Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 24 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Chapter 24.156 - BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS › Subchapter 24.156.4 - General Provisions › Rule 24.156.403 - DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) As used
				in this chapter, the following terms are defined:
(a) "Act" means the statutory provisions
				governing the licensee's scope of practice.
(b) "Applicant" means a person who has
				applied to take a licensing examination in Montana or who has applied for
				licensure in Montana.
(c) "Board"
				means the Board of Medical Examiners created by
				2-15-1731, MCA.
(d) "Foreign medical graduate" means a
				graduate of a medical school that is listed in the World Health Directory of
				Medical Schools but is not located in a state or territory of the United States
				or the District of Columbia.
(e)
				"Health corps physician" means a physician who has applied to participate in
				the health corps and completed the registration requirements set by the
				board.
(f) "Intern," "in
				post-graduate year 1" or "PGY-1" means a person who:
(i) has graduated from an approved medical
				school;
(ii) is enrolled in a
				training program approved for first year post-graduates;
(iii) has passed USMLE Steps 1 and 2 or the
				AOA equivalent or holds a certificate from the ECFMG; and
(iv) is preparing for or awaiting the results
				of USMLE Step 3 or the AOA equivalent.
(g) "Licensee" means the current holder of an
				active license issued by the board.
(h) "Medical student" means a person
				currently enrolled in or who has graduated from an approved medical school who
				has not yet entered PGY-1.
(i)
				"Paramedic" means a level of emergency care provider as established in
				50-6-202, MCA.
(j) "Postgraduate clinical experience" means
				the delivery of health care directly to patients, after licensure as a
				physician assistant, pursuant to a collaborative agreement with a physician or
				physician assistant.
(k) "Resident"
				means a person who:
(i) has the degree of
				medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy from an approved medical
				school;
(ii) is in post-graduate
				year 2 (PGY-2) or above;
(iii) has
				either completed the USMLE Steps 1 and 2 or the AOA equivalent or holds a
				certificate from the ECFMG; and
(iv) is enrolled in an approved residency
				program.
(l) "Retired,"
				applicable to the Montana Health Corps Act, means no longer maintaining a
				private, institutional, or governmental practice for the purposes of monetary
				remuneration within the United States. Occasional locum tenens work for
				monetary remuneration will not disqualify a physician from retired
				status.
(m) "Standards of dietetic
				practice" means Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Standards of Practice in
				Nutrition Care and Standards of Professional Performance for Registered
				Dietitian Nutritionists and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/Commission
				on Dietetic Registration Code of Ethics for the Nutrition and Dietetics
				Profession.
(n) "Supervision" may
				be of the following types:
(i) "Direct
				supervision" means the supervisor is physically present with the person being
				supervised;
(ii) "On-site
				supervision" means the supervisor must be in the facility and quickly available
				to the person being supervised.
(o) "Surgery" means any procedure in which
				human tissue is cut or altered by mechanical or energy forms, including
				electrical or laser energy or ionizing radiation.