MINUTES SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS BOARD OF EXAMINERS
Approved October 17, 2008
The meeting was called to order by G Bockrath at 1:00 p.m. A roll call was taken and a quorum was present.
Guests:
None
Board Attorney Present:
Steve Adams
Members present: Staff present:
G Bockrath, Board Chair Eddye Boeneke
R Dufrene Heather Guitreau
G Grand Jennifer Johnson
T Moore
J Williams Absent:
L Pearlmutter C Gagnon
A Williams
A Cole
Agenda
T Moore moved to accept the agenda as amended. Seconded by J Williams.
Approved, no abstentions.
Board Minutes
J Williams moved to approve the minutes from August 8 & 9, 2008, Board meeting Seconded by R Dufrene. Approved, no abstentions.
Financial Report
G Grand moved to approve the financial report of July 20, 2008 Board meeting. Seconded by J Williams. Approved, no abstentions.
AdHoc Committee on Complaints/Disciplinary Affairs – Roxane Dufrene, Anthony Williams
LPC 06/07-9 Complaint against LPC/LMFT for Unprofessional Conduct. Case is being investigated.
LPC/LMFT 06/07-10 Complaint against LPC/LMFT for Unprofessional Conduct. Case is being investigated.
06/07 – 15 Counseling without a license. Case is being investigated.
Case is being investigated.
LPC 07/08-2 Complaint against LPC for Unprofessional Conduct
Case is being investigated
CI 07/08-6 Complaint against CI for forging supervisor signature
Case is being investigated.
LPC 07/08 – 10 Complaint against LPC for Unprofessional Conduct
Case is being investigated.
LPC 07/08 – 11 Complaint against LPC for Unprofessional Conduct
Case is being investigated.
LPC 07/08 – 15 Complaint against LPC for Unprofessional Conduct
Case is being investigated
LPC/LMFT 07/08-16 Complaint against LPC/LMFT for Unprofessional Conduct
Case is being investigated
LPC/LMFT 07/08 -17 Complaint against LPC/LMFT for Unprofessional Conduct
Case is being investigated.
LPC 07/08-22 Complaint against LPC. Case is being investigated.
CI 08/09 – 2 Complaint against CI. Case is being investigated.
R Dufrene made a motion to accept Consent Order on LPC/LMFT 06/07-10
There are 7 new cases to open, PA 07/08-18, PA 07/08-19, PA 07/08-20, PA 08/09 -1, PA 08/09-5, and PA 08/09-6. There was one case to close LPC 07/08-15.
R Dufrene made a motion to accept the Discipline report. Approved, no abstentions.
Committee on Licensure and Supervision - C Gagnon, A Cole
A Williams reported that 58 folders were reviewed for LPC
22 Approved for Licensure
27 Registered for Supervision
9 Changing Supervisor
A Cole reported that 9 folders were viewed for LMFT
3 Licensure
3 MFT Intern
1 Denied intern
1 Approved Supervisor
1 Approved Supervisor candidate
C Gagnon moved to accept the report on licensure/supervision for LPC/LMFT.
Approved. no abstentions.
Committee on Privileging - C Gagnon
None for privileging
Committee on Correspondence – A Williams
The Board reviewed several items of correspondence and directed staff as to appropriate responses.
AdHoc Committee on Rules – A Cole, C Gagnon
The Emergency Rule for Marriage and Family has been filed.
Report of Marriage and Family Therapy Advisory Committee - A Cole
A reminder that the AMFTRB annual Conference will be held September 23-25 in conjunction with the CLEAR Annual Meeting from September 25-27 in Anchorage, Alaska. A Cole and E Boeneke will be attending the AMFTRB Conference and R Dufrene will be attending the CLEAR Conference.
Report of LAMFT Liaison - L Pearlmutter
Nothing new to report
Report of LCA Liaison - J Williams
Nothing new to report
AdHoc Committee on Supervision – Supervision Task Force - T Moore, C Gagnon, and L Pearlmutter
Nothing new to report
Ad Hoc Committee Impaired Professionals – L. Pearlmutter, J Williams, S Adams
Nothing new to report.
Unfinished Business
LPC/LMFT Renewal Report
The 963 renewal applications for the June 30, 2008 renewal period have been mailed and 64 have not been renewed. The LMFT renewals for the December 31, 2008 renewal period will be mailed out the first week of October.
Scanner.
Nothing new to report
Trispan
Nothing new to report
Website Changes
J Williams met with S Moore to discuss changes to the website on making the website more user friendly. It was a profitable meeting and good ideas were exchanged. If anyone has any changes or suggestions please give them to E Boeneke.
Rules Hearing
A discussion was held regarding the upcoming rules promulgation. R Dufrene made a motion to hire a contract person to assist Board with rules promulgation and the contract not to exceed $60,000 for up to 1 year. Seconded by J Williams. Approved, no abstentions.
September Newsletter
A Williams will write an article for the newsletter
LCA Conference
The LCA Conference is October 12-15 at the Baton Rouge Hilton. The LPC Board update is Monday, October 13, 2008 at 11:30-12:15 followed by the LCA awards luncheon.
New Business
Carroll Davis Retirement
Carroll Davis, the LPC Board Private Investigator, is retiring. G. Bockrath suggested we send Carroll a plant and card. The Board will begin the process of finding a replacement for Carroll.
Town Hall Meeting
Table to next meeting
Task Force for Evaluations
The Board discussed establishing an AdHoc Task Force Committee for Evaluations, to do research.
LCA Mandatory Membership
The Board discussed the possibility of making LCA Membership Mandatory, or part of the renewal process for getting continuing education. J Williams will bring this up to LCA for their thoughts.
AASCB – Mailing List
R Dufrene suggested that everyone check to be sure that they are receiving the emails from the AASCB list serve.
Adjourned 3:30 pm. September 19, 2008, Calendar: Next meeting will be October 17, 2008, at the Board Office.
Respectfully submitted by
Eddye Boeneke
Executive Director