Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3432 – Exemptions
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3432
- Clinical exercise physiologist: means a person who, under the direction, approval, and supervision of a licensed physician, formulates, develops, and implements exercise protocols and programs, administers graded exercise tests, and provides education regarding such exercise programs and tests in a cardio pulmonary rehabilitation program to individuals with deficiencies of the cardiovascular system, diabetes, lipid disorders, hypertension, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, arthritis, renal disease, organ transplant, peripheral vascular disease, and obesity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3422
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Licensed physician: means a person who is licensed by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to practice medicine in the state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3422
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
The following persons and their activities are exempted from the licensing requirements of this Chapter:
(1) Any person employed or supervised by a licensed physician whose primary duty it is to provide graded exercise testing within the confines of the physician’s office. The supervisor shall not represent himself to the public as a licensed clinical exercise physiologist.
(2) Any student in an accredited educational institution, while carrying out activities that are part of the prescribed course of study, provided such activities are supervised by a licensed clinical exercise physiologist. Such student shall hold himself out to the public only by clearly indicating his student status and the profession in which he is being trained.
(3) Any person employed as a clinical exercise physiologist by any federal or state agency provided such person’s activities constitute part of the duties for which they are employed or solely within the confines or under the jurisdiction of the organization by which they are employed.
(4) Any natural person licensed as a health care provider under any other law while acting within the scope of such licensure.
Acts 1995, No. 630, §1.