reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 2.2 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Rule 3 - Opioid Prescribing Requirements › Section 3-9 - Morphine equivalent doses above 60; revising of assessments and treatment plans

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7; IC
				  25-22.5-13-3
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC 25-27.5
Sec. 9.
When a patient's opioid dose reaches a morphine equivalent
				  dose of more than sixty (60) milligrams per day, a face-to-face review of the
				  treatment plan and patient evaluation must be scheduled, including
				  consideration of referral to a specialist. If the physician assistant elects to
				  continue providing opioid therapy at a morphine equivalent dose of more than
				  sixty (60) milligrams per day, the physician assistant must develop a revised
				  assessment and treatment plan for ongoing treatment. The revised assessment and
				  treatment plan must be documented in the patient's chart, including an
				  assessment of increased risk for adverse outcomes, including death, if the
				  physician assistant elects to provide ongoing opioid
				  treatment.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 2.2 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Rule 3 - Opioid Prescribing Requirements › Section 3-10 - Scope of practice in prescribing opioids

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7; IC
				  25-22.5-13-3
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC 25-22.5; IC
				  25-27.5
Sec. 10.
IC
				  25-27.5-5 addresses the scope of
				  practice of physician assistants in their dependent practice under supervising
				  physicians, including limiting the duties and responsibilities of physician
				  assistants to those that are delegated by the supervising physician and that
				  are within the supervising physician's scope of practice. IC
				  25-27.5-6 addresses supervisory
				  responsibilities of the supervising physician, or when applicable, a physician
				  designee. The prescribing of opioids for chronic pain management as regulated
				  by this rule falls within the requirements on supervising physicians, or when
				  applicable, on physician designees, under IC
				  25-27.5-5 and IC
				  25-27.5-6, including appropriate
				  delegating of duties and responsibilities to physician assistants and
				  appropriate supervision of physician assistants.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 3 - NURSE-MIDWIVES (TRANSFERRED)

Current through July 10, 2024
Transferred from the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana (844
				IAC 3) to the Indiana State Board of Nursing (848 IAC 3) by P.L. 185-1993,
				SECTION 16, effective July 1, 1993.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 2 - Fees › Section 2-2 - Board fees

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-1-8-2; IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-22.5-1-1.1
Sec. 2.
(a) Every
				qualified applicant for licensure to practice as a medical doctor or
				osteopathic doctor shall pay to the medical licensing board of Indiana the
				following fees:
Examination
$250
Endorsement-in
$250
Endorsement-out
$10
Renewal fee
$200 per biennium
Duplicate license
$10
(b)
				Every applicant for permits authorized by the medical licensing board of
				Indiana shall pay to the medical licensing board of Indiana the following fees:
Temporary medical permit, endorsement candidates,
							 teaching permit, postgraduate training
$100
Renewal fee for a temporary medical permit
$50
Temporary medical permit (nonrenewable, limited scope)
$100
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 3 - Definitions and Exclusions › Section 3-1 - Diagnose; diagnosis

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-22.5-1
Sec. 1.
It is not necessary that the examination and diagnosis of
				  biopsies, x-rays, or materials produced by a patient's body or substances
				  obtained or removed from a patient's body be made in the presence of the
				  patient. Information supplied either directly or indirectly by the patient may
				  be utilized by the physician in arriving at such a diagnosis. The physician who
				  makes such an examination or diagnosis is required to have a license to
				  practice medicine or osteopathic medicine, although the physician does not see
				  the patient.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 3 - Definitions and Exclusions › Section 3-2 - Surgical operation

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-22.5-1-1.1
Sec. 2.
"Surgical operation", as used in IC
				  25-22.5-1-1.1(a)(1)(C),
				  includes, but is not limited to, the incising, cutting, or invading of human
				  tissue by laser surgery.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-1 - Available licenses and permits

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-1-8-2; IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-22.5-2
Sec. 1.
An applicant may apply for the following:
(1) Unlimited license to practice medicine or
				osteopathic medicine by:
(A) examination;
				or
(B) endorsement.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-2 - Licenses and permits issued for general practice only

