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Panel backs work group to study expanding prescriptive authority for clinical psychologists
Summary
The subcommittee approved SB 752, a study directing the boards of psychology and medicine to form a joint work group to evaluate whether PhD clinical psychologists should receive expanded prescriptive authority; supporters said other states have done so and VA's access problems justify study.
Senator Favola presented SB 752, a section 1 bill directing the Board of Psychology and the Board of Medicine to form a combined work group to study whether Virginia-licensed clinical psychologists with PhDs and appropriate training could be granted prescriptive authority. The bill would produce recommendations and a report by Nov. 1, 2025.
Mariah Marich Pitu of the Virginia Academy of…
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