Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XLV - Medical Professions › Subpart 2 - Licensure and Certification › Chapter 33 - Polysomnographic Technologists and Technicians › Subchapter C - Application › Section XLV-3315 - Effect of Application

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
					 submission of an application for a license or a permit 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
					 polysomnographic technology, 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 to the board shall equally constitute and operate
					 as a consent by the applicant to the 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 a license or a permit 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 a license or a permit 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 therefor, including, without
					 limitation, the polysomnography licensing authority of any state, a national
					 credentialing agency(s) accepted by the board for polysomnographic
					 technologists; the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency; the Department of Health
					 and Hospitals; federal, state, county, parish and municipal health and law
					 enforcement agencies; and the Armed Services.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:2861-2870 and
						37:1270(B)(6).