| Request for an advisory opinion from Cathy H. Parker regarding prohibitions to her employment following her retirement from the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) in Morehouse Parish (pop. 27,979) |
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Cathy H. Parker is employed by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) in Morehouse Parish as a Child Welfare Specialist 3. Her duties include case management meeting with clients, writing reports for the Court, and referring clients for professional services, including parenting classes, mental health treatment and substance abuse assessments. Ms. Parker retired from DCFS in August 2018 and wanted to know whether she could act as a consultant to DCFS regarding clients with whom she has had no prior contact and provide counseling services to clients of DCFS.
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La. R.S. 42:1121B(1) prohibits a former public employee, for a period of two years following the termination of his public employment, from assisting another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such former public employee participated at any time during his public employment and involving the governmental entity by which he was formerly employed, or for a period of two years following termination of his public employment, rendering any service which such former public employee had rendered to the agency during the term of his public employment on a contractual basis, regardless of the parties to the contract, to, for or on behalf of the agency with which he was formerly employed.
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Adopt the proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Greg Thibodeaux |
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