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-1-8-2; IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-22.5-2
Sec. 2.
A medical license issued by Indiana is for the general
				  practice of medicine. Regardless of the applicant's certification by a
				  specialty board, neither a license nor a permit shall be issued unless the
				  applicant has fulfilled the general licensure requirements of IC 25-22.5 and
				  this article.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-3 - Approved medical schools

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Sec. 3.
(a) An
				approved school of medicine or school of osteopathic medicine is one located
				within the United States, its possessions, or Canada and is recognized by
				either:
(1) the Liaison Committee on Medical
				Education, which is jointly sponsored by the American Medical Association (AMA)
				and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC); or
(2) the American Osteopathic Association
				(AOA) Bureau of Professional Education.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-4 - Approved postgraduate (internship and residency) programs

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Sec. 4.
An approved internship or residency program is one that was,
				  at time the applicant was enrolled in the internship or residency program
				  accepted by the:
(1) Accreditation
				Council for Graduate Medical Education;
(2) Executive Committee of the Council on
				Postdoctoral Training of the American Osteopathic Association; or
(3) Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
				of Canada.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-5 - Authentic documents required

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Sec. 5.
All documents required by law to be submitted to the board
				  shall be originals or certified copies thereof.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-6 - Burden of proof

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Sec. 6.
Every applicant for licensure or temporary medical permit
				  shall demonstrate that the applicant meets all of the qualifications required
				  by Indiana statutes and by the rules of the board. In any proceeding before the
				  board the burden of proof shall be on the applicant.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-8 - Licensure by examination

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-22.5-3-1; IC
				  25-22.5-3-2
Sec. 8.
An applicant for licensure by examination must:
(1) Pass Steps I, II, and III of the United
				States Medical Licensing Examination or pass Steps I, II, and III of the
				Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination.
(2) Meet the requirements of IC
				25-22.5.
(3) Meet the requirements
				of this article.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-9 - Licensure by endorsement

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-22.5-3; IC
				  25-22.5-5-2; IC
				  25-22.5-6
Sec. 9.
(a) In
				addition to complying with section 7 of this rule, an applicant for licensure
				by endorsement shall submit proof that the applicant satisfactorily completed
				the written examination provided by the:
(1)
				National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME);
(2) National Board of Osteopathic Medical
				Examiners (NBOME); or
(3)
				Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc. (FSMB).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-10 - Requirements for taking the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step III

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-22.5-3-1; IC
				  25-22.5-3-2
Sec. 10.
(a) In order
				to qualify to take Step III of the United States Medical Licensing Examination
				(USMLE), a graduate of a medical school in the United States, its possessions,
				or Canada must submit proof of the following:
(1) Completion of the academic requirements
				for the degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathic medicine and
				graduation from a medical school or osteopathic medical school approved by the
				board.
(2) Passage of both Steps I
				and II of the USMLE.
(3)
				Completion, or expected completion within six (6) months, of one (1) year of
				postgraduate training in a hospital or institution in the United States, its
				possessions, or Canada that meets the requirements for an approved internship
				or residency under this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-11 - Requirements for taking the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination United States Medical Licensing Examination Step III

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-22.5-3-1; IC
				  25-22.5-3-2
Sec. 11.
(a) In order
				to qualify to take Step III of the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing
				Examination (COMLEX-USA), a graduate of an osteopathic medical school in the
				United States, its possessions, or Canada must submit proof of the following:
(1) Completion of the academic requirements
				for the degree of doctor of osteopathic medicine and graduation from an
				osteopathic medical school approved by the board.
(2) Passage of both Steps I and II of the
				COMLEX-USA.
(3) Completion of one
				(1) year of postgraduate training in a hospital or institution in the United
				States, its possessions, or Canada that meets the requirements for an approved
				internship or residency under this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-12 - Passing requirements for United States Medical Licensing Examination

