Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XLV - Medical Professions › Subpart 2 - Licensure and Certification › Chapter 23 - Licensed Midwives › Subchapter C - Application › Section XLV-2315 - 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 license, permit, certificate, or registration, each
					 physician or certified nurse-midwife who has supervised the applicant's
					 clinical experience, each person, firm, corporation, trainer, education
					 service, or institution from whom the applicant has received instruction in the
					 basic sciences or the theory of pregnancy and childbirth, 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 application
					 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 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 licensing to the board, an applicant shall be deemed to have
					 given his or her 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 §2315. A or B of this Chapter to any person,
					 firm, corporation, association, or governmental entity having a lawful,
					 legitimate, and reasonable need therefore, including, without limitation, the
					 midwife licensing authority of any state; the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency;
					 the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, the North American Registry of Midwives, the
					 Louisiana Department of Health; and federal, state, county or parish, and
					 municipal health and law enforcement agencies.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with
						R.S.
						37:1270 and
						37:3241.