Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XLV - Medical Professions
Subpart 3 - Practice
Chapter 61 - Medical Psychologists
Subchapter C - Ethical Guidelines, Authority, Limitations and Standards of Practice
Section XLV-6111 - Authority of Practice
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XLV-6111
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. An individual currently licensed by the board as a medical psychologist is authorized to:
1. order, administer, and
prescribe or distribute without charge drugs recognized as customarily used for
the management of mental, nervous, emotional, behavioral, substance abuse and
cognitive diseases or disorders; and
2. order and interpret routine laboratory
studies and other medical diagnostic procedures, as necessary for adequate
pretreatment health screening, diagnosis of mental, nervous, emotional,
behavioral, substance abuse and cognitive disorders and treatment maintenance,
including those necessary for the monitoring of potential side effects
associated with medications prescribed by the MP.
B. An individual currently certified for advanced practice by the board is authorized to engage in the advanced practice of medical psychology as defined by the MP Act and these rules.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1270, 37:1360.51-1360.72.
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