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-22.5-3-1; IC
				  25-22.5-3-2
Sec. 12.
The following are the examination passing requirements for
				  licensure:
(1) A score of seventy-five
				(75) is the minimum passing score for all steps of the United States Medical
				Licensing Examination (USMLE).
(2)
				An applicant may have a maximum of three (3) attempts to pass each step of the
				USMLE. Therefore, upon the third seating of each step of the exam, the
				applicant must obtain a passing score.
(3) All steps of the USMLE must be taken and
				successfully passed within a ten (10) year time period. This ten (10) year
				period begins when the applicant first passes a step, either Step I or Step II.
				In counting the number of attempts regarding USMLE steps, previous attempts on
				the National Board Medical Examination and the examination of the Federation of
				State Medical Boards of the United States are included.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-13 - Passing requirements for Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-22.5-3-1; IC
				  25-22.5-3-2
Sec. 13.
The following are the examination passing requirements for
				  licensure:
(1) A score of three
				hundred fifty (350) is the minimum passing score for Step III of the
				Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX-USA).
(2) An applicant may have a maximum of five
				(5) attempts to pass each step of the COMLEX-USA. Therefore, upon the fifth
				seating of each step of the exam, the applicant must obtain a passing
				score.
(3) All steps of the
				COMLEX-USA must be taken and passed in sequential order within a seven (7) year
				time period. This seven (7) year period begins when the applicant first takes
				Step I. In counting the number of attempts regarding COMLEX-USA steps, previous
				attempts on the National Board Osteopathic Medical Examination are
				included.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-14 - Temporary permits for endorsement applicants

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC 25-1-8-2; IC 25-22.5-5-2
Sec. 14.
(a) An
				applicant seeking a temporary permit to practice medicine or osteopathic
				medicine based upon licensure in another state of the United States, its
				possessions, or Canada shall file an application for licensure and a temporary
				permit on a form supplied by the board and submit the fees required by
				844 IAC 4-2-2.
(b) The applicant for a temporary medical
				permit shall submit the following:
(1) One
				(1) recent passport-type photograph of the applicant, taken within eight (8)
				weeks prior to filing the application.
(2) Proof of holding a current and valid
				unrestricted license to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine in another
				state of the United States, its possessions, or Canada.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-15 - Temporary medical permits for postgraduate training

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC 25-22.5-3-1; IC 25-22.5-4-1; IC
				  25-22.5-5-3
Sec. 15.
(a) A
				temporary medical permit issued for postgraduate medical education or training
				shall include internships, transitional programs, residency training, or other
				postgraduate medical education in a medical institution or hospital located in
				Indiana that meets the requirements of section 4 of this rule. A temporary
				medical permit for postgraduate training may be issued to a person who has:
(1) completed the academic requirements for
				the degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathic medicine from a
				medical school or osteopathic medical school approved by the board;
(2) submitted an application for a temporary
				medical permit;
(3) submitted one
				(1) recent passport-type photograph of the applicant, taken within eight (8)
				weeks prior to filing the application;
(4) paid the nonrefundable fee specified in
				844 IAC 4-2-2; and
(5) provided documented evidence of
				acceptance into a postgraduate medical education or training program located in
				Indiana which meets the requirements of section 4 of this
				rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-16 - Temporary medical permits for teaching in an accredited medical school

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC 25-22.5-3-1; IC 25-22.5-4-1; IC
				  25-22.5-5-3
Sec. 16.
(a) A
				medical educational institution located in Indiana may apply for a temporary
				medical permit for teaching for a practitioner in the active practice of
				medicine outside of Indiana or the United States, but who is not licensed in
				Indiana, to teach medicine in the institution. The institution and the
				practitioner shall file an application, which shall include the following:
(1) Documentation certifying the person's
				professional qualifications.
(2)
				The term of the teaching appointment.
(3) The medical subjects to be
				taught.
(4) One (1) recent
				passport-type photograph of the person, taken within eight (8) weeks prior to
				filing the application.
(5) The
				nonrefundable fee specified in
				844 IAC
				4-2-2.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-17 - Limited scope temporary medical permits

