state group benefits plan and in the state
retirement system.
E. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of all business.
F.(1) The consumer member of the board shall possess all of the following
qualifications:
(a) Is a citizen of the United States and has been a resident of Louisiana for at least
one year immediately prior to appointment.
(b) Has attained the age of majority.
(c) Has never been licensed by any of the licensing boards identified in R.S.
36:259(A), nor shall he have a spouse who has ever been licensed by a board identified in
R.S. 36:259(A).
(d) Has never been convicted of a felony.
(e) Does not have and has never had a material financial interest in the healthcare
profession.
(2) The consumer member shall be a full voting member of the board with all rights
and privileges conferred on board members, except that the consumer member shall not
participate in the grading of individual examinations.
G. It is the intent of the legislature that the board exercise all regulatory jurisdiction
over the credentialing and practice of addiction counselors, prevention professionals, persons
holding specialty certifications issued by the board, paraprofessionals authorized by this
Chapter, and those in training to become addiction counselors and prevention professionals.