Applicant- a person who has applied to the board for a license to engage in the practice of clinical exercise physiology in the state of Louisiana.
Application- a written request directed to and received by the board upon forms supplied by the board, for a license to practice clinical exercise physiology in the state of Louisiana, together with all information, certificates, documents, and other materials required by the board to be submitted with such forms.
Board- the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.
Clinical Exercise Physiologist- a person who, under the direction, approval, and supervision of a licensed physician, engages in the practice of exercise physiology.
Exercise Physiology- the formulation, development, and implementation of exercise protocols and programs, administration of graded exercise tests, and providing education regarding such exercise programs and tests, in a cardiopulmonary 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.
Exercise Protocols and Programs- the intensity, duration, frequency, and mode of activity to improve the cardiovascular system.
Good Moral Character- as applied to an applicant, means that an applicant has not, prior to or during the pendency of an application to the board, been guilty of any act, omission, condition, or circumstance which would provide legal cause under R.S. 37:3429 for the suspension or revocation of exercise physiology licensure; the applicant has not, prior to or in connection with his application, made any representation to the board, knowingly or unknowingly, which is in fact false or misleading as to material fact or omits to state any fact or matter that is material to the application; and the applicant has not made any representation or failed to make a representation or engaged in any act or omission which is false, deceptive, fraudulent, or misleading in achieving or obtaining any of the qualifications for a license required by this Chapter.
License- the lawful authority to engage in the practice of clinical exercise physiology in the state of Louisiana, as evidenced by a certificate duly issued by and under the official seal of the board.
Licensed Physician- a person who is licensed by the board to practice medicine in the state.
Louisiana Clinical Exercise Physiologists Licensing Act or the Act- R.S. 37:3421-3433, as hereafter amended or supplemented.
La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-3703