Supervisors in Louisiana

Counseling (LPC / LMHC)

All of your required supervision hours can be done over live, HIPAA-compliant video, but phone or email contact doesn't count as supervision.

• Video must be synchronous on a HIPAA-compliant platform
• Phone, mail, or email contact cannot count as supervision
• At least 50 of the 100 supervision hours must be individual

Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners · LAC 46:LX §605

Social Work (LCSW)

Your BACS supervision can be in person or by secure live video, with no cap on virtual hours, as long as you practice in Louisiana.

• You must be actively practicing social work in Louisiana
• Supervisor must be Louisiana-licensed and finish 1.5 hours of telesupervision CE
• Supervision contract must state the delivery format

Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners · LAC 46:XXV §§503, 509

Marriage & Family Therapy (LMFT)

All of your face-to-face supervision hours can be done over live, HIPAA-compliant video, but phone, email, and messaging don't count without advisory committee pre-approval.

• Video must be synchronous on a HIPAA-compliant platform
• Phone, email, or messaging counts only if the advisory committee pre-approves it
• At least 100 of 200 supervision hours must be individual

Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners (LMFT Advisory Committee) · LAC 46:LX §3315

Psychology

With board pre-approval, up to half of your supervision can be by live video or audio, and only when in-person supervision isn't feasible.

Board pre-approval required; telesupervision capped at 50% of required supervision (26 of the yearly required individual hours for postdocs).

• Supervisor must get board pre-approval with a written rationale
• Only when in-person supervision is not feasible or circumstances are extenuating
• Telesupervision cannot be your only contact with your supervisor

Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists · LAC 46:LXIII §§1409, 703

Collaborating Physician (NP)

Your collaborating physician can be remote as long as you can reach them face-to-face, by phone, or by direct telecommunication; every Louisiana NP who diagnoses or prescribes needs one.

• Signed collaborative practice agreement on LSBN form required to diagnose or prescribe
• No full practice authority or transition-to-practice hours pathway
• Physician must be reachable face-to-face, by phone, or telecommunication

Louisiana State Board of Nursing; Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners (collaborating physician rules) · La. Admin. Code tit. 46, Pt. XLVII, §4513.D.1.f.iii (LSBN); tit. 46, Pt. XLV, §7917.A.2 (LSBME); R.S. 37:913

Supervising Physician (PA)

Your supervising physician can be off site if reachable by phone, but if you prescribe at a separate site they must visit it at least weekly.

If you prescribe and work at a different site, your supervising physician must visit your site at least weekly during office hours.

• Weekly physician visit to your site if you prescribe there
• Physician must personally see any patient needing physician follow-up
• One primary supervising physician may supervise up to eight PAs

Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners · R.S. 37:1360.22(8), 37:1360.23(G), 37:1360.28(A); La. Admin. Code tit. 46, Pt. XLV, §4511.A.5