Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 653 - Medicine Board › Chapter 10 - Resident, Special and Temporary Physician Licensure › Rule 653-10.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"ABMS"
means the American Board of Medical
				Specialties, which is an umbrella organization for at least 24 medical
				specialty boards in the United States that assists the specialty boards in
				developing and implementing educational and professional standards to evaluate
				and certify physician specialists in the United States. The board recognizes
				specialty board certification by ABMS.
"ACGME"
means Accreditation Council for
				Graduate Medical Education, an accreditation body that is responsible for
				accreditation of post-medical school training programs in medicine and surgery
				in the United States of America.
"AMA "
means the American Medical Association,
				a professional organization of physicians and surgeons.
"Any jurisdiction "
means any state, the
				District of Columbia or territory of the United States of America or any other
				nation.
"Any United States jurisdiction "
means any
				state, the District of Columbia or territory of the United States of
				America.
"AOA "
means the American Osteopathic
				Association, which is the representative organization for osteopathic
				physicians (D.O.s) in the United States. The board approves osteopathic medical
				education programs with AOA accreditation; the board approves AOA-accredited
				resident training programs in osteopathic medicine and surgery at hospitals for
				graduates of accredited osteopathic medical schools. The board recognizes
				specialty board certification by AOA. The board recognizes continuing medical
				education accredited by the Council on Continuing Medical Education of
				AOA.
"Applicant"
means a person who seeks
				authorization to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and
				surgery in this state by making application to the board.
"Approved abuse education training program"
means a training program using a curriculum approved by the abuse education
				review panel of the department of public health or a training program offered
				by a hospital, a professional organization for physicians, or the department of
				human services, the department of education, an area education agency, a school
				district, the Iowa law enforcement academy, an Iowa college or university, or a
				similar state agency.
"Board"
means Iowa board of medicine.
"Board-approved activity"
means one of the
				following activities:
1. Covering for
			 an Iowa-licensed physician who unexpectedly is unavailable to provide medical
			 care to the physician's patients;
2. Demonstrating or proctoring that involves
			 providing hands-on patient care to patients in Iowa;
3. Conducting a procedure on a patient in
			 Iowa when the consultant's expertise in the procedure is greater than that of
			 the Iowa-licensed physician who requested the procedure;
4. Providing medical care to patients in
			 Iowa, if the physician is enrolled in an out-of-state resident training program
			 and does not hold a resident or permanent license in the home state of the
			 resident training program;
5.
			 Serving as a camp physician;
6.
			 Participating as a learner in a program of further medical education that
			 allows hands-on patient care when the physician does not currently hold a
			 license in good standing in any United States jurisdiction; or
7. Any other activity approved by the
			 board.
"Board-approved resident training program "
means a hospital-affiliated graduate medical education program accredited by
				ACGME, AOA, RCPSC, or CFPC at the time the applicant is enrolled in the
				program.
"Category 1 credit"
means any formal education
				program which is sponsored or jointly sponsored by an organization accredited
				for continuing medical education by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
				Medical Education, the Iowa Medical Society, or the Council on Continuing
				Medical Education of AOA that is of sufficient scope and depth of coverage of a
				subject area or theme to form an educational unit and is planned, administered
				and evaluated in terms of educational objectives that define a level of
				knowledge or a specific performance skill to be attained by the physician
				completing the program. Credits designated as formal cognates by the American
				College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists or as prescribed credits by the
				American Academy of Family Physicians are accepted as equivalent to category 1
				credits.
"CFPC"
means the College of Family Physicians
				of Canada.
"Committee "
means the licensure committee of
				the board.
"ECFMG"
means the Educational Commission for
				Foreign Medical Graduates, an organization that assesses the readiness of
				international medical school graduates to enter ACGME-approved residency
				programs in the United States of America.
"FCVS"
means the Federation Credentials
				Verification Service, a service under the Federation of State Medical Boards
				that verifies and stores core credentials for retrieval whenever needed.
"FSMB "
means the Federation of State Medical
				Boards, the organization of medical boards of the United States of
				America.
"Incidentally called into this state in consultation
				with a physician and surgeon licensed in this state"
as set forth in
				Iowa Code section
				148.2(5)
				 means all of the following shall be
				true:
1. The consulting physician
			 shall be involved in the care of patients in Iowa only at the request of an
			 Iowa-licensed physician.
2. The
			 consulting physician has a license in good standing in another United States
			 jurisdiction.
3. The consulting
			 physician provides expertise and acts in an advisory capacity to an
			 Iowa-licensed physician. The consulting physician may examine the patient and
			 advise an Iowa-licensed physician as to the care that should be provided, but
			 the consulting physician may not personally perform procedures, write orders,
			 or prescribe for the patient.
4.
			 The consulting physician practices in Iowa for a period not greater than 10
			 consecutive days and not more than 20 total days in any calendar year. Any
			 portion of a day counts as one day.
5. The Iowa-licensed physician requesting the
			 consultation retains the primary responsibility for the management of the
			 patient's care.
"LCME"
means Liaison Committee on Medical
				Education, an organization that accredits educational institutions granting
				degrees in medicine and surgery. The board approves programs that are
				accredited by LCME.
"Medical degree "
means a degree of doctor of
				medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery or comparable
				education from an international medical school.
"Permanent licensure "
means licensure granted
				after review of the application and credentials to determine that the
				individual is qualified to enter into practice. The individual may only
				practice when the license is in current, active status.
"Postgraduate training"
means graduate medical
				education, e.g., an internship, residency or fellowship, in a
				hospital-affiliated training program approved by the board at the time the
				applicant was enrolled in the program.
"Practice"
means the practice of medicine and
				surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.
"RCPSC"
means the Royal College of Physicians
				and Surgeons of Canada.
"Residentphysician "
means a physician
				enrolled in an internship, residency or fellowship.
"Resident training program "
means a
				hospital-affiliated graduate medical education program that enrolls interns,
				residents or fellows and may be referred to as a postgraduate training program
				for purposes of licensure.
"Service charge "
means the amount charged for
				making a service available on line and is in addition to the actual fee for a
				service itself. For example, one who renews a license on line will pay the
				license renewal fee and a service charge.
"Training for chronic pain management"
means
				required training on chronic pain management identified in 653-Chapter
				11.
"Training for end-of-life care"
means required
				training on end-of-life care identified in 653-Chapter 11.
"Training for identifying and reporting abuse
				"
means training on identifying and reporting child abuse or dependent
				adult abuse required of physicians who regularly provide primary health care to
				children or adults, respectively. The full requirements on mandatory reporting
				of child abuse and the training requirements are found in Iowa Code section
				232.69;
				the full requirements on mandatory reporting of dependent adult abuse and the
				training requirements are found in Iowa Code section
				235B.16.
"Uniform application for physician state licensure
				"
means a Web-based application that is intended to standardize and
				simplify the licensure application process for state medical licensure. The
				Federation of State Medical Boards created and maintains the application. This
				application is used for all license types issued by the Iowa board of
				medicine.