DPH outlines rules for new "retired" physician license, seeks board input

The Department of Public Health presented the board with an early draft approach to regulating a new "retired" physician licensure category that the legislature created last session, saying the rules are still in development and will be circulated for formal comment.

DPH Regulatory Affairs Manager Dante Costa said the statute establishes a reduced fee category intended to let physicians who no longer want to practice full time provide volunteer services. "My name is Dante Costa. I'm an attorney here at DPH, I work with the Office of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, and I'm the Regulatory Affairs Manager," Costa said as he outlined required regulatory elements.

Costa told the board the statute requires the department to define who qualifies as "retired," set procedures for applying or reinstating into the category, and…