La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XLV-3903
Applicant- an individual who has applied to the board for a license as a medical psychologist or a certificate of advanced practice.
Approved- as applied to an examination, school, college, university, institution, organization, program, curriculum, course of study or continuing professional education, shall mean affirmatively recognized and sanctioned by the board in accordance with this Chapter.
Board- the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, as constituted in R.S. 37:1263.
Bona-Fide Medication Sample-a medication, other than a controlled substance, packaged by the original manufacturer thereof in such quantity as does not exceed a reasonable therapeutic dosage and provided at no cost to a medical psychologist for administration or distribution to a patient at no cost to the patient.
Certificate of Advanced Practice or Certificate or Certification- the board's official recognition of a medical psychologist's lawful authority to engage in advanced practice of medical psychology as provided by R.S. 37:1360.57 and Subpart 3 of these rules.
Collaborating Physician-a physician who consults and/or collaborates with a medical psychologist.
Concurrence or Concur-a physician's agreement to a plan for psychopharmacological management of a patient based on prior discussion with a medical psychologist.
Consultation and Collaboration with a MP or Consult and/or Collaborate- that practice in which a physician discusses and, if deemed appropriate, concurs in a medical psychologist's plan for psychopharmacologic management of a patient for whom the physician is the primary or attending physician.
Controlled Substance- any substance defined, enumerated, or included in federal or state statute or regulations 21 C.F.R. 1308.11 -.15 or R.S. 40:964, or any substance which may hereafter be designated as a controlled substance by amendment or supplementation of such regulations or statute.
Discussion-a communication between a physician and a medical psychologist conducted in person, by telephone, in writing or by some other appropriate means.
Drug- shall mean the same as the term "drug" as defined in R.S. 40:961(16), including controlled substances except narcotics, but shall be limited to only those agents related to the diagnosis and treatment or management of mental, nervous, emotional, behavioral, substance abuse or cognitive disorders.
Good Moral Character- as applied to an applicant, means that:
a. the applicant has not, prior to or during the pendency of an application to the board, been guilty of any act, omission, condition, or circumstance which would provide legal cause under R.S. 37:1360.67 for the suspension or revocation of a license or certificate;
b. the applicant has not, prior to or in connection with the application, made any representation to the board, knowingly or unknowingly, which is in fact false or misleading as to a material fact or omits to state any fact or matter that is material to the application; or
c. the applicant has not made any representation or failed to make a representation or engaged in any act or omission which is false, deceptive, fraudulent, or misleading in achieving or obtaining any of the qualifications for a license or certificate required by this Chapter.
LAMP-the Louisiana Academy of Medical Psychologists.
LSBEP-the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, as constituted in R.S. 37:2353.
Medication- is synonymous with drug, as defined herein.
Medical Psychologist or MP-a psychological practitioner who has undergone specialized training in clinical psychopharmacology and has passed a national proficiency examination in psychopharmacology approved by the board. Such practice includes the authority to administer and prescribe drugs and distribute bona-fide medication samples, as defined in this Section.
Medical Psychology-that profession of the health sciences which deals with the examination, diagnosis, psychological, pharmacologic and other somatic treatment and/or management of mental, nervous, emotional, behavioral, substance abuse or cognitive disorders, and specifically includes the authority to administer, and prescribe drugs and distribute bona-fide medication samples as defined in this Section. In addition, the practice of medical psychology includes those practices as defined in R.S. 37:2352(5).
Medical Psychology Advisory Committee or Committee- a committee to the board constituted under R.S. 37:1360.63.
Medical Psychology Practice Act or MP Act-Acts 2009, No. 251, R.S. 37:1360.51-1360.72.
Mental, Nervous, Emotional, Behavorial, Substance Abuse and Cognitive Disorders-those disorders, illnesses or diseases listed in either the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association or the mental, nervous, emotional, behavioral, substance abuse and cognitive disorders listed in the International Classification of Diseases published by the World Health Organization.
Narcotics-natural and synthetic opioid analgesics and their derivatives used to relieve pain.
Physician- an individual licensed by the board to engage in the practice of medicine in the state of Louisiana as evidenced by a current license duly issued by the board.
Primary or Attending Physician-a physician who has an active clinical relationship with a patient and is principally responsible for the health care needs of the patient, or currently attending to the health care needs of the patient, or considered by the patient to be his or her primary or attending physician.
Psychopharmacologic Management-the treatment and/or management of the mental, nervous, emotional, behavioral, substance abuse and cognitive disorders with medication.
State- any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-3903