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC 25-22.5-3-1; IC 25-22.5-4-1; IC
				  25-22.5-5-3
Sec. 17.
(a) A person
				not currently licensed to practice medicine in Indiana, yet licensed to
				practice medicine or osteopathic medicine by any board or licensing agency of
				any state or jurisdiction may make application for a limited scope temporary
				medical permit that, if issued under this section, shall remain valid for a
				nonrenewable period not to exceed thirty (30) days.
(b) A person seeking a limited scope
				temporary medical permit under this section shall do the following:
(1) Complete an application form supplied by
				the board, specifying the following:
(A) The
				reasons for seeking a temporary medical permit.
(B) The location or locations where the
				applicant will provide medical services.
(C) The type, extent, and specialization of
				medical services that the applicant intends to, or may, provide.
(D) The activity, organization, function, or
				event with regard to which the applicant may provide medical
				services.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-18 - Temporary medical permits; discipline

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC
				  25-22.5-3-1; IC
				  25-22.5-4-1; IC
				  25-22.5-5-3
Sec. 18.
A temporary medical permit issued under this rule may be
				  sanctioned for failure to comply with, or otherwise satisfy, the provisions of
				  IC 25-22.5 or IC
				  25-1-9.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 4.5 - Licensure to Practice › Section 4.5-19 - Notice of address change

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Sec. 19.
(a) Every
				person issued a permit or license shall inform the board of the following in
				writing by mail, facsimile transmission, or electronic mail transmission:
(1) Each address where he or she is
				practicing medicine or osteopathic medicine within twenty (20) days after
				commencing such practice.
(2) All
				changes of address, including additional practice locations and residential
				addresses, or removals from such addresses within twenty (20) days of each such
				occurrence.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 6 - Renewal of Physicians' Licenses › Section 6-1 - Mandatory renewal; time

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC 25-22.5
Sec. 1.
Every physician holding a license issued by the medical
				  licensing board of Indiana shall renew such license with the medical licensing
				  board of Indiana biennially.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 6 - Renewal of Physicians' Licenses › Section 6-2.1 - Mandatory renewal; notice

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC 25-22.5
Sec. 2.1.
(a) On or
				before sixty (60) days prior to June 30 of odd-numbered years, the board, or
				its duly authorized agent, shall issue a notice of expiration to each holder of
				a license that the holder is required to renew the holder's license.
(b) This notice will be sent to the address
				of record. If the practitioner has moved since the last renewal and has not
				notified the board of the new address, the board is not responsible for the
				untimely renewal of said license or its subsequent denial.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 6 - Renewal of Physicians' Licenses › Section 6-3 - Mandatory renewal; oath

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC 25-22.5
Sec. 3.
Applications for all renewals must be made under oath or
				  affirmation.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 6 - Renewal of Physicians' Licenses › Section 6-4 - Mandatory renewal; fees

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-8-2; IC
				  25-22.5-7
Sec. 4.
Each licensee shall submit a fee as determined by the
				  medical licensing board of Indiana for each year or fraction thereof, in the
				  form as provided under IC
				  25-1-8-2(d) 
				  payable to the order of the health professions bureau.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 6 - Renewal of Physicians' Licenses › Section 6-6 - Mandatory renewal; failure to register

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC 25-22.5
Sec. 6.
Upon the failure of any licensee to renew their license with
				  the medical licensing board of Indiana by September 1 of each biennium, the
				  medical licensing board of Indiana shall forthwith enter an order suspending
				  the physician's license to practice medicine in the state of Indiana. Such
				  order shall become effective ten (10) days from the entry thereof. A copy,
				  thereof, shall be served upon the licensee by certified mail at the last
				  address provided by the licensee to the medical licensing board of
				  Indiana.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 6 - Renewal of Physicians' Licenses › Section 6-7 - Practice after suspension

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC 25-22.5
Sec. 7.
No physician shall engage in the practice of medicine in
				  Indiana after the effective date of an order suspending the physician's license
				  to practice.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 6 - Renewal of Physicians' Licenses › Section 6-9 - Inactive status

