§ 37:3715 — Persons and practices not affected

§3715. Persons and practices not affected
The provisions of this Chapter shall not be construed as prohibiting or restricting the
practice of any of the following:
(1) Other human service professionals who are licensed, certified, or registered by
the state of Louisiana, provided such individuals are working within the scope of practice of
their profession and the scope of their training and competence.
(2) State-certified assistant behavior analyst or registered line technician who
delivers applied behavior analysis services under the extended authority and direction of a
licensed behavior analyst. Such state-certified assistant behavior analyst or registered line
technician shall not represent himself as a behavior analyst.
(3) A family member or guardian of a recipient of applied behavior analysis services
who implements certain applied behavior analysis procedures with the recipient under the
extended authority and direction of a licensed behavior analyst or a state-certified assistant
behavior analyst, who is supervised by a licensed behavior analyst. Such an individual shall
not represent himself as a behavior analyst.
(4) An individual who practices with nonhumans, including applied animal
behaviorists and animal trainers.
(5) An individual who provides general applied behavior analysis services to an
organization, so long as those services are for the benefit of such organization and do not
involve direct services to individuals.
(6) A matriculated college or university student, intern, or postdoctoral fellow whose
activities are part of a defined behavior analysis program of study or supervised field or
clinical experience, provided the experience is conducted under the extended authority of the
university faculty member assigned to the course and supervised by a licensed behavior
analyst. A student, intern, or postdoctoral fellow shall not represent himself as a behavior
analyst and shall use a title that clearly indicates his training status, such as "behavior
analysis student", "behavior analysis intern", "behavior analysis trainee", or other title clearly
indicating such training status.
(7) An individual who teaches behavior analysis or conducts behavior analytic
research, provided that such teaching or research shall not involve the delivery of direct
behavior analytic services. Such individual may use the title "behavior analyst" but may not
represent himself as a licensed behavior analyst or a state-certified assistant behavior analyst
unless he holds one of those credentials issued by the board.
(8) An unlicensed individual pursuing experiential training in behavior analysis
consistent with the licensure requirements and standards as required by the board, provided
such experience is supervised by a licensed behavior analyst.
(9) An individual licensed to practice psychology within the state, so long as the
applied behavior analysis services provided by the licensed psychologist are within the
licensed psychologist's education, training, and expertise. This includes individuals acting
under the extended authority and direction of licensed psychologists. Licensed psychologists
and those acting under their extended authority are prohibited from representing themselves
as behavior analysts, licensed behavior analysts, assistant behavior analysts, or state-certified
assistant behavior analysts without being duly licensed or state certified.
NOTE: See R.S. 37:3718 regarding termination date of Chapter on July 1, 2028.

Legislative History

Acts 2013, No. 351, §2; Acts 2014, No. 481, §1.