Article archive / October 1, 2016
Originally published: . Volume 7, No. 10. Source pages: 12.
In 2010 and 2011, members of the Louisiana Psychological Association passed a motion to “explore ways to address the dual licensure issues created by Act 251, and “open a dialogue” with various groups, including the psychology board.
In late 2011, the then LPA President, Phil Griffin, asked the psychology board to discuss the issue. The board told Griffin, “This is a legislative matter and is not the responsibility of the LSBEP to change.” We don’t legislate, we regulate, was the board’s response.
But the board would prove to be an active participant in legislation. Only a few months later the board would launch an aggressive effort to bring Behavior Analysts under their regulatory control. It ended badly for psychologists.
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