Article archive / September 1, 2009
Originally published: . Volume 1, No. 1. Source pages: 1, 9.
At their meeting on Friday, the LSBEP decided that they would request a ruling by the State Attorney General on several issues. The letter went to the AG with the questions:
Question #1
May a psychologist simultaneously be licensed with the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists and licensed as a medical psychologist with the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners? More specifically, would revocation of a license or the refusal to grant a license because of licensure with another occupational board violate the constitutional or other legal rights of an individual to hold a professional license?
Question #2:
Where a psychologist may maintain dual licensure with the LSBEP to practice psychology and also the LSBME to practice medical psychology, and that psychologist practices psychology under the auspices of his/her psychology license with the LSBEP, does LSBEP retain jurisdictional authority over that license?
Question #3:
Where licensure as a psychologist is a requisite for appointment to the LSBEP under RS 37:2353.A(3), and a psychologist is simultaneously licensed as a medical psychologists with LSBME, does there exist a conflict of interest in serving on the Board of Examiners of Psychologists?
Question #4
Is it a fair interpretation of RS 37:1360.72 which reads, “The Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists shall provide the board with copies of all files related to medical psychologists.” to mean only those records received by the LSBEP for the application for Certificate of Prescriptive Authority to practice medical psychology, as well as the renewal files of the medical psychologist? Which records includes:
1. Notarized Application for Certificate of Prescriptive Authority;
2. Official Transcripts of postdoctoral masters degree in Clinical Psychopharmacology;
3. Primary Source Verification of Passing Scores on the Psychopharmacology Examination for Psychologists (PEP) from the American Psychological Association;
4. Copy of Basic Life Support certification;
5. Copy of Louisiana Controlled Dangerous Substance license;
6. Copy of Federal Drug Enforcement Agency license;
7. Correspondence and File Review Letters pertaining to certification as a medical psychologist;
8. Copy of the Certificate of Prescriptive Authority issued by the LSBEP; and
9. Renewal logs.
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