HOUSE BILL REPORT
HB 2469
BYRepresentatives Braddock and Prentice
Regarding limited medical licenses for University of Washington programs.
House Committe on Health Care
Majority Report: Do pass. (9)
Signed by Representatives Braddock, Chair; Day, Vice Chair; Brooks, Ranking Republican Member; Chandler, Morris, Sommers, Sprenkle, Vekich and Wolfe.
House Staff:John Welsh (786-7133)
AS PASSED HOUSE FEBRUARY 6, 1990
BACKGROUND:
The Board of Medical Examiners can issue, without examination, a limited license to practice medicine in this state to a physician participating in a fellowship program. The physician must have graduated from a recognized medical school and be licensed in his or her place of origin. The license is limited to practice in connection with the fellowship program and may be renewed by the board for up to two calendar years, commencing January 1. However, fellowship programs generally commence mid-year within an academic year, and a licensure renewal issued on a calendar year basis cannot coincide with the fellowship program.
SUMMARY:
The limited license of a physician participating in a fellowship program in this state may be renewed from the date of the initial license to coincide with the duration of the fellowship program.
Fiscal Note: Requested January 15, 1990.
House Committee ‑ Testified For: Loren Winterscheid and Benjamin Belknap, School of Medicine, University of Washington; Len Eddinger, Washington State Medical Association; Patti Rathbun, Department of Health.
House Committee - Testified Against: No one.
House Committee - Testimony For: The board should have discretion to issue and renew licenses for periods coinciding with fellowship programs at the University of Washington Medical School or teaching hospitals. Physicians from out of state cannot practice medicine in this state in connection with fellowship programs without being licensed in this state, and the terms of these licenses should coincide with these programs.
House Committee - Testimony Against: None.