Advocates Urge Lawmakers To Allow Psychologist To Prescribe Medication

Expand Power To Prescribe Medication Advocates Urge Honolulu Star My list. some psychologists and advocates are urging lawmakers to pass a bill that would allow psychologist to prescribe medication. aired: 12 24 14. rating: nr. At present, six states plus the u.s. territory of guam, the department of defense (dod), the indian health service (ihs), and the public health service (usphs) allow qualified psychologists to prescribe psychotropic medications. (psychologists who work in the dod, ihs, and usphs must be licensed in one of the six states that allow prescriptive.

Njtv News Advocates Urge Lawmakers To Allow Psychologist To Prescri To the types of patients that psychologists can see and the range of drugs they can prescribe, comaty adds. louisiana, for example, has no restrictions on patient type and allows psychologists to prescribe any psychotropic drug, except narcotics that are used on or off label for treating any behavioral health disorder. illinois, meanwhile, is. Currently, only medically trained professionals — physicians, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners or. physician assistants, for example — can prescribe these medications. if hb 1071 passed. Some psychologists and advocates are urging lawmakers to pass a bill that would allow psychologist to prescribe medication. for more new jersey news, visit n. The movement to grant psychologists the right to prescribe psychotropic medication 1 started over 50 years ago when the american psychology association (apa) identified psychopharmacology as a discipline of psychology. 2 since that movement began, the apa has encountered stiff opposition from physician groups, including without limitation, the american psychiatric association.