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Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSINGAgency 85 - BOARD OF MEDICINEChapter 20 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE, PODIATRY, AND CHIROPRACTIC
Part V - Limited or Temporary Licenses
Section 18VAC85-20-220 - Temporary licenses to interns and residents

18 Va. Admin. Code § 85-20-220

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Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 22, June 17, 2024
Section 18VAC85-20-220 - Temporary licenses to interns and residents
A. An intern or resident applying for a temporary license to practice in Virginia shall:
1. Successfully complete the preliminary academic education required for admission to examinations given by the board in his particular field of practice, and submit a letter of confirmation from the registrar of the school or college conferring the professional degree, or official transcripts confirming the professional degree and date the degree was received.
2. Submit a recommendation from the applicant's chief or director of graduate medical education of the approved internship or residency program specifying acceptance. The beginning and ending dates of the internship or residency shall be specified.
3. Submit evidence of a standard Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certificate or its equivalent if the candidate graduated from a school not approved by an accrediting agency recognized by the board.
B. The intern or resident license applies only to the practice in the hospital or outpatient clinics where the internship or residency is served. Outpatient clinics in a hospital or other facility must be a recognized part of an internship or residency program.
C. The intern or resident license shall be renewed annually upon the recommendation of the chief or director of graduate medical education of the internship or residency program.

A residency program transfer request shall be submitted to the board in lieu of a full application.

D. The extent and scope of the duties and professional services rendered by the intern or resident shall be confined to persons who are bona fide patients within the hospital or who receive treatment and advice in an outpatient department of the hospital or outpatient clinic where the internship or residency is served.
E. The intern and resident shall be responsible and accountable at all times to a fully licensed member of the faculty where the internship or residency is served. The intern and resident is prohibited from employment outside of the graduate medical educational program where a full license is required.
F. The intern or resident shall abide by the respective accrediting requirements of the internship or residency as approved by the Liaison Council on Graduate Education of the American Medical Association, American Osteopathic Association, American Podiatric Medical Association, or Council on Chiropractic Education.

18 Va. Admin. Code § 85-20-220

Derived from VR465-02-1 § 5.1, eff. January 18, 1989; amended, Virginia Register Volume 6, Issue 4, eff. December 20, 1989; Volume 6, Issue 8, eff. February 14, 1990; Volume 6, Issue 26, eff. October 24, 1990; Volume 7, Issue 26, eff. October 23, 1991; Volume 10, Issue 9, eff. February 23, 1994; Volume 10, Issue 24, eff. September 21, 1994; Volume 11, Issue 25, eff. October 4, 1995; Volume 29, Issue 4, eff. November 21, 2012; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 35, Issue 24, eff. 9/16/2019.

Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.