2005 Idaho Code - 54-1841 — VOLUNTEER\'S LICENSE -- QUALIFICATIONS

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 18
                           PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
    54-1841.  VOLUNTEER'S LICENSE -- QUALIFICATIONS. (1) Upon application and
qualification, the board may issue, without examination, a volunteer's license
to a physician who is retired from the active practice of medicine and surgery
or osteopathic medicine and surgery to enable the retired physician to provide
medical services to persons who, due to age, infirmity, handicap, indigence or
disability, are unable to receive regular medical treatment.
    (2)  (a) For purposes of this section, a physician previously holding a
    license to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery
    or osteopathic medicine with active status in Idaho or another state shall
    be considered to be retired if, prior to the date of application for a
    volunteer's license:
         (i)   He has surrendered or allowed his license with active status to
         expire with the intention of ceasing to actively practice as a
         physician for remuneration;
         (ii)  He has converted his license with active status to a license
         with inactive status with the intention of ceasing to actively
         practice as a physician for remuneration; or
         (iii) He has converted his license with active or inactive status to
         a license with retirement or similar status that proscribed the
         active practice of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and
         surgery.
    (b)  A physician whose license had been restricted, suspended, revoked,
    surrendered, resigned, converted, or allowed to lapse or expire as the
    result of disciplinary action or in lieu of disciplinary action being
    taken shall not be eligible for a volunteer's license.
    (3)  An application for a volunteer's license shall include, but not be
limited to, the following:
    (a)  Verification of graduation from an acceptable school of medicine or
    an acceptable osteopathic school of medicine;
    (b)  Verification from each state board in which the applicant was
    licensed that the applicant maintained his license in good standing
    without disciplinary action that restricted the applicant's license or
    resulted in the applicant's license being placed on probation, suspended,
    revoked or being surrendered, resigned or otherwise allowed to lapse or
    expire in lieu of disciplinary action;
    (c)  Verification that the applicant held a license in good standing in
    Idaho or another state as of the date upon which the physician became
    retired;
    (d)  Verification that the applicant held an active status license in good
    standing in Idaho or another state within five (5) years of the date of
    application for a volunteer's license, provided, that the board may waive
    the five (5) year requirement in the event that the applicant demonstrates
    that he possesses the knowledge and skills requisite  to the practice of
    medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery by successfully
    completing such examinations as are required by the board; and
    (e)  A notarized statement from the applicant on a form prescribed by the
    board, that the applicant will not provide any physician services to any
    person other than those permitted by the license and that the applicant
    will not accept any amount or form of remuneration, other than as
    reimbursement for the amount of actual expenses incurred as a volunteer
    physician, for any physician services provided under the authority of a
    volunteer's license.
    (4)  A volunteer's license shall be valid for that period specified for
physicians in section 54-1808, Idaho Code, and may be renewed upon application
of the licensee unless the license has been revoked in accordance with this
section. The board shall maintain a register of all physicians who hold a
volunteer's license. The board shall not charge an application or licensing
fee for issuing or renewing a volunteer's license. A volunteer's license
cannot be converted to a license with active, inactive or temporary status.
    (5)  The board may revoke a volunteer's license upon receiving proof
satisfactory to the board that grounds existed for enforcement or disciplinary
action against the holder of a volunteer's license under other sections of
this chapter or the administrative rules promulgated under this chapter.