Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XLV - Medical Professions › Subpart 2 - Licensure and Certification › Chapter 3 - Physicians › Subchapter A - General Provisions › Section XLV-303 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As
					 used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings specified:
ABMS
-the American Board of Medical
						Specialties.
AOA
-the American Osteopathic
						Association.
Applicant
-a person who has applied to
						the board for a license or permit to engage in the practice of medicine in the
						state of Louisiana or for a registration to engage in the first year of
						continuing postgraduate medical education.
Application
-a written request directed
						to and received by the board, upon forms supplied by the board, for a license
						or permit to practice medicine in the state of Louisiana or for a registration
						to engage in the first year of continuing postgraduate medical education,
						together with all information, certificates, documents, and other materials
						required by the board to be submitted with such forms.
COMLEX-USA
-the Comprehensive Osteopathic
						Medical Licensing Examination-USA.
COMVEX-USA
-the Comprehensive Osteopathic
						Medical Variable-Purpose Examination-USA administered under the auspices of the
						NBOME.
FSMB
-the Federation of State Medical
						Boards of the United States, Inc.
Good Moral Character
-as applied to an
						applicant, means that:
a. the applicant has not, prior to or during the pendency
						of an application to the board, been guilty of any act, omission, condition, or
						circumstance which would provide legal cause under
						R.S.
						37:1285 for the suspension or revocation of
						medical licensure;
b. the applicant has not, prior to or in connection with
						his application, made any representation to the board, knowingly or
						unknowingly, which is in fact false or misleading as to a material fact or
						omits to state any fact or matter that is material to the application;
						or
c. the applicant has not made any representation or
						failed to make a representation or engaged in any act or omission which is
						false, deceptive, fraudulent, or misleading in achieving or obtaining any of
						the qualifications for a license or permit required by this Chapter.
License
-the lawful authority of a
						physician to engage in the practice of medicine in the state of Louisiana, as
						evidenced by a certificate duly issued by and under the official seal of the
						board.
Medical Practice Act
or
the
						Act
-R.S. 37:1261-1292, as hereafter amended or supplemented.
NBOME
-the National Board of Osteopathic
						Medical Examiners.
Permit
-the lawful authority of a
						physician to engage in the practice of medicine in the state of Louisiana for a
						designated, temporary period of time, subject to restrictions and conditions
						specified by the board, as evidenced by a certificate duly issued by and under
						the official seal of the board. A permit is of determinate, limited duration
						and implies no right or entitlement to a license or to renewal of the
						permit.
Physician
-a person possessing a doctor
						of medicine (allopathic/M.D.), doctor of osteopathy or doctor of osteopathic
						medicine degree (osteopathic/D.O.) or an equivalent degree duly awarded by a
						medical or osteopathic educational institution approved by the board pursuant
						to §333 of this
						Chapter.
Postgraduate Year One (Internship)
						Registration
-the lawful authority of a physician to engage in the
						first year of continuing postgraduate medical education in the state of
						Louisiana at a medical education or internship program approved by the board,
						as evidenced by a certificate of registration duly issued by and under the
						official seal of the board.
Primarily Engaged-
that activity to which
						the applicant devotes the majority of his or her time.
SPEX
-the Special Purpose Examination
						administered under the auspices of the FSMB.
State
-any state of the United States,
						the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
USMLE
-the United States Medical
						Licensing Examination.
B.
					 Masculine terms wheresoever used in this Chapter shall also be deemed to
					 include the feminine.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with
						R.S.
						37:1270,
						37:1271
						and
						37:1274.