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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, or11
practicum, intensive practicum, or supervised independent fieldwork. Such practice12
under this exemption requires the direct supervision by a licensed behavior analyst13
in this state or an instructor in an approved course sequence approved by the board14
supervised field or clinical experience, provided the experience is conducted15
under the extended authority of the university faculty member assigned to the16
course and supervised by a licensed behavior analyst. A student, intern, or17
postdoctoral fellow shall not represent himself as a behavior analyst and shall use a18
title that clearly indicates his training status, such as "behavior analysis student",19
"behavior analysis intern", "behavior analys is trainee", or other title clearly20
indicating such training status.21
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The original instrument was prepared by Christopher D. Adams. The
following digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative
instrument, was prepared by Tammy Crain-Waldrop.
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 SB NO. 71
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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.
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 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.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 37:3708 and 3715(6))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to
the original bill
1. Requires the qualifying experience shall be conducted under the extended
authority of the faculty member.
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill
1. Technical Bureau amendment.