Georgia Last spring, Georgia had a good chance of becoming the first state to pass prescription privileges. Eventually, Georgia's bill fell a few votes short in the key committee. Their next chance is coming in January 2001. The bill for psychologists' right to prescribe has come out of a committee twice before and, Gregory Frost, an LPA lobbyist, credits much of that success to the members of the state's first class in psychopharmacology. He expects no less of an effort by the graduates and students in the upcoming legislative session.
Optometrists prescribe, podiatrists prescribe and so on and so forth.
In addition, the association pointed out the shortage of psychiatric care. It became a professional issue as opposed to a public issue. That orthopedists and dermatologists couldn't care less about whether psychologists have prescription privileges. Cover Page for this Issue APA Home Page .