ID S1088

Requires fingerprint-based criminal history background checks for all psychologist license applicants, including those seeking endorsement or senior psychologist status

Expands the definition of "collaborative prescriber" to include physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, pharmacists, or prescribing psychologists with at least 2 years of psychotropic medication management experience, replacing the previous physician-only supervision requirement

Requires the Board of Psychologist Examiners to include at least one member who has completed a master's degree in clinical psychopharmacology

Revises prescriptive authority requirements by replacing mandatory physician supervision with collaborative agreements, and streamlines educational standards to require American Psychological Association-designated programs or equivalent for clinical psychopharmacology degrees

Repeals Section 54-2313 (unauthorized practice of medicine) and Section 54-2320 (advisory panel for prescriptive rules), with an emergency effective date of July 1, 2025