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC 25-22.5
Sec. 9.
Any physician who has retired from practice and wants to
				  retain his or her license may do so for half of the usual registration fee as
				  given in 844 IAC 4-2-1, provided that he
				  or she does not maintain an office for the practice of medicine and does not
				  charge for any medical services that he or she might render. A physician whose
				  license is inactive may submit a written request to the medical licensing board
				  of Indiana to reactivate his or her license by paying the full renewal
				  fee.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 6 - Renewal of Physicians' Licenses › Section 6-10 - Probation, suspension, or revocation

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC 25-22.5
Sec. 10.
The willful performance of an act likely to deceive or harm
				  the public shall include, but not be limited to, the following acts:
(1) Aiding or abetting a person to practice
				medicine without a license.
(2)
				Presigning prescriptions.
(3)
				Prescribing or administering a drug for other than generally accepted
				therapeutic purposes.
(4)
				Negligence in the practice of medicine.
(5) False, deceptive, or misleading
				advertising.
(6) Fraudulent
				practice of billing a patient or third party payer for services not rendered.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 7 - SPEX Examination › Section 7-1 - "SPEX" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9-11; IC
				  25-22.5-3-1; IC
				  25-22.5-6-1; IC
				  25-22.5-7-1
Sec. 1.
(a) "SPEX"
				refers to the special purpose examination.
(b) SPEX is an objective and standardized
				cognitive examination designed to assist the medical licensing board of Indiana
				in the assessment of general, undifferentiated medical practice by physicians
				or osteopathic physicians who hold or have held a valid license in a United
				States or Canadian jurisdiction.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 7 - SPEX Examination › Section 7-2 - Purpose of SPEX

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9-11; IC
				  25-22.5-3-1; IC
				  25-22.5-6-1; IC
				  25-22.5-7-1
Sec. 2.
SPEX is offered by the medical licensing board of Indiana
				  for reexamination of selected physicians, designated by the medical licensing
				  board of Indiana, who may need to demonstrate to the medical licensing board of
				  Indiana current medical knowledge due to, but not limited to, the
				  following:
(1) Physicians or
				osteopathic physicians seeking licensure reinstatement or reactivation under IC
				25-1-9-11, IC
				25-22.5-6-1(a),
				and IC 25-22.5-7-1(c),
				after some period of professional inactivity.
(2) Applicants who are some years beyond
				initial examination and either are applicants by endorsement or are applicants
				who have not previously been licensed in Indiana.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 7 - SPEX Examination › Section 7-3 - Requirements to take SPEX

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9-11; IC
				  25-22.5-3-1; IC
				  25-22.5-6-1; IC
				  25-22.5-7-1
Sec. 3.
An applicant wishing to take the SPEX examination
				  must:
(1) complete an application as
				prescribed by the medical licensing board of Indiana;
(2) pay the applicant's cost of purchasing
				the examination payable to the examination service; and
(3) submit an application to the Federation
				of State Medical Boards at least forty-two (42) days prior to the
				administration date of the examination.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 4 - MEDICAL DOCTORS; OSTEOPATHIC DOCTORS › Rule 7 - SPEX Examination › Section 7-4 - SPEX passing score

