00 HOUSE BILL NO. 139                                                                                                    
01 "An Act authorizing certain psychologists to prescribe and use controlled                                               
02 substances within their practice of psychology."                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 08.80.157(j) is amended to read:                                                                  
05  (j)  This section does not apply to the offices of physicians, osteopaths,                                            
06 podiatrists, physician assistants, advanced nurse practitioners, dentists, veterinarians,                               
07 dispensing opticians,  psychologists,  or optometrists.                                                               
08    * Sec. 2.  AS 08.80.400 is amended to read:                                                                        
09  Sec. 08.80.400.  Other licensees not affected.  This chapter does not affect the                                    
10 practice of medicine by a licensed medical doctor and does not limit a licensed                                         
11 medical doctor, osteopath, podiatrist, physician assistant, advanced nurse practitioner,                                
12 dentist, veterinarian, dispensing optician,  psychologist,  or optometrist in supplying a                             
13 patient with any medicinal preparation or article within the scope of the person's                                      
14 license.                                                                                                                
01    * Sec. 3.  AS 08.86 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    
02  Sec. 08.86.132.  License endorsement.  (a)  The board may issue a license                                           
03 endorsement authorizing a psychologist to prescribe and use a controlled substance                                      
04 within the scope of the practice of psychology if the applicant for the endorsement has                                 
05   (1)  within the five-year period immediately preceding application for                                               
06 the endorsement,                                                                                                        
07   (A)  completed a program of didactic instruction acceptable to                                                      
08 the board that consisted of at least 300 contact hours and included the                                                 
09 following core areas of instruction: neuroscience, pharmacology,                                                        
10 psychopharmacology, physiology, pathophysiology, appropriate and relevant                                               
11 physical and laboratory assessment, and clinical pharmacotherapeutics; and                                              
12   (B)  obtained relevant supervised clinical experience with at least                                                 
13 100 patients under the direction of a qualified practitioner as determined by the                                       
14 board; and                                                                                                              
15   (2)  passed an examination approved by the board that tested the                                                     
16 applicant's knowledge in the areas described in (1)(A) of this subsection.                                              
17  (b)  An endorsement under this section expires or is revoked or suspended at                                          
18 the same time as the license to which it attaches.  The endorsement may be renewed                                      
19 upon satisfactory completion of continuing education requirements established by the                                    
20 board by regulation.                                                                                                    
21  (c)  The board shall annually transmit to the Board of Pharmacy a list of                                             
22 psychologists who have endorsements under this section and shall notify the Board of                                    
23 Pharmacy in a timely manner upon termination, suspension, or reinstatement of an                                        
24 endorsement.                                                                                                            
25  (d)  A pharmacist or pharmaceutical supplier may supply a psychologist with                                           
26 a controlled substance upon presentation of evidence that the psychologist holds an                                     
27 endorsement under this section.                                                                                         
28  (e)  In this section, "controlled substance" has the meaning given in                                                 
29 AS 11.71.900.                                                                                                           
30    * Sec. 4.  AS 08.86.180(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
31  (c)  Nothing in this chapter authorizes a person licensed as a psychologist to                                        
01 engage in the practice of medicine, as defined by the laws of the state , but a                                        
02 psychologist with an endorsement under AS 08.86.132 may prescribe and use a                                             
03 controlled substance within the scope of the practice of psychology .