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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 71
BY SENATOR MORRELL
HEALTH SERVICES. Provide relative to the Behavior Analyst Practice Act. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 37:3708 and 3715(6), relative to the Behavior Analyst Practice2
Act; to provide for registration of line technicians; to provide for persons and3
practices not affected by the practice act; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 37:3708 and 3715(6) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as6
follows: 7
§3708. Registration of line technician; denial or revocation of a registration8
A. A registered line technician shall be at least eighteen years of age and9
possess a minimum of a high school diploma or its equivalent.10
B. A line technician shall be registered by his supervising licensed behavior11
analyst with the board.12
B. At C. Within fourteen days from the date of application for13
registration, the line technician shall submit initiate a criminal background report14
from the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information of the office15
of state police within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, issued not16
more than fourteen days from the date of registration.17 SB NO. 71
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D. The board has the authority to deny or revoke a registration in the1
best interest of public safety and welfare.2
C. E. The registration provided for in this Section shall be renewed annually3
by the supervising licensed behavior analyst.4
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§3715. Persons and practices not affected6
The provisions of this Chapter shall not be construed as prohibiting or7
restricting the practice of any of the following:8
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(6) A matriculated college or university student, intern, or postdoctoral fellow10
whose activities are part of a defined behavior analysis program of study, practicum,11
or intensive practicum, or supervised independent fieldwork. Such practice under12
this exemption requires the direct supervision by a licensed behavior analyst in this13
state or an instructor in an approved course sequence approved by the board. A14
student, intern, or postdoctoral fellow shall not represent himself as a behavior15
analyst and shall use a title that clearly indicates his training status, such as "behavior16
analysis student", "behavior analysis intern", "behavior analysis trainee", or other17
title clearly indicating such training status.18
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Christopher D. Adams.
DIGEST
Morrell (SB 71)
Present law provides a line technician shall be registered by his supervising licensed
behavior analyst with the Louisiana Behavior Analyst Board (the board).
Present law provides at registration, the line technician shall submit a criminal background
report from the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information of the office
of state police within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, issued not more than
14 days from the date of registration.
Present law provides the registration shall be renewed annually by the supervising licensed
behavior analyst.
Proposed law amends present law to provide a registered line technician shall be at least 18
years of age and possess a minimum of a high school diploma or its equivalent. SB NO. 71
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Proposed law provides a line technician shall be registered by his supervising licensed
behavior analyst with the board.
Proposed law provides within 14 days from the date of application for registration, the line
technician shall initiate a criminal background report from the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal
Identification and Information of the office of state police within the Department of Public
Safety and Corrections.
Proposed law provides the board has the authority to deny or revoke a registration in the best
interest of public safety and welfare.
Proposed law provides the registration provided shall be renewed annually by the
supervising licensed behavior analyst.
Present law provides a matriculated college or university student, intern, or postdoctoral
fellow whose activities are part of a defined behavior analysis program of study, practicum,
intensive practicum, or supervised independent fieldwork.
Proposed law amends present law to provide a matriculated college or university student,
intern, or postdoctoral fellow whose activities are part of a defined behavior analysis
program of study, practicum, or intensive practicum.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 37:3708 and 3715(6))