Teletherapy Specialty Approval for Louisiana Licensees
This 3-hour continuing education course provides Louisiana-licensed counselors and marriage and family therapists with the knowledge needed to pursue and maintain teletherapy specialty-area approval under LAC 46:LX.505. Covers the four-step Board approval pathway, HIPAA/HITECH technology compliance, the two separate 3-hour requirements (one-time initial training vs. recurring renewal CE), the confirmed out-of-state registration pathway, the §505.D out-of-state client contact-and-document duty, and §505's clinical/operational standards including suitability screening, informed consent, records, and telesupervision.
3
CE Hours
5
Modules
18
Quiz Questions
1
Est. Minutes
What you'll learn
- Distinguish the Louisiana LPC Board's current 'specialty area requiring Board approval' terminology from §505.E's legacy 'privileged in teletherapy' rule language, and describe the four-step approval pathway under LAC 46:LX.505.
- Evaluate teletherapy technology against LAC 46:LX.505's explicit HIPAA/HITECH compliance requirement and its categorical exclusion of social media platforms and functions from teletherapy delivery.
- Apply the eight §505-specified initial-training topic areas and complete the four approval steps: initial training, CEH dashboard certificate upload, Declaration/Informed Consent addendum submission, and awaiting monthly Board review.
- Disambiguate Louisiana's two separate 3-hour teletherapy requirements — the one-time initial training and the recurring per-renewal continuing education under §505.E — and apply the confirmed out-of-state registration pathway and §505.D out-of-state client contact-and-document duty.
- Apply §505's suitability-screening standard, including its sensory-deficit and dismiss-and-refer requirements, alongside its informed consent, records, and uncapped telesupervision standards.
- Identify how LAC 46:LX.503's broad 'Licensure' definition reconciles §505.D's licensure language with the out-of-state registration pathway, and how current Board FAQ guidance supersedes legacy §503 provisional-licensee language.
Who it's for
Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC), Provisional Licensed Professional Counselors (PLPC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT), National Certified Counselors (NCC), Out-of-state clinicians pursuing Louisiana teletherapy registration
Approval & credit
CounselorReady is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP #7760). This course awards 3 NBCC-approved CE hours; a certificate is issued on completion. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CounselorReady is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.