Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 201 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT CABINET › Chapter 9 - Board of Medical Licensure › Section 201 KAR 9:061 - Limited licenses

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 311.530-311.620,
				311.990
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				311.565 empowers the State Board of Medical
				Licensure to exercise all the administrative functions of the state in the
				prevention of empiricism and in the administrative regulation of the practice
				of medicine and osteopathy and authorizes the board to establish requirements
				and standards relating thereto. The purpose of this administrative regulation
				is to establish standards and guidelines regarding the issuance and renewal of
				limited licenses.
Section 1.
			 Applicability. An applicant for limited license-institutional practice pursuant
			 to
			 KRS
			 311.571(3) or
			 311.571(4)
			 shall not be issued a license or permit until the applicant provides written
			 proof that he or she is officially enrolled in a postgraduate training program
			 in the Commonwealth approved by the board and submits evidence of having
			 successfully passed Component 1 of the Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX),
			 or achieved a passing score on the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME)
			 Part I and Part II examinations, or achieved a passing score on the United
			 States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 and Step 2, or is employed
			 as a professor or researcher in medicine by either the University of Kentucky
			 College of Medicine or the University of Louisville School of
			 Medicine.
Section 2. Scope of
			 Practice. A limited license-institutional practice issued to a physician in an
			 approved postgraduate training program shall enable the holder to practice as a
			 physician within the parameters of the training program. A limited
			 license-institutional practice issued to a physician who is employed by one of
			 the Commonwealth's medical schools shall enable the holder to practice as a
			 physician to the extent necessary to perform his responsibilities of
			 employment. The executive director may suspend any such limited
			 license-institutional practice upon evidence that the holder has practiced
			 outside the scope of his licensure. All limited license-institutional practice
			 shall be renewable annually and shall be issued on a medical school academic
			 year, July 1 through June 30. This administrative regulation shall not apply to
			 those physicians in an approved postgraduate training program, who, on the
			 effective date of this administrative regulation, maintain a regular license to
			 practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Section 3. Applicability and Scope of Limited
			 Licenses Held Prior to September 1, 1972.
(1)
			 All persons who as of the effective date of this administrative regulation hold
			 a valid and current limited license-institutional practice issued to them prior
			 to September 1, 1972, may continue to hold their licenses if annually renewed.
			 The holder may only practice within the confines of the institution for which
			 his limited license is designated.
(2) All persons who as of the effective date
			 of this administrative regulation hold a valid and current limited
			 license-general practice issued to them prior to September 1, 1972, may
			 continue to hold their licenses if annually renewed. The holder may only
			 practice within the confines of the geographical area for which his limited
			 license is designated.
(3) Any
			 limited license held prior to September 1, 1972, which is not timely renewed
			 each year by the holder shall lapse and become void and the limited license
			 shall not be reissued under any circumstance. Practice outside the scope of the
			 limited license shall result in the temporary suspension of the license and
			 possible discipline. The board shall not issue any new limited licenses like
			 those described in this section and a limited license-institutional practice
			 shall not be converted to a limited license-general practice.