Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XLV - Medical Professions › Subpart 2 - Licensure and Certification › Chapter 3 - Physicians › Subchapter F - Application › Section XLV-365 - 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 medicine, 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 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 §365. A or B to any person, firm,
					 corporation, association, or governmental entity having a lawful, legitimate,
					 and reasonable need therefor, including, without limitation, the medical
					 licensing authority of any state; the Federation of State Medical Boards of the
					 United States; the American Medical Association; the American Osteopathic
					 Association; the Louisiana Osteopathic Association; any component state and
					 county or parish medical society, including the Louisiana State Medical Society
					 and component parish societies thereof; the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency;
					 the Louisiana Office of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Division of Licensing
					 and Registration; 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 a directive or order to carry out the provisions of this
					 Section.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with
						R.S.
						37:1270 and
						37:1278.