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9-11; IC
				  25-22.5-3-1; IC
				  25-22.5-6-1; IC
				  25-22.5-7-1
Sec. 4.
(a) A score
				of seventy-five (75) is the minimum passing score on the SPEX.
(b) SPEX scores will be reported directly to
				the medical licensing board of Indiana. The medical licensing board of Indiana
				will notify all applicants of their test scores.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 5 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE › Rule 1 - General Provisions › Section 1-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  16-18-2-199; IC
				  16-42-19-5; IC
				  25-1-9; IC 25-10; IC 25-13; IC
				  25-14; IC 25-20; IC 25-23; IC 25-23.5; IC 25-23.6; IC 25-24; IC
				  25-26-13-17; IC 25-27; IC 25-27.5;
				  IC 25-29; IC 25-33; IC 25-34.5; IC 25-35.6; IC
				  35-48-1-9; IC
				  35-48-2
Sec. 1.
For purposes of this article and IC
				  25-1-9, the following definitions
				  apply:
(1) "Addict" means a person who
				is physiologically and/or psychologically dependent upon a drug that is
				classified as a narcotic, controlled substance, or dangerous drug.
(2) "Classified as a narcotic" means any
				substance that is designated as a controlled substance under IC
				35-48-1 or IC
				35-48-2, or so classified in any
				subsequent amendment or revision of said statutes.
(3) "Controlled substance" has the same
				meaning set forth in IC
				35-48-1-9.
(4) "Dangerous drug" means any substance that
				is designated as a controlled substance under IC
				35-48-1 or IC
				35-48-2, or so classified in any
				subsequent amendment or revision of said statute.
(5) "General health information site" means a
				noninteractive Internet site that is accessible by anyone with access to the
				Internet and intended to provide general, user nonspecific information or
				advice about maintaining health or the treatment of an acute or chronic
				illness, health condition, or disease state.
(6) "Habitue" means a person who:
(A) is physiologically and/or psychologically
				dependent upon any narcotic drug classified as a narcotic, dangerous drug, or
				controlled substance under Indiana law; or
(B) consumes, on a regular basis and without
				any medically justifiable purpose, a narcotic drug classified as a narcotic,
				dangerous drug, or controlled substance under Indiana law, whether or not such
				person has developed a physiological or psychological dependence upon such
				substance.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 5 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE › Rule 1 - General Provisions › Section 1-3 - Disciplinary action

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9
Sec. 3.
Failure to comply with this article may result in
				  disciplinary proceedings against the offending practitioners. Further, all
				  practitioners licensed in Indiana shall be responsible for having knowledge of
				  the standards of conduct and practice established by statute and rule pursuant
				  to IC 25-22.5-2-7.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 5 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE › Rule 2 - Standards of Professional Conduct › Section 2-1 - Applicability

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC
				  25-22.5-1
Sec. 1.
A practitioner in the conduct of his/her practice of
				  medicine or osteopathic medicine shall abide by, and comply with, the standards
				  of professional conduct in this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 5 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE › Rule 2 - Standards of Professional Conduct › Section 2-2 - Confidentiality

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC
				  25-22.5-1
Sec. 2.
A practitioner shall maintain the confidentiality of all
				  knowledge and information regarding a patient, including, but not limited to,
				  the patient's diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis, and of all records relating
				  thereto, about which the practitioner may learn or otherwise be informed during
				  the course of, or as a result of, the patient-practitioner relationship.
				  Information about a patient shall be disclosed by a practitioner when required
				  by law, including, but not limited to, the requirements of IC
				  34-4-12.6-1
[IC 34-4 was
				  repealed by P.L.
				  1-1998,
				  SECTION
				  221, effective July 1, 1998.]
and of
				  IC 16-4-8-1, and any amendments
				  thereto, or when authorized by the patient or those responsible for the
				  patient's care.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 5 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE › Rule 2 - Standards of Professional Conduct › Section 2-3 - Information to patient

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC
				  25-22.5-1
Sec. 3.
A practitioner shall give a truthful, candid, and reasonably
				  complete account of the patient's condition to the patient or to those
				  responsible for the patient's care, except where a practitioner reasonably
				  determines that the information is or would be detrimental to the physical or
				  mental health of the patient, or in the case of a minor or incompetent person,
				  except where a practitioner reasonably determines that the information is or
				  would be detrimental to the physical or mental health of those persons
				  responsible for the patient's care.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 5 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE › Rule 2 - Standards of Professional Conduct › Section 2-4 - Case withdrawal

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC
				  25-22.5-1
Sec. 4.
(a) The
				practitioner shall give reasonable written notice to a patient or to those
				responsible for the patient's care when the practitioner withdraws from a case
				so that another practitioner may be employed by the patient or by those
				responsible for the patient's care. A practitioner shall not abandon a
				patient.
(b) A practitioner who
				withdraws from a case, except in emergency circumstances, shall, upon written
				request and in conformity with the provisions of IC
				16-4-8-1 through IC
				16-4-8-11 and of any subsequent
				amendment or revision thereof, make available to his/her patient or to those
				responsible for the patient's care, and to any other practitioner or specific
				professional health care provider employed by the patient, or by those
				responsible for the patient's care, all records, test results, histories,
				x-rays, radiographic studies, diagnoses, files, and information relating to
				said patient which are in the practitioner's custody, possession, or control,
				or copies of such documents hereinbefore described.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 5 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE › Rule 2 - Standards of Professional Conduct › Section 2-5 - Reasonable care

