Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 653 - Medicine Board › Chapter 10 - Resident, Special and Temporary Physician Licensure › Rule 653-10.3 - Resident Physician Licensure

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
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General provisions.
a. The resident physician license shall
			 authorize the licensee to practice as an intern, resident or fellow while under
			 the supervision of a licensed practitioner of medicine and surgery or
			 osteopathic medicine and surgery in a board-approved resident training program
			 in Iowa. When the ACGME, AOA, RCPSC, or CFPC fails to offer accreditation for a
			 fellowship or the fellowship fails to seek accreditation, the board shall
			 approve the program if the parent program is accredited by one of the
			 aforementioned accrediting bodies. However, completion of one or more years of
			 a program that itself lacks such accreditation does not fulfill the one-year
			 resident training requirement for permanent licensure.
b. An Iowa resident physician license or an
			 Iowa permanent physician license is required of any resident physician enrolled
			 in an Iowa resident training program and practicing in Iowa.
c. A resident physician license issued on or
			 after February 14, 2003, shall expire on the expected date of completion of the
			 resident training program as indicated on the licensure application. A resident
			 physician license may be extended thereafter at the discretion of the
			 board.
d. A resident physician
			 license is valid only for practice in the program designated in the
			 application. When the physician leaves that program, the license shall
			 immediately become inactive. The director of the resident training program
			 shall notify the board within 30 days of the licensee's terminating from the
			 program.
e. A resident physician
			 licensee who changes resident training programs shall apply for a new resident
			 physician license as described in subrule 10.3(3). Such changes include a
			 transfer to a different program in the same institution, a move to a program in
			 another institution, or becoming a fellow after completing a residency in the
			 same core program. An individual who contracts with an institution to be in two
			 programs from the time of application for the resident license shall not be
			 required to apply for another resident license for the second program. For
			 example, if a residency requires one year in internal medicine prior to three
			 years in dermatology, the individual may apply initially for a four-year
			 resident license to cover the bundled program. Relicensure is not required if
			 the individual holds a permanent physician license in Iowa.
f. A visiting resident physician may come to
			 Iowa to practice as a part of the physician's resident training program if the
			 physician is under the supervision of an Iowa-licensed physician. An Iowa
			 physician license is not required of a physician in training if the physician
			 has a resident or permanent license in good standing in the home state of the
			 resident training program. An Iowa temporary physician license is required of a
			 physician in training if the physician does not hold a resident or permanent
			 physician license in good standing in the home state of the resident training
			 program (see rule 653-10.5 (147,148)).
g. An Iowa license is not required for
			 residents when they are training in a federal facility in Iowa. An Iowa license
			 is not required for faculty who are teaching in and employed by a federal
			 facility in Iowa and who are licensed in another state.
h. The director of a resident training
			 program that enrolls a resident with an Iowa resident physician license shall
			 report annually on October 1 on the resident's progress and whether any
			 warnings have been issued, investigations conducted or disciplinary actions
			 taken, whether by voluntary agreement or formal action. The board shall inform
			 the program directors on September 1 of the impending deadline.
i. A resident 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.
j. A
			 resident physician licensee's file shall be closed and labeled "deceased" when
			 the board receives a copy of the physician's death certificate.