Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 16 - STATE BOARD OF MEDICINE-GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter A - BASIC DEFINITIONS AND INFORMATION › Section 16.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter
						and Chapters 17 and 18 (relating to State Board of Medicine-medical doctors;
						and State Board of Medicine-practitioners other than medical doctors), have the
						following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
ACCME
-The Accreditation Council for
						Continuing Medical Education.
AMA
-American Medical Association.
AMA PRA
-American Medical Association
						Physician's Recognition Award.
Accredited medical college
-An
						institution of higher learning accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical
						Education to provide courses in the arts and sciences of medicine and related
						subjects and empowered to grant professional and academic degrees in
						medicine.
Act
-The Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63
						P.S. §§ 422.1-422.53).
Approved activity
-A continuing medical
						education activity accepted for AMA PRA credit.
Board
-The State Board of
						Medicine.
Board-regulated practitioner
-A medical
						doctor, midwife, physician assistant, respiratory therapist, athletic trainer,
						acupuncturist, practitioner of Oriental medicine, genetic counselor, behavior
						specialist, perfusionist, prosthetist, orthotist, pedorthist, orthotic fitter,
						naturo-pathic doctor or an applicant for a license, registration or certificate
						that the Board may issue.
Category 1 activities
-Continuing medical
						education activities approved for AMA PRA Category 1 credit.
Category 2 activities
-Continuing medical
						education activities approved for AMA PRA Category 2 credit.
Conviction
-A judgment of guilt, an
						admission of guilt or a plea of nolo contendere.
ECFMG
-The Educational Commission for
						Foreign Medical Graduates.
FLEX
-The Federation Licensing
						Examination, which was used by the Board to test applicants for a license to
						practice medicine and surgery without restriction. The examination was
						comprised of two components-FLEX I and FLEX II. The last regular administration
						of FLEX I and FLEX II was in December 1993.
Federation
-The Federation of State
						Medical Boards of the United States, Inc.
Treatment regimen
-The provision of care
						and practice of a component of the healing arts by a Board-regulated
						practitioner.
Fifth pathway program
-A program that
						satisfies standards equivalent to those recommended for fifth pathway programs
						by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association, and
						which is recognized by the licensing authority in the state, territory or
						possession of the United States in which the program is physically
						located.
Graduate medical training
-Training
						accredited as graduate medical education by the Accreditation Council for
						Graduate Medical Education or by another accrediting body recognized by the
						Board for the purpose of accrediting graduate medical education, or training
						provided by a hospital accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
						Hospitals which is acceptable to an American Board of a Medical Specialty
						towards the training it requires for the certification it issues in a medical
						specialty or subspecialty.
Immediate family member
-A parent,
						spouse, child or adult sibling residing in the same household.
MCARE Act
-The Medical Care Availability
						and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act (40 P. S. §
												§
												1303.101-1303.910).
NBME
-The National Board of Medical
						Examiners of the United States, Inc.
National Boards
-The examination of the
						National Board of Medical Examiners of the United States, Inc. NBME Part I was
						last administered in June 1992, NBME Part II was last administered in April
						1992 and NBME Part III will be last administered in May 1994.
SPEX
-Special purpose examination offered
						by the Federation and NBME to assist the assessment of current competence
						requisite for the practice of medicine and surgery by physicians who hold or
						have held a license in the United States or another jurisdiction.
Sexual behavior
-Any sexual conduct which
						is nondiagnostic and nontherapeutic; it may be verbal or physical and may
						include expressions of thoughts and feelings or gestures that are sexual in
						nature or that reasonably may be construed by a patient as sexual in
						nature.
Sexual exploitation
-Any sexual behavior
						that uses trust, knowledge, emotions or influence derived from the professional
						relationship.
USMLE
-The United States Medical
						Licensing Examination, a single, uniform examination for medical licensure
						consisting of three steps. The examination is provided by the Federation of
						State Medical Boards (FSMB) and the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME)
						and replaces the FLEX and the NBME National Boards Parts examination.
Unaccredited medical college
-An
						institution of higher learning which provides courses in the arts and sciences
						of medicine and related subjects, is empowered to grant professional and
						academic degrees in medicine, is listed by the World Health Organization or is
						otherwise recognized as a medical college by the country in which it is
						situated, and is not accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the
						Board.
The provisions of this §
													16.1 amended under sections 8,
						  13.3(c), 41(8) and 51.1(d) of the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P.S.
						  §§
														422.8,
						  422.13c(c), 422.41(8) and
						  422.51a(d)); section 910 of the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of
						  Error (MCARE) Act (40 P.S. §
														1303.910);
						  section 3 of the Acupuncture Licensure Act (63 P.S. §
														1803); and
						  23 Pa.C.S. §
														6383(b)(2).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §
													18.309b (relating to approved
						  educational courses).