§ 37:3602 — Articulated curricula; training programs; duties of the licensing

Louisiana § 37:3602

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 37: Professions and Occupations

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§3602. Articulated curricula; training programs; duties of the licensing
boards; cooperation with educational agencies; implementation
A. It shall be the policy of this state that programs of training for all
allied health professionals, including but not limited to those professions
which the commission has identified pursuant to R.S. 37:3601, be organized
and integrated in a fashion that permits the maximum amount of prior training
to be credited against the requirements of any subsequent training. This policy
shall exist to facilitate the continued professional development of all allied
health professionals and to establish an adequate supply of those professionals
to meet the requirements of the employers and health care institutions in this
state, as well as to assure the availability of sufficient numbers of allied health
professional educators.
B. The various licensing boards, hereafter referred to as the boards,
shall meet together and with the various state education agencies, particularly
including the Board of Regents, the college and university management
boards, the commission, and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary
Education, and with the public and private hospitals, to develop and implement
training curricula that articulates from one professional level to the next.
C. The boards shall review the training program approval standards and
the accreditation and licensing standards they require in order to identify and
make such adjustments as are necessary in order to implement the articulated
curricula required by Subsection A of this Section.
D. The Board of Regents, the higher education management boards, the
public institutions of higher education, the State Board of Elementary and
Secondary Education, the vocational institutes, and the hospitals which provide
training facilities shall undertake whatever changes in procedure or policy as
necessitated by the articulated curricula required by Subsection A of this
Section.
E. The implementation of the curricula changes and the policy of
articulation expressed and required by this Section shall begin, if on a gradual
basis, not later than January 1, 1993.

Legislative History

Acts 1992, No. 1047, §3.