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Vermont bill H.2307 would create prescribing specialty for doctoral psychologists, set training and oversight requirements
Summary
Draft H.2307 would add a prescribing specialty for doctoral-level psychologists, require postdoctoral psychopharmacology training, collaborative practice agreements with physicians, limits on which patients may be prescribed medications, and board rulemaking. The bill is scheduled for third reading in the House.
A staff member said the meeting would include a walk-through of H.2307 and a report-back from legislative counsel before the House took up the bill for third reading.
Kate, legislative counsel, summarized the text of H.2307, saying the bill would add a new prescribing-psychologist specialty to Vermont’s existing psychologist licensure chapter and direct the Board of Psychological Examiners to adopt rules for training, clinical rotations and prescriptive authority.
If enacted, a licensed doctoral-level psychologist could apply to the board for a prescribing specialty after meeting education, training and examination requirements. “Prescribing psychologists means a licensed doctoral level psychologist has undergone specialized training, has passed an examination as determined by rule, and has received a current prescribing specialty,” Kate said.
The bill would add definitions including a “collaborating practitioner,” described in the draft as “a…
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