2006 Code of Virginia § 54.1-2927 - Applicants from other states without reciprocity; temporary licenses or certificates for certain pr...

54.1-2927. Applicants from other states without reciprocity; temporarylicenses or certificates for certain practitioners of the healing arts.

A. The Board, in its discretion, may issue certificates or licenses toapplicants upon endorsement by boards or other appropriate authorities ofother states or territories or the District of Columbia with which reciprocalrelations have not been established if the credentials of such applicants aresatisfactory and the examinations and passing grades required by such otherboards are fully equal to those required by the Virginia Board.

The Board may issue certificates or licenses to applicants holdingcertificates from the national boards of their respective branches of thehealing arts if their credentials, schools of graduation and national boardexaminations and results are acceptable to the Board. The Board shallpromulgate regulations in order to carry out the provisions of this section.

B. The Board may issue a license or certificate valid for a period not toexceed three months to a practitioner of the healing arts licensed orcertified and in good standing with the applicable regulatory agency in thestate, District of Columbia, or Canada where the practitioner resides whenthe practitioner is in Virginia temporarily to practice the healing arts (i)in a summer camp or in conjunction with patients who are participating inrecreational activities, (ii) in continuing education programs, or (iii) byrendering at any site any health care services within the limits of hislicense or certificate, voluntarily and without compensation, to any patientof any clinic which is organized in whole or in part for the delivery ofhealth care services without charge as provided in 54.1-106. Approval ofthe credentials of such practitioners and the form of such licenses orcertificates shall be governed by regulations promulgated by the Board. A feenot to exceed twenty-five dollars may be charged by the Board for theissuance of a license or certificate authorized by this subsection.

(Code 1950, 54-276.5, 54-310; 1954, c. 626; 1958, c. 161; 1960, cc. 333,334; 1970, c. 69; 1972, c. 15; 1973, c. 529; 1975, c. 508; 1981, c. 300;1985, c. 303; 1988, c. 765; 1992, c. 414; 1993, c. 784.)