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ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL 1076
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Passed
Legislature - 2001 Regular Session
State
of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 01/15/2001. Referred to Committee on Health Care.
Removing the two-year limited license renewal limit on
teaching-research medical professionals.
AN
ACT Relating to a limited license to practice medicine; amending RCW 18.71.095;
and declaring an emergency.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
18.71.095 and 1996 c 191 s 54 are each amended to read as follows:
The
commission may, without examination, issue a limited license to persons who
possess the qualifications set forth herein:
(1)
The commission may, upon the written request of the secretary of the department
of social and health services or the secretary of corrections, issue a limited
license to practice medicine in this state to persons who have been accepted
for employment by the department of social and health services or the
department of corrections as physicians; who are licensed to practice medicine
in another state of the United States or in the country of Canada or any
province or territory thereof; and who meet all of the qualifications for
licensure set forth in RCW 18.71.050.
Such
license shall permit the holder thereof to practice medicine only in connection
with patients, residents, or inmates of the state institutions under the
control and supervision of the secretary of the department of social and health
services or the department of corrections.
(2)
The commission may issue a limited license to practice medicine in this state
to persons who have been accepted for employment by a county or city health
department as physicians; who are licensed to practice medicine in another
state of the United States or in the country of Canada or any province or
territory thereof; and who meet all of the qualifications for licensure set
forth in RCW 18.71.050.
Such
license shall permit the holder thereof to practice medicine only in connection
with his or her duties in employment with the city or county health department.
(3)
Upon receipt of a completed application showing that the applicant meets all of
the requirements for licensure set forth in RCW 18.71.050 except for completion
of two years of postgraduate medical training, and that the applicant has been
appointed as a resident physician in a program of postgraduate clinical training
in this state approved by the commission, the commission may issue a limited
license to a resident physician. Such license shall permit the resident
physician to practice medicine only in connection with his or her duties as a
resident physician and shall not authorize the physician to engage in any other
form of practice. Each resident physician shall practice medicine only under
the supervision and control of a physician licensed in this state, but such
supervision and control shall not be construed to necessarily require the
personal presence of the supervising physician at the place where services are
rendered.
(4)(a)
Upon nomination by the dean of the school of medicine at the University of
Washington or the chief executive officer of a hospital or other appropriate
health care facility licensed in the state of Washington, the commission may
issue a limited license to a physician applicant invited to serve as a
teaching-research member of the institution's instructional staff if the
sponsoring institution and the applicant give evidence that he or she has
graduated from a recognized medical school and has been licensed or otherwise
privileged to practice medicine at his or her location of origin. Such license
shall permit the recipient to practice medicine only within the confines of the
instructional program specified in the application and shall terminate whenever
the holder ceases to be involved in that program, or at the end of one year,
whichever is earlier. Upon request of the applicant and the institutional
authority, the license may be renewed ((for no more than a total of two
years)).
(b)
Upon nomination by the dean of the school of medicine of the University of
Washington or the chief executive officer of any hospital or appropriate health
care facility licensed in the state of Washington, the commission may issue a
limited license to an applicant selected by the sponsoring institution to be
enrolled in one of its designated departmental or divisional fellowship
programs provided that the applicant shall have graduated from a recognized
medical school and has been granted a license or other appropriate certificate
to practice medicine in the location of the applicant's origin. Such license
shall permit the holder only to practice medicine within the confines of the
fellowship program to which he or she has been appointed and, upon the request
of the applicant and the sponsoring institution, the license may be renewed by
the commission for no more than a total of two years.
All
persons licensed under this section shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the
commission to the same extent as other members of the medical profession, in
accordance with this chapter and chapter 18.130 RCW.
Persons
applying for licensure and renewing licenses pursuant to this section shall
comply with administrative procedures, administrative requirements, and fees
determined as provided in RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280. Any person who obtains
a limited license pursuant to this section may apply for licensure under this
chapter, but shall submit a new application form and comply with all other
licensing requirements of this chapter.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. This
act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or
safety, or support of the state government and its existing public
institutions, and takes effect immediately.
Passed the House February 27, 2001.
Passed the Senate April 9, 2001.
Approved by the Governor
April 27, 2001.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State April 27, 2001.
