AZ SB1249

Establishes prescription licensing authority for psychologists in Arizona, allowing them to prescribe psychotropic medications and other FDA-approved medications to treat mental disorders under collaborative prescription agreements with physicians.

Requires prescribing psychologists to complete doctoral training in psychology, pass national pharmacology certification, complete specified biomedical coursework, and undergo at least 14 months of supervised clinical training with at least 1,000 hours of physician supervision.

Limits prescribing psychologists from treating children under 12 years old, pregnant patients, and medically complex patients; requires additional training and physician agreement for treating adolescents (12-17), elderly patients (65+), and patients with substance use disorders.

Restricts collaborating physicians to supervising only four prescribing psychologists simultaneously and requires malpractice insurance coverage of at least $1,000,000 per incident and $3,000,000 annually.

Grants the Arizona Medical Board and Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners investigative authority over prescribing psychologists' prescribing practices and requires the State Board of Psychologist Examiners to refer prescribing-related charges to the appropriate physician licensing board for recommendations.