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC
				  25-22.5-1
Sec. 5.
A practitioner shall exercise reasonable care and diligence
				  in the treatment of patients based upon generally accepted scientific
				  principles, methods, treatments, and current professional theory and
				  practice.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 5 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE › Rule 2 - Standards of Professional Conduct › Section 2-6 - Degree basis for licensing

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC
				  25-22.5-1
Sec. 6.
A practitioner shall not represent, advertise, state, or
				  indicate the possession of any degree recognized as the basis for licensure to
				  practice medicine or osteopathic medicine unless the practitioner is actually
				  licensed on the basis of such degree in the state(s) in which he/she
				  practices.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 5 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE › Rule 2 - Standards of Professional Conduct › Section 2-7 - Consultations; referrals

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC
				  25-22.5-1
Sec. 7.
A practitioner shall make reasonable efforts to obtain
				  consultation whenever requested to do so by a patient or by those responsible
				  for a patient's care. Further, the practitioner shall refer a patient to
				  another practitioner in any case where the referring practitioner does not
				  consider himself/herself qualified to treat the patient, and may refer the
				  patient to another practitioner where the referring practitioner is unable to
				  diagnose the illness or disease of the patient.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 5 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE › Rule 2 - Standards of Professional Conduct › Section 2-8 - Peer reviews

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC
				  25-22.5-1; IC
				  34-6-2-99
Sec. 8.
(a) A
				practitioner who has personal knowledge based upon a reasonable belief that
				another practitioner holding the same licenses has engaged in illegal,
				unlawful, incompetent, or fraudulent conduct in the practice of medicine or
				osteopathic medicine shall promptly report such conduct to a peer review or
				similar body, as defined in IC
				34-6-2-99, having jurisdiction
				over the offending practitioner and the matter. This provision does not
				prohibit a practitioner from promptly reporting said conduct directly to the
				medical licensing board. Further, a practitioner who has personal knowledge of
				any person engaged in, or attempting to engage in, the unauthorized practice of
				medicine or osteopathic medicine shall promptly report such conduct to the
				medical licensing board.
(b) A
				practitioner who voluntarily submits himself/herself to, or is otherwise
				undergoing a course of, treatment for addiction, severe dependency upon alcohol
				or other drugs or controlled substances, or for psychiatric impairment, where
				such treatment is sponsored or supervised by an impaired physicians' committee
				of a state, regional, or local organization of professional health care
				providers, or where such treatment is sponsored or supervised by an impaired
				physicians' committee of a hospital, shall be exempt from reporting to a peer
				review committee as set forth in subsection (a) or to the medical licensing
				board for so long as:
(1) the practitioner is
				complying with the course of treatment; and
(2) the practitioner is making satisfactory
				progress.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 5 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE › Rule 2 - Standards of Professional Conduct › Section 2-9 - Fees

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC
				  25-22.5-1
Sec. 9.
(a) Fees
				charged by a practitioner for his/her professional services shall be reasonable
				and shall reasonably compensate the practitioner only for services actually
				rendered.
(b) A practitioner shall
				not enter into agreement for, charge, or collect an illegal or clearly
				excessive fee.
(c) Factors to be
				considered in determining the reasonableness of a fee include, but are not
				limited to, the following:
(1) The difficulty
				and/or uniqueness of the services performed and the time, skill, and experience
				required.
(2) The fee customarily
				charged in the locality for similar practitioner services.
(3) The amount of the charges
				involved.
(4) The quality of
				performance.
(5) The nature and
				length of the professional relationship with the patient.
(6) The experience, reputation, and ability
				of the practitioner in performing the kind of services involved.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 5 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE › Rule 2 - Standards of Professional Conduct › Section 2-10 - Fee division

