Article archive / March 1, 2015
Originally published: . Volume 6, No. 3. Source pages: 7.
Psychology Bd Meets Friday about Speech, “Professionalism”
The state psychology board will hold a public meeting to create a baseline framework for additions to the psychology practice act having to do with professionalism this week. The meeting will be on Friday, March 6, at 1 pm at the board’s office in Baton Rouge, and is open to the public.
Task force members include Marc Zimmermann, Ph.D., MP, from the psychology board, K. Chris Rachal, Ph.D., MP, from the Louisiana Academy of Medical Psychology, Kim Van Geffen, Ph.D. from the Louisiana Psychological Association and Amy Childress, Ph.D., from the Louisiana School Psychological Association.
“It only takes one bad apple, and the attitude and behavior of an individual psychologist reflects upon the profession as a whole that the LSBEP regulates,” writes the board in their recent newsletter, as part of the rational for the need for changes in the law.
Currently the psychology law covers psychologists’ practice of psychology, and some general areas of misconduct and unethical behavior. There are currently 15 categories under the law for areas of discipline. New changes may cover behavior outside of a psychologists’ practice of psychology, including possibly free speech, said board members at last year’s long-range meeting.
Executive Director for the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, Ms. Kelly Parker, at the board’s long-range planning meeting last year. Parker handles the duties for the psychology board and the behavior analyst board, both of which have written and published a number of rules over the last year or two. Parker also testifies on matters for the board during the Legislature.
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