RS 37:1131 – Purpose A. The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of licensed professional counselors with the goal of improving public access to professional counseling services. The practice of professional counseling occurs in the state where the client is located at the time of the counseling services. The compact preserves the […]
RS 37:1132 – Definitions As used in this compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Active duty military” means full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. Chapters 1209 and […]
RS 37:1133 – State participation in the compact A. To participate in the compact, a state shall currently: (1) License and regulate licensed professional counselors. (2) Require licensees to pass a nationally recognized exam approved by the commission. (3) Require licensees to have a sixty semester-hour or ninety quarter-hour master’s degree in counseling or sixty […]
RS 37:1134 – Privilege to practice A. To exercise the privilege to practice under the terms and provisions of the compact, the licensee shall do all of the following: (1) Hold a license in the home state. (2) Have a valid United States Social Security Number or National Practitioner Identifier. (3) Be eligible for a […]
RS 37:1135 – Obtaining a new home state license based upon the privilege to practice A. A licensed professional counselor may hold a license issued by the home state, which allows for a privilege to practice, in only one member state at a time. B. If a licensed professional counselor changes his primary state of […]
RS 37:1136 – Active duty military personnel or his spouse Active duty military personnel, or the spouse of an active duty member of the military, shall designate a home state where the individual has a current license in good standing. The individual may retain the home state designation during the period the service member is […]
RS 37:1137 – Compact privilege to practice telehealth A. Member states shall recognize the right of a licensed professional counselor, licensed by a home state in accordance with R.S. 37:1133 and under rules promulgated by the commission, to practice professional counseling in any member state via telehealth under a privilege to practice as provided in […]
RS 37:1138 – Adverse actions A.(1) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in accordance with the existing state due process law, to: (a) Take adverse action against a licensed professional counselor’s privilege to practice within that member state. (b) Issue subpoenas for both hearings […]
RS 37:1139 – Establishment of Counseling Compact Commission A.(1) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the Counseling Compact Commission. (2) The commission is an instrumentality of the compact states. (3) Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the commission shall be brought solely and exclusively […]
RS 37:1140 – Data system A. The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, and utilization of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states. B. Notwithstanding any other provision of state law to the contrary, a member state shall submit a uniform […]
RS 37:1141 – Rulemaking A. The commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purpose of the compact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the commission exercises its rulemaking authority in a manner that is beyond the scope of the purposes of the compact, or the powers granted hereunder, then […]
RS 37:1142 – Oversight; dispute resolution; enforcement A. All of the following provisions shall apply with respect to the compact: (1) The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact’s purposes and intent. The provisions of […]
RS 37:1143 – Date of implementation of the commission for counseling profession compact, practice and associate rules, withdrawal, and amendment A. The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth member state. The provisions, which become effective at that time, shall be limited […]
RS 37:1144 – Construction and severability This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate its purposes. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any member state or of the United States or […]
RS 37:1145 – Binding effect of compact and other laws A. A licensee providing professional counseling services in a remote state under the privilege to practice shall adhere to the laws and regulations of the remote state. B. Nothing in this Part shall prevent the enforcement of any other law of a member state that […]
