Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 653 - Medicine Board › Chapter 10 - Resident, Special and Temporary Physician Licensure › Rule 653-10.4 - Special Licensure

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
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General provisions.
a. The
			 board may grant a special license to a physician who is an academic staff
			 member of a college of medicine or osteopathic medicine if that physician does
			 not meet the qualifications for permanent licensure, but is held in high esteem
			 for unique contributions the individual has made to medicine and will make by
			 practicing in Iowa. The license is not designed for physicians in regular
			 faculty positions that could be filled by a physician qualified for permanent
			 licensure in Iowa or for the purpose of training the physician who receives the
			 license, i.e., participating in a fellowship of any kind. The board will
			 consider granting and renewing a special license on a case-by-case
			 basis.
b. A special license may be
			 issued for a period of not more than one year and may be renewed annually prior
			 to expiration. The number of renewals granted by the board is not limited. The
			 renewal of any special license granted for the first time after July 1, 2001,
			 shall be limited to those physicians who continue to meet the requirements of
			 paragraph
"a"
of this subrule and subrule 10.4(5). Academic
			 institutions are encouraged to assist special licensees in qualifying for
			 permanent licensure if the physician is to remain in Iowa long term.
c. A special license shall specifically limit
			 the licensee to practice at the medical college and at any health care facility
			 affiliated with the medical college.
d. A special license shall automatically be
			 placed on inactive status when the licensee discontinues service on the
			 academic medical staff for which the special license was granted.
e. The board may cancel a special license if
			 the licensee has practiced outside the scope of this license or for any of the
			 grounds for which licensure may be revoked or suspended as specified in Iowa
			 Code sections
			 147.55,
			 148.6,
			 and
			 272C.10
			 and 653-Chapter 23. When cancellation of such a license is proposed, the board
			 shall promptly notify the licensee by sending a statement of charges and notice
			 of hearing by certified mail to the last-known address of the licensee. This
			 contested case proceeding shall be governed by the provisions of 653-Chapter
			 25.
f. A special physician licensee
			 shall notify the board of any change in home address or the address of the
			 place of practice within one month of making an address change.
g. A special physician licensee shall notify
			 the board of any change in name within one month of making the name change.
			 Notification requires a notarized copy of a marriage license or a notarized
			 copy of court documents.
h. A
			 special physician licensee file shall be closed and labeled "deceased" when the
			 board receives a copy of the physician's death certificate.
i. The board shall accept each 12 months of
			 practice as a special licensee as equivalent to one year of postgraduate
			 training in a hospital-affiliated program approved by the board for the
			 purposes of permanent licensure.