§3602. Articulated curricula; training programs; duties of the licensing boards; cooperation with educational agencies; implementation

           A. It shall be the policy of this state that programs of training for all allied health professionals, including but not limited to those professions which the commission has identified pursuant to R.S. 37:3601, be organized and integrated in a fashion that permits the maximum amount of prior training to be credited against the requirements of any subsequent training. This policy shall exist to facilitate the continued professional development of all allied health professionals and to establish an adequate supply of those professionals to meet the requirements of the employers and health care institutions in this state, as well as to assure the availability of sufficient numbers of allied health professional educators.

           B. The various licensing boards, hereafter referred to as the boards, shall meet together and with the various state education agencies, particularly including the Board of Regents, the college and university management boards, the commission, and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and with the public and private hospitals, to develop and implement training curricula that articulates from one professional level to the next.

           C. The boards shall review the training program approval standards and the accreditation and licensing standards they require in order to identify and make such adjustments as are necessary in order to implement the articulated curricula required by Subsection A of this Section.

           D. The Board of Regents, the higher education management boards, the public institutions of higher education, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the vocational institutes, and the hospitals which provide training facilities shall undertake whatever changes in procedure or policy as necessitated by the articulated curricula required by Subsection A of this Section.

           E. The implementation of the curricula changes and the policy of articulation expressed and required by this Section shall begin, if on a gradual basis, not later than January 1, 1993.

           Acts 1992, No. 1047, §3.