Iowa Code 154B.11 – Prescription certificate
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1. An applicant for a prescription certificate shall be granted a certificate by the board if the applicant satisfies all of the following requirements:
a. Possesses a conditional prescription certificate and has successfully completed two years of prescribing psychotropic medication as certified by the supervising licensed physician. An applicant for a prescription certificate who specializes in the psychological care of children, elderly persons, or persons with comorbid psychological conditions shall complete at least one year prescribing psychotropic medications to such populations as certified by the supervising licensed physician.
b. Holds a current license to practice psychology in this state.
c. Possesses malpractice insurance that will cover the applicant as a prescribing psychologist.
d. Meets all other requirements, as determined by rules adopted by the board, for obtaining a prescription certificate, including joint rules adopted by the board of psychology and the board of medicine.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 154B.11
- Board: means the board of hearing aid specialists. See Iowa Code 154A.1
- Board: means the board of psychology created under chapter 147. See Iowa Code 154B.1
- Collaborative practice agreement: means a written agreement between a prescribing psychologist and a licensed physician that establishes clinical protocols, practice guidelines, and care plans relevant to the scope of the collaborative practice. See Iowa Code 154B.1
- Conditional prescription certificate: means a document issued by the board to a licensed psychologist that permits the holder to prescribe psychotropic medication under the supervision of a licensed physician pursuant to this chapter. See Iowa Code 154B.1
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- License: means a license issued by the state under this chapter to a hearing aid specialist. See Iowa Code 154A.1
- Physician: means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in this state in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, or another specialty who prescribes medications for the treatment of a mental disorder to patients in the normal course of the person's clinical medical practice pursuant to joint rules adopted by the board of psychology and the board of medicine. See Iowa Code 154B.1
- Prescribing psychologist: means a licensed psychologist who holds a valid prescription certificate. See Iowa Code 154B.1
- Prescription certificate: means a document issued by the board to a licensed psychologist that permits the holder to prescribe psychotropic medication pursuant to this chapter. See Iowa Code 154B.1
- Psychotropic medication: means a medicine that shall not be dispensed or administered without a prescription and that has been explicitly approved by the federal food and drug administration for the treatment of a mental disorder, as defined by the most recent version of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders published by the American psychiatric association or the most recent version of the international classification of diseases. See Iowa Code 154B.1
- State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. A psychologist with a prescription certificate may prescribe psychotropic medication pursuant to the provisions of this chapter subject to the following conditions:
a. The psychologist continues to hold a current license to practice psychology in this state and maintains malpractice insurance.
b. The psychologist annually satisfies the continuing education requirements for prescribing psychologists, as determined by the board, which shall be no fewer than twenty hours each year.
c. The psychologist has entered into a collaborative practice agreement with a licensed physician.
d. Any other rules adopted jointly by the board of psychology and the board of medicine.