La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XLV-3315

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XLV-3315 - Effect of Application

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.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-3315

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 39:3280 (December 2013).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:2861-2870 and 37:1270(B)(6).