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APA Battles Bill Allowing Psychologists to Prescribe in Illinois

APA is working with the Illinois Psychiatric Society (IPS) to contest against a bill recently introduced to the Illinois Senate that would allow psychologists to prescribe medications to their patients. The bill (SB 2187) stipulates that the Illinois Psychological Society is to provide 20 percent of the training psychologists would need to prescribe in the state. The psychologists would also be overseen by the Illinois Psychological Licensing Board instead of the state medical licensing board (which is the case for Louisiana and New Mexico, the only other states allowing psychologists to prescribe)....

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Published By: Psychiatric News - 2 days ago