APA’s Division 55, The American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy (ASAP) has developed proposed Guidelines for Collaborative and Independent Practice in Pharmacotherapy. The guidelines were approved by the Division 55 executive committee in August, 2005.

APA Association Rule 30-8.3 mandates notification of all divisions and state and provincial psychological associations of guidelines in progress prior to consideration by the Council of Representatives. At this time, divisions and state/provincial psychological associations have been notified of the availability of the draft guidelines. APA members are also invited to request a copy of the document and to offer comment if you so choose. This 90-day period for receipt of comments will end on August 9, 2006. After comments have been received and reviewed, and appropriate revisions made, the guidelines will be reviewed by APA governance. Once in final form, the guidelines will be sent to the Council of Representatives for adoption as APA policy.

The draft guidelines are available by selecting the following link: Draft Guidelines. This document is in pdf. If you need to, you may obtain the free program to read this type of file by selecting this link: Get Adobe Reader.

You may submit comments via email to Division 55’s current President, Dr. Robert McGrath by selecting the following link: mcgrath@fdu.edu, or you may contact Dr. McGrath by phone at 201-692-2445.