§3452. Exclusions

The following persons and their activities are exempted from the licensing requirements of this Chapter:

(1) A certified school counselor who meets the standards prescribed by the State Department of Education and the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, while practicing school counseling within the scope of his employment by a board of education or by a private school.

(2) Any nonresident temporarily employed in this state to render rehabilitation counseling services for not more than thirty days a year, who meets the requirements for licensure in R.S. 37:3447 of this Chapter or who holds a valid license or certificate issued under the authority of the laws of another state or national certifying agency.

(3) Any person employed or supervised by a licensed professional rehabilitation counselor, while carrying out specific tasks under the licensee's supervision. The supervisee shall not represent himself to the public as a licensed professional rehabilitation counselor.

(4) Any student in an accredited educational institution, while carrying out activities that are part of the prescribed course of study, provided such activities are supervised by a professional rehabilitation counselor. Such student shall hold himself out to the public only by clearly indicating his student status and the profession in which he is being trained.

(5) Any individual using the official title of the position and activities for which that person is employed by any federal or state agency, any agency of a parish, municipality, or other political subdivision, any private nonprofit agency, accredited clinic, nonprofit hospital, or for profit hospital, provided that such persons are performing these activities as part of the duties for which they are employed or solely within the confines or under the jurisdiction of the organization by which they are employed. Such persons shall not render rehabilitation counseling services to the public for a fee, monetary or otherwise, over and above the salary they receive for the performance of their official duties with the organization by which they are employed.

(6) Any persons licensed, certified, or registered under any other provision of state law or under the rules of the Louisiana Supreme Court while practicing those arts, utilizing counseling, and utilizing those titles that are allowed and within the standards and ethics of their profession or within new areas of practice that represent appropriate extensions of their profession.

(7) Any priest, rabbi, Christian Science practitioner, or minister of the gospel of any religious denomination.

Acts 1988, No. 555, §1, eff. July 14, 1988.