Committee Substitute
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
for
H. B. 2751
(By Delegates Amores, Fleischauer, Craig and Smirl)
(Originating in the
Committee on Government Organization)
[April 3, 2001]
A Bill to amend article three, chapter thirty of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended by
adding thereto a new section, designated section eleven-a, all
relating to board of medicine granting license to practice
medicine and surgery by endorsement without examination
to
medical school faculty; establishing qualifications;
authorizing board to investigate and interview applicant;
limiting practice; requiring biennial license renewal and
exception; requiring physician to keep licenses granted by
other jurisdictions in good standing.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, chapter thirty of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section eleven-
a, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. WEST VIRGINIA MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT.
§30-3-11a. Endorsement of licenses to practice medicine and
surgery as medical school faculty.
(a) The board shall issue a license to practice medicine and
surgery without examination to an individual appointed to medical
school faculty who holds a valid license to practice medicine and
surgery from another state, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or Canada, and who has completed the
application form prescribed by the board, remitted a nonrefundable
application fee in the amount of one hundred fifty dollars and who
presents satisfactory proof to the board that:
(1) He or she is of good moral and professional character;
(2) He or she is physically and mentally capable of engaging
in the practice of medicine and surgery;
(3) He or she is able to communicate in English;
(4) He or she is a graduate of a school of medicine which is
approved by the liaison committee on medical education or by the
World Health Organization or by the board with the degree of doctor
of medicine or its equivalent;
(5) He or she has successfully completed one year of approved graduate clinical training or a fellowship of at least one year, or
has received training which the board determines to be equivalent
to or exceeds the one year graduate clinical training or fellowship
requirement;
(6) He or she has not committed any act in this or any other
jurisdiction which would constitute the basis for disciplining a
physician under section fourteen of this article; and
(7) He or she has been offered and has accepted a faculty
appointment to teach in a medical school in this state.
(b) The board may investigate the applicant and may request a
personal interview to review the applicant's qualifications and
professional credentials.
(c) A physician licensed under this section shall limit his or
her practice to the medical center of which the medical school is
a part.
(d) A license issued under this section is valid for a term of
two years and is subject to renewal in accordance with the
provisions of section twelve of this article: Provided, That a
license issued under this section will automatically expire and be
void, without notice to the physician, when the faculty appointment
is terminated.
The dean of the medical school shall notify the
board within five days of the termination of a faculty appointment of a physician licensed pursuant to this section.
(e) A physician licensed under this section must keep all
medical licenses issued by other jurisdictions in good standing and
must notify the board, within fifteen days of its occurrence, of
any denial, suspension or revocation of or any limitation placed on
a medical license issued by another jurisdiction.