Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LIV - Physical Therapy Examiners › Subpart 1 - Licensing and Certification › Chapter 1 - Physical Therapists and Physical Therapists Assistants › Subchapter F - License Application › Section LIV-153 - Effect of Application [Formerly Section 129]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Submission to the board of an application
					 for licensure constitutes 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
					 physical 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 the application.
					 With respect to such information or documentation, the submission of an
					 application for licensure to the board constitutes consent by the applicant for
					 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 be entitled to.
B. By submission of an application to the
					 board for licensure or renewal, an applicant agrees to submit to physical,
					 mental, or substance abuse examinations or evaluations, if, when, and in the
					 manner directed by the executive director, and waives all objections to the
					 admissibility or disclosure of findings, reports or recommendations to the
					 board on grounds of privacy or privileges provided by law. The expense of any
					 such examination or evaluation shall be borne by the applicant.
C. Submission of an application for licensure
					 constitutes authorization 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 Subsections A or B of this
					 Section to any person, firm, corporation, association or governmental entity
					 having a lawful, legitimate, and reasonable need therefore including, without
					 limitation, the physical therapy licensing authority of any state; the FSBPT,
					 APTA and its state affiliates; federal, state, county, or parish and municipal
					 health and law enforcement agencies, including the Louisiana Department of
					 Health and Hospitals; and the Armed Services.
D. An applicant who submits false information
					 may be denied licensure by the board.
E. Repealed.
AUTHORITY
						NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with La
						R.S.
						37:2413 and Act 535 of
						2009.