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OPH State Lab Forms Now Available Electronically: Updated Guidance for COVID-19 Testing at the State Laboratory

(LA HAN)--Updated Guidance for COVID-19 Testing at the State Lab & Patient Under Investigation Form

Notice to COVID-19 Temporary Permit Holders

The use of Telemedicine Technologies with Established Patient

Telehealth for Allied Health Care Providers

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Application & Instructions for Initial Licensure - Private Radiological Technology

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Podiatrists

Scammers claiming to be with the LSBME

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Application & Instructions for Initial Licensure - Podiatry

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LDH Provider Notice: Medical and Surgical Procedures

Updated Interim Guidance on Evaluation and Testing Criteria for Suspected COVID-19 Cases

Interim Guidance on 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Travelers from Wuhan, China

Health Alert Regarding Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)

Moonlighting Guidance

CDC Update re: Hepatitis A Outbreak

Guidance For Physicians On Safe Purchase Of Drugs From Pharmaceutical Distributors

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Occupational Therapy Assistants

Office Based Surgery

Interstate Medical Licensure Compact

Hydrocodone Combination Products Re-Scheduled

Integrative and Complementary Medicine Advisory Committee

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Guidance for Clinicians Caring for Individuals Recently Evacuated from Afghanistan

LDH Requests the Promotion of COVID-19 Vaccinations

Resolution to preserve appropriate scope of practice limitations

LSBME Public Health Emergency Meeting

USMLE Step 3

CDC's Interim Guidance for Businesses for COVID-19

Therapeutic Marijuana Guidance

LaMED DashBoard Now Available

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LSBME Legislative Update - 2019

LSBME Legislative Update

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2016 Zika Preparedness

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CDC Guidance for Travel and Testing of Pregnant Women and Women of Reproductive Age for Zika Virus Infection

CDC Publishes Guidelines on the Use of Opiods for Chronic Pain

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End of Life Care in the State of Louisiana - Information

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Physician Collaboration with Advanced Practice Registered Nurses

Occupational Therapy Licensure and Certification

Alert for Measles in Louisiana and Report Suspected Cases

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Guidance for the Identification of Persons with Suspected 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Statement of Position

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Availability of Personal Protective Equipment from your Established Vendor

UPDATED: Louisiana Department of Health recommendations on Zika virus

Louisiana Revised Statute 40:34C

Licensure for Individuals with Military Training

State law and regulations authorize medical psychologists to prescribe medications related to the treatment of mental disorders and to undertake the medical evaluations that are required to manage these medications in accordance with widely accepted standards of care.  It is the Opinion of the Board accordingly that medical psychologists are authorized to utilize E/M codes when billing for services provided for management of psychiatric disorders.

Billing by Medical Psychologists - Advisory Opinion