154B.11 Prescription certificate.
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.
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.
2016 Acts, ch 1112, §9
Referred to in §148.13B, 154B.14
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