Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 37, § 1360.52. Definitions

(1) “Board” means the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners as established in R.S. 37:1263.

(2) “Drug” means the same as the term “drug” as defined in R. S. 40:961, including controlled substances except narcotics, but shall be limited only to those agents related to the diagnosis and treatment or management of mental, nervous, emotional, behavioral, substance abuse, or cognitive disorders. Nothing in this Part shall be construed to permit a medical psychologist to administer or prescribe a narcotic.

(3) “LAMP” means the Louisiana Academy of Medical Psychologists.

(4) “LSBEP” means the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.

(5) “Medical psychologist” or “MP” means a psychological practitioner who has undergone specialized training in clinical psychopharmacology and has passed a national proficiency examination in psychopharmacology approved by the board. Such practice specifically includes the authority to administer, prescribe, and distribute without charge, drugs as defined in this Part.

(6) “Medical Psychology Advisory Committee” means a committee, established by the board for purposes as defined in this Part.

(7) “Medical psychology” means that profession of the health sciences which deals with the examination, diagnosis, psychological, pharmacologic, and other somatic treatment and/or management of mental, nervous, emotional, behavioral, substance abuse, or cognitive disorders, and specifically includes the authority to administer, distribute without charge, and/or prescribe drugs as defined in this Part. In addition, the practice of medical psychology includes those practices defined in R.S. 37:2352.

(8) “Mental, nervous, emotional, behavioral, substance abuse, and cognitive disorders” means those disorders, illnesses, or diseases listed in either the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association or the mental, nervous, emotional, behavioral, substance abuse, and cognitive disorders listed in the International Classification of Diseases published by the World Health Organization.

(9) “Narcotics” means those natural or synthetic opioid analgesics, and their derivatives used to relieve pain.

(10) “Nurse” for the purpose of this Part means a licensed practical nurse or a registered nurse.

(11) “Nurse practitioner” means the same as the term “nurse practitioner” is defined in R.S. 37:913.

(12) “Physician” means an individual licensed by the board to engage in the practice of medicine in the state of Louisiana.

(13) “Physician assistant” means the same as the term “physician assistant” is defined in R.S. 37:1360.22.

(14) “Primary care” means routine healthcare services, including screening, assessment, diagnosis, treatment for promotion of health, and detection and management of disease or injury.

(15) “Primary care provider” means the principal, treating, or attending physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner responsible for a patient's primary care.