Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XLV - Medical Professions › Subpart 2 - Licensure and Certification › Chapter 19 - Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants › Subchapter C - Application › Section XLV-1915 - Effect of Application

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
					 submission of an application for licensing to the board shall constitute and
					 operate as an 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 occupational 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 consideration of the application. With
					 respect to any such information or documentation, the submission of an
					 application for licensing to the board shall equally constitute and operate as
					 a consent by the applicant to 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 possess with respect
					 thereto.
B. By submission of an
					 application for licensing to the board, an applicant shall be deemed to have
					 given his consent to submit to physical or mental examinations if, when, and in
					 the manner so directed by the board and to waive all objections as to the
					 admissibility or disclosure of findings, reports, or recommendations pertaining
					 thereto on the grounds of privileges provided by law. The expense of any such
					 examination shall be borne by the applicant.
C. The submission of an application for
					 licensing to the board shall constitute and operate as an authorization and
					 consent 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 §1915. A or B to any person, firm,
					 corporation, association, or governmental entity having a lawful, legitimate,
					 and reasonable need therefor, including, without limitation, the occupational
					 therapy licensing authority of any state; the Federation of State Medical
					 Boards of the United States; the AOTA; and any component state and county or
					 parish medical society, including the Louisiana Occupational Therapy
					 Association (LOTA); the Louisiana Department of Health and Human Resources;
					 Federal, state, county or parish, and municipal health and law enforcement
					 agencies and the Armed Services.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3001-3014 and
						37:1270(B)(6).