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News & Views - Aug,
1996 Issue #41
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DISSENT OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSION
A State Senator submitted the following amendment to a psychologist regulatory
bill during the recent session of the New Mexico legislature: "When a psychologist or psychiatrist testifies during a defendant's
competency hearing, [he] shall wear a cone-shaped hat that is not less than two feet tall. The surface of the hat shall be imprinted
with stars and lightning bolts. Additionally [he] shall be required to don a white beard that is not less than 18 inches in length,
and shall punctuate crucial elements of his testimony by stabbing the air with a wand." Both houses of the legislature passed
the bill with the amendment, but Governor Gary Johnson vetoed it.
Copyright © 1996, Woodbury Reports, Inc. (This article may be reproduced
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