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Board of Medical Examiners adopts emergency rules to streamline temporary and foreign-trained licenses
Summary
The Government Operations Committee gave a positive recommendation to emergency rules from the Board of Medical Examiners that remove an inactive license status, create short-term visitor clinical training licenses and set processes for limited-duration foreign- and temporary-training licenses.
The Government Operations Committee on Aug. 20 gave a positive recommendation to emergency rules proposed by the Board of Medical Examiners that revise licensure pathways for physicians and other medical practitioners.
The Department of Health staff said the emergency rules eliminate an inactive licensure status and inactivation fee, create criteria for a short-term visitor clinical training license, and establish processes for issuing limited-duration foreign-training and temporary licenses to international medical school graduates. "These rules are being proposed as emergency rules so that the Board of Medical Examiners and the general public have a clear understanding of different statutes and their impact on individuals who choose to practice or apply to practice in this state," Holt Witt, assistant commissioner for legislative affairs at the Department of Health, told the committee.
Francine Baca Chaves, deputy general counsel for the department, described how the rules distinguish applicant attestation from the board's verification activities for criminal history and educational documentation. Representative Fritsch asked about inconsistent phrasing in the application standards; department counsel explained that applicants make an initial attestation and the board then verifies sufficient and satisfactory evidence such as transcripts and background checks.
Members voted on a motion for a positive recommendation; committee minutes record that the motion carried out of both chambers with a positive recommendation. The department said the emergency rulemaking is intended to clarify statutory requirements and provide immediate guidance to applicants and the board.
The committee record shows no public comments were made during the hearing on this item. Staff told members they would answer follow-up questions about specific wording and verification procedures if needed.
