Bill Title: Amends the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act. Provides that the Clinical Psychologists Licensing and Disciplinary Board shall grant certification as medical psychologists to doctoral level psychologists licensed under the Act who meet the additional education and training requirements under the Act, and that this certification shall grant medical psychologists prescriptive authority to prescribe and dispense those drugs used in the treatment of mental, emotional, and psychological disorders. Sets forth provisions concerning the additional education and training requirements, application requirements, renewal, prescribing practices, controlled substance prescriptive authority, and State Board of Pharmacy interaction. Amends the Nurse Practice Act, the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987, and the Illinois Controlled Substances Act to make related changes.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0527 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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