Louisiana § 37:3443 Definitions

Louisiana Statutes

§ 37:3443 — Definitions

Louisiana § 37:3443

Title 37Professions and Occupations

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La. Stat. Ann. § 37:3443 (2026).

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As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall mean the following, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1)"Board" means the Louisiana Licensed Professional Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors Board of Examiners.

(2)"Licensed professional vocational rehabilitation counselor" means 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, organizations, or the general publi

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As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall mean the following, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Board" means the Louisiana Licensed Professional Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors Board of Examiners.
(2) "Licensed professional vocational rehabilitation counselor" means 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, organizations, or the general public, and who implies that he is licensed to engage in the practice of rehabilitation counseling pursuant to this Chapter.
(3) "Practice of rehabilitation counseling" means 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:
(a) "Rehabilitation counseling" which means 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.
(b) "Referral activities" which means the evaluating of data to identify vocational problems and to determine the advisability of referral to other specialists.
(c) "Vocational rehabilitation services" which 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.
(d) Referral activities and vocational rehabilitation services shall not include neuropsychological testing.
(4) "Rehabilitation counseling services" which means those acts and behaviors coming within the "practice of rehabilitation counseling" as defined in this Chapter.