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC
				  25-22.5-1
Sec. 10.
A practitioner shall not divide a fee for professional
				  services with another practitioner who is not a partner, employee, or
				  shareholder in a professional corporation, unless:
(1) the patient consents to the employment of
				the other practitioner after a full disclosure that a division of fees will be
				made; and
(2) the division of fees
				is made in proportion to actual services performed and responsibility assumed
				by each practitioner.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 5 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE › Rule 2 - Standards of Professional Conduct › Section 2-11 - Referral fees

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC
				  25-22.5-1
Sec. 11.
A practitioner shall not pay, demand, or receive
				  compensation for referral of a patient, except for a patient referral program
				  operated by a medical society or association which is approved by the medical
				  licensing board.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 5 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE › Rule 2 - Standards of Professional Conduct › Section 2-12 - Employees

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC
				  25-22.5-1
Sec. 12.
A practitioner shall be responsible for the conduct of each
				  and every person employed by the practitioner (whether such employee is a
				  physician, nurse, physician's assistant, or other specific professional health
				  care provider employed by the practitioner) for every action or failure to act
				  by said employee or employees in the course of said employee's employment
				  relationship with said practitioner, provided, however, that a practitioner
				  shall not be responsible for the actions of persons he/she may employ whose
				  employment by the practitioner does not relate directly to the practitioner's
				  practice of medicine or of osteopathic medicine.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 5 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE › Rule 2 - Standards of Professional Conduct › Section 2-14 - Referrals

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC
				  25-22.5-1
Sec. 14.
A practitioner may, whenever the practitioner believes it to
				  be beneficial to the patient, send or refer a patient to a qualified specific
				  professional health care provider for treatment or health care which falls
				  within the specific professional health care provider's scope of practice.
				  Prior to any such referral, however, the practitioner shall examine, and/or
				  consult with, the patient to ensure that a condition exists in the patient
				  which would be within the scope of practice of the specific professional health
				  care provider to whom the patient is referred or sent.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 5 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE › Rule 2 - Standards of Professional Conduct › Section 2-15 - Admitting patients

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC
				  25-22.5-1
Sec. 15.
A practitioner shall not charge a separate and distinct fee
				  for the incidental, administrative, nonmedical service of securing admission of
				  a patient to a hospital or other medical or health care
				  facility.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 844 - MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA › Article 5 - STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE › Rule 2 - Standards of Professional Conduct › Section 2-16 - Discontinuance of practice

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-22.5-2-7
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9; IC
				  25-22.5-1
Sec. 16.
(a) A
				practitioner, upon his/her retirement, or upon discontinuation of the practice
				of medicine or osteopathic medicine, or upon leaving or moving from a
				community, shall not sell, convey, or transfer for valuable consideration,
				remuneration, or for anything of value, patient records of that practitioner to
				any other practitioner.
(b) A
				practitioner, upon his/her retirement, or upon discontinuation of the practice
				of medicine or osteopathic medicine, or upon leaving or moving from a
				community, shall notify all of his/her active patients in writing, or by
				publication once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of
				general circulation in the community, that he/she intends to discontinue
				his/her practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine in the community, and
				shall encourage his/her patients to seek the services of another practitioner,
				provided, however, that this section shall not apply to practitioners solely
				engaged in internship, residency, preceptorship, fellowship, teaching, or other
				postgraduate medical education or training programs. The practitioner
				discontinuing his/her practice shall make reasonable arrangements with his/her
				active patients for the transfer of his/her records, or copies thereof, to the
				succeeding practitioner, or to a program conducted by a medical society or
				association approved by the medical licensing board.
(c) As used herein, "active patient" applies
				and refers to a person whom the practitioner has examined, treated, cared for,
				or otherwise consulted with during the two (2) year period prior to retirement,
				discontinuation of the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine, or leaving
				or moving from a community.
(d)
				Nothing herein provided shall preclude, prohibit, or prevent a practitioner
				from conveying or transferring the practitioner's patient records to another
				practitioner, holding an unlimited license to practice medicine or osteopathic
				medicine, who is assuming a practice, provided that written notice is furnished
				to all patients as hereinbefore specified.