Mental Health Counselor Licensing Act

The Mental Health Counselor Licensing Act was passed in 1987 via Act 892 to provide for the regulation of the practice of mental health counseling in the state of Louisiana and to provide for the regulation of the use of the title "Licensed Professional Counselor" or any similar term. In 2001 via Act 1195, the Marriage and Family Therapy Advisory Committee was established to regulate the use of the title "Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist". Act 484 of the 2014 Legislative Session empowered the board to provide regulation of the practice and use of the titles "Provisional Licensed Professional Counselor" and "Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist".

The Louisiana law is found in Chapter 13 of Title 37 ofthe Louisiana Revised Statutes and comprises R.S. 37:11011123. Chapter 13 was amended by Act 225 of 1988, Act 415 of1989, Act 376 of 1992, Act 544 of 1993, Act 1301 of 1995, Act 834 of 1997, Act 72 and Act 1159 of 1999, Act 1195 of 2001, Act 1139 of 2003, Act 206 of 2007, Act 311 of 2009, Act 613 of 2010, Act 320 of 2011, Act 636 of 2012, Act 173 of 2013, Act 736 of 2014, and Act 484 of 2014.