Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part LIV - Physical Therapy Examiners
Subpart 1 - Licensing and Certification
Chapter 1 - Physical Therapists and Physical Therapists Assistants
Subchapter F - License Application
Section LIV-153 - Effect of Application [Formerly Section 129]

A. Submission to the board of an application for licensure constitutes authorization by the applicant to each educational institution at which the applicant has matriculated, each state or federal agency to which the applicant has applied for any license, permit, certificate or registration, each person, firm, corporation, clinic, office or institution by whom or with whom the applicant has been employed in the practice of physical therapy, each physician or other health care practitioner whom the applicant has consulted or seen for diagnosis or treatment, and each professional organization to which the applicant has applied for membership, to disclose and release to the board any and all information and documentation concerning the applicant which the board deems material to the application. With respect to such information or documentation, the submission of an application for licensure to the board constitutes consent by the applicant for disclosure and release of such information and documentation, and as a waiver by the applicant of any privilege or right of confidentiality which the applicant would otherwise be entitled to.

B. By submission of an application to the board for licensure or renewal, an applicant agrees to submit to physical, mental, or substance abuse examinations or evaluations, if, when, and in the manner directed by the executive director, and waives all objections to the admissibility or disclosure of findings, reports or recommendations to the board on grounds of privacy or privileges provided by law. The expense of any such examination or evaluation shall be borne by the applicant.

C. Submission of an application for licensure constitutes authorization by the applicant to the board to disclose and release any information or documentation set forth in or submitted with the applicant's application or obtained by the board from other persons, firms, corporations, associations or governmental entities pursuant to Subsections A or B of this Section to any person, firm, corporation, association or governmental entity having a lawful, legitimate, and reasonable need therefore including, without limitation, the physical therapy licensing authority of any state; the FSBPT, APTA and its state affiliates; federal, state, county, or parish and municipal health and law enforcement agencies, including the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals; and the Armed Services.

D. An applicant who submits false information may be denied licensure by the board.

E. Repealed.