Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XLV - Medical Professions › Subpart 2 - Licensure and Certification › Chapter 39 - Medical Psychologists › Subchapter C - Application › Section XLV-3917 - Effect of Application

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
					 submission of an application for licensure 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 psychology or medical
					 psychology, each physician or other health care practitioner whom the applicant
					 has consulted or seen for diagnosis or treatment and each professional
					 organization or specialty board 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
					 licensure 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 licensure 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 this
					 Section to any person, firm, corporation, association, or governmental entity
					 having a lawful, legitimate, and reasonable need therefore including, without
					 limitation, the psychology or medical psychology licensing authority of any
					 state; the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration; the Louisiana Board of
					 Pharmacy; the Department of Health and Hospitals; federal, state, county,
					 parish and municipal health and law enforcement agencies; and the Armed
					 Services.
D. The board, acting
					 through its president or a member designated by the president, may approve the
					 issuance of any directive or order to carry out the provisions of Subsection B
					 of this Section.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with
						R.S.
						37:1270,
						37:1360.51-1360.72.