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Lawmaker introduces bill to allow limited prescribing by psychologists
Summary
A committee member introduced a bill (referred to as 8237) to create a prescribing psychologist role with strict training, supervision and prescribing limits and a new Board of Psychological Examiners to set rules and oversee the program.
Representative Francis Chopper McPhomb introduced bill 8237 on February, describing measures to authorize a limited prescribing authority for psychologists.
The bill would create a prescribing-psychologist pathway that requires specialized training, passing a national certification exam, and two years of supervised practice in a clinical setting under a collaborating physician, Representative Francis Chopper McPhomb said. "They have to complete 2 years of supervisory supervised practice," McPhomb said, and the supervising arrangement must be for at least 20 hours per week in a clinical setting.
Under the proposal the new prescribing psychologists would not be allowed to dispense, administer,…
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