Terms Used In Iowa Code 154B.9

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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