Lopsided MOU

Article archive / October 1, 2016

Originally published: . Volume 7, No. 10. Source pages: 11.

In 2010 the Psychology Board created a Memorandum of Understanding with the state Medical Board. The agreement instructed the Psychology Board to cooperate with the Med. Board for regulating MPs (medical psychologists) who retained their license with the Psychology Board.

However, there was no provision for the Medical Board to cooperate with the Psychology Board for regulating the practice of Psychology for MPs licensed solely under the Medical Board.

One board member referred to it as “the pecking order.”


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