MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2007 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Human Services
By: Representative Holland
AN ACT TO CODIFY SECTIONS 73-31-33 THROUGH 73-31-45, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY TO ISSUE PRESCRIPTION PRIVILEGES FOR APPROPRIATELY TRAINED PSYCHOLOGISTS, TO PRESCRIBE EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUCH PRESCRIPTION PRIVILEGES, TO DEFINE THE TERM "MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGIST" AND REQUIRE SUCH LICENSEES TO COORDINATE WITH THE PATIENT'S PHYSICIAN WHEN PRESCRIBING MEDICATION AND TO LIMIT THE PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY TO ME3DICATIONS FOR NERVOUS AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS; TO AMEND SECTION 73-31-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PRESCRIBE FEES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH CERTIFICATES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-31-21 AND 73-31-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: