West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 11 - Medicine › Title 11 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA BOARD OF MEDICINE › Series 11-11 - Establishment and Regulation of Limited License to Practice Medicine and Surgery at Certain State Veterans Nursing Home Facilities › Section 11-11-3 - Qualification and Application for a Limited License to Practice at a Designated State Veterans Nursing Home Facility

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
3.1. An applicant for a limited license to
				practice medicine and surgery at a designated state veterans nursing home
				facility shall submit an application in the form designated by the Board which
				shall include:
3.1.a. Proof that he or she
				has the requisite qualifications to provide the same standard of care as a
				physician initially licensed in this State;
3.1.b. A photograph taken within the previous
				twelve months which substantially resembles the applicant;
3.1.c. Evidence of graduation from a medical
				school approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or by the
				Board;
3.1.d. Applicants who
				graduated from an approved medical school located in United States, Canada, or
				the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall submit proof of successful completion of
				at least one year of postgraduate clinical training in a program approved by
				the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)or a graduate
				medical education residency program outside of the United States and a minimum
				of one year of fellowship training in the United States in a clinical field
				related to the applicant's residency training which was completed:
3.1.d.1. At an institution that sponsors or
				operates a residency program in the same clinical field or a related clinical
				field approved by the ACGME; or
3.1.d.2. At a time when accreditation was not
				available for the fellowship's clinical field and the board has determined that
				the training was similar to accredited training due to objective standards,
				including, but not limited to, the presence of other accredited programs at the
				sponsoring institution during the applicants' clinical training at the
				fellowship location.
3.1.e. Graduates of international medical
				schools located outside of the United States, Canada, or the Commonwealth of
				Puerto Rico shall submit proof of:
3.1.e.1.
				Successful completion of a minimum of two years of graduate clinical training
				approved by the ACGME;
3.1.e.2.
				Successful completion of a graduate medical education residency program outside
				of the United States and a minimum of two years of fellowship training in the
				United States in a clinical field related to the applicants' residency training
				which was completed:
3.1.e.2.1. At an
				institution that sponsors or operates a residency program in the same clinical
				field or a related clinical field approved by the ACGME; or
3.1.e.2.2. At a time when accreditation was
				not available for the fellowship's clinical field and the board has determined
				that the training was similar to accredited training due to objective
				standards, including, but not limited to, the presence of other accredited
				programs at the sponsoring institution during the applicant's clinical training
				at the fellowship location; or
3.1.e.3. Proof of current certification by a
				member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties and a minimum of one
				year of graduate clinical training which comports with the accreditation
				requirements subdivision 3.1.e.1 or 3.1.e.2.
3.1.f. Graduates of international medical
				schools located outside of the United States, Canada, or the Commonwealth of
				Puerto Rico shall also submit evidence of a valid certificate issued by the
				Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates ("ECFMG") or documentation
				of a passing score on the examination of the ECFMG. Provided, That an applicant
				who:
(i) is currently fully licensed,
				excluding any temporary, conditional or restricted license or permit, under the
				laws of another state, the District of Columbia, Canada or the Commonwealth of
				Puerto Rico;
(ii) has been engaged
				on a full- time professional basis in the practice of medicine within the state
				or jurisdiction where the applicant is fully licensed for a period of at least
				five years; and is not the subject of any pending disciplinary action by a
				medical licensing board in any jurisdiction, is not required to have a
				certificate from the educational commission for foreign medical
				graduates;
3.1.g. Proof
				satisfactory to the Board that the applicant is currently employed by and
				authorized to practice medicine at a Federal Veterans Administration Hospital
				which is located in the same county as the designated state veterans nursing
				home facility where the applicant seeks to practice;
3.1.h. Evidence that the applicant maintains
				a valid, unrestricted license to practice medicine in another state within the
				United States;
3.1.i. An
				attestation that the applicant is in good standing in each jurisdiction in
				which he or she is licensed, and that he or she has had no medical disciplinary
				action taken against him or her within the last five years and has no medical
				board complaint investigations or medical board disciplinary action pending
				against him or her;
3.1.j.
				Verification from each state where the applicant has been licensed which
				corroborates that the applicant is in good standing in each such
				jurisdiction;
3.1.k. The nature and
				number of malpractice settlements made or judgements against the applicant in
				the last five years;
3.1.l. A
				criminal history record check in conformity with the procedure set forth in
				section 8 of W. Va. Code R. §
										11-1A-1
et seq
.
3.1.m. Any
				other documents or information as may be required by the Board of all
				applicants for physician licensure pursuant to section 4.5 of W. Va. Code R.
				§
										11-1A-1
et. seq
.