In Connecticut we have prescriptive authority and protection from liability.

Recommending drugs for acute and chronic illness (extent of prescriptive authority varies by state regulations)

And it thrives despite the fact that nurse practitioners are licensed and authorized by the state as primary care providers with full prescriptive authority.

In the United Kingdom clinical pharmacists are given independent prescriptive authority.

When we create a new nation, however, we cannot transfer to it this prescriptive authority which is the essence of our own state.

The prescriptive authority would be enhanced by the pyschologist's doctoral training in the science of psychology, assessment, and psychotherapy.

In the same way, there are psychologists who have raised objections to prescriptive authority for psychologists.

Although dictionary makers often see their work as purely descriptive, their dictionaries are widely used as prescriptive authorities by the community at large.

The following Clinical Competencies are identified as essential in the education and training of psychologists, wishing to pursue prescriptive authority.

Many other healthcare professions also have prescriptive authority related to their area of practice.