Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP) is a national certification, not a Virginia license. How a Virginia court weighs it is decided case by case under the forum's expert rules; this page covers the credential's scope, the Virginia venues where a plan is examined, and our planners who hold it and serve Virginia.
The CLCP is the most widely held certification for life care planners. Scope includes the development of comprehensive, individualized life care plans for people with catastrophic injury or chronic illness, documenting every category of future care with its frequency, duration, and cost, and defending that plan through report, deposition, and trial testimony.
Virginia civil claims are tried in the Circuit Courts, and medical malpractice review panels are available to either party before trial. Workers' compensation claims are decided by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission, where lifetime medical awards make future care costs a central issue.
Outside the civil courts, the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission is the forum where a plan is most often examined in Virginia. KW Life Care Planning CLCP-credentialed experts apply nationally recognized standards while accounting for Virginia's practice environment.
CLCP-credentialed experts provide testimony in Virginia's courts, where expert qualification is determined case by case.
Highest court: Supreme Court of Virginia. Federal venues: E.D. Va., W.D. Va..
Yes. CLCP candidates must hold a qualifying healthcare or rehabilitation credential, such as RN, OT, PT, CRC, or physician, before completing the training and examination.
Practice standards published by the profession's organizations call for a consistent process: record review, evaluee interview, consultation with treating providers, itemized recommendations with frequency and duration, and cost research from identified sources. A CLCP plan should be traceable at every line.
Causation opinions come from physicians. The CLCP projects care consistent with physician-supported recommendations and testifies to the needs, frequencies, durations, and costs in the plan.
The CLCP is a specialty certification layered on a clinical or rehabilitation background. Nurses, physicians, and rehabilitation counselors can all hold it; the certification documents training and examination in life care planning methodology specifically.
Contact our team to discuss how KW Life Care Planning can support your case with certified life care planning expertise. Request a Consultation or call (201) 343-0700.