WSR 17-18-098 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Medical Quality Assurance Commission) [Filed September 6, 2017, 10:03 a.m., effective October 7, 2017] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: WAC 246-919-390 Temporary practice—Recognized jurisdictions and 246-919-395 Substantially equivalent licensing standards—Temporary practice permit (allopathic physicians). The medical quality assurance commission (commission) is repealing WAC 246-919-390 and adopting amendments to WAC 246-919-395 to clarify when a temporary practice permit may be issued to an applicant who is licensed in another state with substantially equivalent licensing standards to those in Washington. This adopted amendment allow[s] the commission flexibility to add or delete states from an internal list without going through a rules process. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 246-919-390; and amending WAC 246-919-395. Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-11-034 on May 11, 2017. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 1. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 1. Date Adopted: September 5, 2017. Melanie de Leon Executive Director
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 96-03-073, filed 1/17/96, effective 2/17/96)
WAC 246-919-395 Substantially equivalent licensing standards—Temporary practice permit((s—Issuance and duration)).
(1) ((Upon submission of a completed license application form on which the applicant indicates that he or she wishes to receive a temporary practice permit; payment of the application fee and temporary practice permit fee; receipt of the American Medical Association's physicians' data profile verifying states in which the applicant is or was licensed; receipt of disciplinary action data bank report from the Federation of State Medical Boards and receipt of written verification attesting that the applicant has a license in good standing and is not subject to charges or disciplinary action for unprofessional conduct or impairment from all states which the applicant is or was licensed, the applicant shall be issued a temporary practice permit unless there is a basis for denial of the license or issuance of a conditional license.
(2))) An applicant who holds an unrestricted, active license in another state with licensing standards substantially equivalent to those in Washington may apply for a temporary practice permit authorizing the applicant to practice as a physician in Washington.
(2) The commission will issue the physician a temporary practice permit if the following requirements are met:
(a) The applicant submits a completed application for a physician and surgeon license on a form provided by the commission on which the applicant indicates that he or she wishes to receive a temporary practice permit;
(b) The applicant submits payment of the application fee and temporary practice permit fee pursuant to WAC 246-919-990;
(c) The commission receives the American Medical Association's physicians' data profile verifying states in which the applicant is or was licensed;
(d) The commission receives the practitioner profile from the Federation of State Medical Boards;
(e) The applicant requests and the commission receives written verification attesting that the applicant has a license in good standing and is not subject to charges or disciplinary action for unprofessional conduct or impairment from all states which the applicant is or was licensed;
(f) The applicant is not subject to denial of a license or issuance of a conditional license under chapter 18.130 RCW; and
(g) The applicant is licensed in a state that has licensing standards substantially equivalent to Washington.
(3) The temporary practice permit allows the applicant to work in the state of Washington as a physician without restriction until the permit expires. The temporary practice permit is a license to practice medicine.
(4) The temporary permit shall expire upon the issuance of a license by the commission; initiation of an investigation by the commission of the applicant; or ninety days after the temporary practice permit is issued, whichever occurs first. The temporary permit will not be renewed, reissued, or extended.
(((3))) (5) An applicant who receives a temporary practice permit and who does not complete the application process may not receive additional temporary practice permits even upon submission of a new application in the future.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
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